MLB Amidst NFL
They’re gonna squeeze a baseball game into a tiny window of no football this afternoon. Still, there is football still going when they start and a new game beginning while they’re playing. Does that matter to you football nuts? I admit having a hard time gearing up for baseball if there’s a prime NFL slate in full swing. I prefer baseball to football but it’s a mood thing. Just as it’s impossible for me to watch football in the Summer it’s difficult for me to *rev down* to watch baseball when football is on. Dig?
But it’s a good one, Cole vs Price.
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Astros going to continue the spanking of the Sox…wish we had the Brewers on tonight. Will be a long wait till Game 3…
Chiefs-Pats tonight could be awesome.
Or an awesome disappointment…
saw an ugly stat (can’t remember it completely) about Brady in Foxboro vs young QB’s. I think he’s like 27-1 or some shit like that
Was Kaep the only one with the win?…
yes
That may have been the best regular season Niners game in the Harbs “era”…
41-34 Niners. Kaep threw for 4 TDs. Pats made huge comeback and almost pulled it out. Dec 16 2012…
Astros reminded yesterday how good they are. They’re not a “blow you away with dynamic stats” type of team. Just so solid in every phase of the game.
A really weak move by Cora getting thrown out early in the game. That just can’t happen in game 1 of a league championship series. A rookie mistake.
Price? Yet another disappointing postseason.
Stros to me represent exhibit A of how the game is played today. Yes they hit 205 bombs BUT way more important reason they won 103 games and are defending WS champs primed for a repeat—they have the best pitching in the league and SPs dominate.
Verlander at age 35 had amazing season 2.52 ERA and WHIP of 0,90. And K’d 290 guys this season avg 12 per 9 and less than 2 walks.
None of the 5 SPS had ERA over 4.00 and Cole was also under 3.00, 33 yr old Morton at 3.13.
In a hitters friendly park no less.
Beside ERA Stros led league in fewest runs hits and bombs allowed plus K’d the most too.
Thanks to Rooster for the Walter Payton vid very cool.
Have to say tho since I was watching it as a kid on TV when it happened, nothing sticks out more to me than the day Gale Sayers scored 6 TDs vs. Niners, in the f-ing rain. Really sad his career was cut so short, and I remember seeing that one too, knee wrecked by Niners corner Kermit Alexander.
The screen pass is still an awesome play.
Yesterday I decided I’m OK with the Dodgers winning the World Series this season.
I don’t want to spend every October for the next few years grinding about the Dodgers.
It’s been 30 years. Plenty long enough of a nice break from them winning it.
They can wait another 30 years for me after I’m dead..
No fucking way Zumiee . . . I’ll be down with 71 years at least or as AK said, “. . . after I’m dead.”
Here’s a complete list of the longest (and, inversely, shortest) playoff droughts.
1. Cleveland Indians, 70 years
2. Texas Rangers, 57 years (franchise has never won a World Series title)
4. Milwaukee Brewers, 49 years (franchise has never won a World Series title)
5. San Diego Padres, 49 years (franchise has never won a World Series title)
6. Washington Nationals, 49 years (franchise has never won a World Series title)
7. Seattle Mariners, 41 years (franchise has never won a World Series Title)
8. Pittsburgh Pirates, 39 years
9. Baltimore Orioles, 35 years
10. Detroit Tigers, 34 years
11. New York Mets, 32 years
12. Los Angeles Dodgers, 30 years
13. Oakland Athletics, 29 years
14. Cincinnati Reds, 28 years
15. Minnesota Twins, 27 years
16. Colorado Rockies, 25 years (franchise has never won a World Series Title)
17. Toronto Blue Jays, 25 years
18. Atlanta Braves, 23 years
19. Tampa Bay Rays, 18 years (franchise has never won a World Series Title)
20. Arizona Diamondbacks, 17 years
21. Los Angeles Angels, 16 years
22. Miami Marlins, 15 years
23. Chicago White Sox, 13 years
24. Philadelphia Phillies, 10 years
25. New York Yankees, 9 years
26. St. Louis Cardinals, 7 years
26. Boston Red Sox, 5 years
27. San Francisco Giants, 4 years
28. Kansas City Royals, 3 years
29. Chicago Cubs, 2 years
30. Houston Astros, 1 year
Great list; thanks!
23 years for the Braves surprised me. It doesn’t seem like that long ago where they were almost a given to be in the Playoffs every year.
Giants are the reason there’s no 6 & 8 year droughts…
mm can’t stand Roberts. Hate to see any validation of him.
Dodgers of ’60s had some cool players I really liked. Today, no.
Story on F/G, speaking of Mets drought: today is day Mays got his last hit ever, in WS vs. A’s in a game Mets won.
go ahead single in 12th, WS game 2 Oct 14 1973. Mets won that one 10-7.
I see your point about Roberts, Willie, he is very annoying. But, anymore, I just see baseball managers as people that come and go. No matter what success they have, the vast majority of them eventually get run out of town on a rail.
True about mgrs Zum. I dislike Maddon too and apparently he is under some scrutiny for way they finished this year. They have as much talent as anyone and wound up losing division to Brewers and WC to the Rox..
Chili Davis winds up taking the heat for uninspired O/lack of runs scored. Not defending him but firing the hitting coach is such a cliche weak move.
Dawg said it well yesterday- with the talent the Dodgers have, they’re going to win a title at some point within the next few years.
We drafted Beede and they drafted Beuhler. That kind of thing is a big difference-maker.
It also wouldn’t surprise me to see one of their “journeymen turned HR-hitters” test positive for a PED.
i don’t worry about them winning a world series. I just enjoy all of the losses. Every post season they lose. If they ever break that streak I’ll stop enjoying it. But them winning again some day? Don’t care, I’m a Giants fan.
Well put…
I disagree somewhat . . . and not because of an emotional reason, but a mathematical one. I get it that they are good, but even this preseason, they were rated at 7 to 1 odds to win a WS, i.e., one chance out of seven (which were the best odds besides the Astros at 21-4). Of course, that was before Kershaw and Turner went to the DL.
My point being that there’s just so many things that have to go right – first during the season, than of course, in the playoffs. This isn’t the same league as when the Yankees used Kansas city as their minor league “farm team.” No, today, you have to earn it. Sheesh, look at those same Yankees – one championship since 2001!
Where I do agree with Dawg, is that they keep putting themselves in a good situation where they’re likely going to the playoffs each year. Regardless, with the Giants not doing squat, this is sort of my World Series – rooting for them to face plant. 🙂
How about that Twins manager. I don’t even know his name. Manager of the Year last year, fired a few weeks ago. Tough gig.
Paul Molitor, tremendous hitter.
MLBTR has columns every day on such and such team Mgr or GM search.
Molitor! Thanks. I totally forgot.
Molitor, batting lead off, had 5 hits in Game 1 of the ’82 WS.
Yount, hitting behind him, had 4…
Regardless of where anyone stands politically, over/under on Trump officials gone soon after Election Day in November?
I say Kelly and Rosenstein, for sure, and Mueller a strong possibility. Where that leaves the Special Counsel investigation is yet to be seen. All of those cards will be laid on the table at some point.
Kelly has to be counting the days. He agreed to stay until the election he said.
Possibly Sarah Sanders. Possibly Jeff Sessions.
R A M S ! Six and OH baby!
And next week the Rams get a Bye. 7 and O soon.
I think the Chiefs win tonight outright and getting 3.5 seems like a gift. If I were betting tho, I’d take the $ line at +170. That’s the play.
Really like to see M Gonzalez in Giants uni next season.
Well Zum. It is very typical to get a big turnover in staff after the first mid-term so people like McGahn, Kelly and Sanders will all be departing.
There will be a house cleaning at DoJ but Mueller is going to be in place until he issues his report, which should be forthcoming but the end of the year. If it drags past Jan. 1 then there is going to be a lot of pressure to put some evidence on the table regarding the President.
If Dems win the House then you may see certain cabinet secretaries departing…
Some of these staff members weren’t there from the beginning. They’re the “second wave” people that will be departing for the third wave.
Sarah Sanders was the deputy and then moved up. Could not imagine how hard that job is. Kelly of course was at Homeland and McGahn has been his chief counsel since the campaign.
Sarah is already third wave, I forgot. Can’t forget Mooch’s 10 days. She’ll be leaving for the 4th wave replacement. 🙂
I define the waves differently than you do. 🙂
Baseball-smart Red Sox fans smart enough to not grab the ball as it rolled along the top of the padding.
Green Monster is such a big factor tonight.
25 yd screen pass for the kid. Otherwise he’s a little off tonite.
As opposed to the other guy who is not.
And uh someone else who I don’t think is “done.”
Mahomes playing like shit. Might not be ready for the big game. Hopefully he settles down
GH have you been able to sneak in the pardon request for Stix yet? Seems like something Trump likes to do.
This is going to have to be a second term kind of thing….
I know Kershaw is bad in post season when you consider he might be top 10 all time in regular season, but he is 8-7 in post season. Has anyone had a bigger gap than Price in MLB history? Very good to sort of great in regular season but today he didn’t get out of the 5th even with a lead, so his 0-9 continues!. Crazy
I want Stix walking the earth freely by Christmas. GH you are on the clock.
Didn’t he (GH) change jobs tho?
Yeah not yet in the WH:) zum should start drafting the pardon petition…
Well….I’m not as big a Stix fan as some Flappers. 🙂
Rough inning for the Houston catcher.
hella comeback by Chiefs, very exciting team.
Mahomes looks like he ready for prime time every game..
Hell of a game, going down to who has the ball last..37-33Pats in a shootout ..
Fun trivia game could be ‘what are these fired or resigned Trump officials doing now?’
Sally Yates
Michael Flynn
Katie Walsh
K.T. McFarland
Vivek Murthy
Angella Reid
James Comey
Michael Dubke
Tera Dahl
Walter Shaub
Mark Corallo
Sean Spicer
Rich Higgins
Michael Short
Derek Harvey
Reince Priebus
Anthony Scaramucci
George Gigicos
Ezra Cohen-Watnick
Steve Bannon
Carl Icahn
Sebastian Gorka
Keith Schiller
Tom Price
George Sifakis
Rick Dearborn
Jeremy Katz
Dina Powell
Omarosa M. Newman
Andrew McCabe
Taylor Weyeneth
Brenda Fitzgerald
Rob Porter
David Sorensen
Rachel Brand
Gary Cohn
John Feeley
John McEntee
Rex Tillerson
John Dowd
Josh Raffel
David Shulkin
Hope Hicks
H.R. McMaster
Michael Anton
Tom Bossert
Nadia Schadlow
Ty Cobb
Tom Homan
Scott Pruitt
Joe Hagin
Ty Cobb and John Dowd are busy watching PS baseball
Some of them wrote crappy books.
Well I ain’t got nothin against no books
I like books. I’m a regular at my local library.
All having affairs?
He probably misses Hope Hicks most of all, I betcha.
Wow unreal 75 yard bomb 💣 all in 12 seconds!!
40-40 what a great game!!
This game is insane
Tyreek Hill is just coolest player in NFL.
The spinning high catch and immediate acceleration when his feet touched down. . . . That was something
The modern NFL.
This must be for the regular season, because Mark Sanchez was 24 when he led the Jets to victory over the Pats at Foxboro in the 2010 playoffs.
And Joe Flacco was a week shy of 25 when the Ravens beat the Pats at Foxboro in the 2009 playoffs.
not so fast says MB
The link isn’t working for me.
After the Series is done, the thing I’m looking most forward to towards end of year is the premier of “Mary Poppins Returns”. Long awaited. at Christmas. Dick van Dyke at the age of 90+ is making an appearance in it. I really like that dude. I never liked this movie as a kid, but loved this film as an adult. How can you not love Julie Andrews pulling endless crap out of her suitcase? I just hope the new Mary, Emily Blunt, does the original justice …
Mary Poppins, after watching a lot of Giants games the last two years:
LMAO….
“Step in Time” is till one of the greatest dance scenes ever in movies. And, Dick van Dyke did that all himself. And, I can’t help it, I still get the sniffles whenever I hear “Feed the Birds”….
Ah, Tom, very brave of you to admit to the soft spot in your heart for Mary Poppins. You are not alone, my friend, I feel the same way, also about “Feed the Birds”. I kept thinking some great band would cover that, but I never heard one….
From 3 in 5 to Mary Poppins.
Pass the Prozac…
and xanax and fentanyl
“No where is there are more ‘appier crew
“Than them wot sings, chim chim cher-ee, chim cher-oo!”