Not Henley, which is an absolute classic, but that's is a pretty great cover song [I'm trying to seem hip for the younger folk]
Does he throw harder than Salazar? I wish he threw a knuckleball, or some utility guy did, because watching blowout mopup duty +knuckler is just about the height of MLB hilarity
Huh, he's been on the ignore list for a long time and I have no idea why anyone would still read them. I was really wondering if he actually responds to anything or if you're repetitively shouting into the void. You could always just PM him and talk s**t, you know
Agreed… wasn’t indefensible given the presumed state of the bullpen, but in hindsight Espada was going to throw them all out there regardless. Hopefully will be filed away. Analytics don’t fully replace situational experience… ever.
For the casual fun watchers, that was the "Bo Jackson teams", how some people got more familiar with them (Sure former World Series champs, Cy Young winning Bret Saberhagen, MVP George Brett, All Star Mark Gubicza, but dude, BO though!) Especially in those days of no interleague games regular season. That was the kind of team that expanded playoffs format is made for. Royals had 2nd best AL record, best 1-2 pitching punch. But no postseason because only 2 division winners advanced. (AL West actually had the best 3 regular season records over the AL East champ Blue Jays). Royals had a winning record against the "Bash Brothers" A's who streamrolled to the WS title.
By the time the later '80's came around, the '85 WS winners were all older and on the decline (Willie Wilson, George Brett, Frank White, etc...) The '89 team had Bob Boone (41yo) at C and Bill Buckner (39yo) at DH playing 210+ games between them. Brett was 36 and he had the worst year of his career, because he got old (then he turns around and hits .329, leading the AL, with 45 doubles the next year, also leading the AL...and then he hung on Biggio-style for 3 more years until age 40)
Very Astros biased cliffs on the game: -Thank god we won. We can always say it's 162 season and this n that only 1 game. Using our horse, Hader, fighting Ump, going to extras, super energy consumption on tight game in the end. These matter more than 7-1 losses where you can start to plan for tomorrow and don't burn what you got 100%. Also losing just 1....and then 1..... you are quickly in a tailspin like Mets/Yankees have been now. This team has fking spine. It is clearly flawed team on some parts but they have something special going on winning all these games that look destined to lose. -Maybe need to backtrack statement about using LHP against us. Good SP is good starting pitcher. -Ump show. I get really paranoid when Ump trying make us lose. -Walker. Loved the signing. Now it feels like Dbacks knew something more about him. Multiple gg's, great in clubhouse, 30hr/100rbi guaranteed bat, age about same when Goldschmidt won MVP so age related to position not terrible. Instead even opening talks about extension they target known turd Naylor lefty who can turn clubhouse upside down in a flash and they had bunch of lefties already. All the old s**t with Naylor (like Pham, ready to explode any time to teammate/opponent) and recently almost was ready to fight teammate in a walk off because the showering in beverige was't fun. I don't like guys you have to tip toe around, not a relaxed space. -Tomorrow. Angels Soriano and our righty heavy lineup. Have seen this dude pitch like 5 times and everytime thought how anybody hits him. Something like 99mph sinker, slider, hard change or splitter was it. Only thing have been control. If we go and hack agressively, I expect a loss. -Fking Raleigh. Please....pretty please with sugar on top. Stop pitching to him other teams. I know what computer says but believe your eyes and don't do this anymore. -Go Stros!!
looked stuff up just for shts/gigs...best pitching WAR since 1968 (next year they lowered the mound height because of Bob Gibson and other reasons) https://www.mlb.com/cut4/why-was-the-mound-lowered-in-1968/c-158689966 Doc Gooden, '85: 12.2 (2nd year in MLB, unanimous CYA, he was 20 years old; he finished 2nd in the CYA the year before when he was 19 despite having better numbers than Rick Sutcliffe*) Steve Carlton, 1972, 12.1 Roger Clemens, 97, 11.9 Pedro Martinez, 00, 11.7 Wilbur Wood, '71, 11.7 Gaylord Perry, 72, 10.8 Randy Johnson, 02, 10.7 Wilbur Wood, 72, 10.7 Tom Seaver, 73, 10.6 Clemens, 90, 10.4 Greinke, 09, 10.4 Carlton, 80, 10.2 that's the post-'68 guys out of the top-100 all-time *Gooden got ****ed by the Sutcliffe year: RS got traded from Cleveland to the Cubs in the middle of June and proceeded to go 16-1 in 20 starts, as the Cubbies won the NL East over the Mets by 6.5 games...lost to the Padres 3-2 in the NLCS, Padres lost to the Tigers in the WS 4-1. (Tiger reliever/closer Willie Hernandez is the only RP to win the MVP and CYA in the same season)
