ShakyWalton Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Do you we have to listen to that idiot and anti-Canada Harold Reynolds in ALCS? Can't stand the guy. Chances are we will get Costas and Kaat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmen81 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Do you we have to listen to that idiot and anti-Canada Harold Reynolds in ALCS? Can't stand the guy. Got bad news for you...Thats a preface to this: Fox and Fox Sports 1 are broadcasting the American League Championship Series between the Royals and Blue Jays. The game coverage will be done by Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci. Yep, Joe Buck. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article39280350.html#storylink=cpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm kinda surprised no one's started a petition to get Reynolds off the game. Doubt the mlb would care but I just wanna see how many signatures we could get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Got bad news for you... No surprise. I wonder what ignorant comment about Canada Reynolds will make during ALCS. Edited October 16, 2015 by the last outlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm kinda surprised no one's started a petition to get Reynolds off the game. Doubt the mlb would care but I just wanna see how many signatures we could get. It would be only Jays fans signing it so MLB could careless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I really don't like Reynolds, but I could do more without Costas. The commentating during game 2 was awful. It's not hard to see how he pissed off so many Jays fans back in the day, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Stop whining about Harold Reynolds. There's nothing wrong with his commentating. He made one statement in jest and so many dopes lose their minds. The guy is knowledgeable and well spoken. Would you rather have a jerk like Tim McCarver ruining a broadcast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANUCK-EXPRESS Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Stop whining about Harold Reynolds. There's nothing wrong with his commentating. He made one statement in jest and so many dopes lose their minds. The guy is knowledgeable and well spoken. Would you rather have a jerk like Tim McCarver ruining a broadcast.Yeah he calls it the way he sees it, he just made a bonehead comment about us Canadians. Edited October 16, 2015 by CANUCK-EXPRESS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I missed it. What did Reynolds say?Yeah he calls it the way he sees it, he just made a bonehead comment about us Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I missed it. What did Reynolds say? Reynolds said people in Canada don't know how to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Stupid thing to say for a broadcaster.Reynolds said people in Canada don't know how to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Jays fan got a tattoo of Bautista bat flip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Blue Jays are becoming the Bruins of the MLB xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/the-baseball-world-hates-us-because-were-good-lets-embrace-it/ The baseball world hates us because were good; lets embrace it Jeff Blair October 15, 2015, 6:52 PM TORONTO Look: If theyre going to hate us and it appears as if thats the case it might be time for Toronto to stop whining about conspiracy theories and such and simply embrace the hatred. Seriously: You think they hate us now, just imagine what it will be like if the Toronto Blue Jays actually advance to the World Series against, say, the lovable, huggable, Chicago Cubs? There wont be a person south of the border who wont be cheering for the poor, star-crossed Cubbies to break their curse; and I guarantee that the knee-jerk reaction from Canadian fans, especially those just getting on the bandwagon, will be to view each borderline pitch through a nationalist lens. So lets embrace it. Now, Im not talking about throwing stuff on the field, which really is a lowbrow thing to do, not to mention a safety risk although I do find it a bit rich that so many members of baseballs chattering class spent so much time on Thursday tut-tutting Blue Jays fans for their reaction in the seventh inning of Game 5 of the American League Division Series, considering there are ballparks in the U.S. where a fan is in real danger of being beaten up or even shot. But we might have started something in this city. I thought the slow artificial turf of the Rogers Centre ceased to be a storyline in, like, May. Not so, now that the post-season is here. And here is what Ken Rosenthal, Fox Sports excellent, authoritative baseball reporter, penned on Thursday: security officials from rival clubs do not agree with Coutinho (Mario, the Blue Jays vice-president of baseball operations and security) that fans in Toronto are pretty docile those officials frequently tell me that the crowd in Toronto is the roughest on visiting players in the AL I have never believed a crowd makes a difference at a baseball game; never believed that a fastball moved faster or a cutter cut more because of noise. I mean, Ive been to winter ball in the Dominican Republic, seen players check into the clubhouse with handguns and bulletproof vests, and I understand the personal safety issues that can come from standing out in the open surrounded by thousands of people who hate you. Its like doing a live hit outside the Rogers Centre with Hugh Burrill. (I kid, I kid ) But this post-season has me thinking a little different. First, David Price suggested during an interview before the start of the AL Division Series that a big crowd might be worth an extra couple miles per hour at times. It can turn 95 into 96, Price said. It can make that hitter get to that pitchers pitch. Second, I wonder whether or not the Rangers defensive meltdown had anything to do with the atmosphere of anger in the Rogers Centre after Dale Scotts attempts to straighten out his seventh-inning call at home plate. It shouldnt, because the Rangers are a veteran group. Yet there was their manager, Jeff Banister, wondering after the game about his team not being able to slow the heart rate down. And wouldnt you know it: Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost has given Toronto baseball fans a gift-wrapped opportunity in naming Johnny Cueto as his Game 3 starter. And heres what happened in Pittsburgh on Oct. 1, 2013, when the PNC Park faithful gave it to Cueto (then with the Cincinnati Reds) in the National League wild-card game. Cueto was being roasted and, noticeably rattled, dropped the ball on the mound. His next pitch turned into a solo home run off the bat of Russell Martin, now with the Blue Jays but then with the Pirates. So, you know you might want to bring the noise on Monday, for Game 3. The whole hatred of Toronto thing will be easy to play up in the States, especially at a time when the Republican party, especially Donald Trump, has channelled anti-foreigner sentiment. Fear of the furiner is a real thing in many corners of the States. I mean, think about it: If some of them want to build a wall along our border, how the hell do you think theyd react to us pilfering the World Series? If there is a mitigating factor, it is that the Royals arent exactly a beloved team throughout baseball. Last season, they were the spunky underdogs managed by Yost, a skipper given to all manner of flights of strategic fancy. This season, they became at times a bunch of punks, led by Yordano Ventura, punctuating their brashness during a series with the Oakland Athletics that featured dugout clearing incidents in each of the three games. Suddenly, they discovered Fetty Wap and Mac Lethal; and in that series at the Rogers Centre in August, they helped sew the seeds of bitterness with the Blue Jays by spending most of their time intentionally throwing at hitters, especially Josh Donaldson. (OK, so theres a little top-spin there. Work with me.) Yet dont sell the Blue Jays short on an ability to get under opponents skin, either. Jose Bautistas bat flip in Game 5 against the Rangers was a major talking point in Thursdays pre-series news conference both by Yost and his Game 1 starter, Edinson Volquez. Marcus Stroman is still a little too smiley and bubble-blowing for the liking of some and Donaldson infused this team with a dose of brashness from the first day he arrived in spring training. Indeed, at times it seemed as if he was an apology from the baseball gods, a kind of: Look, were sorry for what Brett Lawrie turned into. How about giving us a re-do, eh? What if we re-created him with a baseball brain? We can do that and call him Josh Donaldson! Yes, we can do it for you! We can take all the crotch-grabbing, Red Bull guzzling, in-your-face fist pumping and combine it with an intrinsic knowledge of the subtle points of the game. Donaldson is beloved in Toronto; hes considered a bit of a weirdo, elsewhere. So there you go, Toronto. Theyre not going to like us and its going to reach xenophobic levels if this leads to a meeting with the Cubs. Normally, were used to being detested for having an overblown sense of importance when it comes to our usually inconsequential hockey team. Now, they dont like us because our moneys funny, because we think differently and because were pretty freaking good and not afraid to let the baseball world know about it. Our message to the baseball world is clear: Deal with it. Deal with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Osuna isn't a closer. He's garbage. This useless and worthless POS shouldn't be on the post-season roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Mets and Cubs. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Word. Lot's of K's in that winner take all game by a garbage 20 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 So with Yost's comments about how he's gonna pitch inside, what's the over/under on batter's hit this series; 12? 16? Prediction: Jose Bautista gets plunked his first AB and in Edlerian fashion Aaron Sanchez gets ejected for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I R Baboon Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) They hate us, cause they ain't us. Edited October 16, 2015 by I R Baboon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 So the NL finals is between the 2 lovable losers, and the AL finals is between the 2 cockiest teams in the league. Different narratives for both, but both should be a lot of fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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