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It seems like the Astros' year again.

 

The Nats swept the Indians the last 3 games of the regular season. They don't suck, 93 win team that couldn't get into a wild card game. Anyway, their TV announcer said that the Nationals were the best team Cleveland faced all year other then the Astro's.

So yeah, I hear you.

 

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Yep. They did a good job yesterday against the Brewers in the Wild Card Game.

 

As for the Dodgers, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much this time. It seems like the Astros' year again.

 

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We'll see. The Astros are a juggernaut. But lots of things can happen. Man I love playoff baseball!

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Mattress Mack makes $3.5 million bet at Mississippi casino on Astros to win World Series

 

With his 'Win it All' Astros-related sales promotion winding down and the playoffs about to start, Gallery Furniture owner Jim McIngvale placed a $3.5 million wager at a Mississippi casino Tuesday on the Astros to win the World Series.

 

McIngvale placed the bet at the DraftKings sports book at the Scarlet Pearl Casino in D"Iberville, Miss. At odds of 2.2-to-1, he will clear $7.7 million if the Astros win the World Series.

 

'I have a happy feeling about this,' McIngvale said. 'I"m a huge Astros fan, and at the end of the day, this is about the Astros and about our customers. I"m happy all the way and hope that the Astros can win 11 more games this year.'

 

McIngvale placed the bet as a hedge against the possibility that he will have to refund $15 million or more in mattress purchases made by customers as part of Gallery Furniture"s 'Win it All' promotion. Customers who make qualified purchases of $3,000 or more will receive refunds if the Astros win the World Series.

 

McIngvale also has placed smaller wagers in Las Vegas and has said he will consider more bets to cover the potential refunds should the Astros win the Series. Customers also have the option of taking 150 percent of their purchase in store credit, and McIngvale said about 40 percent of customers do so.

 

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I'm grateful for the Dodgers victory in game one tonight and sad about the Rams loss due to a narrow field goal miss in Seattle. It was quite an experience trying to watch both games at once! Fun watching the Dodgers score and the Rams score at the same time.

 

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Geoff

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The Nats swept the Indians the last 3 games of the regular season. They don't suck, 93 win team that couldn't get into a wild card game. Anyway, their TV announcer said that the Nationals were the best team Cleveland faced all year other then the Astro's.

So yeah, I hear you.

That"s some hyperbole there. The Indians didn"t play the Yankees this year? Or this announcer thinks the Nats are better than the Yankees? Smh.

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I believe he was referring to the way the Nationals were playing at the end of the season, going on that 9 game win streak. Myself, I think that the only team that is not as well off as the Nats are Tampa Bay. I'll give every other team the edge over them.

They had to play perfect baseball last night to beat the Dodgers. They can't play perfect baseball every day.

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I think there's something to the notion that if a team manages to peak in time for the playoffs, they'll perform better than expected from the evidence provided by the rest of their regular season performance.

 

I'm not looking past the Nationals, and I hope the Dodgers aren't either.

 

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Geoff

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I"m definitely not looking past the Cardinals. I think I"ve mentioned before in this thread that they seem to have the Braves number year after year, different rosters. That team always plays above their talent level in the post season.

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I love it that St. Louis is such a baseball town, it can"t/won"t support an NFL team. Very little interest. I"ve long felt they were the best baseball fans in the country, despite my dislike of the team.

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I am not an Astros fan, but Gerrit Cole looked incredible last night. I had not seen him pitch before, but now I see how he generated those incredible stats, including leading the AL in ERA, strikeouts and Winning Percentage. It's going to be tough for any team to beat the Astros when their second best starter is named Justin Verlander.
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Unfortunately I don"t get to see any of the American League series because I don"t have ESPN. I have the Sling package without it (Blue?) and rarely miss having it because they can"t stop talking about football, no matter the season. And I really can"t stand football. Stupidest game ever.

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I love it that St. Louis is such a baseball town, it can"t/won"t support an NFL team. Very little interest. I"ve long felt they were the best baseball fans in the country, despite my dislike of the team.

 

St. Louis supported NFL just fine, but the TV market is smaller than LA and Stan Kroenke is a greedy A-Hole. That's ok, screw the NFL. We landed an XFL team, the St. Louis Battlehawks. Oh, and also an MLS team yet to be named. We can support more than just baseball (Stanley Cub, anyone?)

 

Unfortunately our Cardinals aren't looking so good against the Braves.

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so 3 of 4 division series matches go to 5 games, with Minnesota losing it's 16th straight playoff game (after winning 101 regular season games) getting swept by the Yankees. Don't know if this says more about Minnesota or New York. My bet is NY
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Wow. *Sigh*

 

I have faith that eventually the Dodgers will win a World Series again. Not this year though...

 

Congrats to Dave and our Nats fans. They were overdue for a series victory. I hope we get a great series between the Nationals and Cardinals.

 

My condolences, Synthaholic. Tough loss.

 

I feel sorry for Clayton Kershaw. His postseason reputation just took another hit.

 

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Congrats to Dave and our Nats fans.

 

thanks Geoff. I have to start my Thursday in 6 hours and don't know how I will get any sleep. Don't believe the hype. The Dodger's didn't blow it. They got beat fair and square. Series went to extra innings in game 5. Could have gone either way.

 

Go Nats !

 

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Never would have expected that score for the Cards-Braves game, especially the way the cards were looking at the beginning of the series. I really thought early on that we were going to get knocked out until Yadier Molina kept us in it with a 10th inning win in game 4. But just wow. My son had a cross country meet and it was 4-0 when we got out of the car. Minutes later, the guy with bullhorn and starting pistol yells that the cards are up 10-0. I thought he was just joking to get everybody to cheer. Then I asked somebody the score a minute later and it was something like 13-0 and I realized the other guy wasn't joking. Pretty decisive victory.

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Wow. *Sigh*

 

I have faith that eventually the Dodgers will win a World Series again. Not this year though...

 

Congrats to Dave and our Nats fans. They were overdue for a series victory. I hope we get a great series between the Nationals and Cardinals.

 

My condolences, Synthaholic. Tough loss.

 

I feel sorry for Clayton Kershaw. His postseason reputation just took another hit.

 

Best,

 

Geoff

Thanks Geoff - you too. Clearly the best two teams in the National League, and neither will get to represent the NL in the World Series. I"m happy for Dave, but it"s my opinion that the Nationals (and especially the Cardinals) are no match for the Yankees or the Astros.

 

I can"t speak to what the Dodgers did wrong, not seeing them often, but the Braves losses can be squarely placed on manager Brian Snitker. I"ve never been a fan and I think he"s in way over his head. I"ve never seen a pitching staff so mis-managed. I"ve never seen so many idiotic double-switches that take game-changing bats, like Matt Joyce, out of the lineup after only two at-bats. I"ve never seen a manager not pitch their best pitcher (Mike Soroka) in Game 1 of a series. I"ve never seen a manager relegate a 17 game winning stud (Max Fried) to the bullpen, an unfamiliar situation for him. I"ve never seen the sheer, utter disrespect shown to a veteran pitcher (Julio Teheran) - our opening day starter for the past 4 years? - who led the team in starts (33), left off the roster, then when added to the roster due to Chris Martin"s injury, is used for one inning of relief.

 

Yes, Freddie Freeman, Nick Markakis, and Josh Donaldson had awful series, but this was manager incompetence. He should be fired.

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it"s my opinion that the Nationals (and especially the Cardinals) are no match for the Yankees or the Astros.

 

Agreed. The Nationals started off 19-31 in the first 50 games of the season. Where they are now is beyond belief. I don't expect them to beat the Yankees (who I expect to beat the Astro's}, but I didn't expect them to beat the Dodgers.

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