We have a tie-breaker for the 3rd straight year and an AL Central tie-breaker for the 2nd straight year. I don't know how many people outside of the local markets are interested in this game, but I certainly am. Here's your information on the game, not that you didn't already know it, but it really is a FARN! open thread staple.
Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins 5:00 (Porcello, 14-9 vs. Baker, 15-9) (TBS - Chip Caray and Ron Darling, SR: Craig Sager)
Enjoy the game and leave comments!
Shit I'm stuck at my school's library and still have one more class before I can go home. I didn't expect this game to start at 2 in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. Nice pink tie, Chip.
ReplyDeleteAnd am I the only one who feels that Chip is the 2nd coming of Uncle Jesse in terms of the way he coifs his hair.
Blame the Yankees for the early time. The Yankees had the option w/ the best AL record to choose starting the division series Wednesday or Thursday, they chose Wednesday. So, 5:00 ET is the most reasonable start time.
ReplyDeleteeven nicer jacket by Sager...
ReplyDeleteBTW, anybody think the Tigers have a shot of winning?
ReplyDelete@ Al: I am well aware of that. Technically, the Yankees have not chosen yet (they have an hour from the time this game ends), although they would be stupid not to choose the 8-game series and thus, the Wednesday start.
ReplyDeleteAnd the early start time is so the winner will have enough time to get to New York because MNF last night moved this game to a day later.
First K for Baker. First Favre mention by Darling.
ReplyDelete@ kt: I missed the Sager, dare I ask what his mother gave him to wear tonight?
ReplyDelete@ Al: I would give them a slight chance.
Nobody, including me, is giving them a chance. I wouldn't bet five bucks on the Tigers in Minnesota.
ReplyDelete@ Al: Which is why I give them the slight chance.
ReplyDeleteNobody gave the Phillies a chance in hell last year and look what happened.
There was no way we would beat Milwaukee.
There was no way we'd beat the Dodgers and Ramirez.
There was no way we'd beat the red hot Rays.
Look at how that turned out.
Mauer with a double.
ReplyDeleteKubel lines out. No score after 1.
ReplyDeleteJFein, I'm a Caps/Skins/Nats fan, I know choking dogs when I see them.
1st and 3rd, 1 out for the Tigers.
ReplyDelete@ Al: Well I guess you do have a point there....
ReplyDeleteInge lines out, Laird pops out. Inning over.
ReplyDeleteJFein, you'll appreciate this, Chris Berman is calling the Phillies games this week for ESPN Radio, according to the506.com.
ReplyDelete1-0 Tigers.
ReplyDeleteOrdonez singles home Granderson. 1-0 Tigers.
ReplyDelete@ Al: BOOMER??????????????
ReplyDeleteESPN must be that desparate for radio announcers.....
From domestic disputes to a huge 2-run homerun, Miguel Cabrera ladies and gentlemen!
ReplyDelete"And the home field advantage that is this homer, hankee waving crowd, is gone." - Chip Caray with some awkward alliteration.
ReplyDelete3-0 Tigers, Cabrera two-run homer. I guess he's not drunk today.
ReplyDeleteJFein, I read it from the506.com website, they're pretty good finding info on announcers.
ReplyDeleteDid Chip just say, "here come the piranhas"?
ReplyDeletewild pickoff throw, tolbert scores
ReplyDeleteI am aware of the506, I just can't believe that ESPN is that desparate....
ReplyDeleteTBS warming up for the playoffs, spelling Craig Sager as GREG SAGER on the ticker.
ReplyDeleteWow. Someone is new to the company.
ReplyDeleteBefore we know it, the Steve Harvey show will be on instead of the playoffs....
Nice to see home-field advantage in baseball means as much as hockey. I should have made that bet on the Tigers.
ReplyDeleteBTW, This year's in-game filler programming wil be "Lopez Tonight".
And as Tony Bruno would say, "it's a final", Chris Berman will definitely call games 1-2 of COL/PHI w/ Rick Sutcliffe.
ReplyDeletei never thought an announcer would make me long for Joe Morgan, but Ron Darling has accomplished that.
ReplyDeleteHaha.....Minnesota
ReplyDeletePorcello looking like he's going to seal up the AL ROY in this game.
ReplyDeleteJust found out that Kenny-Moose-Goose are calling the Niners game this weekend. Hopefully my friend comes through and I can go to the game, instead of listening to those three.
ReplyDeletethe 6th was Baker's best inning since the 1st
ReplyDelete@49er16 I hope so too.
ReplyDeletekt, I would listen to Shulman/Campbell on ESPN Radio but radio feed is ahead of TV. Need to learn how to synch this crap up.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the niners game, if I couldn't go in-person, I'd listen to Ted Robinson. He's better than most of the network hacks.
ReplyDelete@Al..i muted the TV and am listening to a podcast
ReplyDelete/multitasking
Kubel belts it out. 3-2. Star Wars theme blaring.
ReplyDeleteTwins finally have some momentum now.
ReplyDeletePerhaps yet another close finish to the tie-breaker game.
Looks like Porcello is weakening...
ReplyDeleteCuddyer walks. Pitching change DET.
ReplyDelete@ 49er16: If you can't go to the game, then enjoy having Goose tell you all about the wind and how loud the crowd is!
ReplyDeleteCredit to Kenny and Moose, though, they are half decent and probably by a mile the best team on Fox (not that that's saying a whole lot, though) when Goose is not talking.
That's real nice of the Yankees to chose to play tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteBases drunk.
ReplyDeleteTigers sure got out of that jam. That could have gotten real ugly for Detroit.
ReplyDeleteFlyout. The city of Detroit can breathe again.
ReplyDelete@ 49er16: It's what any other reasonable thinking team in that same situation would have done.
ReplyDeleteJorge De La Rosa is out of the LDS for the Rockies
ReplyDelete/Giants can never catch a break
BTW, the Phillies/Rockies game starts at 11:30AM PST tomorrow. I can't watch that game, damn schedule makers.
@JFein, I know. I just wanted to complain about how the Yankees catch all the breaks.
ReplyDeleteYou think they put that game anywhere w/ Yanks, Sox, and Dodgers in the other series?
ReplyDeleteWe're lucky it's not at 1 ET, 10 AM PT.
Major disrespect to the defending champs and 2007 NL Champs, respectively.
ReplyDelete"He ran a 50-yard fly pattern." - Chip Caray
ReplyDelete@ Al: It is disrespectul and I don't like it, but at the same time, I really can't blame them. 2 LA teams have home field advantage, so neither of them can obviously have 2:30 time slot, and that leaves the Yankees, and TBS is not going to put baseball's largest market in a crap time slot.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying it's right (believe me, as a result of this, I'm missing an hour and 15 minutes of the Phillies game because of class), but it's the way it is and pretty much has to be.
It's the whole way of marketing that ticks me off, no salary cap benefits big-spending large markets, only 5-6 teams shown regularly on tv, etc...
ReplyDeleteI know you probably don't have this option, but I'm skipping my class tomorrow. I'd figured I could miss one class and it wouldn't really affect me.
ReplyDeleteTwins escape the jam. Tigers leave two on.
ReplyDeleteWhile you guys are watching this game, I'm glued to the TV as it looks like Crabtree will finally sign a contract with the Niners.
ReplyDelete"The waiting is over!"-Sam Rosen
ReplyDeleteSorry, JFein, too good to pass up.
Cabrera with a dagger!
ReplyDeletethe ODOG!@!!!!
ReplyDeleteTwins lead!!!
@ 49er16: Do you want Crabtree with the Niners, or do you fear that his divaness will and not practicing for the past 6 months disrupt the team chemistry that's been built?
ReplyDeleteCABRERA KILLS ONE! THIS GAME IS TIED!
how long did it take Chip Caray to come up with "Metrodome Magic?"
ReplyDeleteTwo-run homer as I was going to blast them for not bunting.
ReplyDelete@Al....a straight NFL style salar cap won't work in MLB. too much disparity in local TV revenue.
ReplyDelete@ kt1000: I don't want to know.
ReplyDelete@Al... The Twins are the one team in the AL that would have considered bunting in that situation.
ReplyDeletekt, they need something with a salary cap, revenue sharing, and/or bigger luxury tax-compensatin for free agent signings. At least try. The first sport I loved was baseball and my interest is slowly decreasing.
ReplyDeleteTwins lead 4-3 after 7
ReplyDeleteWhere's RJBO, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteThen again that might be an answer that I don't want to know.
@Al i agree that the creative thinking MLB needs ain't coming from Bud and the current leaders. But look at the NHL. The salary cap is killing some teams because they don't have the revenues to meet the salary floor. You can't ask anyone to operate a team at a loss.
ReplyDeleteLast thought on this, if the Yanks and Sox meet in the ALCS, not watching.
ReplyDeleteYanks/Sox vs. Dodgers in World Series, not watching.
Angels and Phillies would be on that big market hate-list if not for unfortunate circumstances this year. I can't root against them.
WOW! TIE GAME!
ReplyDeleteTIE GAME!!!!! ORDONEZ!!!
ReplyDeleteOrdonez ties it for the Tigers!
ReplyDelete0-0 end of 1 between the Caps and Flyers
ReplyDeleteChip using the same Leyland quote from spring training that Dave O'Brien used last week on ESPN.
ReplyDeleteJust a coincidence, not making a bashfest.
@JFein, I'm not worried about Crabtree becoming a diva. From all reports he's a nice hard working kid whose been getting bad advice. Plus I doubt guys like Singletary, Gore, or Willis will let Crabtree get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteI'll be back in a few minutes.
ReplyDeleteif we'd been having a drinking contest counting every baseball cliche said between Darling & Caray, we'd be dead.
ReplyDeletethats a walk...2 on 1 Out
ReplyDelete1st and 2nd 1 out for DET, Pitching change.
ReplyDeletekt, Caray and Darling are not exactly Doc Emrick and Daryl Reaugh during the Caps/Pens series last year.
ReplyDelete@Al..no they are not and Nathan gets the 2nd out
ReplyDeleteNathan gets Inge on a popup. 2 out.
ReplyDeleteNathan punches out Laird with the hook!
ReplyDeleteNathan gets Laird looking. Still tied.
ReplyDeleteJust noticed, Caps and Flyers playing on Versus...I don't care. This is too good to switch.
ReplyDelete3 up 3 down..to the 9th at 4-4
ReplyDelete9th inning 4-4.
ReplyDeleteSantiago with the bunt single!
ReplyDeleteBunt single for Santiago.
ReplyDeleteEverett running..remember the HR Granderson hit against Nathan last Tuesday
ReplyDeleteRED JESUS on the board in Philly!!!!
ReplyDeleteand the Flyers go back ahead 2-1
ReplyDeleteGranderson bloops one in..1st and 3rd..0 out
ReplyDeleteDarling actually has some good insights, i.e. throw to 1st. I think Caray/Stockton brings him down. 1st and 3rd for the Tigers!
ReplyDeleteWow. Tigers are poised to take the lead in the 9th.
ReplyDeleteW00T! Richards and Timonen! Go Flyers!
ReplyDelete/Upset he does not get Versus
I take back what I said about Darling. Talking about the long break between innings affecting Nathan. It was a bunt hit and a bloop hit!
ReplyDelete@Al...Darling is working with Caray in the Divisonal series this year
ReplyDeleteNathan K's Polanco
He gets nothing and likes it!
ReplyDeleteOVECHKIN SCORES AGAIN!!!!! 2-2
ReplyDeleteDOUBLE PLAY!!! TWINS GET OUT OF THE INNING! UNBELIEVEABLE!!
ReplyDeleteLINER!! DOUBLE PLAY!!! TWINS out of the inning !!!OH MY!!
ReplyDeleteDouble play! What was the runner thinking?
ReplyDelete@JFein...Flyers on the power play
ReplyDeleteThe Tigers will definitely not win this game now. You don't have 1st and 3rd-nobody out, don't score and survive.
ReplyDelete"Will this be the final 9th inning of regular season play at the Metrodome?" - Chip Caray
ReplyDeleteoh jeez Chip..stop building up the last game at the Dome drama...
ReplyDeleteSemin Scores!! assisted by you know who... Caps lead 3-2!!!
ReplyDeletePunto workls the leadoff walk
ReplyDeleteSpan successfully sacrifices...
ReplyDeleteGreat bunt by Span. Runner at 2nd
ReplyDeleteand the big guy, Rodney is coming in for Detroit..
ReplyDeleteTo hell, with Chip and Ron, I'm listening to ESPN Radio even if the audio is a couple seconds ahead
ReplyDeleteMike Richards just scored 2 goals in 18 seconds to put the Flyers back ahead 4-3
ReplyDeletefantastic play by Inge for the 2nd out!
ReplyDeleteGreat play by Inge! Season-saver!
ReplyDeleteWhat a play! That would have been the game!
ReplyDeleteand now the Intentional walk to Mauer to face Carlos Gomez.
ReplyDeleteMauer is getting the intentional walk.
ReplyDeleteExtra innings. Do you believe this?
ReplyDeleteExtras in Minnesota..shades of 2007 in Colorado?
ReplyDeleteEXTRAS!!!! THIS GOES TO EXTRAS!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!
ReplyDelete@JFein Richards is eating the Caps up...
ReplyDeleteYankees hoping Tigers/Twins play at least nine more innings.
ReplyDeletemy best friend just texted me, to tell me the Twins blew their chance w/out Nathan in the game anymore
ReplyDeletecan anyone explain why the umps are wearing windbreakers inside?
ReplyDeleteManhorse sighting!!!!
ReplyDeleteHigh throw nearly costs Minny's Cabrera
ReplyDeletethe Manhorse is hit by the pitch!
ReplyDeleteHuff hit by the pitch
ReplyDeleteYankees have got to be loving this, you're absolutely right, Al.
ReplyDelete"You can't get any saliva." - Ron Darling
Uh....nice imagery..
Got him swinging!
ReplyDeleteTigers lead! Inge with the big hit!
ReplyDeleteINGE doubles!!! Tigers take the lead 5-4!!! Metrodome silenced!
ReplyDeleteINGE WITH A DOUBLE!! KELLY SCORES FROM 1ST!!! TIGERS LEAD IT 5-4!
ReplyDeleteTwins need a run in the 10th to extend the game...
ReplyDeleteInning over. Cuddyer, Young, and Harris right now stand in the way of the Tigers and the ALDS.
ReplyDeleteLaird grounds out to end the inning. 5-4 Tigers. The pitch before Inge's double was at least 3inches above bottom of the strike zone and Marsh missed. I think it would've been 1 and 2. Randy Marsh has been awful behind the plate!
ReplyDeleteRayburn missed it..Cuddyer makes it to 3rd!! WOW!!
ReplyDeleteTRIPLE FOR CUDDYER!!! UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd is it just me or does Chip Caray have money on the Twins tonight? Good grief, he's rooting hard for them.
Cuddyer bloops it in! Raburn lets it go to the wall! Unbelievable!
ReplyDeletewhat in the hell was Ryan Rayburn thinking????
ReplyDeleteYoung doesn't do the job...1 out
ReplyDelete1 out on a infield chopper.
ReplyDelete@JFein yeah Caray's announcing has been pretty sickening..wait until tomorrow night, when he's rooting for the Pinstripes.
ReplyDeletekt, Raburn wasn't thinking. Be a hockey goalie, anything
ReplyDeleteI'm watching since playoff baseball sort of gets me interested.
ReplyDeleteGreat game.
Caray sucks and sounds like a chipmunk when excited.
It looked like Rayburn was attempting the same dive that the White Sox player (forget who) did to end the tie-breaker last year. Only he failed. Miserably.
ReplyDeletedamn this has been exciting stuff...
ReplyDeleteGROUNDBALL BASE HIT!!!!!!!! WE ARE TIED AGAIN IN THE METRODOME!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTIED!
ReplyDeleteTolbert singles!! Tie game!!! 1st and 3rd with 1 out!!
ReplyDeleteBase hit! Tie game! Winning run at 3rd!
ReplyDelete"No surprises here. It's country hard ball time." - Chip Caray
ReplyDeleteSoup Campbell on radio correctly critizing Polanco for rushing to get 2 instead of catching the ball for 1 out
ReplyDeleteUNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis game is going 16 innings.
ReplyDeleteDOUBLE PLAY!!!TO THE 11!!TH WOW!!
ReplyDeleteUnnbelivable! Double play! 11th inning!
ReplyDeletebtw, did Caray just call that a hit before Rayburn caught it?
ReplyDeleteLol at Chip Caray calling that a basehit before it was caught.
ReplyDeleteYes, he did. And congratulations guys on setting a new FARN! commenting record
ReplyDeletePrevious record: Cardinals-Eagles NFC Championship game, 2nd half. 161 comments.
Great throw by Raburn and a great diving tag by Laird.
ReplyDelete"Sometimes when I look at this place, it looks like a big balloon and some of the air has just been let out." - Ron Darling
ReplyDeleteyou know it must be an exciting game if Mookie shows up for a baseball game :)
ReplyDeletethats a great replay of the runnernot getting back to base quickly enough. i've liked the production of the game, but this announcing has killed it for me.
ReplyDeleteShulman and Campbell are doing a tremendous job on ESPN Radio. They're showing the same excitement on big plays but are accurate and no hyperbole.
ReplyDeleteBTW, can this FARN record be considered a Guinness record? ESPN set a "Favre" record yesterday.
Tweet from On The DL Podcast: "OntheDLpodcast CHIP CARAY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE BOOTH FOR INNING 11. Worst. Call. Ever. #mlb"
ReplyDeleteIf I find a video of that call tonight, I'll be sure to put it up.
Mahay with a nice job of punching out Granderson...
ReplyDelete@JFein Dan Levy nailed it
ReplyDelete@ kt1000: OT, but I see you have met the Orange Jesus, Mike Richards. ;-)
ReplyDelete/Hat trick'd.
I know this is pollyanna but this game is why I decided to put up w/ the steroids, competitve imbalance, general ineptitude of the Nats. They keep drawing back into this sport.
ReplyDelete@JFein +1
ReplyDeleteLiner to Punto for the third out.
ReplyDeleteTo the bottom of the 11th, we go!
ReplyDeleteDarling: " Marsh with a 95% success rate tonight". wtf is he talking about?
ReplyDeleteOT, but Semin just tied it back up at 4-4
ReplyDeleteI've watched about two minutes of Caps/Flyers. Can the Twins win now so I can see the last half of the 3rd period?
ReplyDeleteNice catch by Granderson!
ReplyDeletegreat catch by Granderson
ReplyDelete@Al the only negative in this hockey game is that Varlomov got pulled..its been very intense
ReplyDeletekt, Caray and Darling are not announcing at the level the game is tonight. Dreadful.
ReplyDeleteto the 12th inning...
ReplyDeleteTo the 12th we go!
ReplyDeleteCabrera strikes out looking. He is pissed! Mauer grounds out on one pitch.
ReplyDeleteOT, Brendan Morrison just put the Caps back ahead 5-4!
ReplyDeleteMarsh's strike zone has been as good and as consistent as Caray and Darling's announcing. /sarcasm
ReplyDeleteDick Stockton and Bob Brenly??????/ i'm gonna need to stockup on ear plugs.
ReplyDelete"Sleep is overrated. You can sleep when the season's over." - Ron Darling
ReplyDelete"That ball was spanked by Thomas." - Chip Caray
ReplyDeletePammy nominee!
Thomas hits a bullet right to Gomez, 1 out.
ReplyDeleteCabrera walks. Patient at-bat.
ReplyDeleteKeppel really struggling right now
ReplyDeleteKelly with a double! 2nd and 3rd-1out!
ReplyDeleteand the Twins lose the double play due to Young missing the cutoff man
ReplyDeleteTwins walking Rayburn to set up a double play...Inge coming up
ReplyDelete