Damn....glad we finally tied it with that 2 out rally.....but my god. Maldonado......1st to 3rd?! REALLY?! With those thunder thighs?!
He was theoretically trying to draw the throw so it wouldn't go to home, so the run could score, but there was no chance of a play at the plate, either he or the 3B coach totally ****ed up.
Not using advanced analytics lead to Jeter getting 5 gold gloves. That's a 10 win error? 20 wins maybe? So if the alternative is 10-20 win error or whatever error you are thinking Buxton's defense is overrated by, I got to say advanced statistics beat the alternative. Handily.
Maldonado knew Altuve was up next so he figured his only real chance was to keep running the bases hoping for an over throw error to score.
You like to argue, just to argue don't you? I never said anything about Derek Jeter, I never thought he was a great defensive player or even a good one. All I said is that seeing a player like Buxton viewed as a 10 WAR player let's me know that advanced analytics are not perfect........ No, I do not think that Buxton is THAT good a player.
No joy on the Stros' faces? It's overcast and in the low 60's in Minneapolis with no fans in the stands and fake noise. It's hard to feel joyful under those conditions with a tie game where the inning ended on a base running error. Also the Twins don't look too happy either. Cruz looks like someone just spit in his Cheerios.
I'm sure there would be a lot more joy on their faces if there were fans in stands booing every time they came up to bat.
"You know what's missing from the Astros? Joy. No joy at all." Dude, it's the 7th inning of a 1-1 game in the first game of the playoffs. You want them high-fiving each other after routine ground balls and celebrating their huge 1-run offensive outburst last inning? I'm officially muting the rest of this game unless it's absolutely necessary. I just can't with these announcers anymore.
