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  1. Bellhorn04
    Quite possibly. On the other hand, Tomlin has been pitching well and Miller will be able to pitch 2 innings in Game 3 so the Tribe has a shot to win it...then they have Kluber in Game 4.
  2. Bellhorn04
    I would have to think they are very different types of pressure.
  3. Bellhorn04
    How can any of us really know what playoff pressure is like? I remember back in the dramatic Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS when we came back against the Angels, a Red Sox relief pitcher named Steve Crawford who was brought in with the game on the line later said, in effect, that he was afraid he was going to lose control of his bodily functions right on the mound. Also, how do we explain Jon Lester's inability to throw the ball to first base? And he's not the first player to develop the 'yips' in some form, either. As I said about Price, I don't think it's a case of being a choker. But there are a lot of psychological things going on inside people, including guys who have been in the big leagues a long time.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Ha. What we gave up for Kimbrel was bad, but at least it didn't start with Betts or Bogaerts.
  5. Bellhorn04
    And I'm not suggesting that David Price is a 'choker'. I think that's a gross oversimplification. But I think he may have some psychological issues going on. He's well aware of his lousy postseason record. It's in his face all the time. Is it not possible that it affects him mentally in a negative way? I really believe that most sports psychologists would say that it's very possible.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Let's forget about hitters for the moment. What about pitchers? Can we really ascribe the vast difference between Schilling's and Price's postseason game logs to luck? It feels like a convenient way to dismiss something that is a rather gaping difference.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Price keeps having bad one game samples in the postseason, so it was definitely not a surprise.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Agree, but I think 'Shaw, Owens and Johnson' is the grab bag, or garbage bag part.
  9. Bellhorn04
    You're saying that Francona had something to do with Porcello and Price having off-days?
  10. Bellhorn04
    There's also no evidence that players play better if they have 'trust and confidence instilled in them' and they are in a 'positive clubhouse atmosphere'. Hence the disconnect.
  11. Bellhorn04
    But, to get right down to it, she doesn't seem to acknowledge the possibility that David Price's postseason struggles may have a psychological component.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Cleveland is on a serious roll. On paper, the Cubs should have a huge advantage tonight, with Bauer starting and Miller unavailable. On paper.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Kimmi, there does seem to be a disconnect here somewhere. On the one hand players can play better if they have 'trust and confidence instilled in them' and they are in a 'positive clubhouse atmosphere'. But on the other hand there's no evidence that some players perform better under pressure than others. It sounds like the only psychological factors being acknowledged are the good ones.
  14. Bellhorn04
    That'd be more plausible if we didn't also lose the games started by Porcello & Buch.
  15. Bellhorn04
    There's that old adage about running into a buzz saw. I think that's what happened. All you have to do is look at the Jays. Unlike us, they came into the series against Cleveland red hot, winning their last 2 of the regular season, the Wild Card game and sweeping out Texas. Then Cleveland shut them down just like they did to us.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Just for clarification, these were the Sporting News MOTY awards. The MLB awards will come after the WS.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I'm not really sure why you're trying to bring Drew into this. I thought by now we had established that Iggy is a slightly-above average player when he plays. I have said he's a decent value for the Tigers at his current salary. He's just not good enough for his loss in the Peavy trade to be lamented, that's all.
  18. Bellhorn04
    You said: I'll modify my statement, but it still riungs true: the fact is, people were fine with a no hit-good glove Drew at $10M for 2013, but many of the same people poo-poo'd the same idea with Iggy ay $2M a year. Again, that's wrong. Drew was not a no-hit good glove in 2013-in the regular season. When he was hitting, people liked him. In the playoffs when he was in a hitless streak people wanted him benched.
  19. Bellhorn04
    It's all about trying for rings. The playoffs are a crapshoot.
  20. Bellhorn04
    I'm the one who's saying it was great. Kinsler has averaged about 6 WAR a year with the Tigers. Well worth 23 million a year by today's values.
  21. Bellhorn04
    How can it be a bad signing when it turned out great for the Tigers?
  22. Bellhorn04
    That point should be amplified by this year's World Series matchup.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Yes, but Miggy and Verlander and V-Mart (mostly) have returned good value in their contracts so far. So maybe Dombrowski should actually be praised for those particular deals...
  24. Bellhorn04
    Truth.
  25. Bellhorn04
    You didn't modify your argument at all, as far as I can see. My point is that people only liked Drew in 2013 because he was hitting. The 777 OPS and the 67 RBI in 124 games. When he stopped hitting in the postseason many were screaming for Farrell to bench him.
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