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The end of that game was amazing!! I want to see Guardians v Padres in the WS!!

What an amazing game!!!

Once again, I thought we were doomed after we squandered 9 baserunners and only scored 2 runs and they hit two 2-run homers. Glad I was wrong.

Milk's point about the bullpens is ringing more and more true.

Small ball over power ball. I freaking love that.

This kid......our leadoff hitter.....is a special player. He's going to be good for a long time.

It's great we didn't have to use key members of our bullpen tonight.

The starter........I forget his name.....was up too high in the strike zone. That's a no-no.

--Francona did a very nice job of managing tonight. There was one time I would have sent the runner on first, but other than that.......his pitching moves and use of pinch hitters was excellent.

--Once again.............that was fun!

Gonna be crazy in Cleveland tomorrow!!!

Love Hammy.

Took the fam to see this screening at the Cleveland International Film Festival back in the Spring. Really great watch. Andy Billman and the author of the book did a Q & A session that was a lot of fun.

That's how I watched, Paused Costas and almost muted. EPIC WIN!

Hamilton is great, but I want to say this........and it might not be popular. However, we are getting prime time games only because we are playing the Yanks. That's an indisputable fact. Costas and Darling have actually given far more attention to the Guardians than I ever expected, and probably more than any other team would. I bet Yankee fans are pissed at them over it.

Just sayin'...........keep that in mind.

feeling like a team of destiny this year.. they have no business winning like they are. kind of reminds me of that 2007 season

Wow.

I was screaming at the TV and demanding robots replace human error for balls and strikes (it was an emotional time)!

The strike 3 on Kwan that was 8" off the outside of the plate was egregious.

Too many inconsistencies.

[censored] happens in baseball, but yeah, the Kwan K was complete BS!

I thought you were attending tonight's game? Or is it tomorrow's game?

I was commenting during the game, to the people I was watching with, that it looks like the umps were calling the frame not the actual pitch and that the Yankee catcher was doing a fantastic job of framing the pitches.

Good point. It's an art.

I don't think this is true.

I mean it's not like:

- the camera has spent almost more time showing Yankees pitcher Cortes then it has the actual baseball game for some weird reason

- shown spike lee at yankee stadium, but hasn't shown anyone that's a Guards fan (psst, he might not be a huge celebrity, but Jay Crawford is sitting right there in the backstop seats)

- the few times they brought up examples about the next series with the Astros (twice), their example is Cole and not a Guards pitcher

- saying something like it must be deflating to get all those hits and only two run, while one swing of the bat by the Yankees and the game is tied

Hmm, Vers...I think you are right, lol.

I'm joking, you are definitely right Vers. They have one of the largest markets and fan bases in baseball.

I do want to point out Bob and Ron have been great announcing this whole series.

I swear though, when Judge hit that home run something snapped in their broadcasting. All of a sudden, they went into Judge talk, then brought up some home run stat about teams being something like teams being 35-6 (I don't remember the correct record they said) when they hit more home runs then the other.

That third strike was ridiculous

Sunday night game.

Hollywood still keeping and eye on Cleveland. Cavs players out in support tonight.

j/c.

And what was I doing during the Tribes victory? Watching...........until my cousin's kid "needed" someone to play Wii tennis with her. Missed the whole 9th inning.

And they said commented how it is an advantage that the Astros have rest and can set up their pitching staff but that because this series is going 4 games at minimum with Cole pitching game 4, there is no way, regardless of who wins, to start the 1st 2 games with their 1 and 2 pitchers.

That is 100 % true if the Yankees win, but if we win Bieber starts Game 1 and McKenzie Game 2.

Ernie! lol

Ernie’s post was from Oct 7th

I don't see a big problem. I see 2 fastballs that look outside. The inside sliders would have been breaking towards the plate, so they would be close enough to call. What those graphics don't show is a strike zone has depth as well. It isn't just a point at the front of the plate or just the back of the plates. A pitch can nip a front edge or back point of the plate and be called a strike. So a pitch that nips the front corner of the plate can end up looking like it is 6 inches outside by the time the catcher has the ball. Remember, the strike zone isn't the depth of a sheet of paper in front of the plate. It is like a cardboard box that also includes the depth of the plate. Graze any portion and it can be called a strike.

What else that isn't shown is how many pitches in the exact same spots were swung at? Those were never given a chance to be called strikes. If we had some graphic of pitches called balls for comparison, we might have something to talk about.

Plus, maybe Mac wasn't hitting edges?

A whole lot of complaining over nothing in my book.

Oh...what a game! Who said that baseball is boring?