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naednek wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:02 am

Octavious wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 am What happened to Lorini?

She left the forum. Someone (I don't know who) was bullying her. I don't have any details other than that. I stay in touch in Steam chat, but I can't post my memes there

Wow....so someone on here was bullying an African American woman and somehow wasnt called out for it?
That's some bullshit right there........

naednek wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:02 am

Octavious wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 am What happened to Lorini?

She left the forum. Someone (I don't know who) was bullying her. I don't have any details other than that. I stay in touch in Steam chat, but I can't post my memes there

Really? Whoever it was should be strung up and booted out. What kind of bastard does that?

@Lorini please come back.

naednek wrote:

Octavious wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 am What happened to Lorini?

She left the forum. Someone (I don't know who) was bullying her. I don't have any details other than that. I stay in touch in Steam chat, but I can't post my memes there

Again?dammit.

naednek wrote:

Octavious wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 am What happened to Lorini?

She left the forum. Someone (I don't know who) was bullying her. I don't have any details other than that. I stay in touch in Steam chat, but I can't post my memes there

Again? dammit

Congrats to the Red Sox for gutting it out in 13.

Jaymann wrote:Congrats to the Red Sox for gutting it out in 13.

With a catcher's home run over the green monster? That had to stir some echoes!

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:06 am

naednek wrote:

Octavious wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 am What happened to Lorini?

She left the forum. Someone (I don't know who) was bullying her. I don't have any details other than that. I stay in touch in Steam chat, but I can't post my memes there

Again? dammit

Im guessing, though I hope I'm wrong, that it was the Trevor Bauer exchange we had in this thread. I stayed out of the thread until now.

Yes. I wasn't going public with it, but she asked me to prohibit LawBeefaroni from responding to her based on that discussion (and I believe what she perceived as a pattern from him). I told her that I would pass along her wishes if she desired, but that I wasn't going to enforcing a "no responding to Lorini for one poster" rule, particularly given that the posts in question were not actionable from my viewpoint. She was not satisfied with that, and decided to leave. While I miss her presence and her perspective, I don't believe what she asked me to do was appropriate for the forum. I'm hopeful that she'll come back after a break.

Further discussion should move to the Meta forum so that we can leave this for baseball discussion.

Wow, who would have picked the Red Sox to be the first team in the clubhouse?

The Red Sox are really feeding the Green Monster tonight!

A few innings later…

Gee how the game has turned…

Ahem, never doubted it for a moment.

That was an exciting finish!

I really thought the Rays would win this series and would never have guessed they would lose 3-1.

Dodgers are in a heap of trouble.

Jaymann wrote:Dodgers are in a heap of trouble.

If we knew who would be pitching for the Giants?

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:18 am Dodgers are in a heap of trouble.

Feast or famine with their hitting. Nine in one game and blanked for two. They wasted a quality Scherzer start. They'll probably score 15 tomorrow and then lose the last game 2-1.

Special thanks to the wind!

Biyobi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:42 am

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:18 am Dodgers are in a heap of trouble.

Feast or famine with their hitting. Nine in one game and blanked for two. They wasted a quality Scherzer start. They'll probably score 15 tomorrow and then lose the last game 2-1.

Oh it's definetly going to go to game 5. And it seriously can go either way. Giants have to start hitting. Defense saved them tonight (and the wind)

Octavious wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:42 pm I really thought the Rays would win this series and would never have guessed they would lose 3-1.

Same here. I was predicting Rays win 3-1, and I thought I was being semi-generous to the Red Sox in that prediction (figured *maybe* they would win Eovaldi's start).

Thinking about it, I think a big part of it is that the format (and Cora's solid management) helped make up for the Sox's biggest weakness - their unreliable bullpen, since they could bring in starters instead of their shittiest relievers. Like, there's no way that the Red Sox win Game 3 (where Pivetta threw 4 innings in relief) during the regular season, since those innings would've been pitched by some combination of Ottavino, Martin Perez, Austin Davis, etc.

Plus you know, maybe there's some risk in having game 2 started by someone who is only making their fourth major league start, even if they are really good.

Ya the playoffs heavily favor teams with strong starting rotations. Looking back I can't believe the Mets cocked up the WS against the Royals. Sigh...Then again maybe the Wilpons wouldn't have sold if they won.

naednek wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:59 am

Biyobi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:42 am

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:18 am Dodgers are in a heap of trouble.

Feast or famine with their hitting. Nine in one game and blanked for two. They wasted a quality Scherzer start. They'll probably score 15 tomorrow and then lose the last game 2-1.

Oh it's definetly going to go to game 5. And it seriously can go either way. Giants have to start hitting. Defense saved them tonight (and the wind)

The wind definitely went both ways. Both teams had warning track shots get knocked down. Even Longoria's shot was getting shot down if you watch the side angle, but he raked it HARD.

There was also this:



Which was really obvious watching last night. While the outside strike zone was generally consistent (outside being away from the hitter), it was definitely something Scherzer took better advantage of, but there were a couple of really bad calls against the Giants where strikes in the zone were called balls.

So Dodgers - Giants is the only series to go 5 games.

For giants fans that doesn't surprise anyone. It's all about the drama and torture.

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naednek wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:04 am For giants fans that doesn't surprise anyone. It's all about the drama and torture.

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Probably not Dodgers fans either, if they are honest. The way this entire season played out with the Dodgers chasing the Giants the entire way, with both teams winning the most games in franchise history (Dodgers tied franchise record), it felt like it would come down to one final game. First to 110 wins goes to the NLCS!

I gotta say I have no idea how the ALCS is going to go. I thought the Red Sox were going to get destroyed by the Rays, and I'm inclined to think that they'll get destroyed by the Astros, but...who knows.

At least the Astros won't have to worry about cheating allegations coming from Boston since Houston shipped off the alleged ring leader former bench coach Alex Cora.

I thought before the playoffs started that any AL team could get hot and have a dominant run to the World Series based on what we'd seen in the regular season. We'll see which of the two hot teams is hotter. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised with a sweep (either way) or a tight back and forth series.

Hrothgar wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:27 pm At least the Astros won't have to worry about cheating allegations coming from Boston

Maybe the White Sox can come up with something?

Jeff V wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:03 pm

Hrothgar wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:27 pm At least the Astros won't have to worry about cheating allegations coming from Boston

Maybe the White Sox can come up with something?

They tried. It didn't work out for them.

They did have one of my favorite box scores:



Definitely a bummer.

Methinks he needs to change his name to "A Shitshow" because that debacle was ugly.

hoping for a good night tonight

naednek wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:47 pm hoping for a good night tonight

One of us is going to be very disappointed.

More than any other series, it's a shame that Dodgers - Giants is at the NLDS instead of the NLCS. I expect the winner tonight will be a heavy favorite against the Braves, so just seems like this should be happening next series instead of now.

Cardinals fire manager Mike Shildt. The Cardinals were dead and he surged them into the playoffs. One of my most hated teams, but seriously?

That was a great surprise when I saw it a little while ago.

Well Giants couldn't do it. At least Lorini should be happy. Go Red Sox?!?

Was happy I happened to tune in when I did and saw Scherzer pitch in the ninth and get his first save!

Bad ending to a pretty good game. I am sure with time I will be happy with the win.

Well that was BS. No check swing. That damn ump hasn't been calling that all series and that's what decides the series. Such a BS call

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Ya just saw it this morning. That's not even debatable it's not even close to a swing.