Crew at Classies Series - Gio to Start Game 2

ACGB · Post #401 » by **ACGB** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:15 am

god damn

bizarro · Post #402 » by **bizarro** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:15 am

Moooooooose. Solid play. Aggy. Solid solid stretch!

Post #403 » by **humanrefutation** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:15 am

Thank **** god.

Aaron It Out · Post #404 » by **Aaron It Out** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:16 am

**** yeah, that was huge.

blazza18 · Post #405 » by **blazza18** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:16 am

Kris Bryant could never.

Post #406 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:16 am

Holy ****.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #407 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:16 am

This is on Gio. We staked him to a 6 run lead with a tired bullpen and he couldn't even give us 5 innings.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #408 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:19 am

Does 7 runs win this game? It should but this feels like the shakiest three run lead ever.

bizarro · Post #409 » by **bizarro** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:21 am

trwi7 wrote:
bizarro wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
Okay? The result was bad, that doesn't mean the decision was bad and didn't make sense.

The result was bad because it was a poor choice. Thames has been a **** player for 3 months. I'm not even a proponent of Santana here. Really, I'm not. The triple from Thames last night was a farce. We all know it. The point is: there is a better option. Granderson being the primary. It's the same in the pitching department. I'll say it again: Counsell has cost this team at least 5 games with poor decisionmaking. In an extremely tight race, that means a **** ton.

So you're just going to ignore that Thames has a .429 OBP in September, which is higher than Santana's because Thames was bad the two months prior?

Answer this question. Do you want the left handed hitter with a small sample .429 OBP who makes a little more contact and hits the ball in the air a lot more which would eliminate the double play (unless there was a line drive right at an infielder in which case it wouldn't have been a bad at bat and there would be no complaints) or do you want a .400 OBP right handed batter who makes less contact and when he does it's on the ground nearly 50% of the time drastically increasing the possibility of a double play?

DUDE. Read my f'ng words prior: I don't want Santana there in this situation. Granderson. Period.

And, if were a manager, and given those statistics, I would choose Thames. BUT, I'm not a manager. It still doesn't mean it's the correct decision. As an emotional fan, I believe Thames is a **** baseball player. I also believe Santana is a promising baseball player who has gained traction in the past couple months. He's a more valuable player. He's more clutch. He is more integral if an injury were to happen in the OF. Maybe it's my inner Ned Yost? I don't know. BUT, I go Granderson; Santana; then Thames 7 days a week. So be it.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #410 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:25 am

The Cubs having to suffer playing the Pirates is bringing me joy right now. Not quite sure how they are only 3 games over .500.

bizarro · Post #411 » by **bizarro** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:27 am

Man, Perez missed a mistake fastball there.

bizarro · Post #412 » by **bizarro** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:27 am

Turk Nowitzki wrote:The Cubs having to suffer playing the Pirates is bringing me joy right now. Not quite sure how they are only 3 games over .500.

Man, it's hard to believe, huh? They give us fits!

Bernman · Post #413 » by **Bernman** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:29 am

trwi7 wrote:So you're just going to ignore that Thames has a .429 OBP in September, which is higher than Santana's because Thames was bad the two months prior?

Answer this question. Against a right handed pitcher do you want the left handed hitter with a small sample .429 OBP who makes a little more contact and hits the ball in the air a lot more which would eliminate the double play (unless there was a line drive right at an infielder in which case it wouldn't have been a bad at bat and there would be no complaints) or do you want a .400 OBP right handed batter who makes less contact and when he does it's on the ground nearly 50% of the time drastically increasing the possibility of a double play?

These are very ironic arguments. Santanta has a 1.295 OPS this month vs. Thames' .866. He's getting tattooed in that department. And as far as contact, as I demonstrated, Thames had even worse k's per AB the last two seasons, and he's considerably worse in BA. He's a worse contact hitter and in much worse form. Yes, he was a better option than Thames in that situation. But it was a false dilemma when reminded Granderson was also available. So either way Counsell focked up.

tski1972 · Post #414 » by **tski1972** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:31 am

Pirates score again! 5-0!

Post #415 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:33 am

Who **** gives a **** right now, you guys?

bizarro · Post #416 » by **bizarro** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:35 am

I really like the recent call-up version of Woodruff. Much more refined and in control.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #417 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:36 am

Curious why they didn't double switch and bring arcia in for Perez.

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tski1972 · Post #418 » by **tski1972** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:36 am

it'd be fantastic if Woodruff could finish this off.

bizarro · Post #419 » by **bizarro** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:37 am

Woooooody. Love it!

Post #420 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:37 am

Holy crap that was nasty as hell.