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It’s a bummer the Tribe hasn’t qualified, but last night’s game was entertaining ... Brewers had some poor timed pitching and defense to lose it 4-3

Up tonight: Rays at A’s

I definitely want the Braves to get into the WS over the Dodgers. I really don’t want to see LA vs Houston again

Go Stros!!!!

Rays on top 4-0 early ... A’s struggling

Final 8 set:

Twins-Yankees
Rays-Astros

Nationals-Dodgers
Braves-Cardinals


My prediction: It’ll be Astros vs Twins and Dodgers vs Braves

Of the teams still standing, the Twins are the only team I could get behind. I was hoping Oakland would beat Tampa.

I wanted the A’s as well .. they have had such poor luck/performances in the playoffs

I bet the Astros would rather the A's had won too, because Tampa has been playing out of their minds for the last month.

The Rays' mojo ran into a brick wall named Verlander today, and he threw 7 innings of 1-hit, shutout ball. They nicked the reliever for 2 runs in the 8th, but are now down 6-2 with one more chance in the 9th. I don't envy any team facing the Astros trio of Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, and Zack Greinke to start any series against them.

By the way, thanks a pantload to MLB for making me search for their playoff games, and worse, for putting a game I was looking forward to (Minn vs NY tonight) on a subscription station (MLB Network) that I don't get. One thing about the NFL, at least you know where their playoff games are being broadcast.

I know it Dave ... it’s annoying that the Yanks/Twins will be on a channel that a lot of the country doesn’t get

"Joe, attendance is down across the board, the game is too long, attention spans are quickening and an entire generation seems to be oblivious to the national pastime... What should we do??"
"Hide all the games and make them pay extra for anything that used to be free once they find them."

Series update:

Braves 1 Cardinals 1
Dodgers 1 Nationals 1

Yankees 1 Twins 0
Astros 1 Rays 0

Well, I have a lot of relatives in the DC area, so count me in a a Nationals fan in the NL. I was born in New York City, and the Yankees haven't been to a World Series in a while, so I will cheer from them. I doubt either team will make it to the World Series

Yankees up on the Twinkies 7-0 in the 3rd. They own the Twins. How the hell does Minnesota start some guy named Dobnak in the playoffs at Yankee Stadium? Good grief, how did these guys run away with the AL Central with this kind of starting rotation?

Yeah, that was like feeding a shark some meat

Just saw that the Twins lost 15 consecutive postseason games. That's amazing.

And quite a few of them to NYY

Update:

Yankees 2 Twins 0
Astros 2 Rays 0

Cardinals 1 Braves 1
Dodgers 1 Nationals 1

Braves up 2-1 ... great game

<--Braves fan for yearsssssssssssssssssssss.

Congrats!!

MLB season is over for me.

Update;

Dodgers 2 Nationals 1
Braves 2 Cardinals 1

Yankees 2 Twins 0
Astros 2 Rays 0

MLB sucks.

I loved baseball growing up and have so many great baseball memories. But, they have ruined the game for "baseball" folks like me.

The game is about home runs and strikeouts now. I don't know if you can come up w/a more boring and intellectually inferior strategy than that. I loved the game that utilized things like bunts, hitting behind the runner, steals, sacrifices, decisions on pinch hitters for pitchers who were pitching well, making contact, spraying the ball to all parts of the field, etc, etc.

I can't even watch this brand of baseball anymore.

Update:

Astros 2 Rays 1
Yankees 2 Twins 0

Braves 2 Cardinals 1
Dodgers 2 Nationals 1

Anybody see the bang-up job the little cowboy, Josh Tomlin, did for the Braves today? 1-1/3 innings of pretty high leverage relief - 4 up and 4 down. Kid's a gamer. Kudos to Josh.

Yeah, that was a big spot for sure

Big win for the Cards

Update:

Braves 2 Cardinals 2
Dodgers 2 Nationals 1

Yankees 2 Twins 0
Astros 2 Rays 1

You could say the same thing about football, but I still love both games.

Go Yanks!!!!

My gut feeling is the Twins win tonight then lose game 4, but well see

I agree. You could say the same thing about basketball too. When was the last time you saw an NBA player called for traveling or a 3 second violation, not to mention the 3-point line that's barely even challenging for pro players. I can't speak for hockey, but MLB, NFL, and NBA have all sold out their games to accentuate and promote Offense in order to reel in the so-called "casual fans" whose attention span can apparently only be held by high scoring games. The sell-out is hardly the sole province of MLB.

I was born in Manhattn, so I agree!

Dodgers/Nats tied 2-2

Obviously, I disagree w/both of you. The homer/Strike out thing sucks ass. It's not what I want to watch and I won't. Many others feel the same way.

Yanks sweep Twinkies

Update:

Yankees 3 Twins 0
Astros 2 Rays 1

Dodgers 2 Nationals 2
Braves 2 Cardinals 2

Cards put up a 10 spot in the first inning lol

Update:

Yankees vs Astros/Rays

Cardinals vs Dodgers/Nationals