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MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

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WeAreNDHockey said:
How many games have there been this post season where every run was scored by someone hitting the ball out of the park. One day during the division round three of the four teams in action generated every run off a homer. When my team is playing and winning I mind less, but if I was a casual fan watching playoff baseball with no dog in the hunt, I don't know that it would be so enjoyable.
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From espn.com: "The Cubs scored eight runs against the Dodgers, all via the long ball, losing 11-1 in Game 5. According to Elias Sports Bureau research, it’s the first time a team playing four or more games in the playoffs scored all its runs in a series on home runs. The Cubs were unable to produce one rally, going 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position."
 
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If NY wins the AL (and that's a pretty big "if" playing a really good Houston team in Houston), and if NY were to somehow win the WS (another huge "if" given how the Dodgers are playing), in my mind that would be the most impressive MLB post-season performance I've ever seen. To go through the 102 wins Cleveland, followed by the 101 wins Houston and 104 wins LA, would be impressive.
 
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SJHovey said:
If NY wins the AL (and that's a pretty big "if" playing a really good Houston team in Houston), and if NY were to somehow win the WS (another huge "if" given how the Dodgers are playing), in my mind that would be the most impressive MLB post-season performance I've ever seen. To go through the 102 wins Cleveland, followed by the 101 wins Houston and 104 wins LA, would be impressive.
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Exactly!! The Yanks have exceeded most people's expectations no matter what the outcome.
 
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Dodgers - Astros would be a microcosm of 2017; they are so much opposite in every way:
- "Astros" - Kennedy Space Center; "Dodgers" - people who jumped out of the way of streetcars in Brooklyn.
- no income tax state vs highest income tax state
- oil and gas producers vs green energy devotees
- "real" economy of actual stuff vs "virtual" economy of fairy tale and make-believe
- hurricane or drought vs mudslides or wildfires or drought (oh wait on this last one...)
 
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FreshFish said:
Dodgers - Astros would be a microcosm of 2017; they are so much opposite in every way:
- "Astros" - Kennedy Space Center; "Dodgers" - people who jumped out of the way of streetcars in Brooklyn.
- no income tax state vs highest income tax state
- oil and gas producers vs green energy devotees
- "real" economy of actual stuff vs "virtual" economy of fairy tale and make-believe
- hurricane or drought vs mudslides or wildfires or drought (oh wait on this last one...)
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You realize these are baseball teams, right?
 
Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

jerphisch said:
You realize these are baseball teams, right?
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Well, the people who play on these teams are clearly from the cities and surrounding areas in which they play. So it all makes sense...
 
Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

jerphisch said:
You realize these are baseball teams, right?
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One is a baseball team from Houston Texas.

The other is from Los Angeles California.

Texas vs California is a way of projecting an area's characteristics onto the team from that area.



EDIT:
It's meant in the spirit of the mayors of each city making nonsense bets based on whatever they are famous for.
 
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Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

FreshFish said:
One is a baseball team from Houston Texas.

The other is from Los Angeles California.

Texas vs California is a way of projecting an area's characteristics onto the team from that area.


Are you one of those people who doesn't understand light-hearted playfulness?


No one really thinks the Yankees are "evil" just because they are called "The Evil Empire."

Lighten up, it's, as you said, only baseball. :)
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Texas vs California is a way of projecting an area's characteristics onto the team from that area.
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A Kennedy was murdered in each state.
 
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Judge HR: 112 exit velocity, 144 ft apex, 425 ft per Statcast. That apex is silly, just a total Moonshot.
 
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icehawk said:
Finish em off Astros!!!!!
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While 30 seconds of searching did not provide a definitive answer, I'm pretty sure that, if Houston wins tonight, they will be the only team to make it to the World Series from both Leagues.

The Brewers could eventually join that exclusive club as well if they ever advance that far from the National League.
 
FreshFish said:
While 30 seconds of searching did not provide a definitive answer, I'm pretty sure that, if Houston wins tonight, they will be the only team to make it to the World Series from both Leagues.

The Brewers could eventually join that exclusive club as well if they ever advance that far from the National League.
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The real question is how many teams have even switched leagues? That number is minuscule as it is.
 
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