Comments on: And That Happened: Sunday’s Playoff Highlights

By: annaalamode

annaalamode — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:18:47 +0000

And if wishes were shoes, I’d need another closet.

By: COTorrey

COTorrey — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:26:13 +0000

“Verlander and Miggy look like the two best players on the planet right now”
yes. They both won Triple Crowns over the last two seasons, and they will probably BOTH be MVP’s in two seasons.

Best pitcher + Best batter = hard to beat.

By: COTorrey

COTorrey — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:23:57 +0000

Go Tigres!

By: COTorrey

COTorrey — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:22:55 +0000

agree.

By: COTorrey

COTorrey — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:21:19 +0000

I’m going to disagree.

Caught the ball AND made the slide into home. Then maybe, but you never know.

The Tigers may have been out classed (kissing the ball) but they outplayed the A’s.

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:56:41 +0000

Good thing it’s a sort-of holiday in the Bay Area (as in the rest of the US) otherwise the moaning around the proverbial water-cooler would be relentless. Suddenly the A’s fans have company in the form of Giants fans. At least the A’s can say they were shut down by Verlander and Fister in 40 degree weather. But Arroyo? Wow, that must hurt.

Seriously, much went wrong in yesterday’s game for the A’s, chief among the issues was Crisp’s drop, well analyzed by Ron Gant on MLB Tonight (never try for the basket catch). But the A’s battled back, only to have the bullpen overthrow every pitch and lose the game. You expect that with the rookies, but Balfour has been there before.

Hopefully, the A’s can re-discover their “pixie dust” in the Mausoleum. Or perhaps the giant rats will rise up and terrify the Tigers in their dressing room in a show of A’s unity. Goodness knows the A’s need something. Between Crisp and Parker’s errors, 23 k’s, and 40 degree weather, that was a thoroughly miserable 2 games. Although, to be fair, Verlander and Miggy look like the two best players on the planet right now. And Leyland probably can’t remember the last time he made a mistake in a playoff game.

By: deepstblu

deepstblu — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:31:25 +0000

The three other teams that had to start on the road despite better records are 4-0 so far.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:29:51 +0000

I think they’re just estatic that the Braves fans actaully showed up for once.

By: someguyinva

someguyinva — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:20:53 +0000

Back when there were only two divisions per league and the LCS was a five game affair, the 2-3 format was how it was done, and home field was, IIRC, alternated year to year between East and West. While we didn’t have sites such as this at our disposal then, I don’t remember much hue and cry about the format being fair or unfair.

I personally don’t see home field advantage as that big a deal in baseball, the ’87 and ’91 Twins notwithstanding.

By: dondada10

dondada10 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:49:08 +0000

He’s a man.

By: legacybroken

legacybroken — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:41:56 +0000

Tigers pitchers are K’ing Athletics at a ridiculous rate. When one team already has 23 strikeouts in two playoff games, its pretty easy to see why they are down 2-0. A’s season now in the hands of a young pitcher with arm troubles since mid September against a suddenly hot Anibal Sanchez.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:39:38 +0000

How do you know getting laid is more important to him that baiting Phillies fans?

By: nflfollower

nflfollower — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:35:42 +0000

Every team that doesn’t win the WS will be saying what if about one play or another. Only the champion won’t be.

By: dondada10

dondada10 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:34:35 +0000

Chris, how do you know Craig wasn’t getting laid when the bottle throwing incident occurred?

By: ponsonbybritt

ponsonbybritt — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:32:16 +0000

Hopefully Don Kelly didn’t throw his back out trying to heave Prince Fielder into the stands.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:28:14 +0000

Eh, you know you can’t win Craig. Even when you post something about it today(which I was always sure you would, I just was doing a #reversebait), I am going to say where was your post Friday night

ps…admit it, no matter where you were Friday night, you would have found a way to create an entire post the minute the first bottle was thrown had it been in Philly. Whether it be from your iPad, your iPhone, your Samsung, borrowing a random person on the street’s phone, or whether you would have had to stop at a local Kinko’s to create the post…it was happening!!!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:26:51 +0000

Chances are that with the exception of the former colonies of the Ted Turner empire, who haven’t had quite enough time to break their bad habits yet, the national media wasn’t paying much if any attention to the Braves game in the first place, so in balance the fans’ behavior was the actual disgrace. But it’s the media, it’s an election year, so we can be certain that our reporter and pundit pals will find plenty of exciting new ways to disgrace themselves that will dwarf in cringe factor their neglect of the goings-on in Atlantis on Friday.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:25:53 +0000

Philly phans are both proud of and sensitive about their asshattery….it’s part of their….uh….um….charm.

By: kiwicricket

kiwicricket — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:22:47 +0000

Poor form.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:21:32 +0000

My son has an old Invader Zim T-shirt that says something like “I like you. When I take over, your death will be quick and painless.” Not sure why the Cincinnati-Oakland series reminds me of that.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:04:09 +0000

I already wrote a comment about it in the post going live at 8:23AM. It’s part of the weekend wrap, but I think you’ll find that i’m honest about it.

Seriously, Chris: I realize I mess with Phillies fans, but what have I ever done that makes you think I’d overlook something like that?

By: dondada10

dondada10 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:31 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next post is about the bottle throwing incident. Craig’s a Braves fan, but he’s not aloof.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:54:00 +0000

I came on this morning to get the results from Saturday and Sunday. I happened to catch the Friday night Atlanta Braves debacle and watched as HUNDREDS of bottles, cups, and various other objects were thrown onto the field by their unruly fans. While I was amazed to see that they are actually alive, I could only wonder about how much their fans would be ripped in the national media.

**crickets **

So this morning, I checked HBT history to see what they wrote about it. I figured Craig or one of the other boys would have posted something SPECIFICALLY ripping the Atlanta fans this weekend. Something. Anything. Not ripping them within a post that rips the call. One. Post. Ripping. The. Atlanta. Fans.

** crickets **

Maybe Craig will post something today and prove me wrong, but I doubt it. I don’t know what the bigger disgrace is…the behavior of the disgraceful Atlanta fans throwing HUNDREDS of objects onto the field…or the national media, HBT included, saying UN GOTZ about it. Ridiculous..

By: darthicarus

darthicarus — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:35:28 +0000

I do agree, this year’s playoff format is rather stupid but as a Tigers fan I approve of MLB’s stupidity (this time).

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:06:35 +0000

If Coco Crisp had caught that ball, the series would probably be tied with the remaining 3 games in Oakland.

By: Carter Dotson

Carter Dotson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:01:54 +0000

I’m not a fan of this year’s ridiculous playoff format, but hey, if it’s causing the A’s to go down in flames, then I’m all for it! /bitter Rangers fan

By: daveitsgood

daveitsgood — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:13:15 +0000

good thing the A’s have home field advantage and got to start on the road in a best of 5 otherwise they’d really be in trouble!