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 what’s the difference between four outs and six outs? Six pitches? Ten pitches? And that doesn’t 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 ...
You could mute them. ;^)
Nope.
Dinner now, then HBO shows ‘til 10:30. After that, I’ll speed watch Walking Dead from DVR. I’ll check here or see the score at some point.
Oh. You’ve been keeping up more than I have. I didn’t do any reading or listening to all the talking heads except what you sent me after the loss.
Glad to help! :)
Oh boy... Warm up Dubront NOW!
Buchholz makes it out of the 2nd unscathed.
Well alright... Buchholz made it through two innings... I’ll take it.
Is this the live thread or is there another one?
This is it.
Why doesn’t Buchholz ever wash his hair? I’ve noticed he has a certain sequence of body movements between pitches sometimes.
Lick the fingers, wipe them on his uniform. Touch the greasy hair in back, wipe the fingers again, then rub the ball. Could he be cheating with that?
He did it again but went straight from the mouth to the hair , then to the uniform, then the ball.
I heard he wets the hair.
http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/clay-buchholz-doctoring-cheating/186175
All of the good ones are probably accused of cheating.
Yes, this the live October baseball / World Series thread...
Buchholz always pours bottled water over his hair between innings... I’ve seen him do it many times.
Ortiz: Lets go!! After he doubled to the wall.
Gomes takes a 10 pitch walk.
Bogaerts walks... bases loaded. No outs.
Yay Papi !
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