Cobra Commander Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Offensive ranks among NL teams for the 2023 Diamondbacks Runs per game: 7th Hits: 10th Doubles: 7th Triples: 1st Homers: 10th Stolen Bases: 2nd Walks: 9th Strikeouts: 2nd fewest So, be league average in a bunch of stuff without any glaring weaknesses? The Diamondbacks beat the Phillies in 4 stats during the regular season: triples, stolen bases, walks, and not striking out The top 3 NL teams in Total Bases all go down in disappointment. Braves/Dodgers/Phillies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Every team playing every other team likely didn't mess with the 2023 standings too much but I still hate it. One thing about the 2023 Diamondbacks is that they had a winning regular reason vs the Brewers and Rangers and a losing regular season against the Dodgers and Phillies. 4-2 vs the Brewers, who they swept in road games (they won 2 of 3 in Miller Park during the regular season) 5-8 vs the Dodgers, who they swept 3-4 vs the Phillies, who they beat in 7 games 3-1 vs the Rangers As for the other playoff teams. DBacks went 3-3 vs the Braves, 1-2 vs the Orioles, 0-3 vs the Astros, 2-4 vs the Marlins, 0-3 vs the Twins, 1-2 vs the Rays, 0-3 vs the Blue Jays The DBacks also did stuff like going 1-6 vs the Mets, and also going 6-1 vs the Cubs, 10-3 vs the Rockies, and 5-1 vs the Nationals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 So has the Mad Dog Russo retired yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Townsend Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 The games may be good, but I think it’s going to be hard to interest fans in the Series. Personally, I feel like this is one of the blander matchups you could get for the Series. I’m closer to a hardcore fan than I am a casual, but i don’t feel like this is going to be must-see tv. I’ll probably catch at least a few of the games, but if I have something else to do or watch… I’m looking forward more to the offseason, which always stirs up a little drama with free agent moves. lol, maybe MLB should take a page from Vince’s book and do a phantom title switch. Don’t play the games, just head straight into the off-season and whip up a Wikipedia page saying Rangers won in six or whatever. Supposedly, most casual fans have trouble remembering who won the previous year even when the games were memorable, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Stolen from facebook. . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I like the pitch clock. For the most part, there was little fuckery from umps messing with the pitch clock and it was handled pretty well. What I don't like are umps continuing to call wildly inconsistent strike zones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 30 minutes ago, Craig H said: What I don't like are umps continuing to call wildly inconsistent strike zones. This, too, shall eventually be a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hamhock said: This, too, shall eventually be a thing of the past. Not soon enough, but yeah, I agree. I think it was the 8th or 9th inning and someone had an AB after Harper where there were a couple very questionable balls and strikes. By that point though it didn't matter and I didn't care that much. When Big Dick Nick and Turner go 0 for EVERYTHING and everyone else is pressing on their ABs and trying to crank homers on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pitches then the game is pretty much over. And there's a lot to say about how young and exciting the Dbacks are and it would be neat to see them beat a team that put together a video game roster in the WS, but I ultimately do not care about either team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 For what it’s worth, didn’t one of the umps last week have a “99% correct” game according g to some stat nerd rating system ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, odessasteps said: For what it’s worth, didn’t one of the umps last week have a “99% correct” game according g to some stat nerd rating system ? The TV boxes are often wrong and the graphics they use exaggerate how much pitches miss by. You'll see pitches that seem to have missed by a ton according to on-screen graphics when in reality they're like an inch off. CloseCallSports on YouTube is great for showing this stuff. They use the raw electronic data and 3D tracking to show how the TV is sometimes not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 The UmpScorecard chart had last nights ump going 129 for 137 (94%) I suspect that the variety of high pitches that touch the zone that don’t get called strikes are pitches that people don’t actually want to be strikes in an era of high strikeout rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I'm barely paying attention to the strike zone box and rely on statcast and other shit after a game. The stuff near the end of the game that I thought was bad didn't even matter anyway when everyone in a Phillies uniform was swinging at pitches low and outside. Like actually low and outside. So I guess credit where credit is due to the Dbacks and being better prepared for what was going to be thrown at them while the Phillies, particularly Trea Turner, was just swinging at pure junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 The Diamondbacks had 55 hits and 40 singles in the series. Phillies had 51 hits and 11 homers. So one team had 40 singles and the other had 40 hits that weren’t homers. By the end, the Phillies were assaulting the medium-deep outfield with easy fly outs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 I’m rooting for the sneks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 I'm rooting for the D-backs as well, even though they just dispatched the Phillies. I also hold the Rangers organization in personal and professional contempt and disdain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 D-Backs win with Gabby as the series MVP is what I need to maximize toxic discourse among Blue Jays fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 No ghost runner in extras? Is this even baseball anymore? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 And Garcia breaks the postseason RBI record with a walk-off HR in the 11th. Jeeeeeeezus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Stop hitting him, lmao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 if only these teams were more exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Cobra Commander said: if only these teams were more exciting Clearly a huge problem they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 My favorite thing was during the week some stat folks were bitching that Garcia wasn't drawing any walks in the postseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 It still blows my mind that they use the Grateful Dead as the music to go to break . That would have been insane when Garcia was alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 11 hours ago, Johnny Sorrow said: It still blows my mind that they use the Grateful Dead as the music to go to break . That would have been insane when Garcia was alive. Over a decade in and I’m still not over them using Ozzy to sell cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 The Rangers are taking Adolis Garcia off the playoff roster A decision about Max Scherzer hasn’t been made yet Edit Scherzer had been removed too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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