Baseball

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Cub killer, but ya gotta tip your cap.

Classy of the LAD and fans to give him such a cheer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/al ... r-AA1298Ao

... Unfortunately, Judge just happened to hit the ball to the deepest part of the ballpark, and so history will have to wait at least one more day, with Friday spent exclusively within the confines of Apple TV+....

Hah, fu Apple TV+, no #61 tonight.

Sat, Sep 24 vs Boston 1:05 PM EDT YES, NESN, MLBN


Sun, Sep 25 vs Boston 7:08 PM EDT ESPN, YES
#61!

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New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hits 61st home run of season, tying Roger Maris' mark

... It took Maris until Oct. 1, the final game of the 1961 season, to hit his 61st, which broke Babe Ruth's single-season mark of 60 home runs set in 1927.

Judge did it Sept. 28, in Game No. 155 for New York. A day after the Yankees clinched the American League East title, Judge, batting leadoff as the designated hitter, took Toronto's Tim Mayza deep in the seventh inning with a runner on base. Judge -- who walked in his first at-bat, popped out in his second and grounded out in his third -- had gone seven games without a home run since managing just one solo shot during New York's 6-0 homestand.

He and the Yankees then headed to Toronto looking to make history at Rogers Centre. He went 1 for 3 with a single in the series opener Monday and walked four times in Tuesday's division clincher, before ultimately launching the historic shot Wednesday....

Judge finally got there in the series finale, with Roger Maris Jr. and Judge's mother sitting, front row, on top of the Yankees dugout. And now, the only players in MLB history with more home runs in a season are Barry Bonds (73), Mark McGwire (70, 65) and Sammy Sosa (66, 64, 63) -- all of whom accomplished theirs during the steroid era (1998-2001)....

Judge was a big reason for the crown, and it's been more than just home runs. He entered Wednesday's action, leading the AL in batting average, home runs and RBI as he looks to become the third Yankees player to win the Triple Crown (Lou Gehrig in 1934, Mickey Mantle in 1956)....

The Toronto fans gave him a standing O - classy. 7 games and 2 innings to set the real ( ), "clean" record.

[GoCubsGo]

What you do when your team has been eliminated .

That said, this is cool.

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What you do when your team has been eliminated.

That said, this is cool.

I liked flying through the firetruck.

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What you do when your team has been eliminated.

That said, this is cool.

I liked flying through the firetruck.

Mariners make playoffs for 1st time in 21 years, ending oldest postseason drought in major North American sports

Congrats to Lady O. She even beat up Useless to get there.

Seattle Mariners fans can finally exhale. Their team has done it.

Thanks to a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday, the Mariners have clinched a spot in the 2022 MLB playoffs, ending a postseason drought going back 21 years. That span of time had been the longest active postseason drought in major North American sports....

The AL is set:
W - Houston - won division, 1st round bye
E - NY Yankees - won division, 1st round bye
C - Cleveland - won division

Wild cards, seeding not set
Toronto +2.5
Seattle +1.0
Tampa Bay 0.0

NL
W - LA Dodgers - won division, 1st round bye
C - St. Louis - won division, will play in the wild-card playoffs

E - NY Mets, Atlanta - will either win division and a 1st round bye or be the top seeded wild-card, +14.0

Go Mets.

Wild Card bubble
San Diego +2.0
Philadelphia 0.0
Milwaukee 0.0

Go San Diego and Philadelphia, but I don't hate Milwaukee.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

[GoCubsGo]

What you do when your team has been eliminated.

That said, this is cool.

I liked flying through the firetruck.

I knew this was gonna be cool right in the beginning when it flew through Murphy's Bleachers ( the bar), I've had a couple of Old Styles there.
https://murphysbleachers.com/

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Penultimate game:

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge launches 62nd home run, sets AL REAL MLB single-season record

Ftfy, O Really . Phew

[O Really]

Penultimate game:

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge launches 62nd home run, sets AL REAL MLB single-season record

Ftfy, O Really . Phew

(sigh) So put an asterisk on him like they unfairly did for Maris for years, but it still doesn't make it the "real" record. The MLB records are not established or maintained by the fans or the sports talking heads. The league determines what a record is and who holds it. The League accepted the use of steroids, and profited off the home run derby. The League allowed the record and has kept it unaffected for decades. The record is what it is, and it's not 62 home runs. Live with it.

Maris' asterisk was unjust to start with; the record was stated for "most home runs in a season." It didn't define "season" and it wasn't "most home runs per 154 games." They changed the season and Maris won the record.

The League isn't always right, reasonable, or fair. If it were, Pete Rose would be in the Hall and there would be fewer "unwritten" rules.

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Gotcha.

[O Really]

Gotcha.

Yup. Glub, glub.

[O Really]

Interesting article on Judge's home runs. Says except for the dead balls this year, he could have hit 80.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/a ... -rcna50837

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Interesting article on Judge's home runs. Says except for the dead balls this year, he could have hit 80.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/a ... -rcna50837

The beauty of baseball.

It's always something.

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Interesting article on Judge's home runs. Says except for the dead balls this year, he could have hit 80.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/a ... -rcna50837

Does this mean that we can add another asterisk to Bonds, McGwire and Sosa's "records"?


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

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.

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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

[O Really]

I'm hoping for a retro Dodger/Yanks World Series.
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.

[GoCubsGo]

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.

[GoCubsGo]

Something to smile about, even if it's Oakland.

[O Really]

That's a good way to go out.

[GoCubsGo]

One of the most dominant pitching seasons ever.

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... GO:
Philadelphia Phillies > St. Louis Cardinals

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

(6) Philadelphia Phillies 6, (3) St. Louis Cardinals 3
They matched their seeds.
Phillies lead series 1-0