Buck needs to be canned. It is incomprehensible that Ubaldo Jimenez got into this game before Zach Britton.

Buck handing Toronto the game right now. And instead of saying fuck it and bringing in THE BEST RELIEVER IN MLB he's having a fucking mound meeting while E2 comes up

BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

suck. it. droford.

ED WIN

EDWING!!!!

EDWIN!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Boy that worked out

There is not a manager in baseball who I would keep under my employ for bungling up the end of a game like that. None.

it was a good thing Showalter used that manager know how to save Zach Britton for that special save situation

No Intentional Walk, No Britton, No Job.

Buck Showalter gives Adam Jones the stunner. Rips his jacket open to reveal a Toronto jersey

what a 1.2 by Liriano.

hahaha I'm so happy it was a bad decision by Showalter to cost Baltimore.

Shocked that in an 11 inning wild card game, the seasons best closer didn't get used. How does that happen?

Too bad they didn't have those "Post Season is Ours" t-shirts this year. Can't photoshop it to "Hours" like I did against the Yankees.

Missed opportunities. :(

I thought maybe Britton would come in
.. No idea why not. Ugh

As soon as I saw Ubaldo warming in the bullpen I knew the game was over, he got lit up back in June at the game I went to....

I'd fire Joe Maddon after a 103 win season if he pulled that stunt to end a season. I don't know how it's possible to screw up that badly.

What makes it better is Buck walked his dusty ass out there to fucking huddle and the best strategy he came up with was to leave a guy with a 5+ ERA out there against a premier power hitter with the game on the line. Meanwhile, THE BEST RELIEVER IN ALL OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WAS SITTING ON HIS FUCKING HANDS IN THE BULLPEN BWA HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Say what you want about it, but the new wild card format has been amazing.

if he used Britton they woulda won too. Great game, all jokes aside. The players on Baltimore deserved better.

Excellent game.

You already answered this question. "Get the lead first".

The Orioles wouldn't be the first team to fire Buck Showalter.

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Man Buck is gonna have to really own up. He lost this game. Had multiple chances to use Britton, and when the game was on the line, he went with a pitcher that was so awful he got demoted to the pen on a team with no starting pitching.

I'M HYPE

Love the wildcard game. Good teams still get in. Gives the casual fans a taste of how crazy and intense the postseason can be. How every pitch, every move (cough Zach Britton on the bench cough) is a conversation.

I get it, it's a coin flip. You condense a 162 game season I to one game. Same principle applies to a 5 or 7 game series. Bottom line is it's exciting and good for the game.

Buck ain't hype

So who is managing the Orioles next season? Not Showalter for sure.

O's peaked too early in the game.

Better luck next year. Wah! Wah!

good buddy of mine is always bestowing the virtues of Showalter and how much better he is than Gibbons. I hate Gibbons, but Showalter literally just saved John Gibbons his job.

Jays!!!!

How the fuck do you not use Britton?? Might be the worst decision ever. I'm not even joking.

LOL Showalter is gone

Showalter just lost his job on one of the biggest stages.

Lol at the champagne being used just for winning the play in game. So fn stupid. Division series too. So lame.

LOL Britton for Ubaldo is like Lebron for ELton Brand

Jesus Chist.

Jays busting out the champagne again........ wasting a lot of champagne again.........

Missed the big game what happened

SIKE SUCK MY DICK DROFORD

There needs to be an investigation. I'm not ruling out Showalter throwing that game right now.

I pray to whatever baseball gods are up there that if the Mets do lose tomorrow, it doesn't come down to Terry Collins doing Terry Collins things.

I can live with losing conventionally, getting shut down by Bumgarner, etc. but my heart cannot take a season being thrown away in the way the Orioles just lost. Man that was bad.

oh come on man, I get it's a bit over the top but 163 games s a fucking grind, and they just essentially won the wild card "pennant" in a fucking crazy game.

Really dumb decisions by the Os late in the game. Saving Britton as their last pitcher was extra dumb.

Surprised Buck didn't call in the San Diego Chargers to help.

lolllllllllll Showalter on ESPN trying to justify it now

So you get champaign when you:
- Lock up a playoff spot
- win the division
- win game 163 if necessary
- win the wildcard game
- win the LDS
- win the LCS
- Win the WS

Jesus.

I haven't heard of teams celebrating just clinching a playoff spot UNLESS their division is already decided tbh.

How much schooling does it take to become a full fledged member of the fun police?

Would hate to get alcohol all over my cameras/lenses/headsets..........

Fucking Buck avoiding admitting he made the wrong move in leaving Britton on the pine.

Trying to pretend Ubaldo was a better choice lol. Keeps saying a lot of different options. Yes guy. But THE BEST option was left sitting on his fucking can in the most important game of the year.

If you ever take a trip down to Cobb Country, Georgia
You better read the signs, respect the law and order
YOU'LL SERVE HARD TIMES
YOU'LL BE SERVING HARD TIMES
You know the Big Boss Man will make you walk the line
Better watch out boy or you'll be serving hard times

Now the ex players trying to protect Buck. How can you defend Showalter there? Even Droford couldn't.

Beer all over the mic..... ugggghhhhhhh

I think Buck Showalter may have just threw the fucking game. I'm being serious right now.

Full discloser. I have a great DK lineup going. And i have Encarnacion. I'm currently winning $5 dollars with a backloaded lineup full of Mets.

I want to state that because i still for fucking Lord, dont understand why Zach Britton didnt get a single pitch in that fucking game. Buck Showalter may very well have thrown that fucking game. LOL I'm not even joking. i'm fucking stunned and i'm 100% sure he wont have a job next season.

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Nah. He has no reason to throw the game. He just made a dumb decision (over and over and over again).

LOL no.

He threw that game.

There needs to be a huge investigation started now

lol RP my fb status is "Thank you Mr. Showalter, you'll be getting your cheque from Mark Shapiro in the mail"

I honestly think Showalter "managed for the sake of managing". Along the lines of psyching himself out.

Maybe Buck forgot the Os didn't suddenly inherit the Tigers 2 chances at a Wild Card spot when the 3-way tie didn't occur.

lol RP my fb status is "Thank you Mr. Showalter, you'll be getting your cheque from Mark Shapiro in the mail"

I honestly think Showalter "managed for the sake of managing". Along the lines of psyching himself out.

You dont win that type of game without the " Cy Young candidate " not getting off one fucking pitch.

Showalter had the fix. INVESTIGATE!!!

IT WAS EXTRA FUCKING INNINGS TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

This is epic bad

man, poor Droford.

Givens was electric.

I leave you with this. Britton face 3x as many Right hand batter. Gave up a .151 average compatred to .185 to lefties.

Encanacion was a right hand batter.

Buck Showalter just threw a fucking playoff game. Launch an investigation right now.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/split...zach-britton\\

BOOOM


Buck Showcheater!

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/split...ubaldo-jimenez

Jimenz vs Righties lol

I'm crying right now.

I cant wait for Droford posts.

To make things worse, Showalter had Dylan Bundy, who was better than Jimenez. If he gets brought in, easier pill to swallow. At least you could say Showalter went with a guy who's been good.

Droford will prob be gone until the offseason.

I'm still here

lol it is what it is though. 2 evenly matched teams, came down to a weird decision by the manager. One of the few nights where the Jays bullpen matched up well with Baltimore's.

I understand wanting to save your closer for when you get a lead, but runners on the corners, less than 2 out and one of you opposition's best hitters at the plate seems like the best time to bring in your best pitcher, considering the game is on the line right then and there it should force your hand.

the 11th inning in an away 1 game knockout all or nothing game seems the time to bring him in.

Ubaldo only has one year left on his contract there's Zero chance they resign him. Maybe if he repeats August/September for 3 months he could be a trade deadline deal.
Full season of Gausman and Bundy in the rotstiob will be good.
Trumbo is gone like Cruz...I'm 50/50 on Wieters coming back..probably not but they don't have a better option ready next year
Kim gets a full year playing hopefully not pulled against lefties.

Ultimately the biggest difference from this year for 2017 will be replacing Trumbo. Proven they can hit the jackpot in 1 year reclamation projects so I'm sure they can find someone to play RF.

Ubaldo getting put into the game not loosened up was not his fault.

I'm pretty sure he was warmed up..that was just sucky Ubaldo making an appearance after two months of being in hiding. It was due to happen.

Bundy wilted down the stretch, as I had predicted. You can't count on him long term. Maybe they sign Trumbo. He's smart to start there. Should prob dh tho because he's fucking awful on defense.

/sigh

No good team leaves there Cy Young caliber closer on the bench in hopes that they get a lead. Thats, in fact, a bad team. A very bad managed team.

If you're going to tell me that Britton, a guy who was a starter and switched to a closer, cant come in and give a optimal performance in a tie game... YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON.

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Zach Britton trying to keep classy

In fact.. You keep Britton in there for atleast 2 innings if you need him in this situation. The whole point in a one game playoff that is tied in extra innings it to give your batters a chance to get ahead. Britton is you best chance in INNing 10 and 11. You bring Ubaldo in 12 or 13 if you have to. I mean, Buck really mismanaged the living shit out of this game.

He's going to leave for a long term bigger deal just like Cruz did . Theoretically he's younger than Cruz and a long term deal is less risky BUT I doubt they'll pay him big money off a career year especially when I think they might finally target a decent starting pitcher instead.

You're over estimating his value. Cruz had shown to be a great hitter before. Trumbo was and still is a mediocre hitter who hits the ball over a fence every now and then. But he's never as good a hitter as Nelson Cruz.

I'd be stunned if a team gives him more than 3 years.

What wasn't shown was Britton spitting in Showalter's face and spelling "NPB" in the air with his finger.

Maaan, can't wait to see Baltimore in the world series. Going to be amazing.

#1 team of all times.

Woulda been better if Eddie hit the homerun off of Britton to shut Droford the fuck up.

But now MLB fans have much more of a reason to hate Toronto fans after that bullshit beer can incident. Typical desperate, pathetic Toronto bullshit. Though the general consensus amongst Jays fans is that guy is a fucking asshole.

Having been at the Rogers Center though, Jays fans are a bunch of fucking crybabies.... does make it a crazy place to play though.

Who was the oldest MLB player ever? Feel like Ichiro will beat it with his full head of gray hair.

Easy one there. Julio Franco. He's like 55 now and could still play. as a utility guy. He was 49 or 50 when he retired. Some pitcher retired a few years ago that was in his upper 40's as well, Jamie Mauer or something, can't remember his name.

Damn. 59 by some guy with the last name Paige.

Wonder if he had an "Alberto" tattoo

Cubs are saying rotation is gonna go Lester, Hendricks, Arrieta and Lackey. No surprise but I wonder if they give Lackey the Ted Lilly treatment and bump him for Lester if game 4 is a must win.

Wondering who the hell the Mets are gonna start if they win. Nats are broken but they'll throw Scherzer, Gio and Roark. I can't name a Mets starter other than Synderguard and Bart.

Adam and Drake Laroche are going to throw out the first pitch before game 2 of the NLDS. Lollllllllllllll

Ya the Cubs organization and the city for that matter seem hell bent on jinx this team again.

Giordano's pizza has some new box with the Cubs W on it or something

This is bad.

If they advance rookies Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo will be their other two starters to go along with Thor and Bart. They were both unbelievable down the stretch replacing deGrom and Matz, they team couldn't have gone on a run without them.

I think Gsellman and Bart would get the first 2 games of the NLDS, then Thor in Game 3 and Lugo Game 4 if needed.

Good thing Bernie Mack is dead

I think the Mets will win, but i rather the Giants win matchup wise.