ALCS game thread- TOR VS KC

[strek1]

This has the makings of a real short outing for R.A.  Jays can't afford to let him get clobbered too long.

 

[soxhop411]

Pull him dammit

 

[Al Zarilla]

Foot scraped plate, STFU Harold.

 

[soxhop411]

Grrr

 

[kartvelo]

Well done, Harold.

 

[BestGameEvah]

MOOSE...add another.

 

[BestGameEvah]

What a difference in these two lead off hitters so far.

 

[Hombre]

Suck it, Canada.

 

[Rochacha75]

Do you pull him and burn out your bullpen?  Or do you let him eat innings and give KC the game?
 
I still give Wakefield a lot of credit for '04 ALCS.  His eating innings in game 3 was huge.

 

[strek1]

Gibbons is crazy to leave him in. Is he punting a playoff game?

 

[Al Zarilla]

Harold keeps telling us he knows that if he swung, it's a foul ball, even if it hit him. HE NOWHERE NEAR SWUNG, YOU FOOL.

 

[Rochacha75]

Gibbons is crazy to leave him in. Is he punting a playoff game?

 
That's what I'm wondering...if he goes to the bullpen for 8 innings when you're already down 5 runs...you may implicitly forfeit game 5.

 

[Hombre]

Can't punt this game, this may be the series here. Imagine if they kept Syndergaard and d'Arnaud instead.

 

[canderson]

So I guess the Royals are stealing signs today. 

 

[strek1]

I really like R.A. personally but he is so unreliable.  Of course any knuckleballer is a massive roll of the dice with every start.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Toronto fans are nice...some cheers and no booing that I could hear from the crowd for Dickey.

 

[Rochacha75]

Wow...1.2 INN. That must be an awful feeling and a very long walk back to the dugout.

 

[Hombre]

Red Sox not the only dumbassess on the basepaths

 

[strek1]

Cool box score note. Reliever credited for a third of an inning without throwing a pitch.

 

[BestGameEvah]

Hendriks hasn't thrown more than 1.2 innings since July.  

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

 
That's what I'm wondering...if he goes to the bullpen for 8 innings when you're already down 5 runs...you may implicitly forfeit game 5.

That's ridiculous.  You have an incredibly potent offense and a lot of innings.  You manage to win today.

 

[Al Zarilla]

That's ridiculous.  You have an incredibly potent offense and a lot of innings.  You manage to win today.

Another hit here and it feels like an even game. 

 

[BigPapiLumber Co.]

That's ridiculous.  You have an incredibly potent offense and a lot of innings.  You manage to win today.

 
And you're hitting against Chris Young.  

 

[Gdiguy]

I really like R.A. personally but he is so unreliable.  Of course any knuckleballer is a massive roll of the dice with every start.

 
I was legitimately sad that the Mets traded him... obviously it was a good trade (even at the time, it was clear that was a pretty good haul for someone that didn't really have a long record of success, and of course now it's rapidly joining those 'most lopsided trade' lists), but there's just something fun about the knuckleball.

 

[Hombre]

KC shooting themselves in the foot on the basepaths

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

I (gulp) agree with Harold about the cheesiness of those calls. But Verducci is right in that's what you get with Replay.

The solution, of course is to get rid of Replay.

 

[canderson]

I (gulp) agree with Harold about the cheesiness of those calls. But Verducci is right in that's what you get with Replay.

The solution, of course is to get rid of Replay.

No, the solution is robots. 

 

[Al Zarilla]

Somebody doesn't know that Dartmouth is an Ivy League school.

 

[Hombre]

Or, you do what every little leaguer is taught and stay on the bag

 

[hbk72777]

I (gulp) agree with Harold about the cheesiness of those calls. But Verducci is right in that's what you get with Replay.

The solution, of course is to get rid of Replay.

 
 
I didn't even like it when the Yankees used replay after a double by the Angels (Might've been Trout). They kept the tag on and got the call for a fraction of a second off the bag.
 
Maybe they need to make the rule to reapply the tag if the guy goes off the bag, no keeping the tag on the entire time. Who knows.

 

[Al Zarilla]

By a foot or two on Revere's hard grounder, Young loses his chance for a post season win.

 

[soxhop411]

tie this up jays

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Are Viagra and Fan Duel the only two sponsors they were able to get?  Holy shit, enough.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Hawkins warming for the Jays!? Bring him in.

 

[soxhop411]

Are Viagra and Fan Duel the only two sponsors they were able to get?  Holy shit, enough.

I assume you forgot about last year before fan duel? it was a Viagra ad every other ad... It says something about the baseball demographic 

 

[mauidano]

Jeter would have made that look easy.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Sandoval would have gotten about 3/4 of the way to that.

 

[mauidano]

Joe Buck's hipster,look is not working for him.

 

[soxhop411]

here comes a double

 

[Al Zarilla]

here comes a double play.

FTFY

 

[E5 Yaz]

Are Viagra and Fan Duel the only two sponsors they were able to get?  Holy shit, enough.

 
Consult your doctor if you get a hot tip that last for four hours

 

[Al Zarilla]

Hawkins said he's retiring, didn't he? He's the best they had to go to there? I questioned it when he was warming up.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Hawkins said he's retiring, didn't he? He's the best they had to go to there? I questioned it when he was warming up.

 
ESPN Radio was saying that the pen is spent.

 

[E5 Yaz]

It has to drive Gordon nuts to be on the bases behind Perez.

 

[Al Zarilla]

 
ESPN Radio was saying that the pen is spent.

Mebbe so.
 
Edit, how about a starter? This is just about it.

 

[Grunherz54]

Tepera with 8 HR allowed in 33 regular season innings, FWIW

 

[soxhop411]

OVA

 

[Al Zarilla]

Turns out Canadian people can boo.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Russell must be about ready to go out and throttle this guy.

 

[soxhop411]

Turns out Canadian people can boo.

they boo politely