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  1. USAFChief
    In theory, there would be no add'l bullpen changes, or add'l relievers used. They would just be deployed in a nontraditional order. You'd just change the order from starter-pen-pen-pen to pen-starter-pen-pen.
  2. USAFChief
    I kept trying to tell Boudreau that playing Suter so many minutes would come back to bite them in the ***, and they just wouldn't listen.
  3. USAFChief
    But the number of innings from the starter, and the bullpen, hasn't changed. The order is rearranged, but the numbers are the same. Using Mejia for 3.1 innngs, and the bullpen for 5.2, is the same whether those 3.1 from Mejia come from the start of the game, or from the start of the 2nd inning. May: 1 IP Mejia: 3.1 Rest of pen: 4.2 Mejia: 3.1 IP May: 1 Rest of pen: 4.2
  4. USAFChief
    In theory, Mejia would have gotten in trouble just the same, only one inning earlier, and bullpen usage would be exactly the same.
  5. USAFChief
    I think the idea is that hopefully, the guy giving you 5 or 6 innings wouldn't have to face the top of the order a 3rd time. These days, the plan for a starter is to get you somewhere between 5 and 7 innings. Think of it as 15 to 21 outs. Research has shown that both 1) the first inning is the highest scoring inning and, 2) starters really start to struggle the third time through the order The top three hitters in your opponant's lineup represent outs number 1, 2, 3 and 10, 11, 12, and 19, 20, 21 and 28, 29, 30. So a good reliever faces the top of the order in the first, which in theory should reduce the problem of the highest scoring inning, and... By letting a reliever get outs 1, 2, and 3, you push back the time your "starter" faces the top of the lineup for the third time to outs number 28-30.
  6. USAFChief
    Thanks everyone. Fun game thread.
  7. USAFChief
    Sounds like a personal problem.
  8. USAFChief
    Mod note: NObody go there. I mean it.
  9. USAFChief
    Twins fan?
  10. USAFChief
    Great I was hoping I could go to bed tonight with the eye bug "Butera IPHR" running through my head.
  11. USAFChief
    WINNAH! What's our magic nr at now?
  12. USAFChief
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/zweb-s3.uploads/zoomer-radio/2014/06/deanmartintop.jpg bueno, bueno!
  13. USAFChief
    Solarte slashes a sacrifice to score the second ... something.
  14. USAFChief
    I admire the fact that Grossman made it there in time to back up the 2nd baseman, though.
  15. USAFChief
    Motter runs 150 ft into the RF corner, and Grossman isn't yet in the TV pic.
  16. USAFChief
    I think it's one of The Hansons. The music thing didn't pan out.
  17. USAFChief
    "We call ourselves 'the H's.'" Clever.
  18. USAFChief
    Well, to be fair, there's no video for the other team to scout.
  19. USAFChief
    No, and if I did, I'd be verrrry careful with my enunciation.
  20. USAFChief
    Thanks!!
  21. USAFChief
    No, I don't suffer from stress. I'm a carrier, though.
  22. USAFChief
    And a win, dude. And a W.
  23. USAFChief
    Man, I can't WIN with Mrs Chief today. She just told me she needs to see a doctor tomorrow, and I of course tried to act all concerned. "Which doctor?" I asked. She stomped off, muttering "wise ***" under her breath. Dunno what I did.
  24. USAFChief
    Molly: "I don't know who's on third."
  25. USAFChief
    We believed you, without the examples.
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