Author Topic: MLB 2015: We know we're better than this, but we can't prove it (Read 18286 times)

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #180 on:** October 15, 2015, 11:59:30 PM »

Puddles, please never stop being a lunatic of a sports fan. Your angst, whether real or pretend, sustains me. Can't wait for this train wreck of a Lakers season.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #181 on:** October 16, 2015, 12:07:51 AM »

Jacob deGrom beat Kershaw and Greinke. Daniel Murphy hit three home runs off of them.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #182 on:** October 16, 2015, 12:11:55 AM »

I yelled FUCK YOU at my TV when Syndergaard shat all over Justin Turner. So cathartic.

eleuin · « **Reply #183 on:** October 16, 2015, 12:33:26 AM »

I don't hate any of the teams remaining

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #184 on:** October 16, 2015, 01:48:35 AM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #185 on:** October 16, 2015, 11:33:07 AM »

The Mets did what they were supposed to do- they made Walrus cry. Now, the most important thing in the universe is making sure they're eliminated as soon as humanly possible. Decent human beings don't root for the Mets.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #186 on:** October 16, 2015, 12:27:03 PM »

I want Royals and Mets, ultimately rooting for the Royals

Tasty · « **Reply #187 on:** October 16, 2015, 12:28:03 PM »

Rooting for a New York team

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #188 on:** October 16, 2015, 01:28:28 PM »

I want the Royals to win. An entire nation jumping on the bandwagon of a single team drives me nuts.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #189 on:** October 16, 2015, 01:37:31 PM »

I literally don't care who wins as long as it's not the fucking Mets. No morally correct person wants to live in a universe where the Mets are world champions of anything.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #190 on:** October 16, 2015, 01:46:11 PM »

Yep, fuck Cubs fans.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #191 on:** October 16, 2015, 01:57:01 PM »

I feel like picking on Cubs fans is basically equivalent to picking on the mentally handicapped, though. They can't help it and your behavior towards them is distasteful.

Mets fans CHOOSE to be Mets fans. Picking on them is like picking on Juggalos- it's ok because they should know better.

eleuin · « **Reply #192 on:** October 16, 2015, 03:10:28 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on October 16, 2015, 01:28:28 PM

I want the Royals to win. An entire nation jumping on the bandwagon of a single team drives me nuts.

That nation is pretty small population wise

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #193 on:** October 16, 2015, 08:47:29 PM »

You'd think a Nader voter would understand the virtue of choosing to back a perpetual loser.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #194 on:** October 17, 2015, 11:44:43 PM »

FUCKING METS BABY

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #195 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:35:58 PM »

Mets team pitching stats this postseason: 2.79 ERA, 83 K, 18 BB, 1.03 WHIP

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #196 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:38:37 PM »

Help us Royals, you're our only hope

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #197 on:** October 21, 2015, 10:04:19 PM »

Goddamnit, the Mets are going to win this whole fucking thing, aren't they?

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #198 on:** October 21, 2015, 11:58:38 PM »

Cubs won 97 games. Then beat a team that won 98 games. Then beat a team that won 100 games. Then got fucking shit on over 4 games where they never led at any point.

Mets are good, you guys.

DAVID WRIGHT IN THE WORLD SERIES

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #199 on:** October 22, 2015, 12:11:13 AM »

Grats Cajole. It's about pitching, apparently. Tigers

Kara · « **Reply #200 on:** October 22, 2015, 12:26:21 AM »

Karakandian bulwark against emotion

bluemax · « **Reply #201 on:** October 22, 2015, 12:52:46 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on October 21, 2015, 11:58:38 PM

Cubs won 97 games. Then beat a team that won 98 games. Then beat a team that won 100 games. Then got fucking shit on over 4 games where they never led at any point.

Mets are good, you guys.

DAVID WRIGHT IN THE WORLD SERIES

This is why the MLB Playoffs are dumb. Small Sample Size anomalies, yay!

El Babua · « **Reply #202 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:16:34 AM »

lolcubs. They'll be good for the foreseeable future though.

Congrats Mets fans. Glad the only game I went to this year featured a World Series team.

Sausage · « **Reply #203 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:30:55 AM »

The Mets having a rotation full of TORP's is still just completely unbelievable to me.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #204 on:** October 22, 2015, 02:06:27 AM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #205 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:46:33 PM »

Quote from: bluemax on October 22, 2015, 12:52:46 AM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on October 21, 2015, 11:58:38 PM
Cubs won 97 games. Then beat a team that won 98 games. Then beat a team that won 100 games. Then got fucking shit on over 4 games where they never led at any point.

Mets are good, you guys.

DAVID WRIGHT IN THE WORLD SERIES

This is why the MLB Playoffs are dumb. Small Sample Size anomalies, yay!

I guess you should be glad your team doesn't have to deal with them.

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We should go back to AL best record vs NL best record in a single best of 7. This shit kind of drives a stake through the legitimacy of playoffs as any sort of proper sorting mechanism in baseball. If the Mets actually win while being the 10th best playoff team, that will really be too much.

The Mets weren't the 10th best playoff team -- especially considering that they were a different team after the trade deadline. Regardless of that, the Giants already won last year as a much worse team. I'm sure you know plenty about the Giants, though.

El Babua · « **Reply #206 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:02:40 PM »

I wonder how y'all were when the Cards won it all back in '06 when they were barely above .500. Still funny they beat the Mets and Tigers the way they did.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #207 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:11:46 PM »

I think you can guess how I was.

Kara · « **Reply #208 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:26:48 PM »

With the exception of maybe basketball playoffs have always been about extra money and manufactured entertainment first and assessment second.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #209 on:** October 23, 2015, 11:50:18 PM »

This Game 6 is really good.

eleuin · « **Reply #210 on:** October 24, 2015, 01:16:18 AM »

Good job good effort to the Toronto Jose bautistas :'(

Price already thinking about his sweet payday somewhere else

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #211 on:** October 24, 2015, 01:27:16 AM »

Jays got screwed on: that Moustakas HR call, two called strikes in the 9th. Still should've at least tied it back up with 1st and 3rd, no outs.

...I'm kinda scared of the Royals at this point.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #212 on:** October 24, 2015, 02:10:43 AM »

The Royals are all that stands between the ruin of western civilization at this point. Godspeed. I just hope they're equal to the task.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #213 on:** October 24, 2015, 02:38:40 AM »

Gonna eat the Matz and deGrom heros this weekend at the former's hometown deli for those good vibes (and good food).

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #214 on:** October 24, 2015, 09:56:53 AM »

So who is the favorite in this series? Do the Mets have a shot?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #215 on:** October 24, 2015, 11:31:52 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 24, 2015, 09:56:53 AM

So who is the favorite in this series? Do the Mets have a shot?

I think it's pretty close to a toss-up. It's the Royals' relentless contact-driven lineup, baserunning, fielding, and bullpen vs the Mets' starting pitching, balanced lefty-righty lineup with some pop, and dominant two-inning closer. I think everyone keeps underestimating the Royals (including myself). I think it's a matter of whether the Mets' Big Three are out of gas. They absolutely have a shot, though.

Edit: The online sportsbooks basically have it as a toss-up. I do think the Mets are benefiting from that sweep. That's not gonna happen again.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #216 on:** October 24, 2015, 11:46:03 AM »

Go Royals

Tasty · « **Reply #217 on:** October 24, 2015, 12:49:42 PM »

Fuck New York.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #218 on:** October 25, 2015, 12:07:29 PM »

Canada lost, so I'm cool with whoever wins the WS.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #219 on:** October 28, 2015, 01:21:02 AM »

THANK FUCKING GOD. Only three more games to go until the collapse of civilization as we know it is no longer a threat.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #220 on:** October 28, 2015, 01:22:30 AM »

i'm already dead

eleuin · « **Reply #221 on:** October 28, 2015, 01:27:48 AM »

Colon>Familia

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #222 on:** October 28, 2015, 09:18:47 AM »

I watched that 9th inning and felt the elation of watching a clutch home run then utter despair of realizing the game was going to go on for another hour. Clicked it off and went to bed.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #223 on:** October 28, 2015, 11:09:59 PM »

Kara · « **Reply #224 on:** October 28, 2015, 11:53:54 PM »

bluemax · « **Reply #225 on:** October 29, 2015, 12:11:35 AM »

The Royals are really good at hitting fastballs.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #226 on:** October 29, 2015, 01:25:21 AM »

THIS CAN ONLY BE CHARACTERIZED AS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT, YOU GUYS

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #227 on:** October 29, 2015, 08:07:54 AM »

The Mets just have to want it more. Hopefully their veteran leadership can right the ship and get them back to playing the right way.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #228 on:** October 29, 2015, 10:09:52 AM »

I agree. If they can just get back to the fundamentals and play the game the right way, they can put some crooked numbers up. The pitchers need to twirl and hurl and batters need to get good wood on the ball. Lots of frozen ropes and hitting them where they ain't.

At the end of the day, the bottom line is that it is what it is.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #229 on:** October 29, 2015, 12:17:42 PM »

The Mets are sure to win, because they have more gritty players, like Michael Cuddyer. That's just science

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Actual science on why the Mets are losing:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/mets-pitchers-have-found-their-kryptonite/

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Kara · « **Reply #230 on:** October 29, 2015, 01:08:52 PM »

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Mets Pitchers Have Found Their Kryptonite

It’s the Kansas City Royals.

Who the fuck writes this garbage.

Tasty · « **Reply #231 on:** October 29, 2015, 01:18:41 PM »

Quote from: Kara on October 29, 2015, 01:08:52 PM

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Mets Pitchers Have Found Their Kryptonite

It’s the Kansas City Royals.

Who the fuck writes this garbage.

I wouldn't call what sports writers do "writing."

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #232 on:** October 29, 2015, 01:25:35 PM »

Quote from: Kara on October 29, 2015, 01:08:52 PM

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Mets Pitchers Have Found Their Kryptonite

It’s the Kansas City Royals.

Who the fuck writes this garbage.

People employed by noted Gay Witch Nate Silver.

Sausage · « **Reply #233 on:** October 29, 2015, 04:38:13 PM »

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@TepidP 18h18 hours ago
The Royals advance scouts are ridiculously good and it sure seemed like KCR's hitters were ready for deGrom. Might be tipping a bit.

Might be another part of why the Royals wre doing well.

Kara · « **Reply #234 on:** October 29, 2015, 08:02:34 PM »

Relative to the rest of baseball, no team has struck out less often than this year’s Royals, beneath the average by more than two and a half standard deviations. Behind them you get the 2002 Angels, and it’s somewhat encouraging to know that team won the World Series.

Baseball atheists annihilated again.

Grit.

Determination.

The fourth true outcome.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #235 on:** October 30, 2015, 11:45:29 PM »

DAVID WRIGHT

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #236 on:** October 31, 2015, 12:01:49 AM »

This was not a good day for America.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #237 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:08:59 AM »

It's my fault. I was trash talking all the fans of NL teams at work today for having a soft league.. Sports karma always works against me.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #238 on:** November 01, 2015, 12:11:23 AM »

unfortunately the real daniel murphy showed up this series

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i'm glad he waited until after the dodgers series

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Human Snorenado · « **Reply #239 on:** November 01, 2015, 02:02:53 AM »

Today was a good day for America.

News:

Author Topic: MLB 2015: We know we're better than this, but we can't prove it (Read 18286 times)