ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

10/24/2023

[Az Joe]

AZ vs TX

[Dilbert San Diego]

Congrats to the Diamondbacks.

[Dr. Sivana]

I am glad they blanked the Dodgers, who USED to be my team.

I will get to see now if Phoenix is much of a baseball town. I’m not feeling it yet.

I am happy for the Rangers, the only team to not have a Pervert Pride Night.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Go Snakes!!! Amazing!

[Migraine]

There was one guy on here lamenting the expanded playoffs — that the best teams can be taken out in a short series.

Sorry for those who feel that way. To me it means that low-budget teams can get hot and take out those high-salaried boys who think they can field the best team money can buy.

This is vindication for building with youngsters who are hungry.

Pitching, defense and speed are back in vogue. The D-backs have some low-budget pitchers who can flat get batters out.

[No name given]

Yep.

[Jane Long]

Go, D-backs!!

[dfwgator]

Sorry for those who feel that way. To me it means that low-budget teams can get hot and take out those high-salaried boys who think they can field the best team money can buy.

I wonder if they made the Divisional Series Best-of-Seven rather than Best-Of-Five if that might cut down on the lower teams taking down the higher teams?

[antceecee]

That’s great!

[dfwgator]

Go El Bombi!

[TBP]

First time for the Diamondbacks since 2001. First time for the Rangers since 2011.

The 1998-99-2000 Yankees remain the last repeat World Champions.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

I wonder if they made the Divisional Series Best-of-Seven rather than Best-Of-Five if that might cut down on the lower teams taking down the higher teams?

Team owners proposed this, along with other playoff ideas, at the CBA negotiations last year, but the players' union rejected it. Players don't want playoffs extending into mid-November.

[Repeal The 17th]

SNAKES ALIVE!

[nutmeg]

Rooting for the Texas Rangers this year for that very reason.

Happy that the D-Backs eliminated the Phillies. Philadelphia sports fans are the nastiest fans on earth. Hubby and I have been on the receiving end of their boorish behavior over the years at Citizens Bank Park. Screw the Phillies! Especially their fans.

[Dr. Sivana]

I wonder if they made the Divisional Series Best-of-Seven rather than Best-Of-Five if that might cut down on the lower teams taking down the higher teams?

The Diamondbacks won three series in a row without a break, and beat the two top teams in both Best of Five AND Best of Seven.

If you want to do it right, four divisions (or two more leagues, either way). . . have REAL pennant races where all 162 games likely mean something. This isn't foorball with a 17 game season. You should be able to beat a bracket of 7 or 8 teams over 162 games if you want a shot at the World Series. If there were still 16 teams, I'd say no playoffs at all.

I have a more complicated solution involving team demotion and geographical/number limits on trades, and elimination of the DH and Interleague Play. But those are just pipe dreams. I don't even have a team anymore.

[ifinnegan]

It’s not baseball.

It’s like everything else, being ruined.

[Migraine]

It IS baseball. The way we saw the D-backs win is as old-school as it gets.

[Allegra]

I’ll be rooting for the Sneks. :)

[canuck_conservative]

the bye has to be eliminated

you can’t have baseball teams, used to playing almost every day for 6 months, just sit around for a week going stone-cold

a week-long bye works in football, they’re used to playing once a week, but it doesn’t work in baseball

[Libloather]

GO RAMGERS!