Bellhorn04
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Right. The tasks required to play major league baseball are specialized and demanding. If Bard really wanted to throw a lot more strikes he probably could, but only by throwing the ball 88 MPH with no movement and down the middle. No point in doing that because every pitch would get hammered.
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We've scored almost the exact same number of runs as the Tigers, and they've been shut out 9 times, so not a big difference.
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I know, the f***ing Run Support Gods are just as vengeful as the BABip Gods. Lackey is being crucified for his 6.09/game run support in 2011.
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That's the way I see it too. Being a wild card team is obviously very dicey because there's a 50/50 chance you're going to be done right away. But the winner of that game has just as good a chance as a wild card team under the old format did.
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You're still going to see their ace on regular rest even if it's not in Game One though. There's an off day before the wild card game, one before the LDS and one during the series.
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Get some runs for Lackey for f***'s sake!
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Seems about right.
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The only plus is, we're winning the pitch count 66-50.
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Thanks VA.
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Lackey at 50 pitches through 4, Fister at 50 through 3.
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There was a reason I said it.
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You're right, Fister has a no-hitter going.
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In theory, it is a sizable advantage. In reality, I'm not so sure it is. Last year the wild card winners were Baltimore and St. Louis. Baltimore lost to the Yankees in 5 games, the last 4 of which were ridiculously close. St. Louis knocked off Washington and had a 3-1 lead on the Giants before blowing it. The wild card winners may be a little more tired than the teams they play in the LDS, but they may be sharper too because they've played more meaningful games recently. I think most of it washes out.
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? That's all luck of the draw. If you look at last year's wild card games you'll see most of the starters weren't the aces. The wild card teams can't really set things up like that. But you do have a better chance of facing a team whose rotation is messed up.
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There's still a long way to go.
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You're right. And we also missed Cain and Bumgarner in the Giants series.
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Today's youth is so accustomed to convenience. Life is not always 'on demand'. Sometimes you just have to accept what you're given! J/K
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I couldn't help it. Fred and I go way back.
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Furbush was given up for Fister.
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Fred also swore that Ortiz was done in 2009 because his bat speed was gone. Fred guesses like the rest of us and gets some right, some wrong.
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It's Lackey for the Sox today.
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I haven't give enough thought to the September roster rules to have an opinion on that. I'm generally opposed to rule changes in baseball, with the exception of replay reviews.
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Josh Johnson and Mark Buerhle dealt to Jays
Bellhorn04 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
Buehrle got off to a rough start but straightened himself out. Buehrle is one of those guys you have to like. Thank God the Yankees never got him. -
Keeping the roster at 25 puts some challenge in things for the manager. I wouldn't touch that rule at all. I think baseball is a game that functions beautifully as it is and shouldn't be messed with.
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Gomes is hitting 5th because he's made his living crushing lefties (874 career OPS). But obviously he hasn't been doing it this year. Farrell is kind of up the creek trying to find a reliable #5 hitter this year. Napoli was that guy earlier in the year.
