Author Topic: Nationals vs Diamondbacks, Game 3 (Read 3295 times)

Why are we saying throwing a strike = guaranteed home run? That’s like the absolute worst case scenario out of many scenarios. Throw a bunch of balls and that’s the guaranteed run.

dcpatti · « **Reply #38:** April 29, 2018, 02:32:50 PM »

Quote from: spidernat on April 29, 2018, 02:28:03 PM

amounts to the same thing and only nets 1 run instead of a guaranteed 4

My whole point was that if you’re going to lose, it’s better to go out fighting rather than whimpering and just handing it over. Not sure why it’s a controversial position.

bluestreak · « **Reply #39:** April 29, 2018, 02:33:42 PM »

Quote from: dcpatti on April 29, 2018, 02:32:50 PM

My whole point was that if you’re going to lose, it’s better to go out fighting rather than whimpering and just handing it over. Not sure why it’s a controversial position.

Because WNFF.

spidernat · « **Reply #40:** April 29, 2018, 02:40:43 PM »

Quote from: bluestreak on April 29, 2018, 02:32:49 PM

Why are we saying throwing a strike = guaranteed home run? That’s like the absolute worst case scenario out of many scenarios. Throw a bunch of balls and that’s the guaranteed run.

no one said that,

it's the hypothetical that was brought up the other day where the pitch was hit for a home run, some people said that the grand slam was better than the walk

it's as stupid as saying that when you're down by 6 runs and you have the bases loaded you're better off with a single or a walk because a grand slam kills the rally

skippy1999 · « **Reply #41:** April 29, 2018, 02:42:07 PM »

NatNasty · « **Reply #42:** April 29, 2018, 02:42:12 PM »

Boom!

welch · « **Reply #43:** April 29, 2018, 02:42:21 PM »

I beginning to like MAT, again.

spidernat · « **Reply #44:** April 29, 2018, 02:42:51 PM »

Quote from: dcpatti on April 29, 2018, 02:32:50 PM

My whole point was that if you’re going to lose, it’s better to go out fighting rather than whimpering and just handing it over. Not sure why it’s a controversial position.

a walk could also be the result of bad umpiring

I get it that you don't want a pitcher who is nibbling or is all over the place except for the strike zone but I'm not buying that the grand slam at least shows that you're going down fighting

dcpatti · « **Reply #45:** April 29, 2018, 02:54:37 PM »

Quote from: spidernat on April 29, 2018, 02:42:51 PM

a walk could also be the result of bad umpiring

I get it that you don't want a pitcher who is nibbling or is all over the place except for the strike zone but I'm not buying that the grand slam at least shows that you're going down fighting

seriously, if you think I literally meant “please, I’d prefer to lose by a larger margin” then I just don’t know how much more plainly I can put it. Winning > being beaten because the other guy played better or even just got lucky > being beaten because you couldn’t execute the basics

spidernat · « **Reply #46:** April 29, 2018, 03:02:27 PM »

I never said you preferred that scenario but you're the one that said that giving up a grand slam would've been better than what actually happened and since you have complained about other posters exaggerating the team's early struggles

and BTW, we have people here who have said they prefer to lose by wider margins than 1 run

spidernat · « **Reply #47:** April 29, 2018, 03:04:14 PM »

that beagle looked miserable

varoadking · « **Reply #48:** April 29, 2018, 03:05:10 PM »

Can we agree that you have to challenge the batter and make him beat you in that situation yesterday?

I think the problem we had was more the guy on the mound than the mindset...he simply couldn't execute...

spidernat · « **Reply #49:** April 29, 2018, 03:07:14 PM »

Quote from: varoadking on April 29, 2018, 03:05:10 PM

Can we agree that you have to challenge the batter and make him beat you in that situation yesterday?

I think the problem we had was more the guy on the mound than the mindset...he simply couldn't execute...

I won't disagree with either of those points.