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09-30-2008, 08:41 AM
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2008 MLB Playoffs thread
Anyone excited about the MLB playoffs this year?
Will the Cubs finally win the big one, or will the Angels deliver another killing blow to Cubs nation.
Can other teams sneak into the World Series?
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09-30-2008, 09:02 AM
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re: 2008 MLB Playoffs thread
Let's go Phillies! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!
Yeah. I'm ready despite the fact that I'll have to watch the TBS games on fuzzy-vision since I only have HD over-the-air.
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09-30-2008, 10:43 AM
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re: 2008 MLB Playoffs thread
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Originally Posted by Eric Peterson
Tomorrow's game starts shortly after quitting time which barely gives me enough time to either get home or get to a sports bar and watch the introductions. Thursday's game doesn't start until 8:00 which is the latest game start ever at Wrigley (I'm not sure how they got clearance to start that late) and will require me to stay up well past my usual bedtime.
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So, when's the ten-minute window that would be okay? 
Making things work out across the country is an unenviable task; I've already resigned myself to being useless at work Thursday after a 10pm ET start Wednesday and getting a late start Saturday (9:30pm Friday! Yay!).
The Angels/Sox series has me a little worried. Last year, Red Sox fans justifiably mocked the Angels after their manager said they have to score runs by making outs, as the Red Sox strategy of scoring runs by stringing together a bunch of multiple-base hits proved more sound. This year, I don't think the Angels are as good as their record even if they are hitting better (Rodriguez broke the saves record because his team seldom blows another team out, and that's playing in a pretty crappy division), but the Sox are playing down a couple guys, especially if Beckett really isn't ready for game 3.
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09-30-2008, 11:59 AM
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Re: 2008 MLB Playoffs thread
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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
Anyone excited about the MLB playoffs this year?
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Not really.
However, I'd like to see a Tampa-LA series. Maybe they can get Hank Steinbrenner to throw out the first ball? |
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09-30-2008, 12:00 PM
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Re: 2008 MLB Playoffs thread
I'm excited to see this year's playoffs. I don't know what it is exactly, but I think the baseball playoffs bring the most excitement of all the sports. And this year will be so much better, because the Yankees are not in it.
This can be the season for the Phillies, to at least make it to the World Series. Now whether they can win it all, is another story. I like their chances against the Brewers.
I think the Rays will be pooping on everyone's party this postseason.
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09-30-2008, 01:52 PM
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Re: 2008 MLB Playoffs thread
Spreading the games out is not something that just started in recent years, though - in prior years there were more afternoon games, because both LCSes would be carried by the same network. The first time two playoff games were scheduled for the same time was about five years ago, when Fox had one and FX had the other, and many people loudly complained about that. It's just exacerbated by the third round of playoffs and the networks' desire to not punt their entire prime time schedule on the west coast.
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09-30-2008, 01:59 PM
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Re: 2008 MLB Playoffs thread
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What is exactly considered primetime by the networks? I think my biggest problem is that my definition of primetime is nowhere near what the networks think. My exposure to network TV is pretty much the baseball playoffs each year and that's it. I have no use for 99.9% of their programming.
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