All-Time Franchise Baseball Tournament: RED SOX WIN IT ALL!

[Lament]

Damn. Tip O'Neill really might be a better MOP candidate than Hornsby.

Also, Cleveland Shoeless Joe looks primed to win the batting title...

[Lament]

DAY THIRTY HAS BEEN RUN.

[Lament]

Tigers - White Sox

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

White Sox 6, Tigers 3
W - Walsh, L - Zumaya, S - Fisher
HR - Belle

Tigers 8, White Sox 4
W - Verlander, L - Scott

Rangers - Reds

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Reds 10, Rangers 3
W - Walters, L - Jenkins

Reds 12, Rangers 3
W - Mullane, L - Perry
HR - Napoli, Votto 3, Foster, Concepcion

Blue Jays - Red Sox

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4
W - Young, L - Clemens, S - Papelbon

Red Sox 15, Blue Jays 4
W - Martinez, L - Stieb
HR - Ellsbury, Yastrzemski

Expos - Mariners

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Expos 1, Mariners 0 (13 innings)
W - Fryman, L - Garcia

Expos 8, Mariners 2
W - Rogers, L - Moyer
HR - Raines, Galarraga, Guerrero, Brooks

Yankees - Royals

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Royals 3, Yankees 1
W - Saberhagen, L - Hunter, S - Quisenberry
HR - Brett

Royals 6, Yankees 1
W - Greinke, L - Guidry
HR - Sweeney

Cubs - Orioles

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Cubs 14, Orioles 3
W - Jenkins, L - Barber
HR - Jenkins

Orioles 4, Cubs 3
W - Martinez, L - Sutter

Astros - Indians

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Astros 3, Indians 2
W - Hampton, L - Perry, S - Valverde
HR - Thon

Indians 6, Astros 5
W - Feller, L - Ryan, S - Mesa
HR - Martinez

Pirates - Cardinals

Game 1 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2 : http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Cardinals 8, Pirates 6
W - Gibson, L - Candelaria, S - Sutter
HR - Pujols, Musial, Medwick

Cardinals 10, Pirates 7
W - King, L - Scurry, S - Sutter
HR - Pujols, Hornsby

Standings

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Red Sox 38-22**
Indians 36-24*
Royals 36-24*
Cardinals 35-25*
Yankees 33-27*
Tigers 32-28*
Blue Jays 30-30
Cubs 30-30
White Sox 29-31
Pirates 29-31
Reds 29-31
Expos 28-32
Astros 26-34
Rangers 26-34
Orioles 24-36
Mariners 17-43

** - Clinched first round-bye
* - Clinched playoff spot

[Lament]

Play-in game on Thursday between the Indians and Royals for the second round bye.

Playoffs start on Friday.

[Lament]

The quarterfinals will be Cardinals vs. Yankees and the loser of Indians-Royals vs. Tigers. The team listed first has home field advantage.

The play-in game will take place in Cleveland, as they split the head-to-head games 2-2, but the Indians swept the highest seeded team (the Red Sox). The winner is the second seed and receives a bye into the semifinals alongside the Red Sox. Rotations are subject to the rules of the regular season in terms of rest.

The Red Sox will face the lowest seeded team to advance to the semifinals, and the winner of Indians-Royals will face the higher seeded advancing team.

[Lament]

If Jorge and #BRL both pick their starters today, we can run the play-in game tonight instead of tomorrow.

Both of them still have short rest uses available from the regular season, so the only pitchers who are off-limits to start the game are Perry, Feller, Saberhagen, and Greinke. No matter who starts in the play-in games, all staffs are considered fully rested for game one of the quarterfinals.

[numbers]

Chud, you bring the goggles and I'll bring the bud light.

[philpritchard]

Well... I guess we were bound to turn back into a pumpkin at some point.

[The Argonaut]

shit, skitch was right. sorry, Cleveland.

[EJ]

I hate to pick against the Yankees, but I think the Cards are still the team to beat. Provided of course, the manager doesn't get in the way...

I'll post my final stats shortly and will IM the spreadsheet to Phil. We'll have to vote on the MOP candidates sometime.

[BigRedLedbetter]

If Jorge and #BRL both pick their starters today, we can run the play-in game tonight instead of tomorrow.

Both of them still have short rest uses available from the regular season, so the only pitchers who are off-limits to start the game are Perry, Feller, Saberhagen, and Greinke. No matter who starts in the play-in games, all staffs are considered fully rested for game one of the quarterfinals.

I will go with Cone.

[Kaius]

Errors could be the death of the Cards. Playing guys out of position to get their bats in the lineup has been the cause of quite a few unearned runs.

[BigRedLedbetter]

death of the Cards

Oxymoron. They are God's favorite team. Well at least in his top 5.

[Norah]

Chud, you bring the goggles and I'll bring the bud light.

WE'RE WASTING ALCOHOL!

[EJ]

[Jorge]

I want to start Gregg for the play-in game.

Also, I can't believe Asher cost me the first-round bye with that joke of a lineup.

[numbers]

I want to start Gregg for the play-in game.

Also, I can't believe Asher cost me the first-round bye with that joke of a lineup.

That's baseball.

[BigRedLedbetter]

You could drink bud light. Or drink anything else. Like water.

[Norah]

Easy to say when you're swimming in free wbz merch.

I have hundreds of tubes of wbz chapstick if you're interested.

[Jorge]

All I want is a fucking t-shirt. It's taken five years to deliver.