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That was a nice letter his family wrote. These things do matter to some people even if the player has passed on. Far as tommy herr getting, i probably knew it then but my memory really sucks now. That was an important year for me to cause i had been pulling for tudor, hernandez not so much but thats ok.
Instead of moving fences in, maybe tailor the team to fit the park. Far as the coach goes, we were near bottom in team hitting so it makes sense.
Crazy how one or two plays can change everything. First was yellich beating the throw at second which was originally called out but challenged. Then the line drive up the middle that the shortstop very nearly came up with. After that hit after hit. Makes you wonder about how many games in the past might have been changed if they had replay and challenges.esp the play at second, at one time those were just automatic outs, umps wouldnt even discuss them. Times have changed.
It all doesnt mean much. If the brewers and the rays are playing in the next 3 or 4 world series it might mean something. But it could be possible thatits another 40 odd years before the brewers play in another one. Rays have been legitimate contenders for a minute but same could be said for them. People are always prisoners of the moment.
Little surprised at the brewers in this game. The rays have been pretty aggressive with bunts and steals. Brewers not so much. They have had chances to steal but havent did it,willing to hope for the big hit. Thats not really hiw they have generally did it. The rays defense hasnt been that steady, i would force the issue.
The cardinals overachieved for years so thats mean nothing. The only reasons the brewers have gotten as much success as they have outside of maybe last 2 years is because their division has largely been a joke. If the cardinals management hadnt screwed up the minors as well as some other things, the brewers would still be coming up short almost every season.
Ill agree with the scouting i dont agree with the analytics. They can get rid of that. What teans are left this season makes no difference. Brewers and rays were prob largest last year and werent in the series.
Rays manager trying to give this game away. Brought in seymour with 2 outs and runners at 1st n 2nd, he walks 2, hits one. Horrible, why would u bring him in. Throws way too slow, heck i think i could almost hit him.
A big reason im pulling for the devil rays now is apparently cleveland seems to not have a set rotation. Every game seems to be a bullpen game. I just dont care for that.
I wasnt paying attention i guess but i just now noticed tampa bay has the name devil rays on their unis instead of rays. I know they started out being devil rays but then changed to rays for some reason but apparently didnt bother getting new uniforms.
Rays win. I dont think its a given that cleveland cant win both at the rays but i wouldnt bet on it. We will see.
Nice info lacardfan. When i say number one, i dont really mean how good their stuff is. Its not really about that. Its about their demeanor, attitude. Albeit i didnt know much about carpenter when he came over from toronto but he had it when he came over. Something tells me he was always like that. Waino developed it pretty early, maybe because he was the closer at first. There were a couple others before them that were that guy. They werent always the guys with the best stuff but they were the guysi wanted in a must win game. It takes more than just being able to spin a baseball to be that guy in my eyes.
Thats a good story there mudville. I knew the part about cleveland, didnt know that st louis had been in the running. Though because of chuck, it does make sense.
I didnt say guys couldnt excel, thats a different thing. I was talking about a number one starter. If you think there is an actual number one there, not just someone doing the role, thats fine. I dont see it. Some can see things while others cant, some people are wrong, while others are right. Time will tell the answer.
That last guy for the rays had no clue how to sacrifice bunt. Then grounds into double play. Pretty pathetic.
Maybe thats true but i dont know what the mizzs flaws that kept him that low. Maybe he couldnt throw strikes, i dont know, dont follow brewers. But what i consider number 1 stuff, you can usually see hints of it pretty early. What they say, you either got it or you dont. We will see.
I think the rays are suffering from the same stuff the dodgers had. They cant hit for nothing. Trying to pull everything and swinging at pitches that at no point look like a strike. This last rays batter swung at 2 pitches barely off the ground.
Well so far the pitchers the cardinals have used are at best number 2s, i havent seen a number one. Real number ones are rare. I wouldnt mind a trade for a number 1 or paying the money for skubal type. Esp with skubal you could limit his innings if the season falls apart. You can wait and hope someone of that calibre is still available in a year or so but you never know. Personally id like to get back to the way the cardinals used to be. We had a horse as the anchor of our staff. Waino, carpenter before him, there was one before him but for some reason my mind is blank. I think a team needs that. We dont have that right now in my opinion anyway.
Im really happy for yellich. Hes been there a long time. Its good seeing all them celebrating in theit clubhouse
Its kind of interesting about the salary cap argument and the thought that a lower payroll team winning the world series would give less ammunition for a salary cap that the owners want. But it also gives encouragement to owners that dont want to spend money. So it isnt for sure a good thing for the players.
Well the brewers did it. I was hoping for a few more playoff games but oh well. Good for them. Good for baseball as well. Gonna be a new winner this year.
I think its done. The only players for the dodgers having consistently good at bats for dodgers are pages and tucker. Everybody else outside of one swing by ohtani looks like they never hit before. A good manager being in roberts position in this game would win it, i even think marmol would have won this one.
