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Post by keystone61 on Oct 27, 2021 20:07:21 GMT -5
I'm not one to give up, but you gotta use guys like Wright, Davidson, and Lee in this game. If they keep you in it that's great, and if they don't, you've not wasted your top guys. A loss is a loss. The margin makes no difference.
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Post by dirt on Oct 27, 2021 20:08:27 GMT -5
Bats didn't even give him a chance to catch his breath. Has Albies got one out of the infield this series? Not even close.
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Post by PABraveFan on Oct 27, 2021 20:08:54 GMT -5
Max is getting killed. No reason to leave him in there with the DH. This one ain't over, but it's gonna take a big effort from an unlikely pitcher to keep us in it. I've never seen Max this bad 2 starts in a row. Apr 7, 2IP 5 runs Apr 13, 4IP 7 runs
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Post by rennymadeit on Oct 27, 2021 20:11:06 GMT -5
Pitch count has been pretty even so far 46/34 for Houston Ur… 43/31 for Max ..even though it doesn’t seem that way watching the game
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Post by keystone61 on Oct 27, 2021 20:11:38 GMT -5
Urquidy doesn't walk people. Hard to have long innings with a guy who throws strikes and works quickly, especially when GAPOZ is one of the hitters 😊
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Post by rennymadeit on Oct 27, 2021 20:14:46 GMT -5
I absolutely hate the shift …it fails more than it works for us Why do we keep doing it <<bangs head>>
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Post by dirt on Oct 27, 2021 20:16:39 GMT -5
Let's go boys, time to start the comeback..
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Oct 27, 2021 20:17:26 GMT -5
Soler Ks
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Oct 27, 2021 20:17:40 GMT -5
Urquidy doesn't walk people. Hard to have long innings with a guy who throws strikes and works quickly, especially when GAPOZ is one of the hitters 😊 Yeah... but in that situation you have to take some pitches... step out of the box.. fake a contact problem... crawl to the box from the on-deck circle..
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Post by keystone61 on Oct 27, 2021 20:17:48 GMT -5
Max has just been so-so in the playoffs. ERA almost a run higher than his regular season numbers. Urquidy is kicking our asses.
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Post by keystone61 on Oct 27, 2021 20:19:12 GMT -5
Urquidy doesn't walk people. Hard to have long innings with a guy who throws strikes and works quickly, especially when GAPOZ is one of the hitters 😊 Yeah... but in that situation you have to take some pitches... step out of the box.. fake a contact problem... crawl to the box from the on-deck circle.. Exactly. That would be smart. We're not the most brilliant team in the world, though.
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Oct 27, 2021 20:19:35 GMT -5
Pederson Ks. Gotta have some baserunners
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Oct 27, 2021 20:20:24 GMT -5
Yeah inning over, they ain't doing it tonight.
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Post by wncbravesfan on Oct 27, 2021 20:22:36 GMT -5
Dusty Baker
Baker grew up in Riverside, California as the oldest of five children. He earned the nickname "Dusty" from his mother because of his propensity for playing in a dirt spot in the backyard. His father worked as an Air Force sheet-metal technician at Norton Air Force Base until it closed when Baker was 14, which led to the family moving to the Sacramento area near McClellan Air Force Base.[7][8]
Playing career At Del Campo High School near Sacramento, California, Baker excelled in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Baker was inducted into the Sac-Joaquin Section's Hall of Fame class in 2010 for his play at Del Campo.[9] As such, he was offered a basketball scholarship by Santa Clara University. However, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1967 amateur draft (despite his prayers to not play in the Deep South); his father wanted him to go to college. On June 19 of that year, the Braves tasked Hank Aaron to try and influence Baker to sign with the team, with him promising to both Baker and his mother Christine that he would take care of Baker as if he was his own son while guaranteeing that he would be in the majors before his college class graduated. [10]
He decided to sign with the team to the anger of his father, who sued to nullify the contract (and the $15,000 signing bonus) to no avail. The Bakers would not reconcile for seven years. He began his major league baseball career as an outfielder for the Braves in 1968 while also serving as a Marine Corps Reserve from 1968 to 1974 in motor transport mechanics.[11] As a Brave, he earned a spot as a footnote in history. On April 8, 1974, he was on deck when Hank Aaron hit home run 715 to pass Babe Ruth in career home runs. He played for the Yaquis de Obregón of the Mexican Pacific League in the 1970s during the offseason, stating it was the toughest league that he ever played in professionally. [12]
Many of Baker's accomplishments as a player came during his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which include playing for the National League All-Star team in 1981 and 1982, and winning three league pennants in 1977, 1978, and 1981. In 1977, he was awarded the first-ever National League Championship Series (NLCS) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. Baker ultimately won a World Series title in 1981 with the Dodgers. However, Baker played poorly during the series, batting .167 with an On-base percentage (OBP) of .192.[13]
After spending eight full seasons with the Braves and another eight with the Dodgers, as well as short tenures with both the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, Baker finished his career as a player in 1986 with a .278 batting average, 242 home runs, and 1,013 runs batted in while never going on the disabled list.[citation needed]
Many believe that Baker played an integral part in the first-ever high five, which occurred between Baker and Dodgers teammate Glenn Burke on October 2, 1977, at Dodger Stadium, a story featured in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary The High Five (2014), directed by Michael Jacobs.[14] Vaunted historian and athletics instructor Dennis Pirkle disputes Baker's origin of the high five.[15]
"It was the last day of the regular season, and Dodgers leftfielder Dusty Baker had just gone deep off the Astros' J. R. Richard. It was Baker's 30th home run, making the Dodgers the first team in history to have four sluggers – Baker, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, and Reggie Smith – with at least 30 homers each. It was a wild, triumphant moment and a good omen as the Dodgers headed to the playoffs. Burke, waiting on deck, thrust his hand enthusiastically over his head to greet his friend at the plate. Baker, not knowing what to do, smacked it. 'His hand was up in the air, and he was arching way back', says Baker, now 72 and managing the Astros. 'So I reached up and hit his hand. It seemed like the thing to do.'"[15] Baker is noted for his love of toothpicks. He chewed them every game and was once quoted saying, "Toothpicks are an excellent source of protein."[16] He also uses the toothpick as a way to deter use of chewing tobacco, which he used as a player; he is also noted for his choice of wristbands (starting in 1986 after approached to wear a band that had his face on it), which he states is to help wipe perspiration off his forehead.[17][18]
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Oct 27, 2021 20:38:37 GMT -5
1 run back
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