Edgy MD

I didn't write anything about "clutching up." I've never seen or heard anyone but you use that term.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=174957 time=1728496833 user_id=68]Why shouldn't a ticket-holder be able to scalp his ticket to his heart's delight?

I don't see what you see. I see relief aces used in the middle innings to desperately claw back into a game that would have gotten a bullpen backender by the fifth in July. I see alternate-day starters getting up and getting used for late-inning relief. Buck Showalter had an expression about something he avoided he called "chasing the win." He didn't want to upend his bullpen burning guys for two or three days down the road trying to climb back into a game when his team was down multiple runs. He was going to pitch Denyi Reyes or Edwin Uceta and if Nimmo or Lindor or someone was getting a day off, Buck wasn't going to throw him into the game. If those backenders shut down the opposition and his hitters hit their way back into the game, great, he would manage for the win, but otherwise, he was looking ahead to conserve his resources. That's not what you get in the playoffs. Regulars don't get rest days. Injured guys don't take it easy. Roger McDowell gets four-inning relief spots. Randy Johnson comes out of the pen the day after a start. I don't think we're as likely to get Kody Clemens on the mound as we were two weeks ago. And so a four- or five-run lead is that much less secure, because nobody's throwing up a white flag.

It's the playoffs. Nothing's gonna come easy. Even the occasional blowout is gonna make the advocates of the winning team sweat, because the visitors are still going to throw everything at it. And by the way, this is totally unfair to the guy, but how gratifying is it to end a post-season game by retiring Kody Clemens?

Guest star on Cheers. My other immediate memory is how he got under Pete Rose's skin. [YOUTUBE]ngeqI3Ji6aY[/YOUTUBE]

=Gwreck post_id=174902 time=1728434010 user_id=56]I too wanted Ottavino.

Going for the clincher at home!

Edgy MD wrote: I want Ottavino here. OK, give me your keys. Otto when he doesn't have to mind any baserunners is good Otto.

Other guys are sent out for the saves. But you send Stanek out for the staves.

I want Ottavino here.

Santa brought me more Vaseline for my buttox.

Dear Santa, Four more outs, please. I can't wait until December. Sincerely, Me

Strow some thrikes.

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Alvarado v. Iglesias. What I hope for.

Alvarado v. Alonso. What they paid for.

Edgy MD wrote: Man, I was REALLY regretting not pinch-running Luisangel there for a minute or two. Not only is he slow but he read that ball terribly. Bad jump. I wonder if Mendoza makes a different call if faced with the situation later in the post-season.

GameDay depicted Manaea pitching lefthanded with his glove on his left hand that inning. It was a really effective inning, considering.

Man, I was REALLY regretting not pinch-running Luisangel there for a minute or two.

Tempted to pinch-run Acoonie for Vientos here. Tempted, but resisting ... I think.

Edgy MD wrote: Holy smokes! Duz Manaea come back out for the seventh? Because I don't think looking for nine outs from Díaz is going to be a good play. Yes. I like your plan, but it looks like Realmuto is the guy he doesn't want to face.

Holy smokes! Duz Manaea come back out for the seventh? Because I don't think looking for nine outs from Díaz is going to be a good play.

It would be nice if, earlier in the game when the Mets were hitting Nola hard, they had plated a couple more. He seems to have found something like his groove.

Winker is all "Catch this one, Alex!"

Manaea doesn't like to throw strikes to Realmuto.