Have a five team parlay going. Have Cards at +120 vs Dodgers. Have three legs in and Yankees over in evening.
Bet the Cards on Flaherty recent form and history of pitching well against Dodgers. He goes 7 innings, no runs, 10 K's, only 97 pitches, stronger as he went. Cards up 1-0. Pull him after 7. I can see if Flaherty was coming up in 8th and Cards threatening, you pitch hit. I get it. But not the case. Gallegos comes in and strikes out two batters with nasty stuff, gives up soft single, and pop ups Turner to end inning. Not good enough as they lift him in ninth for Miller.
Miller gets a ground out and then hits a batter. Pull him for Martinez. Single, wild pitch, single , game over. 2-1 loser.
Yankees go over and it does not matter.
This analytical bullshit has ruined the game. If Schoendienst have ever tried to pull Gibson after he threw 7 scoreless innings, Gibson would have spent the rest of his life in jail for murder in the dugout. Might as well let some kid manage the game from his computer in the basement. I am so sick of these managers having no balls, not trusting their eyes, not letting their players push themselves to the limit of their greatness.
I love Degrom. He has some of the nastiest shit I have ever seen and he does it at 98 miles a hour. Only guy I ever saw throw it up in the zone with such heat, that was that unhittable was Nolan Ryan. Is Degrom better then Ryan at comparable times? I think so, except for the fact that Ryan threw 105 complete games from age 25 to 30 and Degrom has thrown 3. It is not Degrom's fault. He has not been given the chance to establish his greatness. He gets pulled because the data says he should get pulled. As a fan and gambler, I want to see Degrom pitch the 8th and 9th, not some bullshit reliever who has half the talent and probably nowhere near the heart.
I hate baseball and don't get me started on the NBA.
Sincerely,
A grumpy old man with a couple bourbons in him.
Bet the Cards on Flaherty recent form and history of pitching well against Dodgers. He goes 7 innings, no runs, 10 K's, only 97 pitches, stronger as he went. Cards up 1-0. Pull him after 7. I can see if Flaherty was coming up in 8th and Cards threatening, you pitch hit. I get it. But not the case. Gallegos comes in and strikes out two batters with nasty stuff, gives up soft single, and pop ups Turner to end inning. Not good enough as they lift him in ninth for Miller.
Miller gets a ground out and then hits a batter. Pull him for Martinez. Single, wild pitch, single , game over. 2-1 loser.
Yankees go over and it does not matter.
This analytical bullshit has ruined the game. If Schoendienst have ever tried to pull Gibson after he threw 7 scoreless innings, Gibson would have spent the rest of his life in jail for murder in the dugout. Might as well let some kid manage the game from his computer in the basement. I am so sick of these managers having no balls, not trusting their eyes, not letting their players push themselves to the limit of their greatness.
I love Degrom. He has some of the nastiest shit I have ever seen and he does it at 98 miles a hour. Only guy I ever saw throw it up in the zone with such heat, that was that unhittable was Nolan Ryan. Is Degrom better then Ryan at comparable times? I think so, except for the fact that Ryan threw 105 complete games from age 25 to 30 and Degrom has thrown 3. It is not Degrom's fault. He has not been given the chance to establish his greatness. He gets pulled because the data says he should get pulled. As a fan and gambler, I want to see Degrom pitch the 8th and 9th, not some bullshit reliever who has half the talent and probably nowhere near the heart.
I hate baseball and don't get me started on the NBA.
Sincerely,
A grumpy old man with a couple bourbons in him.
