Baseball 2021

[djl PE]

I think after tonight, the Dodgers will be watching the rest of the playoffs on the sidelines!

I think so too.. But anything can happen! I refuse to draw definite conclusions after last year.

Dave Roberts has been full of interesting pitching decisions this post- how do you feel about pitching decisions @DuranDuran PE ?

 

[DLD PE]

I think so too.. But anything can happen! I refuse to draw definite conclusions after last year.

Dave Roberts has been full of interesting pitching decisions this post- how do you feel about pitching decisions @DuranDuran PE ?

I think the criticism toward Dave Roberts is unfair. Baseball often boils down to who's hot and who's not on a given day. The Dodgers could have easily been 2-0 after the first two games, and his decision with Urias made sense at the time. On the flip side, his gamble at the start of game 5 against the Giants seemed counter-intuitive to me, but it worked. Reporters get the benefit of criticizing after the fact.

 

[leggo PE]

That’s the thing when a coach does something seen as untraditional/risky. If it works, the coach is a genius! If it backfires, the coach is panned by the reporters, who yes, do always have the benefit of writing and analyzing after the fact. So while hindsight can always be 20/20, in the moment it’s really hard to make heads or tails of any of these changes in pitchers until you see it pan out.

 

[DLD PE]

Congrats to the Braves! Tough weekend in sports for me. Vols were 7 points away from Bama going into the 4th quarter, but 28 points later it was a 24-52 drudging by the Tide as expected. My only salvation was a convincing Titans win vs the Chiefs.

Should be a good series between Braves and Astros!

 

[djl PE]

Loved the braves win.. If I wasn't married already I would marry Tyler Matzek. He was amazing.
I watched like 3 plays of the bama game because it was the same time as the braves.
Loved the titans win.. Chiefs are bad... long season though

 

[leggo PE]

Nice win for the Braves! I’m intrigued to see how they play against the behemoth that are the Asterisks.

 

[djl PE]

World Series champs.... Sounds amazing. Go Braves!!!!!

 

[DLD PE]

Congrats to the Braves! They beat my Dodgers, but my hat is off to them. Happy for the Braves fans!

 

[leggo PE]

Congrats to the Braves!! They stacked up very well agains the Asterisks, whom I would never like to see win a WS ever again (or really, in the WS at all, it’s kind of boring) even if I do like Dusty Baker.

It’s so fun to see the perceived underdog come out on top!

 

[leggo PE]

Dang, Buster Posey is retiring. I'm very sad about it as a diehard Giants fan, but I give him props for stepping down after such an amazing season. He definitely could have kept going in the sense that any team would have likely wanted him, but I give him props for leaving on his own terms (plus he has two sets of twins!!). He's a class act of a baseball player, which I feel there aren't so many of these days. And I am selfishly happy that he's retiring as a forever Giant! I hope he sticks around the game in some capacity, especially if it means for the Giants somehow.

 

[leggo PE]

As if the lockdown isn’t already disappointing enough (even if it was seen a mile away), look at this:

https://fansided.com/2021/11/30/mlb-rob-manfred-2-different-baseballs-report/
Manfred has got to go! He is only interested in keeping the owners rich, and thus, happy.