Mlb 2015

tylertoo · 2015-10-30T06:37:56.000Z

Zuwadza:

Anyone notice Buck get noticeably annoyed with Reynolds last night when he kept going on and on about the (correct) safe call at first?

I noticed tension between the two in an earlier game as well. Reynolds is clueless, and Buck doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

Rock8man · 2015-10-30T18:31:07.000Z

This game is quite fiesty. I’m loving the support for the Mets too. It gives the game such a different atmosphere than watching the Royals play at home.

ineffablebob · 2015-10-30T18:47:47.000Z

Raúl Mondesí the younger became the first player in MLB history to having his MLB debut in a World Series game. Not too hard to see why it hasn’t happened before. I’m mildly surprised it came as a plate appearance - I’d have expected pinch-running to be more likely. Think he was nervous?

triggercut · 2015-10-31T07:21:24.000Z

@OldHossRadbourn 9h9 hours ago

Things Royals complain about:

plague kills serfs
subinfeudation
tight silk shoes
castle is drafty
scutage
pitching inside

JeffL · 2015-10-31T10:44:58.000Z

triggercut:

@OldHossRadbourn 9h9 hours ago

Things Royals complain about:

plague kills serfs

subinfeudation

tight silk shoes

castle is drafty

scutage

pitching inside

It wasn’t the pitch inside. That was expected. It was a 97 MPH fastball moving in on the head. You push a guy back with a hard inside pitch basically ribs down. You don’t throw it at his head. That was what was out of bounds and what they were pissed at. I’ve heard several players from other teams weigh in on this with the same thing, it is way too easy for a fast ball close to 100 to hit the head when you’re aiming up there and you can severely injure, even kill someone. That is considered “out of bounds”

triggercut · 2015-10-31T19:32:48.000Z

JeffL:

It wasn’t the pitch inside. That was expected. It was a 97 MPH fastball moving in on the head. You push a guy back with a hard inside pitch basically ribs down. You don’t throw it at his head. That was what was out of bounds and what they were pissed at. I’ve heard several players from other teams weigh in on this with the same thing, it is way too easy for a fast ball close to 100 to hit the head when you’re aiming up there and you can severely injure, even kill someone. That is considered “out of bounds”

Psst: it was a funny joke based on the name “Royals”.

triggercut · 2015-10-31T20:04:24.000Z

In a World Series where I really don’t have a rooting interest, I normally would hate to see a player commit a series-altering error.

But you know what? I’m pretty much OK if it’s Daniel Murphy commiting that error. Karma is a bitch, Dannyboy.

mtkafka · 2015-10-31T21:09:34.000Z

triggercut:

In a World Series where I really don’t have a rooting interest, I normally would hate to see a player commit a series-altering error.

But you know what? I’m pretty much OK if it’s Daniel Murphy commiting that error. Karma is a bitch, Dannyboy.

whats that law that states about you know that guy…

ineffablebob · 2015-10-31T21:29:20.000Z

triggercut:

In a World Series where I really don’t have a rooting interest, I normally would hate to see a player commit a series-altering error.
But you know what? I’m pretty much OK if it’s Daniel Murphy commiting that error. Karma is a bitch, Dannyboy.

After what he did against the Cubs, I agree with this sentiment.

Also, how does anyone think it’s a good idea to allow Tyler Clippard to stand on a mound in the post-season?

triggercut · 2015-10-31T21:48:06.000Z

ineffablebob:

Also, how does anyone think it’s a good idea to allow Tyler Clippard to stand on a mound in the post-season?

The Cardinals remain in favor of it.

Alan_Dunkin · 2015-10-31T21:53:52.000Z

Wow, Cespedes really goofed by running on contact, when there is a baserunner in front of him and then getting doubled off on first from a liner. That’s just… mindless.

The ESPN crew after the game was simply aghast. And I didn’t know they brought back Schilling finally.

— Alan

CraigM · 2015-10-31T22:51:34.000Z

ineffablebob:

After what he did against the Cubs, I agree with this sentiment.

Also, how does anyone think it’s a good idea to allow Tyler Clippard to stand on a mound in the post-season?

Good god, yes. I want Murphy to commit all the errors

JeffL · 2015-11-01T04:49:49.000Z

As a die hard Royals fan, I just wasn’t feeling it last night. There are games where they get behind and you think, OK, this is where the Royals thrive, they’re gonna put some kind of miracle together and pull this out. But last night it just felt like New York’s night. Then they get a break, and when they get a break like that the flood gates usually open up.

And man, does Reynolds on Fox irritate the crap out of me with his non stop yammering filled with nonsensible blabber. Buck is great, but someone tell Reynilds baseball doesn’t need non-stop streams of words that don’t make any sense, at best. “I hope the rest of baseball understands now how the Royals play this game.” What in the hell does that mean?

Oghier · 2015-11-01T06:53:31.000Z

It’s hard to believe Harold Reynolds played so much baseball, but learned so little of use about it. He’s awful in the booth or on the MLB network.

tylertoo · 2015-11-01T07:38:35.000Z

JeffL:

“I hope the rest of baseball understands now how the Royals play this game.” What in the hell does that mean?

That’s beautfiul on so many levels.

RickH · 2015-11-01T07:52:21.000Z

JeffL:

And man, does Reynolds on Fox irritate the crap out of me with his non stop yammering filled with nonsensible blabber. Buck is great, but someone tell Reynilds baseball doesn’t need non-stop streams of words that don’t make any sense, at best. “I hope the rest of baseball understands now how the Royals play this game.” What in the hell does that mean?

Oh yeah, that guy needs to be replaced. Or tasered, I’m flexible.

triggercut · 2015-11-01T08:01:58.000Z

My favorite bit of Harold Reynolds nonsense:

Freezer-TPF · 2015-11-01T08:23:02.000Z

Reynolds is background noise that can be safely ignored, kind of like the ambient dialogue spoken by unnamed NPCs in a large CRPG city.

TranquilityBase · 2015-11-01T09:38:04.000Z

I’ve been watching via the MLB.TV feed, and it allows you to switch the audio to the home field radio announcers while keeping the FOX video feed, so I’ve almost entirely avoided the Buck-Reynolds show this series. Plus, during the ALCS, I got to hear what a poutine ad sounds like. :)

triggercut · 2015-11-01T09:50:33.000Z

Joe Buck remains terrific at his job, frankly. I simply don’t get the criticism of him.

Here’s an example. Last night Alex Rodriguez was invited onto the PbP for a bit, and remarked that win or lose, the current Mets rotation reminds him of the '86 Mets rotation.

Buck immediately rattles off Doc Gooden, Sid Fernandez, Ron Darling, Bobby Ojeda and Rick Aguilera and discusses them at length with ARod, who grew up watching that team and knows those players well.

You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of baseball broadcasters who’d be able to do that.