Philadelphia vs Houston - World Series thread
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5-0 with the generations best regular season pitcher and a great bullpen but they have dusty
Astros' offense has been questionable all year. I think the numbers are still good, but Altuve and Bregman, at least to my eye test, past their primes offensively. Deadline acquisitions did not help.
The rest of the Astros' rotation could still go off and it won't matter.... Dusty should get heavy criticism for not going to his pen at 5-3.
The rest of the Astros' rotation could still go off and it won't matter.... Dusty should get heavy criticism for not going to his pen at 5-3.
Normally he does, but he needed elbow surgery earlier this season so he can't play outfield right now.
If Diaz swung 3-0 on his own he should never see the field again.
If Dusty gave him the green light, that might be worse.
If Dusty gave him the green light, that might be worse.
That elbow surgery btw will probably cut into the 2023 regular season now for Harper. No one in Philly will care, though.
As I said earlier in this thread, Dusty is basically the inverse of Tito. Great regular season manager but horrible in postseason.
Yeah, all I could think of was he was trying to get the W for Verlander. Absolutely wrong decision. Think of the team first.
I think Dusty isn't dumb enough to care about W/L on the stat line at this point. Just the "my ace will get out of this!" mentality more than anything despite erratic fastball command and hangers every other offspeed pitch.
If you're just going to refer to a guy who put a 160 OPS+ as past his prime and not even mention Alvarez and Tucker, any lineup would sound suspect.
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fuckin' leaned right into that." - Ump on a hot mic
and for @canderson
View: https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1586216619382296576
Home run as called around the world. Including french and (RUSSIAN!!) broadcasts
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2-2 if managed by Dusty Baker. To make it even worse, the 2002 Giants erased an early 5-run lead by the Angels in Game #2, only blow their own lead late in the game and lose.
Maybe he sees the ball better coming out of that Seattle color scheme than the Philly one.
Post game Pedro roasted Dusty for leaving Verlander in. Roasted him but in his nice way. It was not to his face, but on the panel with Amsinger and Harold Reynolds. Pedro said all of a sudden in the 4th inning the Phils were able to spoil Verlander's fastballs (foul them off) and then hit his breaking stuff all over the lot. That's one reason to get him out (none of his stuff was getting outs any more). Dusty, in his defense, said the Phils were leaving their starter in also, so "we're both in the same boat". Pedro said no, you've got the best bullpen in baseball and the lead, nail down the win. Amsinger was all over Pedro with praise for his analysis.
For me, the only surprise on the list is Leiter. Erskine pitched in 5 WS with the Dodgers (49, 52, 53, 55, 56); Sutton pitched 5 WS (4 with the Dodgers (66, 74, 77, 78), and 1 with the Brewers (82)); Nolan pitched in 4 WS with the Reds (70, 72, 75, 76).
Leiter pitched in three WS (93 with the Blue Jays, 97 with the Marlins, and 00 with the Mets). I completely forgot he pitched out of the pen for the Jays in the 93 Series
Leiter pitched in three WS (93 with the Blue Jays, 97 with the Marlins, and 00 with the Mets). I completely forgot he pitched out of the pen for the Jays in the 93 Series
Al Leiter was involved in one of those 5+ run comeback games in the World Series. Actually, he was the reason the Jays were down 5 runs to begin with.
He got absolutely lit up in the 15-14 game 4 (another blown 5-run lead in the WS) but was probably the biggest* reason the Blue Jays had a chance to win Game 6. He stopped the bleeding after the Phillies rallied for 5 runs in the 7th and took a 6-5 lead. Dave Stewart and Danny Cox faced 8 batters that inning and retired 1 of them.
EDIT: *Non Mitch Williams-related
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Game 1 had everything MLB could have hoped for after the layoff -- a comeback, a stellar defensive play from someone not known for defense, tension in the late innings, questionable managerial decisions, and a memorable mini-controversy ... all leading to the underdog winning at the home of the presumed favorite on a night with no football to compete
The only downside was the game lasting so long into the night which, even on a Friday, might have kept the casual baseball fan from sticking with it
The only downside was the game lasting so long into the night which, even on a Friday, might have kept the casual baseball fan from sticking with it
Thanks to whoever posted the NYer article, which starts talking about Kyle Tucker. (https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/in-search-of-a-swing-like-ted-williams) Very interesting.
Boy, I'm tired today. Couldn't fall asleep until the game was over, despite being sleepy around 9 pm. Some game.
Boy, I'm tired today. Couldn't fall asleep until the game was over, despite being sleepy around 9 pm. Some game.
Also the shitty announcers, which make it hard for me to take postseason baseball as seriously as I should.