re: DAT 10/22: ALCS Game 6 - Rangers (Eovaldi) @ Astros (Valdez) - 7:03ct FS1

I'm too disgusted with them to do it now but I may go back over those 28 games and tally our RISP numbers. I'm certain it'll be under .200

Tonight’s even worse because we had them on the ropes, scoring first and getting 25 pitch count on Eovaldi in inning 1.

A truly great team would stomp on their throat right there, instead we let him right back in and then didn’t get to tax their bullpen at all on top of it.

Wonderful approach

The great psychologist Dusty Baker will fix that, right?

The reality is that if you listened to Dusty all season, you heard a moron that consistently said shite like “we will just have to see if these guys can get out of their funk”. So he has done nothing to change how they prep for these home games expecting them to magically get over it themselves.

When they had someone using analytics to help them, they at least saw a chance to break free from it, but Dusty will blow this just like the 2021 WS and 2002 WS.

He is one of the most overrated managers in history and it is bonkers to me why he gets so much love.

11-13 post season record with the Giants and 0-3 and 1-3 outside of 2002 where he went 10-7 and lost to the freaking Angels.

6-6 with the Cubs where they choked

2-7 with the Reds

4-6 with the Nationals.

So outside of the Astros, he’s 23 - 32 in the Post Season where he didn’t take over a championship level team that had a system in place to continue to succeed, until after they did, he killed said system.

Plainly put, Dusty is overrated as shot and there is a reason it wasn’t until he came to a built in dynasty that he didn’t win a title even with maybe the greatest player in history on his team in Bonds.

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I just can't anymore.

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The problem is that Crane bought into the hype that Dusty spewed after last year. He literally thought analytics had nothing to do with Houston’s success and they won because off Dusty’s great managing last year.

They threw that out and like I said, went with Dusty’s horrible gut calls. Analytics likely show that Peña even with the lefty/righty split discrepancy had a much better likelihood than Singleton, but hey Dusty’s gut bro.

The only thing Singleton could do was walk. The minute he has to swing the stick, the at bat was over. In and of itself, it wasn't a bad at bat. He almost worked a walk to score a run. But the guy has no chance when he swings.

I think I'd rather go down swinging with Chas or Diaz. They probably don't work as many pitches. Good chance they stike out as well. But with 2 outs and bases loaded down 2 runs, give me a guy who at least has a chance of delivering a hit. Singleton had no chance. His swing is shite.

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agree 100% but the at bat was good

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It was a strikeout. He took a big cut at a fastball in the zone and couldn't get around on it at 97 and then his Dollar Tree Prince Fielder uppercut swing couldn't make contact on a high fastball. Even if he did, it would have been a popup. That's what I'm saying, his only chance was to take a walk. When he swings, there's no chance he's getting you a hit. The other guys may not have worked the count but there's more of a probability than Jon Singleton that they can come up with a hit.

Time is an infinite loop


Game 7, series tied 3-3. Astros started 0-2 at home, rallied to a road sweep. Lost game 6 back at home. Max Scherzer takes the mound in game 7 as he battled to get from an injury. Max allows 10 base runners in 5 innings but the Astros stand 9 of them as they go 1-8 with runners in scoring position and lose the series without a single home win.

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That's what happened. 2019 World Series

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I’m not sure what’s worse? That I missed that or that I still think it’s true.