Dodgers picked up Snell for 5 years (he's 31) and $182 million. He farted around trying to land an epic contract last year, until the Giants scraped him up and let him play. He didn't show up to Spring Training in time to do any training so sucked balls until the All-Star break. Injured a couple of times, the Giants kept giving him the ball because our season was in the shitter by May Day. So hey I hope the Dodgers get a few games out of him.
Interesting stat: he's the all-time K-per-inning leader, at just over 11 per 9 innings. Other interesting stat: He's pitched 9 innings exactly one timeâhis no-hitter this year. That was the only time in his career that he made a pitch in the 8th inning.
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Nov 5, 2024 - 12:18pm
Proclivities wrote:
Kind of the irony of Cole pitching so well that those plays were on three weakly-hit balls.
The announcers noted that Cole threw 18 more pitches that inning as a result of those errors. Then he pitched almost two more innings, two outs into the 7th. Smoltz said it was one of the most amazing pitching performances he had seen.
I saw a thing a few days ago that superstars tend to be weaker in the fundamentals than journeymen, and Volpe might not fit that description but it all seems true enough.
Kind of the irony of Cole pitching so well that those plays were on three weakly-hit balls.
Not sure what he was thinking. He's a good defensive player too, he had made a terrific play earlier in the game. The throw to third was awkward too; a lot of times the shortstop will elect to throw to second in that situation, because the runner going to third can be in the way - as he was in that situation.
I saw a thing a few days ago that superstars tend to be weaker in the fundamentals than journeymen, and Volpe might not fit that description but it all seems true enough.
And why was Judge looking at the base runner when he loses the ball on that rather shallow fly to center? No way the guy is going to tag at first and go to second. Threw away an otherwise great outing by Cole.
Not sure what he was thinking. He's a good defensive player too, he had made a terrific play earlier in the game. The throw to third was awkward too; a lot of times the shortstop will elect to throw to second in that situation, because the runner going to third can be in the way - as he was in that situation.
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Nov 5, 2024 - 11:28am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Right all around but JFC it's the World Series, don't you bust ass to the base no matter what? I just thought it was weird that Cole gets all the heat when he (and I agree) clearly thought that Rizzo had the better shot.
And why was Judge looking at the base runner when he loses the ball on that rather shallow fly to center? No way the guy is going to tag at first and go to second. Threw away an otherwise great outing by Cole.
Yes, but my understanding is that the first baseman waves off the pitcher if the first baseman is going to the base and not in need of lobbing it to the pitcher. Here, it appeared that Cole just assumed that is what Rizzo was going to do and stopped running. Also, if Rizzo always lobs it to the pitcher, why was Cole assuming otherwise?
Right all around but JFC it's the World Series, don't you bust ass to the base no matter what? I just thought it was weird that Cole gets all the heat when he (and I agree) clearly thought that Rizzo had the better shot.
People are giving Gerritt Cole a lot of flak for not covering first but apparently Rizzo never takes the ball to first, ever. How is he not catching hell for that? Either of them could have maybe gotten the putout if they'd just done their little league best.
It's not exactly the Buckner play... they were down 3-1 in the series, and the center fielder and third baseman gave the Dodgers 2 extra outs in the inning. Plenty of blame to go around, the difference is Rizzo's contract isn't being discussed right now.
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Nov 5, 2024 - 10:41am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
People are giving Gerritt Cole a lot of flak for not covering first but apparently Rizzo never takes the ball to first, ever. How is he not catching hell for that? Either of them could have maybe gotten the putout if they'd just done their little league best.
Yes, but my understanding is that the first baseman waves off the pitcher if the first baseman is going to the base and not in need of lobbing it to the pitcher. Here, it appeared that Cole just assumed that is what Rizzo was going to do and stopped running. Also, if Rizzo always lobs it to the pitcher, why was Cole assuming otherwise?
People are giving Gerritt Cole a lot of flak for not covering first but apparently Rizzo never takes the ball to first, ever. How is he not catching hell for that? Either of them could have maybe gotten the putout if they'd just done their little league best.
"We always joke about the ball in our area," Capobianco, 38, said at a local bar after the game. "We're not going to go out of our way to attack. If it's in our area, we're going to 'D' up."Someone defends, someone knocks the ball. We talk about it. We're willing to do this. I know when I'm in the wrong and as soon as I did it, I was like, 'Boys I'm out of here,'" Capobianco told ESPN. "I patrol that wall and they know that."
JesseRogersESPN twitted:
Meet Austin Capobianco (middle), the fan that interfered with Mookie. I was talking to him at a local bar when a bunch of other fans asked him to take a pic with him and for his autograph. He was a beaut. Story up soon at ESPN: âIf itâs in our area, weâre going to âDâ up.â
"We always joke about the ball in our area," Capobianco, 38, said at a local bar after the game. "We're not going to go out of our way to attack. If it's in our area, we're going to 'D' up."Someone defends, someone knocks the ball. We talk about it. We're willing to do this. I know when I'm in the wrong and as soon as I did it, I was like, 'Boys I'm out of here,'" Capobianco told ESPN. "I patrol that wall and they know that."
JesseRogersESPN twitted:
Meet Austin Capobianco (middle), the fan that interfered with Mookie. I was talking to him at a local bar when a bunch of other fans asked him to take a pic with him and for his autograph. He was a beaut. Story up soon at ESPN: âIf itâs in our area, weâre going to âDâ up.â
Good to hear. That is the just outcome. Not only was it poor sportsmanship, Betts could have been hurt.
Twitter is full of posted clips of the incident. The main offender looks like a troll. Reminds me of Afraud Rodriguez's glove-slapping stunt in the '04 ALCS.
I don't know if anyone here has posted about @ArtButMakeItSports on X but it's consistently great:
