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2012 MLB Postseason
#670102
10/12/12 08:46 PM
10/12/12 08:46 PM
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Blibbleblabble
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With the AL championship series set between the Yankees and Tigers, and still waiting to see who faces the Giants at this time, what are all of your thoughts on the match-ups, and what's happened so far?
I also have what might be a silly question. How does the rest of the country view the Giants? I follow them on a daily basis, and get to know the players personalities, quirks, trends, etc... and after 162+ games it starts to feel like they are more like buddies, part of the family, rather than athletes. So when I look at my own team I see a bunch of guys I like, but they don't seem so big and scary like other teams. The Reds were certainly scary. But I'm wondering if I was a Reds fan, I would feel the same about the Reds?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." -Calvin and Hobbes
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Re: 2012 MLB Postseason
[Re: Blibbleblabble]
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10/15/12 01:57 PM
10/15/12 01:57 PM
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How does the rest of the country view the Giants? I follow them on a daily basis, and get to know the players personalities, quirks, trends, etc... and after 162+ games it starts to feel like they are more like buddies, part of the family, rather than athletes. So when I look at my own team I see a bunch of guys I like, but they don't seem so big and scary like other teams. The Reds were certainly scary. But I'm wondering if I was a Reds fan, I would feel the same about the Reds? I like the Giants, Blibble. I see them as a gutty team that claws every game with a terrific pitching staff and a lineup with a superstar surrounded by average guys, who hustle. I enjoyed Hunter Pence while he was in Philly because he played hard and was off-beat. He was pretty productive even though he isn't a great situational player. Lincecum getting knocked around surprised me this year.
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Re: 2012 MLB Postseason
[Re: Blibbleblabble]
#671936
10/25/12 05:30 AM
10/25/12 05:30 AM
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Lilo
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The ball went screaming toward the centerfield seats, you could almost hear the seams crying, and as early signs go, this was like waking up to a buzzard outside your window. Justin Verlander, on an 0-2 count to Pablo Sandoval, had just brought a pitch that would skin the hair off an alley cat, a fastball high and in, 95 m.p.h. You and me, we don't think about swinging at such a missile; we think about ducking, diving, maybe crying. Sandoval, who is not quite 6 feet tall, yet tips the scales at close to 300 pounds, is not you or me. The slugger with two-toned hair who has become an RBI machine in San Francisco's postseason -- and whose bat was kissed by the gods Wednesday night -- got wood on that pitch and turned it around in a hurry. It landed in the crowd. And the Giants -- like that scene in "The Untouchables" when the bad guys kill their first G-man and leave him in an elevator -- hung a warning sign on the Tigers in the very first inning of this 2012 World Series: "Touchable." ... Mitch Albom Column
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: 2012 MLB Postseason
[Re: klydon1]
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10/28/12 05:21 PM
10/28/12 05:21 PM
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Blibble, you must be cooling the champagne right now, huh? Giants take a 3-0 lead and Cain hasn't pitched yet. The remarkable thing about the Giants' team is how loose they are. Late in a WS game, up by only 2 runs they're laughing and joking.
Sorry, Lilo. I like your team and your manager, but this match up is brutal for the Tigers. Sorry about your boys, Lilo. The Giants are just unbeatable! Congrats, Blib!  PANIC IN MOTOWN!!! PANIC IN MOTOWN!!  It's been horrible. Sad just sad... If this is the best they can do, then just end it right now. Get it over as quickly as possible and move on to an off-season in which the surplus of batting holes in the everyday lineup must be addressed. It’s no secret that the Tigers’ overriding problem this season was the frequency of incredible offensive lapses that left them with a much smaller margin for error.
What next?
Maybe the National Weather Service should consider tossing the Tigers’ offense into the middle of the Megastorm inching toward the eastern seaboard. Any association with the Tigers’ offense right now would reduce the strongest thunderstorm to basically an annoying drip from the water faucet.
Bad offense not bad luck
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: 2012 MLB Postseason
[Re: Blibbleblabble]
#672820
10/29/12 01:24 AM
10/29/12 01:24 AM
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Blibbleblabble
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Obviously I'm super happy right now! There was a time when I wondered if the Giants would ever win a championship in my lifetime, now I've seen two in a three year period. I can't believe it!
Klyd, the looseness of the team has been their attitude since the 2010 season, there are some real characters in this bunch, including Hunter Pence who fit right in. Their attitude makes them very lovable!
Lilo, I'm sorry your Tigers went down the way they did, I can imagine your pain. From what I hear, Leyland wasn't too popular at times with Detroit fans during the season, but I have to say his post game interview was classy. I can see why he's been a manager for so long in baseball. The Tigers will be continue to be competitive, they have a good team and will probably only get better.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." -Calvin and Hobbes
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Re: 2012 MLB Postseason
[Re: Blibbleblabble]
#672843
10/29/12 05:10 AM
10/29/12 05:10 AM
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Lilo, I'm sorry your Tigers went down the way they did, I can imagine your pain. From what I hear, Leyland wasn't too popular at times with Detroit fans during the season, but I have to say his post game interview was classy. I can see why he's been a manager for so long in baseball. The Tigers will be continue to be competitive, they have a good team and will probably only get better.
Congrats Blib!!! The Giants deserved to win and did so quite convincingly! I hope the Tigers will be back.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: 2012 MLB Postseason
[Re: Tony Mosrite]
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11/01/12 10:59 AM
11/01/12 10:59 AM
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(...) I had a feeling the Tigers time off was going to crush their momentum. hell yeah. the four teams that swept the LCS and waited until game 7 of the other series are 2-16 in World Series games. wow! There have been 28 postseasons since MLB moved to a 7 game series for the LCS. I'm kind of surprised that in that time there have been 18 series that were 4 game sweeps. Actually there have been 27 postseasons since the 7 game format to the LCS was introduced in 1985. I forgot the strike year of 1994. But as I reviewed the post seasons on Baseball Reference, there have only been 6 LCS games that were 4-0 sweeps.
Last edited by klydon1; 11/01/12 11:08 AM.
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