tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post343025940215430356..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: 2019 Playoffs Giants Fan Rooting Guideobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-37663495607647672772018-10-16T10:57:22.008-07:002018-10-16T10:57:22.008-07:00And, of course, I am rooting for the Brewers to wi...And, of course, I am rooting for the Brewers to win the World Series!obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-30877192901708114162018-10-16T10:56:44.347-07:002018-10-16T10:56:44.347-07:00Maybe the Dodgers got another Kershaw in Buehler? ...Maybe the Dodgers got another Kershaw in Buehler? Given how poorly he pitched, it might be another case of be careful what you wish for. Admittedly, just two starts, but, wow, while his peripherals says that he was great, he just gave up too many runs, which the peripherals would say is just bad luck.<br /><br />And I know a lot of people think it's just bad luck with Kershaw, but maybe it's time they just acknowledge that some players deal with the pressures of the playoffs better than others. <br /><br />And that's what I call being "clutch". Most discussions I see in baseball saber circles on clutch is about players raising their performances up a notch when the game is under pressure, but I think that's being too limiting, I think a better definition would be players who are able to replicate their regular season performances when under pressure.<br /><br />Because I have experience with that in the opposite sense, being unclutch. I was playing ball with some school buddies and I was great fielding 3B, so the team manager made me the 3B for our lunch league. Well, under the pressure of playing in front of that crowd (small as it was), I was throwing balls that Yao Ming wouldn't be able to jump and catch, and soon was moved to Left Out and/or the pitchers mound (where I stood behind the actual pitcher, from the other team). <br /><br />And from looking at performances in the playoffs for some pitchers, I think that being clutch is being able to be your normal self when the pressure is on, because there are people who are unable to be that. Peavy was a great example of that, he would pitch well in the season, but once he was in the playoffs, he wasn't even league average, let alone his normally pretty good self. <br /><br />I think some justify that by stating that he was facing better hitters from playoff teams, and that's true to an extent. But then how does one explain why that's not a universal thing, there are pitchers who excel (Lincuecm, Cain, Bumgarner), and then there are those who <br />underperform (Kershaw, Peavy, and now maybe Buehler). <br /><br />And that's one area where sabers really underperform. For all the talk about analyzing the numbers, it is forgotten all too often that these are humans playing the games, not the back of the baseball card, and that's one area that the Giants do focus on, based on the reports I've seen in Baseball America on what the Giants said about their own prospects, they look for leaders and strong baseball IQ. obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-29213495503724847962018-10-16T10:46:12.410-07:002018-10-16T10:46:12.410-07:00As, the others have been noting: Go Brewers!
As ...As, the others have been noting: Go Brewers!<br /><br />As far as the other series, I want it to go 7 and for both teams to beat each other up, so that the Brewers will have an easier time, but I want the Red Sox to win, they last won in 2013, Astros, of course, just last season. obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-78405181411343888442018-10-16T10:27:54.241-07:002018-10-16T10:27:54.241-07:00Yeah, I know, just my buddy is a big Braves fan.
...Yeah, I know, just my buddy is a big Braves fan.<br /><br />Point is moot now: Go Brewers!obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-85596658301524186302018-10-10T22:45:09.661-07:002018-10-10T22:45:09.661-07:00As of the 10th, has to be the Brewers, although ne...As of the 10th, has to be the Brewers, although never a fan of Bud Selig, but the Brewers because they are in the N.L. and are not the dodgers. nomisnalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297640472949764321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-88253805177226792002018-10-05T09:44:10.275-07:002018-10-05T09:44:10.275-07:00Brewers & Indians. I think both have gone far...Brewers & Indians. I think both have gone far longer than the Braves.MosesZDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702323080585738748noreply@blogger.com