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Post by keystone61 on Jun 9, 2021 21:25:35 GMT -5
No, actually Will Smith walking a guy and then giving up a homer with 2 outs in the 9th was what lost this game. Wouldn’t have even come down to that with a little situational hitting in that inning though. Blah blah blah. Bottom line? Will Smith sucks.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Jun 9, 2021 21:26:14 GMT -5
Bases loaded, no outs, and no runs! Always walking a tight rope when you can only score one run! Have it your way. Are you Will Smith's bro or something? Lol. Fact is, he sucks, he's sucked ever since we got him, and we lost tonight because Will Smith sucks. I do not like him, and I hate to see him come in the game. Screw Will Smith. He didn't excuse Will Smith's performance. He just accurately pointed out that when you only score 1 run you have no margin of error on the pitching side.
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Jun 9, 2021 21:26:51 GMT -5
Maybe he'll go punch a bench.
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Post by PABraveFan on Jun 9, 2021 21:27:12 GMT -5
Bases loaded, no outs, and no runs! Always walking a tight rope when you can only score one run! Have it your way. Are you Will Smith's bro or something? Lol. Fact is, he sucks, he's sucked ever since we got him, and we lost tonight because Will Smith sucks. I do not like him, and I hate to see him come in the game. Screw Will Smith. I'm not a big fan either. To me he's not the dominant closer type you pay that kind of money. You should get way more than what we have for $13M+ /yr!
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Post by keystone61 on Jun 9, 2021 21:27:37 GMT -5
Did I mention that Will Smith sucks?
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Post by keystone61 on Jun 9, 2021 21:27:57 GMT -5
Maybe he'll go punch a bench. We can always hope.
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Post by littlebeast1 on Jun 9, 2021 21:28:11 GMT -5
Wouldn’t have even come down to that with a little situational hitting in that inning though. Blah blah blah. Bottom line? Will Smith sucks. No argument there. But our situational hitting sucks just as bad. Both were key factors in the loss.
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Jun 9, 2021 21:29:28 GMT -5
You can always point to numerous indirect reasons for a loss. Tonight, you can point to one direct reason. 4.73 ERA guy who's given up multiple leads in late tied games, prone to homers. Walks a guy in a tight game in the 9th. Then throws a hanging meatball with two outs. Good pitching wins that game. Will Smith did not pitch good. Regardless of the bases loaded blunder earlier in the game. That kind of pitch he gave up with 2 outs in a 9th inning one run game is inexcusable.
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Post by keystone61 on Jun 9, 2021 21:33:21 GMT -5
Blah blah blah. Bottom line? Will Smith sucks. No argument there. But our situational hitting sucks just as bad. Both were key factors in the loss. So you actually believe that not scoring with the bases loaded and no outs early in the game was as big as Smith's ineptitude? We handed a one run lead to a closer that can't close. Hello! Doesn't matter what happened earlier. This is not an isolated incident with this guy. He sucks at his job and needs to be replaced.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 21:34:21 GMT -5
Have it your way. Are you Will Smith's bro or something? Lol. Fact is, he sucks, he's sucked ever since we got him, and we lost tonight because Will Smith sucks. I do not like him, and I hate to see him come in the game. Screw Will Smith. He didn't excuse Will Smith's performance. He just accurately pointed out that when you only score 1 run you have no margin of error on the pitching side. When you are paid that well as a closer you are supposed to close out those one run games when you have no margin of error That is why a pitcher has the role of closer - you close the game. One stinking inning that is all that is asked. Smith did not get the job done. No way he can be trusted in those tough games he has been a HR giving up machine for the second yr in a row. He is not good enough to take a team to the WS as he is now. Of course the lack of hitting did not help but good teams can win those 1-0 games
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Post by keystone61 on Jun 9, 2021 21:35:37 GMT -5
He didn't excuse Will Smith's performance. He just accurately pointed out that when you only score 1 run you have no margin of error on the pitching side. When you are paid that well as a closer you are supposed to close out those one run games when you have no margin of error That is why a pitcher has the role of closer - you close the game. One stinking inning that is all that is asked. Smith did not get the job done. No way he can be trusted in those tough games he has been a HR giving up machine for the second yr in a row. He is not good enough to take a team to the WS as he is now. Of course the lack of hitting did not help but good teams can win those 1-0 games Exactly. Smith has been horrible ever since we signed him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 21:37:57 GMT -5
That is old school thinking using a late reliever for two innings He only threw 8 pitches. Smith not available tomorrow... Snit hasn't liked using Martin 2 games in a row, so he's probably unavailable tomorrow... .... and we all know what has happened every time we have reached .500 this season. I know and agree but I was being a bit sarcastic on that post - did not disagree that Martin should have been used Hell, managers used their best relievers for two innings and sometimes more back in the day and yes, it worked. For the good teams and good pitchers. Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage in his earlier yrs, Sparky Lyle, etc
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 21:40:54 GMT -5
I'll tell you one thing that is more irritating than a loss like tonight
Its listening to the Snitker excuse rally in his post game comments
Excuses, excuses and some of these nice guy reporters we have in this city like Kevin Mc Alpine throw soft ball nice guy questions over and over again
We have such a soft Charmin Paper media around here, that is when I do miss the Northeast when it comes to the sports reporting and the softness around here after losing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 22:06:59 GMT -5
You can always point to numerous indirect reasons for a loss. Tonight, you can point to one direct reason. 4.73 ERA guy who's given up multiple leads in late tied games, prone to homers. Walks a guy in a tight game in the 9th. Then throws a hanging meatball with two outs. Good pitching wins that game. Will Smith did not pitch good. Regardless of the bases loaded blunder earlier in the game. That kind of pitch he gave up with 2 outs in a 9th inning one run game is inexcusable. What is sad is Tucker Davidson was denied his first major league win which he deserved thanks to Meatball Smith
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Post by braves247 on Jun 9, 2021 22:14:06 GMT -5
theres no more deflating loss to a team than walk off after battling for 8 innings and then 1 guy does not do his job and then try to bounce right back the next day for an early start time yikes
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