General Baseball Discussion

I'm really surprised Texas is out that fast, it is the playoffs though and shit like that happens.

Giants and Cubs are in extra innings and it's raining... so direct tv can't function and I'm trying to use the shitty ass mlb gamecast to keep up with the game. :/

Kind of worried about them having Mike Montgomery in there, He was used for spot starts near the end of the season but they had him warming up for about 2 innings earlier in the game.... his arm may get tired soon. 

It was very draining.  I always hate extra innings when the Cubs aren't the home team.  The bullpen has always been hit or miss, that being said, Montgomery did a pretty damn good job for having warmed up for 2 innings around the 5th to 6th innning.  

I kept trying to find the official Playoff roster of the Cubs to see if Jason Hammel was on on there, I'm assuming he isn't at this point.  I would have used him instead of Montgomery honestly, a decent SP for a long duel would have been much better than a spot starter who's arm was on borrowed time.   

It was a good game though, I wish I could have watched the last few innings.

Well I just saw the most massive 9th inning bullpen melt down I've ever seen in my life.

*commits seppuku*

Also, I put this one squarely on Brandon Crawford. One bonehead error caused the 2nd run for the cubs, which should never have scored, and his second bonehead error in the 9th allowed the inning to continue when the score was tied 5-5, instead of getting the inning ending double play. If not for those two errors, the Giants would've won 5-4.

Yeah it was a mistake to pull the starting pitcher the bullpen blew it but it was bound to happen they had been bad all year sucks for them but they had their chance

I've never understood the whole pitch count thing tbh.  I remember it was just becoming a thing around 2003 or so when Dusty Baker would leave Mark Prior and Kerry Wood in for 130-150 pitches and people claim that's why both their arms turned into paper mache.  A counter to that argument is Carlos Zambrano.  He was allowed to exceed 120 pitches just as much as they were and I cannot remember him have any significant arm problems, anger issues... yeah a shit ton, but arm problems, not really. 

I don't think going over 120 pitches in one game is going to cause one's arm to explode on the inside, especially if the other team has struggled to get hits all night. 

Hindsight is always 20/20 though. 

I wouldn't let it get to you though, Giants are a damn good ball club and they'll be back next year.  I also want to throw mass kudos to the Giants for being the only team that I've witnessed get a hit off Chapman since the Cubs acquired him.  I know a high 80's fastball is hard to see from personal experience, I cannot even fathom a 100+ mph fastball... honestly, if I took a chop at a ball that speed people would probably think I was having a seizure instead of swinging a bat.   

Welp, I'm rooting for the Cubs now.

Indians took game won dam it Blue Jays come on

I don't know the goat thing. I saw someone in the crowd during the NLDS wearing a goat mask, but I have no idea what it's supposed to mean.

Also, yay, Cubs win!

Also, just going by this postseason, but it seems Aroldis Chapman isn't very effective when trying to get a 6 out save.

lol. I like that legend. A lot better than the Red Sox "we traded Babe Ruth" legend.

Dodgers win game 2
Kershaw and Jansen did work now the series moves to LA

I literally slept all day yesterday, so I missed the game. >_> Looking at the box score, wow. Looks like Kershaw is finally performing in the playoffs how he usually does during the regular season.

Around the 5th or 6th inning he showed a flash of being human when Baez and Contreras both singled off him, unfortunately Heyward came in and popped up to end the rally. 

What really sucked was the 3rd inning, Rizzo got ahold of one and sent it right down the line and out of the park.. unfortunately the wind was blowing from left to right and it pushed it foul. 

Cubs bats were fully awake tonight!!  Hopefully they stay that way.

I've always wanted Hill to make a comeback.  He started off with the Cubs and showed a lot of potential, then they fucked with his delivery in the off season after his rookie year and he kind of went to poop. 

After that I think he got traded, and then traded, and then traded, and then traded again.  I'm glad he finally found his groove, I just hope he doesn't have his groove if the Cubs face him again.