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re: The ATL Thread - 10/3 - Game 1 @ Dodgers
Posted on 10/3/26 at 5:56 pm to dhuck20
Posted on 10/3/26 at 5:56 pm to dhuck20
Just have to find a way to get tomorrow. You obviously aren’t beating them three in a row. Win tomorrow though and you grab momentum going home 1-1 and you put all the pressure on them.
Posted on 10/3/26 at 6:00 pm to Fat Bastard
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was nice seeing ozzie get homers in back 2 back games
I could’ve gone without today’s homer.
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one from left side and one from right.impressive...homer power from both sides. not many switch hitters can say that
No doubt. Helluva weapon to have.
Who is your starter for tomorrow’s game?
Posted on 10/3/26 at 6:03 pm to Figgy
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Who is your starter for tomorrow’s game?
I would imagine it has to be Sale considering it's a must-win.
Posted on 10/3/26 at 6:20 pm to Broski
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I would imagine it has to be Sale considering it's a must-win.
That’s what I was thinking too. But he’s on short rest even without his closing out Philly. I’m just not sure who else you go to given how clutch he has been with you guys. He’s a bad MFer. But how much more can he give?
Posted on 10/3/26 at 6:24 pm to Figgy
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But how much more can he give?
You guys saw in 2018
Posted on 10/3/26 at 6:31 pm to Broski
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You guys saw in 2018
That wasn’t even close to being a good series. arse whooping through and through. Brutal. If you’re gonna lose that’s the way to do it. The pain lessens and you move on quickly.
Posted on 10/3/26 at 6:41 pm to Figgy
right. i can easily live with 2013...well kinda...fn juan uribe. lol. painful after a bum starter for us gave us a lead headed into the 8th which was totally unexpected.
and 2018..
2020 is the one we let get away. i hate choking away a 3-1 lead.
i expect the worst here but hope for the best.
and 2018..
2020 is the one we let get away. i hate choking away a 3-1 lead.
i expect the worst here but hope for the best.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 1:13 pm to Fat Bastard
Posted on 10/4/26 at 1:14 pm to Allthatfades
Sounds like Kerr is starting again.
We are fricked
We are fricked
Posted on 10/4/26 at 1:17 pm to Allthatfades
Loss
Posted on 10/4/26 at 1:46 pm to Rainier Fog
Just unbelievable between the GM and Manager, to put your team in a position against the Dodgers where you can’t start a starting pitcher the 1st 2 games of the series.
A team that won 94 games and you have no idea who is starting for you against the #1 team in baseball
A team that won 94 games and you have no idea who is starting for you against the #1 team in baseball
Posted on 10/4/26 at 1:51 pm to UltimaParadox
So we are legitimately throwing three bullpen games against LA and skipping the chance to use Sale twice?
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:00 pm to Pettifogger
Brilliant plan, more teams should try it
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:02 pm to Rainier Fog
Really good chance we get swept and have one of our 2 starters not throw in the NLDS
Amazing
Amazing
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:10 pm to Pettifogger
Proof that AA knows his job is safe as long as he makes the playoffs.
Just an absolutely no-balls move in a must-win game.
This is arguably the biggest game in the series, because if we fall 0-2, the series is over. If we split on the road, the odds are in our favor.
We know damn well Sale wants to pitch today and can pitch based on past history. He's 37 years old so save me the "protecting the asset" excuse. Our window is effectively closed after this postseason. AA said himself that he didn't feel the need to make many moves at the deadline because he felt good about the roster, but now he is waving the white flag.
It's fricking bullshite. He's a conman.
Just an absolutely no-balls move in a must-win game.
This is arguably the biggest game in the series, because if we fall 0-2, the series is over. If we split on the road, the odds are in our favor.
We know damn well Sale wants to pitch today and can pitch based on past history. He's 37 years old so save me the "protecting the asset" excuse. Our window is effectively closed after this postseason. AA said himself that he didn't feel the need to make many moves at the deadline because he felt good about the roster, but now he is waving the white flag.
It's fricking bullshite. He's a conman.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:13 pm to Broski
On top of being a no-balls move, it's also a very stupid move.
If you start Sale today, then it sets him up to also start a potential Game 5 on decent rest. Holding him until Game 3 means, at best, he can come out the pen for Game 5.
When you only have two starting pitchers available, it'd be wise to maximize their starts. But AA is like LOL frick all that.
If you start Sale today, then it sets him up to also start a potential Game 5 on decent rest. Holding him until Game 3 means, at best, he can come out the pen for Game 5.
When you only have two starting pitchers available, it'd be wise to maximize their starts. But AA is like LOL frick all that.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:19 pm to Rainier Fog
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A team that won 94 games
This is the most annoying part, we limped to 94 wins. We opened the season playing like the best team in baseball and our GM barely lifted a finger to strengthen it even when it was obvious that reinforcements were needed both on the mound and at the plate.
We had the upper hand on the Dodgers for the 2-seed in September and just let it wilt away because all we cared about was the division. Well because of that, we had to play in the glorified play-in round with the rest of the Wild Card teams and our pitching got royally fricked for the real playoffs.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:23 pm to Broski
I’m more concerned about hits and scoring runs. We have a strong bullpen and knew starting rotation was going to be a problem. Game 1 showed we can keep things close, but without an offense capable of scoring 5+ we have no chance in this series.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:29 pm to Pettifogger
Maybe we get a lead and Sale comes in to pitch the last 4 innings or so?
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Odd choice for sure.
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Odd choice for sure.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:30 pm to NotoriousFSU
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We have a strong bullpen
When it's coming in later innings. Expecting it to cover two full games on the road against a two-time defending champ is crazy.
Also, having it do that much work in turn fricks up the pen's availability for when Sale and Mahle do start, so now you're essentially asking them to give you 8+ to reset things, which is entirely unfair.
It's just malpractice no matter how you look at it.
If the argument is that Sale can't pitch today because he threw high-lev work to get 4 outs in Game 3 on Philly, then it looks really stupid to use him in a 4-run game. If Harper hits a solo homer with 2 outs in the 8th? so what, you're still up three, then use Suarez to finish the 8th and give Iggy the 9th against the Phillies bottom of the order.
Putting Sale in that spot only made sense if we were operating that it was his pen day and he would still be able to go on normal rest for his next start (NLDS Game 2).
Hell we still might frick around and win today, and then the move looks like genius with hindsight, but the decisions leading up to this point have basically zero logic behind them.
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