Mo with an apology...for the 2nd night in a row.... Wow.....I think he has found his confidence, him and Berkman are montorous. If Preston keeps striking out can we see Burke? DD
an apology i guess....i know he made a bad throw, but what the hell is ausmus good for? i'll answer that...absolutely nothing. that was a scoop that could have been made.
Why are both runs earned against Oswalt? Technically if Morgan throws correctly, they are out of the inning without giving up a single run. So at the most one run should be earned not 2. DD
Please... he had to catch the ball on a bad hop (which hits the plate), as well as make a tag at the same time. Its still a play that he likely makes more times than not, but nothing was routine about it... perhaps we're spoiled by having such a fundamentally sound defensive catcher. Hell... even at the bat, Ausmus is still effective... he has the 3rd best OBP on the club. And, with so many young pitchers... I don't want anybody else calling their games. Just ask Roy how much better he's become (again) since Brad started catching him (vs. those years with Chamo). Finally, Game 4 NLDS... nothing more needs to be said to defend Astro-legend, Brad Ausmus.
You can't assume a play like that to be made successfully (just like you can't assume the DP, even though most of the time its obvious it would have been made)... its a fielder's choice. Thus, assuming Morgan gets the "routine" out at first on tha play (allowing the first earned run to score), Hall moves to third, and the second run comes home (as it did) on Lee's groundout. Is Roy on your fantasy team?
No, no....just know that it is the official scorers call and wonder why he gave him 2 earned, when clearly the first one scored because of an error. DD
Uh.. where did the Astros team go that couldn't score to save their life? These guys get hit and hit back harder!
Healthy Berkman, and a year of confidence coming off the world series. Morgan, Willy, etc.....all know they belong instead of hoping they do. DD
You can't award unearned runs for plays that get screwed up that weren't "routine" with less than 2 outs... ie, a double play, or fielder's choice throws (if they're errant) can be witheld from the "unearned run" philosophy. If there were 2 outs, and Morgan decides to come home, its unearned.
Go WILLY! (but never make the third out at third... esp. with the second coming of Maris and Mantle coming to the plate).
Agreed. Don't know what Mansolino was thinking on that one (assuming he gave the signal). PS - DD, Worrell just said the 2 runs are unearned for Roy. If Qualls, Wheeler, and Lidge can get back to 2005 performance, I really, really like this team.
