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  1. wsnydes
    That's one way to do it, sure. I don't think there's any written rules governing how it has to be done. As for using your best arms, @Vanimal46has a post upthread about that.
  2. wsnydes
    I wasn't planning a 3 inning start, just using that as a reference to a short start. I would agree that planning for a 3 inning start is silly in most scenarios. If that's what the standard becomes, then a starter is really meaningless.
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    New team, new series!  Bring on the Rays!

  4. wsnydes
    I agree on the short starts thing, and that still kind of exists even with the opener if you're using an Archer or Bundy to piggyback the opener. That 3 inning start just occurs one inning later, getting you to the 4th. I'm not a fan of the opener concept, it's not "baseball" to me. But, to me, it doesn't expose the bullpen more than it already would if the starter has a short start. It just means that the guy that would have pitched that 4th inning is now pitching in the 1st inning instead. Everything else stacks up behind that just as it would had the starter only gone 3 innings and that same reliever pitched the 4th in a conventional situation. The bullpen still has to pitch 6 innings of the game either way.
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    They should make a movie about that scenario!
  6. wsnydes
    A short start isn't much different from an opener situation though. the order is just reversed. I agree that they're not really set up for it right now with all of the injuries, but that's why I mentioned the health of the staff. They lack a true long man, which makes it difficult carrying both Archer and Bundy, but if the starters get healthy, one or both could be used as a long man in an opener situation.
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    Interesting thought. Kind of a pick your poison given the dearth of bullpen options, but the starter options aren't exactly ample either. Definitely not the worst idea, and in some situations, might be the best. This would be easier if the pitching options got healthy too. I'm also at a point where thinking outside the box a little like this makes a ton of sense. End "verbal" thought process...
  8. wsnydes
    True, but I was trying to roll with the bit!
  9. wsnydes
    I was actually going to give Rocco props for playing him deep enough to get some style points.
  10. wsnydes

    LaRussa called for an intentional walk of Trea Turner on a 1-2 count?!  Really?

  11. wsnydes
    Glenn nailed it. He's no Nostradamus for it, but he nailed it.
  12. wsnydes
    Let this be a lesson for you!
  13. wsnydes
    I lost count at two.
  14. wsnydes
    Those were happier times back then. Our squad was triumphant, masterful. Now look at them!
  15. wsnydes
    As someone that has done that more often than I should, it doesn't help.
  16. wsnydes
    Even though I pretty much expect this every time they play the Yankees, it still shocks me a little. It's always some weird level of ineptitude and it seems unique to that particular game. Its odd. And I'd like it to stop.
  17. wsnydes
    Very bold prediction!
  18. wsnydes
    I've seen this movie before...and it's 47 sequels. Didn't care for any of them.
  19. wsnydes
    Let the record show that some of us are most assuredly not...
  20. wsnydes
    Please enlighten those that can't see said graphic.
  21. wsnydes
    Gonna need 10 MORE runs for me to feel that way.
  22. wsnydes
    Seems the concrete has sufficiently settled at TF this series.
  23. wsnydes
    So, it's a reunion! What joy! I'm so happy for them!
  24. wsnydes
    Their defense is offensive.
  25. wsnydes
    Right. That's the mistake I'm referring to right now, but they've made plenty of base running mistakes this series. It's amazing that they're winning with them, but HRs cure many things.
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