Dominant pitching performance by Estrada so far. Anyone had him on their list of dominating pitchers going into the post-season?
Dominant pitching performance by Estrada so far. Anyone had him on their list of dominating pitchers going into the post-season?
I guess the difference to me is that we wouldn't be talking about this had Tejada not been injured (which would have probably been the case if Utley went into his slide a tenth of a second earlier). In reality, Chase would have probably been applauded for breaking up the DP and earning the Dodgers the tying run. Fick's play was bush league any way you slice it.Originally Posted by CyYoung31
There's no comparison between what Fick did and what Utley did. Utley was breaking up a possible DP and admittedly slid late, but he was always in arm's length of the second base bag. Fick's was just a total bush league play. Hawk is right. If Tejada hadn't gotten injured, no one would be talking about this at all.
weso1 (10-11-2015)
That doesn't mean we shouldn't be talking about it. It's always been BS, and it's a shame it took an actual injury to cause people to get upset about it.
It's not a baseball play. Umps have done a terrible job of enforcing the rule, and it eventually led to this.
Altuve could almost lead our team in homers, haha. Just a few off of Freeman's total in fact.
I am sorry a rolling block past the bag is not a slide to break up a double play, it is an intentional act to hitting the player, I see a big difference.
They were both cheap, desperation plays. So, yes, there is a comparison.
This is definately part of the issue, any other city if their manager doesn't use the best closer in the game, arguably the most dominant pitcher in the game, for 2 innings in an elimination game, that manager would be lucky to get out of the country without the head cooked on a silver platter. Fredi would feel fortunate getting deported back to Cuba. But that's not the case HERE, instead we got writers writing articles justifying why putting a journeyman reliever that had little success until that year into the spot and saving Kimbrel was the right move.
I can't critize Bobby though. Did he make mistakes, yes, but his strengths way outweighed the negatives and he did a great job considering the circumstances, and again we didn't have much luck on our side. But JS on the other hand should have been let go in the organization a long long time ago. JS was an absolute trainwreck for the most part starting in the spring of 1997 to the end of his tenure here. I won't elaborate, as I've done that many times before.
NYCBrave (10-12-2015)
That Correa kid is special
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
Can someone explain this move to me?
I'm wondering the same thing. Why burn David Price in a 7-1 game and not have him available for the deciding Game 5? Don't get it. Especially since Dickey was pitching great and only threw 78 pitches.
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I dont get it either, Game 5 isnt until Wednesday so they'd have a day off.
Dickey was doing fine.
Guess they like Stroman more vs Texas than Price if they hang on.
Baseball is a job to these guys. Most of them want to win less than the fans want the team to win. It's up to the organization/fan base to put the expectation on the team that nothing short of winning will be accepted. Well, in Atlanta it seems that losing is acceptable, and the passion just doesn't seem to be there.
Lots of rookies neglecting the age old saw about the value of third base with two outs. First Gore gets thrown out at 3B trying to steal and then Russell injures himself stretching a double into a triple.
F**k yeah.
Cubs young studs teeing off on the Cards in the 5th.
Kinda hard to defense that Rizzo bomb
Heyboom
So glad to see Heyward hitting cleanup and producing.
Forever Fredi
Not a MOL hitter. Doubt the Cards will try to bring him back.
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