OT: ALCS Game 3 Open Thread

Submitted by MaizeAndBlueWahoo on

It's three hours from first pitch.  The hell I can concentrate at work.  The Tigers are up against a much eviller empire than the one in New York.  Time for JV to do his thing.  Go Tigers.

(Edit: I removed most of the inflammatory language.)

CRISPed in the DIAG

October 15th, 2013 at 4:57 PM ^

That's correct. Scherzer's superlative start in gm 2 was wasted.  You're aware of how it ended. But I'm not exactly disappointed with how Lester pitched in game 1 and as shitty as the offense played, the tying run was on second for the final out.  As for the balance of the series...your confidence is sexy.

LSAClassOf2000

October 15th, 2013 at 1:25 PM ^

During a meeting this morning, I was sort of drifting between matchup stats and probability predictions - both Massey and TeamRankings are giving the Tigers about 55% for this game, with a median score of 4-3. Regardless, a win today would be nice indeed - a classic JV performance? Sounds good to me. 

MH20

October 15th, 2013 at 1:25 PM ^

Pretty hilarious that Red Sox players are whining about Peralta playing when Manny failed multiple drug tests and anyone with half a brain knows that Ortiz took PEDs.

Lionsfan

October 15th, 2013 at 1:27 PM ^

About the fan from Barstool Sports Boston: 

It was pure instinct. He did what he thought was right in the heat of the moment. He was making a point. At worst it was a dickhead move. At best he won the game.

 

WMUgoblue

October 15th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^

I wouldn't advise traveling the interwebs to Barstool sports, I checked the link to the Home Run Angel's post and there's quite the KKK contingent in the comments. Pretty sad to see those sort of remarks in this day and age, especially anywhere outside of YouTube comments.

triangle_M

October 15th, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^

The vitriol is a little strong.  I read the links but its not so far away from the Malice at the Palace and the question on everyone's mind if we are fortunate enough to win the series is how many days will Detroit burn.   

 

Go Tigers.

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

October 15th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^

I don't mind that so much, I only minded when some holier-than-thou columnist (usually a Yahoo one hunting for pageviews) would take fans in (for example) Chicago to task for holding up signs that said things like "Chicago Stronger."  Oh, so despicable, they would say.  How dare they.  IME (and many others as well) if you use it to brag about your sports teams, it's fair game for others.  I don't even think it was a lot of Boston folks being offended so much as columnists presuming to be offended on their behalf.

AriGold

October 15th, 2013 at 2:07 PM ^

I have faith in JV, but why in the hell does Leyland always pull Veras early? Let him get a couple of outs/end the inning, he literally cannot be worse than Porcello od Smyly on any given outting

Clarence Boddicker

October 15th, 2013 at 2:17 PM ^

As a Yankee fan, I'm relieved that people can finally see through all the the b.s. feel-good "red sox nation" propaganda. That bleacher dickbrain is the true face of the sox fan. And it is why Yankee fans loathe them. For this series...Go Tigers.

jmblue

October 15th, 2013 at 3:44 PM ^

What annoys me about Red Sox fans is not so much that their team has won a lot, but that they try to play the underdog card because their team isn't quite as rich as the Yankees.  

Yankee fans can be smug, but they don't make any attempt to cry poverty.  In the end I find them the more tolerable of the two.

 

CRISPed in the DIAG

October 15th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^

This is pretty common and I tend to agree with you.  As a diehard Red Sox fan I hate it when our fans cry poor.  I think the Red Sox should always use its financial advantage - market, stadium, tv and history - to its competitive advantage.  

However, the Red Sox aren't close to Yankees in salary this year (or any year, for that matter). In fact, the difference between the Yankees and Red Sox in salary is usually the entire salary of many small market teams.  This year, the $70 million difference is more than the salary of the bottom six (6) MLB teams.  For your reading pleasure: 

2013 Rank/Team/Salary $$

1. NYY / $228.99

2. LAD/ $216.3

3. PHILLY / 159.58

4. BOS / 158.97

5. DET / $149.05

Tommy Want Wingy

October 15th, 2013 at 2:31 PM ^

Does anyone happen to know a decent site to stream it on that isnt in like, you know, Russia? I know you can pay the 4.99 at mlb.com for "alternate views", but I'd like to be able to watch the actual fox feed my last couple hours at work. TBS had an app for a live feed, but I haven't been able to find a similar one for fox.

Rico616

October 15th, 2013 at 2:47 PM ^

The goal was to leave Boston 1-1, they did that. It was so disappointing to see Boston win though when Detroit was a mere 5 outs away from winning and imploded. A 2-0 lead would have been so huge. Regardless, it's a 7 game series and 3 of the 5 remaining games are in Detroit and Boston has yet to show they can touch Detroit's starters.

Let's go Detroit!

MGoRobo

October 15th, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^

Wow...strong Red Sox hate here. Does anyone realize that we have Boston fans here as well? I understand the majority of the board is going to be pro-Tigers, but there's no need to call us a "moronic prick fanbase". It makes you look like a moron, OP.

That said, go Sox!