Series Thread: Rangers and Orioles Battle in the ALCS in a Best of Five Matchup October 7-13

[Duane1952]

6-0 good guys. Keep it going.

 

[gregrey972]

Already back to excuses for the O’s

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

I am not able watch it right now. Is the crowd rocking!

Yeah. They kinda are.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Hey, any of you guys still think we need a new manager? Lol.

 

[fanman8825]

The Diamondbacks won.

What we are seeing is the Rangers are not the 90 win team their record shows…had they only blown half the 30+ saves they had they would have the best record in baseball and I think the last 5 games are showing that.

That’s a good point. When we were 40-20 I thought we were on our way to being the best team in baseball, then came the blown saves

 

[Duane1952]

Hey, any of you guys still think we need a new manager? Lol.

I still think they need one. Still don’t think he manages the bullpen very well.

 

[scotsman1948]

I still think they need one. Still don’t think he manages the bullpen very well.

You have to have a bullpen to coach one

 

[WilltheThrill]

Hey, any of you guys still think we need a new manager? Lol.

Absolutely do, just like they needed one when Wash was in charge and they were going to back to back World Series. Eventually their bad decisions will come back to bite you. Right now, talent is winning out and Bochy is staying out of the way. Half of being a good manager is just not doing something completely stupid.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

O's are about to do a 3 and out tonight.

Dodgers could be too tomorrow night.

 

[WilltheThrill]

You have to have a bullpen to coach one

Absolutely false. Even within an awful bullpen, there are degrees of awfulness, and you have to manage around the absolute worst ones.

 

[scotsman1948]

Absolutely false. Even within an awful bullpen, there are degrees of awfulness, and you have to manage around the absolute worst ones.

And if 7 of 8 are or were awful. This pen has been pretty abysmal until this postseason

 

[WastinSomeTime]

And if 7 of 8 are or were awful. This pen has been pretty abysmal until this postseason

I agree. There definitely have been times when Bochy has made terrible decisions but our pen is a dumpster fire which is why many of us hope we score 10 runs every game. The last game I thought he made every move at the exact right time.

 

[saddles]

Hey, any of you guys still think we need a new manager? Lol.

I think we need to make him look better with a much better bullpen.

 

[saddles]

Eovaldi not quite as sharp.

 

[scotsman1948]

I think we need to make him look better with a much better bullpen.

Bullseye

 

[scotsman1948]

Eovaldi not quite as sharp.

22pitches. He was just off by a little and they took advantage

Wonder if he comes out for the 6th

 

[Duane1952]

Come on offense, more runs.

 

[WilltheThrill]

And if 7 of 8 are or were awful. This pen has been pretty abysmal until this postseason

I can list plenty of instances when Bochy took a bad situation and made it infinitely worse. That’s the problem. Early in the season, he repeatedly went to King late in close games. That blew up. Putting Speas into a high-pressure situation in his first appearance against the Dodgers. Pitching Chapman on back to back nights as the closer when he has a lifetime history of melting down in that situation.

And the icing on the cake was INTENTIONALLY WALKING the tying run on to base in extra innings with 2 outs against Arizona in order to bring the winning run to the plate. He lost that game for them with the most incomprehensible move ever.

I never said his options this year were good. They weren’t. But plenty of times Bochy’s head-scratching actions led directly to losses.

 

[scotsman1948]

The offense is going cold

 

[saddles]

Hitters not as sharp as well.