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ALCS Game 6

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Meg Rowley

8:19

I guess I'd just be generally nervous if I were on the Rangers or Marlins.

Ben Clemens

8:19

I'm digging through some arb estimates right now, I'll try to have one for you next commercial break

Meg Rowley

8:19

They seem... very cash strapped.

Oh boy.

Guest

8:20

D-Backs were threatening to not pick up Marte's option so I can't imagine they're much better

Ben Clemens

8:20

Yeah, I think it is basically a lock that they weren't going to pick it up. Otherwise you don't make that trade

LOVE Tucker going back to not leave Dusty hanging

8:21

Extreme 'junior guy at the office' vibe there

Meg Rowley

8:21

Imagine I'll focus a lot on liking Dusty in next few weeks if this goes against Tampa.

Craig

8:21

Which would feel worse? Going up 3-0 and losing 4 straight, or going from 3-0 to 3-3 then losing game 7?

Ben Clemens

8:21

This is a great question actually

Because I almost snap-answered, and now I think the other thing

Let's put it to a poll

8:22

Which would feel worse as a fan?

Up 3-0, lose four straight (78.6% | 66 votes)

Down 3-0, rally to 3-3 before losing (21.4% | 18 votes)

Total Votes: 84

melon

8:23

My argument: losing four straight is embarrassing but rallying to 3-3 before losing means you go out head held high

Man Robfred

8:23

Definitely going up 3-0 and losing 4 straight. Coming back from 3-0 at least gives you sense of accomplishment from not going down punchless.

Ben Clemens

8:24

I voted for tying it and then losing, because I would just be so stressed the whole time

Ohhhhh we're gonna do it we're gonna do it

Then you do the hard part, now it's just a Game 7, people win those all the time

David Laurila

8:24

Dusty Baker after Game 2: “I’m not really going to have a message other than, ‘Hey boys, we’ve got to keep swinging it. That’s all you can do. Talk is cheap. We’ve just got to find some holes."

Ben Clemens

8:24

and lose??

Erik

8:25

I'm with Ben. Also I feel like my answer would be different between fan perspective vs player perspective.

Ben Clemens

8:25

Yeah mine is as a fan

Meg Rowley

8:25

I guess there would be something to getting soundly beat in sweep.

Ben Clemens

8:25

I'm not sure how I'd feel as a player

Meg Rowley

8:25

Like, eh, just not our series, they were better.

Ben Clemens

8:26

This series would have felt differnet

Arguably the Astros were up 3-0 in EV wins and down 3-0 in wins

Baseball is so weird though

The better team doesn't win all that often

I mean they win more often than not

8:27

But not THAT much more often than not

Jazz

8:27

But imagine being so close and letting it slowly slip away as it eats at you more and more. The fear you could fail builds to a crescendo. Then you lose that last game and have the whole off season to know you had to win one of four games and couldn’t do it. That you failed in a way few times have failed before. It would be crushing.

Meg Rowley

8:27

It's weird to know that because of the way my fandom of a particular team has faded, I'm not sure I'll ever know how it feels to root for MY TEAM in the World Series.

Ben Clemens

8:27

Honestly I'm not sure that would bother me as a fan

As a player, sure

8:28

As a fan, I can tell myself and feel fine that WWWLLLL is the same as LLWWWLL

Or whatever

Whereas being down 3-0 and giving up hope (which is TOTALLY what I'd do as a fan)

And then you pull me back in?

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