twballgame9 {l Wrote}:It'll be fun to laugh at hansen for 4 games.
And if Allen Craig (WHO?) is your cleanup hitter, you're fucked.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:It'll be fun to laugh at hansen for 4 games.
And if Allen Craig (WHO?) is your cleanup hitter, you're fucked.
The guy had 97 RBIs with a month left to go in the season (and the he was injured).
The HRs are low but Busch stadium is a pitcher's park and the team are not a HR hitting team.
The team will single/double you to death... it's like death by a thousand cuts.
flyingelvii {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:It'll be fun to laugh at hansen for 4 games.
And if Allen Craig (WHO?) is your cleanup hitter, you're fucked.
The guy had 97 RBIs with a month left to go in the season (and the he was injured).
The HRs are low but Busch stadium is a pitcher's park and the team are not a HR hitting team.
The team will single/double you to death... it's like death by a thousand cuts.
Great, more 5 hour games.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:flyingelvii {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:It'll be fun to laugh at hansen for 4 games.
And if Allen Craig (WHO?) is your cleanup hitter, you're fucked.
The guy had 97 RBIs with a month left to go in the season (and the he was injured).
The HRs are low but Busch stadium is a pitcher's park and the team are not a HR hitting team.
The team will single/double you to death... it's like death by a thousand cuts.
Great, more 5 hour games.
Yeah, between the Cards singling me to death and the Sox forcing me to watch 5 pitches an AB before they swing, I need to find something to do while I am watching the World Series.
flyingelvii {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:flyingelvii {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:It'll be fun to laugh at hansen for 4 games.
And if Allen Craig (WHO?) is your cleanup hitter, you're fucked.
The guy had 97 RBIs with a month left to go in the season (and the he was injured).
The HRs are low but Busch stadium is a pitcher's park and the team are not a HR hitting team.
The team will single/double you to death... it's like death by a thousand cuts.
Great, more 5 hour games.
Yeah, between the Cards singling me to death and the Sox forcing me to watch 5 pitches an AB before they swing, I need to find something to do while I am watching the World Series.
That's why baseball's the perfect flip channel sport. Don't have to really concentrate on it until the final few innings in a close game. Everything else is slow enough where they'll show the scoring replays 35 times over the course of the game.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:A. Why would a lineup full of guys that you should not throw fastballs to be concerned with "power arms"? Throw that 98 mph gas to Napoli at the letters and see where it ends up. Boston mashed fastball pitchers all season. The only pitch that concerns me is Wacha's +changeup, and he better hope they don't guess right.
B. Molina is an excellent throwing catcher. The Red Sox led the league in steals while converting the highest percentage of attempts in the history of baseball. Molina's impact on this series is more likely to be at the plate. Oh, by the way, Wieters is probably the best throwing catcher in baseball and Ellsbury stole 6 of 7 on the Orioles this year.
Given that the Sox just beat a team with Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer starting and Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Prince Fielder in the lineup, it is hard to get too worried about this series with Yadier Molina and Allen Craig in the power spots and Adam Wainwright and a rookie in the top two pitching slots. Not to say the Cardinals can't win, because they can, but there's not a lot to get worked up about in this series. If the Sox play like they did all season, they should win relatively easily. But there's no guarantee that they will - they certainly did not with the bats against Detroit.
One further note, I think it will be very interesting to see what Wacha does with a lineup full of guys that you have to throw a lot of strikes to or else you are out of the game in the 6th inning.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:A. Why would a lineup full of guys that you should not throw fastballs to be concerned with "power arms"? Throw that 98 mph gas to Napoli at the letters and see where it ends up. Boston mashed fastball pitchers all season. The only pitch that concerns me is Wacha's +changeup, and he better hope they don't guess right.
B. Molina is an excellent throwing catcher. The Red Sox led the league in steals while converting the highest percentage of attempts in the history of baseball. Molina's impact on this series is more likely to be at the plate. Oh, by the way, Wieters is probably the best throwing catcher in baseball and Ellsbury stole 6 of 7 on the Orioles this year.
Given that the Sox just beat a team with Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer starting and Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Prince Fielder in the lineup, it is hard to get too worried about this series with Yadier Molina and Allen Craig in the power spots and Adam Wainwright and a rookie in the top two pitching slots. Not to say the Cardinals can't win, because they can, but there's not a lot to get worked up about in this series. If the Sox play like they did all season, they should win relatively easily. But there's no guarantee that they will - they certainly did not with the bats against Detroit.
One further note, I think it will be very interesting to see what Wacha does with a lineup full of guys that you have to throw a lot of strikes to or else you are out of the game in the 6th inning.
1. All Wacha does is throw strikes. His precision with his fastball is incredible. But your right that Wacha's changeup is deadly and easily his best pitch.
2. Molina is ridiculous behind the plate. If the redsox steal more than 1-2 bags the whole series, then I will shocked and will tip my cap.
3. As for the Detroit series, 11 of the 19 runs were scored against the bullpen of Detroit. That will not happen again as St Louis' bullpen is superior to the team's starting staff. There is no way the bullpen will give up that many runs.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:B. Molina is an excellent throwing catcher. The Red Sox led the league in steals while converting the highest percentage of attempts in the history of baseball. Molina's impact on this series is more likely to be at the plate. Oh, by the way, Wieters is probably the best throwing catcher in baseball and Ellsbury stole 6 of 7 on the Orioles this year.
pick6pedro {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:B. Molina is an excellent throwing catcher. The Red Sox led the league in steals while converting the highest percentage of attempts in the history of baseball. Molina's impact on this series is more likely to be at the plate. Oh, by the way, Wieters is probably the best throwing catcher in baseball and Ellsbury stole 6 of 7 on the Orioles this year.
1 SB against the O's was the backup catcher and two others were with a submarine pitcher on the mound. Just sayin'.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:pick6pedro {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:B. Molina is an excellent throwing catcher. The Red Sox led the league in steals while converting the highest percentage of attempts in the history of baseball. Molina's impact on this series is more likely to be at the plate. Oh, by the way, Wieters is probably the best throwing catcher in baseball and Ellsbury stole 6 of 7 on the Orioles this year.
1 SB against the O's was the backup catcher and two others were with a submarine pitcher on the mound. Just sayin'.
He also missed 8 games against the Os, and Victorino missed like 10. Either way, Wieters is the best throwing catcher in baseball and the Sox run on even him.
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:the money tonight is on... sawks -125
that is all
hansen {l Wrote}:All this talk of the cards getting waxed is complete rubbish.
hansen {l Wrote}:Oh, and did I mention that the cards batted .330 with RISP and .305 with RISP and 2 outs in the regular season?
All this talk of the cards getting waxed is complete rubbish.
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