GDT: 2023 AL WCS: (4) Tampa Bay Rays vs. (5) Texas Rangers

[Melrose Munch]

Tampa smh. Come on.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

32 scoreless innings now.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Haven't been watching this one, is there a bigger turnout at least or is that golf dome half empty again?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Yeah it's over for sure now

Haven't been watching this one, is there a bigger turnout at least or is that golf dome half empty again?

Half empty, but to be fair, 3:00 playoff game on a weekday kinda f***ing blows and understandable why attendance might be poor

And if baseball rewarded the better teams like most sports do, they should be sitting at home as the 2 seed with an ALDS bye instead of Houston.

Damn, they're making it ugly

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Corey Seager is playing unbelievable baseball.

Truly crazy to think LAD lost him, Bellinger, both Turners and Scherzer for nothing but like 1 or 2 compensation picks (as well as Buehler to injury) and remain a powerhouse.

 

[Terry Yake]

Yeah it's over for sure now



Half empty, but to be fair, 3:00 playoff game on a weekday kinda f***ing blows and understandable why attendance might be poor

And if baseball rewarded the better teams like most sports do, they should be sitting at home as the 2 seed with an ALDS bye instead of Houston.

Damn, they're making it ugly

this, plus the fact that the trop is very much out of the way (and a dump)

 

[BMOK33]

One of the oddities to me about MLB historically is entering the playoffs cold rarely means anything. Very much unlike the NHL or NFL. The 2000 Mets/Yankees, 2006 Tigers, 2015 Mets were bleeding as the regular season ended. I think combined they went like 4-32 their last 36 games and all made it to the World Seriies

 

[GKJ]

One of the oddities to me about MLB historically is entering the playoffs cold rarely means anything. Very much unlike the NHL or NFL. The 2000 Mets/Yankees, 2006 Tigers, 2015 Mets were bleeding as the regular season ended. I think combined they went like 4-32 their last 36 games and all made it to the World Seriies

Phillies last year were in a bad way, they won a turtle race to get into the playoffs

 

[These Are The Days]

This was the least surprising possible outcome to me as a Rays fan

 

[John Price]

Swing, strikeout. 2 down.

Tremendous ABC delay behind the international feed

 

[John Price]

He's called out. Rangers win it.

Don't understand Korean but that ball looked way outside.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The Rangers complete this ass-kick of a 2 game sweep. Congrats!

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Damn, Rays looking like the 2000s A’s. Tight budget, great at developing talent and finding castoffs out of nowhere but always snake-bitten on the big stage.

 

[LightningStorm]

Brutal way for the Rays season to end on top of having a modern era record 13-0 start and not even winning their division.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Year after year same story, embarassing attendance for such a good team playing postseason baseball. No boost or momentum able to be drawn from the crowd

Move the Rays to Montreal adn bring back the Expos I guess, f*** expansion.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Year after year same story, embarassing attendance for such a good team playing postseason baseball. No boost or momentum able to be drawn from the crowd

Move the Rays to Montreal adn bring back the Expos I guess, f*** expansion.

Oh 100%, fully on board the "relocation > expansion" train.

Not sure if Montreal's ever going to get another crack at it though.