2014 Postseason

[jersey cubs fan]

Fine. But I hope you never once bitched about Dusty's usage of our starters in 03.

I was 16 and the pitcher abuse thing wasn't as prevalent as it was now (and I wasn't on any message boards like this one), so I didn't notice until Prior and Wood started getting hurt all the time and people started bringing it up retroactively as the reason.

 

Retroactively my ass.

[Guest]

Fine. But I hope you never once bitched about Dusty's usage of our starters in 03.

I was 16 and the pitcher abuse thing wasn't as prevalent as it was now (and I wasn't on any message boards like this one), so I didn't notice until Prior and Wood started getting hurt all the time and people started bringing it up retroactively as the reason.

 

Retroactively my ass.

 

I remember at the time seeing our guys being like 3 out of the top 5 or something (maybe that's exaggerated, but i'm not sure itis) in pitcher abuse points.

[Andy]

Fine. But I hope you never once bitched about Dusty's usage of our starters in 03.

I was 16 and the pitcher abuse thing wasn't as prevalent as it was now (and I wasn't on any message boards like this one), so I didn't notice until Prior and Wood started getting hurt all the time and people started bringing it up retroactively as the reason.

 

Retroactively my ass.

I'm speaking only from my own POV, and like I said, I wasn't as into baseball, nor did I have a message board to educate me, at the time. I never heard about pitcher abuse until after our guys started getting hurt.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

people started bringing it up retroactively as the reason

 

Screw you for not remembering things and assuming you do.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Fine. But I hope you never once bitched about Dusty's usage of our starters in 03.

I was 16 and the pitcher abuse thing wasn't as prevalent as it was now (and I wasn't on any message boards like this one), so I didn't notice until Prior and Wood started getting hurt all the time and people started bringing it up retroactively as the reason.

 

Retroactively my ass.

 

I remember at the time seeing our guys being like 3 out of the top 5 or something (maybe that's exaggerated, but i'm not sure itis) in pitcher abuse points.

 

I remember that Wood and Prior were 1/2 in pitches/start by fairly wide margin.

Edited September 30, 2014 by Hairyducked Idiot

[UMFan83]

Grantland does a nice writeup of the game tonight. I knew the Royals offense was bad but wow:

 

-First playoff team ever to finish last in both baseball in walks and home runs

-94 wRC+ is 9th worse in baseball this year and worst among playoff teams since the 2007 Diamondbacks (ugh)

-They are tied for the 2nd worst walk rate of ANY team in the Wild Card era (1994)

 

Article: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2014-mlb-american-league-wild-card-preview-oakland-athletics-kansas-city-royals/

[Guest]

This year, there were 36 starts by Major League pitchers of 122 or more pitches, out of 4860 total starts. (That 122 number is arbitrary in the sense that I'm not going to do all the math myself)

 

In 2003, Wood and Prior had 20 starts of 122 or more pitches(10 each), out of 69 total starts.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://deadspin.com/tbs-baseball-crew-re-creates-boom-goes-the-dynamite-h-1640844959

 

Come for the dynamite parody, stay for Pedro's creepy look at the end.

[sweetpeteman]

A's over Royals

Giants over Pirates

 

Angels over A's

O's over Tigers

 

Nats over Giants

Dodgers over Cards

 

Angels over Os

Nats over Dodgers

 

Nats over Angels

[UMFan83]

I can't believe Sam Fuld turned into a player good enough to start a playoff game.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's weird to have your preferred two teams in a postseason playing each other in a one-game elimination to start.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I can't believe Sam Fuld turned into a player good enough to start a playoff game.

 

So many guys like that, the game sort of fell back to their level in the post PED era.

[UMFan83]

I can't believe Sam Fuld turned into a player good enough to start a playoff game.

 

So many guys like that, the game sort of fell back to their level in the post PED era.

 

Good point. It kind of feels like I'm watching an HD game from the 80s right now given the teams and their respective lineups. Almost expecting Bob Welch to take the mound for Oakland.

[cl smooth]

i'm using mlb.tv to watch the game and i've just noticed the 9 different camera angles you can choose. has this always been a part of mlb.tv or just for the playoffs? either way, it's wild!

[treebird]

A'S A'S A'S

[Guest]

This game has been going on for 45 minutes and we're headed to the bottom of the 2nd.

[UMFan83]

In 4 innings, the Royals already have more postseason memories than the Cubs do since 2003. Unless you count Geo or DeRosa's homers

[treebird]

next year when the 90-win cubs lose the wild card game to the 80-win cardinals,* i am for real going to commit self-harm

 

 

*very stratified nl, shut up

[treebird]

In 4 innings, the Royals already have more postseason memories than the Cubs do since 2003. Unless you count Geo or DeRosa's homers

 

i have lots of postseason memories from 07-08. lilly's glove slam, dempster giving up a grand slam, me throwing up in a public restroom after the dodgers completed the sweep.

[ConstableRabbit]

God this telecast is horrible. At least there's no Dick Stockton though.

[ConstableRabbit]

Or Frank TV

[Illini Iceman]

Way to over manage Yost.

[treebird]

BRANDON MOSS OMG

[treebird]

also the announcer could not have been less excited about that home run

[UMFan83]

YOSTED