MLB: Canada's Team || Toronto Blue Jays Baseball

[Woy]

Hey, get unbanned and update this please.

 

[T.Dot]

This is not dead, I have just been busy lately, rofl

 

[T.Dot]

bumping this up for playoff updates tmrw

 

[Woy]

It's about damn time nukka.

 

[T.Dot]

bump, actually played a game yesterday, prob wont get it up tho

 

[T.Dot]

thats right leafsfan, playoff preview update coming up in a sec

 

[T.Dot]

MLB Playoff Preview:

As the leaves start to drift away from the trees that have borne them all year, major league baseball teams' seasons begin to end as the MLB playoffs dawn, leaving only the best eight standing. Every team in the playoffs, from the curse breaking Chicago Cubs to the surprising small market teams in Toronto and Cincinnati looks to make its mark in the annals of history by taking away the World Series trophy sometime in October. Even if the Commissioner's Trophy was not handed out this season, 2009 will be a bookmarked in baseball histories pages thanks to the scandal in the Bronx involving superstars and a lot of HGH. In fact this is the first year where there is no clear cut team that everyone thinks will win. Everyone has questions that need to be answered, and the team that walks away victorious in the Fall Classic will show those answers were existent, but just hidden.

Chicago White Sox @ Boston Red Sox
(90-72)

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(104-58)

Chicago, Boston. Two old fashioned, working class cities that are immersed in sports history. Not only do these two teams share a common name but each has won a World Series recently, with the White Sox winning after the Red Sox in 2005. It is hard to believe that with all the publicity the other Chicago baseball team gets that there is even another team in the same state, much less a team from the same city that is less than four years removed from a World title.

The Red Sox will win if..
That league best offense of theirs continues to flex its muscles against a weak White Sox pitching rotation. Apart from All Star Mark Buehrle, the Sox have mid level talent starting for them that have never experienced the MLB playoffs before. If the likes of David Ortiz, Jason Bay and Mike Lowell can crank out the bats, this series could be over quickly.

The White Sox will win if..
Their offense can compete with Boston's. They certainly have the tools, boasting the likes of Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko and Alexi Ramirez in the middle of their lineup, and that doesn't even include 40 home run man Carlos Quentin, who is coming off of an injury.

Prediction:
Red Sox in 4
While both teams offense are top level, Boston has a lot more depth and better pitching which will be the deciding factor in a rather quick four game series.

Toronto Blue Jays @ Los Angeles Angels
(92-70)

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(94-68)

This is quite simply a matchup of teams looking to relive their championship glory days. Of course, the Toronto Blue Jays made that amazing push at the end of the year to push the Yankees out of the playoffs while the Angels had the AL West in hand by July. The Jays are looking to bring back memories of 1992-93 when they won back to back championships while the Angels look to relive 2002 when they beat the San Francisco Giants in the Series.

The Angels will win if..
They can keep Adrian Beltre in check. The former Seattle Mariner has batted .378 with 7 home runs and 31 RBIs in 28 career games against the Angels and was a key facet in the Jays' playoff push. If the Angels' starting pitchers can consistently get Beltre out, this series may be in the Angels hands.

The Blue Jays will win if..
They can get the series over with quickly. The Jays' first two starters are solid (Roy Halladay, Scott Richmond) but as you move down the playoff rotation it isn't hard to see that the Jays pitching lacks talent. The trio of Scott Downs, Brian Burres and Casey Janssen have shown glimpses this year but have been extremely inconsistent. This series could get ugly if the Jays take it to a fourth or fifth game.

Prediction:
Angels in 4
The Angels have the advantage in every important category and the Jays simply do not have the pitching depth to compete with this loaded LA team that seems destined for a World Series berth.

Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs
(87-75)

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(103-59)

Defending World Champions versus 100 year old curse. Something's gotta give right? Even after having their best regular season in years, people are still doubting that the Chicago Cubs have the talent to make the World Series and beat the high powered AL clubs. The Phillies are coming off an interesting regular season in which they beat out the Mets during the last weekend AGAIN, to make the playoffs.

The Cubs will win if..
The top of their rotation plays like it should. With Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden at the top of your rotation, you should be atop the league but add in Cy Young winner Ted Lilly and you have potentially the best rotation in the majors. Against the high powered Phillies O, they need to bring their best stuff to the mound.

The Phillies will win if..
The Big Three can rebound after a terrible regular season. Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins all had career worst years for their team which led the club to acquire power hitting rookie Josh Vitters from the Cubs at the deadline to take some slack away. If the power can return, this series could tip in the Phillies' favor.

Prediction:
Phillies in 5
Yet again the Cubs don't have enough firepower to take down a legit opponent. The Cubs will most likely take two of the first three games but that middle of the order in Philadelphia is much to cumbersome a load to trust Jeff Samardzija and Sean Marshall to take on in Games 4 and 5.

Cincinnati Reds @ Los Angeles Dodgers
(99-63)

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(96-66)

The Big Red Machine rolls into LA with the leagues third best regular season record and with hopes soaring higher than ever. Led by players such as Jay Bruce and Chris Dickerson the Reds look to upset the Dodgers to make their first NLCS in 30 years. Standing in their way is a powerful lineup led by Manny Ramirez and Matt Kemp that looks to win the clubs first championship in 50 years.

The Dodgers will win if..
Manny Ramirez continues to put the team on his back. In the regular season, ManRam was looking to set all kinds of major league records before he missed a month with a lower back strain. However, he looks more energized then ever and looks to take advantage of an inexperienced Reds pitching corps.

The Reds will win if..
Their offense outslugs the Dodgers offense. Even without Adam Dunn the Reds led the league in home runs this year by a fair margin propelled by the breakouts of Jay Bruce and Joey Votto. As long as the Reds' pitching doesn't give up 10 runs a game, the Machine has a chance.

Prediction:
Dodgers in 5
In what could be this years best playoff matchup, two of the leagues best offenses square off for a chance to make it to the NLDS. The X Factor in this series could be what teams pitching performs the best, and by best I mean giving up less than 8 runs a game.
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[T.Dot]

Great preview I'll be following this for sure

Thanks man, maybe some updates tomorrow

 

[T.Dot]

hopefully gonna get a game in today

 

[T.Dot]

da cubs will win

lmmmao we'll see bud

 

[T.Dot]

oh noes, guess what game I'm about to play ladies and gentleman?

 

[T.Dot]

Something tells me that this isn't getting updated unless at least one of us guesses. Therefore, I will guess that you've started the playoffs on MLB 09 The Show

rofl no it wasnt like that. im pretty sure this is over, idk tho

 

[T.Dot]

lets go reds :rockwoot:

and jays

lol thanks man, game update in a sec

 

[T.Dot]

Accardo blows up in eighth as Angels take game one

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(1-0)

Photo: Angels infielders Howie Kendrick and Maicer Izturis bump backs after winning during last night's ALDS opener.

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Final Score
Angels 4, Blue Jays 3


Line Score:
----------1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E
TOR-- 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0
LAA -- 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X || 4 | 9 | 0

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Roy Halladay: (L, 0-1) | 7.0 IP | 7 H | 3ER | 1BB | 2K
Jeremy Accardo: 1.0 IP | 2H | 1ER | 2K

John Lackey: (W, 1-0) | 8.0IP | 7H | 2ER | 5K
Brian Fuentes: (S, 1) | 1.0 IP | 1H | 1ER | 1K


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1-Rios, Alex 1-4 | SO
2-Overbay, Lyle 1-4 | SO
3-Wells, Vernon 2-4 | 2R
4-Beltre, Adrian 1-4 | SO
5-Edmonds, Jim 1-4 | R | SO
6-Barajas, Rod 0-4 | 2SO
7-Hill, Aaron 1-3
8-Sobolewski, Mark 0-3
9-Scutaro, Marco 1-3
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2B: Rios (1), Wells (1)
3B: Edmonds (1)
RBI: Bautista (1)

SB: Hill (1), Scutaro (1)

1-Abreu, Bobby 2-4 | R
2-Kendrick, Howie 1-4 | SO
3-Guerrero, Vladimir 0-4 | SO
4-Napoli, Mike 2-4 | R
5-Giambi, Jason 1-4 | R | SO
6-Rivera, Juan 1-3
7-Hunter, Torii 0-2 | SO
8-Izturis, Maicer 0-3
9-Sandoval, Freddy 2-3 | R
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2B: Abreu (1), Giambi (1)
RBI: Sandoval (1), Izturis (1), Napoli (1), Abreu (1)

GIDP: Guerrero, Hunter

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[bhurst99]

C'mon Jays let's get it together.

 

[packersfan4eva]

tough loss dude, im followin this

 

[Woy]

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