Since the Rangers are out, I'm hoping the Pirates winI'll be pulling for the Pirates tonight. Their fan base deserves more than a one and done after waiting over 20 years just to finish over .500.
In the big boy series that starts Thursday night, I've got Braves over Dodgers in 6. Braves are one of the better 1 run game teams out there. I'm expecting a low scoring series and the Braves have the better bullpen.
Good, like to see them do well.The Pirates are putting a nice little beating on the Reds.
Right, because Sean Casey was ever an MVP candidate.So glad the Reds gave Votto all that money.
He might actually only be a step above what Sean Casey was.
Nolan hired Moore and is more old school approach. Its been speculated that JD wanted to fire him last year and that may have been the problem between JD and Nolan. Will be interesting to see if Nolan stays on board. If he does leave I don't want it to be because of in house fighting.The Rangers have fired dugout coach Jackie Moore and first base coach Dave Anderson. No replacements have been named but Double A manager Steve Buechele is a candidate for the Major League coaching staff. The Rangers have not made an official announcement.
You better be thankful it wasn't the Rangers that you are facing. You would probably be swept if it was.No worries.
You weren't going to beat the Red Sox anyway.
It's tough to be confident going into a one game playoff, but I was last night. Cobb has been our best pitcher when healthy all year, the Indians record against winning teams was crap and their team batting average against RHP was something like .180. Outside of Cobb imploding, I thought the game was ours to lose. Sure enough, he came through.Impressive few days Deuce, impressive.
I see your $70M CF isn't playing either.I'm glad Uggla was left off the playoff roster. As I said before this is probably going to be a series where runs are hard to come by and when we have base runners out there we need hitter who can at the very least have productive outs. Moving guys up a base, sac flies, stuff like that.
Can't do those little things when you're continuously whiffing at the plate like Uggla has been.