Rob Thomson was a Yankee for 28 Years. He has 5 Championships for Sure maybe more. Dusty Baker has a Championship as a Player. That is it. The Astros can't Outmanage the Phillies it is impossible. Rob Thomson has the strongest pedigree. Yankees definitely lost out on him.
In all seriousness why is Altuve still hitting leadoff move him down the lineup card. Take Mancini out of the lineup as well.
Gotta go with horses that got them here Diaz hits velocity well gotta hope he can do something vs Wheeler Diaz will be in LF
I picked the Astros in 6 with the Phillies winning 2 of Wheeler and/or Nola starts That means Game 1 Phillies ( now we know) Game 2 Phillies or Astros Games 3 Astros Game 4 Astros Game 5 Phillies or Astros Game 6 Astros Still on script but I now prefer them to win Game 5 than Game 2
Our hitters are the problem. Shoulda been able to muster 1 run between the 3rd and the 10th. When our hitters go into these all to normal collective offensive mental tailspins, mediocre pitching is enough to stymie them.
Ted Williams declined to sit out the last day of the season to protect his .400 avg. He got 4 hits and finished at .406 Altuve sat on the last day to protect his .300 avg and has been AWFUL ever since. Baseball Gods. I’m telling you. They don’t reward puss behavior. They will punish you.
While I completely understand the sentiment, the answer is over the larger sample size of the 162-game reg season he was a .300 hitter, and of course he has a long history of being a playoff performer, but I’d be lying if I told you the thought hasn’t crossed my mind as the playoffs have played out
So Dusty is now going to be famous for the two biggest meltdown games in World Series history. That's lovely.
On a short sample size, Peña would make a lot of sense right about now. 1. Peña, 2. Altuve, 3. Bregman, 4. Alvarez, 5. Tucker, 6. Yuli. Or perhaps 1. Peña, 2. Bregman, 3. Alvarez, 4. Tucker, 5. Altuve, 6. Yuli
Altuve bats lead off, we are 7-1 in the playoffs with this lineup. Scored 5 runs yesterday. 1-6 people are comfortable were they are. We don’t want to break Peña’s rhythm and bat him lead off. Gotta hope Altuve and Alverez breakout like Springer did in 17.
