*Official* 6/24 Exhale Now Postgame Thread

[Mohoney]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Just so we can have a L/R/L/R/L/R split the first 2/3 of the order, which, depending on who you believe and how much stock you put into these so-called math nerds, is about the most important thing you can do:

This is written by Rany Jazayerli, who is a doctor and one of the founders of Baseball Prospectus:

Even opposite-handed pitchers can take advantage of a stacked lineup with too many consecutive opposite-handed hitters by digging in on one side of the mound and getting a good feel for how they need to throw each pitch to hit the outside corner consistently. Locking in that muscle memory early can set a guy up to have a great day on the mound.

[DumpJerry]

Can someone hide Belisario's passport before they leave for the series in Toronto?

How about telling him the flight to Toronto leaves at 4:00 when it really leaves at 1:00?

[XplodingScorbord]

Yeah, get that chump hitting .340 out of the third hole, damnit!

[Brian26]

Originally Posted by thomas35forever

Belisario still sucks.

You really can't bring him in unless you have a three run lead.

[Brian26]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

Can someone hide Belisario's passport before they leave for the series in Toronto?

How about telling him the flight to Toronto leaves at 4:00 when it really leaves at 1:00?

[Soxman219]

Sox finally win!:banda nce:

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

Can someone hide Belisario's passport before they leave for the series in Toronto?

How about telling him the flight to Toronto leaves at 4:00 when it really leaves at 1:00?

Better make it 6:00. The next day. At the wrong airport. And call in a bomb threat to the airport, too.

[BainesHOF]

Great job by Ventura continuing to show confidence in Belisario.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by BainesHOF

Great job by Ventura continuing to show confidence in Belisario.

Didn't he get the save?

Of course, that run doesn't score if Downs could get a god damn lefty out.

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Didn't he get the save?

Of course, that run doesn't score if Downs could get a god damn lefty out.

Sure, but the other side of that coin is that he doesn't score if Belisario doesn't give up back to back hits.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

Sure, but the other side of that coin is that he doesn't score if Belisario doesn't give up back to back hits.

So we have a ****ty bullpen, is any of this news to anyone?

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by doublem23

So we have a ****ty bullpen, is any of this news to anyone?

No, but Belisario was lights out as a setup guy. It only makes sense that, if Belisario blows as a closer and is awesome as a setup guy, you put him in a position to succeed. I'll take a guy who can get three outs with consistency in the 8th and a question mark in the ninth over a question mark in the eighth and an interrobang in the ninth.

[amsteel]

Proof is in the pudding:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...reer&t=p#innng

Belisaro is avg in the 8th below avg in the 9th, and above average in the 6th and 7th. Not the biggest sample sizes, but the trend is there.

[Crestani]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Ah, I see you write that like it is etched in stone... Sorry...

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/200...your-lineup-by

It's OK, though, there was a time when every educated man on the planet knew the Earth was the center of the universe.

Um, it isn't..??

[Foulke You]

Originally Posted by tstrike2000

Belisario was almost unhittable in 12 games as a setup guy. In 13 games being used as a closer he has a 9.00 ERA and has been a disaster. Yes, the whole bullpen sucks, but please try anyone else, maybe Guerra next.

I'd like to see Guerra get a shot. He is the one with the most closer experience (29 career saves) and was throwing darts his last couple times out. I doubt they make the change though.