Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Why are the Red Sox using their ace starter in the 9th inning of game 4 in a series they are leading anyway? Just completely backfired on them and it may hurt him the next time he starts now too.
It seems to me teams almost manage these guys today like they are robots who don’t get fatigued.
Yeah. If you’re gonna commit to bringing him in I’m unsure why you don’t let him try to get through that inning. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
He was already at like 24 pitches or some shit. Already gave up the lead and loaded the bases. Still need him to start in 3 days.
I get that, but he had electric stuff and was still getting swings and misses. Leaving him in for one more batter seems okay if he’s already been through 24 or some **** high stress pitches. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
I get that, but he had electric stuff and was still getting swings and misses. Leaving him in for one more batter seems okay if he’s already been through 24 or some **** high stress pitches.
He didn't throw a single pitch in the strike zone to Altuve, the last batter he faced. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Yeah. If you’re gonna commit to bringing him in I’m unsure why you don’t let him try to get through that inning.
Cora basically gave the game up effectively when he took him out. But that decision conflicts with his earlier decision to pitch him. If the game was so important to you to use your ace on 2 days rest in a role he isn’t used to, I’d probably let him try to keep it a 1 run game there for one more batter. [Reply]
That stat from ARod just now. "Laz Diaz missed 21 calls tonight. MLB average is 8 or 9." Man was giving up like 6 inches off the plate on the side he was fucking setting up on.
I'm like 99.9% sure I've seen Angel Hernandez in these playoffs. It's fucking ridiculous these guys are umpiring the playoffs, let alone anything. [Reply]
36 years ago tonight the Royals lost - at home - game 2 of the 1985 World Series to the cardinals.
Charlie Leibrandt pitched a great game and the Royals held a 2-0 lead in the top of the 9th. Howser failed to use Quiz to close it out. The Cards blooped a couple of singles, then a soft double. Another single and then Terry Pendleton cleared it with a bloop double down the RF line.
Howser would have been crucified today for saying “it was Charlie’s game to lose”. [Reply]