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[Ninja Scooter]

pinch hitting your back up catcher? What a terrible roster.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

pinch hitting your back up catcher? What a terrible roster.

We have three catchers on the roster

 

[Fjordson]

No balk? Lucky!

edit: fuck yes Maddy.

 

[NomarTyme]

Giants got some lucky ass breaks.

 

[bigosc2k]

Mad Bum gets out of it.

 

[Corran Horn]

The stress is real.

 

[BFIB]

How the hell was that not a balk?

 

[RobotHaus]

The salt is real where I'm at. Not enjoying these calls.

 

[geeko]

Giants torture. Geezus.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Can't believe Cruz is our best RHB off the bench

Allen Craig's sudden demise is still costing this team

 

[methodman]

Shoulda kept his review instead of using it on bumgarner knocking a dude out on first

 

[geeko]

Could they have reviewed the balk?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Allen Craig's sudden demise is still costing this team

Lackey is more valuable but they had to have SOMEONE better there.

 

[BFIB]

Lackey is more valuable but they had to have SOMEONE better there.

Our bench is just below the level of shitty.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Lackey is more valuable but they had to have SOMEONE better there.

Tavares?

 

[KidA Seven]

Knew Giants would beat Cards. Cards pull some devil magic shit against the Dodgers.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

Could they have reviewed the balk?

No. It's not reviewable. If it was they would have gotten the umps to do it because it was the 7th inning.

e: actually nevermind on the second part. Still not reviewable.

 

[eznark]

Umpire payback is great! Try and convince them that tagging a guy out is obstruction again you fucking dimwit.

 

[BFIB]

No. It's not reviewable. If it was they would have gotten the umps to do it because it was the 7th inning.

Still a terrible call. We need that for our offense.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Lackey is more valuable but they had to have SOMEONE better there.

I'm not complaining about the trade. But the roster construction in the offseason was done with the idea that Craig would be the backup 1B. Then he completely fell off the cliff.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Tavares?

he gets eaten alive by lefties

 

[Sir Alemeth]

Romo time.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

he gets eaten alive by lefties

He only has a .040 OPS difference in his major league splits

He was without a doubt the best option but Matheny thinks you have to go righty-on-lefty (but somehow doesn't think this with regard to his pitching changes) even when the righty is Tony Cruz

 

[zroid]

holy shit that balk non-call from earlier

wtf

 

[Little Green Yoda]

He only has a .040 OPS difference in his major league splits

He was without a doubt the best option but Matheny thinks you have to go righty-on-lefty (but somehow doesn't think this with regard to his pitching changes)

He's far more talented than Cruz but there's no way Matheny is going against the platoon with a guy who hasn't proven anything at the major league level. The whole reason AJ is on the roster is so Cruz can PH without burning the backup catcher.

 

[CygnusXS]

He only has a .040 OPS difference in his major league splits

He was without a doubt the best option but Matheny thinks you have to go righty-on-lefty (but somehow doesn't think this with regard to his pitching changes) even when the righty is Tony Cruz

And he has a whopping 45 PAs against LHPs to back that split up.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

He's far more talented than Cruz but there's no way Matheny is going against the platoon with a guy who hasn't proven anything at the major league level. The whole reason AJ is on the roster is so Cruz can PH without burning the backup catcher.

I would've thought it was the other way around since A.J. is actually an OK hitter.

(Cruz had a 24 wRC+ vs LHP this season. Oscar had a still terrible 58, but better than Cruz.)

 

[BFIB]

Not pinch hitting Tavares says all you need to know about where he sits with the Cards.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

And he has a whopping 45 PAs against LHPs to back that split up.

He's never had much of a split in the minors except for his injury-shortened season last year.

 

[DietRob]

I really like this alt-broadcast of the game tonight. I've been a baseball fan my entire life and I've learned so much more about the game and the statistics that drive it in these past few hours. I hope the broadcast does well in ratings I'd love to have more of these types of broadcasts.

 

[BFIB]

Well this went about as terrible as I expected. We play so shitty against the Giants.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

Not pinch hitting Tavares says all you need to know about where he sits with the Cards.

I think it's more about where he sits with Matheny.

Mozeliak is probably tearing his hair out

 

[NomarTyme]

Great pitching by the Gigantes.

 

[Fjordson]

Yass. Bumgarner too stronk.

 

[Corran Horn]

Alright bum wins.

 

[geeko]

Great game one.

 

[BFIB]

Cards put up some of their worst ABs tonight. Hope they come out strong tomorrow.

 

[zroid]

Wild cards too OP

 

[methodman]

Adams had the worst swings all night against Bumgarner, can't believe he got some hrs against Kershaw

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

Woo!

 

[Sir Alemeth]

Nice!!

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Adams had the worst swings all night against Bumgarner, can't believe he got some hrs against Kershaw

He got the one HR off a fat hanging curveball from a tiring pitcher. Albeit, a really good pitcher.

Unfortunately, the Giants' bullpen doesn't suck as much as the Dodgers one does.

Hoping tonight was more about Bumgarner dominating and less of the Cardinals lineup reverting back to its suckiness.

 

[aFIGurANT]

I really like this alt-broadcast of the game tonight. I've been a baseball fan my entire life and I've learned so much more about the game and the statistics that drive it in these past few hours. I hope the broadcast does well in ratings I'd love to have more of these types of broadcasts.

Yeah that was good stuff once they established what some of the stats were that they kept quoting. I especially enjoyed hearing a guy like Bud Black break down some of their logic, saying that a lot depends on context when you're managing a game.

The future for the sport hopefully includes more guys in broadcasting booths that at least understand and respect some of these numbers on a basic level. I wouldn't even mind having bigger booths so that you could present a few different perspectives over the course of a game. What does the rest of GAF think of the broadcast?

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

Adams had the worst swings all night against Bumgarner, can't believe he got some hrs against Kershaw

If Bumgarner served up a curveball like Kershaw did to Adams he would've hit it out of the park too

A good amount of MLB hitters would do the same

 

[sf2fanatic]

Great pitching by the Gigantes.

SMH Nomar!!













I guess Bum should get some praise for his performance

 

[Corran Horn]

Watched the game in these candlestick seats.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Nice, I have some of the old seats from Kauffman like that (they renovated in 2002 or so).

Also, I wasn't in a good place to post during the Royals game, so a delayed OMG

 

[see5harp]

Jeez mad bum business as usual. Guy does not blink in the playoffs.

 

[JDHarbs]

Nice, I have some of the old seats from Kauffman like that (they renovated in 2002 or so).

Also, I wasn't in a good place to post during the Royals game, so a delayed OMG

2 to go! What happened btw?

 

[Sir Alemeth]

Watched the game in these candlestick seats.

Wow nice!