he's out
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 October 2017 02:33 (six years ago) link
Nationals needed this game and they got shut out, wow.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 October 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
great game from hendricks, still pretty shocked the cubs took one in dc
― na (NA), Saturday, 7 October 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
https://images.shazam.com/coverart/t61341584-b4408704_s400.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 October 2017 02:58 (six years ago) link
that dude who caught the home run was so stereotypical chicago it was embarrassing
― na (NA), Saturday, 7 October 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
no one else is watching this? lester just got out of a big jam
― na (NA), Saturday, 7 October 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
I just got in
Oliver Perez can go to hell
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
congrats to the nationals on their fifth playoff hit
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
I love that Harper doesn't do that stupid pointing-to-the-sky gesture.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
Harper!
― Bee OK, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
Wolfboy is back
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
the Nationals cannot lose this game
― Bee OK, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
Adam Lind is thinking of taking that new chick from logistics.
― Andy K, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, October 7, 2017 8:16 PM
mook WOKE EM UP
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
garbage bullpenthat lind hbp was bullshit though
― na (NA), Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
wtf, got distracted and missed the Nationals pulling out three more runs
― Bee OK, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
nice
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLlm6tzXUAIptAW.jpg
― Andy K, Sunday, 8 October 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
The Cubs were 67-1 in the regular season when leading by multiple runs entering the 8th inning. The Nationals were 1-37 when trailing.— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 8, 2017
― Andy K, Sunday, 8 October 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
good pitching, eh
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 October 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
i'd say
through 6, quintana's given up 2 hits, scherzer 0.
and a two-error #schwarber
― Karl Malone, Monday, 9 October 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
sorry, not quite through 6. i have a bad habit of doing that
All that Schwarber play needed was an Ibanez-style desperation heave.xpost
― Andy K, Monday, 9 October 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
Kyle Schwarber plays the outfield like I did back in the day. Terrible!!!!!!! #Nats #Cubs— William Ladson (@washingnats) October 9, 2017
Whoa!!!!!!!!!
― Andy K, Monday, 9 October 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
Somewhere, Tom Emanski just had a heart attack. pic.twitter.com/BVnbPrJKD0— SI MLB (@si_mlb) October 9, 2017
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 9 October 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
I had no idea who that other Murray brother was.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 October 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
Murray voiced Cheetos mascot Chester Cheetah from the character's inception in 1986 until 1997. He was replaced by Pete Stacker in 1997.
― Andy K, Monday, 9 October 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
Heck of a play there in center by the Nats.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 October 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
Could not get to the bloop that time.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
Taylor or Werth might've gotten it with a dive but it seemed like no one called it. That was a tense game.
― na (NA), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
dusty
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
was Dusty being Dusty again? pulling your ace after he gives up one hit? smh
― Bee OK, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
playing the .211 Schwarber for his bat instead of anyone who can actually play outfield seems worse than anything Dusty did
― na (NA), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
still; i enjoy seeing dusty lose.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
otm
― na (NA), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
Dusty leaves him in and Max blows it at 110 pitches, he'd get blame for leaving a hurt pitcher out there when he should know he was done.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
Not being a Captain save a Dusty, it's just Nats fans to learn the hard way.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
He was coming off an injury and was supposed to be on a 100 pitch limit ... Dusty being Dusty (or Washington being Washington, because it happens every year with them even pre-Dusty) is giving up the tying and winning runs in the late innings without using your best relievers.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
well Scherzer only had 74 pitches, i didn't see the game but seems early after just one hit. but it's Dusty.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
good point NoTime, i just have some bad memories of Dusty under pressure.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Scherzer was at 98 pitches not 74, which is why I made that point. Dusty will never use his setup guy or closer except in the 8th or 9th. That's going against the vet clutch hustler law of physics.
Madden is opposite, sometimes he gets too clever for his own good and the Cubs have a couple times bailed him out in big playoff games. Dude got spared being added to the goat pile big time last year in Game 7.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
98 pitches is a different ballgame, read the MLB app wrong.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link
would any manager pull their ace who's pitching a no hitter in a one run playoff game?
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
i think the problem is going to Sammy Solis in a tight situation, regardless of pitch counts or inning. there is 4 much much better relievers on the Nats squad.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
i agree that it's 20/20 hindsight, the guy had a bad hammy a few days ago
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:38 (six years ago) link
Amazing to think: Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg have both taken no-hitters into the seventh in this series -- and the Nats lost both.— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) October 10, 2017
― Andy K, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
it's supposed to rain all afternoon and evening here
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
Dusty being Dusty is giving up the tying and winning runs in the late innings without using your best relievers.
otoh, i suppose farrell/hinch would have brought in strasburg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
5:30 ET start time seems unprecedented when there is only one game
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
Forecasts for Chicago on Tuesday evening led MLB to establish the 4:38 p.m. local first pitch time at Wrigley Field.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
my favorite thing about the nationals losing is how it makes the political writers i follow on twitter very sad
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 October 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
Sliding into a base and maintaining perfect contact isn’t some kind of skill players get selected for
noah syndergaard didn't get selected for his pickoff move, but it still matters. players aren't selected for their bunting skills, but every once in a while it comes into play.
sliding correctly *is* a skill, and some players do it better than others. (for some reason i recall that anthony rizzo does it well.) if you can't get to the base and stay on it, then maybe you shouldn't be running/straying too far from it.
i mean if you want to change the rule to encourage running because running is fun, or because you're tired of seeing stars fuck up their hands sliding head-first, that *might* be reasonable. meanwhile, the base is there and you should remain in contact with it
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
― WilliamC, Friday, 13 October 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
i don't know why nats fans are complaining about this instead of the play not being called dead when baez hit weiters on the backswing during the downfall of scherzer inning
― na (NA), Friday, 13 October 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
i'd complain about it too -- i'd just blame lobaton instead of the umps/rule
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
With advancement, I believe we get a chance to pick up a player. Wondering if it's our opportunity to offload Schwarbs, have a pitcher complain about a sore arm and get an honest to goodness decent starter for the LA series. We'll need it. I was at Monday's game and it was a nail-biter. Just found out this AM that my buddy got us in the door for Wednesday - hoping there's reason to celebrate that day, or at least live another post-season game.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 13 October 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
i was wondering why happ got so little playing time this series
― na (NA), Friday, 13 October 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
cubs starters were generally pretty good this series. it's still the bullpen that makes me scared.
― na (NA), Friday, 13 October 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
Nats fans at least have a lineup/defense w/out Jayson Werth to look fwd to
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
I was at the game last night and Werth’s error was just. Wow. But he hit p well!
― tobo73, Friday, 13 October 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
when werth struck out in the ninth i could see him thinking 'was that my last major league at bat'
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
small sample size
JW's OPS+ the last 3 seasons: 85, 97, 84
xp
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
Yeah I felt kind of bad for him there. He came so close to a game tying HR earlier in the at bat too.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 13 October 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Can confirm the #Cubs are still on the plane in Albuquerque and have been on the ground for 3+ hours.— Danny Parkins (@DannyParkins) October 13, 2017
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
it felt like werth, weiters, and to a lesser extent turner really killed the nats
― na (NA), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
This one by Werth was not a small sample size.
Signed thru 2017, Earliest Free Agent: 2018Career to date (may be incomplete) $136,416,428
― earlnash, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
i still think the best decision Jayson Werth ever made was to not shave, that gamer beard got him an extra 40 million i bet.
― nomar, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
in light of all the controversies of the game, the backswing interference that wasn't called, the debate over the slide into first and the vertical tag zone, i vote that we play game 5 again.
- jayson werth
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
Millie: I can’t seem to find a reliable interpretation of what should have been called in the 5th. Do you have one? Jeff Sullivan: I 60-70% believe that, by the letter of the law, Baez should’ve been out on a dead ball. But I 99% believe I would’ve found that annoying because Wieters was in no way inhibited by the contact
I also 100% believe the uncaught-third-strike rule is stupid in the first place
So I’m fairly sure the wrong decision was made regarding a stupid rule that occurred during a stupid rule
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
But I 99% believe I would’ve found that annoying because Wieters was in no way inhibited by the contact
this was my first impression as well, but there's a video near the bottom of this - https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-nationals-protest-case/ - that makes it seem much more substantial
the video, unembeddable, and with a bizarre URL, is here: https://gfycat.com/DelayedDeepCreature
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 October 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
Getting an out involves catching a ball. This is as basic as baseball gets. The uncaught third strike rule makes perfect sense.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
lol ppl in my office are getting FIRED UP arguing about the slide/replay/lobaton thing
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
did they kick the desk but miss by two inches?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
i feel like a batter should get to run on a passed ball third strike, but not a wild pitch third strike. (why reward someone for swinging at a terrible pitch?) there's obviously no way to do it that way, so whatever, this is fine
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Yeah, technically there's a loophole in the current rule that batters could exploit. But if it were that simple then it would happen all the time, and it doesn't. So the rule is fine the way it is.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
running on PB strikeouts is exciting therefore good
― qualx, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
I wish I would have seen this one, it looks like it was a totally insane game.
― earlnash, Saturday, 14 October 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link