It's been that way forever. The angle is extreme.Sometimes you see some left on left matchups and you wonder how the batter ever gets a hit. I don't know why, but it looks so much tougher on tv than righty on righty matchups look.
It was badly misplayed by Bellinger, so ...All together now “JBJ would have had that, easily.”
Managers aren't going to jerk around their best starters like this during the regular season. You think Sale would go along with this type of strategy?yah, in this case, but if they don't stop it it certainly won't end here. eventually teams will do it with pitchers you care about for a game that you attend. playoffs have the highest visibility so use it to put an end to this crap
I feel for the guy, well, however you do that for someone on a $215 million dollar contract. He’s always class.Kershaw is doing nothing to dispel the whole "cant pitch in the playoffs" thing.
It would only work in the postseason, ideally down a game. You'd overhype something like "Sale starting on 3 days rest!" and then warm up Eovaldi, let him crush a righty-heavy lineup or else empty your opponent's bench, and then start Sale the next day.Managers aren't going to jerk around their best starters like this during the regular season. You think Sale would go along with this type of strategy?
That's more or less what the Brewers did today, though obviously Miley is no Sale. Only thing is, Roberts didn't fall for it and he put lefties like Muncy and Bellinger in the lineup anyway (he didn't start them against Miley in Game 2).It would only work in the postseason, ideally down a game. You'd overhype something like "Sale starting on 3 days rest!" and then warm up Eovaldi, let him crush a righty-heavy lineup or else empty your opponent's bench, and then start Sale the next day.
Couldn't agree more. If Roberts is going to sit better bats against freaking Wade Miley because he's a LHP, make him pay. @SemperFidelisSox pointed this out early in the series.I love what Craig Counsell has been doing with his pitching staff, including the Miley "opener" bit. If for no other reason than it is making "traditionalists" and John Smoltz melt down with indignation. In the age of specialization and playing match-ups, this was inevitable.
You could make a rule that the same pitcher can't start multiple games in a row, it wouldn't entirely stop it, but would limit it some because you can't come back with the same guy tomorrow on regular rest.How would MLB even legislate it? You can’t mandate the number of batters a given pitcher has to face. I think it’s a brilliant move...
Well that backfired immediately.69 pitches is pretty wild.
I can't imagine any Sox starter is still trying to pitch through this though. Good on Counsell for sticking with his man.
Or you could let the game do what its always done--adapt.You could make a rule that the same pitcher can't start multiple games in a row, it wouldn't entirely stop it, but would limit it some because you can't come back with the same guy tomorrow on regular rest.
Then they can make a rule that makes using the same relievers late in the game on consecutive days illegalYou could make a rule that the same pitcher can't start multiple games in a row, it wouldn't entirely stop it, but would limit it some because you can't come back with the same guy tomorrow on regular rest.
I'm not in favor of such a rule, just saying it would be easy to put that rule in place. And if/when such a rule happens it'll be because if openers/fake starting pitchers actually becomes a regular thing it will kill baseball gambling.Or you could let the game do what its always done--adapt.
So no one can pull a Romo anymore?You could make a rule that the same pitcher can't start multiple games in a row, it wouldn't entirely stop it, but would limit it some because you can't come back with the same guy tomorrow on regular rest.
This take did not age well...Kershaw is doing nothing to dispel the whole "cant pitch in the playoffs" thing.
I get it, but baseball is almost always better served by a hands-off approach in these instances. Finding rules to pile on and "fix" things isn't needed--that's the beauty of the game that's been created. I'm saying it is doubtful it becomes a particularly "regular" thing because baseball adapts.I'm not in favor of such a rule, just saying it would be easy to put that rule in place. And if/when such a rule happens it'll be because if openers/fake starting pitchers actually becomes a regular thing it will kill baseball gambling.
If they actually want to keep that from happening I'm not sure what else they could do. You can't require a pitcher to get a set number of outs, and I don't like the idea of MLB requiring any pitcher to pitch to more than 1 batter. It would limit strategy somewhat, but to such a small degree that I don't think it would be noticeable.So no one can pull a Romo anymore?
That's a good thing, right?I'm not in favor of such a rule, just saying it would be easy to put that rule in place. And if/when such a rule happens it'll be because if openers/fake starting pitchers actually becomes a regular thing it will kill baseball gambling.
Tonight: Milwaukee to force the longest possible series, maximizing injury potential.Who should we be rooting for tonight? And tomorrow night (if necessary)?
The NL equivalent in soccer is the second division.Tonight: Milwaukee to force the longest possible series, maximizing injury potential.
Game 7: Doesn't much matter, I decided weeks ago the NL playoffs is the losers' bracket.
Frank Thomas likes Dodgers chances to get to the World Series but “if they do they have to face the juggernaut in Boston.”Papi is absolutely killing it in the FS1 studio.