Postseason Scoreboard Watching

[HometownHero]

And people wonder why every fan base hates the Cards luck

[TSJ55]

No kidding. Some clown comes into my work and I have to take my concentration off the game for 2 pitches and a scrub hits a 2 run bomb.

[F. Monihan]

Originally Posted by HometownHero

And people wonder why every fan base hates the Cards luck

Carpenter now 5-5 against Cain.

[HometownHero]

Carlos Beltran owns the highest OPS in playoff history he gets hurt and in the first AB for Matt Carpenter who has 6 MLB HR and 28 in 1197 minor league AB jack a 2-Run shot with 2 strikes after Jon Jay and his .430 home BABIP bloops one into to left to even give him a shot with 2 outs.

All coming after Hunter Pence grounds into a DP with 1st and 3rd and a 2-0 count.

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by F. Monihan

Carpenter now 5-5 against Cain.

Which make its even more asinine

[TSJ55]

As much as I hate the Cardinals, I *LOVE* watching Molina play the game. He is fearless snap throwing to all bases at all times. As a baserunner, you can never take your eye off of him or he will make you look foolish

[HometownHero]

Matt Cain has 6 HR and 17 XBH and they are bunting with 1st and 3rd and one out.

[HometownHero]

What a shock Bruce Bochy's over managing doesn't pay off

[TSJ55]

I like the call. Cain may be a good hitting pitcher, but he's still a pitcher. The fact that he puts the ball in play more often just increases the chances of another inning ending DP

[TSJ55]

I just hope the Reds habit of leaving runners on base wasn't contagious and just now catching up w/ SF

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by TSJ55

I like the call. Cain may be a good hitting pitcher, but he's still a pitcher. The fact that he puts the ball in play more often just increases the chances of another inning ending DP

Letting him swing also helps the chances of a game tying RBI or a hit to potentially blow open the inning. They are the Giant's who hit .240 with 2 outs which is worse the the league average not the Cards who hit 14 point higher than the league average in the situation.

[HometownHero]

More DP balls while ahead in the count for the Giants

[TSJ55]

Originally Posted by HometownHero

Letting him swing also helps the chances of a game tying RBI or a hit to potentially blow open the inning. They are the Giant's who hit .240 with 2 outs which is worse the the league average not the Cards who hit 14 point higher than the league average in the situation.

While I completely respect your research and familiarity with these types of numbers, they are lost on me. I watch (and played) the game mostly by feel and gut instinct. The minutia of the numbers that many around here ar so fond don't come into play in my world

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by TSJ55

While I completely respect your research and familiarity with these types of numbers, they are lost on me. I watch (and played) the game mostly by feel and gut instinct. The minutia of the numbers that many around here ar so fond don't come into play in my world

Giving away outs early is a losing play you only get 27 of them, worst case scenario he hits into a DP and they you have 1-2-3 up next inning but that risk opens the door for countless positive scenarios.

[TSJ55]

Originally Posted by HometownHero

Giving away outs early is a losing play you only get 27 of them, worst case scenario he hits into a DP and they you have 1-2-3 up next inning but that risk opens the door for countless positive scenarios.

Or Pagan stays hot and gets a 2 RBI hit.