Seriously? They had the MVP of the league for half of the season. It has been reported that they knew about the failed test for weeks were filing appeals to let him keep playing. Think of how many walk offs they won. Take him out of the mix and you are looking at a different team. Now, take Scutaro. He has NEVER hit this well. He is obviously roiding. Pagan is same all year. Has never been this good. We lost Kemp for a long ass time twice. Our big acquisitions took 100 bats to get right. We had no Jansen. We lost Bills. We lost Elbert. Hell, we lost Kersh for awhile.
I do not think so. I think that October will suck but come November and beyond, we will be smiling at acquisitions. I also think that our guys have started playing for each other. These last 10 games may have been EXACTLY what the doctor ordered. They were playing as a team. They also saw what they could do when working together.
Legitimately sad... time to start writing projected 2013 lineups/stats, offseason plans etc in my notebook during class
I honestly don't care as long as the gnats don't win. I probably won't watch a single postseason game.
kemp is a should be a lock for #3. it leaves gonzalez to do what he has done all his career RBI. the guy im scared about is hanley. his offense reminds me too much of a uribe. dont forget we will massively upgrade offensively from victorino. lf was just as weak as first and at lf we did not upgrade production it largely remained the same, victorinos worth came from his range and defense.
i know it has been probably been mentioned but don had no idea what he was doing in the 9th. I am not gonna blame him for the season but man it was horrid. first off, why isn't gordon running for either right away? baffles the mind. first off you can steal that base and still have 2 outs left if he is caught. He ran him with 2 outs so wtf not? Second, Dee puts pressure on Homo. Never know, he may be worried about him lose focus and give up a walk(see how much attention he had to pay for him?)3rd, even if the sac bunt was the play, you dont want a possible out at second. Dee in and no chance at that. Finally, gap double and dee scores for sure. either who knows possibly gets held up? Just horrible. He did not put us in the best spot to win.