some serious ball/strike issues in the nats/giants game as well. it's the playoffs, right?

Dog Fister is a very good pitcher. I too was surprised the Tigers let him go.

Agreed. In the regular season, he's been pretty much equivalent to James Shields over the last handful of years and actually manages to improve in October. Absolute steal of a trade.

Desmond got a hit. Harper walked. Ramos, facing a two strike count, and having not bunted since 2011, managed to get one down fair that was good enough that, even had the throw been on target, Desmond still would have been safe (so bases loaded, no one out). The Nationals forced the Giants to make a play, and the…

Doug fister "I didn't even know Her" is the most underrated pitcher in baseball. That was hands down the dumbest move of last offseason by Detroit. Bryce Harper is finally showing some beast mode.

Goal differential is the first tiebreaker and in the event that two teams have the same GD, the team that scored more goals is ranked ahead. Penalties for not scoring stack.

Basically, the opposite of what you said is true of the Nats and O's lineups. The two teams ranked 8th and 9th in the majors in runs scored but the O's hit 59 more home runs and 1 less double. The O's slashed .256/.310/.422 while the Nat's put up .253/.320/.393 (obviously without a DH, unlike the O's). The Nats stole…

He also must have missed 59 games this season due to a thumb injury that affected him for another month after he came back. I'm guessing you didn't pay much attention over the last six weeks of the season. I suppose it's easier to make snarky yet uninformed comments that way, so...congrats?

Pretty awful numbers for a 21-year old. Such a bust.

But, that being said... I love Firefly, so you can go straight to hell, sir.

That piano music was a million times more exciting than Ernie Johnson. Actually the entire thing was a better production than TBS the other night.

I need your take on the Denver Airport. Seriously, those murals are creepy as fuck

My thoughts exactly. It was either face the Pirates so I don't have to stay up for any 10:00 games, or face the Giants and probably have a better chance at winning.

Nats went 24-9 against the NLWest this season, tied for best record against a division in baseball. I'm more than okay with their path through the NL playoffs potentially being San Fran and LA.

Nevermind the "Nationals/Expos/franchise" debate. It was the first no-hitter by a Washington pitcher since 1931. And the first Washington home no-hitter since Walter Johnson's in 1920.

Since the record for strikeouts in a game is 21, I'm going to go with "no."

"Sorry about that. Here, have some blankets..."

As a Cardinals fan and, thus, one of the Beat Fans In Baseball...

What about liking to eat?