LeonDurham
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Our pen has not been able to throw strikes. They have sucked.
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Well that [expletive] strike call worked out!!
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Contreras is such a good hitter.
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Well he looks hittable today.
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For the first time since 2015 they are significant underdogs. Vegas odds before the season on them winning the World Series was 3-1. Now the cubs are 9-2. Think about that. They enter the somewhat random MLB playoffs, make the final 4, outlasting teams like the Indians and Nats. And their odds got worse. The Yankees, the worst team on paper in my mind, had better odds before last nights loss. The team that relies on Didi gregorius to produce its offense. For once they are undervalued on vegas. Possibly for the first time ever. I’d bet if I were a gambler.
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/facepalm We know the "law of averages thing" is dumb and defies logic. But Werth did go 2/4 with 2 walks last night. He wasn't the reason they lost. And he may not be a good defender, but that was a freak play. He lost it in the lights, which could've happened to a gold glover. It wasn't like Schwarbs butchering a ball. Also, putting Scherzer in was not dumb. Everyone was expecting it because he's their second best pitcher. And he actually got 2 outs easily. If Weiters doesn't have a passed ball, was it still a horrible decision?
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The Nationals made a lot of dumb decisions. Wieters moves up on pitches way too much, hence getting interference called, and getting knocked in the head. Werth is just horribly awful in the outfield, He is a Schwarber equalizer on defense. No reason to be leaning too far off base in that situation = don't get picked off. Both teams were terrible with LOB, 15 and 19. Can you point to an egregiously bad decision he made that cost him the game? The most idiotic thing he did to me was challenging the first play- that was Marc Trestman like. But many people would argue Joe managed the game as poorly as Dusty. If the pickoff doesn't happen and Wade blows up in the 8th, that decision to blow the whole pen and then put him in the 7th would be second guessed forever. You can also point to game 7 last year. But Dusty's players fucked up over and over. Everyone loves to blame managers because everyone can second guess them. Most people have such limited understanding of basketball or football Xs and Os that they can't be second guessed to the same degree. But in the end, baseball managers are most important for team morale and motivation. Their in game decision making is overrated. Not to say its not important, but overrated in general.
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If Lackey beats Kershaw, it would be so demoralizing that they couldn't recover. Cubs are playing with house money. This is an advantage. Game 1 is more important to them.
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Let's face it. The Cubs were lucky to win this game. Wild pitch strikeout, catcher interference, throw the ball away, Werth loses it in the lights, Contreras picks off a guy - probably out, but I thought it was a tough overturn. Any one of these improbable occurrences doesn't happen, then who knows. This is not even mentioning how they left 14 guys on base, outhit them 14-9, and outhomered them 2-0. We can kill Dusty. Dusty isn't the greatest manager out there. He seems to ignore analytics. Overuses his pitchers. But his teams perform for him. Rally Monkey game, Bartman game, and now this one. It's gotta sting. He seems to be hit with bad luck. It's tough to blame him for this one.
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I'm partial to Rizzo crushing the life out of Kershaw. That was the moment I absolutely knew we were going to the World Series. This game was fucked up. Because we were down and I thought we were done. And then we were and I felt ok for about a second. Then the rest of the time I thought we were going to blow it. Probably the most nerve wracking game I’ve ever witnessed besides game 7 last year.
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And last thought. We can slam dusty all we want but horsefeathers just seems to happen against his teams.
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Unreal. Play of the game a pick off?! It was huge. Davis might’ve imploded there.
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Good god. Can our relievers horsefeathering throw strikes.
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What?! Wow.
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Could that pitch have been any more of a strike?
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If they get to the next series, who starts? Lackey?
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Now if he’s getting outs let him finish the game. I’m fine not seeing wade Davis.
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Q should’ve started the inning.
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Now Joe. Now.
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OK get him out.
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If CJ doesn’t horsefeathering throw strikes he better be gone.
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Phew.
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horsefeathers Jay. Why.
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Well that’s way better than a k.
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I wouldn’t be against using q.