GDT 9/18/23: Braves vs Philthies - Getting Wright with Acuña Back

I probably need to cut it off and not take it too seriously because for the first time all season, I’m actually mad. This is insanity
 
None of us are on the field. Absolutely nothing we can do but watch. Some of you take this way too seriously for something you have no actual say in the outcome.
 
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lol yeah, this is going off. Matty hitting a soft infield-single on a belt-high sinker and then Ozuna staring at the ****tiest sweeper you’ll ever seen before swinging out of the zone is all you need to know. These dudes just aren’t in it
 
The 2017 Dodgers lost 11 games in a row in September of that year. The 2000 Yankees went 13-17 that September. The 2006 Cardinals. The 2022 Phillies. The list goes on.

These games mean jack ****.
 
CyYoung31 said:
The 2017 Dodgers lost 11 games in a row in September of that year. The 2000 Yankees went 13-17 that September. The 2006 Cardinals. The 2022 Phillies. The list goes on.

These games mean jack ****.
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The 2021 Braves went 18-11 in Sep/Oct. The 2022 Astros went 22-9. The 2020 Dodgers went 17-7. THAT list goes on, too, and it's most likely much longer than your list.
You have to go back to the 2015 Royals to find an eventual WS champion that was below .500 after Sep 1st to finish off the regular season - and even that team went 5-0 at the end, so they didn't exactly limp into the playoffs.

I strongly believe that the perceived randomness in baseball is different from the randomness of flipping a coin. It's more a result of changing mental states over the course of the season. For a group as tightly-knit as a baseball team, there's certainly group psychology effects at work, that either lift or depress a team's collective performance. They can be on short timescales (like the Braves' current struggles) or last for months (like most of the Mets' seasons). But these are all human beings, so they are subject to feelings like fear, doubt, exuberance, excitement, emptiness etc. creeping in and affecting performance. We saw it with the Braves last season, who experienced the emotional high of achieving an extraordinary goal, followed by the emptiness that often kicks in afterwards. Unfortunately, they were never able to focus their energy on the next bigger goal.

Good news is that for the current team, there's still time to get back to their accustomed energy level, and it doesn't take much to get out of their current lull. But they will need to get out of it. If they limp into the playoffs in their current mental state, chances are we'll be mourning an early exit.

This is the moment when Snit's "people skills" are essential, and can make us forget about his tactical shortcomings.
 
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Home field through out...
Braves
O's - 2
Dodgers - 3.5

Braves need to quit celebrating their east title
 
Strike3urout said:
The 2021 Braves went 18-11 in Sep/Oct. The 2022 Astros went 22-9. The 2020 Dodgers went 17-7. THAT list goes on, too, and it's most likely much longer than your list.
You have to go back to the 2015 Royals to find an eventual WS champion that was below .500 after Sep 1st to finish off the regular season - and even that team went 5-0 at the end, so they didn't exactly limp into the playoffs.

I strongly believe that the perceived randomness in baseball is different from the randomness of flipping a coin. It's more a result of changing mental states over the course of the season. For a group as tightly-knit as a baseball team, there's certainly group psychology effects at work, that either lift or depress a team's collective performance. They can be on short timescales (like the Braves' current struggles) or last for months (like most of the Mets' seasons). But these are all human beings, so they are subject to feelings like fear, doubt, exuberance, excitement, emptiness etc. creeping in and affecting performance. We saw it with the Braves last season, who experienced the emotional high of achieving an extraordinary goal, followed by the emptiness that often kicks in afterwards. Unfortunately, they were never able to focus their energy on the next bigger goal.

Good news is that for the current team, there's still time to get back to their accustomed energy level, and it doesn't take much to get out of their current lull. But they will need to get out of it. If they limp into the playoffs in their current mental state, chances are we'll be mourning an early exit.

This is the moment when Snit's "people skills" are essential, and can make us forget about his tactical shortcomings.
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Yes, that list goes on too. It’s almost as if the playoffs are random and there is no tried and true formula to winning it all.
 
I'm so glad the fact that we were getting Wright back meant we had absolutely no use for an additional starter at the deadline. Wright coming back and being guaranteed full strength would have meant getting a starter would just leave us with too many arms to deal with. So glad AA decided to only get some minor bullpen arms.
 
We know this team doesn't recover from hangovers very well. It took them until June last year to recover from the World Series victory.
 
I do think Snit not managing workloads and resting his guys lead to this hangover after we clinched. It allowed us to build a big lead and Clinch early, but proper rest means we probably have fewer wins right now but are more fluid heading into game 162 and October.
 
CyYoung31 said:
Yes, that list goes on too. It’s almost as if the playoffs are random and there is no tried and true formula to winning it all.
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Well, the whole point of my post was that it's not entirely random. It helps if you're the best team (duh), and it helps to be on a high note going into the playoffs. That still doesn't guarantee anything, but it changes the odds in your favor.
 
Strike3urout said:
Well, the whole point of my post was that it's not entirely random. It helps if you're the best team (duh), and it helps to be on a high note going into the playoffs. That still doesn't guarantee anything, but it changes the odds in your favor.
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I just named you three teams in the last six years to make it to the World Series after a bad September. You think making it there but not winning it can magically be chalked up to how they played heading in? Come on.

If momentum exists at all, it only matters for the first round.
 
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