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“John had no guile. He didn’t understand it when people were mean to him because he could never be mean to anybody."—Suzyn Waldman
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Another great, meaningful visual that speaks volumes.
I would really like the permanent TV game team to be Rucco and Cone. Instead of Kay and anyone.
I will gladly pile on. Amazing how bad Volpe is–not even able to keep the ball in front of him and in the infield.
Well, as a great—uh, actually quite a bad and generally incompetent—man said, you go to war with the army you got. And with a dunderhead in charge, I guess.
This is great baseball. Fun.
Oh, and as to Mr. Ramirez...unlike the Original Ramirez (who Pal reportedly did not want to sign because he would be too close to his old friends in the Heights, oy) this one is practically the only hitter who can do damage in a mediocre lineup.
Sooo...why not walk him? Or hit him in the ass and let him take his base? The genius, Boone, no doubt has his reasons.
Full disclosure:
Jazz stole my pants !
It would be easier to hit Raleigh in the ass, but good point.
Hell of a throw, Volpe.
This is what kills me about 3 True Outcome baseball. Most of your big hitters are injured, you're struggling to score runs and taxing the pen to its limit.
You get up, 3-1, in the 3rd and Rosario leads off with a single. Why not put on a play to move him up, and try to pad the lead?
Okay, you got Grisham up now, and he's supposed to be a great power hitter, so you swing away. He hits what looks to be a DP ball, but the shortstop bobbles it, so they only get one out.
Now Grisham, who is 5-6 in stealing bases this year is on first, with Caballero up. No steal? No bunt?
Nope. Anddd...this time, the Guardians of Traffic get the DP. Senseless.
Yeah, the Volpe thing is now officially ridiculous. For whatever reason—probably yet another injury—he really can't throw. But we're keeping him at short. This is absurd.
It sure is. How many fuckups and 0-fers can a team cover for? Cripes.
Clearly - quite a few.
Car’Loss is due to give up a few more runs before the Sixth
Hoss, I'm not sure whether it's fealty to the true outcomes or just a lack of aggression. The team--and a lot of this is on Boone, imo--can sometimes be aggressive, but they take their collective foot off the gas too much. They fall back into a HR or station to station mindset. So they don't take advantage of a lot of opportunities. The "push push push" approach is too sporadic.
You're right, JM, they never look very up for anything...
Jesus, I'm not going to be able to make fun of Grisham anymore.
And they're hitting everything hard off Rodon. We'll be lucky if he can get through the 6th.
Now even Volpe. What the hell?
A game like this really shows that guys shouldn't play hurt, even if they're as great as Judge. Their presence might actually hold other players back, psychologically, by allowing them to think that they can still rely on their star even when they can't. Maybe just subconsciously or in the back of their minds, but that would be enough to take their edge away, if only a tiny bit.
On the other hand, maybe I had too much caffeine today. Also possible.
I just joined in. Why was McMuffin pinch hit for Rosario?
I was making dinner, Steve, and missed that.
8-3, time to bring in Bird.
Und dat's da ballgame.
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