XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Bah, they have that CFL Grey Cup title from a few years ago! That's more than nothing!
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MLB 2015 POSTSEASON |OT| Screw you, Satan!
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Bah, they have that CFL Grey Cup title from a few years ago! That's more than nothing!
I could make an equivalency but the one best suited to describe it is so dirty..... It's not something I usually post about. Trust me, it's worse.
Little Green Yoda
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To be fair, isn't that just a mental thing? You should be attacking hitters no matter the score. Pitching to the score seems like a recipe for disaster, especially in the playoffs.
He's only 27 so he has plenty of time to turn his luck around in the postseason.
The whole "Kershaw chokes in the playoffs" thing is pretty overstated anyway, since he's really only had a couple of truly bad games, mixed in with ones like the Matt Adams game where he was dominating most of the game, then was kept in too long. Or something like tonight where he just got no run support.
You can sometimes tell the approach is different and sometimes you really can't tell. Kershaw for example is naturally a strikeout pitcher no matter the position he's at.
Not to mention instances when a pitcher can't close out an inning after being given a lead in the inning prior. Can it really be said that pitching strategy changed because of a lead, and if so that the outcome was positive (and direct result of that change in strategy?), after given a lead? There are many holes to that line of thinking. As a general rule you would expect such logicality of behavior (and events) but it doesn't always play like that and even at times where it plays like that other context within the game blur the lines so much that it practically makes that line of thought irrelevant on outcome - it's an inning by inning dilemma - get the outs or get hit (specially in the playoffs). And there are many examples to back that up. The more you watch baseball the more you understand it's not a subject of black and white.
Frozenprince
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Its the way your taught to pitch, the way your catcher calls you, the way you feel more comfortabke getting out. It's different for every pitcher. A contact pitcher like Jon Niese for instance will attack low but pitch defensively and avoid the upper right corner to keep the ball low. Greinke attacks the corners and pitches to contact with either situation but will use his breaking pitches as a finisher rather than a disruptor or junk ball more. Kershaw attacks low and the outer corner on righties with his slider, then pulls inside with his heat.
Its not a mental thing, it is the same principle of a batter shortening his swing in certain situations. Its just a variable in situational pitching.
TheSadRanger
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Where is Curry's trophy, oh I'm sorry it's in a role players hands. Give credit where it's due man...
timetokill
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Frozenprince
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I'm done tbh let them believe what they want.
I just can't listen to sports radio tomorrow.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I don't even know what the heyl that means....
Excuse me, do I see two fanbases that aren't the Rangers' complaining about heartbreak? Because...
All of you shut up.
Cubs.
TheSecondSpitter
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Put it in the books! Game 1 to the Mets.
Good job boys.
Can somebody change the gif and write "Put it in the books!" instead of "Mets win" .....pretty please?
User 479360
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#FireGibby
His bad decisions cost the Blue Jays home field advantage, left his players over-rested and rusty and screwed Price up.
His bad decisions cost the Blue Jays home field advantage, left his players over-rested and rusty and screwed Price up.
brianjones
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right and thats why he was pulled when he was
baez couldn't shut it down like any dodger fan knew he wouldn't.. he's a hard thrower but no real "stuff"
pretty sure baez also helped open the floodgates last year against the cardinals too
He didn't hit well though.
DoktorEvil
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Lol.
"We"?????
Scott please.
Yeah, this narrative of blaming Kershaw for last night's game is dishonest.
He pitched well into the 6 and the Mets were bailed out of some bad defense. The Murphy HR isn't a big deal, seeing as how if Wright didn't hit that 2 run single, the game would've been going to extras.
A-Gon also got a hold of a few pitches that would've been gone if straightened out.
All in all, the Dodgers are still a threat past Kershaw and past Greinke.
TheSecondSpitter
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You give him too much credit. i'm fairly sure "we"= Matt Harvey + Scott Boras + nobody else.
HarryDemeanor
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If we get swept I better see coaches packing their bags.
The Elite
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Jays have a real shot at winning tomorrow's game.
Day off right now is the best thing for the team. They can take three from the Rangers. I have faith.
Lol you're right.
CosmicQueso
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Not sure if you're aware, but I'm just about perfect in predicting ALDS outcomes.
On Sunday, Jays win, 3-2. 'Grats Jays fans. It's not over yet. The series WILL return to Toronto.
It has been ordained.
bonesmccoy
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Sure it does. The Jays were supposed to win every game from the end of the trade deadline to game #4 of the World Series. But selfish Gibby had to have his way.
If the Jays get eliminated tomorrow (and I expect they will), it'll suck, but worse will be starting the 2016 season without any significant upgrades to the roster. I noticed that Jeff Blair had some lines about the same group coming back next year. If Rogers' writers are already sneaking that message in there... Not a good omen.
The Elite
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The roster is just fine on the hitting side and everyone is coming back. Our biggest hole is first base.
We have Saunders and Travis to figure out as well.
Starting pitching is going to be a mess so we're going to have to move a piece or two in the offseason plus sign a free agent named David Price.
The Elite
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DoktorEvil
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Someone should slap "Dodgers Win" on here:
It'll be endearing.
It'll be endearing.
DoktorEvil
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He's not even at a game. He's strapped down in a padded room screaming "THE JET STOLE HOME, THE JET STOLE HOME!" as the orderlies desperately try to hold him down while a nurse injects him with a sedative.
bonesmccoy
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Exactly. The Jays were undone a lot in the 1st with the same rotation / bullpen they're likely to start 2016 with.
DoktorEvil
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ROSINBAGGER!
RUTABAGAH!
Rookie of the Year doesn't hold up, but I loved it when I was a kid.
Angels in the Outfield however... That box lies. It is not a flat out wonderful film.
RUTABAGAH!
Rookie of the Year doesn't hold up, but I loved it when I was a kid.
Angels in the Outfield however... That box lies. It is not a flat out wonderful film.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
The only Sandler movie I cared for.
MultiJhonny
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The one thing that has always bothered me about the mighty ducks films now that I am older (even though I still love the first 2) is why Iceland is the "bad guy" in the second one. First of all Icelandic people are super nice and second they aren't even good at hockey...
They should have chosen Sweden or Finland or Russia. a place actually good at hockey
They should have chosen Sweden or Finland or Russia. a place actually good at hockey
bonesmccoy
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Bugged me more that they Ducks won a city championship or whatever and then became by fiat the best youth team in the US.
DoktorEvil
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But Tony Danzo can't act! Also, JGL has done better films.
I will give the film credit for introducing me to Danny Glover. I'm never too old for his shit.
The goofy slapstick didn't stick with me. I prefer Rookie of the Year over this and it has shitty Daniel Stern AND unstable Gary Busey.
DoktorEvil
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We really should be talking about movies like Bull Durham or Field of Dreams.
Kevin Costner loved those baseball films.
Field of Dreams led me to read the Iowa Baseball Confederacy, which is probably the coolest baseball book I ever read.
DoktorEvil
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My Freshman year elective in college was a Baseball in Literature class. It was pretty awesome, even though I overslept through half of the classes and still received a B+.
We got to read stuff like Casey at the Bat or Damn Yankees. I recall reading The Natural before seeing the film.
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