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MLB 2018.1: ...And The Nationals Will Not Make It Out of the First Round

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A's beat the Astros 7-1 and are now tied with Houston for the AL West!!!
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Yeah, no one cares.
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You cared enough to comment.

I do think it is quite significant that a team that many projected to lose 85-90 games this year (BR had us at 72-90, RotoChamp at 77-85, USA Today at 74-88) is tied for first with the defending World Champs on August 18 with a 74-49 record, no big names (though Matt Chapman *is* 5th in fWAR, only behind Jose Ramirez, Mookie, Trout, and Lindor...) and a ragtag rotation that's basically Sean Manaea and a bunch of journeymen because everyone else needed Tommy John
 
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So, the team I mentioned in the title of this thread... they won't even make it to the first round, denying me the pleasure of watching them get swept in the first round.
 
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TovarishchLisa said:
You cared enough to comment.

I do think it is quite significant that a team that many projected to lose 85-90 games this year (BR had us at 72-90, RotoChamp at 77-85, USA Today at 74-88) is tied for first with the defending World Champs on August 18 with a 74-49 record, no big names (though Matt Chapman *is* 5th in fWAR, only behind Jose Ramirez, Mookie, Trout, and Lindor...) and a ragtag rotation that's basically Sean Manaea and a bunch of journeymen because everyone else needed Tommy John
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Drunk and bored is not the same as caring.
 
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The Giants. After showing a little life last week by going into LA and taking 2 of 3 from the dodgers they head to Cincinnati and get swept by a 3 game aggregate of 20-6.
 
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SonofSouthie said:
The Giants. After showing a little life last week by going into LA and taking 2 of 3 from the dodgers they head to Cincinnati and get swept by a 3 game aggregate of 20-6.
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The NL West is a scam this year. All of the teams try for a little and then back off. The winner will be 82-80 and everyone will end within 5 games.

Meanwhile the A's have 1/4 the payroll and actually try.
 
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On the Tweeter machine, someone put up a graph of every total score of every MLB game in history. I dunno how to link here from Tweeter, but I'm sure some of you do. I did post it on FB and GPL, and re-tweeted it. The graph is amazing. Some of the scores that happened once or twice, and some scores that never happened at all, despite the thousands of games played.

Note: the 49-33 game, the "lone outlier" so to speak, happened in 1871.
 
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French Rage said:
The NL West is a scam this year. All of the teams try for a little and then back off. The winner will be 82-80 and everyone will end within 5 games.

Meanwhile the A's have 1/4 the payroll and actually try.
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This year's A's have been the most fun I've had following a sports team - and that includes the UVM basketball team that went 19-0 in conference two years ago.

It's worth watching us just to watch Matt Chapman do some crazy stuff defensively at 3B.
 
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Before last night's game against Texas, Khris Davis had a Make-A-Wish kid sign his jersey...then he goes out and hits a 440 foot bomb off the suites. What a guy
 
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Given the Twins are at home, have sold off all their assets, and are out of contention. I expect they'll sweep the 4 game Oakland series. Because Twins!
 
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Power went out at Dodger Stadium, and Twitter went for the easy lay-up.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I fixed it, you’re welcome. <a href="https://t.co/d7Pid5lXGS">pic.twitter.com/d7Pid5lXGS</a></p>— Steven Berthiaumme (@BertDbacks) <a href="https://twitter.com/BertDbacks/status/1033585191955001344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Marlins are now allowing musical instruments in their stadium.
 
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MissThundercat said:
The Marlins are now allowing musical instruments in their stadium.
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A's have been doing it for years (there are drummers in the bleacher seats) and it's become a huge part of our culture. So much so that when we played the Giants at AT&T they let us bring in drums and horns because they understand its significance
 
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