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Awful lot of whiffing. -
The truth is that baseball is so susceptible to random outcomes that it really doesn't matter that we swept them 6-0 or that they're "better" than us. If you inserted the Pirates into the World Series they would have a fair chance of winning it. This is far more true in baseball than any of the other major sports. We don't have to be better than the Dodgers to beat them and the fact that we beat them 6 times doesn't mean we'll beat them 10 times. But the best part of that is you always have a chance. I don't buy for a second that we're some crazy longshot. We could get swept, sure, but that would also be more of a random outcome than anything else.
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I get being leery of 2-3-2 because it does put some pressure on you to go up 2-0. We very nearly did that in 2018 but Jeffress had a bad outing. Game 4 was the backbreaker. We were up 2-1 and going for 3-1 but lost in the 13th. The home field wasn't much of an advantage that time around. But I agree this isn't going to be decided by the format. I just prefer having home field because I think it's somewhat likely we get clinching chances in 6/7 and I have tickets.
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Game 5: Bengals @ Packers - Sunday, Oct 12 3:25 PM
OldSchoolSnapper replied to HarryDoyle's topic in Other Sports
This defense is not forcing turnovers at all. It feels less relevant because they've usually won, and because they don't really give the ball away either. But they have 2 interceptions. The first in Week 1 which arguably hit the ground, and the other was a play where they should have knocked the ball down. They're going to have to get better there. -
Game 5: Bengals @ Packers - Sunday, Oct 12 3:25 PM
OldSchoolSnapper replied to HarryDoyle's topic in Other Sports
It's October and we don't have to be a great team yet, but we aren't one. -
We're better positioned to beat LA than we were in 2018. I said what I said. Doesn't mean it happens. But I believe it.
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Priester. Home game. Give him a boost to get his confidence back. We can't finish this without him playing well.
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Actually, perusing their reddit, minutes after losing, quite a few are pulling for us.
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Thank God. Miz is an animal. Sure he went through some growing pains but he was absolutely huge twice in this series. Rick was correct. This was our finest hour. A wonderful moment for this city, this franchise.
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Just going to pray things go well tonight. I'll miss the first 60-90 minutes, I'm sure I'll know what's happening, but, I'm OK with missing it if things go off the tracks early on. Hoping for the best, but have had a couple days to brace for the worst.
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Seriously. "Well, we really have to win this one, so, I'm going with the best lineup."
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He won't close a game we're losing. Going down early again is a great way to ensure that happens. Fair, but toss out "closer" for this game. Just throw the guy who's in the game assuming we're in a position to close. We don't have to have a special guy come in for the sake of "closing." They should be in our head because frankly you would have to try to give up 4 straight first inning homers. We need to put a 0 on the board regardless of how it makes them feel. Not wrong, but every SP has blown up in our face.
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All of the rational analysis doesn't seem to cancel out the fact that Craig Counsell getting doused in Gatorade at AmFam as an opponent just seems like a classic entry in the Encyclopedia of Wisconsin Sports Pain. It just feels like that has already been written.
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It is indeed textbook that the Brewers fail in the playoffs. I don't know why you're pretending that everybody expecting the Brewers to lose is dooming. It's very much the thing that has happened over and over again. It requires a much bigger leap of faith to think the Brewers are going to win this game. It's comical to me to see the spin some are trying to put on this. It's far more delusional to think the Brewers are going to come through in a big moment than it is to assume we're blowing this series - again.
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Just wait until the Packers lose to Joe Flacco twice in one year on different teams.
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That's all fine but some genie lamp scenario where I have a guaranteed outcome doesn't help any of that. I guess there's nothing enjoyable and zero dopamine rush from watching a result I already know. It's just dumb to me. I wouldn't answer "yes" to any of those guaranteed outcomes. Like if you asked me if I sent the NFL $1 and it would guarantee the Packers a Super Bowl I'd say no because it removes all the elements that actually makes that fun to witness. The bulk of what made the Bucks championship so cathartic was the number of times they looked dead and out.
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I'm surprised people are willing to take that trade off. The whole thing that makes it "entertainment" even if this isn't particularly enjoyable at the moment, is not knowing the outcome. Knowing that we for sure win tomorrow and then for sure get swept, removes that element completely. At that point you're watching a movie for which you already read the Wikipedia. I'm also not buying at all that the Dodgers are some unbeatable team of Gods. That bullpen has been awfully susceptible at times this year. They were definitely a beat below what they've been in other seasons.
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I hope not because that would require him to be playing.
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Meh. This opinion is probably about 80% of the fanbase at the moment, and you can't blame anybody for feeling like it. Most of the attendees tomorrow night are probably expecting a Brewers loss.
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Nah. That's giving up an awful lot even if our odds of winning tomorrow are like 10%. Plus there's nothing enjoyable about "guaranteed" wins. I also don't think starting Uribe is nuts. He's exactly who I'd go with. I don't care who closes the game, I've seen how that movie ends with our "closer," I would just stick with the guy who pitched the 8th if it's somebody who can still throw.
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Although I'm in that boat and was born after it, I think that's a pretty gross simplification. Diehards born around 1975 likely have at least some memory of that loss. That's somebody who is 50 today. That's a lot of people.
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Last year is also in the running. This would be worse, but you don't really get gut punches much worse than last year. At home of course, in Uecker's last game.
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No. That's Game 7 of the World Series. They had a 3-1 lead in the mid 6th. Recency bias just can't erase that. 2018 hurt, but I never thought we'd get by the Red Sox that year. 2011 you can make a strong case we had the best team in baseball, but we never even pushed to a Game 7, so...I would place this loss 2nd worst ever. The context makes it a lot worse, even though the stakes are lower.
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I agree, I would start someone else, pray they get three outs in no more than 4 betters, put a 0 on the board, and hand the ball to Miz with your fingers crossed. I would honestly consider starting Uribe. Him closing the game doesn't matter if it's 3-0 again right away.
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I'll just add I'm completely sick of takes like this being manipulated as "negative." At some point enough is enough. We're well past that and need to win something. It's just excuses at this point. There is no payroll or market size argument to be made for this kind of disappointment. When you win 90+ consistently, you are good enough to win a single series. I don't care if we're using volunteer players. It's lame, half the roster is going to make $300mm somewhere else in a few years.
