Sense of Snell.
Brilliant.
Great prose on the Score app. This is part:
the Raysâ slavish adherence to their numbers-driven process results in an inattentional blindness that yields moves like this one, which are painfully disconnected from whatâs actually happening in the game.
They got away with taking out CFM after only 66 pitches and no runs in Game Seven against us because our stars could not deliver but not last night.
I just hope that Click can see how foolish that was, despite the fact that he was part of that franchise for 15 years.
Not sure I trust he will. Makes me appreciate Hinch even more. He was as bound to analytics as much as Cash is, but he appeared to manage games by what he saw and by his feel of the game.
Yeah, makes me nervous.
They did give Framber a long leash all season.
And there was the Dusty/Grienke decision in the LCS.
But those are likely exceptions to the rule.
Related note: please donât let the Astros become K happy at the plate. Thatâs awful to watch. Worse than GIDPs.
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Please, nothing is worse than GIDP.
16 Ks in a WS game is worse.
A K gives the next guy a chance. GIDP ends a rally. See Gurriel, Y.
Fun math fact, 8 doubles plays is the same amount of outs as 16 Ks.
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Rob Manfred is the luckiest man on Earth. Would he have had the spine to quarantine the Dodgers and postpone a game 7? Thatâs what their rules call for, right?
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Wonder how many others Turnerâs âI/Meâ attitude infected?
Turnerâs behavior is an example of why Covid is not going away.
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I know Dusty Baker is not going to be the long-term manager of the Astros, but it seems to me that he could be a balancing force in this respect while heâs here. That is, of course, unless the front office mandates an adherence to stats.
100% this. I just wish Hinch would have given Greinke another hitter in game 7 in â19. That will forever haunt me as an Astro fan wondering âwhat if?â
Cash would never have Brought Grienke out for the 7th.
Or the 6th.
I agreed with Hinchâs decision in the 7th then and now.
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Me too. I donât see that inning and last night as particularly comparable. Situations.
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Greinke had not pitched that well or that far all year. He was great, but with one out, Rendon hit one 800 feet. Hinch let him pitch to Soto, the hottest hitter on the planet, which was a huge vote of confidence. Greinke walked him on 5 pitches, although I think he got screwed on the 2-1 pitch. Harris had been near-unhittable all year, and after the walk, still in the middle of the lineup, I thought it was a no-brainer move. Only a lucky, fluke hit off the pole caused anyone to question it, and hindsight never is wrong.
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I canât argue with that. I get why Hinch made the move. I didnât agree with it when he did it but understand the reasoning. Greinke had been cruising the whole game. If we get through the 7th there was still no guarantee we close them out anyway though. I like our chances with Cole starting the 8th though.