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  1. On 10/11/2018 at 5:06 PM, Scraps said:

    Man I thought Bill Hall off the bat with no clues.  Never played for LAD though.  

    They were just talking about Randy Wolf's brother being on the ump crew for the NLCS.  Randy pitched for all but the Red Sox.

  2. 25 minutes ago, ousux said:

    Watch the fightin' Strong giblets beat Tulsa worse than the now #9 Texas Longhorns..

     

    It could happen, that wasn't our best game,

     

     

     

    I'd be surprised if they don't.  Tulsa isn't very good.

  3. 1 minute ago, kevwun said:

    Kimbrel doesn't throw his curve ball in the strikezone as much anymore I believe.  It's still nasty, but it's not as effective if a hitter can recognize it and layoff.

    I think Giles has a similar problem when he's not going good.  If guys can lay off the low slider, his fastball is pretty straight and hittable even at 100.

  4. From fangraphs, here are the highest swing and miss rate pitches this year, minimum 250 thrown.  First and last on the list are interesting.

    Most Unhittable Pitches
    Pitcher Pitch Whiff%
    Ryan Pressly Slider 32.9%
    Will Smith Slider 30.5%
    Patrick Corbin Slider 30.2%
    Jace Fry Slider 30.0%
    Tanner Scott Slider 29.7%
    Pedro Strop Slider 29.1%
    Edwin Diaz Slider 29.1%
    Seranthony Dominguez Slider 27.9%
    Hector Neris Splitter 27.8%
    Ken Giles Slider 27.6%
    SOURCE: Brooks Baseball
    Minimum 250 thrown.
  5. 1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

    It may be a thing, but the question is whether past "clutch performance" is predictive of future "clutch" performance. It generally isn't. 

    Remember when Barry Bonds sucked in the postseason because he wasn't "clutch?"? Then 2002 happened and he hit .356/.581/.978 with 8 HR in 17 games. 

     

    he was taking the cream and the clear and the clutch

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  6. 36 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

    did someone say the red sox are 0-10 in games price has started in the postseason?  

    Not just with the sox.  Price has started 10 playoff games in his career and his teams have lost all 10.  That includes a game he started and pitched 8 innings and lost 2-1. 

    He's had some good relief outings in wins.  He was excellent way back in his first series with the Rays when they used him as a closer.

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=priceda01&t=p&post=1

    He also pitched a CG win, giving up 2 runs, in a tie-breaker for the wild card in 2013.  It officially was game 163 though and not a playoff game:

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX201309300.shtml

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