Sorry. Rooting for you guys though.
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MLB 2015 Regular Season |OT2| NES Baseball, Best Baseball
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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Sorry. Rooting for you guys though.
Would be nice if Kershaw could get out of this 8th inning. Rather not have the bullpen in there, just have Jansen finish things in the 9th.
edit: Mission accomplished. Not sure if Kershaw should pitch in the 9th as he's already up above 100 pitches. I think Jansen is reliable enough to close it out (I hope).
edit: Mission accomplished. Not sure if Kershaw should pitch in the 9th as he's already up above 100 pitches. I think Jansen is reliable enough to close it out (I hope).
Good idea.
Jack Remington
Banned
13 Ks for Clayton. Hopefully Jansen doesn't blow this.
Bastard Child
Banned
No one in LA's bullpen. I'm having flashbacks of last night's game.
PROh1bited
Banned
No I'm talking about how everytime the A's get into the postseason they become cold as ice. It doesn't matter about how your pitching matches up, it's about how hot your team can get.
Look at the Royals last year. They were the wildcard team that got to game 7 of the World Series. The Tigers were supposed to barrel over them with their superior rotation. They were the underdog the entire playoffs. That didn't happen because the Royals were on a tear like no other team was. Bumgarner was what stopped them.
Bastard Child
Banned
Bummer, time for the hook.
He's "only" got 128 pitches so far... *eep!*
Bastard Child
Banned
Yup, gotta make way for the new tradition of Kershaw getting destroyed by the Cards on their way to the World Series.
timetokill
Banned
GTFO Giants
15 strikeouts by Kershaw!!
HarryDemeanor
Member
Sweeeeeeeeeep
Sir Alemeth
Member
Well here it is...odd year collapse gotta come sooner or later.
Frozenprince
Banned
And it only took Mattingly once again ruining Kersh for the playoffs to get it!
Jack Remington
Banned
Can we give the guy five days rest after this one? Throw Bolsinger out there for a game.
Frozenprince
Banned
Jack Remington
Banned
One of the ESPN headlines is "Nats remove Harper in the 4th with tight glutes"
Lol
Lol
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
GTFO Giants
15 strikeouts by Kershaw!!
You're gonna keep Mattingly for the next 10 seasons now!
Would be hilarious if things turn out like 2010 and SF can knock LA out on the last day of the season like they did against the Padres. Maybe Latos will start in that case too!
Jack Scofield
Member
Bleh.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Wouldn't matter because by the time the award is actually handed out, the writers will all be focused on how they can't perform in the playoffs after yet another early exit despite the regular season accolades!
timetokill
Banned
Seriously. They're both putting up sick numbers. Main thing that I think will give it to Greinke is his ERA is better and the offense has helped him more than they've helped Kershaw.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I don't know why people are worried about Kershaw's arm after this game. All this did was confirming the rumor that he replaced it with a bionic arm during the offseason.
Even Dusty Baker can't destroy him.
Even Dusty Baker can't destroy him.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Agreed!
Lincecum was once considered in the same vein. Can't wait for Kersh to go through the same downfall!
HarryDemeanor
Member
Impossible. It can't happen three times in a row. If so then this world is truly a terrible place to live.Agreed!
Lincecum was once considered in the same vein. Can't wait for Kersh to go through the same downfall!
Jack Remington
Banned
A slightly-above-average team managed to win 3 World Series in five years. Given enough time anything can happen in a sport this dependent on luck.
I've actually been thinking of trying to calculate the statistical odds of a 2010-2014 Giants-tier team achieving those results. No doubt they're tiny. Ours is one of the weirder universes in the multiverse.
I've actually been thinking of trying to calculate the statistical odds of a 2010-2014 Giants-tier team achieving those results. No doubt they're tiny. Ours is one of the weirder universes in the multiverse.
Miiiiiiiiiitch
Yeah the Giants have been a pretty underwhelming "dynasty" when you actually look at how the team did during the last 5 years
Yeah the Giants have been a pretty underwhelming "dynasty" when you actually look at how the team did during the last 5 years
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
lol at the revisionism.
2010 and 2012 weren't "slight above average." Pitching was elite (best ERA+ in the majors) and offense just a tick below average that first one. In 2012 SF actually had the second best OPS+ in the NL, but on the pitching side were slightly below average.
Only the 2014 team you may have a case with slightly above average.
As for luck, you mitigate it as much as you can with tactical decisions. That means proper use of a bullpen and not doing dumb things like sending Prince Fielder home from first base on a double.
You're just still bitter about getting spanked in 2010!
sf2fanatic
Member
So you saying you can't be us straight up? Gotta have some one else take us out? SMH!!Agreed!
Lincecum was once considered in the same vein. Can't wait for Kersh to go through the same downfall!
HarryDemeanor
Member
Remember Cody Ross? Me neither.
sf2fanatic
Member
Donny next Marlin manager? Maybe.
Frozenprince
Banned
Loria would have to pay him so I doubt it.
Sir Alemeth
Member
Hey we still have a winning record vs dodgers this year and beat Kershaw 3 times before today. Right now 2/3 of our regular guys are on the DL and have a minor league line up, we're not expected to win much until guys like Panik Pence Crawford come back.
sf2fanatic
Member
He's keeping Stanton. Maybe it's a start
Frozenprince
Banned
Dude it's September now. You're 6.5 games back of the division and that far back in the WC.
Unless those guys get back tomorrow all at once, you're screwed if that's why you're losing.
Maybe it's just that the Giants are a decent to good team with holes that need to be addressed and that they aren't a playoff team this year.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Of course we can, look at all the games we played at home against you earlier in the season. Just gotta try to keep it close entering that last home series with you.
Just the usual odd year injuries piling up at the wrong times. It would take a Sep 2010 type run to get back into things, they had a similar deficit (if not worse) back then as well. The rotation's not as strong this time around though, we'd need LA to stumble down the stretch like SD did that year.
Frozenprince
Banned
I just don't see the impact players making a 7 win difference. Your rotation just isn't good enough this year and really, that's been it. Matt Cain is done, Vogelsong is trash, Mike Leake is the definition of average (which is not a bad thing), Heston is a rookie who has ups and downs.
Ya'll had a good year, just ride it out and tool up for next year, imo.
Ya'll had a good year, just ride it out and tool up for next year, imo.