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10/25 World Series Game 1: Cubs (Lester) vs Indians (Kluber) 7 p.m., FOX

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soccer10k

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Oh look, Lester got a borderline strike. But nobody will remember that next time Kluber gets one.

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Lester gets borderline (very close) call

Kluber gets call 4 inches outside to whiff Bryant

 

Same?

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/Bryant.png

 

Which one was called 4 inches outside? Strikes 2 and 5 were both swung at.

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So Kluber is going to be this series' Kershaw

 

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Yes, down to getting beat the F down the next time he pitches.

Especially if he starts on short rest.

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Eh, not really that worried in the big picture. The Indians had to get really lucky for 2 of their runs. Strike zone was questionable, Schwarber didn't look silly. If we lose this game, we lose. But we still have this series
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Rizzo 3 AB 3 infield popups

 

To be fair, that ball that starts in the LH batter's box and cuts back over the left side of the plate is a really hard pitch for Rizzo to deal with.

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Man, I really think that early bad strike to Bryant messed them up. That hurts a team like the Cubs a lot as disciplined as they are. Forced them to expand the zone early and they've just struggled. Kluber has been fantastic, but not quite as good as the numbers look.
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Oh look, Lester got a borderline strike. But nobody will remember that next time Kluber gets one.

Issue:

 

Lester gets borderline (very close) call

Kluber gets call 4 inches outside to whiff Bryant

 

Same?

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/Bryant.png

 

Which one was called 4 inches outside? Strikes 2 and 5 were both swung at.

 

Again, the overhead camera angle, which isn't going to have the bias of a CF view, showed strike 3 to Bryant never came within 3 inches of the plate. You're dealing with a measurement error.

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Which one was called 4 inches outside? Strikes 2 and 5 were both swung at.

 

are you just upset because Schwarber is alive?

Unless you completely believe he's a generationally great hitter, he's not going to step in after that long of a layoff and be crushing the ball against major league pitching of the Indians' caliber, and I don't particularly give a horsefeathers how unpopular that opinion is.

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Oh look, Lester got a borderline strike. But nobody will remember that next time Kluber gets one.

Issue:

 

Lester gets borderline (very close) call

Kluber gets call 4 inches outside to whiff Bryant

 

Same?

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/Bryant.png

 

Which one was called 4 inches outside? Strikes 2 and 5 were both swung at.

 

If that's from the AB in the first, it's just wrong.

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Man, I really think that early bad strike to Bryant messed them up. That hurts a team like the Cubs a lot as disciplined as they are. Forced them to expand the zone early and they've just struggled. Kluber has been fantastic, but not quite as good as the numbers look.

That wasn't a strike. Ask the guy who watched it on gameday

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I just wish Lester continued his dominating unbelievable postseason. Silly to expect someone to continue to pitch as well as he has though.
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Which one was called 4 inches outside? Strikes 2 and 5 were both swung at.

 

are you just upset because Schwarber is alive?

Unless you completely believe he's a generationally great hitter, he's not going to step in after that long of a layoff and be crushing the ball against major league pitching of the Indians' caliber, and I don't particularly give a horsefeathers how unpopular that opinion is.

 

Wrong soccer

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You're being a bit of a turd here tonight

 

Sorry I'm not overreacting like the rest of you.

 

Everyone says eff the umpires and bring on robot umps but when you present data from robot umps, it gets ignored or brushed off. I've been following on Gameday also. Go through there and look at the pitches Kluber's getting. They're largely correct.

 

Yes, the ump has missed a couple. But he's missed some that hurt Cleveland also but that gets ignored.

 

That's how it works when you're on a board full of people that want the Cubs to win.

 

What has happened to you? You really took that soccer comment in the Schwarber thread seriously. It's like you're being intentionally anti-Cub. It's probably not as bad as we're making it out to be with the calls....but what is your purpose of this post? Be pissed off too, this is the biggest game we've ever seen.

 

I just hate the super overreactionary stuff. It's terrible and annoying when Ski and Rondon Fan do it in the regular season and it's annoying now. I get people are frustrated. I'm frustrated also. But the posts that are suggesting the ump is singlehandedly costing the Cubs the game are ridiculous and wrong. Just because the ump blows a call or two doesn't mean that he's the worst ump ever. And just because he blows one call doesn't mean he's blowing every close pitch. You can't tell what's a strike on the screen because of the angle. People have pointed out in previous games and in this one that FOX's zone on the screen sometimes sucks (like the one where the top of the zone was clearly below the batter's belt).

 

Barely anyone has given Kluber any sort of credit for pitching a great game, which is what he's done. And barely anyone has acknowledged that Lester is a bit off tonight.

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Oh look, Lester got a borderline strike. But nobody will remember that next time Kluber gets one.

Issue:

 

Lester gets borderline (very close) call

Kluber gets call 4 inches outside to whiff Bryant

 

Same?

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/Bryant.png

 

Which one was called 4 inches outside? Strikes 2 and 5 were both swung at.

I'm sorry you're not able to watch live or something.

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