It was REALLY early.Check your sarcasm meter. It needs some calibration work.
It was REALLY early.Check your sarcasm meter. It needs some calibration work.
Creepy. He’s got a ‘who am I gonna take this out on’ look on his face.
Later on in this game, I felt a great deal of stress. Maybe you did, too?Ah, playoff baseball. When it's your team playing you die a thousand deaths with every at bat. No fan stress this year.
What's surprisingly bad is his having passed balls and contributing to wild pitches in the playoffs. Effort stops most of 'em.Stud was a strong word. The topic at hand was whether the team needed to move on from him, building on the premise that he’s an abysmal defender. They don’t, he isn’t.
Yeah, I called the LeMahieu HR, but I didn't foresee Chapman losing control of his fastball. Apparently your crystal ball is Baccarat.Ok, now the Chapman walk off.
Is the Washington Post compiling a complete list of all of your wrong, gloomy predictions?That’s a demoralizing, Bucker through the legs moment for Houston. They won’t recover from it.
Well, sure. The timing was terrible, no arguments from me. But Sox fans are carrying their impression of Sanchez's defense from last year into what they saw from him in one game. The equivalent would be if Yankees fans saw Devers make 2 errors in a game during the ALCS and started making stupid statements like "will the Sox move on from him?" This forum is better than that.What's surprisingly bad is his having passed balls and contributing to wild pitches in the playoffs. Effort stops most of 'em.
They went through the AB on mlbn, and contended that Chapman "had fallen in love with his slider and had had good results with it," and then when he tried to go back to the FB, the velocity was there, but he'd lost command, and couldn't throw a strike. Then he went back to the slider, and Altuve was waiting for the second one after he missed the first one.I think it goes either way. You have your closer on the mound and you don't expect your closer to pitch around anyone. The call to pitch to Altuve is one thing but the truth was that he just didn't have his stuff. He was back to hitting 102/103 in September. I think we saw 100 a couple times this series but he just didn't have it after the 2nd out. Just gotta shrug I guess.
The second slider was a bad decision for sure but I doubt he was the one who called it.They went through the AB on mlbn, and contended that Chapman "had fallen in love with his slider and had had good results with it," and then when he tried to go back to the FB, the velocity was there, but he'd lost command, and couldn't throw a strike. Then he went back to the slider, and Altuve was waiting for the second one after he missed the first one.
2001 Seattle mariners (add in year on either side)Has any team ever won over 200 games in 2 consecutive years without playing in a WS game?
As 2001 and 20022001 Seattle mariners (add in year on either side)
Should’ve said “2 100+ win seasons”. The 93 wins isn’t that impressive just because they won 116.2001 Seattle mariners (add in year on either side)
2002-3 braves.Has any team ever won over 200 games in 2 consecutive years without playing in a WS game?
Those braves and athletics both cleared 100 twice.Should’ve said “2 100+ win seasons”. The 93 wins isn’t that impressive just because they won 116.
If “stud” translates to “mediocre” in some language then “stud” was spot on.Stud was a strong word. The topic at hand was whether the team needed to move on from him, building on the premise that he’s an abysmal defender. They don’t, he isn’t.
He had passed balls in 3 straight games in the series.Well, sure. The timing was terrible, no arguments from me. But Sox fans are carrying their impression of Sanchez's defense from last year into what they saw from him in one game. The equivalent would be if Yankees fans saw Devers make 2 errors in a game during the ALCS and started making stupid statements like "will the Sox move on from him?" This forum is better than that.
During the ALCS threads, I made a comment along the lines of needing to create a thread to discuss Gary Sanchez. Why? Because of inconsistency, injuries, and 3 years in not knowing whether he's a hall of fame offensive catcher or whether he's three 500ops months from being a backup catcher.
Edit: I'll add that being defensive about Gary Sanchez is nothing new but he's going to be the catcher through 2023 and there are other places Cashman needs to focus on, including his backup (Romine is a FA). The post mortem on this ALCS is going to surface a lot of negativity about flaws and reasons they lost but the reason they lost is because Houston is a godamn powerhouse. They barely outhit us, they mostly outpitched us, I think they probably outmanaged us, and they definitely outdefended us. Houston in 6 was a pretty safe bet going into this one.
And a couple of the pitches ruled WP's could have been blocked by Sanchez. He did not have a good series defensively.He had passed balls in 3 straight games in the series.
Plus Domingo German, who would have been starting this game. The three of them deserve each other.As someone who hates Osuna and Chapman, this was pretty much the ideal ending.
How do you all find this stuff so quickly?Of course, if you scale it down to 95 wins for the 154 game season, you get more examples.
48-49 Sox
And 86 wins for the 140 game season:
15-16 white Sox
15-16 tigers
12-13 senators
11-12-13 cubs
10-11 tigers
08-09-10 giants
07-08 white Sox
04- - - 08 pirates
04-05 cubs
04-05 white Sox
Play indexHow do you all find this stuff so quickly?
Figured. Every time I try this I don’t/can’t get what I’m looking for. Perhaps I need to read the manual.Play index
https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/n8bDK
Found win totals of XX and sorted by year, looking for matches in consecutive years. Click on the team and you can quickly see their postseason results.
I'd rather see them hire Jose Batista as assistant hitting coach to teach him how to flip the bat into the Yankees' laps.I was pleased with Altuve's reaction to the homer; instead of "Look at me!" it was about the team. I saw a quote from him last night that I couldn't find this morning, where he said the team won the game and not just him. Him showing some class did not detract from the excitement of the moment and actually enhanced it for me.
Nope. As long as it isn't the Sox my blood pressure is fine. Of course I was hoping Houston would pull it out but not a stressful feeling.Later on in this game, I felt a great deal of stress. Maybe you did, too?
"Stud" as in "horse fucker".If “stud” translates to “mediocre” in some language then “stud” was spot on.
Close the board, everybody. We're done."Stud" as in "horse fucker".
He hit that a ton, considering it was a football with heat and crazy spin, and he hit it with, basically, a pillow.