same here. Line of the night on twitter: You know, just for fun, the Braves and Red Sox should have a 1-game playoff tomorrow.
MLB: Best night of Baseball ever?
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same here. Line of the night on twitter: You know, just for fun, the Braves and Red Sox should have a 1-game playoff tomorrow.
Including Matty P. Loved watching his meltdown on twitter tonight.:smile::smile::smile:
I was thinking the same thing, once they saw that Boston score flash, and Longoria coming up to bat. I am sure ole Girardi gave the pitcher the meat ball signal and Longoria let it fly.
I am sure that the Yankees are not all that heart broken to give up the walk off home run to eliminate their most hated rivals...
Two walk-offs within 3 minutes (to nail the Red Sox's coffin shut)
Atlanta and Boston combine to lose a 17 1/2 game advantage in the month of September
Rays come back from down 7 to win in the bottom of the 12th (on a walk-off)
I could go on...there aren't many things in sports history, let alone baseball history, that compete with what we watched tonight. I mean, how many of these games were decided in extras, for crying out loud?
Atlanta and Boston combine to lose a 17 1/2 game advantage in the month of September
Rays come back from down 7 to win in the bottom of the 12th (on a walk-off)
I could go on...there aren't many things in sports history, let alone baseball history, that compete with what we watched tonight. I mean, how many of these games were decided in extras, for crying out loud?
Yeah they haven't been getting a lot of pub this year which might be a good thing for AZ! They were one of the worst teams last year and now they are the best in the West!
My only regret is that the Cards game was the only 1 of the 4 with no drama. Over in the 1st. When they do the documentary on this night, that game will be a side note.
(Of course, I can gripe about that now. Last night I felt pretty good about the blowout)
(Of course, I can gripe about that now. Last night I felt pretty good about the blowout)
There has never been a better night of regular season baseball. Its not even close. I only wish my team was one competing for a spot. I guess its better than nothing that they were involved in one of the key games, and for a big change, won it.
What I find interesting is that both of the number one seeds were also involved and could end up gettin bitten in the *** for the result!
What I find interesting is that both of the number one seeds were also involved and could end up gettin bitten in the *** for the result!
Can the Red Sox and Braves play one more game to see who sucks the most?
Craig Kimbrel has to be depressed about this game. He lost it.
The best part is seeing all these Boston writers get what's coming to them after bragging about how great this team was going to be before the season started.
2011 Red Sox Will Challenge 1927 Yankees for Title of Greatest Team in Major League History - Instant Opinion - NESN.com
I can't wait for the next Bill Simmons/Jacko podcast. I hate the Yankees as well, but this is going to be fun.
2011 Red Sox Will Challenge 1927 Yankees for Title of Greatest Team in Major League History - Instant Opinion - NESN.com
I can't wait for the next Bill Simmons/Jacko podcast. I hate the Yankees as well, but this is going to be fun.
I NEVER thought they had the starting pitching to be as good as everyone thought they would be...
If I told you the top teams in the AL East would have these rotations:
CC Sabathia
AJ Burnett
Freddy Garcia
Bartolo Colon
Ivan Nova
David Price
James Shields
Jeremy Hellickson
Jeff Niemann
Wade Davis
Jon Lester
Josh Beckett
John Lackey
Tim Wakefield
Erik Bedard
Which two would you have bought? I would've had the Red Sox, Rays, then Yankees. As it turns out, the Rays, Yankees, then Red Sox had the most quality pitching. You can't have thought the Rays or Yankees would have been better on paper. Rays offense is average and the Yankees and Red Sox have arguably the two best offenses in the majors.
As a Braves fan, this is the worst month of baseball I've ever seen. My only solace is knowing they didn't have enough to win it all (injuries and such).
Very dramatic night though. Fun for everyone not a Braves or Red Sux fan.
Very dramatic night though. Fun for everyone not a Braves or Red Sux fan.
I would have picked Rays staff from the get go, I just didn't know if they would score enough runs going in... If Detroit can get someone to stand up as a solid 3-4 then they are the clear favorite out of the AL in my opinion...+
I laughed, I cried (from laughing)
Bill Simmons gives a blow-by-blow account of the knockout punch delivered to Red Sox Nation - Grantland
Bill Simmons gives a blow-by-blow account of the knockout punch delivered to Red Sox Nation - Grantland
As a Cards fan, I thought the same watching the Phillies pull out the stops. They knew that by winning they would get the Cards. I know on paper you want a wild card vs. a division winner, but the Cards are on fire right now and had the edge in the regular season series. Maybe they thought they'd rather have the Cards with their rotation all goofed up. But losing to Atlanta could have resulted in the Cards with 1 fewer day of rest and their rotation in worse shape.
Anyway, kudos to Charlie and the boys for playing to win.
As a Phillies fan I'm certainly a little uneasy about playing the Cards instead of the Braves, who we've owned this year. But, it was nice to see the Phils get the regular season wins record and Charlie take the record for most wins by a Phils manager, especially on such an historic night.
