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TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

TransMonk Apr 05 2021 04:37 PM

Matz leaves his Jays debut up by five allowing only 1 run in 6.1 innings while striking out 9. In their first 2021 starts, Wheeler, Matz and Harvey combine for 23 K in 18 IP while allowing only 3 ER and 2 BB.

TransMonk Apr 05 2021 04:52 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Also, the new stadium in Texas looks disgusting. https://twitter.com/samgannon87/status/1379164124232437761?s=21

Edgy MD Apr 05 2021 04:55 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

I died of COVID three times just watching that.

Marshmallowmilkshake Apr 05 2021 05:46 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Odd column by Davidoff, who I just can't figure out: Poor start won't stop Braves from winning World Series Is there anyone out there really saying that the Braves are toast because of an 0-3 start? [url]https://nypost.com/2021/04/05/poor-start-wont-stop-braves-from-winning-world-series/

bmfc1 Apr 06 2021 10:33 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

ATL faces WSH today and WSH will not have: Alex Avila, Josh Bell, Patrick Corbin, Yan Gomes, Brad Hand, Josh Harrison, Jon Lester, Jordy Mercer and Kyle Schwarber. ATL gets a depleted WSH team while the Mets got nothing except hotel points. I hate them so much.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2021 10:35 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

=bmfc1 post_id=59746 time=1617726835 user_id=73] ATL faces WSH today and WSH will not have: Josh Bell, Kyle Schwarber, Brad Hand, Jon Lester, Yan Gomes. ATL gets a depleted WSH team while the Mets got nothing except hotel points. I hate them so much.

And one less start for deGrom by season's end.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2021 10:50 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=59747 time=1617726926 user_id=68] And one less start for deGrom by season's end.

Eh, that's, what, five maybe six fewer innings?

batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2021 11:00 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Frayed Knot wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=59747 time=1617726926 user_id=68] And one less start for deGrom by season's end. Eh, that's, what, five maybe six fewer innings?

If deGrom's lucky.

Willets Point Apr 06 2021 12:02 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Not sure how that works out since they're still presumably playing 162 games.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 06 2021 12:25 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Those three lost games will most likely be made up with doubleheaders.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2021 02:10 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Max Scherzer's, and, by extension, the Nationals', first pitch of the season winds up over the fence courtesy of Acuna as the Nats/Braves series gets a belated start. oe: and now Freddie hits pitch #11 over the RF wall.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2021 02:26 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Six Atlanta batters, 3 HRs oe: 4 taters to Max's first 10 hitters faced: Acuna, Freddie, Swanson, Acuna again.

Fman99 Apr 07 2021 08:34 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Yankees lose in 11 on yet another "run from the guy on 2nd" rule scored by Baltimore in the top of the 11th. MFYs had their own guy on 3rd in the bottom of the 11th but he was thrown out on a sac fly attempt after a bunt got him to 3rd. Still hate this rule. But at least it's causing MFY fans pain.

Edgy MD Apr 07 2021 09:21 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Of course, losing in the 16th would cause them more pain.

Willets Point Apr 08 2021 06:41 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Based on a few extra inning games I've watched with this rule, it feels like putting a runner in scoring position helps the team score a run in the top of the inning, but then the team in the bottom of the inning also drives in their runner from scoring position. The Red Sox-Rays game on Tuesday went 12 innings before it finished after both teams scored one run in the 11th. I wonder if anyone has run a statistical analysis to see if this rule actually shortens extra inning game or if this tit-for-tat makes it essentially the same as by the original rules.

Frayed Knot Apr 09 2021 08:34 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Braves take down Wheeler (plus several of the relievers we failed to dent) and the Phils 6-1. Nats fall to the Dodgers 1-0 on a Justin Turner HR

G-Fafif Apr 09 2021 10:12 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Padre no-hitter! Joe Musgrove is their Johan.

Edgy MD Apr 10 2021 07:59 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Even moreso, as Musgrove is a homey, from nearby El Cajon.

bmfc1 Apr 11 2021 08:18 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Umpires suck. The runner still hasn't touched home plate but PHI wins and ATL loses because of this call by Lance Barrett. Even Ron Kulpa is embarrassed: https://twitter.com/Cody_T_Jones/status/1381431028544311296

Ceetar Apr 11 2021 09:09 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

What a messy play. ball trickles in, but still beats the runner, who still beats our old friend Travis to the base, but seemingly doesn't manage to actually 'touch' it, though he comes within a fraction of an inch surely. I see how he was called safe. beating the play and passing his foot between the umpire's eyes and the plate, but that probably should've been overturned.

Edgy MD Apr 11 2021 09:17 PM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

I'm not seeing conclusive proof that he didn't touch from that angle. Also, I really can't make a conclusive call on when the tag was laid on.

Frayed Knot Apr 12 2021 04:21 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Yeah, that's where I'm at too. I think the runner probably missed the plate but I don't overturn that based on what I just saw there (wasn't watching live). It's the same deal if he were called out; the Phils would challenge (at that point of the game there's no reason not to) but I wouldn't support flipping that call either. I'll reiterate what I've said here a bunch of times, that replay is always sold on the idea that it will only be used to reverse the obvious blown calls. Fans bought into the idea that Don Denkinger's call would have been undone, that the Galarraga kid from Detroit would have gotten his perfect game back, and the handful of obvious wrongs committed each season (only the one's against your team of course - the other way doesn't really exist) and the game will be a better game for all concerned. But instead things have slipped, as even a minimum amount of logic would tell you it would, into the situation where if the replay appears to show that the call was probably wrong then it gets flipped. So not only is the requirement not that of a jury trial: beyond a reasonable doubt, it's not even as high as the one for a civil suit which asks for 'a preponderance of evidence'. Instead it's more like what I tend to think of as the '51 %' standard. But the thing is, the more the over-seer umps refrain from overturning those kind of 'coin flip' calls, not only will replay at least start to resemble what it was supposedly built for in the first place, but also the more gun-shy managers (and their consultants on the other end of the phone line) will get about challenging those ticky-tack calls which accomplish little more than to delay the game for what are, at worst, minor misjudgments.

duan Apr 12 2021 05:27 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

To my mind it should be like cricket - called by the guys on the field & they've got 10 seconds to do it. This whole looking at the video thing to check is terrible. There can be certain things that the umpires are also allowed to ask for help on (has the catch hit the grass/ball gone over the wall) themselves.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 12 2021 09:47 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Player Profile: Where did this Phillip Evans guy come from? https://pittsburghsportscastle.com/2021/04/12/player-profile-where-did-this-phillip-evans-guy-come-from/ [FIMG=444]https://i0.wp.com/pittsburghsportscastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/https___calltothepen.com_wp-content_uploads_getty-images_2018_08_1227956711.jpeg?resize=1024%2C736&ssl=1[/FIMG] Evans is batting .393 and pulling a Ken Reitz. Fans of a certain age will get the reference. Right now, Evans'd be a cover-boy candidate for the old format Sporting News. Skeptics can make a poll: On what day of the season does Evans's batting average fall below .275?

batmagadanleadoff Apr 12 2021 09:50 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Player Profile: Where did this Phillip Evans guy come from? https://pittsburghsportscastle.com/2021/04/12/player-profile-where-did-this-phillip-evans-guy-come-from/ [FIMG=444]https://i0.wp.com/pittsburghsportscastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/https___calltothepen.com_wp-content_uploads_getty-images_2018_08_1227956711.jpeg?resize=1024%2C736&ssl=1[/FIMG] Evans is batting .393 and pulling a Ken Reitz. Fans of a certain age will get the reference. Right now, Evans'd be a cover-boy candidate for the old format Sporting News. Skeptics can make a poll: On what day of the season does Evans's batting average fall below .275? Oh, and he's hit three HR's so far, too.

Fman99 Apr 12 2021 10:29 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Willets Point wrote: I wonder if anyone has run a statistical analysis to see if this rule actually shortens extra inning game or if this tit-for-tat makes it essentially the same as by the original rules. Not on this topic, but, generally, I'm a big fan of tit for tat.

Edgy MD Apr 12 2021 10:30 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

From the Mets perspective, the Phil Evans of the moment may be Franklyn Kilome, in that he's fringey guy with talent they once believed in, but after stocking up with name talent in the offseason, may run out of time and space to retain, only to see him re-appear a few years later shining brightly for the Pirates or A's. I'm not anticipating a Danny Muno revival, though.

Willets Point Apr 12 2021 10:50 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Willets Point wrote: I wonder if anyone has run a statistical analysis to see if this rule actually shortens extra inning game or if this tit-for-tat makes it essentially the same as by the original rules. Not on this topic, but, generally, I'm a big fan of tit for tat. What about tats for tits?

MFS62 Apr 12 2021 11:02 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

I see how he was called safe. beating the play and passing his foot between the umpire's eyes and the plate, but that probably should've been overturned. I was at the post office and the postperson (who knows I'm a baseball fan) told me there was a terrible call in that game. I hadn't seen it, but my first thought was "Is Angel Hernandez involved?". When I got home, I checked to box score to see who the umps were. Later

Fman99 Apr 12 2021 11:58 AM Re: TWiB Notes -- April 5 - 11

Willets Point wrote: Willets Point wrote: I wonder if anyone has run a statistical analysis to see if this rule actually shortens extra inning game or if this tit-for-tat makes it essentially the same as by the original rules. Not on this topic, but, generally, I'm a big fan of tit for tat. What about tats for tits? Sure!