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• srt October 8, 2011 at 1:18 am

  Made my night.

  Next up: Brewers eliminate Cardinals.
  • NJ stuck in TX October 8, 2011 at 1:39 am

    woot woot. And Saint Loo can now afford Pujols…
• Bayonne Mets Fan October 8, 2011 at 1:43 am

  The Suds Series, Brewers vs. The Cards

  Go Cards

  The Hunter vs. The Hunted – The Rangers vs. The Tigers

  Go Rangers
  • NJ stuck in TX October 8, 2011 at 9:13 am

    Didn’t even think of that. Good call. Miller vs. Bud. Wonder if someone will put together a baseball version of the old Bud Bowl…
• MetsMan86 October 8, 2011 at 2:33 am

  Wake me up the day after the World Series ends.
• Metstheory22 October 8, 2011 at 8:35 am

  Don’t really care after Phillies and Stanks are out.
• 86mets October 8, 2011 at 10:05 am

  The best part was watching the reaction of the Phillies fans afterward! How’s that old Mastercard commercial go? Ryan Howard, 125 million dolllars. Cliff Lee, 120 million dollars. Roy Halladay, 60 million dollars. Seeing Phillies fans suffer another playoff ending loss at home……..PRICELESS!

  What an awesome week and a half it’s been: the Braves CHOKE, the Tigers take out the Yankees in the Bronx, and the Cardinals send the Philles home without a WS ring!
  • Mr North Jersey October 8, 2011 at 10:12 am

    On WFAN last night the host said that he saw someone tweet that the team that lost out on signing Cliff Lee (Yankees) was eliminated Thursday night, the team that signed Cliff Lee (Phillies) was eliminated Friday night and the team that traded Cliff Lee away (Rangers) are still playing Saturday night.
    • Mookie October 8, 2011 at 8:15 pm

      The Rangers traded for Cliff Lee from Seattle, then Lee opted for free agency. The Rangers never traded away Lee.
  • Tommy2cat October 8, 2011 at 10:51 am

    …Not to mention a real bonus:

    THE GIANTS KICKED THE EAGLES @SS & THE EAGLES CHOKE THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER THE G-MEN PULL OFF AN UNLIKELY COMEBACK!!!

    Met & Giant heaven….

    Oh yeah, a special door prize – the Jets are 1 & 3.

    Yeeehoow!!!
    • Tommy2cat October 8, 2011 at 10:53 am

      My apologies to Jet fans everywhere, as they got caught up in my Philly Pheeding Phrenzie.
    • Denver Mets Fan October 8, 2011 at 6:04 pm

      Don’t forget the cowboys humiliating loss as well
• D.C. October 8, 2011 at 10:10 am

  Fear the Squirrel!
  • 86mets October 8, 2011 at 10:39 am

    1st, the Angels had the rally Monkey. Next year in St. Louis you’ll see rally squirrels being waved around in the stands. Yes. Fear the Squirrel!
• Chuck October 8, 2011 at 10:21 am

  Further proof that the first round 5 game playoof is a total crapshoot! 162 regular season and the playofs are two totally different animals. If you get in the playoffs you have a shot.
  • RickeyBobby October 8, 2011 at 10:53 am

    If this isnt a cry to end the 5-game series i dont know what is. Either give the best records in NL and AL a first round bye or we need to end the 5-game series imo. The obv solution wud be to go back to 154 game schd which they’ll never do. Another may be to start season a week early and play the home games in the warm weather states for the first week..not that i didnt enjoy the yanks and phils going down in embarrasing form (ARod and RHoward)!!
  • NJ stuck in TX October 8, 2011 at 11:07 am

    which to me, says that expanding the playoffs is going to suck.
  • any October 8, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    further proof that while pitching is important, you also need some balanced offense to win.
• Bayonne Mets Fan October 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm

  Yes I rooted against the Phils and Yanks but now that they’re out so quick it’s taken some of the steam out of the playoffs for me. Half of it is the intensity of disliking of both teams and now that’s gone.

  I heard on WFAN this morning some talk of extending the first round to 7 games and I agree with that because it gives the better team more of a chance to win and makes the underdog have to earn it more. A best of 5 series is TOO much of a crap shoot.
  • 86mets October 8, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    If they play poorly in 5 games how do you know they’ll play better in an extra 2 games? Teams like the Phils and Yanks who collectively feel they’re entitled to win in the postseason deserve to lose when they underestimate their opponents and get away from playing the way they did in dominating in the regular season. The problem with those 2 teams is they’re spoiled by success and tend to think everything should just be handed to them because of who they are. In the process they lose they’re edge and don’t play up to their ability. It’s not about the number of games, it’s about which team is better prepared, which team executes their game plan better, which team wants it more and just a little bit of luck mixed in. Oh, and a properly timed appearance from a wild creature or two doesn’t hurt either! LOL
    • jessep October 8, 2011 at 4:42 pm

      I agree with Bayonne. The playoffs are a crapshoot and I don’t think 9 game series is realistic but they should all be a best of 7.

      In a Best of 5 you only really need 1 SP, and a little bit of luck. In a best of 7 you need more roster depth including a better bullpen to get you by.

      The reason Philly losing was such a huge upset was that team is built for a 7 game series. Nobody else realistically can pitch their players on normal rest in a 7 game series and not be worried. Generally speaking everybody else would have their “ace” come back on short rest in a 7 game series.

      Just look at last night as an example. If Carpenter beats Halladay last night in Game 5 of a Best of 7, Philly still has Lee and Oswalt or Hamels to pitch 6/7 versus who? Lohse & Garcia? There isn’t a manager in the world who would rather be in STL’s situation up 3-2 in a best of 7 than Philly’s.
  • Mookie October 8, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    I dont know if going from 5 to 7 games will change much, but it would be an improvement.
    • any October 8, 2011 at 8:46 pm

      Baseball until Thanksgiving! Better not give Selig any ideas.
• jessep October 8, 2011 at 12:50 pm

  Probably worth a self-pat on the back that I suggested anybody who wagers on sports “parlay” Tigers-Brewers-Cards to all win, and if you did like I did… the Phillies loss was extra sweet