BrewerFan

I definitely do not know any such thing.

Yeah, I'm not alll that concerned about the INTC part of the equation, that was just another kinda abnormal action. The Govt' taking a stake in American Companies? But that's not what I'm concerned with. I'm not even really all that concerned, but it's more with NVDA investing in it's clients in the DC market... it's clients investing in AMD... that CAN be a sign of a bubble... or they just really believe in OpenAI...

Well... of course it comes down to the players executing more. We've managed games perfectly and lost with Hader giving up multiple runs in multiple playoffs on walk-offs to lefties or with Devin Williams in to close out games. But... the manager puts them in the position. He trusted Misiorowski because we DESPERATELY needed someone to come through for us and take up some of Woody's innings. Even in Football where scheme matters and has a bigger impact on a game, it's still about the players executing. Phil Jackson isn't winning rings with George Hill, Gary Trent Jr and Royce O'Neal in the triangle. But it's hard to say Murphy hasn't pressed the right buttons when... ALMOST everything he's going with is working... almost perfectly.

I don't get how. It worked... to...perfection. If Misiorowkski struggles. Well... he didn't. And if he does, they bring in Patrick who was dominate earlier. Ashby was also squeezed badly. In fact, it was one of the worst umped games of the playoffs and I thought 9 of the 10 calls that were the worst were against the Brewers. He threw a CB that was middle and EASILY caught the top 3rd of the zone and it was called a strike in a 1-1 count that would have made it 1-2...which completely changes the outcome. What if... is a game you can play at ad infinitum. Coming into the game I thought... do not limit Ashby. People were saying "save him for Gm3." I didn't agree, I thought he'd pitch well... and he pitched alright. They hit a 3R HR on a ball out of the zone. That's... just a great piece of hitting, but he could have been out of that inning. -If Vaughn doesn't hit a 3R HR, they win the game 4-3... -If Mis struggles, you go to Patrick earlier and he was throwing 98, hitting his spots and had really good movement. -If the Brewers don't jump out to a 4 run lead, they're very likely running when they got a base runner like Durbin, Ortiz, Turang...instead, they d✅idn't try and manufacture a run. But here's what decides if it's a master class... it's really the same as when you're a play caller in Football. Did it work? -Ashby gave up 3R HR. Didn't work.❌ -Mears came in(again, one of the worst missed strike calls)-Got out of the 2nd ✅ -Misiorowski was overpowering and the Cubs were just completely outmatched.✅ -Patrick-Again, dominant and still fresh for Gm3.✅ -Koenig threw a nice 7th inning AND came back and got the Cubs best hitter out to start the 8th.✅ -Megill... who has 1 appearance in the last... what, 6 weeks, he came in and got two easy outs. ✅ -Uribe.. who also hadn't pitched in 8 days and even before that, hadn't pitched much.✅ -Trusted Chourio- He put them away with the 3R HR. ✅ You save your CLEAR #2 pitcher for Gm3 vs -✅ Most importantly, Brewers up 2-0 AND SHUT THE CUBS DOWN✅✅ If you're the manager and nearly button you push... is the right button... I don't see how it's anything BUT a master class! Also, I really doubt he's planning on going with Quintana after Priester in a "stack" game. That...doesn't make any sense. A lefty starter, that made sense. They have their two best hitters #1 and #3, both of whom are lefties. So if he choose to go with Koenig to start this game, that'd make sense. I don't think he will, but it'd make sense. You have to be ready for a Gm4 if needed though, and I only see Quintana coming in if Priester struggles.

Any idea why some of these guys who have agreements don't sign? I'm looking at Jeremy Denaud, considered the 9th rated prospect a couple years ago by BA and tied to the Blue Jays or Jensy Rivas, another highly touted IFA who was supposed to sign with the Mets? Are these deals that tenuous that... if a deal falls through(I know the Blue Jays had to trade some IFA money a couple years ago for... Bassit maybe) that.. teams lose interest and these guys are just kinda out of luck? I know Raymel Ortiz was accused of lying about his age... and there was another 3B who was a top ~3, maybe the top prospect who agreed to a deal for 4-5M that was negated, but... what's up with the rest of the players? 3 others from the top 50 unsigned?

I know, you already said.

Well... it's not a crazy question when someone is on like... 5 straight years running of "The Packers could take last in the division," and every game talks about how they're going to lose almost no matter how well it's going... It's not like I'm asking @adambr2who he's a fan of because he is a bit...pessimistic. I know he's a Packers fan. But when everyone else has them in the top 6-7 still... after a couple of really flukey games they went 0-1 in after beating the team that'll have it "wrapped up" SO early it'll be...week 17, it's an honest question.

Well, again, I didn't expect it(don't expect it)... I was just saying I don't think Mis is "down" for Gm3 because of his innings pitched in Gm2. And I don't we're anywhere near seeing a "typical" outing from him. I love the kid, I'd sign him long term... but he's still the same guy who can lock you down as he can go out there and walk 4 guys in an inning. He was probably 2 balls away from the BP getting up when he walked the... first batter and then got down 2-0 to the next(I think he ended up walking 2 that 3rd inning, but he came back from 2-0, got a K and then the ground out. Point is, I think he's got a short leesh but the potential to give us... almost bulk pitcher type innings if he's on. He could easily be the X-factor for us this post-season. He and Patrick.

But the original premise was right. It won't take much to move AMD. Conversely... it's not going to take much to move NVDA DOWN but a LOT to move it up. I love that everyone is sooo confident in AGI and that it could generate TRILLIONS over the next decade for NVDA, but I'm... not loving the circular investing. OpenAI invests in AMD, NVDA invests in OpenAI... 1.5B. Meanwhile the Govt' buys a steak in INTC and kinda...."encourages" NVDA to work with them so they can get the export controls lifted on the B30, but now China doesn't WANT to buy from them(though their largest companies still plan to if that does in fact end up happening). So Nvidia is investing 1.5B in a company that buys from Nvidia... I haven't asked many questions yet, but that's getting a bit concerning(from a layman's viewpoint). Though, I will say, when it's been time to unload or buy something, I do get a call, so I'm just curious now. @owbcyou seem to be more knowledgeable on the tokenization and the GPUs infrastructure. Is this just Nvidia investing in another promising company or are they kinda... ensuring OpenAI has enough revenue to goose their revenue which is taking a potentially 50 BILLION dollar hit this year from the loss of China(which used to be 25% of their revenue)... I will say, my inaction and being leery of paying the income tax vs long term Capital Gains on AMD has been an incredibly lucky and undeserved development. I had every intention of selling, I just... wasn't sure where else to put it. It's also got me wishing I'd bought 10K shares instead of 5K(then again, I get just sick looking at where I bought D-wave and where it is now... but I didn't have conviction in that investment).

I'm not advocating for it, but... wouldn't that be Misiorwoski's BP day? I mean, to be clear, I'm happy with what he's given us this series, but... he could throw an inning if we NEEDED it. I don't trust him like that yet, but... just hypothetically.

Losing... that's... it. Just... losing!

You are not forgiven... get your priorities in order man!

They could start Koenig... THEN go with Priester. But I'm about 95% sure Priester will pitch Gm3.

They do, Henderson... Murphy clearly trusts them... and how many guys on down the line are responsible for getting these guys up here and helping them figure it out....

I think the ONLY move he made that I would have... was bringing Koenig back out to face Tucker in the 8th... and even that wasn't a huge edge given his splits. But now Patrick is still available for innings, Miz has some confidence... just an incredible game and Murph deserves all the credit. Vaughn deserves some as well. The playoffs are SO much tougher the later you go without scoring, so coming back and putting runs on the board in the 1st was massive.

9 more to go...

2-0 88.9% of the time! Ueck's year... finish them off Wed and root for the Phillies to get a W vs the Dodgers(just to make the series go longer).

I'll take that strike!

...ok, that may have been asking a bit much... But now, lets see Lockridge in LF and just throw Strikes Uribe. My heart rate is at a cool resting rate of 120 beats per minute. Lets not get it up too much...

This DP's would be a LOT more frustrating were we not up 7-3... What are the chances Ortiz can get into one here?

I thought he was a really likable guy!

Yup! Wild I started this game about 20 minutes late and had a buddy messaging me about how bad the umps were and what a long night this was going to be... What a turnaround it's been...

I would bet my right arm they go with Uribe in the 9th. I also like going with Megill first...

I can kinda see that from the Cubs perspective... But he's out Miz!

Where is that? C'mon Blue!