The baseball playoffs thread 2018

[Gary A.]

We were talking about the 18 inning game and how freakin' expensive it must have been for those hanging on, especially for families. A bit of a windfall for the concessioners.

 

[jcdeboever]

We were talking about the 18 inning game and how freakin' expensive it must have been for those hanging on, especially for families. A bit of a windfall for the concessioners.

What does a Dodger dog and a beer cost?

 

[SquarePeg]

Comparing Beer, Hot Dog, and Ticket Prices at Major League Baseball Parks


Only the Mets beat out Dodgers for hot dog price. Fenway is out in front on beer prices.

 

[Gary A.]

A tall Modelo Especial, in a can was $17 delivered to your seat.

 

[jcdeboever]

Hershiser threw out the first pitch. He can still bring it. Hatcher couldn't handle the movement. Lol

 

[jcdeboever]

A tall Modelo Especial, in a can was $17 delivered to your seat.

Yikes[emoji25]

 

[SquarePeg]

 

[Gary A.]

Congrats Peg. The better team won.

 

[SquarePeg]

Congrats Peg. The better team won.

Thanks Gary. They are super talented. I’m happy for Price since he’s supposedly a very nice guy. A very likeable team! Especially these 3

 

[jcdeboever]

Congrats to Peg and Jon and their Red Sox. What a team. Maybe the best team I've seen in my lifetime. Right there with those 84 Tigers. They are gonna be good for a while. Going in, I thought the Dodgers were the deeper team, wrong again.

 

[JonA_CT]

The off-season talk has already started. David Price can opt-out, and with the ring now, is he more likely to go? Nathan Eovaldi and Joe Kelly are free agents. Can the Red Sox come to terms with both of them? Does Dustin Pedroia ever play baseball again?

 

[jcdeboever]

The off-season talk has already started. David Price can opt-out, and with the ring now, is he more likely to go? Nathan Eovaldi and Joe Kelly are free agents. Can the Red Sox come to terms with both of them? Does Dustin Pedroia ever play baseball again?

No way Price opts out. He will never get paid more than what he is going to get for the remainder of his deal. He has a fuzzy elbow as well so he would be a risk to sign. He would be crazy to opt out.

The two guys will get paid. Joe Kelly can close somewhere so it's going to hard to keep him. Eovaldi, have no idea but I assume someone will value him. He could be easier to retain and has some value.

Pedroia is signed until 2021. I would think the Red Sox would love him to retire. I got a feeling he will ride that gravy train until it is nice and thick.

 

[SquarePeg]

The off-season talk has already started. David Price can opt-out, and with the ring now, is he more likely to go? Nathan Eovaldi and Joe Kelly are free agents. Can the Red Sox come to terms with both of them? Does Dustin Pedroia ever play baseball again?

No way Price opts out. He will never get paid more than what he is going to get for the remainder of his deal. He has a fuzzy elbow as well so he would be a risk to sign. He would be crazy to opt out.

The two guys will get paid. Joe Kelly can close somewhere so it's going to hard to keep him. Eovaldi, have no idea but I assume someone will value him. He could be easier to retain and has some value.

Pedroia is signed until 2021. I would think the Red Sox would love him to retire. I got a feeling he will ride that gravy train until it is nice and thick.

It’s hard to describe if you don’t live here and don’t hear the way radio “personalities” and some reporters go after certain people and the way their followers act. For example this morning I made the mistake of tuning in the local sports radio station hoping to hear them talking about the great season the Sox had only to to hear them already debating the Price opt out question. They were going on and on about their poll where 40% of “the fans” still want Price to opt out despite his performance in the WS. What they don’t mention is it’s 40% of their listeners which is not representative of all Sox fans.

These guys and their followers make it a point to cause controversy because they feed off of it. Price, or any other player who listens to this crap, would feel very unwanted. Really to survive as a player in Boston they need to have a very thick skin and not listen to these blow hards. Hard to do in this era of media dominance of sports. And Price was obviously bothered by this from the day he got here.

MVP - Pearce was deserving but it could have just as easily been Price or Eovaldi but, IMO it should have gone to the entire Red Sox pitching staff.

 

[jcdeboever]

The off-season talk has already started. David Price can opt-out, and with the ring now, is he more likely to go? Nathan Eovaldi and Joe Kelly are free agents. Can the Red Sox come to terms with both of them? Does Dustin Pedroia ever play baseball again?

No way Price opts out. He will never get paid more than what he is going to get for the remainder of his deal. He has a fuzzy elbow as well so he would be a risk to sign. He would be crazy to opt out.

The two guys will get paid. Joe Kelly can close somewhere so it's going to hard to keep him. Eovaldi, have no idea but I assume someone will value him. He could be easier to retain and has some value.

Pedroia is signed until 2021. I would think the Red Sox would love him to retire. I got a feeling he will ride that gravy train until it is nice and thick.

It’s hard to describe if you don’t live here and don’t hear the way radio “personalities” and some reporters go after certain people and the way their followers act. For example this morning I made the mistake of tuning in the local sports radio station hoping to hear them talking about the great season the Sox had only to to hear them already debating the Price opt out question. They were going on and on about their poll where 40% of “the fans” still want Price to opt out despite his performance in the WS. What they don’t mention is it’s 40% of their listeners which is not representative of all Sox fans.

These guys and their followers make it a point to cause controversy because they feed off of it. Price, or any other player who listens to this crap, would feel very unwanted. Really to survive as a player in Boston they need to have a very thick skin and not listen to these blow hards. Hard to do in this era of media dominance of sports. And Price was obviously bothered by this from the day he got here.

MVP - Pearce was deserving but it could have just as easily been Price or Eovaldi but, IMO it should have gone to the entire Red Sox pitching staff.

I can relate to your local radio idiot's. Detroit has them as well. It got so bad, Martha Ford (Lions) pulled the local radio telecasts from 97.1. The idiots fill time with their trivial dribble. It is a non issue really, its Price's decision, plain & simple. I'm sure Boston brass would love if Price opted out due to his elbow uncertainty. However, Price is a stand up guy and went out of his way locally in his short stay in Detroit. He was a stellar regular season pitcher. I am happy for him. He was a tireless worker, excellent teammate. His playoff performance was an enigma but not any more.

Boston has a solid core of players that should be productive for a few years. The blessing is in your huge market. Dombrowski took one of the top minor league systems and decimates it, just as he did in Detroit. However, Detroit is not a large market team and will take years to recover. Boston can simply dip into the FA pool to tweak the controllable core. They will hit a wall at some point as the money spent on FA's usually is directed at player development. It's a trade off that only large market teams can endure. Teams like Oakland, Milwaukee, Tampa, Colorado, etc. have to really nail those draft picks and develop them. That's why they have a luxury tax.

Joe Kelly will be closing for someone next year.

Eovaldi is interesting, he has a ton of upside and really helped himself this post season. I suspect he gets over paid by a team that is close to making playoffs.

 

[Gary A.]

Red Sox out played and out coached the Dodgers. I hate losing. I thought they were both pretty even but the Dodgers would prevail. I still think they're both pretty even, a few breaks going this-way or lack of break going that-way ... and the Series would still be going. The up side is no more Buck ... and all his stupid remarks. I felt he was obviously pro-Soxs. He was very irritating, sorta like gangrene ... after some festering you just want to grab a chainsaw and cut off an appendage. My Mom used to watch the game on Tv and listen to Scully on the radio ... even when we were at the stadium she always had her Cardinal & Gold transistor radio with her so she could hear Scully.