Crappy starting pitching, lack of depth (Kiki and Joc), Kershaw, Muncy, and now Turner all out, Bauer (their best pitcher in the league) suspended before playoffs, Leagues hitting champion stopped hitting, Seeger (either a HR or K) Turner before injury lost in post season, etc. I suspect any of those things let alone all would be a great help for any opposing team-red hot or not.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Should the Dodgers lose we can all point to many things that went wrong. In so doing we are likely to avoid the one truism: The answer lies with Trevor Bauer and the chain of events that directly resulted from that fiasco. We should not have been in the do or die position with the inferior Giants and we should not have had to even get to that point with a one off game with the Cardinals. On paperby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Way to hot for me. No question lots and lots of flavors. But hard for me to enjoy because of the heat.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
a wonderful lesson for these kids re alcohol and how the excessiveness can be so harmful. And that will -or should-last much longer than anything relating to the season of football. As painful as this can be to the players it likely may well be so much more beneficial to them in the future than the game itself. good luck to them and to their future.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
There are some -if not many-coaches who become idols for the kids they coach. And when the coach does something that ruins that trust it can do a lot of harm to young minds that are not quite prepared for such a breach. Of course there are those situations-like the one your addressing-where the loss might be a relief.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Hopefully the coach will get professional help and the kids won't hold him up as a role model for an adult authority figure-at least not until he does seek help. Sometimes coaches are as close to or even closer to children than their own parent(s) which is sad.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
"The Youth program is very good. HS has been the problem." Is the "youth program" part of the public schools ?by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
You will always have a small percentage (larger if the game is a goner) leaving because even if your residence is close by you could be stuck in traffic for literally hours-and today is a workday. Those people that your tv saw leaving in their cars were likely not "hard core" and believe-as I did sitting at home-that based on the two prior games there was no chance coming from a three rby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Very, very unsportsmanlike ! When you line up to punt most teams expect you to punt. To then fake it and pass is not fair. Indeed it's unsportsmanlike. Even though I'm a Ram fan I believe the call was spot on.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
its down to Smith as they only consistent one. Strike AJ from my list.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
He did that often in Detroit with some good results and some bad, Other qbs use the no-look as part of their game. The problem with the no-look is fairly obvious.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
at least IMO.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
that traces the alleged ownership of the ball Thomson hit is Dellillo's "Underworld". The single most non-linear book I've ever read. A difficult read but it does go into detail as to the last inning of that game-really detailed-even as to what celebrities were present and where they were sitting. Spoiler here-the real ball was never found contrary to the book.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
JT really having a bad playoff. Seeger inconsistent as is Betts. Seems as thought the only half way consistent threats are Lux, AJ, and Will Smith. Key word "consistent". Also-I don't think Albert gives them as much as most fans think he does. Notwithstanding last year against the Braves I think tonight is a must game for the blue. Otherwise I'm betting its a World Series between Kikiby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
back in 1951. Faked being sick and stayed home to watch my favorite team (Brooklyn Dodgers) on our first tv to play the Giants for the National League win and right to go to the World Series.. Dodgers bring in Branca to face Thomason and the rest is history. "The shot heard around the world". "Giants win the pennant. Giants win the pennant. Giants win the pennant !!" I can sby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Depends on how they look at the "data". I.E. Lets say the evidence establishes that Corey Seeger facing a left handed pitcher who 80% of the time throws curveballs on the first pitch and Seeger "normally" is a first pitch swinger and "tends" to hit the ball to the third base side of the infield they will then place and extra infielder on that side. If the evidence shby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Its -for the most part-data driven -thx to whoever invented the computer chip. There are times it doesn't work and those are the times that old school people-like me-argue decision should be made on the field and not on a screen. The counter to that is that data driven calls are for the long run and over time will always pay off but its a given they will fail occasionally like any other on the fiby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
it came from "higher up" management (aka Friedman) on the plane ride up to the Bay area. Baseball is more of a chess game today than ever before and decisions are being made by those who did not play the game. The thinking was to force Kapler to switch his lineup to more left handed hitters to face the 1st two righty pitcher for the Dodgers thus by bringing in Urias later Kapler wouldby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Corey Knebel to start !! Something about preventing Giants from stacking the deck with right handed batters. This sounds to me like Andrew Friedman managing and not Roberts. Urias to come in "at some point".by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
it is big everywhere in the US ! Reason is there are no other games now. Just the two best teams in baseball going at it since the "shot hear around the world"-1951 One game-Giants (N.Y. ) vs. Dodgers (Brooklyn).by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Supposedly you don't need to actually swat the fly just get close enough and zap ! I have a neighbor who swears by them. I've tried but gave up without one kill. Back to the old fashioned magazine swats. Sometimes I can catch them with my hand-then I let the go outside-don't want to harm the little buggers. They do keep boa constrictors away.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Growing up in the 40s I was an L.A.Angel minor league (Pacific Coast League) baseball fan. When the Rams came to town in 1946 from Cleveland my mother's boss became the Ram statistician and took me to a night exhibition game at the Coliseum. My love for football and the Rams was born.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Every single pitch has drama attached to it.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
My wife didn't like it for the same reasons. And she -who must be obeyed-controls the remote.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
He's starting to be hit a lot more. He threw some really tough throws today but he had to scramble to avoid being killed. Give a good qb time most NFL qbs will kill you. He just didn't have that time today. In that one respect he's not a lot different than Goff. Give him time and he's consistently lights out. I can't say the same for Jared but he too can be awfully good with time on his hands.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
Yes-I think when he was with Detroit he showed how good he can be. I'm with you.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
The announcers said that one time. Hendersen was open in the flat and might have scored. That was it.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
When the pressure comes any good qb whether its Goff or Stafford is not going to have a good game. Matt was under pressure the entire game. And he took some bad hits. If you can identify one thing that caused this result is that the Cardinals are a rough, physical team and it showed.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
I doubt any of today's owners would sign off on a deal like that. But some might say the Rams-apparently once again-gave up immense capital to get Stafford. Didn't Ditka give away all his draft choices one year for Ricky Williams?by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
If this game means anything at all the meaning is simple: The Cardinals are a better team. The Rams-like the Dodgers-are a very good team but the Cardinals-like the Giants -are a better team.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com