2017 Baseball Season: Let's Play Two! (1 Viewer)

What a letdown. I was all psyched up to watch a game 7. Might we hope for another juiced ball slugfest to erase a 5 - 0 start?

Terry
 
jazzeum said:
Indeed, plus Dodgers have blown scoring opportunities. Carlos and Doug can’t be happy.
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Dodgers had several shots at a not sharp McCullers with 6 baserunners in 2.1 innings but they let those chances go by. -- Al
 
Why in the world is Jansen in the game in the 7th inning? Surely the Dodgers don't expect 3 innings out of the guy? -- Al
 
They’re piecing it together as they go along. They have no margin for error and four runs looks like a tall order.
 
Congratulations to Houston. Pretty neat time to get their first title, considering what the city went through. Very even series. Both teams scored 34 runs. Darvish killed the Dodgers. -- Al
 
Congrats Astros. They did everything the Dodgers didn't: pitched and hit.

The Dodgers lost because the starters didn't go long enough and this put pressure on the pen, which broke down on a couple of key occasions. Game 2 was the key. When the Astros broke through, the Dodgers were behind the proverbial eight ball. Moreover, the Astros handled the Dodgers big guns. Bellinger swings at everything; he's a wild swinger.

That's a wrap on the 2017 season. We can now think of what our teams have to do for 2018.
 
The Astros were the better team. The Dodgers were lucky to get this series to seven. Their big sluggers were awful. I think Bellinger broke the record for most strikeouts. Can't imagine why they stuck with him in the clean up spot. And Turner was ice cold. The managing was awful in game seven. They start Darvish who had been shelled in his previous start. He gets shelled again in the first inning and looks like he wants to crawl into a hole. In the second, they play the infield back down 2-0 with a slow runner on third and the AL pitcher at the plate. A slow grounder puts them down 3-0 and then they let Darvish pitch to Springer the hottest hitter in the series with two outs and no one on first. Bang. Down 5-0. Game over.
 
Congratulations to the Astros and the city of Houston. Well done bringing a championship home to a place that was battered and beaten by Hurricane Harvey, the citizens of that city really needed a bright spot and this World Series win hits the spot.
 
Congrats to the Astros they certainly earned a hard fought championship, I remember early in the season the O's were in 1st place playing some really good ball, they had to travel to Houston I believe and got swept easily, taking 6 out of 7 from the O's for the year, I do remember how good they looked in that 1st series and even way back then thought they were going to be a tough team to beat in the A.L. this season.
 
Free agency began this past Thursday but teams still have five days to submit qualifying offers to their free agents.

Barring a player accepting a qualifying offer (which has happened a couple of times), signing free agents should begin in earnest on and after November 8.
 
As if I needed reminding about the differences in the baseball of today versus the baseball of 50-60 years ago, I was watching a repeat of Game 1 of the 1970 World Series between the Orioles and the Reds. RHP Jim Palmer had started and was pitching for the O's, leading 4-3 after 8 innings. In the top of the 9th, the O's mounted a scoring threat, putting 2 runners on, with 2 out. Palmer's spot is due up and, wait for it, Palmer actually bats for himself. A 1-run WS game in the top of the 9th, 2 on and 2 out, and the pitcher bats for himself. Never would even be considered in today's game, never even a possibility that the pitcher would still be in the game after 8 innings, much less bat for himself with 2 runners on in a 1 run game. Palmer popped out and he went to the bottom of the 9th with the 1-run lead. He got 2 outs in the 9th before LHP Pete Richert got the final out to clinch the 4-3 win in Game 1. Different world. -- Al
 
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lancer said:
As if I needed reminding about the differences in the baseball of today versus the baseball of 50-60 years ago, I was watching a repeat of Game 1 of the 1970 World Series between the Orioles and the Reds. RHP Jim Palmer had started and was pitching for the O's, leading 4-3 after 8 innings. In the top of the 9th, the O's mounted a scoring threat, putting 2 runners on, with 2 out. Palmer's spot is due up and, wait for it, Palmer actually bats for himself. A 1-run WS game in the top of the 9th, 2 on and 2 out, and the pitcher bats for himself. Never would even be considered in today's game, never even a possibility that the pitcher would still be in the game after 8 innings, much less bat for himself with 2 runners on in a 1 run game. Palmer popped out and he went to the bottom of the 9th with the 1-run lead. He got 2 outs in the 9th before LHP Pete Richert got the final out to clinch the 4-3 win in Game 1. Different world. -- Al
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Under the 1970 rules did Richert even get a save?
 
lancer said:
Jason, yes he did get a save. It was the only appearance he made in the '70 series and the only batter he faced, but he got the save. -- Al
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Al:

You piqued my interest. That 1970 team was incredible. They had three Hall of Fame players, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson while being managed by a Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver. The Orioles beat the Big Red Machine in 5 games to win the World Series.

Wow.

-Jason
 
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