JCooke93 said:
Go Dodgers
metcalfmafia said:
Max Fried on the bump to seal the deal tonight.
Wolfer79 said:
Buster Olney
The Braves have the best record in baseball since July 30, the day they completed the flurry of trade deadline moves. 44 wins, 22 losses.
The graphic they popped up last night shwoing the pre-season OF, the mid-season OF, and then the current one was sobering. Clearly, GM of the year stuff right there.Civilized said:Wolfer79 said:
Buster Olney
The Braves have the best record in baseball since July 30, the day they completed the flurry of trade deadline moves. 44 wins, 22 losses.
I knew they've been really good since the deadline, wasn't aware they've been the best in baseball.
It's just incredible doing what they've done, down Acuna Jr., Ozuna, and Soroka and having other guys miss serious time for injury.
Packchem91 said:The graphic they popped up last night shwoing the pre-season OF, the mid-season OF, and then the current one was sobering. Clearly, GM of the year stuff right there.Civilized said:Wolfer79 said:
Buster Olney
The Braves have the best record in baseball since July 30, the day they completed the flurry of trade deadline moves. 44 wins, 22 losses.
I knew they've been really good since the deadline, wasn't aware they've been the best in baseball.
It's just incredible doing what they've done, down Acuna Jr., Ozuna, and Soroka and having other guys miss serious time for injury.
Yeah, timing matters. I don't know what all the Giants GM did, but they improved enough over one season, that it is certainly justifiable, for sure. I'm biased tooWolfer79 said:Packchem91 said:The graphic they popped up last night shwoing the pre-season OF, the mid-season OF, and then the current one was sobering. Clearly, GM of the year stuff right there.Civilized said:Wolfer79 said:
Buster Olney
The Braves have the best record in baseball since July 30, the day they completed the flurry of trade deadline moves. 44 wins, 22 losses.
I knew they've been really good since the deadline, wasn't aware they've been the best in baseball.
It's just incredible doing what they've done, down Acuna Jr., Ozuna, and Soroka and having other guys miss serious time for injury.
I was catching up on Baseball Tonight podcast and votes were due at end of regular season and it will be interesting to see votes for Giants GM vs Braves GM
if votes were due at end of playoffs, Braves GM wins by large margin
Packchem91 said:
Tyler Matzek -- is there a more unsuspecting hero in sports this year? I mean, I guess we should win the WS before declaring that....but given where he came from, and a guy many of us probably had not heard of when he surprisingly made the roster last year...to strking out 3 dreaded Dodgers with 0 outs and tying runners on base.
That performance last night was just awesome, clutch, ballsy as all.
Great call -- two of those guys you listed had HRs tonight, and Riley with a double and RBI.Civilized said:
Hopefully Matzek, Minter, and Smith can remain as effective as they've been. Matzek especially has just been ridiculous.
Will need Ian Anderson to step up this series the way he did last season.
Rosario has been lights-out but I feel good that really only him, Freddie, and Joc have driven the ball better than in the regular season.
Ozzie, Austin, Dansby, Duvall, Travis, Soler are all leaving extra base hits on the table so far. If some of them get hot...
Packchem91 said:
With all the "first time since" or "first time ever" stats they keep broadcasting tonight...I'd like to know, when was the last time a starting pitcher suffered a broken leg by being hit by a ground ball in a WS game?
Dude must be pretty tough...kept on pitching and struck out Altuve the next inning before coming out.
Packchem91 said:Great call -- two of those guys you listed had HRs tonight, and Riley with a double and RBI.Civilized said:
Hopefully Matzek, Minter, and Smith can remain as effective as they've been. Matzek especially has just been ridiculous.
Will need Ian Anderson to step up this series the way he did last season.
Rosario has been lights-out but I feel good that really only him, Freddie, and Joc have driven the ball better than in the regular season.
Ozzie, Austin, Dansby, Duvall, Travis, Soler are all leaving extra base hits on the table so far. If some of them get hot...
I agree -- and not to be too selfish, but Fried is due for a good performance -- hope he gets one tonight and we go up 2-0.AlleyPack said:Packchem91 said:
With all the "first time since" or "first time ever" stats they keep broadcasting tonight...I'd like to know, when was the last time a starting pitcher suffered a broken leg by being hit by a ground ball in a WS game?
Dude must be pretty tough...kept on pitching and struck out Altuve the next inning before coming out.
It was pretty huge to win that first game, because without Morton it would have been very tough to try and win four more games.
Getting three is possible, though.
I'm interested to see what direction they go in for a replacement pitcher. Someone with starting experience who could possibly throw 3-4 innings, or go with a straight reliever?
Minter absolutely should have gotten gameball. TBH, I hadn't followed basebll that much this summer and frankly had no idea Houston was so good -- I thought they'd fallen apart after they cheated their butts off.Civilized said:Packchem91 said:Great call -- two of those guys you listed had HRs tonight, and Riley with a double and RBI.Civilized said:
Hopefully Matzek, Minter, and Smith can remain as effective as they've been. Matzek especially has just been ridiculous.
Will need Ian Anderson to step up this series the way he did last season.
Rosario has been lights-out but I feel good that really only him, Freddie, and Joc have driven the ball better than in the regular season.
Ozzie, Austin, Dansby, Duvall, Travis, Soler are all leaving extra base hits on the table so far. If some of them get hot...
Man! What a tone-setter for Soler to come out and tater in the leadoff spot.
He's definitely not your classic leadoff hitter but that's a ton of pop at the top of the lineup and obviously we've ridden Acuna Jr.'s leadoff hitting for much of the last season and a half and he's not your classic leadoff man either. Except the wheels on Acuna's bus obviously look a little different than Soler's.
In this one, Minter may have gotten the game ball if I'm Snit. For him to come in so early in the game and have a strong, career-long outing, was everything. To get some stability there for three innings after Morton's unexpected departure was just huge.
Will be really curious to see how the team addresses Morton's absence. Do we pitch two bullpen games or do we start Kyle Wright or Touki or someone? No easy answers, but if it's me in this huge situation I think I'd be more comfortable cobbling together veteran bullpen guys than asking guys like Kyle and Touki to shine on this massive stage so early in their career.
