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Post by coachdoc on Nov 1, 2015 12:46:22 GMT -5
One comment about Billy Buck. Everyone remembers his critical error. What I don't think many people remember is that Billy suffered what should have been a career ending ankle injury. It cost him both speed and mobility. Despite that he played on that bad ankle for the bulk of his career. He could barely run. Yet he played the game at at the highest level. He finished his career with a .991 fielding average. Buckner's legacy is much greater than one error. It's fabulous that we've finally acknowledged that here in New England.
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Post by fauxmaha on Nov 2, 2015 0:58:10 GMT -5
Well, that's that.
These comeback wins are becoming routine.
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Post by coachdoc on Nov 2, 2015 4:47:41 GMT -5
KC=relentless. Leave the door open a crack and they barge on through.
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Post by Marshall on Nov 2, 2015 7:35:13 GMT -5
Mets had their chances. Bases loaded nobody out. Only got one run. Cespedes should have come out of the game when he was hit. Lucky he didn't hit into a double play, . . . , or triple play even. At this level you have to cash in, or cash out.
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Post by billhammond on Nov 2, 2015 7:49:45 GMT -5
Congrats to the Royals! The Chiefs managed to squeak past the Lions, too, so KC must be some cheerful town today.
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Post by millring on Nov 2, 2015 7:53:14 GMT -5
Congrats to the Royals! The Chiefs managed to squeak past the Lions, too, so KC must be some cheerful town today. Not to mention the crazy little women there.
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Post by lar on Nov 2, 2015 7:54:39 GMT -5
I like this Royals team. Solid pitching and great defense. And K.C.'s closer is a stud. I like the way this team plays. The station-to-station offense isn't as exciting as watching a bunch of power hitters, but they are damned effective.
Great series!
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Post by billhammond on Nov 2, 2015 7:56:13 GMT -5
Congrats to the Royals! The Chiefs managed to squeak past the Lions, too, so KC must be some cheerful town today. Not to mention the crazy little women there. Did I hear correctly (I was in the kitchen at the time) that QB Luck has been playing with broken ribs since Game 3?
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Post by millring on Nov 2, 2015 8:28:02 GMT -5
That's the excuse. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by fauxmaha on Nov 2, 2015 9:36:36 GMT -5
I like this Royals team. Solid pitching and great defense. And K.C.'s closer is a stud. I like the way this team plays. The station-to-station offense isn't as exciting as watching a bunch of power hitters, but they are damned effective. Great series! Eric Hosmer made an amazing play to tie it in the ninth. In an interview after the game, he talked about how they intended to challenge Duda's arm if they had the chance, and did they ever get the chance. I think of everything in poker terms. Top of the ninth and down a run is like being short stacked in a tournament. You aren't going to win without some luck, but you have to manufacture your luck through aggression. In poker, that means shoving in your stack with a marginal hand and hoping to either take the pot right there, or out drawing your opponent if you have to. That's what Hosmer did. He went all in. Even if you calculate that that play only had a 25% chance of success, in that spot those odds represent your best chance of winning the game, so you take them. Plus, it's a lot easier to do when you are up 3-1 in the series. Fitting that the Royals won by aggressively playing small ball and forcing the Mets to try to make plays.
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Post by coachdoc on Nov 2, 2015 10:49:56 GMT -5
Congrats to the Royals! The Chiefs managed to squeak past the Lions, too, so KC must be some cheerful town today. Not to mention the crazy little women there. Are you gonna get you some?
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Post by millring on Nov 2, 2015 11:19:43 GMT -5
Not to mention the crazy little women there. Are you gonna get you some? I'm not that up to date.
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Post by Marshall on Nov 2, 2015 11:37:06 GMT -5
I like this Royals team. Solid pitching and great defense. And K.C.'s closer is a stud. I like the way this team plays. The station-to-station offense isn't as exciting as watching a bunch of power hitters, but they are damned effective. Great series! Eric Hosmer made an amazing play to tie it in the ninth. In an interview after the game, he talked about how they intended to challenge Duda's arm if they had the chance, and did they ever get the chance. I think of everything in poker terms. Top of the ninth and down a run is like being short stacked in a tournament. You aren't going to win without some luck, but you have to manufacture your luck through aggression. In poker, that means shoving in your stack with a marginal hand and hoping to either take the pot right there, or out drawing your opponent if you have to. That's what Hosmer did. He went all in. Even if you calculate that that play only had a 25% chance of success, in that spot those odds represent your best chance of winning the game, so you take them. Plus, it's a lot easier to do when you are up 3-1 in the series. Fitting that the Royals won by aggressively playing small ball and forcing the Mets to try to make plays. Back when I was playing competitive racquetball, whenever I was up with the game on the line, I went all out. Make the guy beat my best shot 3 or 4 times in a row. Even if I missed it I'm putting pressure on him to beat my best. Conversely once I was struggling to come back against a guy from a big deficit. I was coming on, but lost the serve. He got to the line with a score of 20-18. (First one to 21). He needed one point. He bounced the ball, looked tentative, and glanced back at me. I thought, "I'm going to win this one!" Sure enough he put up a safe serve, thinking he'd already won and I should acknowledge it. I blistered him then served out the game. He walked out in the hallway and smashed his racquet on the concrete wall. Those were the good old days.
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Post by fauxmaha on Nov 2, 2015 13:29:42 GMT -5
That throw by Duda brought back some painful memories. I was probably 11 years old, playing for my Little League team. We were in the "Majors" (meaning we got to wear actual baseball uniforms and not just jeans with team tee-shirts). I'm the catcher. Guy tries to steal third. Routine play. Should have been effortless. Somehow I hooked it and threw it well to the left of the third baseman. Ball rolls hopelessly down the third base line into the outfield. Guy scores. We lose the game. My coach really gave me what for over that. Got a hard core dressing down in front of the entire team and about half the parents. Learned my lesson, though. Never missed that throw again. Other than it being from first to home instead of from home to third, Duda's throw was the exact same throw as mine, and he missed it in the exact same way. At least he has the gentle and quick-to-forgive New York media to stand behind him. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by lar on Nov 2, 2015 20:20:51 GMT -5
That throw by Duda brought back some painful memories. I was probably 11 years old, playing for my Little League team. We were in the "Majors" (meaning we got to wear actual baseball uniforms and not just jeans with team tee-shirts). I'm the catcher. Guy tries to steal third. Routine play. Should have been effortless. Somehow I hooked it and threw it well to the left of the third baseman. Ball rolls hopelessly down the third base line into the outfield. Guy scores. We lose the game. My coach really gave me what for over that. Got a hard core dressing down in front of the entire team and about half the parents. Learned my lesson, though. Never missed that throw again. Other than it being from first to home instead of from home to third, Duda's throw was the exact same throw as mine, and he missed it in the exact same way. At least he has the gentle and quick-to-forgive New York media to stand behind him. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Not to mention a few million dollars to assuage his guilt.
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Post by kenlarsson on Nov 2, 2015 21:31:10 GMT -5
Oops, ![](http://i2.wp.com/www.bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Premature-Tattoo.jpg)
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