2019 World Series: Houston Astros vs. Washington Nationals

[Mdhorn 5897]

NATS, NATS, NATS!

[UTEX_ME 4752]

Team of destiny 

[Mojo Hand 4580]

What a beating.  In the World Series. 

[spystud13 2371]

That routine had to take a fair amount of practice. 

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

So is Fox going to do another moonshot alert or was that just for Bregman?

[Blotto 23366]

best part about this is picturing Harper sitting at home with perfectly coiffed hair watching his old team wrecking shop in the series the first year he's gone. 

[Mdhorn 5897]

2 minutes ago, Blotto said:

best part about this is picturing Harper sitting at home with perfectly coiffed hair watching his old team wrecking shop in the series the first year he's gone. 

I can't like this enough.  He brought DC a championship... by leaving.

Edited October 24, 2019 by Mdhorn

[spystud13 2371]

Asdrubal again. 

[Vic Mackey 46856]

9 unanswered. Damn. 

[Vic Mackey 46856]

6 minutes ago, Mdhorn said:

I can't like this enough.  He brought DC a championship... by leaving.

[Helobious 9465]

Watching the Astros implode is a very minor consolation, but a consolation none the less I guess. Hopefully the Nats finish the job, would be cool to see a 1st time champion.

Lot of talk recently about how given the high number of tanking teams these days, winning 100 games isn’t some major barometer of true talent level like it used to be. The Twins won 103 and didn’t look like they belonged in the playoffs at all. The Yankees won over 100 despite major rotation flaws & piles of injuries, which both showed up in the postseason. Now the team with the best record in the sport is getting all they can handle from a wild card winner.

[youdunnf'dup 2147]

 

 

[NowThis 931]

the kid running up and down the stairs -- the real highlight

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

 

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

5 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

 

 

Kendrick and Eaton do that after all Eaton HRs

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

Stands look empty. Oops. 

[Vic Mackey 46856]

6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Watching the Astros implode is a very minor consolation, but a consolation none the less I guess. Hopefully the Nats finish the job, would be cool to see a 1st time champion.

Lot of talk recently about how given the high number of tanking teams these days, winning 100 games isn’t some major barometer of true talent level like it used to be. The Twins won 103 and didn’t look like they belonged in the playoffs at all. The Yankees won over 100 despite major rotation flaws & piles of injuries, which both showed up in the postseason. Now the team with the best record in the sport is getting all they can handle from a wild card winner.

Nats are a wild card winner but since the later part of May, they have a one game better record than the Astros. They just got off to a terrible start and then turned it around. They didn't really piss and fart their way into the playoffs. But I don't think anyone expected this kind of performance. They kind of remind me of the 2014 Royals. That team barely won a wild card play in game against the A's. And the parlayed that into a World Series appearance and one game away from beating the Giants. Both teams are very fun to watch. 

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

On 10/20/2019 at 9:21 PM, Js1 said:

I say in 5.
2-0 in Houston

Win Greinke/Cole’s starts in DC - former NL pitchers and they can’t be any worse than Alvarez 

Hi

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

On 10/20/2019 at 10:39 PM, UTexasFight said:

No way this goes 6
Astros sweep.
May extend to 5 if the Astros RISP issues take until game 2 to fix

Hi

[Blotto 23366]

4 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Stands look empty. Oops. 

There was a lot of money spent on those tickets behind home plate. Fucking empty

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

On 10/21/2019 at 11:22 AM, Vic Mackey said:

Astros in 5. Not seeing any chance the Nationals win this. But I picked Yankees in 7 last series so what the fuck do I know.

Hi

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

On 10/22/2019 at 7:07 PM, Cooder said:

 

4 games*

 

Hi

[Cooder 37]

Hi

Eat shit pussy

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

2 minutes ago, Cooder said:

Eat shit pussy

Well in fairness you might be right. It could go only 4 games. 

[Beau Vine 53842]

Am I the only one old enough to remember the 1990 WS? Because I'm having flashbacks to that.  Bash Brothers defending champs A's, who looked unbeatable with the two best pitchers in MLB that season against a fairly non-descript Cincy team.  Reds blew them out in G1, beat Eck in extra innings in G2, and then swept them.  

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

Fact

[Beau Vine 53842]

This was pretty cool:

 

[Beau Vine 53842]

 

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

This team is a lot of fun - what a season so far. Friday and Saturday will be nuts

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

Anyone else watching MLB network coverage? Just me? Work is going to be rough tomorrow 
 

[pacman 7281]

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

Watching the Astros implode is a very minor consolation, but a consolation none the less I guess. Hopefully the Nats finish the job, would be cool to see a 1st time champion.

Lot of talk recently about how given the high number of tanking teams these days, winning 100 games isn’t some major barometer of true talent level like it used to be. The Twins won 103 and didn’t look like they belonged in the playoffs at all. The Yankees won over 100 despite major rotation flaws & piles of injuries, which both showed up in the postseason. Now the team with the best record in the sport is getting all 

 This is standard postseason since they introduced the wild card. Not to mention, the Nats were stacked and a bit of a regular season underachiever.

[mdleast 8232]

I am very gruntled.

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

1 minute ago, pacman said:

 This is standard postseason since they introduced the wild card. Not to mention, the Nats were stacked and a bit of a regular season underachiever.

I know I’m over posting, but “a bit”! You ain’t lying. 

[Spankytoes 1735]

It’s O-vah. 

[Underdog 28389]

9 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Am I the only one old enough to remember the 1990 WS? Because I'm having flashbacks to that.  Bash Brothers defending champs A's, who looked unbeatable with the two best pitchers in MLB that season against a fairly non-descript Cincy team.  Reds blew them out in G1, beat Eck in extra innings in G2, and then swept them.  

Raises hand. 

What was the Reds moniker,  The Nasty Boys? 

[CBT 1281]

 

 

[Quagmire 2140]

Wonder if Bergman regrets his little camera wink after that homer .

[NowThis 931]

11 minutes ago, Quagmire said:

Wonder if Bergman regrets his little camera wink after that homer .

they better take this thing seriously, team mindset is too lax. Stop trying to hit a HR with every swing.

[1leggedduck 443]

Bregman doesn't look like Bregman. The look on his face is "I see dead people..." or some shit. I think he started to think about things. Got inside his own head. Or maybe his girlfriend took massage lessons from Corea's fiance'. 

[huge 3787]

<insert ron burgandy drinking a highlife>

[Mdhorn 5897]

8 hours ago, pacman said:

 This is standard postseason since they introduced the wild card. Not to mention, the Nats were stacked and a bit of a regular season underachiever.

Sometimes it has to do with matchups and the Nats dodged a bullet not having to play Atlanta. 

[Beau Vine 53842]

50 minutes ago, Quagmire said:

Wonder if Bergman regrets his little camera wink after that homer .

Hey, Joe Buck had just pronounced that he was back.  And then he proceeded to go 0-for-3 and make an error.

[WBT 20376]

2 errors if not for some home cooking

[You don't know me 1161]

53 minutes ago, Mdhorn said:

Sometimes it has to do with matchups and the Nats dodged a bullet not having to play Atlanta. 

Gonna have to disagree a bit here.  Atlanta was not the same team.  The Nationals are just hitting on all cylinders.  Pretty sure they would have beat the Atlanta team that the Cardinals faced pretty easily.

[Mdhorn 5897]

35 minutes ago, You don't know me said:

Gonna have to disagree a bit here.  Atlanta was not the same team.  The Nationals are just hitting on all cylinders.  Pretty sure they would have beat the Atlanta team that the Cardinals faced pretty easily.

Maybe, even the Nats relief and closers are feeling it. 

Edited October 24, 2019 by Mdhorn

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

Javy Guerra and Rodney pitched in a World Series game the Nationals won. 

[Beau Vine 53842]

3 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Javy Guerra and Rodney pitched in a World Series game the Nationals won. 

I more can't believe that Daniel Hudson is their relief ace.  He was pretty much a spare in Arizona and that was about 3 Tommy Johns ago.

[spystud13 2371]

6 hours ago, Underdog said:

Raises hand. 

What was the Reds moniker,  The Nasty Boys? 

MLB Net did a badass episode on that team awhile back, can’t find any upcoming replays at the moment though. Damn worth a watch if you can find it. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10670168/?ref_=ttvi_tt

 

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

On 10/22/2019 at 1:28 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

 

Someone asking a critical question of Osuna after giving up the lead, and the drunk Astro employee emphatically defends his player and says nothing wrong.

Are we really surprised the New York media misrepresented another story??  Of course she was able to make the situation about herself. 

#hertruth

your post did not age well

[Helobious 9465]

The Astros gave up their lie/smear campaign pretty quick on this one. Very weird situation. I guess they ultimately did the right thing, they just took a shitty route to get there.