You see him sitting there? He's saying to himself, "no matter how much I suck, I gotta job for life. I love you, Dusty" Dusty made Kerry Wood throw 141 pitches once. Routinely had those guys go over 130.
Baseball. Any team can win any game, but it takes a special lineup (and a small sample) for an eleven run outburst to be a below average outcome.
True story. I was at the Orioles game Wedensday. Altuve struck out in the 6th inning and heard the "Altuve cheater" chants... He looked at the crowd while walking to the dugout and smiled. I told the people around, watch him get a hit his next time up as that's all he was waiting for. Next AB he drives in 2 runs.
^^^THIS^^^ Let's run 2 of the the 3 most reliable arms in the pen out in a 7-2 game (and 11-2) and oh yeah they've been overworked all season but Dusty knows best.
I understand the angst has to be strong… but high leverage bullpen guys rarely go 3 days off in a row without some serious rust building up (or risking injury the next time they try and warm up to go in). You can’t rest them a week even if they’ve been overworked in stretches this year. Basically, Pressly is going to pitch tomorrow regardless of the score.
Altuve is the X factor, no? 25-12 with him in the lineup. He’s back hitting at a crazy elite level… still amazing to watch. Future first ballot HOFers are a step above everybody.
