OT: I have yet to watch one pitch of MLB playoffs
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I must say....last night's game (LA v Cubs) was terrific.
Kershaw was unhittable in a 1-0 classic
Kershaw was unhittable in a 1-0 classic
The TV Channels are all over the place. TBS and FS1. Traveling alot, many hotel cable systems don't get FS1.
The length of these games are pathetic.
I am rooting for Toronto, but that is not looking good. I want no part of Cleveland winning for obvious reasons. The Indians have a payroll close to the Pirates, and the Best Management Team in Sports would take that as a sign and be emboldened to not do much this offseason.
The length of these games are pathetic.
I am rooting for Toronto, but that is not looking good. I want no part of Cleveland winning for obvious reasons. The Indians have a payroll close to the Pirates, and the Best Management Team in Sports would take that as a sign and be emboldened to not do much this offseason.
I haven't watched an MLB postseason game since the Pirates where eliminated in 1992 vs. Atlanta, except for the 6-7 Pirates playoff games the last 3 years and one game of the Arizona / New York Yankees 2002 WS, because I was at a bar waiting to hook up with someone that was running late, other than that, I might of watched a pitch or two over that 24 year period. Just not a baseball fan at all anymore. The Pirates 20 year drought, made me realize, if the Pirates aren't involved, I don't give a crap about the sport itself at all.
That had to be a snoozefest! LOL, I think I was watching Walking Dead reruns at that time.
We gave up the NFL this year ( no viewing no buying of merchandise) except for the Steelers and moved our sports viewing to MLB playoffs ( great games Dodgers vs Cubs etc.), hockey, NASCAR racing, NCAA football soon basketball,and golf which wont get good until February I think!
The MLB playoffs are way too long and plodding for my liking and this is from someone that never missed a pitch growing up. The constant stepping off the mound, batters stepping out of the box, mound visits, pitching changes, etc have really hurt the game in my opinion.
I've watched like crazy. It is good game after good game. Guess you gotta be a merican haha
Tough to watch inning by inning, pitch by pitch. Just too long. Too many pitching changes. Too much pausing. I don't mind a 1-0 game, especially if it is great pitching.
They way I watch these games is in between commercials or intermissions/halftime of whatever else I am watching, then once it gets around the 7th inning and the game close, I start to get interested. If it starts going long, then I go to bed.
They way I watch these games is in between commercials or intermissions/halftime of whatever else I am watching, then once it gets around the 7th inning and the game close, I start to get interested. If it starts going long, then I go to bed.
Your loss. One of the most exciting and well-played postseasons I can remember. Lots of clutch play and drama.
Cleveland rocks! I want to see the Tribe win it all... from one long-suffering fan base to another. NFL excluded, of course.
Too many strikeouts and walks! Moneyball strategy ruined the watchability of the sport, took away base stealing and aggressive hitting, baseball sucks these days.
I feel about the NFL as some do here about MLB. Boring pitch-n-catch fests. And the off the field stuff is so mundane -- shoe colors, end zone theatrics, Czar Roger..... give me NCAAFB any day of the week. At any level, even D-III and I'll watch it over a pro game, even the Steelers.
I want the Indians to win but would be okay with the Dodgers. Eff the Cubs and their bro douche fanbase. Hope they lose the next three and Steve Bartman throws out the first pitch in game one of the World Series.
At least the NFL is more movement, scoring, action, and I like the PASS ORIENTED game, I LIKE end zone theatrics, the best part of which is watching old school Yinzers get pissed off! , MLB these days is 7 guys scratching their crotch, while the pitcher and catcher play catch, talk about pitch-n-catch fests, as the batter remains disciplined and doesn't swing the bat, and they all spit sunflower seed shells all night..
It will be funny if the Cubs fail to get to the WS, after SI reproduced the 1908 team picture format proclaiming them 2016 WS Champs on their cover! "Wait 'til next year!"
I hate the Cubs and I live in Chicago. Their fans are soo arrogant ... talked a lot of smack to me whenever I wore my Pirate cap last year. Same with the Black Hawks... sea of red everywhere you go, until they lost. I love wearing my Penguins Stanley Cup shirt every chance I get. Go Cleveland and God Bless Steve Bartman!
It's amazing that a fan base can be so arrogant with a team that hasn't made the championship of it's sport in 108 years, let alone win it? It's like the Red Sox too, they where on a 90 year drought and they'd always get all this love, nostalgia and publicity! The Pirates have more championships than these 2 combined in the last 100 years and they get no respect historically.
That's true in many cases. The taking of pitch after pitch, the ridiculous shifts. Sure analytics love it, but I prefer when a guy squares up a bitch and rips it, it finds open field, not in the breadbasket of the 3rd infielder on that side of the diamond.
Plus they have 4-5-6 pitchers every game, they bring in a new 6-5 250 pounder who can throw 100 miles an hour about every third batter and half the guys strike out or walk, after taking the vast majority of pitches, the ball isn't in play as much as it used to be.
