Yeah, he did, and far more than what managers normally do. I think if you asked him if he'd rather walk to the mound to make a pitching change or get a sloppy blowjob from Jessica Alba he'd have to ask Friedman than take an hour to think about it.
To be fair, he had Maeda starting, and he knew that was dicey. So he needed as much flexibility as possible. It was a losing situation from the beginning. The alternative would have been start Kershaw again on short rest, and throw all the usual starters in the lineup. And if that didn't work, we'd really be screwed with Maeda having to start an elimination game in Game 6 in Chicago. I wouldn't blame Roberts. SP and BP did not pull through again.
Jessica Alba is like a baseball groupie or something? Damn...I guess someone had to take over for Alyssa Milano.
Is this still a thing...really? With our rotation as it is, having Kershaw then Hill with a rested Jansen is absolutely the only way to go at this...the only smart way, that is. Greatest odds of success, hands down. Whether it works is another thing...but this is The Art of War.
victorious warriors win first and then go to war defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
That's fine you read it but he missed the point. It wasn't the start of Maeda's outing that was questionable, it was the end.
Exactly. Only a bully is afraid of a fair fight. Only a wimp cowers at a challenge. Folks that want us to be so great that we dominate the team with the best record in baseball are deluded in their perspective. Its either we dominate the cubs or we suck. How bout we go toe to toe. After so many decades of never being good enough to actually go toe to toe with the best in the game you would think folks would be happy. This dominate or bust mentality i can understand from the young guys who are brainwashed by the modern sickness of our world. But the old guys as always should know better.
Even in the Laker glory days, there were multiple times we were down to having to win 2 games in a row to win a playoff series or win it all. Right now, it is really simple. Win the next two games with the best SPs we got. That's the bottom line. It is really all that matters.
backs up against the wall win tomorrow... and we have all the momentum chicago doesn't want a game 7 and by chicago i mean the players, the fans and the city win tomorrow... and all the whispers will commence the whispers of generation past and present "is it happening again?" doubts will begin to creep in win tomorrow... and game 7 is ours for the taking we've been in this position before twice actually an elimination game win or go home the cubs have not win tomorrow... and put them there all the pressure will be on them to live up to the hype that everyone's generated about/for them no one picked us to get this far while everyone expected them to win tomorrow... and say fuck the world they're the bully were the poor victim but this victim can punch them in the mouth see what they do when they taste their own blood when a whole city/fandom goes into "here we go again" mode only one thing left to do... win tomorrow
FUCK these Cub fans coming out of the woodwork. I want to freakin crush their hearts. The whole media landscape is on their side. Fuck'em. I really want to break each and every Cub fans' hearts. Nothing would give me more pleasure.
this is how bad it is this guy i know is a giants fan saw him today and he said (and i quote)... "i hope you guys break their fucken hearts" even a giants fans is rooting for us lol
my family comes from chicago originally and so i have a lot of cousins etc on FB besides the acct who for some reason didn't show up here they claim to all baseball cerebral while you know they are insane i want to rip their hearts out too
The most hilarious part of this series is the bitching and crying during Games 2-3: "The Umps are on their side" "Whole system is rigged" then when when Adrian gets called out... "Why are you crying? That's baseball!" (Wire gif for huh?)
I woke up feeling confident today. Dodgers in 7. Kershaw shuts the Cubs down and Hill shows why he was one of the best pitchers in baseball this season. Jansen continues to be lights out and the offense scores just enough off two righties.