Daily MLB Banter

[LIHoosier]

Wow, Yanks forced Kluber out in the 4th and put Andrew Miller in. Its only 3-0 but Francona has hit the emergency button already.

[TheWatShot]

Cleveland will win in walkoff fashion like always.

[JSHoosier]

Goodness that home plate ump sucked.  A pitch at the ankles of one player was called a strike, then a couple innings later a pitch right at the knees of another player was called low.

[LIHoosier]

21 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Cleveland will win in walkoff fashion like always.

You've been watching too much Major League.

 

and what did Chicago ever do to Michael (A.) Taylor? A 3 run homer tonight to add on to the grand salami last night. 

 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Jason Heyward is the most overrated player in MLB. Dude can't bat.

As much as the Cubs have done right recently, Heywards contract was a foul.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Cubs are alive. 7-4 Cubs.

Scherzer is really struggling and Weiters isn't helping.

Awesome!


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[LIHoosier]

Cubs bat around, score 4 and leave the bases loaded. That is the most Cubs inning ever.

It seems karma is telling the Nats they should've never left Montreal.

[mdn82]

Go Cubs!


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[Naturalhoosier]

Astros handled the Yanks in game 1!  What a gem Keuchel delivered.  That was an exciting game to watch. 

[LIHoosier]

1 hour ago, Naturalhoosier said:

Astros handled the Yanks in game 1!  What a gem Keuchel delivered.  That was an exciting game to watch. 

Its been the case for years. The Yanks can wallop throwers, but can't deal with pitchers; especially those that rarely click 90 on the gun. Smoltz mentioned this during the game, Judge is getting hosed on low strikes since he's 6'7" and his zone is 3-4 inches higher than everyone else and since he's a rookie he won't chirp about it during the game or afterwards. Girardi needs to bite the bullet and bring it up in a postgame presser to put the idea in the umpires' mind. It would be 10K/25K well spent.

[JSHoosier]

2 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

Its been the case for years. The Yanks can wallop throwers, but can't deal with pitchers; especially those that rarely click 90 on the gun. Smoltz mentioned this during the game, Judge is getting hosed on low strikes since he's 6'7" and his zone is 3-4 inches higher than everyone else and since he's a rookie he won't chirp about it during the game or afterwards. Girardi needs to bite the bullet and bring it up in a postgame presser to put the idea in the umpires' mind. It would be 10K/25K well spent.

Some of the things called a strike against Judge goes beyond being generous.  Against the Indians a ball that was literally ankle high was called a strike; he has adjustments he needs to make, but there's no adjusting to that kind of ineptitude.

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Some of the things called a strike against Judge goes beyond being generous.  Against the Indians a ball that was literally ankle high was called a strike; he has adjustments he needs to make, but there's no adjusting to that kind of ineptitude.

This is why I want to go to a system to determine balls and strikes. Keep the ump. But give them a tool to tell them that. 

[JSHoosier]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

This is why I want to go to a system to determine balls and strikes. Keep the ump. But give them a tool to tell them that. 

A few cameras at certain angles would allow them to get the calls right the vast majority of the time.  At the very least a way for them to be measured and held accountable for being awful at their job.

[Brass Cannon]

4 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

A few cameras at certain angles would allow them to get the calls right the vast majority of the time.  At the very least a way for them to be measured and held accountable for being awful at their job.

Agreed. The refs there just to basically just to overrule the call if the person swings at a ball. 

[LIHoosier]

Yanks just got Maier'd. Thankfully there's review now.

Edit: And they still call that a HR. Total bull.

[Naturalhoosier]

On 10/14/2017 at 5:24 PM, LIHoosier said:

Yanks just got Maier'd. Thankfully there's review now.

Edit: And they still call that a HR. Total bull.

Are you talking about the HR that bounced off the kids glove who was already on top of the wall?  That was unequivocally a HR.

 

Last night, the Astros got punched straight in the mouth.  I always dial these series into mini-series.  Astros took 2/2 in the first series.  They must leave NY with one victory (1-2 record in the second mini-series) and take game 6 in Houston.  If they roll into game 7, advantage Yankees (regardless of pitching matchups).  I've yet to see a killer instinct emerge from the youth of Houston.  I can't see it going any other way if it goes 7.

[LIHoosier]

Wowee, what a comeback.

[LIHoosier]

Schwarbomb!

[LIHoosier]

Its been real, Cubs :(

[WayneFleekHoosier]

[emoji22][emoji22][emoji22][emoji22]. Need better pitching all the way around. Closer has mediocre stuff and he has been the darling of the bullpen. None of the starters have dominant stuff.

Rest of pen sucks.

I don't fully blame pitching because bats have been cold but I have faith in the bats. Little faith in the pitching.


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