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Game day definitely got ball 3 way wrong. That pitch was definitely a ball, way low and outside. I think he's referring to Ball 1. Ball 2 was way low and outside. There was no Ball 3. Sorry, I meant pitch 3. Gameday had that up in the zone on the inside part of the plate but it was low and outside (not quite as bad as the wild pitch but way out of the zone). I actually went back on my recording a few times to make sure I didn’t miss a pitch as I had Gameday open when they were reviewing the stolen base by Huira to see how far outside the two strikes to Reyes were.

And then the next three pitches to Reyes are looking really bad on Gameday…. All called the opposite….not even borderline calls. Game day definitely got ball 3 way wrong. That pitch was definitely a ball, way low and outside.

Is no new news so far today a good or bad thing?

Ump was lucky on that one.

Not to mention, wouldn’t it be the most Wisconsin thing to actually beat the Nets only lose to the Hawks with Bogdanovic going off on us after we tried to acquire him in the offseason?

Is getting it down to 13 with 1:23 remaining in the game really flirting with needing you put your starters back in? I didn't say they had crossed that line. It went from 21 to 13 quickly and if it gets down to single digits then yeah you're probably there. I've seen it happen and it is awkward when it does. I feel like your misremembering how quickly it happened. Bucks were up 21 at 4:06 after Middleton made a shot and then called a timeout up 19 at 3:50 to put in the reserves. Took the Nets almost two and a half minutes to whittle the lead 6 more points, down to 13 - for the NBA, that doesn’t seem to quick to me. Agree 100% with you that it is awkward, and slightly embarrassing, when you’ve got to put the starters back in but don’t feel like it was really close to that in this game. If the Nets had been down 13 1/1.5 minutes earlier I think your comment is more accurate as getting to single digits with enough time to do something would have been more likely.

Is getting it down to 13 with 1:23 remaining in the game really flirting with needing you put your starters back in?

Is there a flopping foul in the NBA?

The one he got driving to the hoop? I’m not sure I’m in favor of having more coaches challenges, but it sorta sucks when you only get one and can’t challenge a call like that in the 1st half.

That kicked ball call against the Bucks was turrible. Two refs closest to the action let it go and the 3rd ref across the court calls it after Harden has time to turn around and throw up his hands with Holiday already to mid-court.

What specifically has he done that makes him a bad teammate/clubhouse guy? I’ve never really paid attention to him.

Did he have a lot of time to think about the throw? I missed it No, he fielded a swinging bunt on the run and almost beaned the batter running up the line. It was a tough play and Vogelbach should’ve caught it. ETA: That isn’t to say it was a good throw.

Cards were doing OK 'till that Damn Bill Murray showed up. This pen has to be the worst in all of organized ball Have you seen the Reds bullpen?

Looks like it was his personal body guard who is on the Nets payroll. Not sure why he’s allowed to rush the court and push a player in the back.

Sure looked like somebody with Nets logo on his jacket rushed and pushed Tucker from behind when they had their little scuffle.

I think part of it is also has to do with how few innings he pitched last year due to the shortened season. They probably want to have it be less taxing early on so he’s able to be more versatile in a pennant race/playoffs later on in the year.

Looked like he tried to get out of the way, just could get the foot moved quick enough.

Two of them should have at least had one more pitch to possibly put the ball in play.

It actually is pretty amazing how they manage to win. The offense makes the most out of opportunities this year, bullpen manages to get shelled when they lose and pitch great when they win. They give up way more runs than they score but have one of the best records in the league. It would be a pretty crazy year for most teams but it's pretty standard for a team coached by CC. He absolutely deserves to be considered one of the best imo. 6 is way more?

Coming into tonight Brewers relievers were 20th by FIP based WAR (0.7), 14th by runs allowed based WAR (1.0) & 9th in Win Probability Added (+1.67). Their 55 shutdown outings rank 10th among MLB bullpens, while their 33 meltdown outings rank 19th. Only nine bullpens have more wins (13) & only two have fewer losses (6). They've given up most of their runs in low leverage situations & haven't blown very many games they should have won so far, I'd say that's holding up. Counting on continuing to give up your runs in low leverage situations is partly luck based and not really a sustainable strategy. They've stayed really healthy at the back end of the pen and it's still early. The depth will be tested at some point, and high leverage innings will be needed out of lesser relievers once load management becomes more of an issue in the pen. They're also down 2 guys who were part of their success in higher leverage situations. I'd be shocked if they don't make some additions. Was Rasmussen really part of our success in higher level situations? He blew the game in his first high level situation against StL in the beginning of the year, pitched in games that weren’t super close (5+ run margin) for the next 7 appearances (one of which he gave up 2 runs that lead to needing to bring Hader in) and then had some higher level situations his last 6 appearance but was picked up by the offense in one (extra inning game vs Dodgers), got the save against Miami in the 10th (both of these games I believe there weren’t many other options IIRC) and then some closer games we were losing at the time of his appearance (kudos to him for keeping it close). Also, is there anybody here who is arguing we shouldn’t attempt to improve the pen? I’d guess most would be shocked if they don’t make some additions.

I'd like to see these fan videos... This was the first hit on google when i tried 'Brandon woodruff foreign substance' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET4NP4N7Cx0&ab_channel=EverythingSports I don't think we can deny that the Brewers do this just as much as pretty much everyone else. Just watching the Mets-Padres game as I watched that video. I’m not going to deny that it is likely the Brewers (along with lots of players/teams) are using foreign substances but hey_commy definitely states that DeGrom is clean in his video and I looked up and watch him do the exact same thing that is “proof” that Woodruff and Burnes are doing it. Could be that there just hasn’t been video of DeGrom doing it, but based on his absurd numbers it seems likely too.

I would assume you’d be okay under the “personal size food item” part of the policy. Might need to get smaller bags and not a big one though.

Here you go: LINK 88% of true strikes were called correctly and 92% of true balls.

Doesn’t appear to have been too many this year. BruisedCrew posted this in yesterday’s IGT: “They have lost 4 when leading after 6, 2 when leading after 7, and none when leading after 8. I don’t know offhand if that is 6 different games or if 1 or 2 of the ones leading after 7 were also ones where they were leading after 6.”

I'm not sure they knew they were going to draft Love until 10 minutes before they drafted him. That isn't what he said though. He is simply pointing out the fact the Packers knew they were willing to draft a QB in the first round before hand. You don't just decide, hey, lets trade up and draft a QB. You had to have had quite a few conversations over a period of time prior to the draft to be willing to trade up for a QB like that. I am guessing the 15 or so drafts prior basically any QB in the entire draft could have fallen to their first (or even second) pick and they wouldn't have drafted them. With what we know about Rodgers, I have a feeling he would have used them having a conversation about potentially drafting a QB in the first round as an insult as well. It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation for the Packers in my opinion.