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Post by anthonyd46 on Oct 28, 2024 22:47:45 GMT -5
Too many walks/HBP, dumb outs on the bases, etc.
This pitching is good enough to get 3 outs in an inning, but not elite enough to keep getting 4 or 5 outs in an inning constantly.
I still would have preferred the Mets though these games were all def winnable, but you cant wait til the 9th to score.
Obviously looks super bleak, but they should be favored tomorrow then Cole in 5 if they win. One game at a time.
Not expecting much obv, but geez that Game 1 stings more and more each day.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 28, 2024 22:48:29 GMT -5
Dodgers strike early again, get the Yanks down right away 2-0 on the Freeman HR on the hanging cutter, and another in the 3rd on the professional inside out single to right by Betts, pad the lead with a single up the middle by Hernandez in the 6th. Yanks can't do anything with Buehler in 5 innings, nor off any of the other Dodgers relievers until Verdugo got a FB in a hittable spot from Kopech in the 9th. Dodgers win again, and are 3-0. How much better are the Dodgers than the Yanks so far in this Series? Twice as good, outscoring them 14-7 through 3 games.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 28, 2024 22:49:30 GMT -5
Torres takes a FB at the top for a strike, near middle, 0-1 Slider bounced inside, 1-1 Takes a FB inner 3rd, waist high, 1-2 Slider misses outside and away, takes it, 2-2 Forced to swing at a FB below and inside, middle, bounces it up the middle, Edman fields on the left of 2nd, wheels arouns, fires a strike to Freeman, game over, and the Yankees season is almost over with another non-championship. Dodgers win 4-2. Nothing new. I suppose so. Welp, one game left to do something...anything...about it. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Oct 28, 2024 22:49:30 GMT -5
If Cole doesn't take the ball tomorrow, I hope he opts out. Why would you do Cole on short rest when the Dodgers don't even have a starter?????? Save him for Game 5 if you get there. Winning Game 4 is useless if Game 5 is just Gil or something (since Rodon wouldn't be on full rest for that either). |
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Post by cocopugg on Oct 28, 2024 22:50:37 GMT -5
If Cole doesn't take the ball tomorrow, I hope he opts out. Even if he does, I hope he opts out...maybe management will have the incentive to finally create a championship team from within, instead of blowing all their money on 1 top player each year. Who besides Judge do the Yankees have, who can be considered championship material, should Cole opt out, and if they don't sign Soto? Man, that's scary. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Oct 28, 2024 22:50:52 GMT -5
I suppose so. Welp, one game left to do something...anything...about it. I don't think Torres beats that out if he's any faster, but we've def seen in all 3 series this year the Yankees team speed being a factor as multiple fielders have taken their time to make the play and they are still out. I'm def noticing that on ground balls this post season. |
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Post by donniebaseball23 on Oct 28, 2024 22:53:01 GMT -5
So now we just have to make history? Bring it.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 28, 2024 22:53:02 GMT -5
Volpe takes a FB up and in, 1-0 Takes a get it over FB above and inside middle at 97, 1-1 FB up in the zone outside middle, fouled off, 1-2 Volpe swings at...I have no idea why. It was way up and inner half, and if that a FB he's way late and under, but it was a slider and he was still way under. THERE'S NO REASON FOR VOLPE TO SWING AT THAT PITCH. DUMB HITTING. Volpe has really been a letdown this series. I thought he'd do better, given he hit so well the first two series. But he's trying to do too much. I keep waiting for him to learn to stay within himself. Ah, well, he's still very young; just 23. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 28, 2024 22:54:49 GMT -5
I suppose so. Welp, one game left to do something...anything...about it. I don't think Torres beats that out if he's any faster, but we've def seen in all 3 series this year the Yankees team speed being a factor as multiple fielders have taken their time to make the play and they are still out. I'm def noticing that on ground balls this post season. Oh, I didn't expect Torres to beat out the grounder in the 9th. Fairly routine play, and Edman's a very good shortstop. Just 90.9 mph on the grounder, XBA of .090. |
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Post by kaybli on Oct 28, 2024 22:56:14 GMT -5
Just one request Boone. Do not show them freaking 2004 ALCS Highlights to try to inspire the team again like you did in 2022.
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Post by cocopugg on Oct 28, 2024 23:00:10 GMT -5
Volpe has really been a letdown this series. I thought he'd do better, given he hit so well the first two series. But he's trying to do too much. I keep waiting for him to learn to stay within himself. Ah, well, he's still very young; just 23. I don't question his inexperience/youth, but I do question his lack of discipline at the plate. Great glove and range, but I honestly don't see him as anything more than an average hitter with some base running speed, at best. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 28, 2024 23:00:44 GMT -5
OK...Maybe the season comes to a sad end tomorrow. Game 4 starters are "bullpen game" for the Dodgers, and Luis Gil expected to start for the Yanks. I have no idea who the Dodgers will open with except it won't be Treinen. They might risk London Knack as the opener/starter but nobody knows. If it is Gil, he was 15-7 on the season with a 3.50 ERA, and a so-so start in Game 4 of the ALCS vs. Cleveland: 4 innings, 3 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 BB and 3 K. He left the game up 3-2, but needed 79 pitches to get through the 4 innings. Yanks' pen blew the lead late, but they rallied to win in the 9th, 8-6.
OK, game preview done, I'm going to check my last notifications.
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 28, 2024 23:01:06 GMT -5
If Cole doesn't take the ball tomorrow, I hope he opts out. They won't let Cole throw 100 pitches so he's not pitching on three days rest. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 28, 2024 23:01:42 GMT -5
I thought he'd do better, given he hit so well the first two series. But he's trying to do too much. I keep waiting for him to learn to stay within himself. Ah, well, he's still very young; just 23. I don't question his inexperience/youth, but I do question his lack of discipline at the plate. Great glove and range, but I honestly don't see him as anything more than an average hitter with some base running speed, at best. Possibly correct, but 23 is still very young for a major leaguer; he's notionally 4 years from his peak. Maybe he makes a key adjustment and things click. Maybe not. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Oct 28, 2024 23:02:05 GMT -5
If Cole doesn't take the ball tomorrow, I hope he opts out. Even if he does, I hope he opts out...maybe management will have the incentive to finally create a championship team from within, instead of blowing all their money on 1 top player each year. Who besides Judge do the Yankees have, who can be considered championship material, should Cole opt out, and if they don't sign Soto? Man, that's scary. Soto obv made this team championship caliber. Without him I don't know. |
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