Average Reds said:
Some folks got empathy, some don't. I suppose that in the world of sports lack of empathy isn't an indicator of sociopathy. Oh well, on to KC!canderson said:
ALDS Gamethread
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Since the football game is over I'll be posting Bobs Burgers during the KC game commercials. Oh that Gene.
It will be interesting to see how he handles an early exit. It's ridiculous that he'll get any flak for having three bad games after the season he hadMakMan44 said:
This is like Kasparov going against a five year old bouncing up and down in his seat with delight at a chance to move "the horsey one".fineyoungarm said:
Sick of every playoff team not from KC or DC, so BGJ is really the best of a bunch of bad choices. KC deserves it too. They hadn't even MADE the playoffs for almost my entire life.Remagellan said:
And, look, I understand he pitched well. And I'm not some idiot who thinks won-lost record is the measure of a pitcher. But David Price, bitchy Cy Young winner and self-appointed defender of the game of baseball is still winless in postseason play.
That was the most intense sweep I've ever seen. Nail-biter into the 8th blown open late, huge 8th inning rally, pitcher's duel with late rally by losing team. Nice baseball.
Don't forget his mother gave him that name. It probably refers to Little League.Back Bay said:
Can we get someone to feed Peter Gammons the info that there's nothing in the world that Will Middlebrooks likes more than getting signals, lots of signals, from his manager?fineyoungarm said:
2 days later, Mike Scioscia: "We've gotta have this guy!"
85 walks led the American league?! Really. Wow. That's amazing that there wasn't some starter with decent innings and bad control to get over 85 walks. Christ, guys like Ryan and Feller used to do that before the All Star break.
Rough Carrigan said:
Nolan Ryan was the Nolan Ryan (of strikeouts) of walks. In 1974, there were five starters in the AL with more than 100 BBs. Ryan had 202, 27% more than the next guy.
kieckeredinthehead said:
Indeed. I remember reading an article a few years back estimating his average pitch count around that time was about 160-180 per game
That's seriously mind blowing. I didn't know the real number.kieckeredinthehead said:
I think what surprises me is the lack of some starter with a 4.5bb/9ip rate and 200 innings pitched. Ryan must've averaged 6+ but we don't have any starter getting near 200 ip with a measly rate of 4.5/9. Are pitchers showing better control than ever? Have they responded to the emphasis on OBP by throwing strikes?
