Rutledge
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Still a painful memory.
2017 Baseball Season: Let's Play Two! (3 Viewers)
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Still a painful memory.
The Braves of the 90's and early 2000's were my son's favorite team. He idolized Maddux, Glavine, and John Smoltz. He was estatic about them winning the division 14 out of 15 years but could never really deal with the playoff failures. It still hurts him. -- Al
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As good as they were they ran into some teams of destiny like the Twins and the Yankees. I think the 96 WS was the killer. When they got back in 99, I never thought they had a chance and although they went on to win various divisions, you just waited for the other shoe to drop. Had they won in 96, maybe a dynasty. Who knows?
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Great day of baseball for me as the Giants scored 11 runs. The only problem is that the Braves scored 12.
A typical baseball heartbreaker. Went through the same sort of thing when Schezer lost his no-hitter in the 8th and lost the game as well, 2-1. Had me tearing my hair out, again. -- Al
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Atlantans pray we won't experience the same thing with the Falcons after last years SB. That was unusually cruel.
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The Mets are at the Giants tonight and something has to give. The Giants are 1-9 in their last 10 while the Mets are 2-8. The Giants are 14-18 at home and the Mets are 14-18 on the road. As crazy as it sounds this might be a great series.
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Yes, that was bad. Nothing like that has happened in a WS I believe. It would be if a team led 3-0 in games and lost the next 4.
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I predict three ties.
It's disappointing that both teams will be sellers come July 31.
I watched all four games against the Dodgers and am bleary eyed to prove it. They are a very good team, the best I've seen this year. It was like boys vs men. Teams like the Dodgers and Nationals are in a different league. Dodgers have a very good pen and that gives them the advantage -- so far -- over the Nats.
The might have beens are driving DC nuts. With a half-decent pen the Nats would have up to 10 more wins. As it is, high school teams might score on the Nats bullpen. -- Al
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Yup a real shocker there with "Usucko" might as well get that 5 run thingy out of the way in the first few innings right?? no use waiting to the last minute, great call Buck, that's who I want to see start a road series when we can't even win a home series.
Yep, another outstanding effort by uBADo. Lasted 2.1 innings, 7 hits, 4 walks, and 9 runs. I can't take it anymore. Run a 10 year old out there and maybe we'll have a chance. uBADo just kills this team. -- Al
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That's ok...I'm sure he'll get 'em next time.
I'm going back up to the John Jenkins releases, this baseball stuff is killing me slowly.With uBADo's lastest meltdown, the O's have now tied the 1924 Phillies for the longest streak in MLB history of allowing 5 or more runs in a game - 20.
It is little wonder when you look at the O's starting pitchers ERAs:
Bundy - 3.72
Miley - 4.48
Gausman - 6.47
Jimenez - 7.26
Tillman - 8.39
This is absolutely disgraceful. Gausman, Jimenez, and Tillman shouldn't be anywhere near a major league club. Jimenez is a total loss, but based on former performance, it is possible that Gausman and Tillman might turn it around though neither show any signs of it. What a joke. -- Al
It is little wonder when you look at the O's starting pitchers ERAs:
Bundy - 3.72
Miley - 4.48
Gausman - 6.47
Jimenez - 7.26
Tillman - 8.39
This is absolutely disgraceful. Gausman, Jimenez, and Tillman shouldn't be anywhere near a major league club. Jimenez is a total loss, but based on former performance, it is possible that Gausman and Tillman might turn it around though neither show any signs of it. What a joke.
-- AlFun with numbers: If the O's set the record of consecutive 5 run games allowed tomorrow at 21, it will be the second dubious record the O's own at 21. They opened the 1988 season with 21 straight losses, the AL record. They will replace the Phillies with the first record and actually the Phillies own the MLB record for losses to begin a season, 23 in 1961. Not sure being mentioned along with the Phillies with these dubious records is something the O's should aspire to. :rolleyes2: -- Al
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A reporter recently asked a player about all of the new statistics and which one meant the most to him. His answer: wins and losses.
I think it was Charlie Blackmon of the Rockies.
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Or if a team was up 5-3 in game 6 leading the series 3-2 and they had two outs, two strikes and nobody on base to the batter in the bottom of the tenth, then proceeded to blow the game and then the series.
Being down 3-0 and winning a series 4-3 is one thing; blowing a game and a series the way the Red Sox did in 1986 was just as soul crushing as the Falcons blowing that 28-3 lead.
Probably worse; the odds of the Mets winning that game were about a billion to one at that point, but they pulled it out.
They got a base hit, a base hit, a base hit, a wild pitch, then "a little roller up along the bag..............................."
You will never see a bigger choke job in the WS than that.
As in ever.