These Bullpen Games Bore Me….

[Viejo Dinosaur]

I lose interest very quickly and usually refrain from betting them…I blame Kevin Cash….anyone else feel this way?
No DH in the NL and defensive shifts irritate me…guess I’m getting old…starting pitchers getting pulled after five innings another thing that irritates me…when MLB goes to electric balls and strikes that will be the last dagger…

 

[John Kelly]

I've adjusted to the game's changes.

The trick is to predict what's next.

I could see a postseason where no pitcher faces a hitter twice in the same game.

That's far more likely than starting pitchers going back in time to throw complete games.

 

[railbird]

I lose interest very quickly and usually refrain from betting them…I blame Kevin Cash….anyone else feel this way?
No DH in the NL and defensive shifts irritate me…guess I’m getting old…starting pitchers getting pulled after five innings another thing that irritates me…when MLB goes to electric balls and strikes that will be the last dagger…

they have ruined basketball too.

 

[railbird]

I've adjusted to the game's changes.

The trick is to predict what's next.

I could see a postseason where no pitcher faces a hitter twice in the same game.

That's more likely than starting pitchers going back in time to throw complete games.

randy johnson and clemens got better in the later innings, so did railbird.

 

[John Kelly]

I remember Justin Verlander throwing harder in the ninth inning than the first inning.

 

[howid]

scores of 9-1 and 9-2 in playoff games... abner doubleday is turning over in his grave.

 

[Heim]

Before tonight ...the Dodgers had used 21 pitchers in 3 games

You think another 3-1 comeback?

 

[Heim]

I will say using low velocity, off speed Smyly was a good change of pace move

 

[John Kelly]

I will say using low velocity, off speed Smyly was a good change of pace move

Interesting point.

 

[FairWarning]

I lose interest very quickly and usually refrain from betting them…I blame Kevin Cash….anyone else feel this way?
No DH in the NL and defensive shifts irritate me…guess I’m getting old…starting pitchers getting pulled after five innings another thing that irritates me…when MLB goes to electric balls and strikes that will be the last dagger…

Agree, its awful.

 

[Valuist]

Valdez giving the Astros 8 innings was big. An off day today and the bullpen edge they have over the Red Sox only gets bigger.

All sports, to some degree, have been ruined. There was a time I would never get sick of football on an NFL Sunday. DISH has taken away NBC so I can't watch the Sunday night games. And guess what: I haven't missed them. The fact that they've made every rule change to help the offense and hurt the defense hasn't helped, either.

 

[jasson621]

Blame metrics not an individual, it is the game now. Basketball is all about 3's and dunks bases is homers and K's.

 

[Valuist]

Blame metrics not an individual, it is the game now. Basketball is all about 3's and dunks bases is homers and K's.

True. But the metric specialists haven't mastered how to win in the post season. And I know someone will say "Tampa Bay won the AL last year". Forget last year. A 60 game season? Anything that took place last year should have an asterisk. It was a total joke of season. But yes, you are right.

 

[Chi_Archie]

I can't remember last time I watched more than 15 mins of a game consecutively

I'm fine with adapting to the game's changes for betting purposes

don't give a fuk about the entertainment value. I consume it later in condensed methods or just through #s

 

[FairWarning]

I can't remember last time I watched more than 15 mins of a game consecutively

I'm fine with adapting to the game's changes for betting purposes

don't give a fuk about the entertainment value. I consume it later in condensed methods or just through #s

God bless in-game wagering

 

[jimmythegreek]

I've adjusted to the game's changes.

The trick is to predict what's next.

I could see a postseason where no pitcher faces a hitter twice in the same game.

That's far more likely than starting pitchers going back in time to throw complete games.

What's classic in the postseason to me despite the roster approach a lot more open is managers sound the snoot alarm when a starter pitches into the 5th, gives up a run or two and they send their hurler to the showers 60 pitches in.

 

[John Kelly]

Smart teams in the postseason find the weak link in the lineup and pitch to it.

Scouting departments pay their way in the MLB playoffs, provided of course they're not cheating.

Was that one or two bangs on the garbage can?

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Most teams cheat….Houston was just smarter about it….they took the blueprint from the Patriots in the NFL

 

[Valuist]

What's classic in the postseason to me despite the roster approach a lot more open is managers sound the snoot alarm when a starter pitches into the 5th, gives up a run or two and they send their hurler to the showers 60 pitches in.

No doubt. I think its the analytics approach where all players are robots. Throw all out every pitch, if you get hurt, we throw you into the trash can and next man up. I think part of the reason Tampa won 100 games was you had such a brief season last year. All pitchers should've had fresh arms for this year coming off the small 2020 workloads. The Rays were far away number 1 in innings thrown by the bullpen.

Kudos to Dusty for leaving Valdez in to pitch 8 innings and not paniking on Garcia. Just glad to see the Dodgers eliminated.

 

[FairWarning]

No doubt. I think its the analytics approach where all players are robots. Throw all out every pitch, if you get hurt, we throw you into the trash can and next man up. I think part of the reason Tampa won 100 games was you had such a brief season last year. All pitchers should've had fresh arms for this year coming off the small 2020 workloads. The Rays were far away number 1 in innings thrown by the bullpen.

Kudos to Dusty for leaving Valdez in to pitch 8 innings and not paniking on Garcia. Just glad to see the Dodgers eliminated.

It also saves TB money in the long run as they will just get another young cheap pitcher to replace the Blake Snells.

 

[blueline]

Theo wants to shrink the number of pitchers allowed on a staff