2014 World Series thread

[Tarheel316]

If Koufax was so great, why did he lose three games?

Not enough run support.

 

[JC]

If Koufax was so great, why did he lose three games?

Not enough run support.

With a record of 4-3 he cannot be considered to be a great playoff performer.

Jack Morris would have got that run support.

 

[Big Circus]

During the game, after Infante's hit, I saw Escobar show bunt and I was happy to see it, because it left Aoki, who I thought MadBum could handle (another Bochy call, Ishikawa does not get that ball), then it was basically one batter, Cain. Krukow on the home radio (which I sync'd to the TV, heaven) said MadBum was having a hard time finding his release point at the start, that was the main concern. But after the 5th, he found it and was rolling.

The Perez-Ishikawa switch had another effect in that it broke up a stretch of lefties in the lineup. Crawford-Ishikawa-Blanco-Panik is L-L-L-L, and I wonder if Yost has a quicker hook and goes to Finnegan right away down 2-0 with that group ahead. That might have changed the entire complexion of the game.

 

[Steak Snabler]

The one narrative about the Giants this postseason that has bothered me is treating Joe Panik like some gritty, gutty, scrap-tastic latter-day David Eckstein.

Panik was a first-team All-American in college and a first-round draft pick. He's supposed to be this good.

 

[LongTimeListener]

During the game, after Infante's hit, I saw Escobar show bunt and I was happy to see it, because it left Aoki, who I thought MadBum could handle (another Bochy call, Ishikawa does not get that ball), then it was basically one batter, Cain. Krukow on the home radio (which I sync'd to the TV, heaven) said MadBum was having a hard time finding his release point at the start, that was the main concern. But after the 5th, he found it and was rolling.

The Perez-Ishikawa switch had another effect in that it broke up a stretch of lefties in the lineup. Crawford-Ishikawa-Blanco-Panik is L-L-L-L, and I wonder if Yost has a quicker hook and goes to Finnegan right away down 2-0 with that group ahead. That might have changed the entire complexion of the game.

I very seriously doubt that Juan Perez's presence in the lineup would cause any change in pitching plans.

 

[LongTimeListener]

The one narrative about the Giants this postseason that has bothered me is treating Joe Panik like some gritty, gutty, scrap-tastic latter-day David Eckstein.

Panik was a first-team All-American in college and a first-round draft pick. He's supposed to be this good.

He is a rookie a half-season in and he turned in an all-time play. People aren't familiar with him.

People went crazy over Anrduw Jones too, even though those in the know expected him to be a star.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Total runs scored by Dodgers in Koufax's three losses in the Series (one each in 1979. 1965 and 1966): One. Also, the 1966 loss was the one where Willie Davis made three errors in center field in the same inning.

 

[Songbird]

People really loved that Gregg Jeffries guy.

 

[qtlaw]

The amazing aspect of MadBum's dominance is that the rest of the rotation, Peavy/Hudson/Vogelsong, was so ordinary, even mediocre in the WS. Hudson went 5+ in Gm. 3 and no one else went past 4 inn. He really had to dominate for the Giants to have any chance to win.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

But Hudson is a future Hall of Famer.

 

[JC]

No, he's just better than Morris.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Roger Angell, who is old enough to have seen Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell pitch in the 1930s, on Bumgarner:

http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/best