OFFICIAL 2017 MLB THREAD

[SkiBall]

Having the Wild Thing as the closer really helped packed the house as well. Serrano was my fave player though he struck out a lot.

But seriously, I felt bad when they lost to Atl. Thought that was their best look at it. IIRC

[BmillsSkier]

Ha! Greatest baseball movie of all time.

95 to Atlanta sucks but I thought 97 was the year. So much power in that lineup. And while losing in game seven of last year sucked, that was all playing with house money.

[SkiBall]

Had to go back and remind myself. Just found this for quick reference.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2016/10/20/cl...series-history

That was Renteria ending. That was a big ending to a series...pure Clevelandesque to boot. (pre Cavs ship of course).

[BmillsSkier]

In the long, long line of Cleveland sports failures, that one stung the most. As a long-suffering Cleveland sports fan though, happy days are here again. Three straight NBA finals appearances, one championship, and a World Series appearance on all but one and a half pitchers to game seven… With a bright future on the horizon.

Let's just look past the dumpster fire that is the Cleveland Browns

[SkiBall]

I've stated before that I welcome a Tribe breakthrough. Especially want with Francona at the helm. His health is becoming more of a concern it seems, so better get to it.
Browns will breakthrough soon as well I believe...by that, I mean they will win 6 games in a season within the next 5 years.

[BmillsSkier]

Haha! Totally agree.

Everything is in place for the Tribe right now - just gotta get healthy for the second half - including Tito. Far and away my favorite manager of all time.

Anyone want a wager on the Browns winning 5 games or more in the next 5 years?

[iceman]

Total?

[SkiBall]

I'll wager. A small friendly of course.

[BmillsSkier]

A warm 6 pack of Budweiser cans. 5 or more wins in a single season in any of the next 5 seasons.

To be sporting, I'll take the yes bet.

[SkiBall]

Ok, but I don't drink anymore. I will take warm Pepsi if I win.

[BmillsSkier]

Deal.

[Supermoon]

The Nats have been a fun team to watch this year. But yeah. Their bullpen is horrible.

[Supermoon]

Sox win! Sox win! Awesome finish

[iceman]

A walk-off walk, whoa.

Nice to give Kimbrel another day off. And Sale tomorrow.

Also, Pablo gets his walking (well, waddling) papers, finally.

[Brock Landers]

Irul, nice 9th inning you guys got going over there

[iceman]

Irul, nice 9th inning you guys got going over there

Well that one came back and bit us. Quiet down you.

[SkiBall]

Cod dammit .

[Supermoon]

Ugh. Sox can't find a hit, ESPN won't shut up about Judge or the stupid fucking HR derby. Glad that GoT is coming on soon

Edit: I could cross post this in both the Shit That Annoys You thread or the How Do I Hate Thee ESPN thread.

[Supermoon]

Judge who? 1-16 in the series, absolutely robbed by JBJ. Helluva series with a fun finish tonight.

[iceman]

The fellas were in the house last night, a good time as per usual. Thanks BigDaddy as always! We were on the Bud Deck directly above right center, I wasn't paying a shit ton of attention, the sparkling repartee of Brock and Diamond Joe had most of my limited focus, but I happened to be looking right at JBJ when he stole that, I almost spilled my beer. Almost.

Always good to see BD, sad/mad/gladvres, Brock, Diamond Joe, the actual Dentist guy (Phil?) and also meet Sagamoron finally. There were other people but apparently they must have been unimportant since I can't remember them. Or I may have had one too many pops. Nah.

Turns out staying in Framingham was less than a power move, the Pike was under construction and it took way over an hour to get back there and cost me a fucking hundie with surge pricing from Uber. d'oh! Fortunately I had some retarded IPA that tasted like pine cones on ice for when I finally got back.

[Diamond Joe]

Ice, I had gone back over to the rail by the bleachers - nobody had filled in where we were standing. That Jackie Bradley Jr catch was right in front of me, one of the best catches I've ever seen

[iceman]

Stellar.

[Brock Landers]

Turns out staying in Framingham was less than a power move, the Pike was under construction and it took way over an hour to get back there and cost me a fucking hundie with surge pricing from Uber. d'oh! Fortunately I had some retarded IPA that tasted like pine cones on ice for when I finally got back.

Jesus that sucks! Good times last night

[iceman]

Yeah that was pretty beat. An intelligent person would have recognized that it was a shitty plan well in advance of implementing it but...I didn't.

I swear it's Bud Light from here on in. A couple freezing cold Bud Lights would have been so much better than the sips of pine cone beer that I could manage to choke down. I mean I did choke quite a bit of it down, don't get me wrong.

But yeah good times.

[iceman]

In a related note, so nice to get Rodriguez back, I love that kid, and also Brock (Holt, not Landers), he adds so much to the team. Really good news.