GDT: Braves @ Dodgers (NLDS Game 4, October 7, 2013)

[shabadu84]

I'm done with Sports til April, Falcons are miserable, Braves tanked, World Cup I have no serious interest in. I guess I'll watch the winter olympics?

world cup is in june

 

[50PoundHead]

Anyone catch the shot of Uggla on the bench in the 9th? Hate was oozing out of his pores.

Screw him! And I mean SCREW HIM! If he had given us 1/4 of what we are paying him in production, he'd have been out there. Guy is a joke.

 

[Pugfan]

Wow Kimbrel looks really pissed.

 

[jcc03004]

Minor also

 

[Dalyn]

what does eddie say?

I can't tell. Trying. His accent is throwing it off.

 

[tululush]

You ask Kimbrel to come in and get the harder outs. Here they happened to be in the 8th. You then reassess the situation for the 9th. You can't win unless you get outs without giving up runs. If he can't go the 9th then you figure it out with another pitcher but at least you're facing the bottom of the order. Puig and to a lesser extent Uribe were the guys that needed more attention. Kimbrel should have been in for the 8th.

Then the manager would be criticized for asking him to do something he's never done before.

He can't win.

People love to place blame on other people.

 

[Five]

pirates fans= steelers fans.. **** them too

+1,000,000 to you sir

 

[Runnin]

Bringing in Kimbrel to pitch 2 innings is dumb. He would be gassed in the 9th and wore out for the next game. Besides, he can hang a slider as well as anyone. Carpenter's fastball is almost as good anyway. For some unknown reason he just threw a really, really bad, and dumb, pitch. And McCann let him do it, perhaps even called for it. What an epic fail.

 

[Braves1976]

Lol Fredi. Those extra 2 outs would have killed Craig. But, inch to save him for Skip Schumaker and AJ Ellis

No kidding...

 

[bravesnumberone]

And if it couldn't get worse, I have to hear Keith Olbermann the most idiotic piece of trash ever taunt the Braves.

 

[gilesfan]

Bringing in Kimbrel to pitch 2 innings is dumb. He would be gassed in the 9th and wore out for the next game. Besides, he can hang a slider as well as anyone. Carpenter's fastball is almost as good anyway. For some unknown reason he just threw a really, really bad, and dumb, pitch. And McCann let him do it, perhaps even called for it. What an epic fail.

You have to get to the nxt game and there would be an off day tomorrow, correct?

 

[Dalyn]

what does eddie say?

Best I can do is something like: "Nah, he wasn't going to do it."

 

[gilesfan]

world cup is in june

Get the **** in the soccer thread

 

[chipchildress]

So now wait, if Fredi was gonna use Janish as a defensive replacement for johnson, why not hit reed in that situation whos a pretty darn good pinch hitter.

nooooo ****. baffling

 

[bravesnumberone]

Dumbest ****ing thing in the world. If he can do four, six would be seven or eight pitches more, if that. In the end, the decision/play that cost us the game (and ultimately the series) was made by Fredi.

I actually started laughing when I heard him say it.

 

[Gary82]

Bringing in Kimbrel to pitch 2 innings is dumb. He would be gassed in the 9th and wore out for the next game. Besides, he can hang a slider as well as anyone. Carpenter's fastball is almost as good anyway. For some unknown reason he just threw a really, really bad, and dumb, pitch. And McCann let him do it, perhaps even called for it. What an epic fail.

TWO ****ING INNINGS. When was the last time he pitched. Elimination mean now or never. Apparently never is Fredi's mantra.

 

[gilesfan]

nooooo ****. baffling

What! Serious? Let's not even bring up the double switch or walking the go ahead run

 

[gr82banautiger]

You realize swinging and bunting are completely different? Have u seen some do thr best hitters in baseball try to bunt?

Of course they're different, but he clearly wasn't picking up the fastball well if he could barely get a bat on it to bunt it.

 

[gilesfan]

Of course they're different, but he clearly wasn't picking up the fastball well if he could barely get a bat on it to bunt it.

Or he just can't bunt.

 

[The Tariff King]

Fredi's still a relatively inexperienced manager. Bobby wasn't the best when he first started. This sucks yeah, but if we're going to stay with Fredi, I can't think of any better learning experiences than these playoff games when it counts.