Ran out last night. Tonight completed the daily doubleInteresting that the Indians magical pitching runs out of fairy dust tonight. Twas bound to happen.
Ran out last night. Tonight completed the daily doubleInteresting that the Indians magical pitching runs out of fairy dust tonight. Twas bound to happen.
I know. But I always loved the anecdote about JWH saying "can we just fire him right now?" after 2003 game 7 8th inning.Maddon will not be fired. I mean, that is crazy talk.
I don't know, the ending of Super Bowl 49 was pretty weirdI love sports but only baseball can get really weird.
Yeah, sort of like how the silver lining of Super Bowl 50 is that Manning was so bad that people couldn't talk him up.Honestly, I think this is a best case scenario if you're rooting for the Cubs (assuming they do win) and hate Maddon. He isn't gonna get a ton of praise no matter what happens - that was too egregious of a mistake and when you combine it with what he did in Game 6...hopefully most people will give the players the credit.
It became known two years ago when he pitched in the playoffs for Oakland against KCIt really is strange. When did this happen? He's always been super particular about everything being just so, so the Ross thing isn't really news to me, but treating him like a Knoblauch on the mound makes his issues several orders of magnitude worse than I'd understood them to be. Its pretty damn weird.
Only guy that wasn't overworked was Hendricks, and his idiot manager pulled him because the ump screwed him on a bad call.Kluber, Miller, Lester, all giving up multiple runs tonight. Overwork is catching up to them. Just might catch up to Chapman too.
Micky Mantle would say it was no big deal.I honestly think Ross hit a HR off Miller while concussed. He looks out of it.
Ah, gotcha, ok. So it popped up and then he acknowledged he's always had an issue with it? Or it developed then?It became known two years ago when he pitched in the playoffs for Oakland against KC
Then it really might not be over. They have to complete nine.
At one point Lester had what was considered a good move to 1B with us, no?Ah, gotcha, ok. So it popped up and then he acknowledged he's always had an issue with it? Or it developed then?
Yes, Smoltz being foolish there.I wouldn't use "Very underrated arm" to describe that errant throw.
I definitely thought so. I'm at least positive it was never anything that became an issue when he was here.At one point Lester had what was considered a good move to 1B with us, no?
I can see a 'Pesky held the ball' type stigma attached to him for the rest of his life.Rajai Davis - goat
Really? I mean, lets say he held it too long. Kluber was clearly struggling and that throw isn't the difference in the game. I would say that Tito is even vindicated because his pitching looks gassed overall.I can see a 'Pesky held the ball' type stigma attached to him for the rest of his life.
Lester until Chapman is needed, I'd imagine.So Lester through 7, then Criminal for 2 ip?
or Lackey/Arrieta?
I think it became a thing at some point during 2014. Lester didn't attempt a pickoff during the entire 2014 season.I definitely thought so. I'm at least positive it was never anything that became an issue when he was here.
He did. Then he just stopped doing it: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/jon-lester-pickoff-throws-but/At one point Lester had what was considered a good move to 1B with us, no?
I definitely thought so. I'm at least positive it was never anything that became an issue when he was here.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/jon-lester-struggles-throwing-to-first-base-and-the-indians-led-the-al-in-steals-1.12503057“The last bit while I was there, we knew it was surfacing and we did a lot of things to make sure that it didn’t get out in the open,” Francona said. “And I thought we actually did a really good job because it wasn’t until I left there that people started to realize that.”
That realization came during the the 2014 American League wild card game. Pitching for the A’s at the time, Lester was powerless to stop the Royals from running wild, making it clear to all that 90-foot freebies would be available to all.
I feel like in game threads someone mentioned it even before then and it was like "wow, he really does never throw to first" and like for a couple of years we occasionally wondered why no commentator ever mentioned it, except Remy like once a year. I think there was sort of a conspiracy to keep it quiet.Ah, gotcha, ok. So it popped up and then he acknowledged he's always had an issue with it? Or it developed then?
Unlike Lester, Kluber and Millers runs are earnedKluber, Miller, Lester, all giving up multiple runs tonight. Overwork is catching up to them. Just might catch up to Chapman too.
Yeah, it's Chuck Knoblauch disease.I definitely thought so. I'm at least positive it was never anything that became an issue when he was here.
I think we might be playing up the concussion angle a bit. He has concerns perhaps more than most, but he wasn't hit by a bat, foul ball or errant 100 mph fastball. It was a bounced pitch that caught him. Not saying that couldn't affect a guy with Grandpa Rossi's history, but not the most vicious of blows.I honestly think Ross hit a HR off Miller while concussed. He looks out of it.
I definitely remember it being a problem throwing accurately to first and a reluctance to keep runners on, but it was never as bad as it seems to be now.I definitely thought so. I'm at least positive it was never anything that became an issue when he was here.