OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Congrats to the Houston Cheaters on their win

[td_ice]

Yeah, this is on Crowe, not VanMeter.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Embarrassing by Crowe and the entire approach.

We should be 100% fastball-only. No signs, nothing. Fastball or pickoff. IF they get us they get us.

 

[dogthateats]

Bro it is a foreign catcher to him. How is he supposed to know he needs to throw strikes?

 

[ChaosAgent]

Bro it is a foreign catcher to him. How is he supposed to know he needs to throw strikes?

Yeah, baseball is totally different now.

This ump is killing us.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Stephenson gets a double on an at bat where he got 6 strikes.

This ump is horrendous.

 

[td_ice]

Robot umps can't come soon enough. (and we are sometimes on the beneficiary side of it too)

4-2

 

[ChaosAgent]

I mean maybe the Perez thing is good because it allows us to turn the page on this game.

It wasn't Hayes, Vogey and Chavis' fault because lol 3rd string catcher. It wasn't another 0-hit game for Reynolds because lol 3rd string catcher.

Whatever enables them to turn the page.

 

[td_ice]

Gamel can't get that one. But it shows how hard those amazing diving catches that he and Marisnick make.

They are super difficult, and they make it look easy.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Why on Earth are we still throwing breaking pitches.

Also how does Shelton not get ejected on that 2-2 called ball. That was one of the worst calls I have ever seen from a home plate ump.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

This ump is 100% betting on baseball.

There is literally no other logical explanation for a 3-22 team getting the benefit of literally every borderline strike call in a game.

Kings-Lakers level of match fixing is at work here.

Meh, Bucs have been trash today, anyway.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

The Reds were just a better situational team today.


Stephenson had the awareness to wait until he had 5 strikes on him to protect the plate.

 

[td_ice]

If this game were horse, there would be a farmer walking towards it with a shot gun.

9-2

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Seriously, that 4th pitch to Stephenson was thigh high on the outer portion of the middle third of the plate.

The frame job is no excuse. An umpire who makes such a bad call is clearly not calling the game in good faith.

 

[td_ice]

Wrap this thing up strike zone now.

Haha....why am I still watching this.

 

[td_ice]

Can we get another catcher there before start of next game?

 

[ChaosAgent]

Can we get another catcher there before start of next game?

I'm guessing Michael Perez is en route right now.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Knapp is still starting tonight, right.

Like, an ejection is only for the day game, correct?

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Fun fact: the umpire from today's game once threatened Civil War on social media and had a awful 84% correct call rate in 2020.

What a guy!

 

[ChaosAgent]

Keller's stuff looks terrible. Circa us ganging-up-on-him stuff.

Buckle in. This is gonna be a frustrating one.

 

[td_ice]

Pirates with (3) 1st inning homers. Reds get 2 back in bottom of 1st.

4-2 Buc's.

 

[Coastal Kev]

no More monkeys playing hockey pictures from me.....

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Gamel really ran into that one.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Keller + the Umps really trying to make this day an epic fail. We got GABPed on that one, though.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Keller + the Umps really trying to make this day an epic fail. We got GABPed on that one, though.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Great to see, although it was an 88 mph fastball. Maybe waking up.

Roansy with an excellent outing as well.