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henrygandorf

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  1. without paying much attention, many would consider the first 8 games a "disaster" or something similar.  we're 4-4 after blowing two games late, 7/8 on the road, had to face kluber and severino.  we have 3 left and verlander, cole and morton are starting those games for us.

    last year really fucked with our expectation disappointment ratios.

  2. had it the whole time.

    hopefully a big mental step for giles.  shaking off fielder miscues isn't easy.  seemed to go away a little from his fastball, which was curious, since he couldn't locate his slider.

    all's well that ends well.

    let's take 3/4 and go 6-5 on the stretch of death.  we should already be 6-2, but whatevs.

  3. 5 hours ago, Jacob McCandles said:

    Yes, odds not good of both as WC. Right now, Astros are 84% to win division. Yankees are 50% to win division.

    I just want a dependable Pen, and a reasonable plan to use it, come September/October

    If Hinch wants to use guys only one inning, and set up a Dotel-Lidge-Wagner like system for 7, 8, 9, I think he needs to define the roles, go that way now, and start training the guys mentally for those roles. Relievers are head cases and need a bunch of coddling and positive affirmation. Come out and say "Kenneth is the closer and will work every save situation unless he throws too many pitches saving the prior X number of games." 

    If Hinch wants to use whoever is hot or whoever is the best match up, he needs to start letting guys go more than one inning.  Devo threw 9 pitches in the 8th on Sunday; Smith threw 9 pitches in the 7th last night; Rondon threw 10 pitches in the 8th last night. All were effective. All could have gone another inning if properly prepared/conditioned mentally and physically to do so.

    great post, and generally what i agree with.

    hinch played the postseason bullpen last year by feel.  and it worked just enough to win us a world series.  but "by feel" could be subbed with "knew lance and charlie could ball out and handle it".  plenty of other guys fucked up.

    i agree about giles, and would like to find at least an a and b setup man, depending on l/r or history vs batters.  mchugh is getting everybody out, but it seems like we don't know when to use him, and he doesn't seem to have the pure stuff for short, high leverage situation (but maybe he has the mental makeup).  earlier in the season it looked like peacock was going to fill the devo-2017 role, but he's a mess right now.  

    bottom line is that if you say giles is the closer, and long term he proves he cannot handle it, then you move on, promote someone, likely make a deal, whatever.  but if you move him around, start using multiple guys in multiple roles, you may end up screwing up 2-3 different pitchers, and that's the last thing we need.

    we're gonna win the division, and i would guess make a deal for 1-2 relievers.  just get it figured out by october, and i can deal with the occasional hiccup along the way.

  4. yeah, back to back pro athlete cameos reminds me of that one later season of entourage, where every week was an athlete, usually in a non-sports venue.

    let's go check out that auction, because they're selling some dino fossils.  oh hey, adrian peterson is here also checking out dino fossils.  hey vince, of course we know each other, we're both famous.

    still confused what the f malkovich is doing.  gonna give you 1.5b, then take it back, then give it back to you?  i like them going after the ag.  and it looks like taylor is thinking about going after axe.  earlier, connerty went after chuck.  it's like a themed season.

    also was it weird seeing taylor in the men's room?

  5. 11 hours ago, Helobious said:

    Tonight’s win clinched the season-series victory for the Yankees over the Astros. That could become a factor in some postseason tiebreaker scenarios come October, if it comes to that. So not meaningless.

    honestly asking, when would this become a factor?  if we both win our divisions and have the same record i assume?  any other instance?  if the red sox win the division and the astros and yankees have the same record, we still have a higher seed as a division winner, so it shouldn't matter.

    someone feel free to correct me.  i'm not talking shit, just curious.

  6. the one word that i always use to describe the world where this takes place, is "bleak".  to fully establish this, some of the sequences and full episodes are a real beatdown.  for that reason, binging is preferable.  i wouldn't want to watch 55 minutes of hopelessness, just to have to wait a week.

    that being said, it's one of the very few shows out there, where i have literally no idea what is going to happen next.

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