Posted on 10/08/2013 10:04:36 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT
Craig Kimbrel is supposedly the heir to Mariano Rivera. In his postseason career as closer, Rivera recorded 27 appearances of 2+ innings.
Uribe bunted two balls foul, ... and then tomahawked a high fastball from David Carpenter into left-field stands for a shocking two-run homer ....
Note that I wrote "David Carpenter" and not "Craig Kimbrel."
The Braves had to win this game. Lose, and they go home. Somehow they lost -- in the late innings, no less -- without using the most dominant relief pitcher in the game.
The sad thing is, Gonzalez apparently didn't even think of using Kimbrel for two innings. "I think six outs isn't something we were even talking about in the dugout," he said after the game.
But whats the difference between four outs and six outs? Six pitches? Ten pitches? And that doesnt even factor in that the Dodgers had the 5-6-7 hitters due up in the eighth and the 8-9-1 hitters up in the ninth.
So instead you lost a game with a guy who had a 6.07 ERA last year for the Houston Astros.
... ".. I want the ball." We'll see if Kimbrel confirms that, but even if he didn't say that, his look of disgust, standing there with his hands on his hips, will haunt Braves fans all winter.
This should be covered in Managing 101. ... Who cares if it's the seventh inning or the eighth inning or the ninth. I'd rather lose with Carpenter in the ninth inning or the 10th inning or whenever ...
Look, managing your bullpen in a structured manner in the regular season is one thing.
October is not the regular season.
Fredi Gonzalez didn't think the best reliever in the game can get six outs.
He ended up getting none.
(Excerpt) Read more at espn.go.com ...
DA BEARS!!!
Grrr... We need a double play here!
YEAH!! There’s that double play!!
Done.
Ken... Where are you? Your “Sawx” are in the World Series! ;-)
Victorino shouldn’t be getting into it with that home plate umpire. We can’t afford to have the Flyin’ Hawaiian tossed out of the game...
Too bad the winner of the league championship can’t poach players from the losing team for the world series.
Red Sox could snatch up Scherzer, Verlander, and Sanchez for an unstopable starting pitching staff.
Yep. I wish he could bottle 1% of his passion and give it to that irma Buchholtz.
Phew! Got out of that inning. Lester up to 78 pitches...
This is the point of the game where I mash up a couple anti-depressants, mix them into a glass of aged single malt, then chase that with a Sam Adams.
Later...
Heh. ;-)
Wainright at 95 pitches.
This is the official post-season / World Series thread, if you’re interested... :-)
Um... we're winning, by the way... ;-)
I’m joking!
If this game is indicative of STL’s play, we’re looking at a sweep.
I'll take any of those for Clay Buchholz, by the way...
No, it's not. This is *not* the 2004 Cardinals team (Current Cards Manager Mike Matheny was catcher for the Cards in '04).
Wait 'til you see 22-year-old Michael Wacha pitch tomorrow night...
We’ll see. This game, should the score stand, might psychologically scar STL.
Tiger pitching was really all that carried them from August onward. Its really pretty amazing that they even got to the ALCS let alone made it to 6 games. Martinez, Hunter, and Peralta might have been some decent hitters to bring on board for the WS.
Home field advantage is the final Jim Leyland contribution. We hate to see him go but he refused to sign a contract in the last off season so we knew he was thinking about retirement.
Let’s hope so...
...prescription drugs...Elvis...
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