Red Mosquito

No, the worst part is trading Mookie Betts.

Huge fan of the Mariners broadcast when Story hit his 3rd HR of the night:

Simple Torture wrote:Huge fan of the Mariners broadcast when Story hit his 3rd HR of the night:

Cool story, bro.

Simple Torture wrote:Huge fan of the Mariners broadcast when Story hit his 3rd HR of the night:

This guy's really good at the "defeated announcer" call

You’ve gotta be if you work for the Mariners.

He's at it again

Johnny Gomes catching that ball is the weird highlight of the season so far.

Gomes is one of the most annoying personalities in baseball history.

numbers wrote:Gomes is one of the most annoying personalities in baseball history.

Oh man, he was unbearable on commentary last week.

Gomes played 400+ games for Tampa and fewer than 200 for Boston. He should be Mickey's problem.

Just be grateful they aren’t using him on NESN anymore.

Side note: Gomes being a “back in my day…” Jack Morris style guy as an announcer when he was less than a year removed from playing was something else.

Dave Sims (Mariners announcer) sucks so hard.

Mayer missed some time with a sore wrist, but he's back and raking:

Ahead of the Rays now and only 1.0 games behind the Jays if they lose tonight.

Basically, if the Sox manage to play better against AL East competition in the second half they should make the playoffs. It would be also nice if the Yankees slipped a bit, too.

Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?

numbers wrote:Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?

3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.

The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.

Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).

Simple Torture wrote:

numbers wrote:Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?

3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.

The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.

Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).

What a dumb system.