
10.31.19
Thursday, October 31st, 2019. Happy Halloween!
- The Astros' championship hopes came up short last night in the World Series.
- A few things went wrong. The offense couldn't convert with RISP.
- Which the offense struggled with for most of the playoffs.
- AJ Hinch made some really bad pitching decisions.
- One thing I don't get about major league baseball...
- You pay these starting pitchers crazy contracts...
- Yet most managers are so antsy to pull the trigger to get to their bullpen.
- I'm all for analytics, but sometimes you have to trust your eyes.
- Greinke faltered a little bit in the 7th, but Hinch didn't let him work through it.
- He had been absolutely dealing the whole game up to that point.
- But this AJ Hinch is like a robot. "beep beep boop must put reliever in now".
- Let Greinke work through it. He was only at 80 pitches.
- Or if you absolutely must go to the bullpen... put Gerrit "cy young" Cole into the game.
- Not Will Harris. Credit to Will - he was nails this entire postseason before last night.
- Hinch admitted before the game Will was gassed.
- Yet he went to him in the 7th inning in a tight ballgame in GAME 7 of the WORLD SERIES.
- I know Cole has never pitched on short rest or in relief in his pro career.
- Imo you take the chance.
- Maybe you would've still lost. But you would've gone down with your best pitcher.
- Now Cole is going to be gone. And now you have to spend all off season with "what if's".
- Aye, yai yaiiiiii Astros!
- Credit to the Nationals. They stepped up when it counted.
- Anyways that felt therapeutic.
- The weather is really chilly today in Houston. I love it.
- Hope you're having a great Halloween.
- Playlist Friday is tomorrow.
Until then... thanks for reading.
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