GAME THREAD The Bad D'BAGS Series

All that said, I will still be pissed if we lose today

 

I'm chalking Hill's performance as more of a letdown game after his 9 innings of perfection from last week. He is going to have these games from time to time, but other than 3 really bad games this year, he has been pretty good in the rest. He's coming off of a stretch of 11 starts where he had a 2.38 ERA and .591 OPS against. He's been pitching like a #2, he just took one on the mound the other night.

 

not at all we did that too just to say we did
im hardly a coastal elitist but things are mighty different out there in them there states
i flew out there w my wife in like 1990 for a visit to some manufacturing company on a different trip
she is a very dark skinned lady as you know
i seriously never experienced anything so uncomfortable in my life and she was scared

 

But, I'm still kinda pissed they are tweaking a winning formula. At this stage in the season, I'm more for maintaining their rhythm than freaking everyone out by experimenting.

 

We can get swept by the DBacks, I really don't care. We have clearly had the foot off the gas for a month now and we haven't played a meaningful game in at least that much time. That's not to overlook the DBacks in a playoff situation. The DBacks, Nats, Cubs, and even the Rockies with Coors Field are dangerous, but that's precisely why we have our foot off the gas now. That's why we are treating August and September as a second Spring Training (Summer Training?). The only thing really important right now is to stay healthy and rested, and I'm hoping we start ramping back up the final two weeks. Going into October with fresh, April legs will be huge. I figure we need 11 more wins (in the final 31 games) to lock up home field everything. 102 wins. Making a run at 116 was an interesting prospect, but that's something for teams to worry about who aren't in a 30-year WS drought.

As far as the DBacks getting pumped at beating us, good for them. They need these wins. In the end they are cheering for a WC spot. If we face them it will likely be with Greinke burned in the WC game, and only able to pitch one game of the NLDS. If they even get to the NLDS, because they could just as easily lose a one-game playoff. But that's the best they can root for. Sad.

 

Everyone has got their individual take on the recent gathering of stool in the bed...and each one as valid as the next. Whether agreed upon by others, is however a different thing entirely. It goes from fan to fan, pessimist as opposed to optimist ( the latter the far superior of the two, ask any glass half full guy), what kind of stat guy you are, blah and more blah...etc.
But if you're supposed to sit around, and watch guys go out there and give up six runs a game, or a lineup that just can't come through, while we get punked in every way, including drilling our very important kid in the rib cage, and get all philosophical and blase' about it, then check your pulse.
I don't care if we are 130-0, losing four, or one, sucks hard.
But obviously, that's just me.
I guess I'll just never mature...woulda happened by now, I think.
My philosophical, immature take on this present situation...no clever, multi layered, complex reverse psychology planned out top secret NATO crypto game plan going on...we just suck.
Top to bottom.
Right now.

 

LOL, Ball 1, Ball 2 and Ball 3, "you're out!"

 

Take him out, now. Send a message

 

The handicap is set again. Greinke is getting about 4 inches on both sides of the plate, we on the other hand have nothing.

 

This is fun

 

Son of a BITCH!!!

 

The only solace out of the starting pitching is this series is, Game 4 starter, reliever, reliever

 

Simply not used to losing. Fuck this.

 

I'll never get over when an ump gives an elite pitcher a few inches off the plate and then gives a big fuck you to the guy going on the other side. Fucking garbage.