Farmer1906 said:

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texasaggie2015 said:

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I feel like you disagree with everything I say

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I literally just agreed with you.

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You should have said, "No I dont"

Frok said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Frok said:

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Will Smith is going to blow a game.

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Why do you think he's going to be in a game where we're close?

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He's a lefty, he will be brought in for no reason other than that.

And because the baseball gods want to give me a heart attack.

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just wait til dusty brings him in to close out game 7 because harper is due to bat

07ag said:

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Frok said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Frok said:

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Will Smith is going to blow a game.

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Why do you think he's going to be in a game where we're close?

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He's a lefty, he will be brought in for no reason other than that.

And because the baseball gods want to give me a heart attack.

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just wait til dusty brings him in to close out game 7 because harper is due to bat

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based on twitter reaction, smith has been named the game 2 starter

Peña’s teammates always make fun of him for eating so much rice. He says, “Rice…homers….” pic.twitter.com/jFzHQfD3rn

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) October 28, 2022

What about the chicken?

so MLB ran simulations in "The Show" and the astros win. Also, Korey Lee is playing 1b.

We worked with @MLBTheShow on hundreds of simulations of the #WorldSeries to see who will take it all home! 👀 pic.twitter.com/Qe92vvzxTa

— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2022

Astros hitting coach Troy Snitker is the son of Braves manager Brian Snitker, who beat the Astros in the World Series last year. Troy said he bugged his dad and some members of Atlanta’s staff for some Phillies intel. pic.twitter.com/VtMsmkCBEL

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) October 28, 2022

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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so MLB ran simulations in "The Show" and the astros win. Also, Korey Lee is playing 1b.

We worked with @MLBTheShow on hundreds of simulations of the #WorldSeries to see who will take it all home! 👀 pic.twitter.com/Qe92vvzxTa

— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2022

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Oh sure, but when we simulated the Aggies 1994 football season on Sega Genesis for the Batt in 1994, we were told it was "a waste of space" and "not real journalism"

The Porkchop Express said:

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Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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so MLB ran simulations in "The Show" and the astros win. Also, Korey Lee is playing 1b.

We worked with @MLBTheShow on hundreds of simulations of the #WorldSeries to see who will take it all home! 👀 pic.twitter.com/Qe92vvzxTa

— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2022

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Oh sure, but when we simulated the Aggies 1994 football season on Sega Genesis for the Batt in 1994, we were told it was "a waste of space" and "not real journalism"

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that's hard hitting stuff, walter cronkite.

Pitching Experience comparison (excluding 2022 playoffs).
Column 1 is post season experience, Column 2 is World Series experience (in innings).

Astros
JV 140 / 38
FV 43.2 / 4.2
LMJ 57.1 / 7.2
CJ 20 / 3
LG 17.2 / 6.1
JU 33.1 / 11.2
RP 27.2 / 6.2
RS 13 / 4.1
WS 18.1 / 4
All others = 0.2 and 0

Total - 371.2 innings post season work (prior to 2022) and 86.1 innings of World Series work.


Phillies:
Alvarado 1.2 / 0
Hand 2.1 / 0
Gibson 1 / 0
Nelson 2 / 0
Robertson 37.2 / 2.1
Snydergaard 26 / 6
All others = 0 and 0

Total = 70.2 innings of post season work (prior to 2022) and 8.1 innings of World Series work.

texasaggie2015 said:

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I feel like you disagree with everything I say

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That's what Farmer does

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Just heard on CBS that the Phillies are 5-0 in this postseason at home.

While I still think our pitching travels well and we could win a game or two in Philly, I hope we go in up 2-0 because the Phillies are going to be super confident in their home stadium.

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Won't we be super confident because we're undefeated on the road?

The edge we'll have in games 3 and 4 is enormous. We can play it on the moon. Javier & McCuller vs Saurez (maybe) and a bullpen down of a 'meh' bullpen is a mismatch.

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Just heard on CBS that the Phillies are 5-0 in this postseason at home.

While I still think our pitching travels well and we could win a game or two in Philly, I hope we go in up 2-0 because the Phillies are going to be super confident in their home stadium.

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Were 3-0 on the road

Our boys are 4-0 at home this post season

Pitching is going to win the WS. Book it!

JV's WS Starts as an Astro:

2019 G6 - 5 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 3 K
2019 G2 - 6 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 6 K
2017 G6 - 6 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 9 K
2017 G2 - 6 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 K

I wouldn't put too much stock in what happened 5 and 3 years ago, but the legend is due to a big-time start in the Fall Classic.

We might need this guy


Edit: made this into a gif but apparently it doesn't upload as such from my camera roll.

Reminder not to panic…even though I know it won't stop us

For context, the #Astros started slowly in Game 1 of the last two series:

ALDS: Trailed 4-0 after 2 innings, did not lead until the last swing of the game.

ALCS: Scored 1 run through 5 innings, did not lead until the 6th.@MLBNetwork @MLB

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) October 28, 2022

JV kind of got the Phillie B team last start after the clinched, but he faced Harper, and here is how he attacked him.





No fear at all. Used the header away and attacked the bottom/in with the breaking stuff.

kegstand said:

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I understand the concern about Smith. I understand that during the regular season Dusty provided us with plenty of material worth criticizing or at least questioning.

However, I think Dusty has been lights out managerially this Postseason and deserves way more credit than most of y'all seem to be giving him. Bleed elsewhere.

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I joke, because it's a message forum on the internet, and not anything i'd actually say to the players/managers

really though, about dusty in the regular season, i've said it before and i'll say it again,, his goals were or should've been: 1. make the playoffs 2. team be as healthy as possible for the playoffs 3. know who you can trust in leverage situations, meaning, put guys in high leverage spots and see who performs, who grows/develops, like montero and abreu. dusty was thinking big picture to win the world series, not to fight for every regular season win.

Farmer1906 said:

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All I do is Nguyen said:

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Just heard on CBS that the Phillies are 5-0 in this postseason at home.

While I still think our pitching travels well and we could win a game or two in Philly, I hope we go in up 2-0 because the Phillies are going to be super confident in their home stadium.

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Won't we be super confident because we're undefeated on the road?

The edge we'll have in games 3 and 4 is enormous. We can play it on the moon. Javier & McCuller vs Saurez (maybe) and a bullpen down of a 'meh' bullpen is a mismatch.

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Reminder for those (myself) who forgot what we did the last time we saw Saurez.



3 IP
7 H
6 R

OK, here we go. Answer the questions, hit reply to me, and I'll spreadsheet it for the duration of the WS. Winner gets $500 Schrute Bucks or 2,000 Stanley Nickels.



World Series Pick'em

• Who Wins?
• How many games?
• Who wins Game 1?
• Who's named WS MVP?
• How many games does Justin Verlander win in the Series?
• How many games does Framber Valdez win in the Series?
• Who hits more home runs, Yordan or Harper?
• Who gets the first hit for the Astros?
• Who hits the first homer of the series for the Astros?
• Does any game go into extra innings?
• How many saves does Pressley get?
• Does Altuve homer in the series?
• Does Pena homer in the series?
• Does Will Smith pitch?
• Why?
• No seriously, why?

Reply all with your answers before first pitch and I'll tabulate the thing and post it late tonight.

On standby to sucker punch Manfred