2019 WS - Nationals vs. Astros - Gamethread
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A lot of this crowd, though, will be season ticket holders who paid face value. A couple hundred bucks. Plus, rich people can be anti-GOP for many more reasons than the economy.
Verlander can’t possibly lose another WS start, can he?
I’m not liking the Nats chances tonight or on Tuesday.
I’m not liking the Nats chances tonight or on Tuesday.
So, I don't see how you could "win." If people were cheering, then they would have to film them and do a study of the film to determine who cheered right. Unless it was on the honor system? (I don't think I understand this, at all, by the way. A person was paired with each number? And the crowd is not cheering to be winners but to pick winners?) Okay, now I'll drop it.
That was absolutely horrible by Barksdale and is unacceptable in a World Series game - especially in that spot. Not only was the pitch out of the zone but it was high as well. Nobody above the age of 12 swings at that on a full count. Just horrific.
Terrible call but Jesus, do the Nats not have a left-handed bat? Or any pinch hitters?
Edit: spelling
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Umpiring is unfair. The team I want to win is on the ropes. Two innings away and Houston will be heading home for a coronation.
But, I’ve learned a ton about insurance companies and prescription drugs, so, there’s that.
But, I’ve learned a ton about insurance companies and prescription drugs, so, there’s that.
Barksdale is either blind or corrupt. Either way, he cannot do any more post-season games. If you are on the fence about baseball, the umpiring is enough to make this unwatchable. Horrible.
It’s always been this bad, but the box on the broadcasts has now made the problem plain for all to see.
It was a crowd participation exercise, that’s all.
My humor is so dry that you didn’t realize that if the prize was a meal at Bickfords, there could not possibly be any winners.
I think the umpiring has been, on balance, ok this postseason. But tonight's strike zone is awful. That called strike to Robles was a place a hitter would never swing - even to protect. Shoulder high and outside by three inches isn't even a strike in the Little League game I saw today that was umpired by a Ben Bernanke look-alike with a flannel shirt and a fluid notion of balls and strikes.
Tonight's strike zone is Exhibit A for robots-umps for ball/strikes. It's making a farce of the game.
It really is. Its an embarrassment and the league needs to really look at it. It also would eliminate the idea of the make-up call which is terrible in and of itself.
