MLB 2021 Season

[Deathstroke]

Veteran umpire Joe West, who holds the MLB for most games umpired, has informed MLB he is retiring after this post-season. He's been umpiring MLB games for 44 years.

-M

44 years is a hell of a long time. I just wish he wasn't such an ******* at times.

[achilles]

44 years is a hell of a long time. I just wish he wasn't such an ******* at times.

Heh, while I am certainly familiar with the name, I've never been good at recognizing ump, so the guy could walk in front of me and I wouldn't know. Which also means I have trouble coming up with any example of any of his calls.

[achilles]

As controversial and sometimes frustrating an ump West is he's a fixture of the league, it'll be a shame to see him go. Maybe Angel Hernandez won't be far behind cause NOONE will be sorry to see him retire




This happens to literally every sports league that has a division/wildcard system at some point or another, there's nothing wrong with it, all the games the Dodgers won they had 19 head to head games with the Giants and lost 10 of them, it's not like they didn't have every chance to win their division

Quite true. All they had to do was win one more head to head game with the Giants. Two would be better.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Veteran umpire Joe West, who holds the MLB for most games umpired, has informed MLB he is retiring after this post-season. He's been umpiring MLB games for 44 years.

-M

So, the "Cowboy" is hanging up his spurs, eh? Joe West was as polarizing an umpire as ever existed in baseball, still, he'll be missed.

[babyblob]

Veteran umpire Joe West, who holds the MLB for most games umpired, has informed MLB he is retiring after this post-season. He's been umpiring MLB games for 44 years.

-M

As a Reds fan this makes me happy. So many calls against us! He hated us and he was public about it.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Red Sox-Yankees in tonight's AL Wild Card game. I think it's on ESPN, so I'm sure the suits at the Worldwide Leader are creaming their boxers over this matchup. It'll be Gerrit Cole vs. Nathan Eovaldi, while I have no love for th Bombers, I think they'll win this game.

[achilles]

Red Sox-Yankees in tonight's AL Wild Card game. I think it's on ESPN, so I'm sure the suits at the Worldwide Leader are creaming their boxers over this matchup. It'll be Gerrit Cole vs. Nathan Eovaldi, while I have no love for th Bombers, I think they'll win this game.

That one IIRC is on MLB network. I think the National League is ESPN. Could be wrong, though. I too will take the Yanks in this one. Watching that play by Urshela shows me how much the Yanks want this one. Hopefully someone told him "Good job!" and then "Don't ever do that again!". His ability to draw three ball walks also impresses. If Cole is on, the Yanks win, if not...

[MRP]

That one IIRC is on MLB network. I think the National League is ESPN. Could be wrong, though. I too will take the Yanks in this one. Watching that play by Urshela shows me how much the Yanks want this one. Hopefully someone told him "Good job!" and then "Don't ever do that again!". His ability to draw three ball walks also impresses. If Cole is on, the Yanks win, if not...

Sox-Yanks is on ESPN

Dodgers Cards on TBS

Thursday's DS games are on FS1.

-M

[InfamousBG]

Red Sox-Yankees in tonight's AL Wild Card game. I think it's on ESPN, so I'm sure the suits at the Worldwide Leader are creaming their boxers over this matchup. It'll be Gerrit Cole vs. Nathan Eovaldi, while I have no love for th Bombers, I think they'll win this game.

Ya I dont see the Sox winning this game tonight but you never know.

[cable guy]

Yankees/Red Sox is must see playoff baseball. I don't like the Yankees, so I'll be rooting for the Red Sox.

[cable guy]

The fact my Phillies lasted in the playoff chase for as long as they had with only three legitimate starters for most of the season; no steady closer; firestarters in the bullpen; no true centerfielder, scrubs at first base and third and a thin bench. The front office will have a LOT of work to do in the offseason to correct those problems. Meanwhile, the postseason drought is now at ten years. OUCH! The best we can hope for is to finish above .500 for the first time since 2011.

We finished just above .500... barely.

We need so much help this off season. And our owner, would really have to spend and go over the cap tax.

That and as you said the front office has their work cut out for them. Smart moves have to be made.

[MRP]

We finished just above .500... barely.

We need so much help this off season. And our owner, would really have to spend and go over the cap tax.

That and as you said the front office has their work cut out for them. Smart moves have to be made.

I don't follow the Phils at all, so I ask their fans here, do they have any help coming from prospects on the cusp who could fill some of those holes next year or in the near future? The best teams fill whatever they can from within and then fill holes with free agents, either journeymen as stopgaps until prospects are ready or big ticket free agents that hopefully don't cripple their payroll flexibility in years to come. The teams that have been perennial contenders in the last decade and a half or so (Rays, Dodgers, and that ilk) have done so developing from within and acquiring prospects to develop first, and then trade/sign free agents to put them over the top once the foundation is in place. Teams that turn to free agency to fill holes in desperation usually regret it and fall short.

So my question you the Phils fans-do the Phils have a sound enough foundation in place for them to go all in on free agency? Do they have pieces coming that will fill some of the needs? What upcoming free agents out there will fill their biggest needs? Will the DH coming to the NL help or hurt the offseason process?

Every team is facing that, and if the DH does come to the NL like a lot of people are saying it will, it will change the free agent market as some strong NL teams (already considered haves) may now be in the market for another bat for their lineup and create more competition and higher price tags on some of the offensive free agents out there, making it harder for the have nots to build their roster and address needs. .


-M

[cable guy]

I don't follow the Phils at all, so I ask their fans here, do they have any help coming from prospects on the cusp who could fill some of those holes next year or in the near future? The best teams fill whatever they can from within and then fill holes with free agents, either journeymen as stopgaps until prospects are ready or big ticket free agents that hopefully don't cripple their payroll flexibility in years to come. The teams that have been perennial contenders in the last decade and a half or so (Rays, Dodgers, and that ilk) have done so developing from within and acquiring prospects to develop first, and then trade/sign free agents to put them over the top once the foundation is in place. Teams that turn to free agency to fill holes in desperation usually regret it and fall short.

So my question you the Phils fans-do the Phils have a sound enough foundation in place for them to go all in on free agency? Do they have pieces coming that will fill some of the needs? What upcoming free agents out there will fill their biggest needs? Will the DH coming to the NL help or hurt the offseason process?

Every team is facing that, and if the DH does come to the NL like a lot of people are saying it will, it will change the free agent market as some strong NL teams (already considered haves) may now be in the market for another bat for their lineup and create more competition and higher price tags on some of the offensive free agents out there, making it harder for the have nots to build their roster and address needs. .


-M

The minor league system is a huge problem for the Phillies. Huge. There really isn't anybody down there to bring up. That's why we didn't have any chips for a trade. That's why I think our owner Middleton is going to have to spend money over the the cap

[MRP]

Soon-to-be-retired umpire Joe West will be behind the plate for the NL Wild Card game tomorrow.

-M

[Deathstroke]

Eddie Robinson, who at 100 years of age was the oldest living ex-major league baseball player, has passed away.