Ramsay B. Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Mad Max! That's a pretty insane stat line. Pineda continues to just get shelled in the 1st inning. So fucking annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 14 minutes ago, Ramsay Blow said: Mad Max! That's a pretty insane stat line. Pineda continues to just get shelled in the 1st inning. So fucking annoying. The Yankees should have signed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 12 hours ago, Triskan said: And these Nats couldn't muster a win against the Cubs? Christ. Bullpen blew games they should have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 12 hours ago, Triskan said: And these Nats couldn't muster a win against the Cubs? Christ. A remarkable lack of class, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 22 hours ago, Mexal said: Scherzer just threw 20Ks and no walks tonight against the Tigers tonight. Jesus. Yeah. That is remarkable. And of course there was the TWO homers by Syndegaard. Last night was smiling on pitchers f'sho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 59 minutes ago, Xray the Enforcer said: Yeah. That is remarkable. And of course there was the TWO homers by Syndegaard. Last night was smiling on pitchers f'sho. Noah Syndergaard @Noahsyndergaard 19h19 hours ago Tonight was a direct result of Bartolo inspiring me to be a better man. #histrotwasbetter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 How dare this kid watch his monster homer for a second or two instead of immediately running the bases against John Lackey. He must not have gotten the memo that all must kneel at the altar of the Cubs at all times... http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/john_lackey_on_christian_bethancourt_admiring_hr_i_got_a_long_memory/s1_8061_20894674 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I'd like to run something by the board's bullshit detectors. David Price has had a poor start to the season. He got eaten alive by the Yankees last week. Then, the story goes, Dustin Pedroia points out a flaw in his mechanics, they iron it out, and he strikes out 12 Astros and gives up one run (though he escaped a jam or two) and displays better control in his next start. I guess we'd need more starts to really tell, but does it really happen that neatly? Or is it because it was the Astros? Maybe both? If Price is, uh, right again, and Porcello can maintain his shocking recent competence (having the team score 8 runs every time he pitches is nice too) then I'm not even that worried about Buccholz being his regular wobbly self. Especially with a team that's scored 50 runs in the last four games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 12 hours ago, Joe Pesci said: How dare this kid watch his monster homer for a second or two instead of immediately running the bases against John Lackey. He must not have gotten the memo that all must kneel at the altar of the Cubs at all times... http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/john_lackey_on_christian_bethancourt_admiring_hr_i_got_a_long_memory/s1_8061_20894674 I bet John Lackey's ex-wife also has a long memory. That might be petty and low given I don't know why he filed for divorce while she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. But anyways, fuck him. Don't want perceived showboating to wound his widdle feewings? Don't cough up a homer that lands outside the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 1 hour ago, DanteGabriel said: I'd like to run something by the board's bullshit detectors. David Price has had a poor start to the season. He got eaten alive by the Yankees last week. Then, the story goes, Dustin Pedroia points out a flaw in his mechanics, they iron it out, and he strikes out 12 Astros and gives up one run (though he escaped a jam or two) and displays better control in his next start. I guess we'd need more starts to really tell, but does it really happen that neatly? Or is it because it was the Astros? Maybe both? If Price is, uh, right again, and Porcello can maintain his shocking recent competence (having the team score 8 runs every time he pitches is nice too) then I'm not even that worried about Buccholz being his regular wobbly self. Especially with a team that's scored 50 runs in the last four games. I think things like this can happen but may not be consistent. Mechanics is all about muscle memory so if he has a flaw, it might take some time for him to build it into his muscle memory. Correcting flaws do make a difference though as he might have better control of his pitches, better location, more bite on off speed, more movement on FB, etc. That's why pitching coaches are generally so valuable, at least the good ones. Also, Astros have some pretty good talent at the top end of the line up though they do have a propensity to strike out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 If Pedroia is one of those players that studies an assload of tape on starting pitchers looking for nuances, I could see him spotting something that may be different in Prices mechanics as he has played against Price quite a bit over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 I turned on the Sox game(I still don have YES, it's dire times) and Clemens was in the booth and they were breaking down what he was doing differently this game than previous games. I missed most of the breakdown but it had to do with him keeping his hands higher throughout the wind-up to get better balance and drive, or something along those lines. I wish I saw the whole thing since it seemed interesting and Clemens obviously knows what he's talking about. But even before this game Price was striking out batters at a career high rate, he just obviously needs more consistency which will come. Sox are just mashing the ball right now and it's fucking annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Ramsay Blow said: I turned on the Sox game(I still don have YES, it's dire times) and Clemens was in the booth and they were breaking down what he was doing differently this game than previous games. I missed most of the breakdown but it had to do with him keeping his hands higher throughout the wind-up to get better balance and drive, or something along those lines. I wish I saw the whole thing since it seemed interesting and Clemens obviously knows what he's talking about. But even before this game Price was striking out batters at a career high rate, he just obviously needs more consistency which will come. Sox are just mashing the ball right now and it's fucking annoying. Ah, I had it muted while Clemens was on. Not particularly because I hate Clemens, but because Mrs. Gabriel and I were chatting and the baseball was background for the moment. Keeping his hands higher does sound like the initial critiques from Pedroia that I read about a few days ago. Pesci, I would absolutely believe Pedroia to enough of a film guy to be able to identify flaws in form. He's the goddamn Laser Show. So that's cool, hopefully Price can keep the mechanics consistent going forward, and this was an aberration. Mostly my suspicion was that, when the story came out about Pedroia spotting the flaw and Price working on it, it sounded like excuse-making for Price's poor start. Team-generated smokescreen to fend off fan upset over an expensive free agent failing (though I and many others WANTED the team to go after the top pitching free agents just because we were so pissed about letting Lester walk over money and last year's "we believe we have five number one pitchers!" charade). The Sox are notorious for trying to gaslight fans or leaking bullshit to the local media for PR purposes, the worst of it being the smear job on Francona when he left. We had one sports talk baseball guy, the afternoon before Price's start, saying he wasn't going to trust the radar gun at the stadium. The Sox are mashing but I remember a few hot starts that ended up in despair. Jackie Bradley Jr. is laying waste to pitches like he was at the end of the last season when none of us would allow ourselves to believe it was anything more than a fluke. Fuck, they benched Panda and his bench replacement has been better than Panda's best projections were. And even Christian Vazquez, a "his defense is good enough to ignore the absence of a bat" catcher, has been productive lately. Even Hanley is growing on me. But again, too early to get excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 A friend of mine and I drove down to Philly to see the Reds and the Phillies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 So I see Severino is throwing bp again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Poor Jake Arrieta gives up a two run double, then proceeds to blatantly bean Kang high up on the back with the next pitch (his first hit batter of the season). Gotta love the entitlement of these Cubs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Lannister Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 30 minutes ago, Triskan said: It blows my mind that the Time Warner and Direct TV fight over the Dodgers is still going on. I will be attending St. Louis @ L.A. tonight; which I pretty much must do in order to see L.A. It's nuts. I live less than an hour from Busch Stadium, and thanks to MLB.tv I have access to every Dodger game while the vast majority of my Dodger-loving extended family, who live within an hour or so of Dodger Stadium, are screwed. I know at least one of my cousins would have switched providers specifically to watch the Dodgers, but he can't even get TWC where he lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 David Ortiz tripled to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th and then doubled in the 11th to drive home the winning run, and got mobbed by the team on second base. Great moment. Great finish to a very entertaining game. This is why grown-ass men across the country call him "Papi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Real classy of the Cards to let us whoop on them last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Soooooo...the Cubs seemed to have turned the Pirates into a bunch of head cases...it's quite enjoyable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.