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  1. Bellhorn04
    I just read that Anderson said after the game he was fatigued from the heavy postseason workload. That makes the decision look even worse.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Bob Stanley, the most tragic figure in Red Sox history, in my books at least.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Exactly what came to my mind.
  4. Bellhorn04
    "If he didn't" just isn't valid.
  5. Bellhorn04
    "If he doesn't have that WP" is kind of like that joke, "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?"
  6. Bellhorn04
    Pretty sure those numbers are regular season only, and don't include the 5 World Series PA's which resulted in 3 K's, a groundout and a walk. Not really scary enough numbers or a large enough sample to influence the move, IMHO.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Cash said it was the pre-game plan not to let him face the lineup a third time, did he not?
  8. Bellhorn04
    The hit by Posada may have been a flare - the issue is that it was the 4th hit in a row - and it came after a ROCKET by Matsui.
  9. Bellhorn04
    That's true, but Anderson had been struggling badly, giving up runs in 6 straight appearances, probably showing signs of being worn down. You wonder why Cash gave so little weight to that side of it.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Pedro gave the 'heavenward thank you' as he was coming off the mound after the 7th. He thought he was done. He said so later.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Wow, you're more old school than I realized!
  12. Bellhorn04
    Could be either, or some of both, right? A veritable spectrum of possibilities.
  13. Bellhorn04
    To be fair, in Game 2 of this World Series, Snell was also cruising for 4.2 innings, and then failed to retire any of the next 4 hitters. Pitchers can seem to be cruising sometimes and suddenly lose it. I don't envy managers having to make those decisions.
  14. Bellhorn04
    And Malcolm Butler's name actually appears twice on the list of questionable Super Bowl decisions...
  15. Bellhorn04
    In-game tweet by Jon Heyman: "Dodgers ecstatic when Snell came out. That's something numbers don't show - other team doing backflips."
  16. Bellhorn04
    ??? Who said anything to that effect?
  17. Bellhorn04
    Nicely dug out!
  18. Bellhorn04
    Unfortunately it's not just the Rays who are all-in on analytics and 'creative pitching management'. Dave Roberts pulled Kershaw in Game 5 after he retired the first 2 hitters of the inning on 2 pitches! And the Dodgers won Game 6 and the World Series with a bullpen game in which they used 7 pitchers, including starting pitchers as an "opener" and as the closer! Yuck.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Yeah. Alex Speier's take was that pulling Snell was defensible, but replacing him with Anderson was not.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Also, the guy Cash brought in to replace Snell, Nick Anderson, had given up runs in his last 6 appearances. Make that 7. Another wow.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Cash is being excoriated for taking Snell out when he did. He didn't want Snell to face any Dodger hitters for a third time. But the top 4 in the Dodgers lineup were 0-8 with 7 K's. Wow. Dave Roberts, of course, also raised a lot of eyebrows when he pulled Kershaw after retiring the first 2 batters of the inning, on 2 pitches. These moves were pre-planned. Is this analytics gone mad?
  22. Bellhorn04
    1. Didn't want them to win, but the Dodgers are worthy champs. 2. Much better than Yankees winning. 3. We'll get our noses rubbed in it some more about Mookie, especially by the bozo writers, but that's the life of a sports fan.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Fine post, oldtimer. "Snell had handle Mookie and Seager like no other Rays pitcher", you said. That was what bothered me about the move. Mookie has been struggling against lefties in general, too.
  24. Bellhorn04
    And after Seager will be Bellinger. It just means that's it very difficult to keep a bunch of stars on your team. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Gone-solin.
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