September 2015 game thread
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Whenever a team with as much talent as the Orioles suddenly falls apart in spectacular fashion, you wonder if there's something going on behind the scenes. Maybe a crab legs and beer situation, or everyone hates Buck.
The atmosphere at the ballpark was absolutely electric tonight. The place nearly blew out of the hillside after Peraza made that backhanded glove flip to Rollins to start the potentially game saving 4-6-3 DP in the 8th. It was also a blast seeing Greinke and Bumgarner take hacks off each other.nattysez said:
Dodgers go for the sweep tomorrow night with Kershaw on the mound.
No doubt. Easy for me to watch in Hawaii, 3 hours behind West Coast. Wife's favorite team is the Giants. Been a couple tough nights for her. Incredible games some. You can feel the intensity. De Aza made his debut to no big deal. Great pitching.nattysez said:
soxhop411 said:
Because the Manager of the Year award is typically an award for the manager of the team that exceeded preseason or early season expectations. It has almost nothing to do with actual managerial competence. Williams was pulling the same stupid shit last year too, but he had more healthy bats and a deeper bullpen, so he got away with it more often.
I meant my mind wasn't so great because I was still posting in the August game thread on sept. 2.jon abbey said:
Anyway, nothing like watching a great pitcher.
He and Greinke are putting together as good a season for teammate SPs as we've ever seen.
Johnson/Schilling in 2001 I think are the pair to beat in the division era, especially if you count the postseason (a combined 9-1 and 1.30 ERA in 11 starts plus Johnson's game 7 relief stint), but the numbers these two are putting up are just insane.
Johnson/Schilling in 2001 I think are the pair to beat in the division era, especially if you count the postseason (a combined 9-1 and 1.30 ERA in 11 starts plus Johnson's game 7 relief stint), but the numbers these two are putting up are just insane.
I caught a few minutes of that game. At least while I was watching the D'backs on first didn't run on Lester. Why on earth not? (Perhaps all their get-up-and-go has got-up-and-gone.)Al Zarilla said:
Cubs announcer (I think it was) said something like everybody knows Lester has the phobia about throwing to bases, but nobody wants to be the one guy to get caught. One D-Back, Inciarte, did steal second, then third though. Weird thing about that game was that the wind was blowing in and there were 5 HRs in the game, 2 by Addison Russell.InsideTheParker said:
Billy Beane should be mocked every single day for giving away Donaldson and Russell, I wonder if that is a better left side of the infield going forward than Lawrie and Semien.
(And yes, I thought both those deals were crazy from day 1, it's not second-guessing.)
(And yes, I thought both those deals were crazy from day 1, it's not second-guessing.)
With his MLB debut last night, Mariners pitcher Tony Zych takes over as the alphabetically last player on MLB's all-time roster, usurping Dutch Zwilling:
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2015/09/05/147506446/tony-zych-is-new-last-alphabetical-mlb-player
The Mariners also had David Aardsma, the alphabetically first player.
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2015/09/05/147506446/tony-zych-is-new-last-alphabetical-mlb-player
The Mariners also had David Aardsma, the alphabetically first player.
Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop for Clevenger and Feldman may be one of the more lopsided trades in the last decade. Arrieta has turned himself into a hell of a pitcher.
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Holy crap
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Holy crap
After roaring out to an early lead, the Nats are melting down against the Mets.
It's something of a literal observation, as Drew Storen looks like he's coming emotionally unglued out there. And yet Williams does nothing as the Nat's season slips away.
It's something of a literal observation, as Drew Storen looks like he's coming emotionally unglued out there. And yet Williams does nothing as the Nat's season slips away.
Drew Storen has completely justified the Papelbon trade. You don't want any pitcher that emotionally fragile closing games for your team in the postseason as it always leads to heartbreak. (see Benitez, Armando)
