The Hey its 2021 now guys MLB thread

[MU82]

Wonder who's going to replace Dave Roberts?

Will he still get replaced if he wins another World Series?

[HouWarrior]

Dusty is great at what is probably a big-league manager's most important job: dealing with the various egos of multimillionaires and uniting them for a common cause. It's why over and over and over again, he has gone into difficult situations and helped turn things around very quickly.

But while he has proven himself as one of the few managers who always gets a team from Point A to Point B, he has yet to get any team to Point C (as in Championship), with many of his postseason exits having been gut-wrenching. That suggests something less than greatness in actual game management against an opponent with top-quality talent and a good manager.

Baker is a good guy with an interesting life story, and a baseball man through and through. I'm rooting for him to finally get the title this year. It won't be easy.

You are right here. Dusty is a baseball lifer who has seen and done it all. Regretably, Astros are basically out of healthy pitchers with two games to play in the LCS.

Dusty is desperate and calling anyone in Houston who can pitch. Dusty was my little league coach, he remembered my pretty good curveball and he asked me to start Game 7... but I reminded Dusty ...I just cant go on less than 6 decades rest. lol

Seriously, I feel for the Astros owner and GM. Based on signings and current contracts, Astros starting rotation in 2021 was supposed to be:

Justin Verlander ($33Mil),
Zach Grienke ($35Mil),
Lance McCullers ($6.5Mil), and
Framber Valdes($650k)...

Instead they will have Houwarrior starting game 7 on just 53 years short rest!

[MU82]

You've still got that 44 mph heater, HW!

[Uncle Rico]

Dodgers will need to rely on Atlanta history of choke jobs to pull this off.  Scherzer unavailable with a dead arm.  Explains his mere mortal effort over the last 4 starts or so.

[muwarrior69]

Nun sends Red Sox packing.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/houston-nun-first-pitch-alcs

[MU82]

Incredible job by the Astros to win the AL pennant.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Dodgers will need to rely on Atlanta history of choke jobs to pull this off.  Scherzer unavailable with a dead arm.  Explains his mere mortal effort over the last 4 starts or so.

7th inning.   Braves are starting the collapse. (Maybe)

[wadesworld]

7th inning.   Braves are starting the collapse. (Maybe)

Nope.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Nope.

Nope.

Glad to see the braves beat the dodgers.

[Dish]

Great job by Atlanta. Lose one of the best stars in the game halfway through the year, rebuilt their roster via mid season trades, remarkably well done.

[MU82]

Great job by Atlanta. Lose one of the best stars in the game halfway through the year, rebuilt their roster via mid season trades, remarkably well done.

Agree. Kudos to the whole organization.

Hope it's a good Series.

[dgies9156]

Wake me up when the World Series is over.

Atlanta — never, ever, never. After what they did to Milwaukee, I still have hope that franchise shrivels up and dies like it almost did in the 1970s.

Houston — eeeh. I guess I want them to win as a default to cheering for Atlanta but being for Houston is being for Kansas City or Minnesota. Outside of Harris County, who cares.

The best 5hing both these teams ever had was Milo.

[Uncle Rico]

Say what you will about Houston or Atlanta, but at least they're not St. Louis

[Jockey]

Say what you will about Houston or Atlanta, but at least they're not St. Louis

I just hope they don't break any of the unwritten rules. We don't need CD another baseball scandal.

[The Sultan]

Say what you will about Houston or Atlanta, but at least they're not St. Louis

But we all know that Yadier is going to impact this series anyway.

[Uncle Rico]

But we all know that Yadier is going to impact this series anyway.

Everyone knows a team of 25 mini-Molinas could beat either of these teams. 

[dgies9156]

Everyone knows a team of 25 mini-Molinas could beat either of these teams.

Why, of course.

[BrewCity83]

Will the MLB allow its World Series to be played in Atlanta after moving the All-Star game out just a few months ago? 

[The Sultan]

Will the MLB allow its World Series to be played in Atlanta after moving the All-Star game out just a few months ago? 

Looks like it.  Not sure why you decided to bring this up now though.

[tower912]

Looks like it.  Not sure why you decided to bring this up now though.

Yes you are. 

[The Sultan]

Yes you are. 

Cause he's a clown?

[tower912]

Aren't we all from time to time?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Will the MLB allow its World Series to be played in Atlanta after moving the All-Star game out just a few months ago?

"4 or 5 days ago" doesn't matter, much less 4 or 5 months.

[tower912]

Or, since some people are feeling cantankerous this evening....

One is a baseball team earning the right to play for a championship.   One is an exhibition that can clearly be moved anywhere on short notice and why give tacit approval to discriminatory practices.

Cuing up the inevitable  'what abouts'.   

[Lennys Tap]

The best 5hing both these teams ever had was Milo.

Milo Hamilton? My least favorite White Sox announcer ever. Even worse than Ed Farmer.