9/20 @ ny

[mvp 78]

JD needs to be off the field

 

Dave Stapleton woulda caught that!

[Station 13]

I f***ing hate Kimbrel at times.

[Slasher9]

Sit the f*** down missing link

[mvp 78]

That FB rose like Jesus on the third day.

[mvp 78]

GG Devers

[mvp 78]

Plunk Stanton

[Slasher9]

Get the champagne ready

[mvp 78]

Drill him in the ass

[Station 13]

Didn't Stanton had a open stance?

[mvp 78]

I always forget about Larussa

[Youk Of The Nation]

Posting from my phone so apologies if this has been said already, but Wright is really the hero of this game.

[Station 13]

Leon is getting a work out

[moonslav59]

Nobody forgot anything. Tanaka didn't have it and Boone handled his pen poorly and you are completely misreading the comments about pitchers learning to pitch to hitters.

 

Starters do that. So again since apparently you didn't bother to read it the first time, when anybody talks about pitchers learning how to pitch to hitters that have been scouted, they are talking about starting pitchers. Relief pitchers don't do that. Relief pitchers go out and pitch their game no matter who is at the plate. Its the managers job to match up his relief pitchers to the task at hand because they are not going to go out to the mound and change what they do.

 

Again, does Kimbrel change what he does batter to batter? NOPE. He pitches the way he pitches and the batter has to beat Kimbrel at Kimbrel's game. Kimbrel is not going to change for a batter. Does Kelly change what he does batter to batter, Hembree, Brasier, any of them NOPE. Relief pitchers go out there and pitch THEIR game and you have to beat them at their game.

 

Tanaka certainly was not as brutal as he can be and Boone did a pretty bad job of handling his pen tonight.

 

I read the post.

 

I disagreed with the idea that the league had "learned to pitch to us" and used tonight's game to razz you guys a little bit.

 

Isn't there a slight chance we just went through a stretch where a bunch of players all slumped near the same time, and it wasn't some great league awakening to how to get us out?

 

Could it be some players and teams can adjust to adjustments for the first time in MLB history?

 

Sorry, I just never bought the theory as gospel.

 

(You're right about starters' vs relievers' approaches, though.)

[mvp 78]

Swung on a bouncer

[a700hitter]

1 strike away from 3 consecutive 1st place finishes

[mvp 78]

Is this lead bullpen proof tho?

[moonslav59]

Ending it against Stanton would be poetic justice.

[mvp 78]

JD is so much better than Stanton and it’s not even funny

[a700hitter]

That's it. That's history. Excellent job. Pure excellence all year long -- on the field, in the front office and in the manager's share. We salute you.

[jung]

Really hope Mookie has sown up the MVP. He is totally deserving. I don't even think it should be a question.

[mvp 78]

Sign Cora to a 20 year extension

[Slasher9]

Congrats boys. It’s been a long but very fun season.

More work to do!!!

[moonslav59]

Gotta love this team!

[a700hitter]

This is going to be the night!

I had the feeling tonight.

[jung]

JD is so much better than Stanton and it’s not even funny

 

Not trying to give him an out but I don't think Stanton ever really recovered from having his face caved in. He has never really been the same since.

[Tedballgame]

What a great year so far and to clinch at Yankee Stadium is even sweeter.

[mvp 78]

Hug time

[a700hitter]

Mookie is going to hammer one of these pitches.

I should have been making in game bets tonight.

[Tedballgame]

Really hope Mookie has sown up the MVP. He is totally deserving. I don't even think it should be a question.

Apparently you haven't noticed J.D. Martinez. Mookie may win but J.D. is equally deserving with his monster year and potential Triple Crown.

[Tedballgame]

The big difference between last year's team and this year's team is J.D. Martinez.