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MLB 2014 Postseason |OT| Where Chokes Happen™

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Fox318

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RBH said:
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It's the extra 1% that's the most important

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Parch

Member
I take pleasure in knowing that there were die-hard Royal fans who got disgusted and left early. You dun goofed.
 
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Little Green Yoda

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It’s fine to be against giving up outs. In general, good hitters shouldn’t bunt, and teams shouldn’t be playing for one run too often early in games. But in late game situations where one run is paramount, bunting can often be the correct play, and the don’t-bunt-ever reaction can be just as incorrect as the bunt-always fanaticism.
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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-about-all-those-bunts/

I was wrong about the odds of scoring after bunting a guy over from 1st to 2nd but I guess it's a small enough drop that a bad hitter + the possibility the defense screws up the play makes it a reasonable play when one run wins the game.
 
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Sir Alemeth

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Giants lineup tonight:
Blanco, G, CF - - - - - - - -
Panik, J, 2B - - - - - - - -
Posey, B, C - - - - - - - -
Sandoval, P, 3B - - - - - - - -
Pence, H, RF - - - - - - - -
Belt, B, 1B - - - - - - - -
Crawford, B, SS - - - - - - - -
Ishikawa, T, LF - - - - - - - -
Bumgarner, M, P - - - - - - - -
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Askani

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ratcliffja said:
Ugh... I really don't like the idea of buying puppies. There are enough dogs dying in shelters as it is.
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Side note: the guy called into a radio show this morning on my commute. He was on 810...or 610...or one of the AM 10s. Anyway, he said his gf works with animals and she loves Corgis (hence the picture), but they looking towards actually getting a shelter pet. Wether or not that's actually true remains to be seen.
 
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ratcliffja

Member
Askani said:
Side note: the guy called into a radio show this morning on my commute. He was on 810...or 610...or one of the AM 10s. Anyway, he said his gf works with animals and she loves Corgis, but they looking towards actually getting a shelter pet.
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Awesome then. I guess it's just poor phrasing. Good for them. Also, I agree that bunting is not necessarily bad when you have a team of decent base-runners without much in the way of power hitting. What gets me is when managers do that with the wrong personnel... which Mattingly was really guilty of last year.
 
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Mr. Enigma

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The FCC just gave the NFL the middle finger and said they can't do that silly ass blackout if the game's tickets aren't sold out thing anymore.

Now can they remove the territorial MLB blackouts so I can finally rid of cable and watch the Braves on MLB.TV?
 
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Askani

Member
Mr. Enigma said:
The FCC just gave the NFL the middle finger and said they can't do that silly ass blackout if the game's tickets aren't sold out thing anymore.

Now can they remove the territorial MLB blackouts so I can finally rid of cable and watch the Braves on MLB.TV?
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If only. I would subscribe to MLB.tv in a second if it wasn't blacked out. My mom and dad live 4 1/2 hours from KC. No radio stations they can get carry Royals games. The are almost 4 hours from St Louis. MLB.tv? Blacked out for Royals AND Cardinals for them. Pathetic.
 
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evil solrac v3.0

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Dmncnby2k9 said:
MLB will test pace of game initiatives in AFL. Ex: batter to keep at least 1 foot in box in at-bat; no pitch intentional walks.

Taken from twitter: Carrie Muskat
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last night's game proves that it's how the game is played that makes the game exciting. it also proves that hitting is more exciting than pitching on balance.

Mr. Enigma said:
The FCC just gave the NFL the middle finger and said they can't do that silly ass blackout if the game's tickets aren't sold out thing anymore.

Now can they remove the territorial MLB blackouts so I can finally rid of cable and watch the Braves on MLB.TV?
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awesome news. one step closer to the end of cable tyranny.
 
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brianjones

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didn't realize how solid volquez has been this season

maybe the dodgers should have kept him around instead of shelling out 20 mil for dan haren

oops

espn using mobb deep survival of the fittest is pretty dope.. usually hear some corn ball ass songs in these promos
 
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HarryDemeanor

Member
brianjones said:
didn't realize how solid volquez has been this season

maybe the dodgers should have kept him around instead of shelling out 20 mil for dan haren

oops

espn using mobb deep survival of the fittest is pretty dope.. usually hear some corn ball ass songs in these promos
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I wouldn't have taken the risk. There's no doubt in my mind that he would suck again as a Dodger.
 
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Fox318

Member
Mr. Enigma said:
The FCC just gave the NFL the middle finger and said they can't do that silly ass blackout if the game's tickets aren't sold out thing anymore.

Now can they remove the territorial MLB blackouts so I can finally rid of cable and watch the Braves on MLB.TV?
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I would watch more baseball games if I could watch local games on MLB.tv
 
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Parch

Member
evil solrac v3.0 said:
last night's game proves that it's how the game is played that makes the game exciting. it also proves that hitting is more exciting than pitching on balance.
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It reminded me of an old rivalry in the PCL where pitching wasn't so dominating. The Cannons and the Trappers used to have some insanely intense and high scoring, back and forth games. It was incredible baseball to watch and highly entertaining.

That's why playoff baseball is usually so good. It ramps up to a higher intensity level.
 
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Joey Fox

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evil solrac v3.0 said:
last night's game proves that it's how the game is played that makes the game exciting. it also proves that hitting is more exciting than pitching on balance.
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I love pitching duels, but I'd agree that lead changes are what make games the most exciting. Not really sure how to reconcile the two in my mind.
 
DietRob

DietRob

i've been begging for over 5 years.
"Hunter Pence stays up late to call Jake from State Farm."

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These signs seem to never get old.
 
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evil solrac v3.0

Member
rekameohs said:
Normally I'd agree that slugfests are the best, but fuck me it was a joy watching a Randy Johnson pitch every fifth day.
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watching randy Johnson or Pedro or Clemens, guys like that it's a treat to watch.
but anemic offenses like we've had the last few years aren't fun because it's not the pitcher dominating, it's the offense sucking.
 
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Joey Fox

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I completely disagree. The game is exciting no matter the run scoring environment. It's guys out there competing.
 
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