R-Dog said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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So its 5-4 in the bottom of the 8th and you just PH for an exhausted Verlander. Who do you go to finish the job? Devo? McCullers? Morton? Harris?

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You're going to think I'm crazy. I think I'm crazy.

But I think you go with Gregerson because of what Harold Reynolds was saying. We've barely used him so they have not had a lot of looks at him. I don't have any confidence in anybody we could throw out there, even him. But if he gets shelled, at least I feel like there was a rational reason to go to him instead of seeing the same guys continue to get their tits ripped off.

You're not bringing your game 7 starter McCullers in. Too unusual of a situation to use Morton...that would be outside his comfort zone. Everybody else is a crapshoot.

Most important, they just need to figure out who is responsible for locking Giles in the sh***er before the game starts.

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bullard21k said:

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Throwing mcculers 1 innng doesn't "burn" him for game 7. Thats the point. And Morton had a better outing than mcculers did this series so that's hardly throwing up the white flag. A case could be made that Morton is a better option in game 7 anyways.

You have only 3 outs to go for a world championship I roll the dice with the guy with the best stuff in mcculers.

Whose to say you try and save him for game 7 and mcculers gets run by the 4th inning?

There is no right answer here so can we stop talking in absolutes?

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astros4545 said:

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Buck Compton said:

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Based on the latest stats, Springer would be the WS MVP if it was over today. Time to go win the whole damn thing tomorrow.

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I'd give the nod to Bregman taking into account defense as well

Also I have $5 on Bregman for MVP at 33-1

I also have Springer at 20-1

Those were the only 2 bets I made

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KC_Ag14 said:

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I think both JV and Hinch have every intention of him going the distance tomorrow... but I also think 4 runs is probably the number. As long as Verlander is holding them to 3 or less, you'll have to pry the ball out of his hand. This is what he's always wanted and what he came here for: The ball in his hands to win the World Series.

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CT75 said:

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Switching gears a bit....I have followed this franchise since their inception in '62; however, lost touch some when MMP was first opened. Questions:

1) wasn't there a hill or some weird built in anomaly in deep center when the park first opened?
2) when was it removed and why?

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Farmer1906 said:

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Mr.Bond said:

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Quote:

I hate baseball parks where they have to have effing gimics to excite their lower mentallity fans,,,,,trains or giant Coke bottles or moving sculptures,,,,why can't they build ballparks like ours


You mean a characterless **** hole?!



BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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We can't huh?


Left field 325 feet (99 m)
Left Center Field 375 feet (114 m)
Center field 400 feet (122 m)
Right Center Field 375 feet (114 m)
Right field 325 feet (99 m)


Left Field 330 ft (101 m)
True Left-Center 375 ft (114 m)
Center Field 395 ft (120 m)
True Right-Center 375 ft (114 m)
Right Field 330 ft (101 m)

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Drew_Hill said:

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bullard21k said:

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Throwing mcculers 1 innng doesn't "burn" him for game 7. Thats the point. And Morton had a better outing than mcculers did this series so that's hardly throwing up the white flag. A case could be made that Morton is a better option in game 7 anyways.

You have only 3 outs to go for a world championship I roll the dice with the guy with the best stuff in mcculers.

Whose to say you try and save him for game 7 and mcculers gets run by the 4th inning?

There is no right answer here so can we stop talking in absolutes?

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There is definitely a right answer and it is not throwing mccullers in game 6.

Morton on 3 days rest is a better option than mccullers for game 7? Yikes.

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bullard21k said:

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Drew_Hill said:

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bullard21k said:

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Throwing mcculers 1 innng doesn't "burn" him for game 7. Thats the point. And Morton had a better outing than mcculers did this series so that's hardly throwing up the white flag. A case could be made that Morton is a better option in game 7 anyways.

You have only 3 outs to go for a world championship I roll the dice with the guy with the best stuff in mcculers.

Whose to say you try and save him for game 7 and mcculers gets run by the 4th inning?

There is no right answer here so can we stop talking in absolutes?

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There is definitely a right answer and it is not throwing mccullers in game 6.

Morton on 3 days rest is a better option than mccullers for game 7? Yikes.

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With 3 outs to go to win the whole freaking thing I personally don't think hinch is worried about a "potential game 7" he is going to want to end it right there and who gives you the best possibility.

And again having mcculers throw a handful of pitches doesn't burn him for appearing in game 7. Morton threw 76 pitches so I don't think rest is a giant overriding factor.

So no you can't say either option is 100% the right call imo

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Harry Stone said:

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bullard21k said:

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Drew_Hill said:

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bullard21k said:

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Throwing mcculers 1 innng doesn't "burn" him for game 7. Thats the point. And Morton had a better outing than mcculers did this series so that's hardly throwing up the white flag. A case could be made that Morton is a better option in game 7 anyways.

You have only 3 outs to go for a world championship I roll the dice with the guy with the best stuff in mcculers.

Whose to say you try and save him for game 7 and mcculers gets run by the 4th inning?

There is no right answer here so can we stop talking in absolutes?

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There is definitely a right answer and it is not throwing mccullers in game 6.

Morton on 3 days rest is a better option than mccullers for game 7? Yikes.

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With 3 outs to go to win the whole freaking thing I personally don't think hinch is worried about a "potential game 7" he is going to want to end it right there and who gives you the best possibility.

And again having mcculers throw a handful of pitches doesn't burn him for appearing in game 7. Morton threw 76 pitches so I don't think rest is a giant overriding factor.

So no you can't say either option is 100% the right call imo

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Why not go JV/CM in game 6 and LMJ/BP in 7 (if needed)

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Farmer1906 said:

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CT75 said:

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Switching gears a bit....I have followed this franchise since their inception in '62; however, lost touch some when MMP was first opened. Questions:

1) wasn't there a hill or some weird built in anomaly in deep center when the park first opened?
2) when was it removed and why?

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Yes, there was a hill with a flag in play. It was a stupid 436.
It was removed this year because they wanted to fix it up (more rev) and get rid of that stupid deep center that was hurting the team.

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jkag89 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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CT75 said:

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CSwitching gears a bit....I have followed this franchise since their inception in '62; however, lost touch some when MMP was first opened. Questions:

1) wasn't there a hill or some weird built in anomaly in deep center when the park first opened?
2) when was it removed and why?

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Yes, there was a hill with a flag in play. It was a stupid 436.
It was removed this year because they wanted to fix it up (more rev) and get rid of that stupid deep center that was hurting the team.

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Both the flag pole in play and the silly hill were features found in old long gone parks. Of course these features in the old parks were due to the fact of fitting a park into available space while putting them into MM was just gimmicky.

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75AG said:

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jkag89 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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CT75 said:

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CSwitching gears a bit....I have followed this franchise since their inception in '62; however, lost touch some when MMP was first opened. Questions:

1) wasn't there a hill or some weird built in anomaly in deep center when the park first opened?
2) when was it removed and why?

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Yes, there was a hill with a flag in play. It was a stupid 436.
It was removed this year because they wanted to fix it up (more rev) and get rid of that stupid deep center that was hurting the team.

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Both the flag pole in play and the silly hill were features found in old long gone parks. Of course these features in the old parks were due to the fact of fitting a park into available space while putting them into MM was just gimmicky.

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Like the stupid train. I was hoping Crane would junk that toy.

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