(10-12-2019 04:45 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(10-12-2019 01:49 PM)stever20 Wrote:  saw this-

if MLB did change the ball, I'm not a big fan of that(even if the Nats win it all).

Changing the ball midseason, if true, is a ******* joke.

How many warning track outs in the postseason would have been home runs with the ball that started the regular season?

(10-12-2019 07:01 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(10-12-2019 04:45 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(10-12-2019 01:49 PM)stever20 Wrote:  saw this-

if MLB did change the ball, I'm not a big fan of that(even if the Nats win it all).

Changing the ball midseason, if true, is a ******* joke.

How many warning track outs in the postseason would have been home runs with the ball that started the regular season?

several.. Adams today. game 5 of the LDS Kendrick early, Will Smith late. Wild Card game with Suzuki. And that's just with the Nats.

Didn't realize Cardinals were 10th in the NL in runs scored. Doesn't surprise me though. Basically their entire lineup has an OPS+ of between 90-110. Nats pen is going to be crazy rested for the WS

(10-13-2019 11:32 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Didn't realize Cardinals were 10th in the NL in runs scored. Doesn't surprise me though. Basically their entire lineup has an OPS+ of between 90-110. Nats pen is going to be crazy rested for the WS

I would not bury Cardinals yet.


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(10-13-2019 03:46 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  

(10-13-2019 11:32 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Didn't realize Cardinals were 10th in the NL in runs scored. Doesn't surprise me though. Basically their entire lineup has an OPS+ of between 90-110. Nats pen is going to be crazy rested for the WS

I would not bury Cardinals yet.


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They have to win tomorrow or it's totally over.... They aren't beating Corbin, Sanchez, Scherzer, and Strasburg 4 straight. Only had 3 4 game losing streaks all season long- and only 1 since May.

(10-13-2019 03:49 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-13-2019 03:46 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  

(10-13-2019 11:32 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Didn't realize Cardinals were 10th in the NL in runs scored. Doesn't surprise me though. Basically their entire lineup has an OPS+ of between 90-110. Nats pen is going to be crazy rested for the WS

I would not bury Cardinals yet.


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They have to win tomorrow or it's totally over.... They aren't beating Corbin, Sanchez, Scherzer, and Strasburg 4 straight. Only had 3 4 game losing streaks all season long- and only 1 since May.

Agreed


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Article in The Athletic today on MLB's mishandling of the manufacture of baseballs.

Major League Baseball has lost public trust over the construction of its baseballs

Quote:Either way, the league appears to have lost significant public trust over the construction of its baseballs. The commissioner’s office is well aware of the reception that awaits statements like the following, a response to an analysis at Baseball Prospectus which found that the postseason ball appears de-juiced.

“The baseballs used in Major League Baseball are manufactured in batches,” the league said. “Balls that are used in the Postseason are pulled from the same batches as balls used in the regular season. Regular season and Postseason balls are manufactured with the same materials and under the same processes. The only difference is the Postseason stamp that is placed on the ball. As has been previously acknowledged, however, the drag of the baseball can vary over different time periods.”

Quote:Take MLB’s relationship with Rawlings. The offhand perception appears to be that MLB owns and runs Rawlings. League sources said MLB has oversight of Rawlings, but does not actually operate the business, which has its own CEO and infrastructure. MLB’s stake in the company is about 25 percent, sources said. About fifteen percent of that 25 percent is owned by the commissioner’s office, and another 10 percent by a group of teams that wanted an increased share of the business.

But who owns the other 75 percent of Rawlings? Seidler Equity Partners, founded by Peter Seidler — a Padres general partner and the team’s lead investor. Meaning all of Rawlings’ ownership ties back to MLB in some way or another.

So here is MLB’s self-inflicted Catch-22. No one’s going to believe that the league does not actually steer the ship at Rawlings.

thought the most LOL title ever on Fangraphs:
Sudden Burst of Bullpen Competence a Key to Nationals' Postseason Success

And with a second seeing eye ground ball, Eaton walks it off in Game 3

Wait, what's that you say? It's only the 3rd inning?

Yeah, I still stand by what I said.

Poor Flaherty, two seeing eye ground balls and another horrible play by Ozuna, who has proven to be nothing if not a player prone to making mistakes.

(10-14-2019 07:45 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Poor Flaherty, two seeing eye ground balls and another horrible play by Ozuna, who has proven to be nothing if not a player prone to making mistakes.

tough catch there... great baserunning by Eaton there quite frankly...

Howie Kendrick wow.

(10-14-2019 07:56 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-14-2019 07:45 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Poor Flaherty, two seeing eye ground balls and another horrible play by Ozuna, who has proven to be nothing if not a player prone to making mistakes.

tough catch there... great baserunning by Eaton there quite frankly...

Howie Kendrick wow.

Lol, no it was not. A competent LF makes that play. That's an obvious error and should in no way have been scored a hit. I have to turn this off. It's just so...cringe worthy. It's like watching a boy get turned down by a girl.

saw this

the play to me that was shocking was the Molina play on the wild pitch...

7-0 now, still in the bottom of the 6th, no outs.


The Cardinals have scored 1 run on 8 hits in 24 innings so far.

Nats need to be careful. Cards have scored 1 in the 7th. This is uncharted territory for the Nats.

wow

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this is what I thought was going to happen. I said it before the LDS- whoever won our series was going to win the LCS pretty easily.

I enjoy watching the Cards lose. I LOVE watching them get embarrassed. I ******* hate all that “playing the game the right way” and “best fans in baseball” crap. This is fantastic.

(10-14-2019 10:00 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  I enjoy watching the Cards lose. I LOVE watching them get embarrassed. I ******* hate all that “playing the game the right way” and “best fans in baseball” crap. This is fantastic.

+10000