Playoff baseball for 10/11
DMZ · October 11, 2006 at 5:06 pm · Filed Under General baseball
Thank goodness Cards @ Mets is postponed, because otherwise there would be two playoff games on at the same time.
MLB’s scheduling is incomprehensible.
Detroit @ Oakland, Verlander v Loaiza.
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I like the format: I think more people would miss the game they want to see if one was on during the afternoon, but that’s just me. At least they give the option of picking the game you want to see. I assume we get the same playoff double-booking on Friday…
It’s the Baseball Gods. They hate Fox.
speaking of hating Fox, if you can’t deal with Lyons & Brennaman (even for the sake of Lou), it’s Miller & Morgan on KJR radio
Perez hitting 2nd? Oh God, I thought Leyland was smarter than this.
[i]Speaking of hating Fox, if you can’t deal with Lyons & Brennaman (even for the sake of Lou), it’s Miller & Morgan on KJR radio [/i]
Too bad its not in sync with my TV. Seriously, why can’t FOX rent Miller/Morgan (or at least Miller) from ESPN? NBC used Joe Morgan when they televised the LCS 5(???) years ago.
Oh– and– go A’s. OMG Setve Lyons was right! They should open up the 3rd deck.
Since one game is in Oakland, Fox could have scheduled a 4:30 EST first pitch for the Mets-Cards and a 7:30 PST first pitch for the A’s-Tigers. That would make sense, which is why no one in sports television thought of it.
A 4.30 EST start would blow, considering I’d be at work and the game I want to see would be on. I’m all for double booking on weekdays, most people don’t have the time to watch baseball 7 hours a day.
Yeah, I was thinking that last night — why not open the top deck at $10 a seat, walk-up, first come first served? Or do it online, whatever. I’m sure they could find additional peanut vendors etc on short notice (there must be a bunch who work PNC who are available). I don’t know how many seats that upper deck represents, but they should be able to earn the equivalent of at least one league minimum salary (which, the way Beane runs things, means they’ve paid for a starter).
#3– . OMG Setve Lyons was right! They should open up the 3rd deck.
I believe the A’s have already said they will if they go to the WS…
The trouble with double-booking is that Fox is an over-the-air station; to get FX you need basic cable at least — or go find a bar. Or pay for an internet feed.
“…the A’s have already said they will if they go to the WS…”
A’s over and out, end of ALCS, Tigers are a cinch. There’s a phrase for that, but in light of RIP Corey Lidle, it’s a bit insensitive.
It’s Cory Lidle.
Am I the only one who doesn’t understand why Perez is batting 2nd and Polanco is batting 3rd?
you know, Jim Leyland thinks Kotsay is probably one of those guys you’d like your daughter to marry….
I think Verlander has a little bit of adrenaline going here.
Would it kill them to stagger the games by just an hour?
mlb.com has the friday NL game time listed as TBD…
An hour or so ago, ESPN was saying the Mets game would be 7:30 EST tomorrow. I agree with JMB though, just stagger the games by a freaking hour or so.
Those “I’m a Mac and I’m a PC” ads were funny the first time around, but dang, they seem to be running out of ideas for new ones now.
ESPN gameday and Box score is all screwed up, showing 2 RBI’s (Bradley and Scutaro)but with the A’s only 1 run. Also the Tigers and the A’s apparently both batted in the top of the 2nd.
Anyone know what the real score is?
#16– thursday’s game is ok, it’s friday where they are now back with two games that might be scheduled with the same start time
awwww. it’s Jon Miller’s birthday & Joe got him what sounds like a hideous tie & hankerchief set.
Now the ESPN box score shows -1 run in the bottom of the 2nd. Yep that’s right, negative 1.
Seriously, what’s the score?
#17– the Holiday Inn ads feature the actor from the old Geico ads, so I keep waiting for the gecko….
#18, 20– 1-1.
1-1.
Wierd Box Score
One plus negative one = Zero for the total score
Thanks for the score update
the CBS gamecenter has it right:
Score Summary
1st Bradley singled to right, Kotsay scored.
2nd Monroe hit sacrifice fly to right, Guillen scored.
well, ok, not anymore with Milton’s HR.
Woo! Go A’s! We were swept aside by the BEST!!!
Miller thinks Hunter Wendelstedt has ‘a very small strikezone’.
the A’s fans are booing an injury?
Hehehe Mr. Golden Boy Chavez.
I too find no sense in the scheduling.
so, (mind wandering here) Swisher & Kendall must be the only 2nd-Gen players left in the post-season….
Oooooooh Dirt Cam.
Shiny.
And sooooooo useful.
[/snark]
Is it just me, or does it surprise me that they plated the game tonight in spite of the circumstances.
No, it’s not surprising (to me) that they are playing.
Marco Scutaro = Billy McMillon, Jr.
Who will be the next outside-the-organization waiver-wire scrub to capture Billy Beane’s fancy?
Scutaro has a .747 OPS mainly at SS while earning $340k, so you could do a lot worse. A lot of people seem to think his defense is great, but that may just be hype – I don’t have any real info on that. He’s certainly not a star, but you do need to have fillers somewhere.
I agree. And I’m not mocking Beane at all … I’m actually mocking the Mariners, who let a pitching version of Scutaro get away today for no reason at all. Smart teams exploit other team’s roster fumblings. I’m actually surprised Oakland didn’t pick up Cruceta.
I’m convinced Piniella will never come back to the Mariners, because he wouldn’t be able to drink in the clubhouse/dugout during the Oakland road trips.
ah, Jimmy. never know if his team is winning or losing.
I’m actually surprised Oakland didn’t pick up Cruceta.
Who says they didn’t? Texas could have just been ahead of them in line.
Huston Street has a future as a BP pitcher.
Sorry for misunderstanding you, Jim.
#38-Huston Street has a future as a BP pitcher
I’ll remember that.
I believe the A’s have already said they will if they go to the WS…
Heh. Becoming a moot point by the second.
If I’m correct, no city has ever hosted a Super Bowl and a World Series in the same calendar year.
Am I right?
Oh, I’m wrong.
San Diego hosted the Super Bowl in 1998 (Game XXXII, Denver vs. Green Bay) and then the Padres made the World Series later that year.
So not only did this happen in the same city, it happened in the same stadium.
So if the Tigers made the (gulp) World Series, it’d be the 2nd time a city has hosted a Super Bowl and World Series in the same calendar year.
I believe the Metrodome hosted WS games in Oct 91, and then SB XXVI in Jan 92, followed by the NCAA mens Final Four in March 92. While not the same calendar year, its a pretty exciting couple of months for a Minnesota sports fan.
The Nippon Ham Fighters just won the Pacific League playoffs!!
Well, I guess you can guess how I’ll be dressed at the USSM feed
(I really don’t care that much about the postseason until the Japan Series starts at this point.)
so when does that get underway, Deanna?
yay Ogasawara Michihiro!!!
What boggles me is that they stagger the games during the playoffs (requiring one of the series to start a day late) so that they never have more than 3 games on one day (I assume) — but then when they have two games on the same day they schedule them to start at the same time.
Meanwhile, since the series don’t all start on the same day, someone has a greater possibility of having their starting rotation messed up, especially if their series goes the distance. This year, it was the NL.
Did that make sense? I wasn’t having an easy time explaining it.
That made perfect sense, Paul.
If both series go 7 games, with equal wear and tear on pitchers, the AL champ will have a significant advantage (because they’ll have finished sooner, plus they will have had an extra off-day in the middle due to the rainout).
And everyone thinks the NL sucks in the WS because they have no DH and generally weaker pitching. All this time it’s really been a crafty scheduling advantage imposed by the commish. Added to the monkeying with the AS Game to “mean something” the contrivance couldn’t be more blatant. Too bad the Yankees keep forgetting to hold up their end of the bargain by failing to even get to the WS.
ah, someone else who doesn’t understand ‘posting’
NY columnist Bob Matthews: ” New York Yankees fans could use some happy news. If all goes well, Philip Hughes and Japanese import Daisuke Matsuzaka will be in the starting rotation next season. Hughes is the team’s 20-year-old phenom and the Seibu Lions have given the 26-year-old Matsuzaka permission to pursue a career in major league baseball. Not surprisingly, the Yankees are on his short list of possible teams.”
Then there’s this (Verducci: “Yankees should pass on Zito, pursue Matsuzaka”):
Verducci at least explains the posting process adequately (he thinks the winning bid will be at least $20M and the contract with Matsuzaka would be “at least A.J. Burnett money: five years and $55 million”).
wow, mlb.com is also showing games from the Hawaiian Baseball League… there is a roster list here
on Friday Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Tigers and Athletics will start at 1:30 p.m. PT, Game 2 of the National League Championship Series between the Mets and the Cardinals will start at 5:05 p.m. PT
#52, I see one Mariner on the rosters, a David Asher who pitched for Everett.
I would LOVE to see Gil Meche in pinstripes.
I’m not sure it’s so impossible. You know how much credit they give to a) players who beat them and b) players who do well in Yankee Stadium. Meche’s line against them:
3-2 with a 3.88 ERA and 35/19 K/BB in 48.2 IP.
It’s not exactly amazing, but I know he really whooped them once in NY, and despite the higher ERA he’s pitched better against them in Yankee Stadium than Safeco. Could be tempting, though being burned by the likes of Pavano and Wright might make them a little gunshy about a guy with Meche’s history.