Channeling 1972 Johnny Bench
Channeling 1972 Johnny Bench
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
Full count
oh my gosh.... cmon.
Ludwick grounds out to Affeldt. 6 outs left. 6-3 Giants after 7.
Up to the bottom of the order to win it now. Uggh.
Still can't get the hit. How many LOB's today?
Clutch hitting has killed this team this game. Both ways.
Mat Latos is not your savior! LOL
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
It's very possible. It's so possible the Red Sox fired a perfectly capable manager and wound up with Bobby Valentine. Oops.
That's what happens when you put too much stock into 5-12 games in the playoffs rather than what happens over 162 games. It's as simple as sample size.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Broxton in to pitch
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