WS Game 7!

[DanoooME]

1947 Dodgers started Hal Gregg, a guy who'd had a 5.87 era that year for a 70 ERA+ down from his career 82 ERA+ .  Guthrie's numbers are 96 ERA+ this year and 102 for his career. 

 
 

Harrison for Texas in 2011, Wright for Cleveland in 1997 were pretty underwhelming.

 
Thanks for that.  I tried to look it up on BBRef, but my subscription expired.  Have to renew.

 

[Wingack]

David Weathers shout out!

 

[Harry Hooper]

Wasn't Affeldt besieged with blister problems when he was a Royal?

 

[brandonchristensen]

fuckin cain

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Affeldt reminds me of Mark Maron.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

The Giants need to score basically right now.  Yost isn't going to fuck around -- Herrera is coming in if Guthrie gets in trouble in the 4th.
 
 
Didn't Randy Johnson go 3 IP in relief in the playoffs for the '95 Mariners?  
 
Edit: Just looked it up, he did.  And he went 1.1 IP in 2001 Game 7 (and got the win!) on no rest after pitching 7 IP in Game 6.

 
 
Mussina also threw three shutout innings on two days rest in the 2003 ALCS.

 

[Rough Carrigan]

6 << 7

Yeah, but it's more than 4 or 5 tops.  Let's call it even.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Wasn't Affeldt besieged with blister problems when he was a Royal?

 
Yes, opposing teams hit blistering line-drives off of him on the reg.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
Yes, opposing teams hit blistering line-drives off of him on the reg.

 
rimshot

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Yeah, but it's more than 4 or 5 tops.  Let's call it even.

4 or 5 was somebody else.

Even

 

[catomatic]

Balk, no?

 

[Harry Hooper]

Yost gets the kiss of death from Buck.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Lowe went 6 on two days rest in 2004 ALCS game 7.

Sox didn't care quite as much about Lowe's future as the Giants do of Bumgarner's. 

 

[johnmd20]

Huge play by Panik.

 

[donutogre]

Oh shit.

 

[rembrat]

Pedroiaesque.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Joe Fucking Panik!

 

[DanoooME]

Wow, that was Pedey-esque!

 

[staz]

Out at 1st!

 

[ifmanis5]

Sliding into first is worse than bunting. WHY.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Out, double play

 

[Dollar]

He was out at 1st.

 

[Spacemans Bong]

Dude, is he out?

 

[MakMan44]

Tie goes to the runner

 

[Harry Hooper]

Both runners would have been better off sliding feet-first!!!   Crawford had nothing to worry about at 2B from the runner.

 

[johnmd20]

Out.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Pedroiaesque.

 
I'm reminded of that every time Keith Law says Panik isn't any good

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Hosmer is out.  Of course Reynolds is ok with the head-first slide.

 

[donutogre]

Get it right, umps.

 

[Rough Carrigan]

All this talk about Ned Yost's virtues is . . . interesting.  Terrible managers can win.  Grady freaking Little almost did.  One of Roger Angell's books from the 70's had a lot of quotes from two Tigers fans who were adamant that Mayo Smith, the manager of the championship '68 Tigers was absolutely horrible. 

 

[Madmartigan]

I was hoping for some Harold Reynolds inanity re: sliding into first and he didn't disappoint

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Great play Panik. Strong throw, Crawford.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Tie goes to the runner

there are no ties

 

[mauidano]

Sliding into first again????

 

[axx]

I have it on mute, but it looks like he is safe to me. It's really close though.

 

[LuckyBen]

Safe, HR says out

 

[dcmissle]

Love Panik unconditionally. Goddamn what a SS/2nd combo they have.

 

[bob burda]

going with "not enough evidence to overturn"

 

[canderson]

I mean he should be ruled out for diving, nevermind if the ball beat the runner.

 

[mauidano]

Sending out for food guys? What's taking so long?

 

[ifmanis5]

Hosmer is out.  Of course Reynolds is ok with the head-first slide.

Says it all about HR, really.

 

[Al Zarilla]

The longer it takes...

 

[LuckyBen]

Joe buck and his smugness is getting on my nerves

 

[mauidano]

Science has proven there is no way you are first by sliding.  On the contrary, you DO slow down.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Joe buck and his smugness is getting on my nerves

 
Wait until Sunday afternoon

 

[MakMan44]

Well that sucked

 

[Rough Carrigan]

What a stupid choice to slide.
 
But this obviously circles back to the announcers' previous commentary about how more and more the Royals are Ned Yost's team.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

I always thought you listened for sound with the catch, not the foot. You're listening for the pop of the ball in the mitt, and looking at the base to see if the runner touches before or after you hear that pop.

 

[strek1]

Sliding into first again????

 They never learn. Deserves to be out for the continuing stupidity of slowing yourself down.  And announcers say nothing - Idiots.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Science has proven there is no way you are first by sliding.  On the contrary, you DO slow down.

 
Yeah, but the slowing is from the arcing per Reynolds, not the friction of sliding on the dirt.