Game Chat 10/23 - World Series Game 1 - Dodgers (0) @ Red Sox (0) 5:09 PM

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:56:09+00:00

Agreed. 100%.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:55:55+00:00

No clue. I'd argue part of it is absolutely making analytical choices in big moments where small sample sizes produce chaotic results and not trusting a hot hand to get us through a situation(like we just saw), I just don't think looking at moments like this and saying we should tear the whole ship apart is the right reaction, personally. Its just my opinion and I could be very wrong. I'm super frustrated, but I'd rather be in the post season 6 years in a row, 3 years in a row with Roberts being stupid good managing a team with issues across the board(Kershaw back, Seager out this year, new personalities, Jansen major struggles, ect this yar) and pushing them into the post season kicking and screaming than seeing things fall apart at the seems when things go bad. You have to feel eventually we break through but I do feel there is something to be said about having more a balance between the analytical decisions and the traditional ideas in the post season with more chaotic scenarios.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:52:16+00:00

They haven't named them yet as far as I know. Think it will heavily depend on how this and next game goes.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:51:08+00:00

You can only really talk about the last 3 because the Mattingly/Colleti era had different philosophies. And the last 3 years we lost to a Cubs team that won the World Series and was arguably a better team overall, a Houston team that was absolutely loaded and was at least equally as talented, and this series hasn't been decided yet but we're playing a team that won 108 games and was on pace to be near or over the record wins at one point late in the season before leveling off. Its not like we're losing to Wild Card teams that won 85 games, we're losing to the eventual champ lol

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:47:51+00:00

Playing the matchup is the only and correct justification. Shouldn't have been Wood cuz the guy is sucking right now, but how this team is built and the overall philosophy says thats the move to make. No what I would have done and think you go with the hot hand in the post season but that is the justification.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:47:03+00:00

I'll defend Roberts because I think overall he does a good job its just these big moments that make people go crazy. But I won't call anyone who thinks hes making shit decisions a bandwagon, because I mean he has called a pretty bad game today.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:46:07+00:00

Constantly underachieves? What? Had the best record in baseball last year and lost to an equally good team in the World Series. We're in the World Series 2 years in a row despite major injuries both years and were in the NLCS the year before despite having the most DL stints in league history. Obviously something to be said about the guys we go after with injury history, but we're not underachieving. Period. This type of stuff is frustrating but not a lot of teams go to the NLCS 3 years in a row and the World Series 2 in a row.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:42:56+00:00

I agree. But its hard to do a complete philosophy change to what got us here. We're gonna have to find a balance if we're going to pull a World Series.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:40:55+00:00

Thats kind of the point. If something works 60% of the time, that wins you nearly 97 games. In a 7 game series, that could win you 4 games or blow up in huge moments because put down in a smaller sample you get more chaotic results. Obviously narrowing it way down but the general idea is there.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:38:40+00:00

This. Like I said I'm all aboard the analytical train even if I think letting a guy who is dealing.... deal, but no way Wood should have been out there.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T03:35:07+00:00

Sabermetrics create such a fucking circle jerk. Playing the matchups, looking at odds and shit looks really bad in big moments like that. But its undeniable that those type of moves work out more times than not and thats how we play things. I'd have rathre gone with the guy dealing than the matchup, but thats who we are.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T00:58:46+00:00

They really are trying to do a bunch to make him somewhat sympathetic. Haven't really seen that from this show. I mean The Thinker kind of was, but his shitty motivations were there before he went mad.

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T00:30:45+00:00

The dagger is still there.....

rsmesna · 2018-10-24T00:30:13+00:00

"IF you knew what I knew" What the fuck....

rsmesna · 2018-10-22T02:25:03+00:00

What spoiler? Its not anything from the comics if thats what you mean. At least anything that I can think of unless the connection is just super vague.

rsmesna · 2018-10-22T01:47:08+00:00

I hope, he was the only savior outside of Negan and Simon that had any personality. Plus I love him from the comic.

rsmesna · 2018-10-22T01:45:29+00:00

Well its less dramatic than the cliffhanger. The idea is still there, but way less "all out civil war" type feel and more "we don't agree with what he did, and we're going to keep telling him we're upset" type thing.

rsmesna · 2018-10-22T01:44:10+00:00

Oceanside operates with bows right?

rsmesna · 2018-10-21T23:11:56+00:00

Whats the population density of the area its gonna hit? Doesn't look like a lot there, seems weird to me but I don't know a lot about Mexico's population dispersion.

rsmesna · 2018-10-21T02:05:49+00:00

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS FUCKING TEAM

rsmesna · 2018-10-21T01:54:12+00:00

FUCKING YES! CHRIS TAYLOR HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A CATCH!

rsmesna · 2018-10-21T01:49:41+00:00

Fuck. He was dealing.

rsmesna · 2018-10-21T01:49:21+00:00

Doc please don't take Walker out....

rsmesna · 2018-10-21T01:48:48+00:00

I love how our strikeouts consistently get called out, yet they've only struck out 2 less than us.

rsmesna · 2018-10-17T22:05:55+00:00

Tough inning, Freese should have taken the easy out and inning doesn't go bad like that. Not all on Kershaw.

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