2025 MLB Thread

[Boomhauer]

Impressive performance by Yamamoto, who started Game 6 and finishes Game 7

 

[LisaLT]

And you know who started that losing streak...

lol. We still have 27 titles. That’s a lot. We shoulda been in this World Series but oh well. Too many pitching deficiencies lead to that.

 

[bmoney214]

If IKF gets the normal read on that bases loaded grounder back in the 9th…..

Look at how small his lead is? Bro you're the winning run, [ What the heck? ] are you doing?

 

[hometown frog]

Look at how small his lead is? Bro you're the winning run, [ What the heck? ] are you doing?

His primary lead is a foot or two shorter than it should have been w a 3B playing on the cut line like that. He had zero secondary. And he was on his heels as the ball was coming into the hit zone and so he had zero momentum as the ball was clearly hit down.

add to that he inexplicably slide feet first instead of seeing the throw down the line and sprinting thru the plate.

any one of those done properly and the Jays are celebrating. When we say the game of baseball is a game of inches, this is a perfect example of that. I know folks want to talk about Hoffman costing Them the game. But I’m putting this on IKF and his lazy baserunning on this play.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Vlad led off the bottom 9th and had a 3-0 count but got greedy and swung, a fly ball out. Statistics must say the best chance of getting on base is to not swing and make the pitcher throw three strikes in a row. But stupid baseball tradition says let your big bat have a crack at it. It is a tie game in the 7th game of the Series, get the walk. If he had, bases would have ended up loaded with zero outs and the Jays likely win.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Great great last few innings defensively, but the damn Dodgers….sheesh. Credit to the Dodgers to let Snell and Yamamoto finish the game. And Yamamoto started game six. That’s going off script of baseball tradition. A Series Game 7 Classic

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

A painful way to lose for the Jays, and while outplaying the Dodgers in the Series.
I would’ve liked Canada to have a World Series, dammit. Good for our friendly neighbor and ally that has not won a Cup since ‘93. Get them more engaged in our summer sport.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Now maybe the damn Dodgers can stop bitching about 2017. Instead we can all note the Dodgers payroll being 100 million plus over the luxury tax threshold.

Watching the trophy presentation ceremony I couldn’t help but think that it’s tarnished because of that freaking payroll. And they’re bragging about being back-to-back champions, sheesh

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Which is worse, the Stros banging on trash cans that statistics suggest didn’t matter, or the Dodgers being 100 million plus over the luxury tax threshold and winning three Series because of it. My Stros’ bias is showing

 

[TopFrog]

 

[bmoney214]

That's wild. They both have 3 rings each.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Look at how small his lead is? Bro you're the winning run, [ What the heck? ] are you doing?

Devil's advocate...you absolutely, 100% cannot get doubled off there. It happened to end Game 6. Maybe he could have gotten more but not much more. My biggest issue is he shouldn't have slid into home. Treat it like 1st base since it was a force out. Run all the way through. Maybe gets there a half step earlier.

 

[bmoney214]

Devil's advocate...you absolutely, 100% cannot get doubled off there. It happened to end Game 6. Maybe he could have gotten more but not much more. My biggest issue is he shouldn't have slid into home. Treat it like 1st base since it was a force out. Run all the way through. Maybe gets there a half step earlier.

Look at how far away from 3rd Muncy was. It would have took a damn near miracle for IKF to get doubled off. Bases were loaded, gotta be going full speed on contact for anything on the ground. Not scheissing daydreaming about holding the trophy. The ending to Game 6 was just some dumb luck for the Dodgers. Completely different situations.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Look at how far away from 3rd Muncy was. It would have took a damn near miracle for IKF to get doubled off. Bases were loaded, gotta be going full speed on contact for anything on the ground. Not scheissing daydreaming about holding the trophy. The ending to Game 6 was just some dumb luck for the Dodgers. Completely different situations.

I get what you're saying but for us as armchair quarterbacks, we have no idea how fast the game moves at that level. I'm 100% certain there was a directive from the bench to be conservative with leads, especially given that Toronto is a very contact-heavy team. A team like LA who relies more on the longball probably gets a slightly bigger lead there.

 

[bmoney214]

I get what you're saying but for us as armchair quarterbacks, we have no idea how fast the game moves at that level. I'm 100% certain there was a directive from the bench to be conservative with leads, especially given that Toronto is a very contact-heavy team. A team like LA who relies more on the longball probably gets a slightly bigger lead there.

So you honestly think that Muncy could have caught a line drive and beat IKF back to the bag from where they were both lined up when the play started. I get playing it safe but that was just bad base running by IKF.

The difference between games 6 and 7 was that the Jay's were losing in the 9th of game 6. Even if there was a miracle play and IKF gets doubled off, it's still a tie game. That's why I feel like he should have been more aggressive. If they were down a run, then I completely agree with you about being conservative and playing it safe. Be aggressive and win the scheissing game. Playing scared cost them the World Series.