The Hey its 2021 now guys MLB thread

[Jockey]

Is LaRussa drinking again?

[Dish]

There's zero defense for that top of the 10th by LaRussa. Does he not know the rules? His decisions that inning were so bad.

And WTF was he doing or not doing on the double switch in the 9th?!

Awful.

[Dish]

LaRussa post game "I didn't know the rule".

Perfect.

[buckchuckler]

There's zero defense for that top of the 10th by LaRussa. Does he not know the rules? His decisions that inning were so bad.

And WTF was he doing or not doing on the double switch in the 9th?!

Awful.

Brutal.  The Sox don't execute in extras at all.  I don't think they've gotten their free runner in once.   Everything about that was bad.  What a waste of a great start by Keuchel.

[Jockey]

There's zero defense for that top of the 10th by LaRussa. Does he not know the rules? His decisions that inning were so bad.

And WTF was he doing or not doing on the double switch in the 9th?!

Awful.

Bottom of 10th was just as bad. You always gotta walk the 1st hitter to set up force.

[MU82]

LaRussa post game "I didn't know the rule".

Perfect.

Really?

Oy.

[buckchuckler]

Bottom of 10th was just as bad. You always gotta walk the 1st hitter to set up force.

Even after that, how do you not walk Winker???  Dude has been their best hitter and is absolutely killing RHP this season.  Wouldn't want them loaded for.... Kyle Farmer!  Even Suarez, who would have been next has been brutally bad this year.  Everything about that inning was poorly managed. 

[Jockey]

Even after that, how do you not walk Winker???  Dude has been their best hitter and is absolutely killing RHP this season.  Wouldn't want them loaded for.... Kyle Farmer!  Even Suarez, who would have been next has been brutally bad this year.  Everything about that inning was poorly managed.

Agreed.

But how about having Billy Hamilton - who may be the single worst hitter in MLB - up in another instance where the game is on the line.

The margin for error got smaller with Robert out for the year. How long can they accept this incompetence in the dugout?

[WI inferiority Complexes]

I didn't know the exclusion pitchers get from beginning at second after making the final out, either.

However, I am not a Hall of Fame baseball person, nor am I the current manager of a MLB team.

[CTWarrior]

I too, often find myself thinking "how could the game do more to injure pitchers???"

Jeez Louise.  Teams are carrying 14 pitchers nowadays!  50 years ago it was 8 for more innings (only slightly more innings because no runner on second in extras and doubleheaders were 9 innings each).  As long as pitchers don't "pitch" and just max effort, injuries are going to continue to happen. 

I want the pitching mound moved back.  Do something.  I love this sport and the lack of balls in play is really making it tough to watch a nine inning game.

[Spotcheck Billy]

LaRussa post game "I didn't know the rule".

Perfect.

those damn unwritten rules

[cheebs09]

those damn unwritten rules

Oh, he knows the unwritten ones. Sometimes he's the only one who knows them. The written ones are the ones that give him trouble.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

A shoelace away from perfection.

John Means of the Orioles threw the 3rd no-hitter of the season today. He missed a Perfect Game after a runner reached on a wild pitch strikeout in the 9th.

[Mutaman]

Even after that, how do you not walk Winker???  Dude has been their best hitter and is absolutely killing RHP this season.  Wouldn't want them loaded for.... Kyle Farmer!  Even Suarez, who would have been next has been brutally bad this year.  Everything about that inning was poorly managed.

Redlegs fan here-

1. The walk sets up a force at every base
2. Winker is a lefty and Farmer a righty
3. Winker can really hit-Farmer has no business in the majors.

Strange decision  by Tony.

[buckchuckler]

John Means of the Orioles threw the 3rd no-hitter of the season today. He missed a Perfect Game after a runner reached on a wild pitch strikeout in the 9th.

Ouch.  That's worse than a hbp.

Just saw, althe dropped 3rd, was in the 3rd.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Ouch.  That's worse than a hbp.

Just saw, althe dropped 3rd, was in the 3rd.

You're right; it was the 3rd inning, (the MLB App gave me a "Perfect Game" alert into the 9th, when it switched to a "No Hitter." Apps are some straight up bullshit sometimes.)

According to Elias, it is the first time a Perfect Game was ever lost on a missed strike three.

[MU82]

Joc Peterson just thought he hit a game-winning homer for the Cubs, flipped his bat and everything. But it was only a game-tying sac fly.

I don't mind bat-flips. Celebrations never bother me ... unless you spike the football before you reach the end zone.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Joc Peterson just thought he hit a game-winning homer for the Cubs, flipped his bat and everything. But it was only a game-tying sac fly.

I don't mind bat-flips. Celebrations never bother me ... unless you spike the football before you reach the end zone.

That was middle of the track.   RF not even in the ivy.   What a clown.

[JWags85]

Baseball is a weird flukey game, but the Cubs sweeping the Dodgers with a massively struggling Hendricks, essentially a bullpen game, and then Alzolay beating Kershaw, Bauer, and Buehler?  That's just an absurdly unexpected and unexplainable outcome

[Jockey]

That was middle of the track.   RF not even in the ivy.   What a clown.

If you were batting .143, you'd celebrate a fly ball to the warning track, too.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Baseball is a weird flukey game, but the Cubs sweeping the Dodgers with a massively struggling Hendricks, essentially a bullpen game, and then Alzolay beating Kershaw, Bauer, and Buehler?  That's just an absurdly unexpected and unexplainable outcome

Hawk Harrelson, a modern-day Mark Twain, used to say, "It's not who you play, it's when you play them." MIL and CHC can be glad they played LAD in the last week. The Dodgers are too good to lose 6 of 7 games like that again.

[Jockey]

LaRussa post game "I didn't know the rule".

Perfect.

Apparently none of his coaches did either. That's just as bad that he would hire coaches like that.

[BM1090]

Hawk Harrelson, a modern-day Mark Twain, used to say, "It's not who you play, it's when you play them." MIL and CHC can be glad they played LAD in the last week. The Dodgers are too good to lose 6 of 7 games like that again.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) for the Brewers, they play them again this weekend.

Edit: Never mind. They play the Marlins. Mixed up the two recent opponents.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Pujols will be released today, according to Jeff Passan.

[JWags85]

Pujols will be released today, according to Jeff Passan.

Ohtani becoming Superman finally shakes them out of the Pujols suck. Trout, Ohtani, and Rendon may be the best Big 3 in baseball and they still suck.

Do people think Pujols is gonna go somewhere and make a difference? Gimme a break.  Radio was frothing at the mouth about him becoming a Brewer. Have they watched him lately?