2012 ALDS: Yankees vs Orioles

[Brennan]

Fattassia can already pitch and the O's already can't hit. Why does the ump feel its necessary to give him a strike zone as wide as his ass?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Go Tigers

[Brennan]

Back to real life O's.

 

 

Piss poor post season showing. Good pitching is obviously not the only thing you need to win.

[jung]

Showalter finally does something.....must have been getting chilly and he needed to jog out to the mound to get the blood flowing....he has had opportunities to have an impact in this series and he has in the main just sat there.....turned a hitter loose 3-0 with the bases loaded (which I would not have done given that particular situation) and that has been his big moment in this series.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

My god what a joke of an offensive the Orioles are showing.

[Station 13]

Jones is a joke.

[jung]

Jones looks terrible again...like I said a few days ago...maybe this series turns out to be a learning experience for the youngish O's cause it sure does not look like it is much else.

 

Jones himself has gone from Mr Indifferent Play early in the series to Mr. Oh s*** we might have won this thing...maybe still can....now what do I do Mommy?

[jung]

So you mean to tell me that MLB has had to go so far out of its way to fit this ridiculous 2WC thing in that there is not even a day off before they start the ALCS? Good thing Detroit is so close to the east coast. Even if 2 WC is a good idea which I doubt...scrambling to do it this year was sort of dumb.

 

Oh stop, TBS...Grandpoopoo sucks

[rjortiz]

They should make it a three game series and extend the World Series into November, or start the baseball season earlier.

[jung]

Baseball is stuck....extending into Nov is to far into the cold weather on that end and starting the season earlier is to much cold weather on the spring end. They are not going to mess with the 162 either...honestly this is just a bad idea.

 

They may try to earn a couple days by making teams travel and play more on the same day in the regular season...good luck with that.

 

Geez this broadcast crew is terrible....Don was not great with Martinez but they were better than these goons.

[jung]

More examples of poor plate appearances abound. Does anybody come to the plate with a plan anymore? Does anybody come to the plate looking for a pitch in a location? Hitters are frustrated but they are so bad now, I don't even know if they realize why or how they are being frustrated.

 

You cannot go to the plate against good pitching without a plan. You have to have an idea about where you are going to focus as far as location is concerned and pitch type and if you get that pitch you have to do something with it.

 

You can tell just from the way hitters are reacting that they are not doing that. They are simply swinging or not swinging based on whether they think it is a ball or a strike which means they are meat every time for the pitcher. They are just setting themselves up to be fooled, swinging out of their shoelaces from the first pitch of the AB to strike 3 or whatever feeble thing they do to get themselves out.

 

Good pitchers are just going to get you dancing on the end of a string and you are done. CC is pitching a great game but the O's have been getting themselves out all series long as have the Spanks for the most part. Just one of the worst post season series I have ever seen in my entire lifetime.

 

Why people think it is interesting to watch guys fail over and over again is beyond me...folks think this is dramatic baseball....Wow!

 

Game 4 of this series was the best example because both starters totally sucked and neither team could do anything with them...totally helpless.

 

Is this really the way baseball is going to go now...and are people actually going to think they are watching good baseball? Scary!

 

As I browse the various sites I have visited during this series and others, I see the same thing posted over and over again..."why is so and so swinging at s*** and letting pitches right down main street go by" Why? Because the hitter is dancing on the end of the string being controlled by the pitcher.

 

And here is the poster child himself...again...Chris Davis....what a joke he is.

[redsoxrules]

Detroit is in good shape for this series . They wont see CC until Game 4 , unless they want to throw him out there on short rest

[kapsis21]

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[a700hitter]

A700 is usually right, we're f***ed.

This was an easy call. CC is a true ace-- a horse. We haven't had anyone like that since Schilling and Pedro.

[jacksonianmarch]

Detroit is in good shape for this series . They wont see CC until Game 4 , unless they want to throw him out there on short rest

 

Detroit isnt in "great shape" per se. They have to wait to throw Verlander until game 3, and there is no chance in hell the Yankees postpone CC to game 4. CC is throwing game 3 and 7. So will Verlander, and I think this series goes 7. I have a feeling we go to Kuroda in game 2 on 3 days rest, CC game 3 on 3 days rest and then everyone else after that on regular rest

[jacksonianmarch]

This is what we are gonna see, IMO...

 

Game 1- Pettitte vs Fister

Game 2- Kuroda vs Sanchez

Game 3- Sabathia vs Verlander

Game 4- Hughes vs Scherzer

Game 5- Pettitte vs Fister

Game 6- Kuroda vs Sanchez

Game 7- Sabathia vs Verlander

[Station 13]

Nice choke job Orioles.

 

jacko, why is Scherzer on delayed?

[jacksonianmarch]

Cause they held him until game 4 in the ALDS, so I am considering him, like Hughes, the #4 starter

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

This was an easy call. CC is a true ace-- a horse. We haven't had anyone like that since Schilling and Pedro.

 

True but since the calls you usually make are right, predict the Yankees are going to lose!!!!

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Detroit isnt in "great shape" per se. They have to wait to throw Verlander until game 3, and there is no chance in hell the Yankees postpone CC to game 4. CC is throwing game 3 and 7. So will Verlander, and I think this series goes 7. I have a feeling we go to Kuroda in game 2 on 3 days rest, CC game 3 on 3 days rest and then everyone else after that on regular rest

 

Yeah they are, Yankees offensive stars look like s***. You guus struggled to beat a really bad O's this series. Detriot taking out the Yankees once again.

[a700hitter]

True but since the calls you usually make are right, predict the Yankees are going to lose!!!!

I wish I was feeling it. I honestly don't know how this series will go. If the Yankees continue hitting like they have been, they will be in big trouble. Hopefully, they will stay in their collective slump.

[jacksonianmarch]

Didnt you predict the O's would beat us? Cmon man, be impartial. This series is going 7 games and it will be CC vs Verlander for the trip to the world series.

 

Edit: This is aimed at RSFFL

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I wish I was feeling it. I honestly don't know how this series will go. If the Yankees continue hitting like they have been, they will be in big trouble. Hopefully, they will stay in their collective slump.

 

SHUT UP AND CALL A YANKEES LOST DAMN IT

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Didnt you predict the O's would beat us? Cmon man, be impartial. This series is going 7 games and it will be CC vs Verlander for the trip to the world series.

 

Reread that post again. I called you out for punching in your ticket for the ALCS because you were wrong about it last year with a700.

[a700hitter]

Didnt you predict the O's would beat us? Cmon man, be impartial. This series is going 7 games and it will be CC vs Verlander for the trip to the world series.

 

Edit: This is aimed at RSFFL

Who are you addressing.

[rjortiz]

Didnt you predict the O's would beat us? Cmon man, be impartial. This series is going 7 games and it will be CC vs Verlander for the trip to the world series.

 

Edit: This is aimed at RSFFL

 

I agree. Should be a great series.

[a700hitter]

SHUT UP AND CALL A YANKEES LOST DAMN IT

Pettitte will blow up in this series. That should get us off to a good start.

[jacksonianmarch]

Reread that post again. I called you out for punching in your ticket for the ALCS because you were wrong about it last year with a700.

 

You called me out, and you were wrong. Time to eat some...er..dead oriole!

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I'll eat it no problem

[redsoxrules]

Just saw the highlights of this game and Mclouth got robbed of a HR .

Unreal that they still get it wrong even with instant reply.

You can clearly see the ball changing direction as it hit the pole.

That could of been a game change and rattled CC