He’s been hurt most of if not all year. Pro athletes play hurt all the time. They have to be able to tell the difference between hurt and injured.; you can’t play injured.
Lonborg was awesome in Games 2 and 5. I was all of 8, but as I recall, he carried a no-hitter into the 8th in Game 2 (finishing with a 1 hit shutout) and then followed that up in Game 5 with a 2 hitter (Maris hit a homer in the 9th ending his shutout streak). Game 7 was Lonborg vs. Gibson but Jim was on 2 days rest while Gibson was on his normal 3; the Cards pounded Lonborg and won the series
Closers didn't really exist in 1946. Starters didn't come out unless they were totally ineffective or pinch hit for.
Nobody was beating Gibson in 67. He won 3 times in dominating fashion (3 runs total while pitching 3 complete games).
Having a Kenley in 75 and/or 86 may have made a difference, though I'll say to this day that in 75, McNamara never should have pinch hit for Willoughy in Game 7. He was excellent in relief that Series
A surprising number of truly great players are on that list. Ken Griffey, Jr., Tony Gwynn, George Sisler, Ty Cobb, Ichiro and Barry Bonds (I can't stand him, but there is no denying his talent even before the steroids).
Houck’s looked pretty good tonight. Maybe he ought to grab a bat and try hitting. He couldn’t do much worse than the current lineup.
Edit - except for Lowe, who apparently is to Houck what Devers is to Cole.
Lately, it’s just low overall. He looks tired. It’s not just the swings and misses; there’s no pop when he hits it.
Many posters have poopooed Cora’s rest strategy since he’s been here, but a game off every couple weeks for virtually all these guys is probably best. That still puts them in line to play 150 or so games.
I think the every day stuff has caught up with Duran and Rafaela.
That was a nasty pitch up and in. It wasn’t even a strike. Sometimes the hitter gets you.
Not every homer is a bad pitch. Not every bad pitch is hit for a home or even a base hit.