OT: MLB Discussion Thread: Part XXIII

[Richard Banger]

Btw some really dumb managing by LA. Thank God

 

[Machinehead]

Every game there's some kind of silly record broken regarding usage.

 

[Richard Banger]

f*** yeah!!! End this shit tomorrow!

 

[darko]

Some world class managing here. Took Hill for no reason and now it's tied.

I tend to agree. Hill should've pitched to Holt then Boston most likely pinch hits with a lefty Moreland first. That's when you bring in Alexander with 2 outs.

He also had Baez in the pen. Post game Roberts said Baez wasn't available. Why? Because he pitched 2 innings last night? So did Jansen. Roberts is full of shit.

 

[nyr2k2]

**** yeah!!! End this **** tomorrow!

What are your other fan affiliations? We've had interesting combos over the years but I can't recall any Red Sox fans.

 

[Cassano]

That was Aaron Boone esque managing. Moron gifted them the game.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Some world class managing here. Took Hill for no reason and now it's tied.

Hill was at 91 pitches (he's never thrown more in a postseason game in his career) and gave a free pass to the lead off batter....really?

Then Alexander walks his only guy on 4 pitches....

I guess you can criticize bringing in Madson but you can't criticize taking out Hill.

 

[Irishguy42]

I too pull my pitcher who has only given up one hit.

You can criticize both the Hill pull AND putting in Madson

 

[nyr2k2]

Hill was at 91 pitches (he's never thrown more in a postseason game in his career) and gave a free pass to the lead off batter....really?

Then Alexander walks his only guy on 4 pitches....

I guess you can criticize bringing in Madson but you can't criticize taking out Hill.

Hill also told Roberts he was fading prior to the inning. Which even if you argue Hill should have had more of a leash, it's not exactly common for pitchers to say that to their managers, and basically never happens in such a big spot. I mean if my guy tells me that I get a guy up then and probably pull him after the free pass to open the inning.

 

[Richard Banger]

What are your other fan affiliations? We've had interesting combos over the years but I can't recall any Red Sox fans.

I'm a Red Sox fans, Giants fan for football and OKC fan for basketball ( I live in Tulsa so I drive down and catch a handful of games a year with some buddies so it's easy to be a fan of them)
My whole family is from NY most of them are Yankees fan except for my father who is a Mets fan. I've been a Soxs fan since I was a kid and of course big papi is my favorite player.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I too pull my pitcher who has only given up one hit.

You can criticize both the Hill pull AND putting in Madson

This is the almost equivalent of using plus minus in a hockey argument. They were hitting balls at people. Maybe not smoking them but that's not a good way to evaluate a pitcher performance. He threw 91 pitches a postseason career high, the spin rate on his curveball was declining and he put the lead off guy on. It was the right choice.

If he left him in and Hill was the one who let up the Moreland HR, people would be bitching harder at not taking him out that point.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

f***ing lol.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Are you kidding me, already 2-0

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Steve Pearce is literally Pol Pot

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Lmao Price and Kersh both in full playoff form

 

[Richard Banger]

Are you kidding me, already 2-0

I love life. I'm at the gym right now standing on a treadmill watching the game. (The treadmill isn't on)

 

[Irishguy42]

Things that are bad to watch: Red Sox winning the WS

Things that are also bad to watch: Machado winning the WS

 

[Richard Banger]

Things that are bad to watch: Red Sox winning the WS

Things that are also bad to watch: Machado winning the WS

Machado is the biggest Dbag in the world.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Martinez is ten times the hitter that Giancarlo is.

 

[Richard Banger]

Flawed team though right @East Coast Bias ?

 

[East Coast Bias]

Flawed team though right @East Coast Bias ?

Yeah. They still are. Flawed teams still win sometimes. Playoffs are funny like that. You mad?

 

[Richard Banger]

Yeah. They still are. Flawed teams still win sometimes. Playoffs are funny like that. You mad?

Still win sometimes? Most wins of any team this year in regular season and they are 6 outs away from a ship that will only have taken them 5 games to win.... but yeahhhh they won sometimes.

Mad? Nah I can't stop smiling actually.

 

[Richard Banger]

****ing Kelly. What a performance.

 

[NYRKING30]

Price with another monster game. Sox were just in a different league then everybody else this year.

 

[2Leetch_94]

Red Sox hit too many homeruns. Won't win that way.