This thread is for the wildcard games

[Boris]

Ump is on the take.

[minnesotacubsfan]

[expletive]

[soccer10k]

Belt walks on ball 2.

[Sammys Boombox]

Wow

[badger]

If this was a Cubs pitcher I'd want to murder this ump

[Tryptamine]

...third blown call in 4 pitches

[17 Seconds]

holy horsefeathers, that last one

[TMan92]

Passed ball was a strike too. horsefeathering Pence

[Derwood]

Mets are going to lose because MLB can't find a single ump who knows the strike zone

[squally1313]

It's sequences like that where a good framing catcher is suddenly the most valuable player in baseball.

[OleMissCub]

Pence is about to bust this open because of course he is

[ScrubMD]

95% on the ump, but Rivera not exactly covering himself in glory.

[Brian]

anybody but pence

[Cubswin11]

How does Rivera rate as a pitch framer?

[David]

It's sequences like that where a good framing catcher is suddenly the most valuable player in baseball.

 

rivera is actually a good framing catcher

[Tryptamine]

Why is Familia not up?

[Brian]

yay, score some horsefeathering runs

[OleMissCub]

Sit down, clown!

[TMan92]

20 inning game please

[David]

How does Rivera rate as a pitch framer?

 

8th best in the league on a rate basis among catchers with at least 1000 attempts (he has 3883)

[minnesotacubsfan]

20 inning game please

 

This. Burn all the arms

[squally1313]

I'm not 100% on board for robot umps, as I think the variability adds to the drama to some extent, but they need to figure out some way to get better on pitches where the catcher gets crossed up.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Pence looked bad, NYC dumpsters must have less nutritious food than SF

[Banedon]

I've only been checking in on this game because pitching duels are boring as hell. Snooze.

[David]

I've only been checking in on this game because pitching duels are boring as hell. Snooze.

 

regular season pitcher's duel between whoever, sure

 

wild card game pitcher's duel between these two starters? you're insane.