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By Jskins2190 · Posted
If I could get off work last minute I’d go to todays game, or tomorrows potential game. I know we are playing like shit but I love postseason baseball atmospheres, and honestly, if we win today I’m sure the vibe will be a lot different for a winner take all game 3. I went to the 2012 postseason against the Yankees, the game we won. And I went to the game 2 against the rangers last season 🤢. I’m hoping we make the DS and I can make it out again this postseason. -
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By Sports Guy · Posted
If Santander’s defense costed us, that means we would have been in extra innings. That’s better than not being in extra innings. -
By Aristotelian · Posted
Kjerstad pinch hit for Urias though. By not pinch running, O'Hearn is able to stay at 1B, Holliday comes in to 2B, Westburg to 3B. It's possible that O'Hearn's speed costs us the game but it's also possible we lose due to Santander at 1B or having Holliday and Slater stuck in the lineup. As it turned out it didn't matter. -
By Sports Guy · Posted
Gunnar was extremely disappointing yesterday. He had several good pitches to hit and he couldn’t get around on them. We need him to step up. Witt didn’t do much yesterday and his hit was well placed (albeit not hit hard) but at least he put the bat on the ball in a big situation. Gunnar looked awful in multiple of his at bats. He did do a good job drawing the walk but he just has to be more than that. -
Of course we cannot know with certainty, but I suspect it is the pressure. What evidence has there been to show that this group can perform well in big situations? They faltered down the stretch in 2022. They were ousted easily in the playoffs in 2023. Since mid-June of this year, how many situations have there been late in games where they came through to turn a loss into a victory? Santander against Houston. When else? How many game changing or memorable hits has Gunnar had late in games this year? They came into New York down 6 games in the division with 6 to play. Once they won the first two and things started getting mathematically interesting, they were obliterated in the third game. The Twins games were 100% pressure free. They were locked into the 4 seed and nothing was at stake. Ragans is a very good pitcher, but he has a 3.14 ERA this year. He was responsible for 65 earned runs over the course of the season. Their relievers have ERAs also. So to take the motivation from last year's embarrassing playoff ouster and not be able to muster a single run in your own park against probably the weakest opponent (other than us) in the entire playoff field.....it is very fair to wonder if these guys just don't have the capacity to perform under pressure. Not everyone does and that isn't something that analytics seem able to adequately capture. -
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