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And sometimes a pitcher CC calls upon who has been lights out has a bad night. It happens. These players are not robots. Even the best of the best have outings that stink. My main beef - if you can call it that - is sometimes CC doesn't have someone else up just in case his first option struggles. Exactly. Some have a comprehension problem with this but I think you're take is perfectly reasonable. Top of 6: ~ 70 pitches = Davies = pitching great. Austin > .180 BA Black > 1 run lead = St Louis = Destroyed. Hader Pomeranz Suter = need rest. I would argue the comprehension issue is not with the people that scratched the head at the moves made by Counsell in ^^ game.

You lost me with your comments on Williams Barnes. Although they are wonderful low leverage, mop up pitchers.

Or, maybe we’re meant to beat the Nats, and to play the Dodgers in a 5 gamer instead of 7. Remember how much pressure will be on those 2 teams. They are expected to win. Pressure pressure. Dodgers will likely sweep us. Brewers weren’t supposed to get into the playoffs either, but did. Dodgers supposed to win a World Series but don’t. Also remember this: the most important aspect of a baseball team is the bullpen. They might have a better offense and rotation, but we got em with the pen. But, first we beat the Nats.

Or, maybe we’re meant to beat the Nats, and to play the Dodgers in a 5 gamer instead of 7. Remember how much pressure will be on those 2 teams. They are expected to win. Pressure pressure.

Playoff pitching rosters taking shape with Albers and Black now eliminated from consideration in all likelihood. Tomorrow i rest Grandal and Moose. And pitch Burnes for 2-3 innings, Claudio, Houser for 1-2, Albers, Peralta, D Williams. If we win, great, if not, ok too.

For all 9 innings in the last month? 9.2 IP 6 H 2 BB 20 K’s Yeah, I’d say so.

Peralta is death to right handed hitters.

Is there any doubt we should bring Gio back? This guy can really pitch.

Yes, agree, but he does work out of it most of the time.

Hiura almost threw that away. Him and Shaw need a sports psychologist.

Context matters. Lots of things I say are taken out of context, like the Black comments, go back and find that comment on unhittable stuff, you might find I said IF he can can command he’d have unhittable stuff. But go thru the pitching thread and you’ll see what I really think of him. But whatever, the games over, what happened is written, time to move on. Black is now out of the picture, and won’t sniff a leverage until 2020 at the earliest.

Lack of understanding? I understand quite well thank you. One of a million prognostications came kinda true? A million is definitely an exaggeration, more like dozens and dozens. Applauding him for his September pen management and then banging on him last night are mutually exclusive? Ahhh no, don’t think they are. As far as CC is concerned, imo, it’s more his overwhelmingly palpable aura of confidence that has this team playing at such a high level. Then the perfect storm of Suter only giving up 1 run in 2 months of pitching, Peralta going to AAA this last time and finding his best command/control that he’s had in 2 years with MKE. Pomeranz finding his niche, Hader his slider, Jackson vs righties, Claudio vs lefties, Guerra his splitter. And of course Counsell knowing how and when to use his pen. Everyone makes mistakes, even CC. Imo he made one in yesterday’s game. That’s it.

Yes, this next CBA, is the whole ball of wax, at least for the next 7-10 years or more. I’m not very hopeful, without Selig, to help the small markets. Only real hope is to have more revenue sharing, even the playing field much more than it is now. I know Selig has gotten a fair amount of revenue sharing already, but with revenue having exploded in the last 10 years, the gap has widened. 600 mil a year to the Yankees vs 170 mil a year to the Rays, not good. With everything equalizing analytically and brain power wise, money will be the true separator. Imo.

He was wrong to take out a starter you have repeatedly said you don't like, to go to our pen, which you have repeatedly said is the best in baseball, to a pitcher in Black you have repeatedly said has unhittable stuff? Sure. Simple. You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried! Go back and look at what I really think of black, pitching thread should do it. What in the heck does my general dislike for Davies have to do with anything? He’s been pitching really well lately, which we all know. Your opinions are biased towards me, just like 3-5 others maybe more. But you know what > for all of my early ridiculous predictions, as bad as they were, this last couple months I’ve been dead on. Sorry, but you can’t really mock me for RECENT comments and prediction’s, especially with regards to the bullpen, since I called EXACTLY what would happen before this run. I said this pen would be outrageously dominant AND IT HAS. I said they’d go on a run AND THEY DID. That’s simple facts.

Keep feeding the wild animals and they will keep coming back. Disruption? How about an on topic opinion? Instead of bashing me for the 27th time, you could make your specific comments known regarding this very specific take within this topic or just shush. That’s of course just my opinion, thank you for your consideration.