2026 MLB post-Red Sox postseason thread

[NHNative]

6 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Back in the day it was Eddie Andleman, and the Sports Babe and their cast of characters.

Change up:

Do you remember Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers?

[Old Red]

4 minutes ago, NHNative said:

Change up:

Do you remember Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers?

You lost me on that one.

[NHNative]

6 minutes ago, Old Red said:

You lost me on that one.

Look em up--a popular radio show out of Boston for about 35 years.

Icons...like Red Sox and Cheers.

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Sully from Winchester has more info on the Sox than that dumb press conference anyway. 

Where does Notin from Chicago rank?

[mvp 78]

42 minutes ago, notin said:

Where does Notin from Chicago rank?

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, NHNative said:

Confused I am.

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/2005/07/07/foulke-s-joke-whopper/52473955007/

[notin]

5 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Makes sense. I only got 37% on Rotten Tomates…

[illinoisredsox]

1 hour ago, notin said:

Makes sense. I only got 37% on Rotten Tomates…

On the Tomatometer or the Popcornmeter?

[mvp 78]

I honor of Click and Clack, I wonder if the Car Talk guys could figure out what went wrong with the '26 Sox.

"Well, it sounded something like this... er er er errrrr errrr er er er err vrooooom vroooooooom eeeeeeeeeeeee craaaaash..." 

[NHNative]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I honor of Click and Clack, I wonder if the Car Talk guys could figure out what went wrong with the '26 Sox.

"Well, it sounded something like this... er er er errrrr errrr er er er err vrooooom vroooooooom eeeeeeeeeeeee craaaaash..." 

They would have created a metaphorical analogy and tie it to the failure of a CVT.

[notin]

20 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

On the Tomatometer or the Popcornmeter?

Both.  Combined…

[notin]

14 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I honor of Click and Clack, I wonder if the Car Talk guys could figure out what went wrong with the '26 Sox.

"Well, it sounded something like this... er er er errrrr errrr er er er err vrooooom vroooooooom eeeeeeeeeeeee craaaaash..." 

“Are you sure it was a crash? Normally the ‘26 Red Sox just sort of sputters out and stalls, usually when it gets colder.  That ‘vroom vroom’ tells me you were riding the bullpen too hard, probably out of necessity.  Maybe add some OBP next time and ease up on the pen.”

[NHNative]

6 minutes ago, notin said:

“Are you sure it was a crash? Normally the ‘26 Red Sox just sort of sputters out and stalls, usually when it gets colder.  That ‘vroom vroom’ tells me you were riding the bullpen too hard, probably out of necessity.  Maybe add some OBP next time and ease up on the pen.”

I blame on the hot summer temps affect on the wooden bats.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

On 10/7/2026 at 12:13 PM, mvp 78 said:

 

Top 5. That's not too shabby.

[mvp 78]

Misiorowski only went 4.1 IP and Skubal only threw 81 pitches. Should I be yelling at Tracy over this? 

[drewski6]

49 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Misiorowski only went 4.1 IP and Skubal only threw 81 pitches. Should I be yelling at Tracy over this? 

No, but maybe the posters who say that you should look to be cheap up and down the batting order and go into the playoffs with 7 aces acquired via the budget savings from prioritizing defense on a min wage contract at multiple lineup positions.

[drewski6]

Your aces dont help you when they are getting pulled in the fourth inning of a 0-0 game.

[drewski6]

I guess they are helping us because if they were non aces (avg starting pitchers) and they were getting pulled in the 3rd of a 3-0 game, wed have to listen to Fred tell us its over in the third inning. So I guess at least breslows master plan spares us of that.

[drewski6]

they all laughed at christopher columbus when he said the world was round.

[moonslav59]

 

Go Brew Crew!

 

[mvp 78]

25 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

they all laughed at christopher columbus when he said the world was round.

No they did not. 

[drewski6]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

No they did not. 

Take it up with Ella Fitzgerald 

[moonslav59]

Nate Lowe comes through.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Say what you want about the remaining teams and their lack of longball power and cite regular season stats and rankings all day.

But the home runs they are hitting are huge reasons why they're winning. Ramirez in the ALDS, DeLauter and Bailey last night, and Wild Bill Contreras and Turang in the NLCS. The defending champs are down 0-2 and have zero HRs.

[Old Red]

3 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Say what you want about the remaining teams and their lack of longball power and cite regular season stats and rankings all day.

But the home runs they are hitting are huge reasons why they're winning. Ramirez in the ALDS, DeLauter and Bailey last night, and Wild Bill Contreras and Turang in the NLCS. The defending champs are down 0-2 and have zero HRs.

Even Brez acknowledges the importance of HR in the postseason.

[JimEd]

1 hour ago, Old Red said:

Even Brez acknowledges the importance of HR in the postseason.

yet he appears to be disinclined to do anything about it.

[mvp 78]

18 minutes ago, JimEd said:

yet he appears to be disinclined to do anything about it.

It's an expensive fix and he still values pitching and defense more. 

[NHNative]

22 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

It's an expensive fix and he still values pitching and defense more. 

So the smartest man in baseball doesn't know ya need runs to win?

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, NHNative said:

So the smartest man in baseball doesn't know ya need runs to win?

MIL 2026:

2nd Runs

29th HR

[NHNative]

6 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

MIL 2026:

2nd Runs

29th HR

Please translate.