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  1. Bellhorn04
    You missed one small detail, Max. Cora pinch-hit Shaw for Plawecki, and Shaw drew a walk which enabled Verdugo's 2-run single. Generally speaking, Cora is a fine in-game manager who usually knows what he's doing with each move.
  2. Bellhorn04
    OK, but the 100 number is arbitrary as hell anyway.
  3. Bellhorn04
    a) It's arbitrary that there are 3 divisions per league. 2018, the Yankees won 100. So it's going to be 2 in 4 years. Small sample, but half the time is often.
  4. Bellhorn04
    And I disagree with your last sentence. The Dodgers are a much better team than the Braves. The Braves are only winning their division because of the randomness that goes with these arbitrary divisions. So it's perfectly fair to give the Dodgers the same chance as the Braves.
  5. Bellhorn04
    They do have a doofus who might leave him in too long anyway though.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Not just a better record. 17 freakin' games better LOL
  7. Bellhorn04
    Like I say, the previous system with one Wild Card team was fairer. The "but now you gotta win the division!" argument is DOA. I don't like the Dodgers, but they're obviously having a vastly better season than Atlanta.
  8. Bellhorn04
    No way it's "fair" that the team with 17 more wins gets the play-in game. That's just stupid luck. The new system does boost fan interest, I get that. But it's less fair than the previous system.
  9. Bellhorn04
    But because the divisions are of much different quality, you get this: Atlanta 85 wins Dodgers 102 wins Dodgers, with 17 more wins (!!!), are the ones who have to play in the Wild Card game (unless they catch the Giants). Obviously not fair.
  10. Bellhorn04
    He hasn't been as good since the sticky stuff ban. Still good, and occasionally dominating, but a lot more off games.
  11. Bellhorn04
    No, it's about making outs on balls in play vs. by strikeout. And it's by no means a new debate.
  12. Bellhorn04
    A sac fly by definition leads to a run.
  13. Bellhorn04
    I agree with your last 2 sentences. There are other productive outs though. You're not a fan of the sacrifice bunt, I take it.
  14. Bellhorn04
    In general outs are bad, but productive outs are a real thing, the most obvious example being a sacrifice fly.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I took particular care not to call it a playoff game though.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Game thread posts are the worst, of course.
  17. Bellhorn04
    11 runs scored the last 4 games didn't help matters though.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Nobody that's posting here today is throwing in any towels. But the facts are that the team has looked like total crap in 4 important games against the Yankees and Orioles, losing by a combined score of 25-11, and it's basically only this rinky-dink Wild Card setup and blind luck that still gives us a chance to scrape into a postseason game.
  19. Bellhorn04
    The Dodgers will look after that.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Nobody knows, frankly. Because that $30 million Ace might be the next David Price rather than the next Max Scherzer, for one thing.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Look, even Chaim Bloom obviously has a fancy for bringing back over the hill Red Sox players...
  22. Bellhorn04
    Some of it had to do with the fact that he was still out there with no apparent interest being shown in him.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Balls in play also generate 'official' errors and stuff.
  24. Bellhorn04
    With Sale there's a fatigue factor (I hope).
  25. Bellhorn04
    Don't leave out scoring 2-3 runs a game!
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