Thank You for Not MFYing: Threading the ALCS

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Pitching duel of the slow Sox-Tigers variety.

Buchholz waits longer between pitches than Dice K.

[metirish]

The slow pace kills it for me as far as watching....instead we are watching "The Dog that saved Halloween"

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Oh good a review delay.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Yay, it's the fifth inning!
That foul call replay thing took too long. Wasn't even close.

[Zvon]

Sawx on the board.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Forgot to mention before ... Tim McCarver pulls a Joe
Torre was a great hitter out of his ass before ... he just
can't help himself.

[Zvon]

Tiggers put a dent in the wall.

[Zvon]

Prince looked like a beached whale.

I like the way he put his arms out, like a flying squirrel or something.

[Frayed Knot]

Pitching duel of the slow Sox-Tigers variety. Buchholz waits longer between pitches than Dice K.

Buchholz took 15 minutes to deliver the first 22 pitches of the game (yeah, I timed it). It's too depressing to do the math on that one for a per/pitch rate.
Not that some of the batters aren't at least partially responsible for that pace, but most of that was on the pitcher.

That foul call replay thing took too long. Wasn't even close.

Despite all the promises and projections about time limits when replay rules are introduced, the reviews never go as quickly as in the plans.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Pitching duel of the slow Sox-Tigers variety. Buchholz waits longer between pitches than Dice K. Buchholz took 15 minutes to deliver the first 22 pitches of the game (yeah, I timed it). It's too depressing to do the math on that one for a per/pitch rate. Not that some of the batters aren't at least partially responsible for that pace, but most of that was on the pitcher. That foul call replay thing took too long. Wasn't even close. Despite all the promises and projections about time limits when replay rules are introduced, the reviews never go as quickly as in the plans.

Ya know these new review rules, and now this stuff about not making contact on a play at the plate. I may just have to close the book on what I consider 20th century baseball.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The Sox are getting all the breaks a team needs to eke out four of these.

Yeah, well, not so much today, with this.

[Zvon]

You see how Drew shifted his weight mid slide to be in position to pop up and throw? That was a very good play.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, okay, there's that little thing, I suppose.

Nice play from Drew there, but that Fenway infield grass seemed to slow the Cabrera grounder down a lot, did it not?

[Frayed Knot]

Cabrera slowed Cabrera down a lot too.

Not a lot of speed, athleticism, or defense on Detroit outside of Jackson (who can't get on right now), Toriiii (who's, what, 38?), and their new SS (whose hitting is still a question mark).

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Missed the Monster shot there by a few inches. Hell, a good beard trimmer might have cut down the wind resistance on Gomes' swing enough to get that one out.

Seriously, Gomes-- trim the fucking beard.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Cabrera slowed Cabrera down a lot too. Not a lot of speed, athleticism, or defense on Detroit outside of Jackson (who can't get on right now), Toriiii (who's, what, 38?), and their new SS (whose hitting is still a question mark).

Detroit is Earl Weaver's dream. Starting pitching and three-run-homer potential everywhere you look... and not much else.

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Well, okay, there's that little thing, I suppose. Nice play from Drew there, but that Fenway infield grass seemed to slow the Cabrera grounder down a lot, did it not?

It did.

[Frayed Knot]

Detroit is Earl Weaver's dream. Starting pitching and three-run-homer potential everywhere you look... and not much else.

Some of Earl's teams had great collections of gloves though.
These current Tigers, not so much.

Edited October 19, 2013 by Guest

[Zvon]

I would looooove playing on that infield.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Detroit is Earl Weaver's dream. Starting pitching and three-run-homer potential everywhere you look... and not much else. Some of Earl's teams had great collections of gloves though. These current Tigers, not so much.

They're purty awful.

[Frayed Knot]

And now the 2nd error of the post-season by Igleseas

[Zvon]

wow

[metirish]

Fucking wow...a granny for Victorino

[Frayed Knot]

The entire Cardinals team just tweeted that they disapprove of Victorino's post-HR antics.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That was... unexpected.

[Zvon]

His bases juices post stats are freakin unreal. Yes, totally unexpected.

[Zvon]

I wasn't being sarcastic there^. Two separate statements.

[dinosaur jesus]

I know we hate Victorino here, but geez. That was an all-time postseason moment.

The Tigers are just getting worn down in this Series.

[Frayed Knot]

According to my year-long, one-inning save study, a closer with a three run lead has better than a 97% chance of closing out the game.
And that's just a generic stat. Throw in the fact that Boston has a hotter-than-hot closer coming in to face the bottom of a fairly cold lineup and I think it's safe to say that things are looking even better than that for the Red Sox.

[Zvon]

I don't hate the flyin hawiian. Everyone says I should but I've yet to see a good reason to.