Game Thread: 7/29 Gnats @ Turdmardzjia

[Stokes1931]

Now the Dbags pen is letting the Dogs back in it, 7-5 bottom 7th

7-7 now

 

[Stokes1931]

1st and 2nd, no outs

Let's see if Gerald can drive in a run or three here.

 

[msgkings322]

Posey can chase a lot of clouds away with an XBH here

 

[SFGRTB]

Looks like we'll get our first look at Nunez here, at least in the field.

 

[msgkings322]

Time for Craw to prove me right....

 

[Stokes1931]

Bases loaded for Crawford. We can NOT keep screwing up these chances, can we?!? Haven't the baseball gods punished this team enough?

 

[calsnowskier]

Jon saying he expects Gonor to be pinch hit for if it gets there. Not going to happen. We got no one else to come in and play 2B / 3B.

Panik is already out, with Nunez likely playing 2B. If Gonor doesn't hit, who plays 3B? UPS?

 

[msgkings322]

I mean.....I just can't.

God REALLY hates us right now

 

[1phlapdown]

No dingers given up by Sammy, so that's progress right?

Here is a quote from MCC about Sammy's problems and the link which shows graphs that back up the story.

Look at the progression of the fourseam fastball. Watch as, for the first two months, it’s living up, well above the hitting area, but as the year’s gone on, it’s dropped until it’s generally right at the belt. Look at how well that tracks with the above graph, too, where for the first two months it was a very effective pitch, and it’s started to nosedive right along with its location. Look at the cutter, too, which in June was an ineffective pitch because it was too close to the belt, but has been good in July since he’s been throwing it away from that location.

Over the last couple of months, Jeff Samardzija’s fouseam fastball, which works best up in the zone or up above the zone, has been too low for it to be a major league caliber pitch. It is therefore my opinion that he should throw it higher more often, and thus return to being a good pitcher. Thank you for your time.

What’s happened to Jeff Samardzija?

 

[calsnowskier]

Over/under runs scored this inning...

1.5

 

[SFGRTB]

Bases loaded for Crawford. We can NOT keep screwing up these chances, can we?!? Haven't the baseball gods punished this team enough?

We haven't done THAT yet though

 

[calsnowskier]

Are you fucking me?

 

[msgkings322]

And the Dodgers lead again. You gotta laugh to keep from cryin' sometimes. LOL

 

[calsnowskier]

Speechless.

 

[Stokes1931]

I truly, deeply, passionately despise the way this team is playing at the moment.

 

[calsnowskier]

Well, at least the team was only 0-1 with RISP that inning...

 

[SFGRTB]

And the Dodgers lead again. You gotta laugh to keep from cryin' sometimes. LOL

 

[msgkings322]

After we win the World Series this year we are gonna look back on these last 2 weeks and have a nice laugh.

 

[calsnowskier]

After we win the World Series this year we are gonna look back on these last 2 weeks and have a nice laugh.

This two weeks is WORSE than the 6-weeks in 2014. Of course it hasn't lasted as long yet, but the level of play is worse.

 

[SFGRTB]

I mean, that's it right? You can't get much worse W/RISP than that.