It's almost October - let's talk baseball playoffs!
 

I can't believe there hasn't been a baseball thread all season - and this is a pretty exciting weekend.

...especially since the CHICAGO CUBS are the NL Central Division champions! :D

Go Cubbies!

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go yanks!
 

cant wait to see the yankees beat the red sox again in post season play and go to the world series!!! too bad i wont be there to watch in person this year :(

Go Tribe!!!
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I was down in Wrigleyville on Friday night (at Goose Island) and poured out with the crowd down to Clark and Addison. Definitely a fun night.

Going to the NLDS game on Saturday. Anyone else going?

Well, I have at least one more day before this can become official, but I'm still going to say...

GO PADRES!

Well my Mets gave away the NL East, so I think I might actually root for the Phillies. At least they played like they wanted it.

Yankees = Payroll Bloat

Next year, of course after they win WS, could be very differnt.
They found, when they needed it the most, that they had some rather good, young players already on board.

Oh Paps.. please never change. Your spandex wearing dancing has made my weekend...

I give you credit where credit is due. Often, it is the under-paid young guns who really make the team a success.

I was reading today that the Yankees combined salaries are 3 times of the Indians (Cleveland has the 2nd lowest salary total in the AL). The Yankees have 10 players receiving $10million + per year, with 3 over $20 mm. The Indians highest paid player is CC making $8.75 mm per year. The Padres only have one player at $10mm.

I hate to see Steinbrenner buy his team that way. I think he is still mad that he couldn't buy the Indians back in the 70s. Greed typically isn't a trait of Cleveland natives.

wow...even if the yankees "gave away" a title i would never ever root for an opposing team!! my loyalties are to the yankees no matter now good or bad they are doing! i dont get how you can switch from the mets to the phillies...:confused:
hopefully you dont call yourself a true fan!

Yeah, I am a real fan actually, and I am NOT a Philly fan now. But let's get real: if the Phillies do well in post-season, it's good for the NL East. My loyalties are, and always will be, to the Mets... but the Mets blew it and won't see October. Frankly, I don't really care now who wins the WS, but if I had to root for someone, why not let it be the NL East team that did make it? It's called going out with dignity and class, instead of just being immature and saying, "F*** the Phillies," even if that is how I feel inside. :rolleyes:

They did indeed. That was a great game!

I guess you have not read the papers this year-Boss George is not running the team.

And the Yanks have the money to spend any way that they wish to.

Just between merchandise and YES=$$$$$$

Add in new stadium.....

Sports (most sports) have not been pure sports in years. More like entertainment+business+sport=money.

We could start a whole thread on this but lets try to keep this thread "pure" to OP's starting point.

baseball is still going on??? :confused:

For me it hurt like hell.

But then, you know, apparently I'm not a true Met fan. :p

As far as I'm concerned it's not! I can't wait till April.

It is just starting:D;):)

I'm sorry for the Mets--I truly am. A friend of mine who ironically lives in NYC is a great big Phillies fan and I was really glad for him that they came back in a big way.

Ha ha, don't be sorry for the Mets-- they played like crap coming down the stretch. Be sorry for us fans who stood by them faithfully and got our hearts ripped out as we watched them go down in flames.

Do you have a mullet? Do you wear Twisted Sister concert shirts?

You are not a real Mets fan unless you answer yes to both questions.

I'm laughing. It's the same for the white sox. I swear I always shame my head at the crowd.

-Rudey

I believe the term is bandwagon fan.

-Rudey

Thanks for making me laugh today. My answer to both questions is "no" by the way. ;)

Last I checked, that was the exact opposite of the definition of a bandwagon fan.

You cheered them on when they did well and then didn't when they didn't do well.

-Rudey
--Some also call them fair-weather fans.

wow i think this is a first--im actually agreeing with rudey!

IT'S TRIBE TIME!!!!!!!!

When did I say I didn't cheer them on when they weren't doing well? I was there all September, watching almost every game on TV, hoping and praying (and cheering!) until the very last out on Sunday. Not only that, but I've been cheering them on over the years even when they really sucked. I don't know where you're getting this from. :confused:

ETA: And I still have Mets stuff on my car... and not planning on taking it off... so....????

Tonight was a good game on both sides - but Holliday was out at the plate. :mad:

What it costs to win
 

If you take each team's payroll and divide it by the number of wins in 2007, the cost per win for the Indians is a little over $600,000. The Red Sox are about $1.2 million per win. The Yankees... OVER $2 MILLION PER WIN.

The Yanks are getting skunked tonight.

Yanks took a whippin'
 

Beckett was sick the other night. I love watching him pitch.

Watch for me at the Red Sox game! Section 6 Row 11....:p

Let's Go Red Sox!!

Ree, I'm insanely jealous. BUT, if they win this series, I have tickets for game 1 of the ALCS. Fingers crossed!

One hour to go before *****o goes into pitch. Dinner-time game in Cleveland.

Evidently....GC doesn't like Carmona's first name.....