2021 Postseason Discussion and Game Thread

[Otto von Ballpark]

11 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Rosario with a throwing error...

Sigh.

To be fair, I think Rosario threw a one-hop strike to the exact correct spot, but apparently some infielder neglected to cover it?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

10 hours ago, Otto von Ballpark said:

To be fair, I think Rosario threw a one-hop strike to the exact correct spot, but apparently some infielder neglected to cover it?

Sorry. I was too lazy to look beyond the score of boxes...

 

"What's in the box?"

[Otto von Ballpark]

Friday October 29

World Series Game 3
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves
Time: 7:09 PM Central Standard Time
SP: Luis Garcia (Astros) vs. Ian Anderson (Braves)
Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta
Broadcast: FOX
Odds: Braves -111, Astros +101

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Rosario scores the go ahead run. Not too shabby.

 

Sounds like i missed an exciting game...

[MABB1959]

Thanks to Eddie Rosario I feel like I am having a baseball season!  I forgot what that felt like I watched more Atlanta games on TV than Twins.  Partly because I have DISH TV w/o FSN.  Watched on my iPad only when Berrios was pitching.  It is so nice to watch on TV!  This is the most fun baseball I have had in a long time.  Last nights game was a nail biter for sure!   Eddie is hanging in there for sure!

[MABB1959]

On 10/23/2021 at 8:44 PM, whosafraidofluigirussolo said:

We're trending toward a World Series where I wish both teams could lose

Why bother watching then?

[MABB1959]

On 10/26/2021 at 9:45 PM, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Rosario only 1 for 3 with a run scored.

 

Guess they don't need much from him today...

The Twins would love a .333 hitter!

[Otto von Ballpark]

Looks like dueling bullpen games for Saturday and Sunday? Zack Greinke is listed as the nominal starter for Houston tonight, but he's only pitched 2.1 innings across 2 appearances so far in the postseason (and didn't pitch much the last month of the regular season), so I doubt he goes very deep.

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

9 hours ago, MABB1959 said:

Why bother watching then?

I haven't! ✅

[Longdistancetwins]

Way to start a rally, Eddie!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

7 minutes ago, Longdistancetwins said:

Way to start a rally, Eddie!

It coulda been more than one run, alas.

 

But he'll come to bat again before the night is out...

[mickeymental]

nice catch, eddie.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I suppose solo home runs get the job done too...

1 minute ago, mickeymental said:

nice catch, eddie.

alas, i missed as i am but checking game day occasionally.

[tony&rodney]

If you are a Twins fan and even more if you are just a baseball fan, you have to love the postseason with Eddie Rosario. He just looks so happy and is having fun.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Rosario hit a one-out double off a lefty and came around to score Atlanta’s first run in the 6th, but as mentioned above, it was his catch to end the 8th that will get the most attention:

Eddie Rosario’s running catch

Announcers said that ball (distance/angle) would have been a HR in 26 out of 30 parks, including. Houston. Wasn’t quite going to be a HR in Atlanta but could have put the tying run in scoring position for the Astros, if not for Rosario.

[Otto von Ballpark]

21 hours ago, Otto von Ballpark said:

Looks like dueling bullpen games for Saturday and Sunday?

Turns out Greinke went 4 innings last night and Kyle Wright went 4.2 for Atlanta, so this “dueling bullpen game” didn’t look much different than the average modern start.

[Otto von Ballpark]

I was wrong about Sunday, though — the Astros are using traditional starter Framber Valdez to start game 5 today. Not sure how I overlooked that, Valdez started game 1 so he is on normal rest for game 5. Of course, Valdez has starts of 4.1, 2.2, and just 2.0 innings so far this postseason, although due to ineffectiveness rather than any strategic decision. (To be fair, he also has the longest start of the postseason at 8 IP.)

Atlanta would counter with their game 1 starter Charlie Morton if not for that whole “broken leg” thing, so Atlanta will indeed have another bullpen game. Drew Smyly and Tucker Davidson would be obvious candidates to go some length for Atlanta, but a wild card is AJ Minter, normally a short reliever but he did go 3 innings, 42 pitches in a “start” during the 2020 NLCS, and he didn’t pitch in game 4 Saturday night.

[Longdistancetwins]

31 minutes ago, Otto von Ballpark said:

Rosario hit a one-out double off a lefty and came around to score Atlanta’s first run in the 6th, but as mentioned above, it was his catch to end the 8th that will get the most attention:

Eddie Rosario’s running catch

Announcers said that ball (distance/angle) would have been a HR in 26 out of 30 parks, including. Houston. Wasn’t quite going to be a HR in Atlanta but could have put the tying run in scoring position for the Astros, if not for Rosario.

Thanks.  Went to bed, so I didn’t see this live!

[mickeymental]

nice bb, eddie.

[Otto von Ballpark]

It was generous of Eddie Rosario to let another ex-Twin enjoy the postseason spotlight for a night:

Marwin Gonzalez's two-run single

Gave the Astros their first lead of Game 5, which they would not relinquish.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Travel day today (Monday) as the series shifts back to Houston for Game 6 on Tuesday night.

Atlanta will have a real starting pitcher again in Game 6 (Max Fried), and presumably in Game 7 too if necessary (Ian Anderson).

The presumed Astros Game 6 starter would be Jose Urquidy who started and got the win opposite Fried in Game 2, but Urquidy threw an inning of relief (and also got the win) last night in Game 5, on 14 pitches. Luis Garcia is the other healthy starter for the Astros but he'd be on short rest for Game 6 (regular rest for Game 7).

EDIT: apparently Dusty Baker has already announced that the Astros intend to start Luis Garcia in Game 6, on short rest. (Which would explain the Urquidy relief appearance last night.)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

The world series is over.

 

No more baseball unless you pilgrimage to Arizona.

[Otto von Ballpark]

9 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

No more baseball unless you pilgrimage to Arizona.

Or the Dominican Republic, or Mexico...

Or you have MLB.TV which is streaming all of the Dominican Winter League games live.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 11/3/2021 at 9:29 AM, Otto von Ballpark said:

Or the Dominican Republic, or Mexico...

Or you have MLB.TV which is streaming all of the Dominican Winter League games live.

Oh yeah. Them too.

 

Or if you just grab a bat, ball and a few gloves and a bunch of friends.

[Squirrel]

Found this to be very interesting ... in a good way