So...who else here is glad we no longer have to watch Ken Giles come in these close games and sweat them out? What a great signing in Rondon...
That's how you know you'e got a special team. 5 former/current all stars injured...4 position starters...and yet... They find a way.
Rondon has earnt the role of closer like Kemp has earnt an every day spot. He deserves to go the entire season as closer unless he implodes.
Team chemistry at an all time cravenly low. Rondon lucky that hanging slider wasn’t belted... it was one of those pitches that was so bad, it worked via surprise.
Wow. Just wow. When Marwin hit that HR, the crowd cheered immediately. Since Stros are the road team, I figured he did NOT get it all and the home crowd was cheering. But nah, in fact.... he DID get it, and Stros have plenty fans in every ballpark, so they were CHEERING the HR. Champion thangs !! Osuna with the W !!
The shift pisses me off 50% of the time, but it really pisses me off 100% of the time when they pitch against it. I understand the logic that if you don't mix it up they'll just expect everything in a certain zone, but that's why you have to set them up with the prior pitches, pretty much just like pitchers have been doing when there's no shift for the past 100 years or so.
