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2009 MLB Playoffs Thread

vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: 2009 MLB Playoffs Thread October 19, 2009 at 05:52 PM UTC #
A day and ahalf is not enough time off for me…I need at least on full day of work to forget about what happened on Saturday night. 

I'm stil reeling from that loss and have to leave work to watch today's game.  This is not good for my fragile psyche.
renton007
Joined: May 18, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: 2009 MLB Playoffs Thread October 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM UTC #
Rollins!!! Rollins!!!! It's an odd feeling to get excited about that name when not refering to Henry. I had doubts J-Ro could pull it off last night because he seems to always take the first pitch and ground out to short. The Phillies celebration at third base was more enthuisastic than their WS celebration at the mound. If they get one more we can see if they can embarass CC like they did in the NLDS last year. 
Mobius
Joined: March 28, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: 2009 MLB Playoffs Thread October 20, 2009 at 09:03 PM UTC #
Very interested to see how CC pitches tonight.  Baseball Tonight had a great stat that since 1995 playoff pitchers with three days' rest have a 20-34 record versus a 29-19 record in their preceding start on full rest.  A watered down CC may be better than Chad Gaudin, but is he better than Scott Kazmir . . .or is he just an ox and not watered down at all?

It seems surprising that a manager with a Larussian-like obsession with match-ups like Giraldi wouldn't have CC pitch game 5 where he has a greater chance of dominating, knowing that Burnett and Petite are pitching at a high level going into a potential game 6 and 7.


vansmack
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Re: 2009 MLB Playoffs Thread October 20, 2009 at 09:43 PM UTC #
Yes.  Haven't stopped thinking about it all day.  Sabathia had good numbers on 3 days rest last year getting the Brewers to the playoffs, but I remember his only playoff game on 3-days rest (6H, 5 ER, in 3 2/3 inn), and that was in the AAAA league.  I think he really wants Sabathia for game 7.

I've also been staring at these numbers all day. Teix hits him well, and maybe Posada, but that's about it.  If the Halo's can minimize the mistakes (which truthfully, even in yesterday's win, we weren't able to do), the Angels can win another close one.
vansmack
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Re: 2009 MLB Playoffs Thread October 21, 2009 at 03:33 AM UTC #
Ugh.  That was an ugly beat down.  When it was 5-1 I was going to joke that the only person having a worse day than the Angels was Tim McClelland, but then it just kept getting worse for the Halo's.

Absolutely no answer for CC tonight.
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