Postseason Baseball 2004

[Del Murder]

Looks like the Astros weak pitchers got it done. Now they get to see Clemens and Oswalt again and have to beat them both.

Houston over Boston in six

[The Captain]

I never thought I'd be able to say it again for good reason but here it is:

It's Lima Time!! What a game he pitched.

Take care all.

[Yamaneko]

He pitched a hell of a game. Go Dodgers!

[Strider]

The Dodgers got lucky and you know it.

Lima's hand tapped that bunt of his in the third inning. And even if the umpires hadn't caught that one, Brett Mayne should've been out at second. Without that break, it's still a scoreless game and who knows what happens?

Stupid L.A...

[eestlinc]

Clemens threw over 110 pitches last start and is going on three days rest. And he's 42 years old. And the Braves got a lot of base runners against him. The reason the Braves lost game 3 is because John Thomson reinjured himself in the first inning and their pitching was thrown off balance all night. Russ Ortiz and Jaret Wright can and will shut the Astros down. JD Drew and Chipper Jones can't stay cold forever.

[White Raven]

I don't know that much aboot Baseball, but I found this humourous:

[The Captain]

Boston can't begin to talk smack until they actually prove something when it counts.

Take care all.

[Kirobaito]

Though that graphic is true. And does make a statement.

[eestlinc]

another gutsy comeback.

[Del Murder]

Man, the Braves really got lucky today against the clearly better team, but that's what you get when you play cheaply like that. I guess every dog has their day.

Ok, just kidding. I like to get under eest's skin every now and then. Atlanta made an impressive comeback to force a game 5 at home, quite a favorable situation. The pressure is on Oswalt now. This has turned out to be the best series thus far.

[eestlinc]

i was going to throttle you at first...

Oswalt on three days rest is not so favorable. Wright should be better. Then again, if Tim McClelland is the home plate umprie again, who knows. He was the home plate umpire for both game one and the game in San Diego where Wright was horrible and only lasted a few outs.

[Del Murder]

I meant favorable for Atlanta. They have all the momentum now. I'm glad the Cards won so I can at least see this game 5 after work. Should be a good one.

[eestlinc]

I think the Braves have the momentum, but they came home for game 5s in the NLDS each of the last two years and lost. However, neither time did they face a pitcher on three days rest.

[Del Murder]

Well personally I think the three days rest thing is overrated. Is there an actual stat kept somewhere that shows that pitchers on three days rest do so much worse?

I think Boston can, and should, send Schilling out there 3 times in the ALCS (assuming there is a game 7).

[eestlinc]

well, three days rest isn't a big deal if you do it all the time, but here's a good stat courtesy of espn.com:

Over the last six postseasons, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Clemens was the 40th pitcher to start a game on short rest. Teams taking that gamble now have a '62-Mets-like record of 11-29 in those 40 games. The record of those pitchers themselves is 7-20, with an ERA north of 5.00.

edit: and make Odalis Perez #41.