Unocal Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just now, Sport said: You never heard of the 73 Mets or the 06 Cardinals? Those teams didn't have negative run differentials 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 25, 2023 Author Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just now, Unocal said: Those teams didn't have negative run differentials Dude go away. Let us enjoy this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just now, Unocal said: Those teams didn't have negative run differentials 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Unocal said: Those teams didn't have negative run differentials The 87 Twins did and won the whole thing. Go away. 5 Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Two teams who have no business playing in the world series are playing in the world series. Oof. The Reds swept the Rangers this year and took 4 of 7 from the D-backs, including a three game sweep. I guess Ill go for the Rangers since they havent won a world series yet. 1 2 2 Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Arizona deserves this National League Pennant no matter where they were seeded. We should not bash them for how they were seeded, but we should praise them for how they got to the World Series. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharos04 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 If a low seed makes the championship, it’s a travesty against all that is holy. if the #1 seeds make it, it’s all scripted and a waste of everyone’s time. some people just can’t have fun I suppose. Maybe watching sports isn’t for everyone. Congrats to the Rangers and Diamondbacks. Could be a fun Series! I hope the Rangers win their first but could go either way for me. Hopefully a fun and entertaining matchup! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 25, 2023 Author Share Posted October 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dilbert said: Two teams who have no business playing in the world series are playing in the world series. Oof. The Reds swept the Rangers this year and took 4 of 7 from the D-backs, including a three game sweep. I guess Ill go for the Rangers since they havent won a world series yet. Guess the Reds should've had the better record then the DBacks and thet would be in the World Series instead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 My instant reaction to both last night’s and tonight’s games was “whoa! What the heck! This is crazy!” in the most positive way. It’s definitely one of the more bizarre WS matchups I can remember*, and I love it. Plus, it’s a matchup I can just sit back and enjoy. I don’t have a horse in the race and I don’t dislike either of the teams left to any degree at all. This should be fun all the way through. *Red Sox/Rockies in 2007 comes to mind, but even then, that was far more one-sided bizarre towards the Rockies than anything; both because “Rockies win the pennant” was somehow a legitimately truthful sentence, and because they went from “sudden surprise inevitable buzzsaw” to “we suck again.gif” in the span of what felt like a few short days. They were like Pinocchio in Shrek 2 when he’s a real boy for two seconds but changed back to wood by a ricochet spell. One of the weirdest pennant winning teams I’ve ever seen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gary said: Guess the Reds should've had the better record then the DBacks and thet would be in the World Series instead Had the Reds won their final two games with the Cardinals, they would've taken the Dbacks spot in the postseason. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Dilbert said: Had the Reds won their final two games with the Cardinals, they would've taken the Dbacks spot in the postseason. Or, just maybe, hold on against the Pirates? That was certainly more winnable. Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowler Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Great year for sports in the western part of the country if you count Kansas City. You have the Chiefs, Astros, Nuggets, Golden Knights & LAFC winning Championships last season. Now you have an Texas-Arizona World Series this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 13 minutes ago, Dilbert said: Had the Reds won their final two games with the Cardinals, they would've taken the Dbacks spot in the postseason. Or the Cubs if they don't blow those two late leads in ATL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleylash Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I cannot even begin to fathom why someone could possibly be mad at this scenario. We have one of the longest-suffering teams in baseball, a team that took 36 seasons to make the playoffs for the first time and attempting to claim their franchise's first World Series in 63 years, going up against a young, hungry team that has took down two of the top teams in the NL and attempting to win the franchise's first World Series in 22 years. Frankly, this is probably the most exciting World Series since Nats-Astros in 2019, to me, because I'm going to be happy no matter who wins. If you can't enjoy that because of a simple goddamn number, you're really just looking for reasons to be mad at the result. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ridleylash said: I cannot even begin to fathom why someone could possibly be mad at this scenario. We have one of the longest-suffering teams in baseball, a team that took 36 seasons to make the playoffs for the first time, attempting to claim their franchise's first World Series in 63 years, going up against a young, hungry team that has took down two of the top teams in the NL and attempting to win the franchise's first World Series in 22 years. Frankly, this is probably the most exciting World Series since Nats-Astros in 2019, to me, because I'm going to be happy no matter who wins. If you can't enjoy that because of a simple goddamn number, you're really just looking for reasons to be mad at the result. Because nothing screams 'Exciting' like Dallas' least popular team vs a team that basically had a worse run differential than the 06 Cardinals that literally would have missed the playoffs every year prior to last year Why bust your butt to win your division when being barely mediocre is good enough to go to the World Series? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleylash Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just now, Unocal said: Exciting? Why bust your butt to win your division when being barely mediocre is good enough to go to the World Series? If you want to go to the World Series, maybe win the games you need to win to get there first. If you can't win the DS or CS, you don't deserve to go to the World Series, simple as. You don't win baseball games by putting up prettier stat numbers than the opponent. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJimmy Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 you know, my birthday just so happens to fall on the same day as Texas Independence Day. in that case, yeehaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just now, Ridleylash said: If you want to go to the World Series, maybe win the games you need to win to get there first. If you can't win the DS or CS, you don't deserve to go to the World Series, simple as. In the National League, you don't need to win 90! That's 3 straight years! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I was already surprised about Texas being here, but I can't believe Arizona is in it as well. That is just wild to me. Both literally finished with over 100 losses two years ago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 10 minutes ago, Unocal said: Because nothing screams 'Exciting' like Dallas' least popular team vs a team that basically had a worse run differential than the 06 Cardinals that literally would have missed the playoffs every year prior to last year Why bust your butt to win your division when being barely mediocre is good enough to go to the World Series? You’re spamming in spite of everybody telling you that you’re wrong (very wrong) and begging you to shut up. Stop spamming. 2 Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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