Game Thread (9/30/2022): Marlins (Alcantara) at Brewers (Burnes) - 7:10 PM CDT

[Brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Ignore him. He is by far the most argumentative poster on this site.

Right, because I initially responded to one of his posts sarcastically and not the other way around.

[Brewcrew82]

All you can do is win all of your games at this point. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

That was a hell of a game. 

[BruisedCrew]

Just now, Sixtolezcano said:

Ignore him. He is by far the most argumentative poster on this site.

No question about that. In this case I’m not sure what his point is. 

Even if he wants to argue that the Marlins offense is not as bad as the Pirates despite what R/G says, what difference does it make? They obviously have a horrible offense and Alacntara is clearly more deserving of the Cy Young Award than Burnes this year. 

Burnes did what he had to do tonight. 

[SomewhereInTime]

Alright two back in the loss column with five to play and six for philly is doable.  Let's go!

[Sixtolezcano]

Just now, SomewhereInTime said:

Alright two back in the loss column with five to play and six for philly is doable.  Let's go!

My fingers are cross. Let’s go Brew Crew.

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

No question about that. In this case I’m not sure what his point is. 

Even if he wants to argue that the Marlins offense is not as bad as the Pirates despite what R/G says, what difference does it make? They obviously have a horrible offense and Alacntara is clearly more deserving of the Cy Young Award than Burnes this year. 

Burnes did what he had to do tonight. 

I suspect he’s saying the Marlins aren’t as bad as the Pirates. Miami is 25th in baseball in wRC+, which is probably the best metric of overall offense we have. They’re bad but they’re not the worst in baseball. 

[willie key]

5 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

No question about that. In this case I’m not sure what his point is. 

Even if he wants to argue that the Marlins offense is not as bad as the Pirates despite what R/G says, what difference does it make? They obviously have a horrible offense and Alacntara is clearly more deserving of the Cy Young Award than Burnes this year. 

Burnes did what he had to do tonight. 

Throw a post out there like the “the earth is round”.    Let’s see what happens

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Alright two back in the loss column with five to play and six for philly is doable.  Let's go!

The Phillies magic number to close out the Brewers is 5. 

The Brewers magic number to close out the Phillies is 7. 

Put another way, the Phillies and Brewers have a combined 11 games remaining. 7 of them have to go the Brewers way, and the Brewers can only control 5 of them. They would be well advised to take care of those 5 and hope for the Phillies to hand them the other 2. Counting on a struggling Nats team and a coasting Astros team to deliver them is not ideal. 

[BruisedCrew]

3 minutes ago, willie key said:

Throw a post out there like the “the earth is round”.    Let’s see what happens

I would say that it is generally round but not a perfect sphere. 

Hopefully that would not be too controversial. 

[Brewcrew82]

21 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

No question about that. In this case I’m not sure what his point is. 

Even if he wants to argue that the Marlins offense is not as bad as the Pirates despite what R/G says, what difference does it make? They obviously have a horrible offense and Alacntara is clearly more deserving of the Cy Young Award than Burnes this year. 

Burnes did what he had to do tonight. 

And when did I say that Corbin was more deserving of the Cy Young this year than him? Pretty sure that I didn't. What I said is that Corbin is still the reigning Cy Young winner. As Brock stated, the Marlins offense is bad but it's not the worst in the league by virtually every metric. 

[Brewcrew82]

16 minutes ago, willie key said:

Throw a post out there like the “the earth is round”.    Let’s see what happens

Actually it's an ellipsoid. I would know, as I majored in astronomy. 

[Sixtolezcano]

Hmmmmmmm.

[DuWayne Steurer]

3 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Actually it's an ellipsoid. I would know, as I majored in astronomy. 

so...... mostly round

[Robocaller]

Mitchell has really been hot lately. He's providing what I hoped Frelick could have done, if he were called up. It will be good when they're both on the same team again.

 

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, DuWayne Steurer said:

so...... mostly round

Yes, but not perfectly round due to its rotation which causes it to "bulge". 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Just now, Brewcrew82 said:

Yes, but not perfectly round due to its rotation which causes it to "bulge". 

I think it's round enough to call it round, for the laypersons. 

[willie key]

Hahahaha

 

there it is!

[Robocaller]

14 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Yes, but not perfectly round due to its rotation which causes it to "bulge". 

It doesn't have to be perfectly round to be "round." Definitions from Oxford American English Dictionary:
round | round | adjective 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle or cylinder:

2 shaped like or approximately like a sphere

[Brewcrew82]

9 minutes ago, Robocaller said:

It doesn't have to be perfectly round to be "round." Definitions from Oxford American English Dictionary:
round | round | adjective 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle or cylinder:

2 shaped like or approximately like a sphere

From a dictionary standpoint, yes. From a scientific standpoint, not exactly. 

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/earth-round.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-is-not-round/

[Jim French Stepstool]

25 minutes ago, Robocaller said:

Mitchell has really been hot lately. He's providing what I hoped Frelick could have done, if he were called up. It will be good when they're both on the same team again.

 

You look at his ABs, and you just KNOW he's going to make more consistent contact down the road. And he's hitting .300 or whatever it is NOW. Throw in the speed, and I'm excited.

And yeah, Frelick looked for all the world like he was in front of him for a callup. Just a lot to look forward to.

[Robocaller]

4 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

From a dictionary standpoint, yes. From a scientific standpoint, not quite. 

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/earth-round.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-is-not-round/

There's probably no thing in the known universe that's perfectly round, if you measured it precisely enough. The semantics used in those articles is based on a faulty (implied) definition.

[Jim French Stepstool]

FWIW, in grade school science I learned the Earth wasn't perfectly round but wasn't familiar with the word "ellipsoid". So I shared my newfound info by saying it was kinda dumpy.

I think it's wrong to defend the Miami offense in any way. I also think it's wrong to assume Houston is coasting. If you guys think THIS is a contentious fan board, boy could I show you some examples.....

[Brewcrew82]

7 minutes ago, Robocaller said:

There's probably no thing in the known universe that's perfectly round, if you measured it precisely enough. The semantics used in those articles is based on a faulty (implied) definition.

Again, I majored in astronomy, so I think I would know the earth's shape. You can argue about whether such a thing as "perfectly round" exists, but the earth is not perfectly round. It is an ellipsoid/spheroid.

[Brewcrew82]

If we win the rest of our games, I'm still pretty confident we'll be in the playoffs tbh. Would not have been the case had we lost this game.