"Official" MLB 2011 Thread

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:39 am

I don't think anyone should feel bad for Sox fans.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:48 am

shiv Wrote:

I don't think anyone should feel bad for Sox fans.

Don't worry, nobody does.

#Bravesepicfailrip

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:00 am

shiv Wrote:

good job asshole. :nono:

serves him right for saying he deserved to close the all-star game at the old yankee stadium over mariano....karma, years later!

*grasping*

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:23 am

Yail Bloor Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

I don't think anyone should feel bad for Sox fans.

Don't worry, nobody does.

#Bravesepicfailrip

Agreed but if anyone can commiserate today it's us.

Historic collapse for the Braves. Not that we were going anywhere anyway but still, glad they could twist the knife a little more by going to extras.

Bring me the head of Derek Lowe.

Guess I'm a Rays and Brewers fan now.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:56 am

Rick Derris Wrote:

Guess I'm a Rays and Brewers fan now.

FT · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:22 am

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Sorry BoSox folks, but I'm elated. This is the closest I'm going to get to a playoff/WS joy for awhile.

chris fucking davis...whodathunkit??? (hint: NOT ME)

FT · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:31 am

shiv Wrote:

paper Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

good job asshole. :nono:

scapegoat.

come on...they lost 20 games in September.

yeah but it's just fitting that he's the one to blow the final chance.

this was just a month-long train wreck.

such a bizarre season

from starting 2-10 to going 7-20 in september, but somehow going 81-42 (.658) in between

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:52 am

paper · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:17 pm

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:44 pm

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:03 pm

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:02 pm

4 quality posts in a row

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:32 pm

Big League Stew Wrote:

People keep saying that not even Hollywood would have the courage to write a script about the unlikely comeback of the Tampa Bay Rays.

They're right, of course. How could moviemakers ever expect anyone to buy a story that had a 1-in-278 million chance of happening?

No, that is not a typo. According to calculations made by noted statistician Nate Silver, the series of corners the Rays found themselves backed into made for the unlikeliest escape of all time. According to the bookofodds.com, any of the members were more likely to get struck by lightning (1 in 835,000), win a Powerball drawing (1 in 195,000,000) or die in a shark attack (1 in 250,800,000)

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

i saw jason isbell open for justin townes earle last night. Isbell drank the better part of a bottle of jack while on stage which he blamed his need for on the braves.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:39 pm

I never considered that I had a higher chance of winning a lottery that I don't play, than dying from a shark attack in waters which I will never venture into.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:00 pm

Dammit! I just couldn't stay awake. My Astros did their part, though. :roll:

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:19 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Big League Stew Wrote:

People keep saying that not even Hollywood would have the courage to write a script about the unlikely comeback of the Tampa Bay Rays.

They're right, of course. How could moviemakers ever expect anyone to buy a story that had a 1-in-278 million chance of happening?

No, that is not a typo. According to calculations made by noted statistician Nate Silver, the series of corners the Rays found themselves backed into made for the unlikeliest escape of all time. According to the bookofodds.com, any of the members were more likely to get struck by lightning (1 in 835,000), win a Powerball drawing (1 in 195,000,000) or die in a shark attack (1 in 250,800,000)

Does leaving Scott Proctor in for 2 innings factor into these findings?

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

shiv Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Big League Stew Wrote:

People keep saying that not even Hollywood would have the courage to write a script about the unlikely comeback of the Tampa Bay Rays.

They're right, of course. How could moviemakers ever expect anyone to buy a story that had a 1-in-278 million chance of happening?

No, that is not a typo. According to calculations made by noted statistician Nate Silver, the series of corners the Rays found themselves backed into made for the unlikeliest escape of all time. According to the bookofodds.com, any of the members were more likely to get struck by lightning (1 in 835,000), win a Powerball drawing (1 in 195,000,000) or die in a shark attack (1 in 250,800,000)

Does leaving Scott Proctor in for 2 innings factor into these findings?

well, there was a 1 in 278 million chance of the Yankees leaving Scott Proctor in for 2 2/3 innings.

That said, you can only complain about Proctor so much since the Redsox got a chance to beat up on him on Sunday.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:55 pm

billy g Wrote:

i saw jason isbell open for justin townes earle last night. Isbell drank the better part of a bottle of jack while on stage which he blamed his need for on the braves.

Sounds about right. He's a legit big time Bravos fan.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:02 pm

FWIW, I did laugh through the tears this morning when the local sports talk station kept playing the sad R2D2 sound between calls.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:17 am

billy g Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Big League Stew Wrote:

People keep saying that not even Hollywood would have the courage to write a script about the unlikely comeback of the Tampa Bay Rays.

They're right, of course. How could moviemakers ever expect anyone to buy a story that had a 1-in-278 million chance of happening?

No, that is not a typo. According to calculations made by noted statistician Nate Silver, the series of corners the Rays found themselves backed into made for the unlikeliest escape of all time. According to the bookofodds.com, any of the members were more likely to get struck by lightning (1 in 835,000), win a Powerball drawing (1 in 195,000,000) or die in a shark attack (1 in 250,800,000)

Does leaving Scott Proctor in for 2 innings factor into these findings?

well, there was a 1 in 278 million chance of the Yankees leaving Scott Proctor in for 2 2/3 innings.

That said, you can only complain about Proctor so much since the Redsox got a chance to beat up on him on Sunday.

i was 90% joking.

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:30 am

Francona out apparently (Keith Law & Olbermann). Kiss of death after Epstein claimed Francona wouldn't be the scapegoat.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:26 pm

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

DHRjericho Wrote:

Francona out apparently (Keith Law & Olbermann). Kiss of death after Epstein claimed Francona wouldn't be the scapegoat.

I think its a simplistic response to the situation to say he's being scapegoated. He just had his options coming due at a very bad time. Would anyone really expect that he'd have a two year option picked up after that collapse? That's not to say it's his fault primarily. I'd blame Epstein more but there wasn't an immediate decision due on an option for him.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:21 pm

billy g Wrote:

DHRjericho Wrote:

Francona out apparently (Keith Law & Olbermann). Kiss of death after Epstein claimed Francona wouldn't be the scapegoat.

I think its a simplistic response to the situation to say he's being scapegoated. He just had his options coming due at a very bad time. Would anyone really expect that he'd have a two year option picked up after that collapse? That's not to say it's his fault primarily. I'd blame Epstein more but there wasn't an immediate decision due on an option for him.

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