Series Thread: San Francisco Giants vs. Washington Nationals

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

LaRoche walks .... bags drunk.

Out goes Lopez, in comes the rookie Strickland to face Desmond...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

The kid TCOB... whiffs Desmond and leaves 'em loaded..

onto the 7th.

 

[li0lsh]

3-0. This post season reminds me of 2012

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

That Panik kid is a good looking young ball player... smokes a leadoff triple off Stammen...
Busty Poser promptly singles him in...3-zip.

 

[dredinis21]

I can't wait to see more of Strickland. He is the filthiest late inning reliever we have had since maybe F-Rod

 

[dredinis21]

That Panik kid is a good looking young ball player... smokes a leadoff triple of Stammen...
Busty Poser promptly singles him in...3-zip.

Watching Panik is watching a left handed Posey with less power with the same above average defensive play.

The core of our team has come up nicely. Susac is another one of our young players who has been very instrumental in our playoff push with average play behind the plate and clutch offensive output when our team needed it most.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Posey out by a mile & Panda whiffs on a hit & run, for the strike em out throw em out DP.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Stretch time in the Capital..

 

[dredinis21]

Posey out by a mile & Panda whiffs on a hit & run, for the strike em out throw em out DP.

Don't know the rationale of playing hit and run with a slow runner and a free-swinging guy fighting his way out of a slump at the plate.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Holy Crap...Harper just launched a rainmaker......solo bomb, 3-1

 

[calsnowskier]

Posey out by a mile & Panda whiffs on a hit & run, for the strike em out throw em out DP.

Actually, if they had called him safe on the field, it would not have been reversed. It was that close.

 

[dredinis21]

Holy Crap...Harper just launched a rainmaker......solo bomb, 3-1

Don't think the damn thing has landed yet.

 

[calsnowskier]

Don't know the rationale of playing hit and run with a slow runner and a free-swinging guy fighting his way out of a slump at the plate.

Panda is such a great contact guy, he is the exact payer you hit-and-run with. I agree on the slump argument, though...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I can't wait to see more of Strickland. He is the filthiest late inning reliever we have had since maybe F-Rod

You may just want to hold off on that for now...

Cabrera just smashed a solo bomb off him too...3-2 game....only 1 out..

 

[podsox]

Panda is such a great contact guy, he is the exact payer you hit-and-run with. I agree on the slump argument, though...

hit and runs have a 31% success rate. u have a team on the ropes and u give them 2 outs

 

[Fountain City Blues]

hit and runs have a 31% success rate. u have a team on the ropes and u give them 2 outs

Maybe I am being dense, but doesn't that work out as a 310 babip? That's a tick above average if I recall.

 

[calsnowskier]

Boch was 2 batter late with that hook. The Nats had him timed.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Every time I see that Nats logo I think of Walgreens....

 

[calsnowskier]

hit and runs have a 31% success rate. u have a team on the ropes and u give them 2 outs

Assuming the 31% is accurate, that does not mean that there is a double play 69% of the time though. Panda is the kind of hitter who will get the bat on the ball more often than not, but is susceptible to the GIDP normally. So putting on the HnR with a molasses runner on first is pretty sound.

 

[podsox]

Boch was 2 batter late with that hook. The Nats had him timed.

looked like he didn't get the fast ball up high enough to Cabrera. harper was all over it though