Did you read/see how the Ray's defense botched the bottom of the 4th yesterday, and I mean aside from Myers fly ball folly? No errors charged, but some awful baseball.
Boston starts Lackey today because he's been so good at home. I said back in March that Lackey was an excellent comeback candidate, and it was then that I also heard how good he was in the clubhouse, and a great teammate. If nothing else, Boston has a ton of those guys, starting with him, Gomes, and Victorino.
Heyward gets the key hit for the Braves. When he first came up a few years back I can remember Peter Gammons saying how good he was, but his minor league roommate was the better hitter -- Freddy Freeman. Does Freeman win the NL MVP? Or is it Yadier, or Goldschmidt.
Kimbrel looks shaky getting the save. He blew the big one last year, and he reminds me more and more of Brad Lidge.
Atlanta better win the next two, because no one is beating Kershaw.
Looked like a blow out in Oakland early on. I think the entire key to Detroit's post season will be told today -- if Verlander can pitch anything like last year they'll win the series. If he pitches the way he has for most of this year, they'll lose. It'll just be too much to overcome with Cabrera hurting.
I guess Cole is the real deal. If it had been my choice for the Cards yesterday, I would have started Miller or Wacha. As good as Lynn was down the stretch it looks like he's run out of gas again, like he did last season. I think Pittsburgh has to win both games at home to advance, but they sure look like a confident team, don't they? They really showed me something sweeping this 3 games in Cincinnati to clinch the home field in wild card game.
The consensus is that Baker got fired because he manages play off games the same way he manages regular season games. He leaves pitchers in too long all the time. It's like he's still living in he early 1970's, and all his starters are Phil Niekro.
Shame about Matt Harvey, but it’s not like the Mets were going to challenge in 2014 anyway, but by 2015 I think they’ll have a chance to be a legitimate contender.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
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