11 minutes ago, Quin said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/2NbJfzpPGK

Between this and the Spirit Halloween post, I hope the Guardians get thrashed.

They're such losers at heart.

Its the kind of energy that trash like Jose Ramirez breeds on a baseball team he leads. That dude has the biggest ego I have seen for being on a team that is consistently shown that they just aren't that good in the playoffs. Can't wait to see his dumb ass "how did this happen" face after they get destroyed by TB.

1 minute ago, Southwest Sider said:

Its the kind of energy that trash like Jose Ramirez breeds on a baseball team he leads. That dude has the biggest ego I have seen for being on a team that is consistently shown that they just aren't that good in the playoffs. Can't wait to see his dumb ass "how did this happen" face after they get destroyed by TB.

What he said about TA had some ugly connotations. And I'll leave it at that.

I thought when Colson led off the inning being hit by a pitch Doyle would bunt him over to second. Instead of bunting he struck out. If he would have bunted Sam would have drove him home with the single.

If one is truly dispassionate about this:

best 1-12 pitching staffs

LAD NYY Milwaukee

TB

Cleveland

San Diego

Houston and Chicago

8 hours ago, Paulie4Pres said:

They struck out NINETY-SIX TIMES IN 7 GAMES. They struck out 75 times in the ALDS. What the f*** are we talking about? This team has zero approach at the plate. None. It showed the entire second half of the season.

These hitters probably do have a lot of potential, but there's no chance it is realized with this s%*# organization.

The season was smoke and mirrors. A bunch of mediocre hitters have career years. They will be s%*# next season and I would put money on it. The only guy who I have any confidence in, is Vargas. He will be gone soon too because no chance Reinsdorf pays him.

You forgot the part where we all die, then the Sun blows up and swallows its first 4 planets. I mean, if you're going to mope like a child, don't be a p**** about it.

59 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

I think the pressure got to them. They led the AL in walks this year. Fine with K's as long as it's supplemented by walks.

I think so too, but combined with some filthy pitching from Cleveland.

8 hours ago, JoshPR said:

The approaches were bad. Anybody who says different wasnt watching. And swinging strike outs too. Just wild swings. I wonder how many Ks Mune and Colson would have combined for if Mune plays the whole season. That is not winning baseball. Actually this is problem in baseball right now. When you a guy like Chase hit only 15 homers and K almost 150 times that's a problem

Nobody's really saying any different, are they? I think a rookie team got overwhelmed in the clinch games of the 2nd round and abandoned a pretty successful approach from games 1 and 2. Perhaps Cleveland adjusted, and these guys just couldn't readjust that fast, and panicked. I mean, one of the team-leading veterans was Miguel Vargas with parts of 3 seasons under his belt.

9 hours ago, pcintelligence said:

Hawk would talk about the sphincter factor. The stars rise to the occasion while the also-rans mess theit trousers .

I did notice how much less fun the team seemed to be have as the series went on.