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2006 Division Series Playoff Thread

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Did anybody else's gamecast for STL-SD go nuts (on Yahoo)? In the 7th, it says the game is tied at 1-1 and the Cards have 22 hits...I hate this thing, it's always slowing down/stopping or the numbers are completely wrong. grr
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Brian, I do believe that brett (who I agree with in every area except Branyan) mocked the fact that I once said Branyan would never play for a playoff team. All I was saying is that Bochy is nuts for playing him at third. They are better off with Vinny Castilla.

 

Now how about Derek Jeter. Why do people think he is overrated...because he is the shortstop for the most hyped team in baseball? I guess that 5 for 5 last night isn't going to hurt any of his "Mr. October" praises. Instead of hate, we should appreciate greatness.

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All I was saying is that Bochy is nuts for playing him at third. They are better off with Vinny Castilla.

 

Let's compare what Branyan and Castilla have done with SD this year:

 

2006, With San Diego

 [b] AB BA OPS SLG OPS[/b] Castilla 254 .232 .260 .319 .579 Branyan 72 .292 .416 .556 .972

Castilla looked washed up and Branyan came in as a cheap alternative and lit the place up. OK, maybe neither line is reflective of either's actual talent? Smallish samples to be sure, so let's see what both have done for the last two years:

 

2005 -2006

 AB BA OPS SLG OPS Castilla 769 .244 .298 .373 .671 Branyan 443 .242 .351 .494 .845

Nope. Vinny is 39 and flat out stinks. Branyan is cheap and can at least hit righties pretty decently.

 

You must have repeated your "Branyan sucks and that's why he's on TB" line 100 times here. It's time to pay the piper for shoving that stuff down everyone's throat, especially for the way it turned out.

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I never onced said, Branyan sucks that is why he is on Tampa Bay. What I said last year was that Braynan will end up on a team like Tampa Bay or Kansas City in 2007 and that is exactly what happened.

 

Your numbers do show that Branyan has been better than Vinny Castilla over the last two years....which shouldnt' be too surprising considering how bad Vinny Castilla is. When Branyan acutally does something to help the Padres win a playoff game, then we have something to talk about. Until then I will continue to watch him strike out with runners on base and hit doubles and triples when the bases are empty and the team is already down 5-1.

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Yesterday some dorky Yankees fan made a strike-out motion, and Tim McCarver simply said, "That fan's imitating an umpire! How about that?"

 

Brutal.

 

Which leads me to a different tangent. How annoying is it that Fox has to show close-ups of 20 different fans between each pitch? Do fans have no interest in what's going on on the field?

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I never onced said, Branyan sucks that is why he is on Tampa Bay. What I said last year was that Braynan will end up on a team like Tampa Bay or Kansas City in 2007 and that is exactly what happened.

 

And you let everyone know how right you were and explained that (paraphrasing) "no playoff team would ever want Branyan." Of course, a playoff hopeful team traded for him and Branyan helped propel them to the playoffs. Does that prove Branyan is a great player? Of course not. It just illustrated how silly and unltimately incorrect your comments were in the first place. Of course, you wouldn't let that fact slow you down, now would you?

 

which shouldnt' be too surprising considering how bad Vinny Castilla is.

 

And yet you still think Castilla should be playing over Branyan. Good stuff.

 

Until then I will continue to watch him strike out with runners on base and hit doubles and triples when the bases are empty and the team is already down 5-1.

 

Ha! Branyan and all those worthless triples he always hits. That is some good criticism there.

 

When Branyan acutally does something to help the Padres win a playoff game, then we have something to talk about.

 

You are alike the energizer bunny. No matter what happens, you just keep going and going and going..... Don't let the facts get in the way!

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Brett....do you think this is the year the A's finally break through and win a playoff series?

 

If the Twins can win game 3, Johan pitches game 4 and then back to the Dome. Obviously the A's want to get this series over on Friday to finally get that monkey off their backs.

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