SeattleCoug
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Not sure why Lloyd let Kuma start the inning. He was already over 100 pitches and never goes over that.
God Damnit. Very little about baseball gets me more pissed than being beaten on an 0-2 pitch to give up the lead after your team just tied it.
0-2 Furbush, bury a fucking slider!
God Damnit. Very little about baseball gets me more pissed than being beaten on an 0-2 pitch to give up the lead after your team just tied it.
0-2 Furbush, bury a fucking slider!
Buck for Miller? Really Lloyd? Not Smoak?
I could see it if the pitcher was a lefty, but it was a right on right matchup. Put Smoak in there and tell him to look for a hanger, since everyone should know he's not getting a fastball to hit in that situation.yeah, not a fan of Buck off the bench
Hard to blame the offense as they are squaring the ball up nicely but hitting it right at people.
I could see it if the pitcher was a lefty, but it was a right on right matchup. Put Smoak in there and tell him to look for a hanger, since everyone should know he's not getting a fastball to hit in that situation.
He's not talking about hitting into shifts. He's talking about making solid contact, hitting line drives, and having them find the glove instead of grass. Sometimes that actually is bad luck, and we're not talking about always, we're talking about tonight.that's called hitting right into the shift.
it's not admirable, nor is it a simple case of bad luck.
shifting is about predictability, and the reason the m's always seem to hit it "right at" people is because that's where they statistically hit the ball the most.
Yeah, probably, but I have more faith in Smoak running into one for a walkoff HR than Buck in that situation. I also would have been fine with Miller staying in. Another triple like he had the other day ties the game.Just my opinion, but Smoak would've done the same damn thing. Strike three.... I would've rather seen Miller stay out there.
Yeah, probably, but I have more faith in Smoak running into one for a walkoff HR than Buck in that situation. I also would have been fine with Miller staying in. Another triple like he had the other day ties the game.
He's not talking about hitting into shifts. He's talking about making solid contact, hitting line drives, and having them find the glove instead of grass....
You're so smart, thanks for helping the rest of us peons understand the game of baseball.Hitting line drives consistently and hard right where managers shift fielders to is, by definition, hitting into the shift.
Watch any game nowadays, and you'll see the infield and outfield moving all over the place depending on the batter's spray tendencies, which are extremely narrow depending on if they're primarily push or pull hitters. You just don't see many players who hit foul line to foul line anymore. Shift plays are being used exponentially more and more each year, and it's particularly effective against terrible hitting teams like the M's because they rarely beat the shift.
This cannot be broken down any further.
that's called hitting right into the shift.
it's not admirable, nor is it a simple case of bad luck.
shifting is about predictability, and the reason the m's always seem to hit it "right at" people is because that's where they statistically hit the ball the most.
It's probably going to feel like a Yankee home game for the next two days as well, but if the M's remain hot after that, the crowds should get bigger and be decidedly pro-M's.
Going to be hard to find a way to win this series after that loss, but once again we blow a chance to win a game we should win at home after another impressive road trip.
Has any team in history finished above .500 on the road and below .500 at home for a whole season? I know this isn't the first time this team has had more success on the road, but it is really getting to be something quite odd this far into the season.