The Post Lockout 2022 MLB Thread

[AUJarhead]

Pooh Holes hits a HR in his last regular season home game.  Kudos to Pujols.

The Braves sweep the weekend series against the Mets and are one game away from clinching.  Beat both deGrom and Sherzer in that series.  That made me tingle.

And Pupils passed the Babe last night in RBIs.  Incredible run he's had the last 2 months.

Heard the Redbirds taking on the Phils this weekend...

[GH2001]

And Pupils passed the Babe last night in RBIs.  Incredible run he's had the last 2 months.

Heard the Redbirds taking on the Phils this weekend...

Phillies hadn't made the post season since 2011....and they first comment on making it last night - "were not done".   

[Buzz Killington]

Who do the Cubs play in the first round?

[AUJarhead]

Who do the Cubs play in the first round?

They have a bye.

[Buzz Killington]

They have a bye.

Yes!  Well then second round?

[AUJarhead]

Yes!  Well then second round?

By then, we will be deep into October, and you'll be more focused on Auburn Football to care.

You may just want to start drinking.

[AUJarhead]

Oh, and Fuck Georgia.

[GH2001]

Oh, and Fuck Georgia.

He speaks for all of us

[AUJarhead]

Pujols with the day off today...  His final regular season numbers:

Fuck Georgia
3,080 Games
Fuck Georgia
13,041 PA's
Fuck Georgia
.296 Avg
Fuck Georgia
.374 OBP
Fuck Georgia
.918 OPS
Fuck Georgia
3,384 Hits
Fuck Georgia
703 HR
Fuck Georgia
686 Doubles
Fuck Georgia
2,218 RBI
Fuck Georgia
1,914 Runs Scored
Fuck Georgia
1,373 BB
Fuck Georgia
316 IBB
Fuck Georgia

[Snaggletiger]

Who does Auburn play this week?

[AUJarhead]

Who does Auburn play this week?

Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.

[Buzz Killington]

Who does Auburn play this week?

Just a reminder, fans, comin' up is our "Die-hard Night" here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time the Tigers won in Athens.

[AUJarhead]

Quintana in game 1, Miles in game 2.  Both Waino and Flaherty available in the pen.

Braves are playing golf and relaxing, just like the Cubs.

[Snaggletiger]

Quintana in game 1, Miles in game 2.  Both Waino and Flaherty available in the pen.

Braves are playing golf and relaxing, just like the Cubs.

Much needed to get Spenser Strider off the DL and back in the rotation.

[AUJarhead]

You recover from the NLDS yet, Snags?

Can’t figure out who I want to win the NLCS. I usually root against the teams that beat the Cards in the post season, but I’m not a huge padres fan. So…. Go Yankees?

[Snaggletiger]

You recover from the NLDS yet, Snags?

Can’t figure out who I want to win the NLCS. I usually root against the teams that beat the Cards in the post season, but I’m not a huge padres fan. So…. Go Yankees?

Unfortunately, the Braves ran into themselves from last year.  The Braves had 88 wins and barely got in.  The Phillies had 87 wins, but like the Braves, are hitting on all cylinders.  Philly had a couple of long streaks this year, so they're capable.

As for the rest of it, I can't recall being this apathetic about a baseball playoffs.  I didn't watch 3 innings of the Braves series because they started every F'n game during the day while I was at work, with the exception of one that had a weather delay. 

I'll check the scores and highlights, but I ain't watching much, if any of it.  I'll take Houston and Philly in the Series, with the Stro's hoisting the trophy.



Unless they don't.

[Kaos]

Unfortunately, the Braves ran into themselves from last year.  The Braves had 88 wins and barely got in.  The Phillies had 87 wins, but like the Braves, are hitting on all cylinders.  Philly had a couple of long streaks this year, so they're capable.

As for the rest of it, I can't recall being this apathetic about a baseball playoffs.  I didn't watch 3 innings of the Braves series because they started every F'n game during the day while I was at work, with the exception of one that had a weather delay. 

I'll check the scores and highlights, but I ain't watching much, if any of it.  I'll take Houston and Philly in the Series, with the Stro's hoisting the trophy.



Unless they don't.

Pretty typical Braves, honestly.  Rack up wins in the regular season, flame out in the post-season. Remember the 90s?

1991 - Won division by game on last day of season, second most wins in NL. Lost WS because Lonnie Smith got lost at second and Kent Hrbek (motherfucker) cheated. Still raw. 
1992 - Won division by 8 games, most wins in NL. Lost WS.
1993 - Won division by a game, most wins in NL. Lost to Phils in NLCS 4-2
1994 - Dumbass strike, season ended
1995 - Won division by 21 games, most wins in NL. Won WS
1996 - Won division by 8 games, most wins in NL. Made WS (lost)
1997 - Won division by 9 games, most wins in NL.  Lost to the second place team in the division in the NLCS
1998 - Won division by 18 games, most wins in NL.  Lost in NLCS
1999 - Won division by 6.5 games, most wins in NL.  Lost in NLCS to second place team in own division
2000 - Won division by 1 game, second most wins in NL, swept in first round
2001 - Won division by 2 games, lowest # of wins in almost a decade, lost in NLCS
2002 - Won division by 18 games, most wins in NL. Lost in first round
2003 - Won division by 10 games, most wins in NL. Lost in first round
2004 - Won division by 10 games, second-most wins in NL. Lost in first round.
2005 - Won division by 2 games, second-most wins in NL.  Lost in first round.
2006 - Garbage.  Under .500.  String broken.

Nine times between 1991 and 2005 the Braves won more games than any other team in the National League. 

For that? 
Three World Series appearances
One World Series win
Four losses in NLCS*
Two losses in first round

*Prior to 1994 there was no first round, only NLCS.

[Snaggletiger]

Pretty typical Braves, honestly.  Rack up wins in the regular season, flame out in the post-season. Remember the 90s?

1991 - Won division by game on last day of season, second most wins in NL. Lost WS because Lonnie Smith got lost at second and Kent Hrbek (motherfucker) cheated. Still raw. 
1992 - Won division by 8 games, most wins in NL. Lost WS.
1993 - Won division by a game, most wins in NL. Lost to Phils in NLCS 4-2
1994 - Dumbass strike, season ended
1995 - Won division by 21 games, most wins in NL. Won WS
1996 - Won division by 8 games, most wins in NL. Made WS (lost)
1997 - Won division by 9 games, most wins in NL.  Lost to the second place team in the division in the NLCS
1998 - Won division by 18 games, most wins in NL.  Lost in NLCS
1999 - Won division by 6.5 games, most wins in NL.  Lost in NLCS to second place team in own division
2000 - Won division by 1 game, second most wins in NL, swept in first round
2001 - Won division by 2 games, lowest # of wins in almost a decade, lost in NLCS
2002 - Won division by 18 games, most wins in NL. Lost in first round
2003 - Won division by 10 games, most wins in NL. Lost in first round
2004 - Won division by 10 games, second-most wins in NL. Lost in first round.
2005 - Won division by 2 games, second-most wins in NL.  Lost in first round.
2006 - Garbage.  Under .500.  String broken.

Nine times between 1991 and 2005 the Braves won more games than any other team in the National League. 

For that? 
Three World Series appearances
One World Series win
Four losses in NLCS*
Two losses in first round

*Prior to 1994 there was no first round, only NLCS.

Yep.  Spot on, but I'll take it over the alternative.  The Braves are kind of the Ohio State Buckeyes of MLB.  Since 1970, they have two MNC's.  50 plus years of pretty much always being in the mix, but rarely grabbing the ring. 

I always had a problem with Bobby Cocks coached teams during his era.  They were as talented as anyone in baseball, but their approach was all business.  Let's be professional and act like we've been there before.  They always got beat by a team standing on the on the top step of the dugout, rally caps on and excited to be there.  The Braves sat stoically in their dugout, thumbing their noses at the newbies.

Yeah, they should have won at least 3 more. 

[AUJarhead]

You guys also had the misfortune of being at the beginning of a Yankee dynasty...  How you blew a 2 game lead in 1996, I'll never understand.

And the tail end of the Brave dynasty corresponded to the Cards/Astros really becoming dominate for a number of years.

[Snaggletiger]

You guys also had the misfortune of being at the beginning of a Yankee dynasty...  How you blew a 2 game lead in 1996, I'll never understand.

And the tail end of the Brave dynasty corresponded to the Cards/Astros really becoming dominate for a number of years.

Yeah, but now we're BACK!!!


Back, as in bowing out in the first round.