congrats to the nationals on their fifth playoff hit
― 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
OK thx
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
4-9pm forecast only a jot better than later on.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
Matz, espn:
The Accuweather forecast for Wrigley Field calls for a 70% chance of rain throughout the late afternoon and evening. If Game 4 of Nats/Cubs, (slated to start at 4:38 central) gets rained out, it would be rescheduled for Wednesday. If that happens, Game 1 starter Stephen Strasburg would be available on regular four days rest. Ditto for Chicago's Kyle Hendricks.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Cameron exculpates Dusty
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/in-defense-of-dusty-baker/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
if they play, Heyward sits. And Dusty bats Bryce third.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
That defense of Dusty is embarrassing. "Pitcher X wins that battle most of time" makes no sense because even the worst pitchers win 65% of the battles. It's not a reason to not have a better pitcher in the game. The manager gets blamed for the decision making process, not the results -- "it was a lucky bloop that fell in" doesn't get the manager off the hook for making a bad decision. John Kruk must have hacked into fangraphs or something.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
Margin of defeat for the Nationals' past 9 postseason losses, going back to 2012 NLDS Game 5.Nine losses by 12 total runs ... oof. pic.twitter.com/bdZGwp6gdX— Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) October 10, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
even if they can play today it's going to be cold and damp, could be a messy game
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
looks awful dicey on the radar, they might play 4 innings til the skies open.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
NLDS Game 4 is officially in delay. MLB officials will meet at 4:30 pm CT and have an update after that. #Cubs— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) October 10, 2017
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
Looks like there won't be a game today (which favours the Nats, I think, because they won't have to start Roark).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
except...
Baker says Roark will start Wed for Nats vs #Cubs— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) October 10, 2017
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
sounds good, Dusty, you gotta save Strasburg for game 5
― nomar, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 23:35 (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