Boogie! wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:Boogie! wrote:
I know you love Romano but come on man. That's the exact same type of inning that led to the blowmano nickname in the first place. A couple of base hits, nervous energy and wild, a walk. Come on dude. That's **** Romano to a t.
You cannot be serious. I don't like Romano much at all, but I've never seen him completely lose the zone like Chapman did in that inning. When Chapman is off like that, he's as bad as it gets. Bochy had to pull him immediately because and everyone else in the stadium knew that he was not gonna throw another strike for the rest of that inning.
Chapman literally gave up a hit on his second pitch in the zone, and then his 3rd and 4th pitches were both in the zone, the 4th being the second hit he gave up. He then got nervous and walked the 3rd batter. Chapman was not wild all inning the way youre trying to describe. Romano has definitely walked a batter and definitely had no control of the zone and has definitely had similar innings to that Chapman inning multiple times.
I keep saying Romano sometimes has no idea where his pitches are going because he doesn't. Sometimes he gets lucky with hitting pinpoint spots, sometimes he's hanging sliders right down the middle. Romano has been just as bad as that inning at times.
He got nervous? That's what you call what happened there?
The guy went full Nuke Laloosh on the mound against France to the point that his manager had to pull him before he even throw another pitch. Romano has given up hard hits/HRs but I've never seen him look like a rookie ball pitcher who couldn't throw a strike to save his life.
If Chapman looked like an even passable major leaguer in that spot, they would have kept him in (because with his strikeout ability, he's one of the few guys who can actually get out of that kind of jam). He didn't.