a*****i
发帖数: 4391 | 1 From CBS sportsline http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/6784807
Little never had a chance; next up might not, either
Oct. 27, 2003
By Scott Miller
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
One inning. One decision.
Dusty Baker, who stuck with one of his ace pitchers far too long in a
climactic October game, remains a savior in Chicago.
Grady Little, who stuck with his ace pitcher far too long in a climactic
October game, always will be branded with a Scarlet Letter in New England.
The Red Sox put Little ou |
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a*****i
发帖数: 4391 | 2 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1647772
I feel bad that Grady Little has been fired, because he did a great job in his
two years as Red Sox manager (winning 93 games in 2002 and 95 this year). He
deserves plenty of credit for leading the Red Sox to the ALCS.
What led to Little's demise was his decision to stick with Pedro Martinez in
the eighth inning of Game 7 of the ALCS against the Yankees. But I would have
done the same thing. Little decided to sink or swim with his best pitcher |
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N********n
发帖数: 8363 | 3
It's just all too normal to fire the coach that lost a series on obvious
mistakes in recent years: Art Howe chose to start Zito only once last
year and then he paid the price and consequently got kicked out. Baker
first unbelievably blew a 5-run 7th inning lead and then mistrusted the
"Cheeseburg", losing the WS last year. Then PooFooya! He was dumped by
Giants afterward. So what happened to Little was only understandable.
Actually Little already got lucky that he wasn't fired right after ALDS. |
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p**s
发帖数: 788 | 4 Why Baseball IS Better Than Sex
10. It is legal to play professionally.
9. You can count on it at least four times a week.
8. You have a coach to tell you when to advance.
7. When you are tired, you always get relieved.
6. If you strike out once, you always have two more chances for a hit.
5. Up to four people can score at once.
4. Pop ups are frequent.
3. 30,000 people cheer when you score.
2. After seven innings, you get to stretch.
1. You can get a home run without any foreplay. |
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f*r
发帖数: 28 | 5 Wow you sound like a real Mets fan? :) good.
Talking about 99 and 00 season, it's golden modern era for Mets;
we have Robin Ventura's walkoff 15-inning grand slam,
we have Piazza's 450+ feet homers;
we have 5 consecutive doubles in the first game in NLCS vs STL;
we have BobbyV's disguised moustache;
we also have Kenny Rogers' NLCS-ending base-loaded walk;
we also have Chipper earning himself a Mets-killer nick;
...too many good stuff in memory,
and if not because of Luis Sojo and David Justice' |
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b****e
发帖数: 985 | 6 i watched the 1st inning.
jeter led off, got jammed by a fastball inside,
weak ground ball to shortstop for the first out of the season.
matui batted 2nd and worked patiently to a 3-1 count.
zambrano decided to challenge him with a fastball down the middle,
which matui ripped hard to the gap for a standup double.
next came arod's first AB in pinstripe uniform.
with 1st base open, zambrano didn't throw anything hittable
and got him looking with a beautiful 2-2 curveball.
with 1 on 2 out, giambi b |
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b****e
发帖数: 985 | 7 NLCS第一场，hershier主投，
shutout了mets八局，dodgers领先两分
可惜第九局牛棚被mets连下三分，到手的胜利没了。
Game 3, hershier只休息了两天再次出战，
历史重演，他再次领先两分下场后，
牛棚被mets打烂，再次反胜为败。
一天以后的第四场，
两队extra inning打得难分难解，
直到第12局LA才打破僵局得了宝贵一分。
这时候hershier再次上场，
mets三上三下，hershier救援成功，
取得了playoff职业生涯上唯一的一个save。
第四场的胜利让LA喘了口气，
可以让hershier好好休息几天，
直到第7场才安排他主投。
重新充过电的hershier在决定胜负的Game 7上势不可挡，
投满全场，只让mets打出5个hits,一分未得，
LA经过7场苦战，4:3险胜mets，进入了playoff.
hershier毫无疑问以全票当选NLCS的MVP。 |
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m*******e
发帖数: 1280 | 8 1. Straight 4 balls of around 100 mph by Mr. Wasted Farnsworth to
send leadoff hitter Pujols to first base.
2. Formal Brave and formal Cardinal lefty Kent Merker called in to
face Jimmy Edmonds, who was 0 for something career against him.
3. Jimmy and Tony had a brief meeting while the pitching change
was made.
4. First pitch, Jimmy bunted! Ball rolling along the 3rd base line
and went out in the end after a loooooong 10 seconds. Everybody
including Jimmy was laughing.
5. Second pitch, Jimmy sho |
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d*****s
发帖数: 313 | 9 I actually think it is a very good signing by Ed "screw up" Wade. Corey
Lidle has never been a great pitcher. His ERA, except those two years
in A's, has never been outstanding. But he is a groundball pitcher and
an inning eater. Phillies needs such a guy, especially with a small park
and injury-prone bullpen. Late last season, if Phillies had two Corey
Lidles, we might have been in postseason. The bullpen was overused and
Eric Milton gave up homer after homer.
If Randy Johnson could not be trad |
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w*****h
发帖数: 1770 | 10 7. With a runner on third base and less than two out, a batter lifts a deep
fly ball into the outfield foul territory. The outfielder not wanting the
runner at third to tag up and score, decides to let the ball drop rather than
catch it. Smart play, but is it an error?
8. It's the bottom of the ninth inning, and the score is tied with the bases
loaded. The batter lifts a fly ball over the head of the drawn-in center
fielder. As the losing team walks toward the dugout, all the runners circle
the |
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w*****h
发帖数: 1770 | 11 7. With a runner on third base and less than two out, a batter lifts a deep
fly ball into the outfield foul territory. The outfielder not wanting the
runner at third to tag up and score, decides to let the ball drop rather than
catch it. Smart play, but is it an error?
A: There is no error on the play. (Rule 10.14e)
8. It's the bottom of the ninth inning, and the score is tied with the bases
loaded. The batter lifts a fly ball over the head of the drawn-in center
fielder. As the losing team walk |
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s****r
发帖数: 5546 | 12 to rally and walkoff Yanks.
因为土，不会坐bus，加上胆小，头一回晚上看比赛，竟然看到了
期待已久的walkoff。等啥时候再看个extra inning就圆满了。但是
一个人看球非常bloody，18块钱的球票，parking居然25，也不知道是
刚长了5块钱还是weekday跨湖开过来的人少，就这价码。
上回看比赛时候看中了今天Safeco给发rally towel，这东西确实
很爽，比鼓掌、吹口哨什么的更煽情，而且果然用到了rally上。
话说大屏幕上边开始播报客队名单，嘘声顿起，这Yank就是比A's
架子大。前几个人嘘声都差不多，轮到ARod同学，音量达到最大。Bernie
和Cabrera时候居然有掌声，开始我很迷惑，后来才明白，原来是场内
养鸡扇子相当不少，我军没嘘就把他们的掌声露出来了。今天还隆重的
请来Hasegawa同学来开球，真给阳极面子。
敌军啥时候开始露头的呢？从第三局Abreu HR开始，阵阵掌声中
我发现有的胖子养鸡真是有气势，不过这些养鸡扇子里最没品的是有个
白mm居然穿着Giambi的队服。从 |
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o***n
发帖数: 72 | 13 Theo has only gained a few credits in signing pitchers,
while most of signing turned to nightmares.
The good signing would include timlin, probably Foulke in 2004.
In 2006, he signed Tavarez and Rudy CNN in bullpen, who
sucked from the beginning. One well-known joke was when sometimes
redsox fell behind in a game something like 8:3 or 5:0
in the fifth or sixth inning,
and Francona sent one of these two to pitch, fans complained
why so early to wave a human-surrendering flag so early.
But the hom |
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n*******e
发帖数: 2213 | 14 AL East, Boston RedSox
There are many big acquisitions this offseason. The biggest of the bunch
might be Daisuke Matsuzaka. I watched clips of D-Mat in YouTube, and figured
he has great stuff. Of course only highlights go there but we can safely
say he will be a good bet for success in MLB. The problem with D-Mat is that
although he is young, he has pitched too many innings. Unless he has a
rubber arm, his elbow is a disaster waiting to happen. In any case, however,
RSOX will not lose money. The |
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n*******e
发帖数: 2213 | 15 呵呵，说phillies offense peaked，就是说Utley and Howard are flukes. Do you
believe it? I do not. Maybe Pujols does though. hehe
Phillies will score runs, a lot of runs. They simply have the best offense
in NL, imo.
Hamels was a rookie last year. The only problem with Hamels was his
durability. He is pretty much injury prone. If he can pitch 210 inning next
year, he will be in top 3 in CY voting. But this is a big if.
surprised |
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n*******e
发帖数: 2213 | 16 NL Central, Milwakkee Brewers
When we talk about elite pitchers, we usually classify them into two
categories: finesse pitchers and power pitchers. By finesse, we refer to
pinpoint control. They approach the game in such a way that batters are kept
off balance. They do not issue many bases on balls. In fact, BB/9 inning
pitched has always been a great caliber to evaluate control. Vary rarely can
a pitcher issue less than one walk per nine over a season's span. In fact,
since WWII, only 11 pitche |
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n*******e
发帖数: 2213 | 17 NL West: San Diego Padres
Believe or not, Padres is your two time defending NL West champion.
It is quite a feat, especially considering the highest paid Padres in these
two seasons actually did not contribute much. In 05' Phil Nevin posted a 300
OBP (9.63 mil) in 73 games. In 06', Chan Ho Park (15.5 mil) posted a 4.81
ERA in 136 innings and Ryan Klesko (9 mil) had just 4 at bats in 6 games.
For a team whose payroll was in 60~70 million range, this was not money well
spent.
Another interesting f |
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s****r
发帖数: 5546 | 19 It's not ONE start. It's FIVE, stupid. AND it's the SAME
for these 2 pitchers.
Giving up a first inning grand slam isn't more stupid than
giving up a stealing home in a closed game--I'm 100% sure
you don't know what I mean by "giving up a stealing home". |
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g*****s
发帖数: 727 | 20 最好今晚打个18 innings然后2败俱伤后面被别人 sweep |
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t****e
发帖数: 283 | 21 you are ezactly right, and that guy just pitched about 80. By the way, the
fan forgot to mention that Victor flied out at 3-2, and then inning is over.
.this is the typical game of indians... |
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E**y
发帖数: 1018 | 22 去年在mets, 18 game 18 inning, era 1.00, whip 0.83, ba 0.159. |
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n********a
发帖数: 119 | 23 他进场时是3个以内就行了吧
如果pitch 2 innings, 8局下自己队再得分也算save了
save? |
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D******r
发帖数: 491 | 24 but he entered the game at 7th inning, with score beiing 14;3 |
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a*****i
发帖数: 4391 | 27 I think sean henn should only come up for mop up duty from now on.
He is fucking pathetic, lost two games in extra inning. err. |
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a***n
发帖数: 5665 | 28 我们确实弱。可是上次sunday night baseball麦子打酒人，2，3个inning, 麦子
的SP就爆了。 |
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A**d
发帖数: 13310 | 29 I didn't see it. But the spotlight was focused on Ixxis
the next inning, and the commentators said Willits was
robbed for 2 RBI. |
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A**d
发帖数: 13310 | 30 Several days ago, I happened to list a group of garbage relievers
from Mets. These guys are not really eating innings for you. No team
can afford them. Somebody posted this:
"My NL team is the Mets, so I'm too familiar with this miserable loser
Rick White. What the frak was Bavasi thinking? I've sat through this
clown's meltdowns at Shea and watched them many times on TV. White is
garbage, plain and simple. When I saw his mug in the bullpen, I couldn't
f-ing believe it. The have GOT to |
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a*****i
发帖数: 4391 | 31 What a waste... I think he is better than moose, at least he can be totally
wasted on the mound, eating up all the useless innings... |
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t****e
发帖数: 283 | 32 almost, short by one strike..
today, cc vs Twins ace santana. Recently, cc always pitched 8 innings, but
did not grab a win because of our abnormal hittings. Before this season,
Santana never lost to the same team for three times...
let us see if Indians could hammer santana for the fourth time. hehe |
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s****r
发帖数: 5546 | 34 怎么可能，这垃圾正好把垒上仨人全送回去，自己还0 ERA。
前两天我贴过一个Mets fan对White的总结，今天一看满垒上it
立刻心里哇凉哇凉的，it一个pitch之后群众就开始退场了
我估计Spiezio来投也比他好多了。比赛中间M's board有个人做了
如下预测：
As I type this it is now the 5th inning and a tie game. If Rick White
comes into this game at any point in time while the ball game is still
close, John Mclaren is officially the dumbest manager in all of baseball
and I don't want to see ANYBODY defending him.
Of course this is a "just in case" thing and let's all hope that
White doesn't come anywhere close |
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a*****i
发帖数: 4391 | 35 Because joba is more needed @ 8th inning as setup man. |
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m*a
发帖数: 4927 | 36 yeah.. maybe we can start papi first and then go for U in later innings.. |
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A**d
发帖数: 13310 | 37 but Francis can't last 5 innings |
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f*****h
发帖数: 1327 | 38 这也就刚刚三个inning,后面还长着
重复一遍，rockies只有打爆beckett一条路，这且这局估计是最好机会了...... |
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B*****t
发帖数: 3012 | 39 that means we'll bat against Aaron Cook, which I consider an inferior
pitcher compared with Morales |
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f*****h
发帖数: 1327 | 40 cook付出确实时机不成熟
不过你们那一场也要上lester,估计是互爆，区别不大 |
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A**d
发帖数: 13310 | 41 I don't think Cook could pitch any worse than Morales. And
Cook has already been projected to be game 4 starter. |
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A**d
发帖数: 13310 | 42 see. not good news for Sox. Morales is very hittable for AL
batters. |
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