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Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1320224980693561344

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Pungry
Feb 26, 2011

JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.

bewbies posted:

https://youtu.be/r9WQ2R9sRTM

That's the only play I can think of that was stupider/more funny, but it loses points because it didn't happen in the world series

For meaningless game-enders, I always think of this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxF1LjgTWhQ

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

ChiTownEddie posted:

CHAOS BALL IS BEST BALL I LOVE BASEBALL SO MUCH
E: this was not meant for this thread hahaha

This should be meant for every thread tbh

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

So NOW... instead of taking the hill up three games to one, likely with the postseason monkey off his back, Kershaw must yet again face a pressure situation, with the hottest hitter in postseason history in the opposing lineup and the opposing team with serious momentum


:rant:

e: Good 'ole Dave Roberts up next in the interviews, LOL. Time to sit and watch him defend yet another game where he mismanaged the pitching. Right?!? Didn't he?!?


e2: When Kenley gave up the hit he went down to his knees, facing the outfield, and pounded on the mound. Then, this is what he was doing right at the time Taylor bobbled in the outfield, now in danger not just of extra innings but losing:

https://twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1320225355496448000?s=20

MrMojok fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Oct 25, 2020

Bregor
May 31, 2013

People are idiots, Leslie.
https://twitter.com/sarbucks/status/1320223542512930817

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Imagine not both loving and hating baseball

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
Didn't even realize this watching the play but uh yeah... what the gently caress is Jansen doing?

https://twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1320222157503299584

elentar
Aug 26, 2002

Every single year the Ivy League takes a break from fucking up the world through its various alumni to fuck up everyone's bracket instead.

shoot him again, his soul is still dancing

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



I'm glad for Brett Phillips...I got to see him in the Astros minors years ago and he was probably the nicest guy there

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

https://twitter.com/knicks_tape99/status/1320219215941480448

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


elentar posted:

shoot him again, his soul is still dancing

lol

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=

The winning runner falling down while heading home reminded me of this Cubs game from nearly 20 years ago, which also had the added craziness of their celebrity 7th inning stretch singer being removed from the stadium for threatening Angel Hernandez after a bad call:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htcE_vvZxg

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

Sydin posted:

Didn't even realize this watching the play but uh yeah... what the gently caress is Jansen doing?

https://twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1320222157503299584

If Jansen is backing up the play he's third base side, Smith flung the ball first base side so it would have made no difference

FlamingLiberal posted:

I'm glad for Brett Phillips...I got to see him in the Astros minors years ago and he was probably the nicest guy there

He was part of the Gomez/Fiers trade, thus part of the Astros downfall so more reason for people to like him I suppose :v:

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004



new QWOP graphics are neat

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
and here's to you, mr. kershaw
dodger nation turns its lonely eyes to you
woo woo woo

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Intruder posted:

If Jansen is backing up the play he's third base side, Smith flung the ball first base side so it would have made no difference

That's fair but he should still be behind the plate instead of standing on the third base line uselessly.

Anyway tired of Joe Buck? Have some actual announcing:

https://twitter.com/NombreEsBurner/status/1320223769244434434

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

MrMojok posted:

So NOW... instead of taking the hill up three games to one, likely with the postseason monkey off his back, Kershaw must yet again face a pressure situation, with the hottest hitter in postseason history in the opposing lineup and the opposing team with serious momentum


I mean, Kershaw has got to end up being the Dodger's pitcher of record tomorrow for better or worse, right? The storyline for it just feels too perfect whichever direction it ends up.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




FlamingLiberal posted:

I'm glad for Brett Phillips...I got to see him in the Astros minors years ago and he was probably the nicest guy there

I see why the Astros cut him then

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy

Sydin posted:

That's fair but he should still be behind the plate instead of standing on the third base line uselessly.

Anyway tired of Joe Buck? Have some actual announcing:

https://twitter.com/NombreEsBurner/status/1320223769244434434

The ESPN International Feed we got in Australia was :discourse: voice breaking, audible shock, and then dead air for what felt like 5 minutes.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


algebra testes posted:

The ESPN International Feed we got in Australia was :discourse: voice breaking, audible shock, and then dead air for what felt like 5 minutes.

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1320228109535367168?s=20

here are all the calls, sounds like Vasgersian was on the international feed since we got a Santa Maria.

Most of the radio calls are not that great, but to be fair how the gently caress do you describe what was happening on that play, and who knows how many of these announcers are even at the game. The Fox Deportes guys killed it though.

skylined!
Apr 6, 2012

THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

Sydin posted:

That's fair but he should still be behind the plate instead of standing on the third base line uselessly.

Anyway tired of Joe Buck? Have some actual announcing:

https://twitter.com/NombreEsBurner/status/1320223769244434434

‘En serio?! En serio?!?!!!!’

- me actually when it happened.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

R.D. Mangles posted:

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1320228109535367168?s=20

here are all the calls, sounds like Vasgersian was on the international feed since we got a Santa Maria.

Most of the radio calls are not that great, but to be fair how the gently caress do you describe what was happening on that play, and who knows how many of these announcers are even at the game. The Fox Deportes guys killed it though.

lmao was just about to post this, yeah the Deportes guys were going out of their minds.

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer

R.D. Mangles posted:

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1320228109535367168?s=20

here are all the calls, sounds like Vasgersian was on the international feed since we got a Santa Maria.

Most of the radio calls are not that great, but to be fair how the gently caress do you describe what was happening on that play, and who knows how many of these announcers are even at the game. The Fox Deportes guys killed it though.

The Russian feed really sounded like they were having a hard time processing that in real time "fantastica"

Also, Russians watch baseball?

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy
Lmao AROD owns

https://twitter.com/CorkGaines/status/1320224939706880001?s=20

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
https://twitter.com/pedromoura/status/1320226985122017281

:thunk: :thunk: :thunk:

Der Meister
May 12, 2001

I’m sure everything is fine.

Johnny Bravo
Jan 19, 2011
The only they thing I can compare that ending to is the Buckner error but this was magnitudes worse (and great) so even that's a bad comparison

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

Kershaw is being set up for a peak Playoff Kershaw moment or a legacy redefining moment

No in between!

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

I suppose sitting around and second-guessing the managerial decisions endlessly is dumb, because you go down all these rabbit holes and alternate realities where if THIS had happened, then later THAT might not have happened, but goddamn, Roberts.

To start with, something Popete said in the other thread:

Popete posted:

Bellinger DHing tonight with back tightness. Pollock playing CF? Why wouldn't you move Mookie to CF?

And if not from the beginning, why not move him to CF there at the end? You need to replace him in right of course, and Taylor and Pollack have almost no experience in RF, but Joc has played about 50 games out there. Hell, Kiké has played 58 games in right.

Then, leaving Baez out there long enough to give up two dingers. Then, the decision to let Kenley pitch to the hottest player in postseason history, and I know he didn't walk it off but Kenley put the first pitch right down the middle and then started bouncing them.

After walking Randy, that pitch with two strikes to the hitter who hadn't seen live pitching since the NYY series, he put right into the middle of the zone. I mean, why not Graterol instead of Jansen, after the walk? Jansen had already faced three batters.

Sorry I'm whining, I still haven't even been able to process what I saw and I'm pissed and not thinking straight.

Jansen's answers in the postgame presser were pretty sorry, too.

e: I love Kenley, too. The fact is that for about three or four seasons he was one of the most dominant closers out there, probably the single best closer for a couple, but anyone who watches this team knows that his time's been drawing to a close, for a while now.

e2: Just found out Roberts told Baez he was done after the 6th, then changed his mind when the Dodgers took the lead ?!?!?!

MrMojok fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Oct 25, 2020

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
That ending reminded me of the many losses I've had playing softball only it was major leaguers making those kind of mistakes and lol

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

MrMojok posted:

I mean, why not Graterol instead of Jansen, after the walk? Jansen had already faced three batters.

Graterol pitcher before Jansen

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

GalacticAcid posted:

Graterol pitcher before Jansen

gently caress me to tears, you're right. You SEE, you SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME HERE

Johnny Bravo
Jan 19, 2011
I'm trying to imagine a 9th inning where Dave leaves Graterol in but it'd probably be pretty boring

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
I want to see the GDT if Kenley comes in with a 1 run lead in game 7

Whether he blows it or converts it is irrelevant

boroda
Jul 26, 2007


нет усов
This feels all too familiar. I have no other words besides that first sentence and this second sentence.

boroda
Jul 26, 2007


нет усов

Intruder posted:

I want to see the GDT if Kenley Kershaw comes in with a 1 run lead in game 7

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

My mind completely snapped and I totally forgot Graterol had already been used. He'd thrown seven pitches, I guess he could have left him in or used Floro, Wood, Gonzalez, Kelly, or McGee.

Kenley Jansen in the postgame interview posted:

"I didn't give up one hard hit. What can I do?"

e: The same mistake on two pitches to two different hitters

https://twitter.com/presidual/status/1320237325016678401

MrMojok fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Oct 25, 2020

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

bewbies posted:

https://youtu.be/r9WQ2R9sRTM

That's the only play I can think of that was stupider/more funny, but it loses points because it didn't happen in the world series

this is my go to because
-the error turns the win into a loss (Kiermier was scoring no matter what on the play tonight even with the CF error)
-he doesn't even acknowledge the runner on first might score after dropping the ball
-:mets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgyPqFcbbM4

IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Oct 25, 2020

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Bregor
May 31, 2013

People are idiots, Leslie.

Intruder posted:

I want to see the GDT if Kenley Joe Motherfucking Kelly comes in with a 1 run lead in game 7

:hmmyes:

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