** The Offical 2023 Playoffs Thread** - Page 4

NYRE2PECT · 10-03-2023, 09:49 PM

Anyone grossed out with Brandon Marsh’s hair!? Looks nasty, lol.

Nice run through the stop sign for Bryce for the insurance run.

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Ferg1945 · 10-03-2023, 09:53 PM

Kimbrel with the intentional balk in a playoff game.

Very impressive.

That should get a Topps Now card tomorrow lol

The Accountant · 10-03-2023, 10:01 PM

Phils getting into playoff mode… love it

The Accountant · 10-03-2023, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Anyone grossed out with Brandon Marsh’s hair!? Looks nasty, lol.

Nice run through the stop sign for Bryce for the insurance run.

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Best moment of the game. That third base coach stinks. Holds schwarb, sends Castellanos, and tries to hold Harper…

NYRE2PECT · 10-03-2023, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The Accountant

Phils getting into playoff mode… love it

Would love to be in that stadium, sure seems like it would be a lot of fun! Rocking and rolling.

Noles939913 · 10-03-2023, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Would love to be in that stadium, sure seems like it would be a lot of fun! Rocking and rolling.

Absolutely, leaving the stadium on the other hand…

JRX · 10-03-2023, 10:33 PM

Brewers are probably done. Lost sp for tomorrow, closer gave up a bunch of runs tonight, left a ton of guys on. Really bad loss all around.

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whitmm · 10-03-2023, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Accountant

Best moment of the game. That third base coach stinks. Holds schwarb, sends Castellanos, and tries to hold Harper…

Ron Washington has never heard of a stop sign

Ferg1945 · 10-03-2023, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hxcmilkshake

19k at the Trop today.

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This is a problem.

Tropicana Field: 19,704 ( -5,321 ) - 78.73% Capacity

Target Field: 38,450 ( -94 ) - 99.76% Capacity

American Family Field: 40,892 ( -808 ) - 98.06% Capacity

Citizens Bank Park: 45,662 ( +2,761 ) - 106.44% Capacity

You fight 162 games to make the playoffs.... you make it... host a 3 game series. Game 1 you can't even fill 80% of the seats? Why do they still have a team?

anusinha · 10-03-2023, 10:51 PM

the trop only has 25k seats total?

Playing the rangers in the middle of the day on a weekday is going to be tough to fill on short notice.

JRX · 10-03-2023, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

the trop only has 25k seats total?

Playing the rangers in the middle of the day on a weekday is going to be tough to fill on short notice.

That can't be real capacity that has to be with them tarping sections off

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JRX · 10-03-2023, 10:54 PM

Wiki has it as 42k with tarp covered seats.

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Ferg1945 · 10-03-2023, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

the trop only has 25k seats total?

Playing the rangers in the middle of the day on a weekday is going to be tough to fill on short notice.

It's playoff baseball. Every game matters... can't even get 20,000 fans. No one in Tampa cares

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That can't be real capacity that has to be with them tarping sections off

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Originally Posted by JRX

Wiki has it as 42k with tarp covered seats.

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This is what I saw.

JRX · 10-03-2023, 11:17 PM

Yeah the setup for baseball is now down to 25k, but the actual building capacity is around 42k.

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JRX · 10-03-2023, 11:23 PM

Since 2019, the Rays have taken to tarping off the entire upper deck, reducing Tropicana Field’s seating capacity to 25,000 and making it MLB’s smallest ballpark.

From what little I saw the upper deck looked to be open today. If so they really had under 50% capacity.

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Rabs · 10-04-2023, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferg1945

It's playoff baseball. Every game matters... can't even get 20,000 fans. No one in Tampa cares

People in Tampa do care. Problem is getting to the stadium from Tampa is brutal. Why they decided to build a new stadium in nearly the same location is ridiculous.

JRX · 10-04-2023, 07:02 AM

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People in Tampa do care. Problem is getting to the stadium from Tampa is brutal. Why they decided to build a new stadium in nearly the same location is ridiculous.

Prob kickbacks and shady real estate deals

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Hollywood42 · 10-04-2023, 08:10 AM

Getting caught up on yesterday's non-Twins action:

Man, what an ugly game played by the Rays. Extremely uncharacteristic, will be interesting to see if they can bounce back from that or not

Arizona over Brewers in game 1 feels like a massive upset. 5.75 ERA and rookie Brandon Pfaadt on the mound against Corbin Burnes, and the Dbacks come away with a win. I'd be content with either team from this series making a run, but at this point I'm pulling for the Dbacks. Great chance to move on today too with Gallen on the mound

Phillies/Marlins went as expected. Very happy to see Arraez in action even though he's clearly not close to 100%. Took him a few ABs, but got a hit, too! Rooting for the Marlins to come back in this one for sure, but they feel very overmatched

NYRE2PECT · 10-04-2023, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Getting caught up on yesterday's non-Twins action:

Man, what an ugly game played by the Rays. Extremely uncharacteristic, will be interesting to see if they can bounce back from that or not

Arizona over Brewers in game 1 feels like a massive upset. 5.75 ERA and rookie Brandon Pfaadt on the mound against Corbin Burnes, and the Dbacks come away with a win. I'd be content with either team from this series making a run, but at this point I'm pulling for the Dbacks. Great chance to move on today too with Gallen on the mound

Phillies/Marlins went as expected. Very happy to see Arraez in action even though he's clearly not close to 100%. Took him a few ABs, but got a hit, too! Rooting for the Marlins to come back in this one for sure, but they feel very overmatched

Poor Luis was running like Albert out there....props to him for fighting through the pain.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 10-04-2023, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Getting caught up on yesterday's non-Twins action:

Man, what an ugly game played by the Rays. Extremely uncharacteristic, will be interesting to see if they can bounce back from that or not

Arizona over Brewers in game 1 feels like a massive upset. 5.75 ERA and rookie Brandon Pfaadt on the mound against Corbin Burnes, and the Dbacks come away with a win. I'd be content with either team from this series making a run, but at this point I'm pulling for the Dbacks. Great chance to move on today too with Gallen on the mound

Phillies/Marlins went as expected. Very happy to see Arraez in action even though he's clearly not close to 100%. Took him a few ABs, but got a hit, too! Rooting for the Marlins to come back in this one for sure, but they feel very overmatched

They were overmatched against Wheeler. I think we’ll get a little more offense today.

JRX · 10-04-2023, 09:29 AM

Taylor Swift on Sun night, did a 6.67 rating and 24.8m viewers. I'm wondering how many mlb playoff games it takes to get to those numbers. Should get the first batch today.

base set · 10-04-2023, 10:08 AM

The Brewers won the first inning. Arizona won the other 8.

base set · 10-04-2023, 10:19 AM

The Yahoo News headline is: “Lowest crowd for a playoffs game in a century.”

JRX · 10-04-2023, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by base set

The Yahoo News headline is: “Lowest crowd for a playoffs game in a century.”

The fun part is that century ago game was the 1919 ws and the way they sold tickets was a bit odd, they made people buy multiple games, and the actually game they're referencing only had tickets on sale for a few hours. All the issues with the Rays have been rehashed over and over and yet they seem to be doubling down by building a new stadium in St Petersburgh.

LVDan · 10-04-2023, 11:01 AM

I was talking to my boss(who is a few years older than me at 58) about playoff baseball and mlb in general yesterday. I have memories of either the 79 or the 81 WS and how I think I remember a game being weekday early in the day and how baseball was such a big deal 40 years ago vs today. My teacher rolled in a stand with a 12” b/w so we could watch it after lunch while in class.
Baseball has fallen so far out of American public consciousness in the last 40 years in general. And yes, Tampa isn’t a great MLB town, the stadium sucks and is hard to get to but yeah…
Tuesday at 3pm for a wildcard game just doesn’t move the needle-at all.
Yes, the Yankees, Dodgers, Bosox or Cubs is a little better but the reality is that it’s pretty much just us older white guys who are still into it.

10-03-2023, 09:49 PM	#76
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10-04-2023, 08:10 AM	#93
Hollywood42 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 39,506 Hollywood42	Getting caught up on yesterday's non-Twins action: Man, what an ugly game played by the Rays. Extremely uncharacteristic, will be interesting to see if they can bounce back from that or not Arizona over Brewers in game 1 feels like a massive upset. 5.75 ERA and rookie Brandon Pfaadt on the mound against Corbin Burnes, and the Dbacks come away with a win. I'd be content with either team from this series making a run, but at this point I'm pulling for the Dbacks. Great chance to move on today too with Gallen on the mound Phillies/Marlins went as expected. Very happy to see Arraez in action even though he's clearly not close to 100%. Took him a few ABs, but got a hit, too! Rooting for the Marlins to come back in this one for sure, but they feel very overmatched __________________ Collecting the Twins All my PC wants/haves available at hollywood42cards.com

10-04-2023, 11:01 AM	#100
LVDan Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 17,590	I was talking to my boss(who is a few years older than me at 58) about playoff baseball and mlb in general yesterday. I have memories of either the 79 or the 81 WS and how I think I remember a game being weekday early in the day and how baseball was such a big deal 40 years ago vs today. My teacher rolled in a stand with a 12” b/w so we could watch it after lunch while in class. Baseball has fallen so far out of American public consciousness in the last 40 years in general. And yes, Tampa isn’t a great MLB town, the stadium sucks and is hard to get to but yeah… Tuesday at 3pm for a wildcard game just doesn’t move the needle-at all. Yes, the Yankees, Dodgers, Bosox or Cubs is a little better but the reality is that it’s pretty much just us older white guys who are still into it. __________________ So we cheated and we lied and we tested. And we never failed to fail; it was the easiest thing to do.

10-03-2023, 09:53 PM	#77
Ferg1945 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 14,720	Kimbrel with the intentional balk in a playoff game. Very impressive. That should get a Topps Now card tomorrow lol

10-03-2023, 10:33 PM	#82
JRX Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 15,944	Brewers are probably done. Lost sp for tomorrow, closer gave up a bunch of runs tonight, left a ton of guys on. Really bad loss all around. Sent from my SM-A546U1 using Tapatalk

10-03-2023, 10:51 PM	#85
anusinha Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,745	the trop only has 25k seats total? Playing the rangers in the middle of the day on a weekday is going to be tough to fill on short notice.

10-03-2023, 10:54 PM	#87
JRX Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 15,944	Wiki has it as 42k with tarp covered seats. Sent from my SM-A546U1 using Tapatalk

10-03-2023, 11:17 PM	#89
JRX Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 15,944	Yeah the setup for baseball is now down to 25k, but the actual building capacity is around 42k. Sent from my SM-A546U1 using Tapatalk

10-03-2023, 11:23 PM	#90
JRX Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 15,944	Since 2019, the Rays have taken to tarping off the entire upper deck, reducing Tropicana Field’s seating capacity to 25,000 and making it MLB’s smallest ballpark. From what little I saw the upper deck looked to be open today. If so they really had under 50% capacity. Sent from my SM-A546U1 using Tapatalk

10-04-2023, 09:29 AM	#96
JRX Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 15,944	Taylor Swift on Sun night, did a 6.67 rating and 24.8m viewers. I'm wondering how many mlb playoff games it takes to get to those numbers. Should get the first batch today.

10-04-2023, 10:08 AM	#97
base set Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: NW Michigan Posts: 9,510	The Brewers won the first inning. Arizona won the other 8.

10-04-2023, 10:19 AM	#98
base set Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: NW Michigan Posts: 9,510	The Yahoo News headline is: “Lowest crowd for a playoffs game in a century.”