World Series Game 1, Rays (Martinez) vs Brewers (Misiorowski): 10/23/26, 7:00pm

[RobertCrawley]

2 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

I'd feel ok if I'm Tampa. Took us to the brink without the top guns. Them eeking this game out would have been a big blow to the Brewers. They are still well positioned here. 

If we win against Rasmussen, though, the Rays are in trouble.

[Turning2]

Bats are going to have to be better tomorrow. 

[Brewers Downunder]

And I thought the NLCS was intense 🤣

1 down, 3 to go 😎

[82brewcrew82]

Just now, RobertCrawley said:

If we win against Rasmussen, though, the Rays are in trouble.

Agreed.  The pressure is on the Rays now. 

[BruisedCrew]

3 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

Agreed.  The pressure is on the Rays now. 

But the blood pressure is on me.

[82brewcrew82]

5 minutes ago, Turning2 said:

Bats are going to have to be better tomorrow. 

I keep seeing this kind of stuff but every game has kind of stood that stuff on its ear.  They have to be good enough tomorrow.  Just good enough.

[Jim French Stepstool]

My first impression was that Chourio & Contreras are just such grown men on the big stage. But duh, we already knew that.

From the neck up, I'm not sure Pratt is far behind. He didn't stuff the stat sheet but holy cow what a huge walk after falling behind in the count.

Maybe Megill gets the biggest attaboy of all. I guess I'm exaggerating, but you get a DP grounder to end a World Series game, you're jubilant, you start to decompress. Then never mind, you have to go back to work. Oh and by the way, a single puts you behind. Then he throws one of the best breakers he's thrown all year to end it. Can't credit him enough.

How's Simpsons' hammy going to feel tomorrow?

[RobertCrawley]

Good new: It doesn't look like there's any rust on the team. We're ready to play.

[nate82]

I think game three against Peralta I would start Vaughn over Yelich.  Peralta with his new found change up usage is just a bad matchup for Yelich.  Though I'm confident this probably doesn't happen.  

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, Jim French Stepstool said:

My first impression was that Chourio & Contreras are just such grown men on the big stage. But duh, we already knew that.

From the neck up, I'm not sure Pratt is far behind. He didn't stuff the stat sheet but holy cow what a huge walk after falling behind in the count.

Maybe Megill gets the biggest attaboy of all. I guess I'm exaggerating, but you get a DP grounder to end a World Series game, you're jubilant, you start to decompress. Then never mind, you have to go back to work. Oh and by the way, a single puts you behind. Then he throws one of the best breakers he's thrown all year to end it. Can't credit him enough.

How's Simpsons' hammy going to feel tomorrow?

That was a great strikeout pitch. A batter has to try to swing at it because it's right down the middle, but then it breaks late straight down. 

[Jim French Stepstool]

7 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

That was a great strikeout pitch. A batter has to try to swing at it because it's right down the middle, but then it breaks late straight down. 

My biggest quibble was a breaking ball to Simpson after getting to 0-2, would've liked to see 100 waist-to-letter high. But Contreras called the pitch; not Megill. Or you bury the breaker, but if you get contact it's a ground ball, and the way Simpson can run........

 

[DesertBrew52]

I hate the feel of this game. Miz is a winner, but no dominance. 
 

BTW, if T-Mobile can launch and perfect an ABS system to see where a ball crosses a particular point in mid-air, why cant the same system tell whether a bat goes past a certsin point on a checked swing…every subjective type of call in the game needs a challenge system IMO

[willie key]

Here’s my thoughts.     If the rays are going to have pull out bs replays like that to win games then we are sweeping them

 

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

My biggest quibble was a breaking ball to Simpson after getting to 0-2, would've liked to see 100 waist-to-letter high. But Contreras called the pitch; not Megill. Or you bury the breaker, but if you get contact it's a ground ball, and the way Simpson can run........

 

Running it up on him might have been the answer. Maybe they thought Simpson was sitting on the heater and Contreras wanted to catch him flat footed.

[Jim French Stepstool]

9 minutes ago, nate82 said:

I think game three against Peralta I would start Vaughn over Yelich.  Peralta with his new found change up usage is just a bad matchup for Yelich.  Though I'm confident this probably doesn't happen.  

I agree it probably doesn't happen. But the thought behind it is very solid.

 

[jason21nl]

Oh boy.  If I’m the Rays I’m feeling OK.  We were supposed to win this one.   If they get the next two they’re exactly where they wanted and expected to be.   Winning tomorrow would be gigantic.   We win tomorrow, I think we win in 5.  

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Running it up on him might have been the answer. Maybe they thought Simpson was sitting on the heater and Contreras wanted to catch him flat footed.

Yeah, that might be. But it can't be a strike. He whiffed on something low & away the previous AB, so maybe the 12-to-6 curve but keep it away.

[Turning2]

6 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

I keep seeing this kind of stuff but every game has kind of stood that stuff on its ear.  They have to be good enough tomorrow.  Just good enough.

Yeah I get that. It’s just that it feels like they have been winning on very thin ice so to speak. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Wow. It's going to take me a while to get to sleep. I still have the Gameday app open to confirm we won. More than that, I confess to following on Gameday during the Rays innings. It being a pitch or two ahead of the Fox feed helped reduce a little anxiety. Thoughts:

1) All three of our Game 1s were eerily similar. We score 3 runs. We hold the opponent to 1 or 2. We breeze through the middle innings after weathering an up and down Mis start, and then hold on for dear life with the aid of a clutch Megill and/or magic. We also struggled to add on in key spots in all 3. Luckily, it didn't hurt us.

2) I'll be curious to see how the team responds to that. In some ways, Game 1 felt like the one we were most likely to lose. Some of that is the layoff. Some of it is the pressure of being at home in such a huge moment. Some of it is just getting your sea legs in uncharted territory. Honestly? I thought both teams adjusted to that pretty well. That was a pretty well-played ball game, even with some uncharacteristic moments on both sides.

3) Chiefly, for us, those belonged to Mitchell. He had an awful game. I thought the fly ball was really bad. It reminded me of Chourio misplaying one against STL (I think?) in CF his rookie year. It was a tough play because of how hard the ball was hit, but it's got to be made. Cost the Brewers a run.

4) Mis is clearly running a little low in the fuel department. He battled through 5 today, and we needed every out. Special props to Uribe tonight for an awesome 4 outs. That was smooth, and then Ashby did his cold MFer thing.

5) I think it was a mistake to bring in Megill to start the ninth. I would've stuck with Ashby with two lefties due up. I know it would've put him down for tomorrow, but you have Megill if it gets to Caminero. It ended up working out, but I still think it was the wrong call and probably Murph's biggest mistake of the night, though I think hitting Sanchez in that spot didn't make much sense either (just lower downside there). I will credit Murph for getting Ortiz in at third in the 9th. He doesn't do that, we're all sweating a Hamilton throw on a tough little grounder.

6) The biggest blunder of the night was on Cash, though. If I'm a Rays fan, I'm livid that he pitched to Chourio in the 7th. You've got Matz in the game. Pratt is on second. There are two outs. Booser has been great for you. Turang is on deck. Your best option there is to walk Jackson and go left-on-left with Turang, probably with Booser. To not even have him warming is borderline criminal. That run cost you the game.

7) I thought Hamilton getting thrown out was understandable. I like the aggressiveness. That spot in AmFam is the triples spot, and I thought it off the bat. The stumble cost him, and it still took a great defensive effort to get him. It doesn't even compare to what Mesa did the inning before. Getting tossed at third there....dumb. There is no reward for running there. Total brain fart.

8) The check swing was close, but I think he went. Thank goodness it didn't cost us. I thought Pratt was off the bag, and it was the right call. That one annoys me A LOT less than tag plays where the runner slides off by a fraction with the tag still applied before getting right back on. It's a tough play. Pratt's trying to turn it, and just didn't quite drag it low enough. 

9) Chourio and Contreras, what can you say? Wild Bill was everywhere tonight. Two outs with his arm. 2 hits. Calling a good game and using challenges perfectly. He looks possessed, and we're going to need it.

10) The Rays seemed weirdly unconcerned at times tonight. I'm not sure if I should be troubled by that (because they're so chill) or comforted (because they're "happy to be here" or whatever). All I know is, they weren't going to pitch Baker or Booser, and they started Martinez instead of Rasmussen. There is no such thing as a non-urgent WS game, but they played it about as non-urgently as you could, especially for a team that just had three days off. Again, that might be the right thing to do! We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

11) They said this on the broadcast, but the Rays did K 9 times tonight. They only walked twice. If that continues, it's a good sign for us. 

When you're the home team in 2-3-2, you can't drop the first two. Then, you're chasing all series. Getting that win, and one never-been-here-before game under our belts, is incredibly valuable. I suspect the Rays will continue to put together good ABs and clean up some of the base running miscues. Our hitters will need to continue to pressure them and deliver the knockout blow. We've gotten better at that as series have gone on. If we can pull one out tomorrow, that's a serious power position, especially with Peralta pushed to Game 3.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

Oh boy.  If I’m the Rays I’m feeling OK.  We were supposed to win this one.   If they get the next two they’re exactly where they wanted and expected to be.   Winning tomorrow would be gigantic.   We win tomorrow, I think we win in 5.  

felt like the Brewers were very, very lucky to win that game: Yelich triple nearly caught, Contreras smoked one right at Walls and it squeaked past, Bauers bloop to left was just barely on the line, Megill narrowly escaped the 9th. 

Bats need to be much, much better going forward, Tampa is just as gritty as us and they feel due for some baseball luck 

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

Wow. It's going to take me a while to get to sleep. I still have the Gameday app open to confirm we won. More than that, I confess to following on Gameday during the Rays innings. It being a pitch or two ahead of the Fox feed helped reduce a little anxiety. Thoughts:

1) All three of our Game 1s were eerily similar. We score 3 runs. We hold the opponent to 1 or 2. We breeze through the middle innings after weathering an up and down Mis start, and then hold on for dear life with the aid of a clutch Megill and/or magic. We also struggled to add on in key spots in all 3. Luckily, it didn't hurt us.

2) I'll be curious to see how the team responds to that. In some ways, Game 1 felt like the one we were most likely to lose. Some of that is the layoff. Some of it is the pressure of being at home in such a huge moment. Some of it is just getting your sea legs in uncharted territory. Honestly? I thought both teams adjusted to that pretty well. That was a pretty well-played ball game, even with some uncharacteristic moments on both sides.

3) Chiefly, for us, those belonged to Mitchell. He had an awful game. I thought the fly ball was really bad. It reminded me of Chourio misplaying one against STL (I think?) in CF his rookie year. It was a tough play because of how hard the ball was hit, but it's got to be made. Cost the Brewers a run.

4) Mis is clearly running a little low in the fuel department. He battled through 5 today, and we needed every out. Special props to Uribe tonight for an awesome 4 outs. That was smooth, and then Ashby did his cold MFer thing.

5) I think it was a mistake to bring in Megill to start the ninth. I would've stuck with Ashby with two lefties due up. I know it would've put him down for tomorrow, but you have Megill if it gets to Caminero. It ended up working out, but I still think it was the wrong call and probably Murph's biggest mistake of the night, though I think hitting Sanchez in that spot didn't make much sense either (just lower downside there). I will credit Murph for getting Ortiz in at third in the 9th. He doesn't do that, we're all sweating a Hamilton throw on a tough little grounder.

6) The biggest blunder of the night was on Cash, though. If I'm a Rays fan, I'm livid that he pitched to Chourio in the 7th. You've got Matz in the game. Pratt is on second. There are two outs. Booser has been great for you. Turang is on deck. Your best option there is to walk Jackson and go left-on-left with Turang, probably with Booser. To not even have him warming is borderline criminal. That run cost you the game.

7) I thought Hamilton getting thrown out was understandable. I like the aggressiveness. That spot in AmFam is the triples spot, and I thought it off the bat. The stumble cost him, and it still took a great defensive effort to get him. It doesn't even compare to what Mesa did the inning before. Getting tossed at third there....dumb. There is no reward for running there. Total brain fart.

8) The check swing was close, but I think he went. Thank goodness it didn't cost us. I thought Pratt was off the bag, and it was the right call. That one annoys me A LOT less than tag plays where the runner slides off by a fraction with the tag still applied before getting right back on. It's a tough play. Pratt's trying to turn it, and just didn't quite drag it low enough. 

9) Chourio and Contreras, what can you say? Wild Bill was everywhere tonight. Two outs with his arm. 2 hits. Calling a good game and using challenges perfectly. He looks possessed, and we're going to need it.

10) The Rays seemed weirdly unconcerned at times tonight. I'm not sure if I should be troubled by that (because they're so chill) or comforted (because they're "happy to be here" or whatever). All I know is, they weren't going to pitch Baker or Booser, and they started Martinez instead of Rasmussen. There is no such thing as a non-urgent WS game, but they played it about as non-urgently as you could, especially for a team that just had three days off. Again, that might be the right thing to do! We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

11) They said this on the broadcast, but the Rays did K 9 times tonight. They only walked twice. If that continues, it's a good sign for us. 

When you're the home team in 2-3-2, you can't drop the first two. Then, you're chasing all series. Getting that win, and one never-been-here-before game under our belts, is incredibly valuable. I suspect the Rays will continue to put together good ABs and clean up some of the base running miscues. Our hitters will need to continue to pressure them and deliver the knockout blow. We've gotten better at that as series have gone on. If we can pull one out tomorrow, that's a serious power position, especially with Peralta pushed to Game 3.

 

 

I'm not going to drag GMitch for that missed catch. That was really tough. What was the official scoring on that?

[BCF]

 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Just now, RobertCrawley said:

I'm not going to drag GMitch for that missed catch. That was really tough. What was the official scoring on that?

Double. 

I get that. I think he had a bad game even not counting that. But I also think he froze ever so slightly, and it cost him.

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1 minute ago, BCF said:

 

tbf, I imagine the rays are salivating at the thought of facing Megill again lol

[82brewcrew82]

1 minute ago, BCF said:

 

I mean, they said what I would have expected them to say.  What else was there to say?