2020 ALCS: Good vs Evil

[canderson]

I’m so torn.

 

[ehaz]

loltuve

 

[terrynever]

Altuve should throw underhand all the time.

 

[mauidano]

He keeps that front foot down and he's safe. Oh well.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Kind of a suck-ass slide by Arozarena.

 

[Soxy]

I’m so torn.

There is good in you. I can feel it.

FEEL! THE HEAT! RAYS!

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Kind of a suck-ass slide by Arozarena.

Except for the "kind of" part

 

[LogansDad]

Morton looks fantastic

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Morton 43 pitches through four. Insane.

 

[Max Power]

Cash better not pull his quick hook bullshit here. The pen is on fumes and Morton is dealing. He should be looking for 7.

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/alexfast8/status/1317643600038158337?s=21

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Morton had a full career of extreme mediocrity until he came to the Astros. Say what you will about all their other bullshit, they really know how to develop pitching.

 

[patinorange]

Dusty. Don’t know about this move.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Dusty. Don’t know about this move.

Dusty has forgotten more about baseball than the aggregate knowledge of this entire site but he is essentially Ted Lasso when it comes to understanding pitching.

 

[VORP Speed]

McCullers was still looking good. Like getting into this bullpen early.

 

[LogansDad]

Pulling McCullers seems reactionary. I don't get it at all.

 

[Stanley Steamer]

Don't think it's terrible to pull McCullers here, but I agree that Rays need to ride Morton as long as they can.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Bizarro Dusty

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

It worked. Dusty Baker may be the best handler of pitchers in the postseason!

 

[staz]

Choi is like Gumby, damn it.

 

[LogansDad]

Choi is incredible.

 

[rajendra82]

Fat man is impressively flexible.

 

[Stanley Steamer]

Ji-man!

 

[Al Zarilla]

Plastic man, and a lot of mass can stretch further.

 

[rajendra82]

Morton with the mower.

 

[Stanley Steamer]

Shades of Derek Lowe in Game 7.

 

[jon abbey]

49 pitches through 5 for Morton, wow.

 

[LogansDad]

49 through 5. WOW

 

[canderson]

Morton is flat-out dealing.

 

[VORP Speed]

Dealin’

 

[Max Power]

His two seamer has been incredible tonight. Huge movement and always right on the corner.

 

[patinorange]

Someone tie Cash to the bench.

 

[BaseballJones]

Don't think it's terrible to pull McCullers here, but I agree that Rays need to ride Morton as long as they can.

100%. Morton is, right now, the definition of cruising. I know that can change in a hurry, but as long as he's looking this sharp, you just keep him in there. He's not just dominating, he's dominating in brutally efficient fashion.

 

[VORP Speed]

Cash is not going to have a quick hook when he’s dealing like this

 

[Stanley Steamer]

It is nice to see a starter go more than 5 innings. I must be getting old.

 

[jon abbey]

Guys, Cash knows this better than anyone, he's going to let Morton go as long as he can with a semi-burnt staff behind him. If they can win this without using Glasnow, that is a big boost to their WS hopes also.

 

[staz]

Urquidy time

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Someone tie Cash to the bench.

He isn't pulling Morton until his hand is forced. This is an epic pitching performance thus far. He has thrown just 11 balls in 49 pitches through five. Dominant.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Guys, Cash knows this better than anyone, he's going to let Morton go as long as he can with a semi-burnt staff behind him. If they can win this without using Glasnow, that is a big boost to their WS hopes also.

Absolutely. Cash actually knows what he's doing.

 

[rajendra82]

Lowe should bunt again.

 

[Stanley Steamer]

Leadoff walk. Dam is creaking.

 

[Stanley Steamer]

But Lowe... wtf

 

[staz]

Was it Searage that turned Morton's career around?

 

[jon abbey]

Was it Searage that turned Morton's career around?

He started to turn it around in Philly the year before he came to Houston, his FB velocity was up but he tore his hamstring, missed most of the year, and then the Astros signed him the next winter.

 

[staz]

When does the GoodYear blimp become the GoodYear drone?

 

[mauidano]

Uh oh! Charlie walked a guy!

 

[Remagellan]

When does the GoodYear blimp become the GoodYear drone?

Kind of hard to read "GOODYEAR" on a drone, particularly from a distance.

 

[mauidano]

Gotta ride Morton as long as possible.

 

[Melrose Diner]

Don’t do this, Cash. Let Uncle Charles cook

 

[VORP Speed]

Hairy