55 thoughts on “2017 World Series Game 6 and Winnipeg Jets at Wild”

1. I wonder if Hinch even bothered to put anyone in the bullpen.

   1. Frankie Liriano hasnt pitched!

2. Smoltz a little GOML about starters these days, but also blaming it more on the teams than the players themselves.

   1. He must not like the hook of Hill, then.

3. Gurriel getting zero love from the fans.

4. Jon Hamm sighting with a Cardinals hat. I wonder if he's rooting for the Astros.

5. Brain McCann is a sloooooooow runner.

   1. The wife laughed out loud watching him.

   2. McCann’’s the second-slowest sprinter in baseball, 23.4. ft/sec to Pujols’ 23.0 ft/sec.

      1. I know Pujols has had foot problems, but man that is slow.

         1. Yeah, Pujols lost .7 ft/sec just this season, and 1.4 ft/sec over three years.

            McCann was the slowest in baseball last year, and second-slowest (ahead of Dioner Navarro) in 2015. McCann’s three year average is 23.56 ft/sec, compared to 23.70 for Pujols.

            1. McCann was the slowest in baseball last yea

               I'm guessing that I can't beat him down the line.

            2. Pujols has really bad leg and foot problems. It's amazing he could hit at all.

      2. And it's a big gap between Pujols and the other 95% of players. Next slowest DH behind Pujols is Victor Martinez at 24.3 ft/sec. McCann has a tie with Juan Graterol.

         1. Now this was interesting:

            Adrianza was used as a pinch runner six times in 2017. Here’s where he ranks in sprint speed with some other Twins:

            Player	Ft/sec
            Buxton	30.2
            Granite	29.1
            Grossman	28.1
            Sanó	26.9
            Mauer	26.7
            Adrianza	26.7
            Vargas	26.6
            Castro	25.9

            1. Would not have expected Grossman to be so much better than Adrianza. His terrible fielding numbers made me think he was quite slow. He was just below average this year so I wonder if he got really unlucky with positioning last year.

               1. Grossman had some of the hardest to catch balls this season while Adrianza had the easiest.

               2. Could be he has trouble reading the ball off the bat, too.

6. oooooookkkkkkkkk why

7. Third time through the order, bye bye Hill. Should bring in a starter.

   1. How about an ex-starter?

      1. Only if he's pitched in every game of the World Series. What could go wrong?

8. My pick of Astros in six with Springer the MVP isn't looking all that bad right now. *knocks wood*

9. Not a fan of the ads during the middle of the game in mini-breaks in the action.

   1. Dido.

10. Nice number of pitches for Verlander through five. I assume his pitch count is CG, so that's 124 for nine innings. Same as what it took in the ALCS.

    1. I think it was Smoltz who said tonight Verlander pitches until he is out of gas.

       1. His high in pitches for a game is

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          132. Done twice. Most recently in 2012 and previously in 2011. Also has one game at 131 and another at 130. Only one of those was a CG.

          124 pitches ranks 22nd on his regular season game list.

       2. If Verlander throws a CG to win the Greatest World Series Eva® for his new team, does he get into the Hall of Fame? /s

          1. yes

             1. 

                1. 56.9 rWAR with a bit of a late career resurgence. Even without a win in this game, I think he makes it.

                   1. Verlander’s in a virtual tie with Three Finger Brown in rWAR & JAWS. With a replacement-level year next season he should pass Stieb in rWAR and catch Tim Hudson, Mark Buehrle, and Chuck Finley.

                      I think he’ll probably get to Cooperstown, but it’ll be interesting.

                      1. Doesn't replacement-level year mean zero WAR? So how would he be passing people?

                         1. Stieb, Hudson, BueHRle, and Finley have all been in declining seasons.

                2. + 16 WAR

                   1. Don’t mention the WAR to Jack.

11. Gameday has Morrow back up to 98 on his fastball so the day off definitely helped. Still a lot of innings to cover with the bullpen.

12. Roberts is gonna manage the hell outta this game.

13. Kershaw up in the pen!

    1. McCullers up for the Astros.

14. Third time through the order is tough.

15. I hope McCullers is ready for the next inning.

16. Evan Gattis and his 26.0 ft/sec speeds down to first to prevent the double-play.

    1. Derek Fisher’s an upgrade at 29.1 ft/sec. That’s burning two guys unless they double switch, though.

17. Ugh. I have court first this Thursday morning. Was hoping this would end tonight.

    1. Maybe it'll be one of those fast 2.5 hour baseball games?

18. Joc Pederson, MVP candidate.

19. F-Bomb sighting.

    1. All right, let's get him a W

    2. One of my favorite baseball memories is the night he took on Clemens in his comeback. I had so much fun watching that game.

       Him getting the K here makes me happy.

20. Oh man, the F Bomb strikeout image is no longer 🙁

21. game 7!

22. The 3 mostly boring and best pitched games were all coming off an off day in this series. I guess Game was uneventful, but the other 2 games with 0 rest were really crazy.

    1. Again, it's in the eye of the beholder, but I certainly did not find this game boring.

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