Game #6 Arizona Diamondbacks @ Texas Rangers. O7/29/20

[sdscard4]

And by the way I hope its Lamb who blasts the dinger

 

[1Sun]

Bob Brenly just said that Jake Lamb is not a 1B and just messed up on another play,
a pickoff attempt where the runner wound up on 2B.

Which has now resulted in a second Texas run. 2-0.

Four potential 1B, per Lovullo's merry-go-round, and he picks the weakest fielder.

1B is not a position where you put your worst fielder.

A good fielding 1B can make five other players better.

(I'm a lefty and have a first baseman's mitt in my closet, in case that's not obvious.)

Ahmed was slow to the play on the RBI there. At this point, I want Ahmed off the team. He is half-assing it out there.

 

[1Sun]

Let's see the replies when its 5-2 D Backs
In the 8th. All the negative crap...get behind the team. A win today gets us right back in it

And yet the team plays like it is entirely disinterested. Why should we get behind a team that is not behind itself?

 

[BC867]

Mad Bum is gone after 5 1/3, down 2-0.

Against the worst hitting team in baseball.

But the D-backs are just as bad.

We're the ones down 2-0, and having
left the bases loaded earlier.

 

[sdscard4]

And yet the team plays like it is entirely disinterested. Why should we get behind a team that is not behind itself?

So now it's the whole team you dislike? Saying they have no desire to play is hogwash. It's one thing to dislike Torey but to question all the players is crazy. But hey seems you dislike everything Az

 

[sdscard4]

Mad Bum is gone after 5 1/3, down 2-0.

Against the worst hitting team in baseball.

But the D-backs are just as bad.

We're the ones down 2-0, and having
left the bases loaded earlier.

How about Lynn is just kicking butt to start the season

 

[Ronin]

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[1Sun]

So now it's the whole team you dislike? Saying they have no desire to play is hogwash. It's one thing to dislike Torey but to question all the players is crazy. But hey seems you dislike everything Az

I actually think the players have a ton of talent and potential, but under Torey they are playing like they are disinterested. I maintain that Torey is the problem.

The only exception to this is Ahmed, who really looks like he hasn't given a damn since he got paid.

 

[1Sun]

Mad Bum is gone after 5 1/3, down 2-0.

Against the worst hitting team in baseball.

But the D-backs are just as bad.

We're the ones down 2-0, and having
left the bases loaded earlier.

The Diamondbacks are the worst hitting team in baseball...

 

[BC867]

Let's see the replies when its 5-2 D Backs
In the 8th. All the negative crap...get behind the team. A win today gets us right back in it

Yeah, let's see with MadBum out of the game. I appreciate your dedication, but not at the expense of reality.

And by the way I hope its Lamb who blasts the dinger.

Which has nothing to do with his being an inferior fielder, first at 3B and now at 1B.

With a history of his bat disappearing the second half of each season.

I don't like that stupid grin on his face, even when he messes up.

 

[sdscard4]

Yeah, let's see with MadBum out of the game. I appreciate your dedication, but not at the expense of reality.


Which has nothing to do with his being an inferior fielder, first at 3B and now at 1B.

With a history of his bat disappearing the second half of each season.

I don't like that stupid grin on his face, even when he messes up.

We shall see ....runner on base ...no lynn

 

[BC867]

So now it's the whole team you dislike? Saying they have no desire to play is hogwash. It's one thing to dislike Torey but to question all the players is crazy. But hey seems you dislike everything Az

The Manager sets the tone. Torey is very laid back and inconsistent.

The players cannot be much better than the guy who manipulates them.

 

[BC867]

OK, thanks to the Freight Train, runners on 2nd & 3rd and no one out.

 

[BC867]

And, in the clutch, with 2 runners in scoring position, Jake strikes out.

 

[BC867]

Carson Kelly with a single. 2-1. And Jon Jay gets a fly out but, with a wild throw by the Rangers LF,
a sac fly and it's a tie game. Another run thanks to the opposition's bad fielding.

 

[sdscard4]

New ball game...all it takes is some actual cheering of your team...pfft

 

[sdscard4]

Carson Kelly with a single. 2-1. And Jon Jay gets a fly out but, with a wild throw by the Rangers LF,
a sac fly and it's a tie game. Another run thanks to the opposition's bad fielding.

That's baseball

 

[BC867]

That's baseball

Whatever that means. Hoping for errors is not a proactive approach to winning.

I root for my team to make things happen.

 

[sdscard4]

Whatever that means. It is not a proactive approach to winning.

I root for my team to make things happen.

Bad fielding...should we take the run away? Of course not. It's a run and a tied game

 

[sdscard4]

Whatever that means. Hoping for errors is not a proactive approach to winning.

I root for my team to make things happen.

We won a world series on a bad fielding play. You take it

 

[BC867]

Bad fielding...should we take the run away? Of course not. It's a run and a tied game

I really don't want to belabor this debate, but "It's a run and tied a game" is not a formula for a winning season. Obviously!

That is where good management comes into play.

 

[BC867]

We won a world series on a bad fielding play. You take it

It took a lot more than winning the World Series on a bloop hit to get there.

It was actually Brenly's decision to start Schilling in Games 1-4-7 and the ace Johnson in Games 2 and 6 at home
rather than Yankee Stadium to win it.

The most brilliant move I've seen in my 67 years of rooting for National League baseball. It is a lot more proactive
an approach than "that's baseball", which is an awfully passive approach to a successful season.

 

[1Sun]

It took a lot more than winning the World Series on a bloop hit to get there.

It was actually Brenly's decision to start Schilling in Games 1-4-7 and the ace Johnson in Games 2 and 6 at home
rather than Yankee Stadium to win it.

The most brilliant move I've seen in my 67 years of rooting for National League baseball. It is a lot more proactive
an approach than "that's baseball", which is an awfully passive approach to a successful season.

Oh to combine the Diamondbacks GM with the Suns coach...

 

[sdscard4]

Just might get my 5-2 prediction

 

[BC867]

Clutch triple by Escobar drives in pinch-runner Locastro from 1B and it's 3-2 D-backs.