Sheehan otm.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
All of which might even be exactly what Joe P. wants to write in his book; at the very least, he's certainly aware of all that--he wrote a column two weeks ago about how much harder it was for Chris Sale to pitch against the Astros in 2021 that for Sandy Koufax to pitch a two-hitter against the Twins in 1965. But, as I've said before, I don't have to like any of it; it just makes the game less interesting. (And yes, I realize that Atlanta's manager isn't there to make the game interesting for me.) The idea that great starting pitching performances in the World Series are a thing of the past--or that they've been so re-defined that they may as well be--is not a happy thought.
― clemenza, Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
Somebody on here said more or less the same thing that I'm saying a few days ago...can't remember who or what thread. It all makes me think of a line from Zodiac: "Just because you can't prove it doesn't mean it's not true." Just because something makes sense doesn't mean I have to like it.
― clemenza, Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
VHS!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 30 October 2021 23:40 (two years ago) link
I thought I was alone last night so I abandoned this thread
― Bee OK, Saturday, 30 October 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
My point last night had to do with two bullpen games in a row
― Bee OK, Saturday, 30 October 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link
we hardly knew ye, dylan lee
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
So here we go, bullpen game and only got one out
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
Impressive to get out of that mess with only one run
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
Just turned on the game after Lee had been pulled, so I don't know how badly he was missing the plate. I do wonder, though: if this is a guy the Braves want to be part of their future, what does that do to his confidence? Once you decide to start him, you should maybe at least let him give up, I don't know, a run? Lucky Durocher stuck with Willie Mays after his 1-26 start.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
God, Trump's there. Nothing to do with the All-Star Game or the chop, I'm sure.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
Greinke is looking good
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
Even if they lose the game, Kyle Wright did a tremendous job saving the ATL bullpen.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
saddened that greinke didn't homer, but at least he got a hit
― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
...
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
well this AB could be the series
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
yeeeesh how do you take that
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
Good game
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
barves starting every AB 0-1 it seems
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
Wow!
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:04 (two years ago) link
Wow
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
Unbelievable
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
Believable.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
Whoa!
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
Nooooooo way
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
This was their SOP in so many of their wins. Patience, patience, patience, good relief pitching, catch up and win late.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
holy shit thought for sure Altuve was gonna tie it there
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
jorge soler is a large man
― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
Great catch--good enough for the old Altuve smile.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:28 (two years ago) link
dusty shd drop bregman in the lineup
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:55 (two years ago) link
Houston blew it tonight, they had so many changes to cash in but they didn't
― Bee OK, Sunday, 31 October 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
If I had bet $100 on the Braves to win the WS in the second week of August, how much money would I be poised to make now?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 31 October 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
lol i was amazed they didn’t start salary dumping the second Acuna hit the DL. They were hot garbage for so long.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 31 October 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
NoTime: Braves were 18-1 on August 17.
https://www.si.com/betting/2021/08/17/mlb-futures-betting-odds-update
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 October 2021 04:14 (two years ago) link
18-1 odds seemed about right once they moved into first place. I was thinking that the odds would be 50-1 when they were a sub-.500 team not long before that, but on second thought that is too high considering they were never more than a few games out of first in a weak division.
On that same date (August 17), the Cards and Mariners were both 100-1.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 31 October 2021 10:12 (two years ago) link
Barves were always the only team in the division this year with a + run differential, just a question of whether they'd start converting that to wins.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Sunday, 31 October 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
Already not looking good for Houston!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 1 November 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
If Atlanta holds this lead, and not much else happens tonight, imagine this will go down as one of the more forgettable World Series (unless you're a Braves fan, obviously).
― clemenza, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
Game 3 and 4 were really fun! It does seems like injuries have been the main story nonetheless.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
I miss Acuna so much.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
Individual games tend to get lost to history if it's a short series.
― clemenza, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
Panda Sandoval to get his fourth ring?!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 1 November 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
There have been just two "Before and After" batter vs pitcher matchups in World Series history (where one player's first name is the other's last name). They have both come in the last two days:Chris Martin vs Martin Maldonado, yesterdayKyle Tucker vs Tucker Davidson, today— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) November 1, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 1 November 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
Letting the pitcher hit seems like a bad choice
― frogbs, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:57 (two years ago) link
That lead did not last nearly as long as I would have expected!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 1 November 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
Which one?
― clemenza, Monday, 1 November 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
The grand slam one
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 1 November 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
― clemenza, Sunday, October 31, 2021 7:39 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
getting the feeling that much else will happen tonight
― frogbs, Monday, 1 November 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I may have jumped the gun there. I just go back and forth--every time I want to root for Freeman and the Braves, that goddamn chant starts.
― clemenza, Monday, 1 November 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link