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Post by jmei on Sept 30, 2014 19:18:23 GMT -5
Feel free to use this thread to discuss the 2014 Wild Card Games.
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Post by jmei on Sept 30, 2014 19:19:26 GMT -5
Man, Brandon Moss is awesome.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Sept 30, 2014 19:25:02 GMT -5
BIG GAME JAMES LOL.
I think it should be a good game.
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Post by jmei on Sept 30, 2014 19:33:09 GMT -5
Lester looks like he could sure use a good strike-framer.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Sept 30, 2014 19:34:49 GMT -5
Sloppy Oakland defense cost Lester there.
Edit: And sloppy Royals base running saves Lester.
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Post by jmei on Sept 30, 2014 19:35:59 GMT -5
Billy Butler, what the hell are you doing even a foot off first base?
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Sept 30, 2014 20:06:51 GMT -5
So what will it take for Shields to lose the "Big Game" monicker which was never really earned to begin with ?
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Sept 30, 2014 20:09:46 GMT -5
So what will it take for Shields to lose the "Big Game" monicker which was never really earned to begin with ? Changing his name to something that doesn't (sort of) rhyme with "game". |
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Sept 30, 2014 20:43:09 GMT -5
Good job Ned Yost. Not only did you call a stupid play, you then proceeded to throw both of the players involved under the bus when it failed.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Sept 30, 2014 20:54:05 GMT -5
TBS is interviewing someone in the stands and it's not Rany Jazayerli? Fail.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Sept 30, 2014 21:01:31 GMT -5
Brandon Moss again. Tough situation to put Ventura in.
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 30, 2014 21:05:42 GMT -5
Brandon Moss again. Tough situation to put Ventura in. Damn. Can we get him back, please? |
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 30, 2014 21:07:51 GMT -5
Why bring in the kid, Ventura? This is a team with one of the best bullpens in the game. Yost mystifies me.
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Post by jimed14 on Sept 30, 2014 21:11:34 GMT -5
How did the Pirates and Phillies also blow it on Moss?
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Sept 30, 2014 21:16:00 GMT -5
Why bring in the kid, Ventura? This is a team with one of the best bullpens in the game. Yost mystifies me. It was the sixth inning. Your good relievers don't come in until the seventh inning. Duh. |
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Post by jimed14 on Sept 30, 2014 21:18:28 GMT -5
Why bring in the kid, Ventura? This is a team with one of the best bullpens in the game. Yost mystifies me. It was the sixth inning. Your good relievers don't come in until the seventh inning. Duh. Good thing they saved their closer for the 9th. |
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Post by pedroelgrande on Sept 30, 2014 21:19:14 GMT -5
@mikeaxisa: Big Game James has a 5.28 ERA in the postseason.
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Post by jimed14 on Sept 30, 2014 21:21:22 GMT -5
Holy crap, I didn't even hear that Ventura threw 73 pitches 2 days ago. 23 years old. Can't figure out what decision is dumber.
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Post by jmei on Sept 30, 2014 21:26:10 GMT -5
Why bring in the kid, Ventura? This is a team with one of the best bullpens in the game. Yost mystifies me. It was the sixth inning. Your good relievers don't come in until the seventh inning. Duh. Yost is basically the strictest seven/eighth/ninth-inning hierarchy manager out there. This game is a prime example of why that philosophy is dumb (or, at the very least, should be adjusted in the postseason). |
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 30, 2014 21:26:55 GMT -5
How did the Pirates and Phillies also blow it on Moss? It just takes a while, sometimes, patience. Oakland platoons him also, to maximize his effectiveness. That team can afford to do what a lot of big market teams can't, ignore the noise and find value where they can. |
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Post by pedroelgrande on Sept 30, 2014 21:29:19 GMT -5
@jazayerli: I really think this game might have been decided when Jonny Gomes hit a home run off Scott Downs, two months and one team ago.
Jonny Gomes. Intangibles galore.
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Post by jimed14 on Sept 30, 2014 21:33:40 GMT -5
How did the Pirates and Phillies also blow it on Moss? It just takes a while, sometimes, patience. Oakland platoons him also, to maximize his effectiveness. That team can afford to do what a lot of big market teams can't, ignore the noise and find value where they can. He's passable vs LHP. 101 PA this year with a 133 wRC+. 101 for his career. |
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Sept 30, 2014 21:35:44 GMT -5
The Royals wait 29 years between playoff appearances and Yost has a Grady Little moment. He will be fired by the end of 2014.
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Post by jimed14 on Sept 30, 2014 21:36:26 GMT -5
The Royals wait 29 years between playoff appearances and Yost has a Grady Little moment. He will be fired by the end of 2014. Jon Heyman ?@jonheymancbs 13m13 minutes ago to @kmeising, who suggested to fire Yost and bring in Sveum for the final 3 innings: i hear ya, but i think that's unlikely |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 30, 2014 21:42:59 GMT -5
It's somewhat troublesome to me that Lester is pitching into the post season two years in a row. LOL, great comment The Royals wait 29 years between playoff appearances and Yost has a Grady Little moment. He will be fired by the end of 2014. Jon Heyman ?@jonheymancbs 13m13 minutes ago to @kmeising, who suggested to fire Yost and bring in Sveum for the final 3 innings: i hear ya, but i think that's unlikely |
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