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  1. Frayed Knot
    Cards have scored a total of EIGHT runs over four games yet have a 3-1 lead.
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    It's a good thing Puig celebrated that triple so hard yesterday because I think that was his only hit this week.
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    Zvon wrote: I thought the rule was a pitcher had 20 seconds. It's actually 12 seconds ... but - that's only with the bases empty AND - it's never enforced
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    I'm becoming in favor of a rule change where the manager/pitching coach gets one free visit to the mound per game and then each successive trip to the mound requires a pitching change. As it is now the bench is allowed one trip per inning which, under current conditions, can mean 8-10 trips per game as each reliever used gets two visits: one for strategy/stalling and one for removal. I realize that this would probably just result in increased visits to the mound by catchers instead whenever they wanted to stall, but it would at least be a start. My alternative idea is a sniper on the roof picking off relievers who refuse to throw more than one pitch per minute. Marmol would have been mortally wounded about seven batters ago.
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    I'm becoming in favor of a rule change where the manager/pitching coach gets one free visit to the mound per game and then each successive trip to the mound requires a pitching change. As it is now the bench is allowed one trip per inning which, under current conditions, can mean 8-10 trips per game as each reliever used gets two visits: one for strategy/stalling and one for removal. I realize that this would probably just result in increased visits to the mound by catchers instead whenever they wanted to stall, but it would at least be a start.
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    If I were Mattingly I'd be Punto-ing Punto's ass all over the dugout right now.
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    I figured Perez would be the tough part - if for no other reason that no one here pays a lot of attention to the Indians. By the end of this season, Perez had lost his closers job (and been busted for having pot Fed-Exed to his house). Part A -- Kimbrel & Chris Perez Part B: Led Two Teams ______ & _______ Led Three Teams _______
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    Part A -- Kimbrel & _________ Part B: Led Two Teams ______ & _______ Led Three Teams _______
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    [u:3mfbkr2n]Kloser Kwiz[/u:3mfbkr2n] Over the most recent three seasons (2011, 2012, 2013) I count [u:3mfbkr2n]60 different pitchers[/u:3mfbkr2n] who served as their team�s primary closer -- and for purposes of this question, the primary closer is the one who leads his team in saves for that year Of those 60 - 35 led a team in saves for only one of those seasons - 20 led a team in saves exactly twice over those three years - Which of course leaves just [u:3mfbkr2n]Five Closers[/u:3mfbkr2n] who led a team [u:3mfbkr2n]in each[/u:3mfbkr2n] 2011, 2012 & 2013 Kwiz A) Can you name the TWO from that group of five who led [u:3mfbkr2n]The Same Team[/u:3mfbkr2n] in saves the last three years? Kwiz Can you name the other three; - two of whom led two different teams during that span (obviously that means he led one team twice and one team once) - and also the one guy who led three different teams once each?
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    batmagadanleadoff wrote: In 1979, one of baseball's themes was the number of 40+ year olds excelling at the game. Must have been all the steroids.
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    Kong76 wrote: Buddy is one of my favorite Mets. Used to sponsor his bbr-dotcom page until the renewal rate got crazy. And, for those who grew up in and around north-central Long Island, seeing Buddy at various local spots was not an uncommon occurrence back in the day.
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    metirish wrote: Some harsh words under "Both are set for life", probably wouldn't get that from today's journo. What you have to remember is that this was at a time only a few years past the dawn of the free-agency era and many writers were still under the delusion that athletes should be happy with whatever they were offered (even if it was nowhere near their actual worth) and shut-up about everything else. That the upper crust of stars suddenly were getting salaries resembling true market rates irked a lot of people, hence the reaction to whatever those scribes decided was "ungrateful" behavior as well as the snide "set for life" comments thrown in on the side.
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    One thing I've noticed, not just from tonight but from watching the Cardinals over this sustained stretch: Jon Jay isn't as good a CF as I thought. Not that he's a bad fielder or anything, but he doesn't have the speed you like to see from a real go-get-em CF and he's probably made more judgement mistakes over the last week and a half than Lagares did all year. ... and now the Dodgers waste the lead-off triple anyway.
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    First rule of pinch-running: Don't run worse than the guy you're replacing is likely to have done.
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    Zvon wrote: I love a hot dog when he's hot. Yeah but, contrary to what Cal said, Puig didn't get to 3rd because he chose to "turn it on", he got there on account of the ball bouncing away from Beltran.
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    Kong76 wrote: Certainly the leather was flashed for many more than only one season. Sure, but there are good defensive seasons and then there are ones we won't likely see the likes of again.
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    No, but for that one season that was the best defensive infield I ever saw. It got to the point where if anything, other than a line drive, got through that infield you found yourself surprised.
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    It's like the cop and Hunter are partners in some sort of odd synchronized cheerleading competition.
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    Fman99 wrote: Those who know my full name will understand my distaste for the topic at hand. It's not Scheisskopf is it?
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    Through these two games the BoSox sent 69 batters to the plate. - the first 61 registered [u:37daoje7]2 hits and 30 strikeouts[/u:37daoje7] plus 8 walks + an HBP while scoring 1 run - the final 8 made only 2 outs (1 via K) while scoring 5 times on 5 hits plus a walk.
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    Cardinals with 9 hits total (6 of them singles) and 6 walks through 22 innings -- and yet lead the series 2-0 Helps that the Dodgers, who have 14 hits (11 singles) and 7 walks over that same span, are 1-for-16 w/RiSP. That one hit --Uribe's 3rd inning/2-out/bases-loaded single-- accounts for both their runs.
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    A tale of two 1-0 games: NL today -- 2:40 for the entire game with 8 pitchers used, including 2 in-inning pitching changes AL tonight: 2:50 through 6-1/2 innings (so far) with 3 pitchers used and 1 in-inning pitching change
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    [Joe]But none of Beltran's post-season stuff counts because none of it happened in New York[/benigno]
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    Gwreck wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: The bench of Kolten Wong, Daniel Descalso, Shane Robinson, Tony Cruz, and Adron Chambers combined to OPS barely 550 for the season Ok, fess up. Descalso is real, but you made the rest of those guys up, right? Well, Chambers has already PH'd so I couldn't be inventing him. Cruz is the backup catcher so you'll see Jimmy Hoffa in a game before you see him. Shane Robinson is said to exist but so is Nessie up there in Scotland and, in both cases, there's very little proof.
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    LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Holy shit-- Kolten Wong's on the postseason roster? Wasn't he their first-rounder, like, a year ago? 2011 actually. He didn't hit much after getting the call-up. In fact the bench overall* might be the Cards major weakness here. * The bench of Kolten Wong, Daniel Descalso, Shane Robinson, Tony Cruz, and Adron Chambers combined to OPS barely 550 for the season
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