Yep. Gave up what 4 runs on shitty plays?They deserved to lose. They played like shit.
Yep. Gave up what 4 runs on shitty plays?They deserved to lose. They played like shit.
At least DC sports is used to it.Blown early lead
Scherzer melts down
Multiple errors
Harper K’s to end game
Can’t have a more painful loss for Nats
It was ballsy and it worked.Maddon using Davis for the Gossage save - you can hate him all you want, but who else would have the guts to do it and pull it off?
I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with you on that...This Cubs bullpen is not winning the World Series.
The fact that they kept chipping away after the 8-4 deficit actually makes it a bit better for me. But they really played a shitty game overall.Blown early lead
Scherzer melts down
Multiple errors
Harper K’s to end game
Can’t have a more painful loss for Nats
We'd have ended up in extras and gone til 2:30 or 3reminded me of Sox/MFY wars back in the crazy days
Crazy how on a high leverage play you just go ahead and challenge even if you're not sure if it will be overturned.Why do you mortals continue to doubt the genius of Joe Maddon?
Pretty hard to make that move when you have Scherzer and Strasburg, the Orioles are the ones who should really do that with Machado but I doubt they will.If Harper rejects any extension talks over the winter, you almost have to think about trading him, right? Or roll the dice and hope for one more October run with him before he leaves.
The probability of scoring at least one run is actually higher at the start of an inning vs runners at first and second with two outs,Crazy how on a high leverage play you just go ahead and challenge even if you're not sure if it will be overturned.
there is something to be said about Davis being on the ropes and getting the top of the 9th to reset.The probability of scoring at least one run is actually higher at the start of an inning vs runners at first and second with two outs,
.275 to .231.
Having Turner lead off the ninth rather than hit in that situation wasn't really a key play.
The probability of scoring a run is much higher with 2 outs than it is with 3 outs. You still get to hit the next inning either way.The probability of scoring at least one run is actually higher at the start of an inning vs runners at first and second with two outs,
.275 to .231.
Having Turner lead off the ninth rather than hit in that situation wasn't really a key play.
Yeah I'm rationalizing. Time to get out of here.there is something to be said about Davis being on the ropes and getting the top of the 9th to reset.
the raw numbers don't explain the whole situation in a key winner-take-all game.Yeah I'm rationalizing. Time to get out of here.
Lind rolling over first pitch for a DP that meant at the very least Davis could stretch to the ninth inning.The fact that they kept chipping away after the 8-4 deficit actually makes it a bit better for me. But they really played a shitty game overall.
Goats: Wieters, Gio, Scherzer, Zimmerman and the rest of the roster tied for 5th except Taylor and Murphy.
OMFG -- that is correct (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2015/official_baseball_rules.pdf, page 77).So, about that passed ball K that Wieters threw away:
From Rule 6.03(a).
“If a batter strikes at a ball and misses and swings so hard he carries the bat all the way around and, in the umpire’s judgment, unintentionally hits the catcher or the ball in back of him on the backswing, it shall be called a strike only (not interference). The ball will be dead, however, and no runner shall advance on the play.”
When Baez's back swing hit Wieters, the play and the inning should have been over.
I'm an idiot.The probability of scoring a run is much higher with 2 outs than it is with 3 outs. You still get to hit the next inning either way.
True, but it shouldn't of mattered. If Lobaton can be erased on a split second foot liftoff, then a hit by bat should be an EASY call to make (ball is dead, strikeout occurs, end of inning).Pedro, Rollins and Sheffield all killing Wieters in post game. The bat did hit him, but before that he let a ball he should have blocked get by him.
Why isn't it reviewable?The play is not reviewable. The Nats should be allowed to file a protest. If integrity of the game matters, the game should be replayed with the Cubs lead 5 to 4 going into the bottom of the 5th.
I don't see anything like that in the rule: t (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2015/official_baseball_rules.pdf, page 77).They are saying on MLBN that the above rule doesn't apply in this case because the ball was already past Wieters when he got hit by the bat.
This woudl make sense but I doubt they do it. Woudl totally depend on what you could get for him as well though. The idea would be an OF of Goodwin/Eaton/Taylor/Robles? Harper is a phenomenal player but has only one totally healthy season. If he were to have another seaon next year like this one(missing significant time with injury) I would not want to give him a $400 million deal.If Harper rejects any extension talks over the winter, you almost have to think about trading him, right? Or roll the dice and hope for one more October run with him before he leaves.
Probably, is my guess. Sweet Caroline, pink hats, and the unworldly success enjoyed by all Boston teams did not help.I'm disturbed at how quickly I went from liking the Cubs and enjoying watching them play, to... not hating them, but certainly being on the other side of ambivalent from liking them. Annoyed, maybe? Is this how non-Sox fans felt after 2004, or did they already pretty much hate us?
Strasburg was great. Taylor was clutch. The others under performed overall.My gut says this series cost Baker an extension. It's not entirely fair, but there is plenty of room for improvement (though ownership, which spends lavishly on players, must pony up for a manager too). Tonight was not a soul crushing "curse" loss; it was systemic failure, a complete failure to post. Come back when you are ready to play like professionals.
Same thing happens in the NBA and drives me crazy. Every time a defender slaps the ball out of the ball handler's hands the ball is awarded to the ball handler's team... and it's always been this way. Well, now with replay being frame by frame, it always shows the slap followed by the ball rolling (even trickling) off the ball handler's finger tips. Think about it, if you slap the ball while it's my hands, who will actually be in contact with the ball last? Me.And this I agree with. (Though by the letter of the law - and the super-slowmo replay - he was clearly out.)
Frame-by-frame replays are brutal. Almost as bad as "was that a catch."
They're not cursed and neither were the Red Sox. In the Nats case, they have a horrible manager who bats a terrible hitter second just because it's where he feels most comfortable. It's his one flaw among hundreds.I don’t care. You fire dusty tonight
Also. The nationals have been cursed. The expos have also been cursed. So it seems like the expos curse carried over to NATSTOWN
Almost Belichickian.7 LCS appearances in 15 seasons for Theo.
And the consequences, compared to the NFL, are so light for getting it wrong.the raw numbers don't explain the whole situation in a key winner-take-all game.
Yes. The manager must immediately call for the protest like an appeal play for when a baserunner may have left too early on a fly out. Once the next pitch or play is attempted, it's too late.is it too late for the Nats to protest?
can't disagree but it's insane the Cubs won this game still. Nats deserve a break at some point.DUMBSTY. IS. THE. WORST.
Sorry, but the Nats deserve everything they get with him. Dumbsty is probably the worst manager (who's always working) of the last twenty years, all things considered. He's shit at lineups. He's shit at managing starter workloads. He ruined Prior and Wood. He sucks. The Nats deserve this by hiring this stupid asshole.