GigEmMortis said:

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Listening to MLB radio and the host is bleeding about Maldonado crowding the plate to get the HBP. Said it wasn't a baseball play.

I love being the most hated team in baseball

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For an MLB radio host, he sure seems unfamiliar with the sport of baseball. Crowding the plate hoping to wear one is as old as the game.

JDUB08AG said:

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GigEmMortis said:

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Listening to MLB radio and the host is bleeding about Maldonado crowding the plate to get the HBP. Said it wasn't a baseball play.

I love being the most hated team in baseball

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That's one of THE most baseball plays. So old school. Just more soy boy media takes.

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For all the complaining about the FOX broadcast crew this WS, they did heap props on Machete for crowding the plate. Maldy's baseball I.Q. is just off the charts.

I'm gonna miss this thread.

scd88 said:

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I'm gonna miss this thread.

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Behind the Dodgers, we are favored to win the World Series next year!

Good mornin'

Yordan bomb to win the World Series!!!! pic.twitter.com/pkXbjjE4QC

— Don Hawkins (@iceman_thetachi) November 6, 2022

Just woke up sore and smelling like beer after 7 hours of standing at the Michelob Ultra Club. You could just tell Yordan's ball was gone off the bat.

MarathonAg12 said:

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scd88 said:

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I'm gonna miss this thread.

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Behind the Dodgers, we are favored to win the World Series next year!

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As always. The dodgers being favored. Lol.

Texas A&M said:

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The last one of the year....

Good morning to…Houston, Texas only. This incredible team will be talked about to our grandchildren like folklore. What an absolute monster of an organization. It should make every @astros fan proud to know how sick with jealousy the haters are today.😏#LevelUp #WorldSeries 🤘🏼🔥 pic.twitter.com/fq63K7NzVW

— Adam Clanton (@adamclanton) November 6, 2022

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Luhnow at the end is the cherry on top. I love how Clanton embraces being the heel.

The Big Orange Machine

I think the off-season thread can wait a day or so. It's not officially the off season until after the parade.

Happy Sunday!

About the schwarber bunt in the 8th. If the Astros had a heavy shift on him it's not an awful idea. They were down 3 and needed base runners.

That said only trying it with 2 strikes? Thats baffling.

Absolutely a good play with less than two strikes. With two strikes, it's throwing in the towel.

Also why that fourth run was so important. Made the bullpen's job so much easier. One base runner can't hurt you. Get two on, and things change.

Anyone else notice the Phillies were an absolutely different team at the plate after Yed's HR?

For most of the series….especially game 5 every at bat was a battle. The last three innings I felt they were just shell shocked. A number of one or two pitch at bats. KS bunting with two strikes…etc. It seems they just went into a shell and knew it was over after the HR.

tylercsbn9 said:

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Anyone else notice the Phillies were an absolutely different team at the plate after Yed's HR?

For most of the series….especially game 5 every at bat was a battle. The last three innings I felt they were just shell shocked. A number of one or two pitch at bats. KS bunting with two strikes…etc. It seems they just went into a shell and knew it was over after the HR.

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Absolutely what happened. I think it was Harold Reynolds on the MLB Network who said that was a, "We're better than you" HR. Just devastating.

Agreed. They looked ABSOLUTELY defeated after that HR.

The phrase is overused but last night "was a movie!"

1) Walking from the courthouse to street fest we run into Mack. Hug. Take pics. Tell him he's a legend.
2) Get inside street fest, waiting in line for a beer, see Paul Wall. Dap up and take a few pics.
3) Get inside the park and it was electric from first pitch to last. Nothing like the ALDS and ALCS.
4) Drank way too much but its the most worth it hangover ever
5) Hugs all around on the final out, stayed until they kicked us out
6) Hi fives, chunking up H's to Houston traffic, honking the horn a ton (threw in a few hullabaloos)
7) Whataburger

Just epic. My phone is a **** show. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS!

Verne Lundquist said:

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I didn't believe in the bullpen for a while but those mofos turned it on in the post season

CONGRATULATIONS TO US!

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It didn't seem to matter how many times they saw Abreu or Pressly. That's just flat out dominance.

Again I am so thankful for this thread and community. I don't have a lot of places I can go for some, somewhat, productive sports conversations, but this thread always always delivers.

Still vibin' this morning!

Shortest lived phrase occurred after game 3 and was dead by game 4:

"No one wants to play at the effing Bank"

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Legendpic.twitter.com/o4Yfnfzb7g

— Space Lawyer (@rrossjd) November 6, 2022

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wish we could get "**** y'all" trending on twitter

The Phillies CF watching Yordan’s dong go over the Batter’s Eye pic.twitter.com/Ee3Kqj3rlI

— astrosmemes (@astros_memes) November 6, 2022

Morning Philly.

pic.twitter.com/OmeOcwSe0c

— Connor (@CJMPadres23) November 6, 2022

GigEmMortis said:

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Listening to MLB radio and the host is bleeding about Maldonado crowding the plate to get the HBP. Said it wasn't a baseball play.

I love being the most hated team in baseball

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Nobody said a word when Realmuto moved his leg into the path of the pitch to draw the HBP in the first inning.

It occurs to me the astros had the last pitcher hit, and the last shift. The benefits of playing in the last game of the season every year.

Up early. Woke up a champion🏆🍾⚾️ Again! The bad: knee still sore😔 The good: Hair still lit🔥😎#LaPiña🍍

— Yulieski Gurriel (@el_yuly10) November 6, 2022

.@astros celebrate in the clubhouse and our @JuliaMorales was there! She talked with OF Michael Brantley as the party got started! #LevelUp pic.twitter.com/zqjhmLv16V

— AT&T SportsNet™ | SW (@ATTSportsNetSW) November 6, 2022