Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Absolutely absurd what has become of baseball.
If the manager can’t even change the FO’s game plan after watching his starter strikeout the entire team, what are we doing here
The series went differently though
Bibee and skubal both got a little touched up in their second start of the series. Meanwhile Cleveland had success leaning on their bullpen except for one game when a cy young closer shockingly got rocked.
Cleveland has an excellent bullpen and they decided to lean on them. Not the worst strategy in a playoff series where the same team gets lots and lots of looks at the same starters. [Reply]
Changing their name to Guardian is lame as hell. That atmosphere they had with the drum and Manny, Thome, Lofton running around is simply gone. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
Changing their name to Guardian is lame as hell. That atmosphere they had with the drum and Manny, Thome, Lofton running around is simply gone.
Should’ve been the Cleveland Rocks.
Missed opportunity for a “so bad it’s good” sports name. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
The series went differently though
Bibee and skubal both got a little touched up in their second start of the series. Meanwhile Cleveland had success leaning on their bullpen except for one game when a cy young closer shockingly got rocked.
Cleveland has an excellent bullpen and they decided to lean on them. Not the worst strategy in a playoff series where the same team gets lots and lots of looks at the same starters.
It’s not a bad strategy on a macro level (which is why these FOs tell their manager to do it). Game context should matter on a micro level though in these playoff games and the fact that it doesn’t so often these days couldn’t be any more silly to me. [Reply]
