Not a huge MLB fan but.....

[State82]

This has been a jam up Game 1. Astros go up 5-0 and now it's 6-5 Phillies in the top of the 10th.

[SilentSteel16]

Going to be a great series, a really talented team versus a really hot streaking team. We will see. Go ‘Stros,

[Tater]

Horrible management to give the green light on 3-0 after 7 straight balls. To a .067 postseason guy.

Shit like that keeps Dusty from ever getting a ring.

[parabrave]

And that was a great throw to try to get Atuve out at 2nd.

[State82]

Horrible management to give the green light on 3-0 after 7 straight balls. To a .067 postseason guy.

Shit like that keeps Dusty from ever getting a ring.

That was a head scratcher

[Commercecomet24]

Horrible management to give the green light on 3-0 after 7 straight balls. To a .067 postseason guy.

Shit like that keeps Dusty from ever getting a ring.

100%! Just didn't make any sense at all! Insane!

ETA very few hitters should get green light 3-0. Even if you get to 3-1
You're still in drivers seat. Bad baseball by dusty

[Tater]

That was a head scratcher

When you realize the last time a team blew a 5 run lead in the World Series was 2002 by the Giants and they were managed by Dusty Baker... it makes more sense.

[Commercecomet24]

When you realize the last time a team blew a 5 run lead in the World Series was 2002 by the Giants and they were managed by Dusty Baker... it makes more sense.

Haha yep!

[BeardoMSU]

And that was a great throw to try to get Atuve out at 2nd.

**** yeah it was. The camera technology and clearly the umps at this level are something I wish we had at the college level, lol.

[Commercecomet24]

**** yeah it was. The camera technology and clearly the umps at this level are something I wish we had at the college level, lol.

MLB umps for the most part are pretty dang good and replay has shown them to be right a large portion of the time on the bang bang plays. I to wish we had that level of umpiring at the college level. It's like night and day difference

[BeardoMSU]

It's like night and day difference

For sure. As bad as we bitch about football and basketball, I think baseball is even more nuanced in terms of officiating, and the college level is horrid in that regard.

[WhiskeyPirate]

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[WhiskeyPirate]

I picked the Phillies before the playoffs started. They are on fire. That lineup they have is a murderers row. Interesting , they have their table setters at the bottom of the lineup and five power guys at the top of their lineup. To start the year their bullpen was garbage, but now with a few additions it’s an asset.

Realmuto is the best catcher in baseball. Interesting, he was a shortstop who was filling at catcher in high school and a scout for the Marlins spotted him.

[Commercecomet24]

For sure. As bad as we bitch about football and basketball, I think baseball is even more nuanced in terms of officiating, and the college level is horrid in that regard.

You got that right!

[WhiskeyPirate]

Thomson is proving to be a good manager, Gerardi had the Phillies going no where. I though starting Nola tonight instead of their ace Wheeler was a mistake, I was wrong. Now they have Wheeler for tomorrow up 1-0.

[Todd4State]

MLB umps for the most part are pretty dang good and replay has shown them to be right a large portion of the time on the bang bang plays. I to wish we had that level of umpiring at the college level. It's like night and day difference

It's really unbelievable the difference. I watch a MLB game and very rarely do I question a call. In college you never know what you're going to get. Just very inconsistent.

[msstate7]

Horrible management to give the green light on 3-0 after 7 straight balls. To a .067 postseason guy.

Shit like that keeps Dusty from ever getting a ring.

Didn't watch. Who was the batter? .067 in a SSS doesn't mean much to me if the player is a good hitter

[Tater]

Didn't watch. Who was the batter? .067 in a SSS doesn't mean much to me if the player is a good hitter

Diaz. It was a pinch hit situation.

In that scenario I'd have to think twice about giving Barry Bonds the green light. Let alone a guy who just came in the game to pinch hit.

[State82]

The camera technology and clearly the umps at this level are something I wish we had at the college level, lol.

Video replay on that was outstanding

[AFDawg]

We're talking about the Fightins.

[msstate7]

Diaz. It was a pinch hit situation.

In that scenario I'd have to think twice about giving Barry Bonds the green light. Let alone a guy who just came in the game to pinch hit.

Yeah, not sure about a PH. The braves won a WS last year being aggressive like that though. Snit gives green lights on 3-0 to almost everyone; I like this 90% of the time.

[Tater]

Yeah, not sure about a PH. The braves won a WS last year being aggressive like that though. Snit gives green lights on 3-0 to almost everyone; I like this 90% of the time.

Runners on 2nd / 3rd. Down 1. 2 outs in the 10th. Other pitcher has just walked the previous guy and thrown a wild pitch in my at bat while also barely missing hitting me once and then another pitch that was leaned into but still called a ball...

Yea no. That's the reddest of lights. I might tie the game on the next pitch just cause the ball gets away from the catcher. Horrible decision.

[Commercecomet24]

Runners on 2nd / 3rd. Down 1. 2 outs in the 10th. Other pitcher has just walked the previous guy and thrown a wild pitch in my at bat while also barely missing hitting me once and then another pitch that was leaned into but still called a ball...

Yea no. That's the reddest of lights. I might tie the game on the next pitch just cause the ball gets away from the catcher. Horrible decision.

Agreed. Pressures all on the pitcher at that point why let him off the hook?

[msstate7]

Agreed. Pressures all on the pitcher at that point why let him off the hook?

With all that pressure, he may grove a 3-0 pitch. I can see both sides of the argument.

Did the hitter make good contact on the pitch?

[Tater]

With all that pressure, he may grove a 3-0 pitch. I can see both sides of the argument.

Did the hitter make good contact on the pitch?

It was a curve low and away out the zone that he missed. He swung at 3-1 and hit a soft grounder to 3rd to end the game.

Like he wasn't even sitting fastball.

[msstate7]

Just looked at the hitters...

Diaz vs rhp: .779 ops
(On deck) McCormick vs rhp: .689 ops

Really bad hitter vs rhp on deck probably figured in to that decision

[msstate7]

It was a curve low and away out the zone that he missed. He swung at 3-1 and hit a soft grounder to 3rd to end the game.

Like he wasn't even sitting fastball.

That's the type 3-0 swing that would set me off if he were a brave. If you swing 3-0, gotta make sure it's in about a square foot area you want it

[Tater]

Just looked at the hitters...

Diaz vs rhp: .779 ops
(On deck) McCormick vs rhp: .689 ops

Really bad hitter vs rhp on deck probably figured in to that decision

It shouldn't. The odds you score on a walk, hit by pitch, or another wild pitch through Diaz and McCormick's at bats even if you don't swing at all was higher than if either swinged imo.

[Commercecomet24]

With all that pressure, he may grove a 3-0 pitch. I can see both sides of the argument.

Did the hitter make good contact on the pitch?

He swung and missed a braking ball

[Commercecomet24]

It was a curve low and away out the zone that he missed. He swung at 3-1 and hit a soft grounder to 3rd to end the game.

Like he wasn't even sitting fastball.

And this is the reason he should've been taking. It was the wrong decision. Keep the pressure on the pitcher.

[msstate7]

And this is the reason he should've been taking. It was the wrong decision. Keep the pressure on the pitcher.

I consider the Astros one of (if not) the smartest organizations in the game. I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. You don't win at the clip they have the last half decade without being very well run. It was game 1, and if he got a hit, it was brilliant. He didn't, and they're still gonna win this series imo

[Tater]

I consider the Astros one of (if not) the smartest organizations in the game. I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. You don't win at the clip they have the last half decade without being very well run. It was game 1, and if he got a hit, it was brilliant. He didn't, and they're still gonna win this series imo

Dusty Baker does not get the benefit of the doubt in the postseason.

[Commercecomet24]

I consider the Astros one of (if not) the smartest organizations in the game. I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. You don't win at the clip they have the last half decade without being very well run. It was game 1, and if he got a hit, it was brilliant. He didn't, and they're still gonna win this series imo

We're just gonna have to disagree. It may just be one game but it's the World Series not a regular season game. This isn't little league and you don't get 3-0 fastballs with a runners on second and third and 2 out. The pitcher wasn't gonna give in he was trying to make him chase( and he did twice) and if he walked him he starts the next hitter fresh. Throw out all the freaking analytics there's a feel and a rhythm in a game. Heck I knew he wasn't gonna get a fastball. Was a dumb decision

[WhiskeyPirate]

Thomson is out managing him by a mile. They’ve still got Wheeler and are up 1-0

[msstate7]

Thomson is out managing him by a mile. They?ve still got Wheeler and are up 1-0

Astros a solid favorite tonight vs wheeler. If I were betting, it would be Houston. Valdez is a stud himself

[Commercecomet24]

Most surprising thing to me was verlander blowing a 5 run lead. That guy has been money his whole career. Happens to the best.

[Commercecomet24]

Astros a solid favorite tonight vs wheeler. If I were betting, it would be Houston. Valdez is a stud himself

Yeah Astros pitching is DEEP

[msstate7]

Most surprising thing to me was verlander blowing a 5 run lead. That guy has been money his whole career. Happens to the best.

Old

[Commercecomet24]

Old

Lol I feel his pain! I can't throw but about a 150 bp pitches in a day anymore

[WhiskeyPirate]

Wheeler is the Phillies ace and I’ll take the Dusty factor here to go up 2-0

[msstate7]

Lol I feel his pain! I can't throw but about a 150 bp pitches in a day anymore

He's still a stud. I wish he were a brave, but he's getting tired late in the season, and I think that's age... probably multiplied bc he missed last season. Age gets everyone... even your boy, brady

[msstate7]

Wheeler is the Phillies ace and I?ll take the Dusty factor here to go up 2-0

Wheeler is a BA. He's one of my favorite non-brave players. I just think the Astros respond tonight behind a guy most people don't know that's really good, Valdez

[Commercecomet24]

He's still a stud. I wish he were a brave, but he's getting tired late in the season, and I think that's age... probably multiplied bc he missed last season. Age gets everyone... even your boy, brady

Truth! Sucks watching these great players get old but it happens. I remember watching willie Mays at the end of his career and he was just a shell of himself. Was hard to watch him misplay balls and miss dead read fast balls he used to crush. Hopefully most retire while they're still respectable. Chippers a good example

[Commercecomet24]

Wheeler is a BA. He's one of my favorite non-brave players. I just think the Astros respond tonight behind a guy most people don't know that's really good, Valdez

Valdez is absolutely filthy. Some of the best stuff in mlb most people don't know about

[WhiskeyPirate]

Phillies are just hotter than hell. If they win tonight I’d say this thing is about over. If they head back to Philly up 2-0 you aren’t going to stop them. That lineup is a murderers row right now.

[msstate7]

Phillies are just hotter than hell. If they win tonight I’d say this thing is about over. If they head back to Philly up 2-0 you aren’t going to stop them. That lineup is a murderers row right now.

Last night was the first time the Astros have lost in the playoffs. They hot too... hell, they finished the season taking 2 of 3 from the Phillies

[WhiskeyPirate]

This is what The Phillies have been doing, split on the road and come back and win at home. Astros are in a hole, if they lose tonight it’s a really deep hole.

[msstate7]

This is what The Phillies have been doing, split on the road and come back and win at home. Astros are in a hole, if they lose tonight it’s a really deep hole.

Obviously, but if the Astros win tonight, the Phillies don't have wheeler and Nola in Philly until at least game 5.

I predict Valdez and Alvarez get the Astros the win they need tonight

[Commercecomet24]

Obviously, but if the Astros win tonight, the Phillies don't have wheeler and Nola in Philly until at least game 5.

I predict Valdez and Alvarez get the Astros the win they need tonight

Yeah pitching favors Astros. After Nola and Wheeler, the matchups of starting pitchers favors the Astros. Astros really need to win tonight though. Should be a pitchers duel but I thought last night would be too.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Obviously, but if the Astros win tonight, the Phillies don't have wheeler and Nola in Philly until at least game 5.

I predict Valdez and Alvarez get the Astros the win they need tonight

Phillies at home are a whole different animal

[msstate7]

Astros road record 51-30 (.630)
Phillies at home 47-34 (.580)

Not that it matters at this point...

[DawgFan85]

Astros will always be cheaters in my mind so I can't root for them. Be like pulling for Ole Miss or Auburn!

[SilentSteel16]

Astros will always be cheaters in my mind so I can't root for them. Be like pulling for Ole Miss or Auburn!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but that is a crutch my man. Go Astros. You are fooling yourself if you think what the Astros did years ago was an isolated incident.

[Todd4State]

Truth! Sucks watching these great players get old but it happens. I remember watching willie Mays at the end of his career and he was just a shell of himself. Was hard to watch him misplay balls and miss dead read fast balls he used to crush. Hopefully most retire while they're still respectable. Chippers a good example

If I played in MLB I would have gotten out at age 36 unless:

1. I wanted to win a championship because I never had won one before.

2. I was close to some historic milestone. Like I wouldn't retire with home run 499 or something like that. I'd be fine being a pinch hitter for a year to accomplish that.

3. I really needed money because my wife blew all of my millions.

[Commercecomet24]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but that is a crutch my man. Go Astros. You are fooling yourself if you think what the Astros did years ago was an isolated incident.

Lol yeah that stuffs been going on since baseball started. Astros just got caught and mlb sent a message by hammering them and it curtailed, well at least for a little while in mlb

[Commercecomet24]

If I played in MLB I would have gotten out at age 36 unless:

1. I wanted to win a championship because I never had won one before.

2. I was close to some historic milestone. Like I wouldn't retire with home run 499 or something like that. I'd be fine being a pinch hitter for a year to accomplish that.

3. I really needed money because my wife blew all of my millions.

Excellent points

[msstate7]

Check this out... blue was outstaying Saturday night - called every pitch correctly...

https://i.postimg.cc/GtNtmHTx/F75-C6302-AA6-F-4-B16-90-B9-661-CC8280754.jpg (https://postimg.cc/bSxp6YTZ)

[Commercecomet24]

Check this out... blue was outstaying Saturday night - called every pitch correctly...

https://i.postimg.cc/GtNtmHTx/F75-C6302-AA6-F-4-B16-90-B9-661-CC8280754.jpg (https://postimg.cc/bSxp6YTZ)

I saw that. Man its hard to be 100% on balls/strikes but what a great job he did and on the biggest stage too.

[SilentSteel16]

Especially considering Valdez is a high spin rate guy.

[WhiskeyPirate]

World Series rained out. This favors the Phillies as their pitchers get an extra days rest and the Astros have a deeper staff.

[WhiskeyPirate]

3-0 Philly in the second, Bohm with a dinger. I knew they would jump all over McCullers.

[SilentSteel16]

Old saying… something about counting chickens….Philly thinks they have a whole roost full.

[WhiskeyPirate]

Old saying… something about counting chickens….Philly thinks they have a whole roost full.

They’ve got a couple roosts full. I can’t recall a bigger home field advantage than what Philly has right now.

[SilentSteel16]

I think one of your chickens got out