MLB WS GAME 5 Trevor Bauer vs Jon Lester

[brandonchristensen]

There it is.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Bout damn time.

 

[McBride11]

Maddon didn't even react

 

[staz]

Alive!

 

[Ale Xander]

Murray in tears

 

[E5 Yaz]

i don't understand. the cubs weren't prepared right

 

[Ale Xander]

Nice throw jeez

 

[rembrat]

i don't understand. the cubs weren't prepared right

It's finally kicking in.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Miller time?
They're teeing off.

 

[boxosII]

this is now a ball game

 

[hittery]

Ruh roh

 

[PseuFighter]

woah they woke up

 

[Lowrielicious]

probably want to catch that.

 

[JohntheBaptist]

They are really impressed with themselves and they've done jack shit. Very much a Maddon team. Blech.

 

[Ale Xander]

The assumption that Bauer would struggle tonight is So Far not bearing out. That could change everything. . .

There's a jinx if there ever was one

 

[mauidano]

Smoltz is so good at his job. He knows what he's talking about so well.

 

[rembrat]

They are really impressed with themselves and they've done jack shit. Very much a Maddon team. Blech.

Yea soooo much this. They bought into the hype.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Slow hook. Salazar should be in

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Bauer seems maybe rattled.

 

[Seabass]

Tito's gotta go get him.

 

[curly2]

This is the Trevor Bauer we all know.

 

[shawnrbu]

Would blowing a 3-1 lead in the World Series be the low point on the field for Cleveland sports?

 

[Harry Hooper]

Should not have given in to Zobrist. BB would have been OK to slide down to the back of the lineup.

 

[JohntheBaptist]

Interesting call leaving Bauer in there.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

3 very hard hit balls and you'r ebunting with your #5 hitter??

 

[InsideTheParker]

Pitcher vs hitter. Someone has to win. Every player has a weakness, including the Indian pitchers.

Do you really think they didn't prepare? Or that CLE prepared better? Like there's some "preparation" model that you'r negligent if you don't follow and so Chicago didn't follow it? This is such a weird line of thinking, I'm honestly curious.

Perhaps it's merely reaction rather than thought, but during the alds I was amazed at how precisely the Indians' pitchers knew the Sox batters' weaknesses. Anyway, we are now seeing Bauer getting hit again, which puts us back to where we thought we'd be tonight.

 

[Curt S Loew]

Farrell would have pulled him.

 

[luckysox]

Well here we go. Bauer should completely unravel here if Tito leaves him in.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Speed kills!

 

[Beomoose]

Hey where's this Chicago team come from?

 

[rembrat]

Tito looking like shit here.

 

[mauidano]

Cubs finally get a break! Perfectly placed dribbler and the lead.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Farrell would have pulled him.

Not even a mound visit yet, right?

 

[reggiecleveland]

Have to bunt this mess don't you?

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Perhaps it's merely reaction rather than thought, but during the alds I was amazed at how precisely the Indians' pitchers knew the Sox batters' weaknesses. Anyway, we are now seeing Bauer getting hit again, which puts us back to where we thought we'd be tonight.

No, we saw how well the Indians' pitchers executed.

 

[hittery]

Did someone kidnap Terry?

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Tito looking like shit here.

I thought he was winning the WS singlehandedly. Chess, checkers, and all that

 

[Harry Hooper]

Not a swing to me.

 

[Curt S Loew]

I thought he was winning the WS singlehandedly. Chess, checkers, and all that

Cribbage

 

[JohntheBaptist]

Perhaps it's merely reaction rather than thought, but during the alds I was amazed at how precisely the Indians' pitchers knew the Sox batters' weaknesses. Anyway, we are now seeing Bauer getting hit again, which puts us back to where we thought we'd be tonight.

Everyone prepares. They all know the weaknesses, the tendencies. Its about adapting and executing. Pretty simple.

 

[mauidano]

Bunting works!!!

 

[jon abbey]

Wow, even bunt haters have to like that one, that was sweet.

 

[reggiecleveland]

Playing Heywood is the same type of wishful thinking that had Carl Crawford batting leadoff down the stretch of 2011

 

[Beomoose]

Now there's a bunt

 

[rembrat]

Hey Tito, what are we doing?

 

[mauidano]

Open this thing up Ross.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Everyone prepares. They all know the weaknesses, the tendencies. Its about adapting and executing. Pretty simple.

Everybody except Grady prepares. He didn't even look at the stuff from analytics as I recall.

 

[JohntheBaptist]

Hey Tito, what are we doing?

Yeah this is officially weird. Its like its a different guy.

 

[boxosII]

yuge at bat

 

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

Tito wants to win the series in front of the home crowd. Next level thinking.