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Why do you say that? (Unless you are of course, an Astros fan) if you are an objective observer, this was a great series:
- The Underdog Won
- The road team won every game
- Of their 4 wins, the nationals took the lead in the 7th inning or later twice.

shaulyaakov · « **Reply #3233 on:** October 31, 2019, 09:37:57 AM »

Quote from: Yonah on October 31, 2019, 09:13:22 AM

Why do you say that? (Unless you are of course, an Astros fan) if you are an objective observer, this was a great series:
- The Underdog Won
- The road team won every game
- Of their 4 wins, the nationals took the lead in the 7th inning or later twice.

The games in Washington were boring.

CountValentine · « **Reply #3234 on:** October 31, 2019, 09:52:58 AM »

Quote from: Yonah on October 31, 2019, 09:13:22 AM

Why do you say that? (Unless you are of course, an Astros fan) if you are an objective observer, this was a great series:
- The Underdog Won
- The road team won every game
- Of their 4 wins, the nationals took the lead in the 7th inning or later twice.

I did not have a dog in this fight. Last nights game was a little exciting but other than the first game it sucked!!!
This was billed as these great pitching matchups. What happed there? I am not going to say who is eating crow on that one.

skyguy918 · « **Reply #3235 on:** October 31, 2019, 11:06:13 AM »

Quote from: CountValentine on October 31, 2019, 09:52:58 AM

I did not have a dog in this fight. Last nights game was a little exciting but other than the first game it sucked!!!
This was billed as these great pitching matchups. What happed there? I am not going to say who is eating crow on that one.

Washington's aces got it done - the 4 games they won were the ones started by Strasburg and Scherzer. Greinke pitched well in both of his games - who knows what happens if Hinch doesn't yank him so early in game 7. Cole had that one fluke of a stinker in game 1 and then dominated in game 2. And Verlander was really the odd man out, basically performing like an average pitcher instead of an ace. The rest of the starters, even if they performed great this season, have not established themselves as great pitchers.

Bullpens might have been even more important though. HOU was #3 in the regular season, while WAS was dead last. WAS thoroughly won the later innings in the WS.

CountValentine · « **Reply #3236 on:** October 31, 2019, 11:09:25 AM »

Quote from: skyguy918 on October 31, 2019, 11:06:13 AM

Washington's aces got it done - the 4 games they won were the ones started by Strasburg and Scherzer. Greinke pitched well in both of his games - who knows what happens if Hinch doesn't yank him so early in game 7. Cole had that one fluke of a stinker in game 1 and then dominated in game 2. And Verlander was really the odd man out, basically performing like an average pitcher instead of an ace. The rest of the starters, even if they performed great this season, have not established themselves as great pitchers.

Bullpens might have been even more important though. HOU was #3 in the regular season, while WAS was dead last. WAS thoroughly won the later innings in the WS.

Thanks for the recap but the question was what happened to the great pitching match ups we were promised that looked so great on paper. Wait don't answer that since the game is not played on paper.

shaulyaakov · « **Reply #3237 on:** October 31, 2019, 11:12:09 AM »

Quote from: CountValentine on October 31, 2019, 11:09:25 AM

Thanks for the recap but the question was what happened to the great pitching match ups we were promised that looked so great on paper. Wait don't answer that since the game is not played on paper.

Did you watch last night? It was a pitching masterpiece till the 7th.

Grinke utterly dominating vs max who was battling to keep it oze all night without being able to locate.

shaulyaakov · « **Reply #3238 on:** October 31, 2019, 11:14:44 AM »

Also as a whole the series had way more intrigue than anyone imagined. Looked like the Nats could win in 5, followed by it looking like the Astros would win in 6, followed by a game 7 beginning that looked it would go terribly wrong for the the Nats, only for them to come back.

justaregularguy · « **Reply #3239 on:** October 31, 2019, 12:19:15 PM »

as a yankees fan i am SO SO SO happy astros lost.