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My two favorites are in the playoffs and one of them will take it all....the Cards.

I hope my Astros give those damn Braves some hell though.

Yes Rocker is cool. <_< anddd Shea does look a little purple, you have to admit, and the Cards suck. I officially hate everyone in this thread.

Yes Rocker is cool.  <_< anddd Shea does look a little purple, you have to admit, and the Cards suck. I officially hate everyone in this thread.

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Yes Rocker is cool.  <_< anddd Shea does look a little purple, you have to admit, and the Cards suck. I officially hate everyone in this thread.

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time of the season when i actually watch baseball

yankees won today...

and the red sox got owned 14-2 (by a team NOT known for its offense) :evil:

*sigh* i just hope the angels dont suddenly get a surge tomorrow and beat the shit out of us. i love the angels but i dont want them to beat us again like 2002

i wanted to know if it was ok to say that the red sox got owned today.

ok as in will anyone be offended? or ok as in accurate?

i say it's ok on both counts

well you know i only watch baseball when its playoffs and well i know that the white sox are not a very good team and boy did they kill the red sox today

sucks angels lost

well the chisox not being a good team is actually debateable. for the first half of the season they were literally unstoppable and on pace to shatter the single season wins record (which is currently 116, held by the 2001 seattle mariners). but second half they completely shat and came very close to completely blowing the division. lucky for them the indians suffered a complete collapse in the last 9 games or the white sox would be sitting at home watching the post season on fox. however, the white sox are still a very good team...one could argue that their failures in the 2nd half merely *corrected* for their overachievement in the first half. they're not an offensive team...they rely on defense and pitching, which is historically known to be THE deciding factor that wins world championships (the saying goes good pitching always beats good hitting). the red sox and yankees have shitty pitching (red sox unbelievably have shittier pitching than the yankees), but great offenses. the angels play the running game ... big time ... and they have good pitching, including an amazing bullpen that shits on ours since we have mariano rivera, the greatest closer of all time...and well...that's it

unfortunately, mo's ERA against the angels is apparently higher than it is against any other team...including the red sox, whom he's blown more saves against than any other team :|

um...so yeah...way more information than you cared to know

no, thanks for letting me know....only reason i figured the white sox aint a good team because earlier this year when i asked you about the white sox you said dont worry about them. i realized what kinds of teams the yankees and angels are cuz they said today on fox

you lie! i never said not to worry about the white sox!!!

i dont even remember LMAO

now if anyone has a question about the national league, they should direct those questions to someone who gives a damn...that would be anyone not named nicole.

you can tell me how the playoffs is divided though right?

um yeah, i think i actually posted a pic i stole off the mlb website

National League:

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres

general format:

team with the best record in the league faces the wild card, unless the WC is in their division...then they face the team with the lowest record.

winner of each division series faces off in the pennant, formally known as the league championship series...and then the winner of each goes to the World Series.

not sure if that was the question though...

thanks, just wanted to know how many rounds till world series and what the rounds are called.

ah ok

so yeah...there are 4 division series in all

2 ALDS

2 NLDS

then 2 league championship series

ALCS

NLCS

then world series

so three rounds, 8 teams total ...

this aint like basketball where if you dont get into the playoffs you really sucked ass that year

okie dokie....thanks for the info, i understand how basketball, football and hockey works...just not baseball....actually my baseball info is good...only reason i dont watch it much is because i have to explain it to my grandpa but he remembers the yankees as the team that always wins and he remembered the angels won the world series and the red sox won too

the only reason you dont watch it much is because it's boring as hell. you can say it, its ok

even i think it can be pretty boring...plus its really complicated when you get right down to it. i can turn on a pistons game and figure out whats going on pretty much as soon as i see the score...baseball there's all this shit you gotta know...are there people on base, what team is up at bat, yada yada :|

i used to be a baseball fan remember....so i know the game pretty well and yes its down right boring....the only time i actually enjoyed the game was when i went to a dodgers game like 6 years ago.

going to a game is definitely an experience and a half. better when you don't fall asleep during the game