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View Poll Results: Who's shipping it?

Chicago Cubs

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Boston Red Sox

6 7.89%

Cleveland Indians

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Los Angeles Dodgers

6 7.89%

Washington Nationals

5 6.58%

San Francisco Giants

3 3.95%

Houston Astros

5 6.58%

New York Mets

0 0%

Toronto Blue Jays

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Other

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06-14-2017 , 12:45 AM

#3751

PocketChads

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Originally Posted by that_pope

The 6-9 hitters for the Twins were:
15 for 21 (.714)
13 RBIs
Only saw 2.5 pitches per PA

Nice

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06-14-2017 , 01:31 AM

#3752

RV Life

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It's cute how Cubbie fans finally win after 108 years and all of a sudden think they gonna ship another WS. Over the Yankees. Let that sink in.

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06-14-2017 , 02:39 AM

#3753

durango155

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4 teams in the MLB have 40 wins....and 3 of them are in the NL WEST and one of them isn't the Giants. That's a statement that just couldn't even be dreamed during spring training! Go Dbacks!!!

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06-14-2017 , 02:40 AM

#3754

minnesotasam

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It is cute. It's also cute that Yankees fans think they're WS locks with a frontline rotation of Luis Severino, Michael Pineda, and Jordan Montgomery.

(Or that the Yankees' 27 WS titles has anything to do with this 2017 team.)

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06-14-2017 , 02:45 AM

#3755

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Originally Posted by minnesotasam

It's cute how non Yankee fans get so defensive. I never said the Yankees were winning the WS. I was laughing at Cubs fans thinking they shipping a WS w/ 79 wins and cherry picking the Yankees to be the team to beat.

Why the Yankees? They don't even have the best record in the AL. Insecure much?

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06-14-2017 , 02:51 AM

#3756

minnesotasam

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You said the Yankees, idk man, those were your words.

Also I agreed that Cubs fans were cute (and I wasn't kidding).

If by insecure you mean that I think my favorite team sucks this year, I do, but I'm (relatively) at peace with that reality. Plus they're not in the NL, so I'm not really concerned with the Yankees on a personal level.

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06-14-2017 , 03:15 AM

#3757

PocketChads

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Your team scored 20 runs tonight don't worry

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06-14-2017 , 03:23 AM

#3758

RV Life

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Originally Posted by minnesotasam

Those weren't my words.

I replied to this.

Originally Posted by Ungoliant View Post
All I know is I can't wait for the Yankee fan tears when they get beat in the WS by the 79-win NL Central champion Cubs.

He singled out the Yankees losing to the Cubs in the WS, not me.

As far as I'm concerned, the Yankees are free rolling this year. They weren't supposed to contend til 2018. They aren't even listed in the poll in the thread.

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06-14-2017 , 03:31 AM

#3759

minnesotasam

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Oh, well lol me then, I misunderstood. I agree about the Yankees.

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Originally Posted by PocketChads

Your team scored 20 runs tonight don't worry

It is truly a dark day when the Minnesota Twins are a markedly better team that the St. Louis Cardinals. Fortunately for me, all of my friends from back home don't remotely believe in this Twins team because they've had their love of BEISBOL destroyed by Gardyball.

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06-14-2017 , 07:05 AM

#3760

Ungoliant

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LOOOOL, my whole post was nothing more than a joke about how the NL Central is so terrible that a sub-.500 team could literally end up winning it and that said team would then have about as much chance as anyone in the crapshoot that is the MLB playoffs. I threw in the Yankees as my hypothetical victim only because their fans have been particularly insufferable here lately with their recent success and, well, here we are again. I don't actually think the Yankees or the Cubs are favorites to make the WS.

Let that sink in.

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06-14-2017 , 07:45 AM

#3761

Bighurt52235

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Originally Posted by minnesotasam

my friends from back home don't remotely believe in this Twins team because they've had their love of BEISBOL destroyed by Gardyball.

Please explain.

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06-14-2017 , 07:51 AM

#3762

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anyone else think it's weird that the Jays and Dbacks have the same odds to win the WS?

I guess the bookies think they Jays are much better than their record and are gonna go on a run.

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06-14-2017 , 07:59 AM

#3763

TheGramuel

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Cubs second favourites? ****ing LOL. Can you say 'homer $$$$'?

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06-14-2017 , 08:22 AM

#3764

Gary Wise

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Originally Posted by GTBMuckface

anyone else think it's weird that the Jays and Dbacks have the same odds to win the WS?

I guess the bookies think they Jays are much better than their record and are gonna go on a run.

2 things:

- First, it's not the bookies, but the money that makes the odds. If the Jays are given the same odds as the DBacks despite their current records, it means money has come in on the Jays and the Bookies want to balance it. Never underestimate the power of homers. That's why the Cubs and Sox are pretty much always bad bets.

- Second, before last night, Fangraphs had the Jays at about 45% to make the playoffs.

Personally, I'm surprised at the spread between the Astros and Yanks. Given the crapshoot of the playoffs and the popularity of the Yanks, I'd have thought they'd be a lot closer. Can't see ever taking any team to win at +425 pre-October.

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06-14-2017 , 09:17 AM

#3765

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Originally Posted by Gary Wise

All star game rules suggestion: get rid of the one per team rule, which dates back to a time before tanking where people might have tuned in for team loyalty.

1000%

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06-14-2017 , 09:19 AM

#3766

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Originally Posted by Gary Wise

I feel ripped off having the Yankees at 26-1 preseason. They should have been at least 60-1 IMO.

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06-14-2017 , 09:36 AM

#3767

TheGramuel

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Originally Posted by Gary Wise

That's why the Cubs and Sox are pretty much always bad bets.

Yeah, I can't believe the Cubs have literally ever represented value. I'm also intrigued by the length of the Yankees at this point.

Rockies must be a decent bet there.

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06-14-2017 , 09:40 AM

#3768

royalblue

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Originally Posted by Gary Wise

This is what I always thought but people in SE told me that's not how it works

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06-14-2017 , 11:47 AM

#3769

minnesotasam

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

Please explain.

Gardenhire preached contact (both hitting to and pitching to, which is hilarious because it's contradictory), bunts, productive outs, etc. Pitchers were supposed to not strike out too many people, hitters were not supposed to hit home runs, etc. The team became awful and awful to watch and many Minnesotans checked out.

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06-14-2017 , 12:07 PM

#3770

Bighurt52235

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Funny. From a Sox fans perspective, I always hated playing those teams, especially in the baggy dome. I thought Gardenhire was well thought of there. Won a lot of a divisions. But that's it.

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06-14-2017 , 12:09 PM

#3771

Bighurt52235

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Lol. The Twins to me are still Pierzynski, Mientkiewizc, Rivas, Guzman, Koskie, Lawton, Jones, and Hunter! With Johan on the mound. ****.

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06-14-2017 , 12:13 PM

#3772

minnesotasam

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Yeah I was going to say, sounds like you're talking about the mid-00s Twins? Maybe earlier? A lot of time has transpired since then.

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06-14-2017 , 12:15 PM

#3773

Bighurt52235

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Yeah actually I can't off the top of my head think of that much about how the early days of Target Field have gone. I seem to recall two first round exits at the hand of ARod.

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06-14-2017 , 12:32 PM

#3774

Bighurt52235

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I'm glad there's a live game right now! Even if it is the most ridiculous possible combination of teams.

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06-14-2017 , 01:29 PM

#3775

pudley4

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

Yeah actually I can't off the top of my head think of that much about how the early days of Target Field have gone. I seem to recall two first round exits at the hand of ARod.

Basically one good season followed by 6 seasons of utter ****. (Even 2015 when they were above .500 was **** because it was really just one great month of May and the rest below .500)

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