06-26-2023, 08:05 PM
They flat out lost this last game.
Fraley's embarrassingly pathetic attempt at a throw to the plate from shallow right field didn't even make it to the infield grass in the air. There was only a runner on third so there was no need to hit the cut off man. I would have pulled him aside and asked him "WTF was that? I hope to not see anything like that from you again."
Four of the Braves seven runs were scored by runners that got on base by a walk. None of the Reds runs involved a walk. The bullpen took turns walking nine Braves and hitting one. They gave up more free passes(10) than hits(9). Duarte was the only pitcher of the six used yesterday that didn't walk anyone.
Do you think that maybe Bell and company should've mentioned to Will Benson that Charlie Morton throws a lot of curveballs? It looked like Benson saw his very first breaking ball yesterday.
In fact, I think that Morton might have thrown maybe four or five curveballs in the strike zone and a lot of Reds hitters did a whole lot of chasing of the other curves that he threw out of the zone.
This was playoff baseball. Here's the game duration times starting with the last loss before the long winning streak.
@ St Louis
2:36 - home team did not bat in the 9th
2:47
2:43
@ KC
3:27 10 innings
2:30
2:40
@ Houston
2:21
2:52
3:12 10 innings
vs Colorado
2:52
2:51
2:25
vs Atlanta
3:13 - home team did not bat in the 9th
3:09
3:28
The Atlanta announcers were pretty impressed with the Reds. After Steer flew out to the warning track to end the 8th with two men on, one of the announcers nervously asked before the commercial break "When does the plane leave for Atlanta?"
Fraley's embarrassingly pathetic attempt at a throw to the plate from shallow right field didn't even make it to the infield grass in the air. There was only a runner on third so there was no need to hit the cut off man. I would have pulled him aside and asked him "WTF was that? I hope to not see anything like that from you again."
Four of the Braves seven runs were scored by runners that got on base by a walk. None of the Reds runs involved a walk. The bullpen took turns walking nine Braves and hitting one. They gave up more free passes(10) than hits(9). Duarte was the only pitcher of the six used yesterday that didn't walk anyone.
Do you think that maybe Bell and company should've mentioned to Will Benson that Charlie Morton throws a lot of curveballs? It looked like Benson saw his very first breaking ball yesterday.
In fact, I think that Morton might have thrown maybe four or five curveballs in the strike zone and a lot of Reds hitters did a whole lot of chasing of the other curves that he threw out of the zone.
This was playoff baseball. Here's the game duration times starting with the last loss before the long winning streak.
@ St Louis
2:36 - home team did not bat in the 9th
2:47
2:43
@ KC
3:27 10 innings
2:30
2:40
@ Houston
2:21
2:52
3:12 10 innings
vs Colorado
2:52
2:51
2:25
vs Atlanta
3:13 - home team did not bat in the 9th
3:09
3:28
The Atlanta announcers were pretty impressed with the Reds. After Steer flew out to the warning track to end the 8th with two men on, one of the announcers nervously asked before the commercial break "When does the plane leave for Atlanta?"
Only users lose drugs.
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