If it makes anyone feel better, Darvish gave up four runs in the first tonight.
If it makes anyone feel better, Darvish gave up four runs in the first tonight.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
YESSIRREE!!! Strike 'em out, throw 'em out!
DP! Holliday strikes out and Hanigan nails Beltran at 2nd.
I'm just saying, evaluating every bad pitch by Homer Bailey by comparing him to Chapman is silly. We know what Homer is. We know what Arroyo is. Chapman is likely a better starter (but not a given). It's not Homer's fault that management wants Chapman in the bullpen rather than starter. Can't we just evaluate Homer on his own merits?
Reds getting guys picked off this year. Someone wake up Billy Hatcher.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Now let's get some hits!
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -Earl Weaver
Will we get a PH for Homer here? He is at 81 pitches through 5. I would assume no Chapman tonight.
Hanigan grounds out to 2nd.
Bailey grounds out to Westbrook on the first pitch. 2 outs.
That's I think a lot more your memory than actual results. I went through Bailey's year last year, and he had 9 of 22 starts where he gave up more than 2 runs in one inning. My guess is that's more or less what you'd expect from an "average" starting pitcher.
We tend to remember our starting pitchers blowing up more than other pitchers. And I'm not sure that's any more demoralizing than a pitcher who gives up 1 or 2 runs every other inning.
Finally a hit. Phillips singles to center.
Datdudehits
Thank the Lord!
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -Earl Weaver
Miketheirry is just sitting in his evil lair watching us bicker while eating a bag of popcorn.
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