Baseball

[Vrede too]

... Padres and Mariners can be proud of their seasons, but they're not really worthy....

Was that a reverse jinx?

(5) Seattle Mariners 4, (4) Toronto Blue Jays 0
Mariners lead series 1-0
(5) San Diego Padres 7, (4) New York Mets 1
Padres lead series 1-0

Congrats x 2! 3 out of 4 visitors won today.

[GoCubsGo]

... Padres and Mariners can be proud of their seasons, but they're not really worthy....

Was that a reverse jinx?

(5) Seattle Mariners 4, (4) Toronto Blue Jays 0
Mariners lead series 1-0
(5) San Diego Padres 7, (4) New York Mets 1
Padres lead series 1-0

Congrats x 2! 3 out of 4 visitors won today.

Go figure...sorta.

Guess I'm rooting for Cleveland cause the Rays are kind of the bastard stepchild of MLB and no one cares.

Guess I'm rooting for the undertoads, the teams that have never won a series before.
Go

Mariners
Padres
Ray's


With an honorable mention to Cleveland cause it's been forever.

[Vrede too]

Go figure...sorta.

Guess I'm rooting for Cleveland
Sweep, congrats. 15 innings!
cause the Rays are kind of the bastard stepchild of MLB and no one cares.
Go NYY > Cleveland, I guess. You might be persuading me.

Guess I'm rooting for the undertoads, the teams that have never won a series before.
Go

Mariners Sweep, congrats to you and O Really.
Go Mariners > Astros
Padres 1-1, go baseball in a few minutes! Subway Series?
Ray's

With an honorable mention to Cleveland cause it's been forever.

Philly sweep! The one series where I could pick a favorite. Congrats O Really.
Go Philly > Atlanta

[Vrede too]

... Padres and Mariners can be proud of their seasons, but they're not really worthy.

It would be a shame for the best record in the League Dodgers got beat even before the Series.

You're 2 for 2. Now it's an I-5 semi. Are you really rooting for the Dodgers?

[O Really]

... Padres and Mariners can be proud of their seasons, but they're not really worthy.

It would be a shame for the best record in the League Dodgers got beat even before the Series.

You're 2 for 2. Now it's an I-5 semi. Are you really rooting for the Dodgers?

Hey, I'm happy for the Padres and the Mariners. Add a playoff series win to their good seasons. Yay for all. But if I recall, the original issue was getting to the World Series, so I'll still stick with "not worthy" as compared to somebody like the Dodgers. On the other hand, it would be totally cool for one of the underdogs actually won.

[GoCubsGo]

Go Phillies! > Atlanta 6-1 (ex cub factor!?)

Go Seattle
Go San Diego

Yankees Cleveland go baseball!

[Vrede too]

Go baseball:
Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians - don't care
Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays - like both. Sorry, O Really
San Diego Padres at New York Mets - like both. Sorry, O Really

GO:
Philadelphia Phillies > St. Louis Cardinals Yes!

New York Yankees > Winner of Rays-Guardians
Winner of Mariners-Blue Jays > Houston Astros
Phillies (I hope) > Atlanta Braves
Winner of Padres-Mets > Los Angeles Dodgers

Wishes, not predictions. I didn't even take records and odds into account.

MLB World Series Odds
lower number = predicted to be the better team

Los Angeles Dodgers +320
Houston Astros +397
Atlanta Braves +520
New York Yankees +530
New York Mets +850
Toronto Blue Jays +1560
St. Louis Cardinals +1980
Seattle Mariners +2600
Tampa Bay Rays +2680
San Diego Padres +2780
Philadelphia Phillies +2960
Cleveland Guardians +3160

Vegas is batting 0.000, while I'm batting 1.000. Now, unreliable Vegas says:

Los Angeles Dodgers +275
Houston Astros +366
Atlanta Braves +487
New York Yankees +512
San Diego Padres +1050
Philadelphia Phillies +1100
Seattle Mariners +1225
Cleveland Guardians +1725 The Rodney Dangerfield of baseball teams.

Go figure...sorta.

Guess I'm rooting for Cleveland
Sweep, congrats. 15 innings!
cause the Rays are kind of the bastard stepchild of MLB and no one cares.
Go NYY > Cleveland, I guess. You might be persuading me.

Go Phillies! > Atlanta 6-1 (ex cub factor!?) 7-3 in the 6th!

Go Seattle
Go San Diego

Yankees Cleveland go baseball! Yeah, I'm a convert. I might even swing all the way to Cleveland, but not yet.

My brother from another mother!

[GoCubsGo]

The ball's juiced.

[Vrede too]

The ball's juiced.

The 9th was scary, but a win is a win. 7-6
Atlanta has still not comeback from >3 down all year. Otoh, Philly twice blew 7-run leads.

Go Seattle, up 6-3 in the bottom of the 6th.

[GoCubsGo]

Crap on a cracker.

[Vrede too]

Crap on a cracker.

Another visitor leading with 7 runs.
Another home team scores 3 runs in the 9th.
This time it's a walkoff. 7-8

[Vrede too]

Sigh, 1-2 on the day.

[Vrede too]

The ball's juiced.

The 9th was scary, but a win is a win. 7-6
Atlanta has still not comeback from >3 down all year. Otoh, Philly twice blew 7-run leads.

Go Seattle, up 6-3 in the bottom of the 6th.

Crap.

[GoCubsGo]

Way to go Friars!

[Vrede too]

Way to go Friars!

Phew. 1-1 in both of today's series. I'll take it.

[Vrede too]

Crap on a cracker.

Another visitor leading with 7 runs.
Another home team scores 3 runs in the 9th.
This time it's a walkoff. 7-8

Awww, the Mariners stranded sooo many. 0-2, ut-oh.

[GoCubsGo]

Crap on a cracker.

Another visitor leading with 7 runs.
Another home team scores 3 runs in the 9th.
This time it's a walkoff. 7-8

Awww, the Mariners stranded sooo many. 0-2, ut-oh.

Their Cinderella story might be ending soon.

[O Really]

Somebody may have mentioned something about "worthiness" but they were probably wrong.

[GoCubsGo]

Awww....

[Vrede too]

Bottom 10th, paraphrased: The game is now about 4 hours old and the NYY haven't scored in 3 hours and 45 minutes.

CLE wins 4-2, heading home for 2 games. Series 1-1, only the Ms are winless.


Edit: Phillies 6-run 3rd!
Edit: Phillies 3-run 7th, 9-1!
Edit: Phillies lead series 2-1! That obnoxious chant may be done for the year.