OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

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Tip of the cap to the Padres.
If Musgrove can give them a little of what he did tonight, along with Darvish and Snell, they will be a tough out.
They have some big lumber and it could be getting hot at the right time.
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
Tip of the cap to the Padres.
If Musgrove can give them a little of what he did tonight, along with Darvish and Snell, they will be a tough out.
They have some big lumber and it could be getting hot at the right time.
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Gonna be an all-division matchup in the NLDS. I expect a lot of close games and wouldn’t be shocked if both Series went the distance.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
This Hader pitcher for the Padres is scary looking coming home w/his pitches.
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Yeah Brewers messed up trading him imo. He’s had a rough go of it this year but he has been one of the best closers in baseball for awhile now. This has been a really flukey season compared to the rest of his career.
 
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Had a feeling the Mets would lose in the WC round after blowing the division last week. Just had to win one to win the division and they couldn't do it with their big 3 on the mound. Padres pitchers have been hot lately too. Knew they'd give the Mets some problems especially with deGrom and Scherzer not living up to expectations lately.
 
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On October 10 in Baseball History...​
  • 1904 - Boston clinched the pennant on the last day of the season when Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders threw a wild pitch in the ninth to allow the winning run to score from third. The Red Sox won 3-2 in the doubleheader opener.

  • 1906 - Ed Reulbach's no-hit bid is broken by Jiggs Donahue's single in the seventh, but the Cubs beat the White Sox, 7-1. The next World Series one-hitter will come in 1945, by another Cub: Claude Passeau.

  • 1920 - The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1 in the fifth game of the World Series. For the Indians, Elmer Smith hit the first Series grand slam and Jim Bagby, the winner, hit the first Series homer by a pitcher.

  • 1923 - It's an all-New York World Series for the third straight year. A 4-4 tie is broken in the top of the ninth by the Giants. Casey Stengel's inside-the-park home run is the first World Series homer at Yankee Stadium. It is the first World Series to be broadcast on a nationwide radio network.

  • 1924 - The Washington Senators won their only championship by defeating the Giants 4-3 in 12 innings. The winning run scored when a ball hit by Earl McNeely bounced over third baseman Fred Lindstrom's head.

  • 1926 - Grover Alexander, 39, saved Game 7 and the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and pitching 2 1/3 hitless innings.

  • 1931 - The Philadelphia Athletics rally for two runs and have two runners on base with two outs in the ninth when Cardinals reliever Bill Hallahan gets the final out for the 4-2 win in Game Seven. The A's are denied their third consecutive World Championship.

  • 1937 - Lefty Gomez knocks in the winning run in the 4-2 clincher in Game Five against the Giants. It is his record fifth World Series win without a loss. Another record comes when the Yankees complete the Series without an error.

  • 1945 - The Tigers score five runs in the first inning of Game Seven and rout the Cubs 9-3 behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Series.

  • 1951 - Hank Bauer's bases-loaded triple in Game Six propels the Yankees to a 4-3 win and their third straight Series victory.

  • 1956 - Johnny Kucks sets down Brooklyn, 9-0, as the Yankees win the World Series in seven games. Yogi Berra hits a pair of two-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. It's the seventh and final time Brooklyn and the Yankees meet in the Series. In the future, it will take a jet, not a subway, to get these two teams together.

  • 1957 - Lew Burdette's third victory of the World Series, a 5-0 decision over the New York Yankees, gave the Milwaukee Braves the championship.

  • 1964 - Jim Bouton and Curt Simmons battle to a 1-1 tie through eight innings in Game Three. Mickey Mantle homers on Barney Schultz's first pitch in the ninth, and the Yankees win, 2-1.

  • 1968 - Mickey Lolich won the World Series for the Detroit Tigers by defeating Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in Game 7. It was Lolich's third win and came after the Tigers had lost three of the first four games.

  • 1973 - Tom Seaver hurls the Mets into the World Series for the second time in four years with a 7-2 victory over the Reds in Game Five of the NLCS.

  • 1978 - Davey Lopes collects two home runs and five RBI to lead the Dodgers to an 11-5 victory over the Yankees in the first game of the World Series.

  • 1979 - The Orioles score five runs in the first inning of the World Series, then hang on to defeat the Pirates 5-4.

  • 1980 - Kansas City's George Brett hit an upper deck three-run homer off relief ace Goose Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-2 victory and a three-game sweep of New York Yankees in the ALCS.

  • 1982 - The Brewers complete their comeback from a 2-0 ALCS deficit by edging the Angels 4-3, to earn their first-ever trip to the World Series. Angels outfielder Fred Lynn bats .611 for the series and is named MVP in a losing cause.

  • 1987 - Jeffrey Leonard homered for the fourth straight game as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2, tying the NLCS at two games apiece.

  • 1990 - The Oakland Athletics swept the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3-1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart won for the eighth straight time in head-to-head matchups with Roger Clemens, who was ejected in the second inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.

  • 1996 - Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Braves and a tie of the NLCS.
  • 2022 - The Mets season is officially over after losing 6-0 to the Padres last night. New York led the NL East for almost the entire season, including a 10.5 game lead in June, before being swept in Atlanta in the penultimate series of the regular season. San Diego took 2 out of 3 at New York in the inaugural Wild Card Round, leaving the Mets at 13,131 days since winning their last World Series in 1986. Mets owner Steve Cohen releases a statement of regret for Max Scherzer’s contract. Pete Alonso is said to have broken 10 bats in the clubhouse. Cohen vows to sign Yankees slugger Aaron Judge to the most lucrative contract in MLB history once free agency begins. We later find out Judge reneges on his contract agreement and returns to the real team in New York. Soon after this news, Jacob deGrom will leave for the Atlanta Braves after opting out of his contract. The Queensboro Bridge requires to be shut down for several months due to city officials being fearful Mets fans will jump off it.
 
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VolPack22 said:
On October 10 in Baseball History...​

  • 2022 - The Mets season is officially over after losing 6-0 to the Padres last night. New York led the NL East for almost the entire season, including a 10.5 game lead in June, before being swept in Atlanta in the penultimate series of the regular season. San Diego took 2 out of 3 at New York in the inaugural Wild Card Round, leaving the Mets at 13,131 days since winning their last World Series in 1986. Mets owner Steve Cohen releases a statement of regret for Max Scherzer’s contract. Pete Alonso is said to have broken 10 bats in the clubhouse. Cohen vows to sign Yankees slugger Aaron Judge to the most lucrative contract in MLB history once free agency begins. We later find out Judge reneges on his contract agreement and returns to the real team in New York. Soon after this news, Jacob deGrom will leave for the Atlanta Braves after opting out of his contract. The Queensboro Bridge requires to be shut down for several months due to city officials being fearful Mets fans will jump off it.
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😂😅😂
 
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mad4vols said:
Tomorrow, Monday needs to be officially called…
“Be kind to @cardvolfan & @cobbwebb0710 Day.”

Be kind and sensitive and send them words of encouragement and hugs throughout the day.
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Thanks, Mad. Yeah, getting dinged 2 straight as the home team is disappointing. The way it happened in Game 1 is even more disappointing. As VP says, and it’s true, the NL Central was a weak division this year and the Birds feasted on that weakness. Ended up 34-39 on the year against above .500 teams. Work to do and acquisitions that need to be made in the off-season. Good luck the rest of the way to you guys that have a rooting interest in your favorite team.
 
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cardvolfan said:
Thanks, Mad. Yeah, getting dinged 2 straight as the home team is disappointing. The way it happened in Game 1 is even more disappointing. As VP says, and it’s true, the NL Central was a weak division this year and the Birds feasted on that weakness. Ended up 34-39 on the year against above .500 teams. Work to do and acquisitions that need to be made in the off-season. Good luck the rest of the way to you guys that have a rooting interest in your favorite team.
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I seriously thought the Cardinals would win that series but Game 1 was a complete gut punch. Pretty ironic for the Phillies. I vividly remember them squandering a 6 run lead against the Mets this season and then they do that in the playoffs. These were two evenly matched teams but I thought the Cardinals were a little bit better. As we all know, the best team doesn’t always win in baseball. You have a good core group of players. You will be back next year.
 
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I’m not trying to beat a dead horse here, but this is a reminder of what baseball is. Most of us here know and understand this.
 

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AllVolinGA said:
This is totally unrelated to your post, but dang man, you actually won the pick the score contest for the LSU game this week. Congrats. Of course, you still stink like a hog lot in late August when it comes to picking games in The National Pastime.
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Thanks AllVol 😊
You know what they say, every now and then a blind squirrel finds a nut? Well that’s not me b*tches, I knew we were gonna blow LSU out.

Drops the mic and walks away.


Turns around and comes back.


And one more thing. You guys better be scared next year in the @OldTimer contest. I haven’t forgotten any of your comments about coming in last place.

Gives a hug to @cardvolfan & @cobbwebb0710 for be kind to card and Cobb day for their baseball teams losses.

Now really leaves.
 
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Alex Anthopoulos is starting a trend that I believe you will see the rest of the sport take advantage of. Sign these young pups to long extensions before they reach their prime and that way you don’t have to pay them the big bucks. Even if all of them don’t produce at an all-star level throughout the entirety of their contract it is still a win for the organization because they aren’t as handicapped by a big free agent contract (ie Ozuna, BJ Upton). They are extremely team-friendly contracts and this would be the exact strategy I would implement if I were in charge. He is doing something that I don’t recall any other GM doing.
 
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