Yes he is

So if Dusty calls for Will can we still trust Dusty's moves?

AustinAg2K said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty cost us the game when he didn't pull Verlander when we were up by two. This isn't on Luis.

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JV is the likely Cy Young winner. You can't blame Dusty for thinking he wouldn't suck.

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He has sucked in the WS his entire career, dusty should have been prepared to pull him first sign of trouble

Did anyone need "data" besides their own baseball experience to know if was time to pull JV - especially with the entire bullpen available.

It just isn't that hard.

Well that was ****ing stupid.

Now Dusty is overmanaging

AggiEE said:

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tboag said:

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There's a reason Dusty has never won. He's a moron in these situations

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Seriously STFU with this nonsense

Going to Garcia or not pulling JV aren't terrible decisions, they just didn't work out

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I think it's fair to question going to Garcia, unless Stanek is injured. Can't blame him for JV, though.

Furlock Bones said:

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CoachRTM said:

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Furlock Bones said:

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Ghost of Bisbee said:

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I'd love this series to go to game 7 with a massive W in the tine. Have a couple seats in section 120 if a game 6 and 7 are forced

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We lose this game and the series is over. Won't make it to game 7.

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Yea, we'll win in 5 or 6 instead of 4.

Chill.

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Check the statistics. Lose game 1 and you almost always lose the series. Lose game 1 at home and it's a virtual lock.

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While I would hate a loss tonight, we lost game 1 in 2017

tjack16 said:

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Garcia wasn't the wrong decision.

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Maybe but the wrong decision, but I'm not sure it was the best.

Again, more on JV for blowing a 5 run lead than anything though.

tremble said:

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BayAg_14 said:

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Verlander has to take blame. Cy Young winner that is winless in the World Series in seven starts. Unacceptable.

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Pretty mindblowing. Reminds me of choke-era Kershaw. Just can't ever seem to get everything right when it matters most.

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His 4th and 5th innings were ****ing awful. A hit nearly every single pitch

Furlock Bones said:

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AustinAg2K said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty cost us the game when he didn't pull Verlander when we were up by two. This isn't on Luis.

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JV is the likely Cy Young winner. You can't blame Dusty for thinking he wouldn't suck.

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Yes you can. We have the data that says Verlander should have been pulled.

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I hate agreeing with you, but how can you not? JV looked like garbage in the 4th. You could see it coming.

Game 1 --- TOP 10th

Astros Pitcher
Justin Verlander (G1: IP 5.0/90p)
Bryan Abreu (G1: IP 1.2/32p)
Hector Neris (G1: IP 0.1/5p)
Rafael Montero (G1: IP 1.0/8p
Ryan Pressly (G1: IP 1.0/15p)
Luis Garcia (G1: IP 0.2/16p)
Ryne Stanek (G1: IP 0.1/11p)

Phillies Pitcher
Aaron Nola (G1: IP 4.1/81p)
Jos Alvarado (L) (G1: IP 1.0/7p)
Zach Eflin (G1: IP 1.1/20p)
Ranger Surez (L) (G1: IP 0.2/11p)
Seranthony Domnguez (G1: IP 1.2/24p)
David Robertson
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Astros

Bullpen
Hunter Brown
Will Smith (L)
Jose Urquidy

Starters
Framber Valdez (L)
Cristian Javier
Lance McCullers Jr.

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Phillies

Bullpen
Andrew Bellatti
Connor Brogdon
Kyle Gibson
Nick Nelson
Brad Hand (L)

Starters
Zack Wheeler
Noah Syndergaard

tremble said:

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BayAg_14 said:

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Verlander has to take blame. Cy Young winner that is winless in the World Series in seven starts. Unacceptable.

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Pretty mindblowing. Reminds me of choke-era Kershaw. Just can't ever seem to get everything right when it matters most.

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These elite guys during the reg season often just overthink in situations like this. It's unfortunate.

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AustinAg2K said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty cost us the game when he didn't pull Verlander when we were up by two. This isn't on Luis.

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JV is the likely Cy Young winner. You can't blame Dusty for thinking he wouldn't suck.

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He has sucked in the WS his entire career, dusty should have been prepared to pull him first sign of trouble

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In that case, why even start him. Might as well had Maton start and put him in the pen…

Could've brought in stanek, but he didn't

And that is how the ball bounces

MisterFurious said:

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Furlock Bones said:

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AustinAg2K said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty cost us the game when he didn't pull Verlander when we were up by two. This isn't on Luis.

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JV is the likely Cy Young winner. You can't blame Dusty for thinking he wouldn't suck.

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Yes you can. We have the data that says Verlander should have been pulled.

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I hate agreeing with you, but how can you not? JV looked like garbage in the 4th. You could see it coming.

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I love JV. This isn't hating on him. It's knowing that you have enough data to know that moment called for pulling him before he could give up the runs.

Verlander never seems to work out in the World Series. Two losses in 2019 to Washington. If they lose tonight, it's on him. And I don't see anything to think things will change. IF he gets another start. I am completely disgusted with Verlander.

I really don't get pulling Garcia... I can get why you'd send JV back out. And Abreu although not quite sure why they had him face Harper. But we could easily tie this and send it to more innings and who is going to pitch then

CoachRTM said:

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Some of you guys are just insufferable.

1. We haven't lost game 1 yet.
2. Even if we do, it's far from over. We're still the better team.

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This

In the meantime, someone post tatties

hogiebear06 said:

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Sup Bros, haven't posted this year, but thought changing it up may bring some good luck. Stros are are going to pull off this game.

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But, are they?

Furlock Bones said:

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Not pulling JV was objectively a terrible decision. Garcia is fine.

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relying on a small sample size of "WS stats" to drive that decision alone is moronic.

Evanhue said:

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BoxingAg84 said:

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More from the baseball expert McClain

Baker could have brought in Stanek or Brown and he went with Garcia, who promptly gave up a home run to Realmuto.

— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) October 29, 2022

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Hindsight

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For real, you bring in Stanek and he gives thy up its WAY worse

tremble said:

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Dusty saved his moron moves for the WS. What a ****ing putz

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Nothing like getting Dustied on the biggest stage again.

SeanDaAg2005 said:

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I really don't get pulling Garcia... I can get why you'd send JV back out. And Abreu although not quite sure why they had him face Harper. But we could easily tie this and send it to more innings and who is going to pitch then

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Brown, Urquidy, Smith

SeanDaAg2005 said:

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I really don't get pulling Garcia... I can get why you'd send JV back out. And Abreu although not quite sure why they had him face Harper. But we could easily tie this and send it to more innings and who is going to pitch then

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**** tieing. Back to back dingers to walk it off