Blanton had a really good year and was good for Pittsburgh last year, too.
― timellison, Sunday, 16 October 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link
Blanton has been amazing. Shit happens!
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 16 October 2016 05:03 (seven years ago) link
http://66.media.tumblr.com/86e84334e70d166cadccb49ce1db8ce9/tumblr_ngdr4jS6SH1qm9rypo1_1280.jpg
― qualx, Sunday, 16 October 2016 05:29 (seven years ago) link
Afterall, Blanton had thrown 64 two-strike sliders this year. Hitters batted .080 against those pitches, with only two singles in 25 at-bats, 19 of which ended in a strikeout. Moreover, Blanton had thrown 273 0-2 sliders in his career without ever giving up a home run.
http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/10/16/nlcs-game-1-cubs-dodgers-miguel-montero
― Andy K, Sunday, 16 October 2016 23:51 (seven years ago) link
Not having paid any attention to the Dodgers this year, Utley strikes me as a strange lead off hitter.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 October 2016 00:23 (seven years ago) link
that's FUTURE HALL OF FAME strange leadoff hitter to you bub
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 00:31 (seven years ago) link
baseball so much better when watched listening to PIL
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Monday, 17 October 2016 00:50 (seven years ago) link
real question does javy wear that ridiculous batting helmet to protect his beautiful face
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
(specifically the beauty of his face)
also lol kershaw
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
heads up play by baez
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 October 2016 01:44 (seven years ago) link
he's been a revelation to me this postseason
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 October 2016 01:47 (seven years ago) link
everyone saw this right https://vine.co/v/5XJE1B373j6
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
i've counted 5 drop-downs from kersh tonight
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 October 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
xp lol
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Monday, 17 October 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
is the weather keeping normal homers down or is the CHI crowd just batshit over every BIP
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 02:23 (seven years ago) link
are they really gonna take kershaw out after 85 pitches?
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 October 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
we're about to find out
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 17 October 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link
jansen is in
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 October 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
jansen and kershaw are their only two pitchers, gotta keep em equal
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
kind of hard to bunt a pitcher throwing 102 on every pitch
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 17 October 2016 02:47 (seven years ago) link
puig............................................
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 October 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
what
was
that
Jansen made the Cubs look pretty bad. Only 5 hits in the game though, great pitching tonight.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 17 October 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
Kershaw brought his 7th-inning post-season ERA under 25.00.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 October 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
how much of that is http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-history-of-clayton-kershaws-postseason-bullpens/
― qualx, Monday, 17 October 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
seriously that puig at bat
― Spottie, Monday, 17 October 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
He's been working with Andrew Romine.
― Andy K, Monday, 17 October 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
it would be nice if addison russell and anthony rizzo started hitting the ball
― na (NA), Monday, 17 October 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
i have been asked to place this in the thread
@keithlawKershaw came into tonight with a 34.50 ERA in 7th innings, which i totally just made up because "ERA in the 7th inning" is a garbage stat
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 October 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
FP'd you in His honor
― na (NA), Monday, 17 October 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/adrian-gonzales-refuses-trump-hotel-reservation
Los Angeles Dodgers first basemen Adrian Gonzales didn’t join his team at Trump International Hotel and Tower in May, saying he had his reasons for making reservations independent of the rest of his team. Now, the story is making waves....“I wasn’t doing it for publicity, I wasn’t doing it for people to look at me or talk about me,” he told the Times on Monday. “That’s not who I am. I just have my own values and morals that I want to live by.”“You can draw your own conclusions. They’re probably right,” he said.
...“I wasn’t doing it for publicity, I wasn’t doing it for people to look at me or talk about me,” he told the Times on Monday. “That’s not who I am. I just have my own values and morals that I want to live by.”
“You can draw your own conclusions. They’re probably right,” he said.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
suddenly, the Cubs can't hit.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
i am happy for rich hill
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 02:04 (seven years ago) link
cubs gotta start lester tomorrow
― qualx, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link
and all the other games
Ugh
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link
I'd imagine having such a loopy curve specialist like Hill following a power pitcher like Kershaw did provide some disconnect at the plate for the Cubs hitters tonight.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
Kershaw, who the possesses of an even loopier curveball, is a power pitcher?
― Bandol soleil for the St. Tropez tan (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 04:15 (seven years ago) link
Be sure to loop loop loop loop
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
The pitching was good but the Cubs had chances against Kershaw and Hill and couldn't take advantage of them.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
That replay ruling appeared to be horseshit.
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 October 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
You pitch a reliever with #68 at this point in a playoff game, most likely it's not going good.
I think this is when Rizzo busts out of his funk.
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 October 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
And there it is...
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 October 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
Zobrist looks like he should be a dentist. Cubs were overdue to bust out like tonight.
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 October 2016 03:01 (seven years ago) link
I love Zobrist and his crazy batting stance.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 20 October 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
If i was a GM, I would make a team out of dudes like Zobrist and Hunter Pence. Kinda surprised the Giants didn't sign him, he seems like their type of dude.
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 October 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
Russell has some power for his size. It's not quite Mookie Betts level, but it is impressive. That shot earlier tonight was a blast in that ballpark.
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 October 2016 03:17 (seven years ago) link
I only watched parts of the game--who was the older gray-haired lady they kept cutting to in the stands? Someone who was there in '45 maybe?
― clemenza, Sunday, 23 October 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
I don't know about most deserving (whatever that means) but neither one is a mediocrity that got hot at the right time.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 23 October 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
>>I only watched parts of the game--who was the older gray-haired lady they kept cutting to in the stands? Someone who was there in '45 maybe?
Dorothy Farrell?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHzi6ri8U8
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 23 October 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
It is the first time that the Cubs were the best team going into the playoffs. They were close in 2008, but then got swept.
Cleveland is deserving, they were cruising and somehow overcame the injuries that they got hobbled with in the last six weeks of the seasons.
It is one of the most intriguing World Series match-ups in a long time going in, no matter who wins.
― earlnash, Sunday, 23 October 2016 03:37 (seven years ago) link
Dodgers swept them in 2008. Back atcha cubs.
Gg wp tho. No shame in losing to the team with the best record.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 23 October 2016 05:40 (seven years ago) link
i was at the game! it was great.
― maura, Sunday, 23 October 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
i am so ready to be a fully obnoxious patriots-style cubs fan
― na (NA), Friday, October 14, 2016 10:39 AM
Musta been a real stretch for a prince of a guy like you.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 November 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
i'm such a prince i've never been FP'd from ilx
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
i love how one of the first things you do back on ILX is revive a thread from two weeks ago to dish out a weak zing at me, and then you're like I DON'T GET WHY EVERYONE FLAGS MY POSTS, THE SYSTEM MUST BE RIGGED AGAINST ME, MODS ARE DUMB. you are seriously pathetic.
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
it took you almost an entire month to come up with "Musta been a real stretch for a prince of a guy like you."
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
i was glad to hear what yer like IRL
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
?
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link