NLDS Game Thread
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Laser Show said:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/97856986/yasiel-puig-out-of-dodgers-lineup
Can we discuss who's going to replace Mattingly when he gets run out of town after they blow this series? I have this sneaking suspicion it's going to be Maddon.
And he was their best position player all season according to fWAR so.... yep, still dumb and should cost Mattingly his job.
Amen.InsideTheParker said:
It is odd --- back in 2004 I sort of liked the Cardinals. And then 2013 happened, wherein I learned that "playing the game the right way" meant "getting the other team to do stupid things". A nice trick!
BTW: I am one of the few people here in my DC workplace to find Harper quinesstneially annoying. I compare him unfavorably to Pedroia, a loveable punk as he had the good sense to mind his Ps and Qs for a few years.
Am I wrong?
A K is still better than a GIDP. Etheir is going to GIDP twice tonight, just watch.Ed Hillel said:
This is dumpb. Bench Crawford, maybe, he's looked pretty bad on a few at bats. Puig? GTFO, Donnie lack of Baseball.
soxhop411 said:
I admire the organization, but that fanbase is so fucking terrible. This is just further proof that most of the "classy" things they do are just an attempt to perpetuate that image, and not a true expression of who they really are.
mikeford said:
It looks like Mattingly learned something from Joe Torre batting a slumping ARod eighth in the Yankees own elimination game.
For the series so far Puig has a .357 OBP, .417 SLG, 4 runs scored. Yeah, he's struck out 8 times, but he hasn't been a black hole. Let's not even mention the defensive aspect of it. Ethier SUCKS in center. He's terrible. No range. Maybe he has a much better arm than Puig to make up for some of that?? Ha. Ethier for the year: .249/.322/.370. Maybe he's been hot towards the end of the year? .220/.440/.333 in Sept in a part time role. So he drew a few more walks than usual playing part-time in Sept.
Oh, and let's not forget that Ethier is really a corner outfielder, not a centerfielder. You've got this guy who plays corner outfield that has been worse than Puig in this series (Crawford .250/.250/.333). But it's a righty on the mound for STL today? Both Puig and Crawford have pretty significant reverse platoon splits.
So you're benching the guy who's been your best player all year and hits righties better than lefties (.901 vs .736 OPS) and has been OK in this series (and better at the plate than Crawford) for a guy who's been shitty all year, is much slower on the basepaths and cannot credibly field one of the most important spots on the diamond.
Here's the brilliant explanation:
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/94785668/v36768681/ladstl-gm4-mattingly-on-puig-out-of-game-4-lineup
Donnie Baseball.
Oh, and let's not forget that Ethier is really a corner outfielder, not a centerfielder. You've got this guy who plays corner outfield that has been worse than Puig in this series (Crawford .250/.250/.333). But it's a righty on the mound for STL today? Both Puig and Crawford have pretty significant reverse platoon splits.
So you're benching the guy who's been your best player all year and hits righties better than lefties (.901 vs .736 OPS) and has been OK in this series (and better at the plate than Crawford) for a guy who's been shitty all year, is much slower on the basepaths and cannot credibly field one of the most important spots on the diamond.
Here's the brilliant explanation:
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/94785668/v36768681/ladstl-gm4-mattingly-on-puig-out-of-game-4-lineup
Donnie Baseball.
I never thought he was a Rhodes Scholar but it has kinda shocked me how dumb Mattingly appears in that role. Every single time I see him explain himself for anything it sounds ridiculous and he looks lost. Of course I don't follow LAD super closely, but yeah him sitting Puig is both dumb and not that surprising, I think.
Plus he's falling into the almost-always-bad-idea of Ace on Short Rest in the Playoffs. They all must have Beckett in '03 in the back of their head when they go with it. I can't seem to find info on it--anyone know how often Kershaw's done it and how he's fared?
Plus he's falling into the almost-always-bad-idea of Ace on Short Rest in the Playoffs. They all must have Beckett in '03 in the back of their head when they go with it. I can't seem to find info on it--anyone know how often Kershaw's done it and how he's fared?
JohntheBaptist said:
Kershaw has done it once, last year against Atlanta, and he was very good.
Edit: 6IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 6K, 91 pitches
I'd rather see the Dodgers win this series overall, but I almost want them to lose for Mattingly benching Puig. Really, really, dumb.
I wonder if there are lots of us who don't want St.L. to win it all simply b/c they have so much lately. Even though I have a little crush on Hunter Pence, for the same reason I don't mind the Giants losing. The Dodgers are way too rich and have Crawford, whom I didn't like before the Sox signed him. Gonzalez put me off by ascribing the awful 2011 to his deity. I dislike the Orioles, because they are our rival, but I don't hate any of these players or teams. On the other hand, if the Royals won it all, it would make me happy, because they are a scrappy, relatively no-name bunch. I don't mind the Nats. Now, nobody should care what I think but me, but I posted this b/c I wanted to give reasons other than hatred for my agreement w/ E5 above.
As for the Harper vs Pedroia remark comp, I expect we'd love Harper if he were"ours." As Mike Lowell pointed out the other night, he's just a kid.
As for the Harper vs Pedroia remark comp, I expect we'd love Harper if he were"ours." As Mike Lowell pointed out the other night, he's just a kid.
jon abbey said:
I don't listen to Francesa much anymore, but a friend of mine told me a number of your ilk were calling for Girardi to be fired. Which proves, as if we needed further proof, that many MFY fans/Fandroids are morons.
I despise Girardi, but the MFYs had no business hanging in the race for as long they they did the past two years, and some credit for that has to go to the manager.
Chris Pratt could easily go as Clayton Kershaw for Halloween. And I guess Kershaw could also pull off a Starlord costume.
It's the 4th inning and Miller has only thrown 40 pitches. What the fuck is the Dodgers offensive game plan?
If the Cardinals rally against any Dodgers pitcher today I hope Mattingly comes out and asks for the mound to be groomed, has his pitcher feign injury, asks for a delay based on the pitcher's wife having just given birth (brings a tablet to the mound and displays footage from someone else's kid being born), complains about the inadequacy of the rosin bag on the mound and filibusters about the infield dirt. It was ridiculous what Matheny got away with last night. Outdo him.
What is this mythical beast, "Dodgers offensive game plan", to which you refer?Yazdog8 said:
And you are mad at the umps, right? Because getting away with things is the stuff of great baseball, no?Rough Carrigan said:
Yeah, I don't think they should have let him get away with it. His pitcher was falling apart and the umps let him put on an act that Al Pacino would deride as over the top to buy time and calm him down.InsideTheParker said:
