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Post by julyanmorley on Oct 2, 2021 19:28:52 GMT -5
Havent felt like this since October 2018
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Post by patford on Oct 2, 2021 19:34:43 GMT -5
Baseball needs to fix this issue in the next CBA if the sport hopes to have any credibility. Humans are terrible at calling balls and strikes. Tennis has used this technology for 30 years. It’s insulting that MLB still does it this way. Preach it. The crudest electronic blunt instrument would be better, even if it was one size fits all, because at least it would be consistent.
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Post by benzinger on Oct 2, 2021 19:36:31 GMT -5
So it's Cole on 3 days rest tomorrow and we won't see him until 2022 at the earliest... Still starting Taillon. Yankees guaranteed at least a play-in game even with a loss(I believe). Saving Cole for that.
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Post by julyanmorley on Oct 2, 2021 19:37:47 GMT -5
Tomorrow the Nats are starting a guy with a 4.63 xFIP....in A-ball.
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Post by benzinger on Oct 2, 2021 19:38:14 GMT -5
So who's available tomorrow? I missed Cora's interview. Whitlock a possibility? Barnes? Pivetta? E-Rod for inning? Richards and Perez? All hands on deck tomorrow! If they win, they get a day off and then a game at home.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 2, 2021 19:38:16 GMT -5
Tomorrow the Nats are starting a guy with a 4.63 xFIP....in A-ball. Who's pitching for the Nats?
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Post by julyanmorley on Oct 2, 2021 19:38:49 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 2, 2021 19:40:07 GMT -5
So it's Cole on 3 days rest tomorrow and we won't see him until 2022 at the earliest... Still starting Taillon. Yankees guaranteed at least a play-in game even with a loss(I believe). Saving Cole for that. Yes, they'd get a Game 163. Hope they wind up in a 3 way tie with Seattle and Toronto and they get eliminated. Wish Wacha wasn't starting for Tampa.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 2, 2021 19:40:29 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Oct 2, 2021 19:51:55 GMT -5
On the other hand, he came in bases loaded, 1 out, Soto at the plate, and he got them out of the inning tied. That was kind of huge, of course. Soto hit a 400 ft fly ball to be fair Yeah I’m not gonna discredit a Soto out, especially since it was a good pitch that would’ve required preposterous power to drive out
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Post by taiwansox on Oct 2, 2021 20:02:33 GMT -5
Houck and Brasier have the biggest balls. Also if we end up making it and Hansel is our closer, I would kill for Zoolander references on the Jumbotron
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Oct 2, 2021 20:04:49 GMT -5
Still starting Taillon. Yankees guaranteed at least a play-in game even with a loss(I believe). Saving Cole for that. Yes, they'd get a Game 163. Hope they wind up in a 3 way tie with Seattle and Toronto and they get eliminated. Wish Wacha wasn't starting for Tampa. Works for me.
Taillon has been rocked by TB in two starts this year (9.2 IP, 11 H, 7 ER) and he only threw 2.1 IP in his last start after a 3-week absence. In a game in which a win guarantees a WC spot (and a loss could mean Game 163 or a crazy menage a trois), I think I'd go with Cole.
Of course, Cole has been rocked the last two times he faced TB and has given up 15 ER and 24 H in his last three starts (17.2 IP).
Go get 'em, boys!
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Post by taiwansox on Oct 2, 2021 20:10:39 GMT -5
We’ve made worse pitchers look like Cy Young lol. Tomorrow is probably going to end up as a pitcher’s duel…
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Post by blizzards39 on Oct 2, 2021 20:13:29 GMT -5
So who's available tomorrow? I missed Cora's interview. Whitlock a possibility? Barnes? Pivetta? E-Rod for inning? Richards and Perez? All hands on deck tomorrow! If they win, they get a day off and then a game at home. If we win no game Til Wednesday. Should have Evo on full rest. Is this not correct??
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Post by soxfansince67 on Oct 2, 2021 20:13:48 GMT -5
Fun day. Who predicted this !!! ? 91 wins after 161 games, and many of us are watching a Mariners game!
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Post by benzinger on Oct 2, 2021 20:15:02 GMT -5
All hands on deck tomorrow! If they win, they get a day off and then a game at home. If we win no game Til Wednesday. Should have Evo on full rest. Is this not correct?? Yessir. You have it right.
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Post by julyanmorley on Oct 2, 2021 20:19:00 GMT -5
Fun Fact: If we tie the Yankees, we'll get the tiebreaker for home field in the wild card, and the tiebreaker in the draft to allow us to pick in front of them
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Post by 07redsox on Oct 2, 2021 20:43:29 GMT -5
If we win no game Til Wednesday. Should have Evo on full rest. Is this not correct?? Yessir. You have it right. The AL Wild Card game is Tuesday, not Wednesday.
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Post by greenmonster on Oct 2, 2021 20:45:21 GMT -5
Yessir. You have it right. The AL Wild Card game is Tuesday, not Wednesday. So how would a three team tie for WC2 be resolved in time for a Tuesday WC game?
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Post by taiwansox on Oct 2, 2021 20:47:50 GMT -5
The AL Wild Card game is Tuesday, not Wednesday. So how would a three team tie for WC2 be resolved in time for a Tuesday WC game? If there’s a three way tie, then the WC game will be moved from Tuesday to Wednesday
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Post by patford on Oct 2, 2021 20:52:52 GMT -5
Still starting Taillon. Yankees guaranteed at least a play-in game even with a loss(I believe). Saving Cole for that. Yes, they'd get a Game 163. Hope they wind up in a 3 way tie with Seattle and Toronto and they get eliminated. Wish Wacha wasn't starting for Tampa. In his previous start Wacha went five hit less inning against the Astros.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Oct 2, 2021 20:53:03 GMT -5
The Yankees can always start Andrew Heaney. Lol
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Post by 07redsox on Oct 2, 2021 20:57:56 GMT -5
The AL Wild Card game is Tuesday, not Wednesday. So how would a three team tie for WC2 be resolved in time for a Tuesday WC game? Game gets pushed back to Wednesday for a 3 way tie. If it’s just a 2 way tie then the tier breaker is Monday with the Wild Card game still happening on Tuesday.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 2, 2021 21:10:36 GMT -5
So how would a three team tie for WC2 be resolved in time for a Tuesday WC game? Game gets pushed back to Wednesday for a 3 way tie. If it’s just a 2 way tie then the tier breaker is Monday with the Wild Card game still happening on Tuesday. What's the tie breaker if 3 teams go 1-1 ?
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Post by greenmonster on Oct 2, 2021 21:18:38 GMT -5
Mariners with a 1-0 lead after three
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