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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Oct 24, 2019 11:19:39 GMT -5
Astros look flat after the series against the Yank. I thought the old guys in the Nationals would have nothing left in the tank, but it seems like they benefited from the extra rest. What old guys? They only have 3 players over 35. Fernando Rodney, Kurt Suzuki, and Howie Kendrick. And I think their 35 year olds are doing great! Max Scherzer, Ryan Zimmerman, Anibal Sanchez.
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Post by LA Times on Oct 24, 2019 11:33:50 GMT -5
Astros look flat after the series against the Yank. I thought the old guys in the Nationals would have nothing left in the tank, but it seems like they benefited from the extra rest. What old guys? They only have 3 players over 35. Fernando Rodney, Kurt Suzuki, and Howie Kendrick. And I think their 35 year olds are doing great! Max Scherzer, Ryan Zimmerman, Anibal Sanchez. Those old guys. The team has the highest average age in the majors. Geraldo baby shark para is also up there.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Oct 24, 2019 11:44:06 GMT -5
What old guys? They only have 3 players over 35. Fernando Rodney, Kurt Suzuki, and Howie Kendrick. And I think their 35 year olds are doing great! Max Scherzer, Ryan Zimmerman, Anibal Sanchez. Those old guys. The team has the highest average age in the majors. Geraldo baby shark para is also up there. Maybe it's because I'm going to be 35 in 2 weeks, but I don't consider that to be that old anymore, lol.
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Oct 24, 2019 21:51:49 GMT -5
Here comes the run!
Maybe not lol
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Post by Kyle on Oct 25, 2019 10:56:12 GMT -5
Nats fan here. My nerves are shot. After watching this team crap the bed for 14 years, I can't believe where we're at and I refuse to count any chickens before they hatch.
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Post by LK3 on Oct 25, 2019 15:24:29 GMT -5
Nats fan here. My nerves are shot. After watching this team crap the bed for 14 years, I can't believe where we're at and I refuse to count any chickens before they hatch. Don’t let up until that last out comes. Good luck 👍🏻
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Post by LA Times on Oct 27, 2019 12:15:07 GMT -5
Nationals got slammed last night, but this is becoming the competitive series people thought it would be
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Post by LA Times on Oct 27, 2019 15:59:43 GMT -5
Max Scherzer scratched from tonights start due to neck spasms and Joe Ross will start in his place. The Nationals cannot win a championship without Scherzer.
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Post by Chip on Oct 27, 2019 23:24:53 GMT -5
ill continue to say it even if they win this series THE ASTROS
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Post by Nivro™ on Oct 27, 2019 23:47:08 GMT -5
I havent watched any of the Series, nor do I want to. Soon as I seen it get 2-2 I knew it was over. Then during the Niners game they said Max was out, I knew the series was over cause the Astros were gonna schlack the bag boy the Nats put out tonight.
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Post by LA Times on Oct 28, 2019 7:47:39 GMT -5
I havent watched any of the Series, nor do I want to. Soon as I seen it get 2-2 I knew it was over. Then during the Niners game they said Max was out, I knew the series was over cause the Astros were gonna schlack the bag boy the Nats put out tonight. The fat lady is warming her vocal cords. It also doesn't help that the nationals only scored 3 runs in 3 games at home.
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Post by LA Times on Oct 28, 2019 12:14:43 GMT -5
Yankos fired their pitching coach even though their pitching wasn't bad during the playoffs.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Oct 30, 2019 8:46:47 GMT -5
Yankos fired their pitching coach even though their pitching wasn't bad during the playoffs. It wasn't bad, but it provided no length. Having to get 12-15+ outs out of the bullpen EVERY GAME put us into a position where people like Chad Green and Tommy Kahnle were coming into the games too early. In Game 2 of the ALCS, Paxton comes out in the 3rd. If he could have gone longer, maybe Loasiga and Happ aren't pitching in the 10th and 11th. In Game 3, Chad Green is coming into the game in the 5th inning because Severino couldn't get out of the 5th. In Game 4, Green into the game in the 6th, Kahnle the 7th. Guys like Verlander and Cole, even when they don't have their best stuff, and even on the rare occasion when the lose...they ALMOST ALWAYS go 6 or 7 innings. So even though TECHNICALLY the Yankees had the better bullpen, Houston wasn't really having to use the guys they didn't trust because their starters gave them length. The Yankees, on the other hand were essentially using EVERY reliever EVERY game and having to get them into the games earlier than we wanted, which burned them out and left us ZERO insurance for extra innings games or tie games late. Aaron Boone and Larry Rothschild's plan was innovative and worth a shot...it just wasn't sustainable. You need to get length out of your starters. It's been 9 years, we need a new pitching coach with a different approach who is going to be able to work with these guys and teach them to be more economical with their pitches and to not tip their pitches. It's been a problem for too long, Yankee starters not giving length and tipping. Also, even though Ottavino threw the pitches, I blame Rothschild for Ottavino having a crappy postseason. The Astros really employed the ambush tactics on Ottavino because it's known that on pitch #1 of an at-bat, Ottavino almost always spins in a really sh*tty slider that's right over the plate because he's trying to get strike 1 so he can then expand the zone. HOWEVER, the Astros knew this, and swung at that first pitch and clobbered it. After this happened a few times, if I was the pitching coach, I would have told Ottavino "they are sitting on that first pitch slider in the zone, either throw it OUT OF THE ZONE, or lead off the at-bats with a DIFFERENT PITCH". He continued to float in these awful sliders right over the middle, and Houston tee'd off on him. Using the exact same pitching sequence is pretty much as bad as tipping because the other team is almost sure of what you are doing. Greinke, on the other hand, was able to change his approach. The Yankees were able to hit Greinke in Game 1 because they were very aggressive and swung early in counts because Greinke is known for throwing strikes early in at-bats and then getting you to chase. The Yankees are usually patient, but figures with Greinke if they took too many pitches they'd just always be behind in counts. But for Game 4, Greinke came back and pitched completely different where he threw less pitches in the strike zone early in counts, but the Yankees assumed he would pitch the game as he did in Game 1, continued to swing like the pitches would be strikes and Greinke made them look foolish. These are things that a pitching coach needs to pick up on, and I just think Rothschild was just too content to come up with a strategy and stick with it, and even when it was found to no longer be working, they just continued with it and tried to force it, rather than adapting and coming up with new plans. It's time for a fresh face.
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Post by East Coast on Oct 30, 2019 10:18:45 GMT -5
I havent watched any of the Series, nor do I want to. Soon as I seen it get 2-2 I knew it was over. Then during the Niners game they said Max was out, I knew the series was over cause the Astros were gonna schlack the bag boy the Nats put out tonight. never count out the Natinals
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Post by Nivro™ on Oct 30, 2019 10:37:50 GMT -5
I havent watched any of the Series, nor do I want to. Soon as I seen it get 2-2 I knew it was over. Then during the Niners game they said Max was out, I knew the series was over cause the Astros were gonna schlack the bag boy the Nats put out tonight. never count out the Natinals Well Technically no. They did schlack that guy but I'd still take the Asstros to win.
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Post by LA Times on Oct 30, 2019 21:48:34 GMT -5
Zack Greinke gets taken out after giving up 1 ER in 6.1 IP and the imbecile from the bullpen immediately gives up a go ahead 2-run HR while Astros couldve brought in Gerrit Cole.
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Post by LA Times on Oct 31, 2019 22:39:35 GMT -5
No love for the Nationals for finally winning a World Series?
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Post by Tim of thee on Nov 1, 2019 0:09:04 GMT -5
No love for the Nationals for finally winning a World Series? If it’s not the Yankees or Sox fugetaboutit
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Post by LK3 on Nov 1, 2019 1:43:14 GMT -5
I’m happy for a guy like Scherzer to win a championship. And the way it happened made it even better. Scratched from game 5, things looking bleak heading back to Houston, yet they were able to force a game 7 where Scherzer was then able to come back and pitch the biggest game of his life. Some huge innings from Corbin to back him up as well. And as a Yankees fan I don’t feel bad for the Astros losing at all. Pretty crazy series to have the road team win all 7 games, and Strasburg becomes the first #1 overall pick to win MVP. Congrats, Nats.
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Post by LA Times on Nov 1, 2019 8:16:55 GMT -5
I’m happy for a guy like Scherzer to win a championship. And the way it happened made it even better. Scratched from game 5, things looking bleak heading back to Houston, yet they were able to force a game 7 where Scherzer was then able to come back and pitch the biggest game of his life. Some huge innings from Corbin to back him up as well. And as a Yankees fan I don’t feel bad for the Astros losing at all. Pretty crazy series to have the road team win all 7 games, and Strasburg becomes the first #1 overall pick to win MVP. Congrats, Nats. Ryan Zimmerman is an OG, and I am happy he is getting a ring.
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