Buck Stuff

[Cousin Eddie]

He did everything textbook and sat there all game. The less decisions he makes, the better they are. Buck over thinks sometimes and he did just that last night.

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Pretty easy to do when the opposition goes 3 up 3 down every inning. Kudos to Gibbons then.

[Going Underground]

From the Post:

Get this first part straight as a Utah highway: Buck Showalter is without question one of the best in-game managers in all of baseball. Nothing that happens on a diamond escapes him — how the grass is cut, where a left fielder shades a hitter, which lights in the scoreboard burned out yesterday, which ones burned out the day before.

Understand this as well: Baseball’s conventional wisdom holds that, when playing a tie game on the road, a team holds back its closer until it takes a lead.

Here’s the problem, as it pertains to Tuesday night: The closer for Showalter’s Baltimore Orioles is Zach Britton, who saved every game he had the opportunity to this year (47) and was scored upon four times in 69 outings. He wasn’t just any closer. He was a candidate to be the Most Valuable Player in the American League.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/edwin-encarnacions-walk-off-homer-lifts-blue-jays-past-orioles-in-al-wild-card-game/2016/10/04/c5bf35a0-8a64-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html

[da_dirty_bird]

Would we even be having this discussion if Michael Bourne makes that catch? Everything else being the same the Orioles win 2-1 in 9 innings. Is that Buck's fault also?

[WEAVERMAN]

Inexcusable.

The entire world is currently slack jawed at what was one of the worst decisions in the history of professional sports.

Outside of sports I'm sure Buck is a good person, but within the realm of the sport this is unforgivable. This ranks right up there with Maier but feels worse because it was self-inflicted.

We spend money and time supporting this team and the manager decides to not play the best player. There is no discussion, there is no nothing. This can't happen but it did.

I'm done with him. Thanks for helping turn the ship around. There is no coming back from this.

My god, we can't score, Jimenez has a lousy game after pitching well for a month, and it's Buck's fault? That's ridiculous.

[Jose Ferrer]

It's funny how with all the horrid at bats in this game that Kim is the one who gets PH for. He is the only player on the roster who I could even watch at the plate without cringing the last month of the season.

The best hitter on the team

[WEAVERMAN]

Here is thought. Britten pitched on Sunday, so he would only be good for 1 inning. Buck was willing to save him if we got the lead. It really isn't that hard to understand.

Exactly correct imo.

[Hank Scorpio]

So the world is going to ignore the terrible offense that probably wasn't ever going to score again?

This was about as excruciating as an 89 win season could possibly be, I would imagine.

I will take it over 63-99, but I really do not enjoy this brand of baseball.

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[canonfaz]

Buck should have brought Britton in, but I still trust him in 2017.

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[WEAVERMAN]

Since Jonah Keri never managed a baseball team his opinion means as much as toad.

He's huge Toronto fan, and he's just relieved that his club just managed to beat the club he predicted would finish in last place.

[evenparthrough9]

Show's forgotten more about baseball than the media will ever know.

Including how to handle his bullpen.

[evenparthrough9]

So the world is going to ignore the terrible offense that probably wasn't ever going to score again?

I've been talking about it all year. But the apologists want to bring up how AJ has an .825 OPS on first pitches. Making excuses for bad baseball is why things won't change.

[Todd-O]

One thing about internet forums: they're places where adults can thrown adult tantrums.

This nonsense that Buck and Adam Jones need to go is absolutely ludicrous. These guys saved the O's and have given us 5 years of winning. I want both of them back!

Everyone needs to relax. The game was the game. For all we know, Britton enters the game and gives up a seeing eye single that scores a run.

The fact is: this game was largely lost because Toronto's pitchers (much like the O's) were fabulous. Period. They held our hitters, we didn't score more than 2 in nine innings.

Looking forward to Spring Training 2017!

[helloharv]

The same Ubaldo that has his highest ERA (7.77) and opposing OPS allowed (.995) in the first inning? That Ubaldo?

this 1000 times

[DrungoHazewood]

One thing about internet forums: they're places where adults can thrown adult tantrums.

This nonsense that Buck and Adam Jones need to go is absolutely ludicrous. These guys saved the O's and have given us 5 years of winning. I want both of them back!

Everyone needs to relax. The game was the game. For all we know, Britton enters the game and gives up a seeing eye single that scores a run.

The fact is: this game was largely lost because Toronto's pitchers (much like the O's) were fabulous. Period. They held our hitters, we didn't score more than 2 in nine innings.

Looking forward to Spring Training 2017!

How dare you suggest that the other team had talented baseball players who wanted to win as much as us? They're Canadians!

(Okay, technically they're mostly Americans and Dominicans and various other non-Canuck nationalities representing the Great Northern Menace. But let's not get too far into the weeds.)

[CanadianOriole]

He's 100% right - it was probably the worst managerial decision I've ever seen as well. Buck's great usually - last night was not one of those nights.