So the World Series is all set / IWST

[Centerfield]

Well

[Centerfield]

I hate the way Nick Martinez rocks back and forth. Unsettling. 

[Edgy MD]

Bryan Baker is good.

It's a shame it took until now for him to get into a game.

[Edgy MD]

Chandler Simpson came to play.

[Edgy MD]

Gotta be one of the longest delays for a replay review since they got rid of the headsets.

[Edgy MD]

Extra innings without a magic runner!

It's, like, baseball!!

[Centerfield]

Really hate that the Rays are getting booed by the other teams fans in the own building in the WS. 
 

Forget expansion. Just move this team.  

[Edgy MD]

Wow!  Down goes Frelick.

Golden opportunity in the bottom of the eleventh coming up for the Rays.  Brewers bullpen can't go forever.

[Edgy MD]

But they're letting Ashby go for three innings.

That's good baseball!

[Edgy MD]

Coming up short in the eleventh, and now they've lifted one of their best hitters.

[Edgy MD]

Kapowie!  Pratt!

Also, a guy named after two NYC colleges should play in New York.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

UFFF. That error might hurt. 

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

And it DOES hurt!

[ashie62]

Great game tonight 

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

And the Rays live to see another day!

[ashie62]

Rays win!! Yippee!

[Centerfield]

Wow great game. 
 

 

[Lefty Specialist]

Fantastic bullpen work.  I figured one of the pens was going to crack eventually- turns out both did.

These teams are such mirror images of one another (that 8-run inning excepted).

[Edgy MD]

And now they can't swap out two or three relievers for obscure-but-rested guys from their AAA team.

[seawolf17]

Do all teams do that? I don't pay enough attention to anyone's bullpen use but our own, and I just assumed that was a Metsy thing.

[Edgy MD]

29 minutes ago, seawolf17 said:

Do all teams do that? I don't pay enough attention to anyone's bullpen use but our own, and I just assumed that was a Metsy thing.

No, it's totally a thing-thing.  Some teams do it more than others, certainly, but teams have treated it as a primary directive since, like, the 2013 Dodgers won the pennant by expanding their pitching staff to 20 guys by regularly rotating them in and out.

The abuse became so universal that the league had to step in and limit the number of times a Joe Smith could be promoted and demoted in a season.  But that has only led to more abuse of AAAA veterans who are instead promoted and DFA'd, and regularly end up with four organizations in a single season.

But the good news is that rosters remain largely frozen within a series during the post-season — though there are now injury exceptions* to that rule which I imagine can and will be abused.

*FUN FACT: As with many rule changes, this largely occurred because of the Mets.

[stevejrogers]

1 hour ago, Edgy MD said:

But the good news is that rosters remain largely frozen within a series during the post-season — though there are now injury exceptions* to that rule which I imagine can and will be abused.

*FUN FACT: As with many rule changes, this largely occurred because of the Mets.

Is this a Mike Andrews reference?

[Centerfield]

So will they start Rasmussen?  I would not. You need to win 3 games anyway. Might as well have Rasmussen fresh for one of them. 

[Edgy MD]

3 hours ago, stevejrogers said:

Is this a Mike Andrews reference?

I'm not sure who Mike Andrews is, so no, I guess.

[Benjamin Grimm]

He was on Oakland's 1973 World Series roster. I think Charlie Finley wanted to replace him on the roster while the Series was in progress due to poor play. I forget the details.

I was thinking Edgy was referring to Orlando Hernandez in 2006.

[Centerfield]

Rasmussen gets the start. So what do I know. 

[stevejrogers]

33 minutes ago, Benjamin Grimm said:

He was on Oakland's 1973 World Series roster. I think Charlie Finley wanted to replace him on the roster while the Series was in progress due to poor play. I forget the details.

I was thinking Edgy was referring to Orlando Hernandez in 2006.

1) Yup.  Pretty insane all around, Finley even had an injury excuse at the ready, and Manny Trillo ready to be activated for the remainder of the series.

2) Ah.