MLB Playoff Thread.

Great game for sure.  I don't want the Yanks playing one like that, though.

I grew up in an era when all post-season games were played during the day.  For over 40 years, virtually all of them have been played at night.  So most of you guys could answer this question -- do young kids ever get to see weeknight post-season games to their conclusion?  I mean while they are happening.  What did you all do in those situations?  Bag school, or just drag yourself through it?  It seems to me that not being able to watch the most important games of the season would be a significant drawback for keeping a younger demographic engaged in the sport.

Having said that, I have been hearing since at least the late 1960s that baseball was a dying sport and that the wave of the future was football/soccer/basketball, etc.  And while it is obviously true that baseball has not been the unquestioned number one sport in the US for over 50 years, it continues to generate enormous revenue.  And even with this year's dip in overall attendance, if you look back 20 or 30 years, there are more people watching the game now than then.

Gotta give the Rockies credit.  3 games in 3 days in 3 different time zones but they find a way to move on.   Who knew the Rockies had such good pitching?

Quite an unusual game. Featured 29 K's, 8 BB and only 17 hits, of which four (all doubles) went for extra bases...If not for the insertion of Terrence Gore and his stolen base, it might have been over in the regulation 9 innings, yet teams tend to undervalue speed in the regular line up...I've continued to be nagged with a minor illness, sort of an ear and throat thing, so I went to bed early, but I was still awake enough to hear the TV in the other room when it was over...

Today is noetsi's surgery, right? And then the Yanks play tonight. Get 'em noetsi!, and then you get 'em, too, Yanks...

I am PERSONALLY THRILLED that the Yankees beat Oakland.

However, Business-Wise ($$$), I am disappointed…for I have two very large bets that:

1. That the Yankees do NOT make the WS
2. And that if they make the WS; that they will NOT win it.

Therefore, I am torn between TWO-WORLDS. Go Figure.

At the beginning of the season, I also placed bets on the Astros, Indians, etc. to win the WS.

However, my best bet (great odds) was for the Braves to win the WS…A real dark horse bet. Who Knew (???); Tequila liked the ODDS, so I placed the bet.

Last night, I spoke with one of my Rich Gambling friends (who spent most the time ribbing me about the Yankees win-- He is the same guy who I have the two Yankee bets with.). After after much debating and discussion, he gave me 18-1 odds that the Indians/Braves do NOT face off in the WS.

I took that bet, that they DO face-off in the WS for $2,000 at 18-1.

Either, a good bet; or Good Money chasing Bad Money.


10-04-18: bleacherreport.com/articles/2798763-world-series-2018-odds-breaking-down-the-chances-of-all-8-remaining-teams#slide0?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
Here is why, I STILL like the Indians:

The Cleveland Indians are the first team in baseball history to have four pitchers reach the 200-strikeout mark in the same season, and that staff will be the key to their October success:

•Corey Kluber: 20-7, 2.89 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 222 K, 215.0 IP
•Carlos Carrasco: 17-10, 3.38 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 231 K, 192.0 IP
•Mike Clevinger: 13-8, 3.02 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 207 K, 200.0 IP
•Trevor Bauer: 12-6, 2.21 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 221 K, 175.1 IP

They also have rookie Shane Bieber (11-5, 4.55 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 118 K, 114.2 IP), who will move into a bullpen role where he has a chance to be a major weapon.

Offensively, the Indians ranked third in the majors in runs scored (818), sixth in home runs (216) and first in stolen bases (135), as they're capable of doing damage in a number of different ways.

THE GOOD NEWS:
If I win one of these Big Bets, I plan to use the $$$ to visit many of YOU, at your homes for Five Nights & Six Days Each.

Aren’t you all excited???

I do have some Minor Requirements:
--My room at your house, needs to have a good firm mattress with silk sheets & pillow cases.

--I require A/C at night; so that I get a goodnight’s rest.

--For Breakfast on Days, One Three & Five; I require three pancakes with three fries eggs (over-medium), six strips of bacon (medium) and hash browns, with ample coffee (cream only; no sugar) and fresh squeezed OJ. The other two days, you can take me out to breakfast at the two best breakfast spots in your community.

--For Lunch (same days as above) I require, a tall glass ice water with a fresh large squeezed Lime, either two egg salad sandwiches or tuna fish on toasted bread with a sliced tomato & bits of salad. The other days you can take me out to your two best Delis in your community for lunch.

--For Dinner, each night you can take me out to dinner. I need to dine at your two best Sushi places and your two best Chinese places & one dinner at a real good steak house.

--During the day, I will require a very large pot of Green Tea (I drink around nine cups a day) and raw cleaned veggies with a variety of veggie dips. It would be nice if you had two jars of Costco Herring available plus at least eight large bottles of cold drinking water.

--When we return home at night from our dinners, I would like a large slice of Costco chocolate cake with two scoops of vanilla ice cream.

--For drinks, I require a bottle of Absolut Vodka with fresh OJ and a bottle of Clooney’s Tequila. For wine, I am happy with a few bottles of Sterling Chardonnay from Central California.

--I will also need my travel clothes to be laundered and pressed.

--There is more…but I am ahead of myself here; I first have to win these bets.

Wow, Rockies put up 2 in the 9th to tie it up.

9 wins in a row for the Brew Crew, I guess Miller Lite > Coors Lite.