Reason wrote:timmy's performance could arguably be more impressive than halladay's
it's just that the braves lineup isn't very scary
Yeah I wouldnt go that far, Halladay's game was as good as it gets. But Tim's performance was better than some of the other no hitters that were thrown this year, like Edwin Jackson walking 25 Rays on his way to getting one. And 14Ks against a lineup with Infante, Heyward, McCann, Lee and Alex Gonzalez ain't no fucking joke.
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The Reds lead in HR, RBI, runs and what BA this year? let's not act like Roy pitched a no hitter to the Stros. While strikes outs are sexy, Roy pretty much didn't allow 1 hit, let alone something close to being a hit. He was on another level the entire game and did it with fewer pitches and an amazing 1st strike ratio.
You're preaching to the choir, brotha. What Halladay did is on a whole 'nother echelon. I wasnt exaggerating when I said that was one of the five best things I've ever seen as a sports fan. I'm not here to compare what he and Tim did. Obviously Halladay was superior, as he has been all year. I just don't want to see Tim's game get lost in the mix, because what he did was damn impressive as well. And I will stand by saying that I'd rather have Tim's game last night than Edwin Jackson's no hitter.
Myjah wrote:
You were at that game and are glad you left early? WTF? You are happy not seeing the biggest highlights from the game? What a waste of money.
I have a very good job and have to be at work at 7 AM every day. We lost. I'm perfectly fine with listening to Franzke and Larry Anderson call the rest of the game on the radio on my drive home and getting more than an hour of sleep. There's a difference between being a die hard fan and a stupid one. I've been to near 20 games this year, I'll survive.
I've been to over 50 games this year, and I haven't left a single game early. And I'm actually kind of a busy person. Luckily, law school teaches one how to schedule for unscheduled events, not be a pussy, and operate on little sleep.
Taking a Business Law 101 class at community college doesn't count as law school.
And lol @ everyone jumping back off the Delmon Young bandwagon already.
Myjah wrote:It's kind of hard for me to talk about that first Twins home game. EASILY the worst game I went to this year, and it had nothing to do with the Twins or the Yankees. Twins fans at Target Field are just the worst. On Wednesday, after the Yankees scored, the stadium went DEAD.
Not only that, but the family in front of me got mad at me for cheering. They got mad at me for cheering for the Twins, during a Twins home playoff game. The girl even shoved a Homer Hanky in her ear to show how annoyed she was listening to me still cheering.
This was beyond demoralizing. I've been to hundreds of Twins games--81 season tickets since 2002--and I could count the games I've left early on one hand. You all know how much of a homer I am. I got up and left before the game was even over--and it had nothing to do with the Yankees or the Twins. It was the bullshit fans. Even tonight on the radio they were talking about how bad last night's fans were.
God I miss the Metrodome.
Give me shit for leaving an extra-inning regular season game on a weekday and then you leave a playoff game early?
Female Faggot.
Wow, you need to build a bridge and get over it.
I clearly pointed out in my post here that I never leave games early and I'm against it, exactly to emphasize that this was so bad that I did leave early. How did you TOTALLY fail to pick up on that? Idiot.
Besides, my leaving the game early was due to the shittyness of the fans sitting around me, who were mad at me for CHEERING for the Twins. And I lied. I didn't leave the game early. I just left my awesome first base seats, went to the standing room only section behind right field, watched until the last pitch, and then turned around, went out the gate right there, and immediately got on a bus.
Reason wrote:timmy's performance could arguably be more impressive than halladay's
it's just that the braves lineup isn't very scary
Yeah I wouldnt go that far, Halladay's game was as good as it gets. But Tim's performance was better than some of the other no hitters that were thrown this year, like Edwin Jackson walking 25 Rays on his way to getting one. And 14Ks against a lineup with Infante, Heyward, McCann, Lee and Alex Gonzalez ain't no fucking joke.
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The Reds lead in HR, RBI, runs and what BA this year? let's not act like Roy pitched a no hitter to the Stros. While strikes outs are sexy, Roy pretty much didn't allow 1 hit, let alone something close to being a hit. He was on another level the entire game and did it with fewer pitches and an amazing 1st strike ratio.
You're preaching to the choir, brotha. What Halladay did is on a whole 'nother echelon. I wasnt exaggerating when I said that was one of the five best things I've ever seen as a sports fan. I'm not here to compare what he and Tim did. Obviously Halladay was superior, as he has been all year. I just don't want to see Tim's game get lost in the mix, because what he did was damn impressive as well. And I will stand by saying that I'd rather have Tim's game last night than Edwin Jackson's no hitter.
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I didn't meant that towards you. I was co-signing your shit and just adding on. Sorry for the confusion.
Hereגs what can be said about the pitch to Berkman: It was a strike ג in plain view, in slow motion and captured by the cameras of the Pitchf/x system that provides data on every pitch thrown today in the major leagues. Pitchf/x is the enemy of umpires because it holds them accountable and highlights their mistakes. And Thursday night, Hunter Wendelstedt made an unconscionable number of errors for a playoff umpire.
It wasnגt just the Berkman pitch. Wendelstedtגs strike zone was askew all night. A website called Brooks Baseball takes the Pitchf/x data and filters it by pitcher, at-bat and even umpire. With the umpiring data, the site calibrates each at-bat to reflect a hitterגs height, then puts out a data plot showing his accuracy on balls and strikes.
The Berkman pitch was one of 31 wrong calls by Wendelstedt. Thirteen other times he called a ball on a pitch inside the strike zone, one of them on a cutter to Derek Jeter(notes) that literally was in the center of the strike zone, at the belt, halving the plate. And 17 times ג most of them actually benefitting Pavano ג Wendelstedt called a strike on a pitch outside the zone.
This is not normal. It is not close. In the Atlanta-San Francisco game Thursday, Dana DeMuth missed nine calls. With Texas-Tampa Bay, Jim Wolf was wrong 12 times. Both were reasonable. Both, too, are good umpires.
The ball was a strike and Wendelstedt is simply bad at his job, but in the end of the day I don't really think it matters. That one call is not the reason the Twins didn't win.
Gilbert Subpoenas wrote:ankiel just shitted on you
The team shitted itself. When you blow a three run lead due to relief pitchers (Romo) walking runners, make fielding errors with men on base (Pablo), ground in to bases loaded double plays (Posey), or your manager finally decides that a playoff game is the best time for your closer to get his first six run save...the team is not going to win. The Braves deserve credit for taking advantage of the opportunities the Giants left them. But the Giants shit the bed last night and they deserved to lose.
I'm pushing for a phillies or giants vs. rangers world series. Where the aces and sluggers have to somehow find compromise. On side note Billy wagner had a very solid career as a reliever but was never given his props. Shame hall of fame so hard on relievers him, franco, and my nigga Lee smith should all be in there.
peanut butter wrote:Giants starters in three playoff games:
Game 1:
T. Lincecum: 9.0 IP 2H 0R 1BB 14K
Game 2:
M. Cain: 6.2IP 7H 1R (0 ER) 2BB 6K
Game 3:
J. Sanchez: 7.1IP 2H 1R 1BB 11K
MadBaum tonight FTW
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Phillies gave up the fewest hits in a best-of-5 series ever.
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Starting staff? Or staff w/ bullpen combined? Cuz Giants starters have been great obviously but their pen has fucked them over twice (Sergio Romo, you faggot).
eternalreflection wrote:you should clearly root for Texas, if Texas had swept it'd be closer but now with them having to use Lee again its a lot better for the yanks
so much for MN going down with a fight :(
I am definitely rooting for texas. Because the Yanks would face Cliff Lee less hopefully and also because the Yanks were .500 against them during the year. The yanks won 8 and lost 10 against the Rays. Their athleticism really gives us problems.
However, the last time the Yanks faced texas, they got swept.
Taking a Business Law 101 class at community college doesn't count as law school.
