MLB 2014 Season

[Chico23231]

I think one thing stood out to me so far in the baseball playoffs, coaching. Orioles, Giants and Cardinals severely outcoached their opponents. Don Mattingly shouldnt be coaching the Dodgers, sorry. He wont last through next season. That job is too big for him and too many egos in the clubhouse, FO and the ownership.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I think one thing stood out to me so far in the baseball playoffs, coaching. Orioles, Giants and Cardinals severely outcoached their opponents. Don Mattingly shouldnt be coaching the Dodgers, sorry. He wont last through next season. That job is too big for him and too many egos in the clubhouse, FO and the ownership.

When he let Kershaw hit in the 7th I was surprised, I get that he was pitching lights out but when you have a chance to tack on another run instead of getting an out you need to go for it.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

When he let Kershaw hit in the 7th I was surprised, I get that he was pitching lights out but when you have a chance to tack on another run instead of getting an out you need to go for it.

Donny Baseball should have headcoached somewhere else before NY, LA or Boston. You need experience before those jobs.

[NC_Skins]

[Chico23231]

Yeah I dont know about loser DNA or that stuff, but Nats and Wiz have good young talent. I think the best is yet to come. With the Nats, the concerns are the dumb contracts and a good number of young guys coming due. I think you need to move Werth or Zim...get Stras, Rendon, Ramos, and Bryce secured into long term deals. Ian Desmond and Fister need to stick around too. Gio is locked up which is good.

RFK you sound a lil like Czaben.

[SmootSmack]

The Nationals, like the Caps, have basically rendered their regular season meaningless for me. I don't care what they do from April-September. I just want to see them do something next October

[over the mountain]

nats have a solid group.

amazing SP and they have legit MLB bats.

the undoing was the bullpen and lack of timely hitting. this team will grow together and figure it out. youd think w laroche, werth and zimm they would already have a vet presence and ready to produce in the postseason though ..

i hope nats fans can cheer for the Os. i know a lot of Os fans were pulling for the nats.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

nats have a solid group.

amazing SP and they have legit MLB bats.

the undoing was the bullpen and lack of timely hitting. this team will grow together and figure it out. youd think w laroche, werth and zimm they would already have a vet presence and ready to produce in the postseason though ..

i hope nats fans can cheer for the Os. i know a lot of Os fans were pulling for the nats.

I'll be rooting for the O's. My here-on-out rooting interests look like:

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I know most Nats fans probably hate the Giants more than the Cards right now, but I despise the Cards. Even Giants fans that were talking shit can't make me hate them as much as I hate the Cards.

[over the mountain]

heading home now .. the city better be rocking.

[DynamiteRave]

I'm an O's fan before I am a Nats fan since I grew up on O's baseball and then the Nats got their home team. (I really really love both teams though)

I rarely ever want to see Baltimore be better than Washington at anything, but in this case, I'll be thrilled to see the Orioles in the WS.

[Chico23231]

I'm pulling for the O's but hard to root against the royals.

[DynamiteRave]

The O's are breaking my heart. Bud Norris and Darren O Day (and I f'ing love O Day), have several seats.

The hitters are doing all they can to keep them in the game but the pitchers and the bullpen have absolutely blown and last night the O's went through every single reliever except Brach.

Meh.

[Chico23231]

Sucks for the O's. They need to invest in a no 1 starter, team is solid everywhere else

[BaltimoreSkins]

Well that weekend in Baltimore was depressing. If the O's win one game this series I hope it is the one Guthrie is starting.

[JLee9718]

Well, now that Matt Williams has learned that there is regular season baseball strategy and playoff game strategy, will he make any decision changes next season or will he stick to the same old script, "We did it that way all season long..."? Just call me a sore loser, but really, Williams needs to take some lessons from Buck Showalter, the Baltimore Orioles' manager. In the third game against Detroit, in the 9th inning with one out, Buck walked to the pitcher's mound and didn't summon for another reliever, he just said, "Okay, I want you to walk this guy you're facing and put him on first (and yeah, I know it's putting the winning run on base and smart baseball strategy tells you to never do that, but this is the playoffs), and then the next batter will hit into a double play and we can go home." The pitcher nodded to his manager, walked the guy at the plate, and then the next batter, as Buck had predicted, hit into a game-ending double play! The Orioles beat the Tigers 3 games to none in their playoff series! Now that's what I want Williams to do when he's faced with some hard decisions in the playoffs. Actually, I'd rather he go somewhere else to manage.