tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post3775254580411590427..comments2024-03-18T15:54:14.696-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: MLB Playoffs, Days Nine and TenGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-22253852579887099502021-10-22T10:17:49.248-04:002021-10-22T10:17:49.248-04:00Everyone in my neighborhood was convinced Cesar Ce...Everyone in my neighborhood was convinced Cesar Cedeno was going to the Hall of Fame.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-48171317422863579952021-10-19T19:57:31.518-04:002021-10-19T19:57:31.518-04:00Ten greatest Astros by Wins Above Replacement play...Ten greatest Astros by Wins Above Replacement players:<br /><br />1. Jeff Bagwell: 79.9<br />2. Craig Biggio: 65.4<br />3. Jose Cruz: 51.4<br />4. Cesar Cedeno: 49.6<br />5. Lance Berkman: 48.1<br />6. Roy Oswalt: 46.1<br />7. Jim Wynn: 41.5<br />8. Jose Altuve: 41.4<br />9. Carlos Correa: 34.1<br />10. Larry Dierker: 32.0GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-40262233179377818572021-10-19T19:50:38.233-04:002021-10-19T19:50:38.233-04:00So now it's over to the BoSox and the Astros. ...So now it's over to the BoSox and the Astros. The Braves have never played the Red Sox or the Astros in the World Series.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-72403844755229115682021-10-19T19:46:30.577-04:002021-10-19T19:46:30.577-04:00Braves up 5-2 and cruising in the top of the 6th. ...Braves up 5-2 and cruising in the top of the 6th. The Dodgers, who have fought so hard and so bravely in each of the last six seasons, seem resigned to defeat -- I haven't seen them so lifeless in a very long time. Will be interesting to see what changes they make in the off-season.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-3910356878742685882021-10-19T19:06:35.104-04:002021-10-19T19:06:35.104-04:00One thing I really like about the Braves is that t...One thing I really like about the Braves is that they keep taking advantage of the Dodgers' shift by slapping the ball the opposite way. I have long thought that someone would get burned for all this shifting, and give credit to the Braves for making it happen.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-68424272053192401992021-10-19T18:59:00.381-04:002021-10-19T18:59:00.381-04:00When I grew up, I thought of L.A. as a laid-back p...When I grew up, I thought of L.A. as a laid-back place, but it's really not -- it's a place that expects success and has no tolerance of failure. The fans there compare all of their teams to the Showtime Lakers. So the reaction to this collapse by the Dodgers will be much harsher than it would be in most towns.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-65721774035670833902021-10-19T18:53:24.720-04:002021-10-19T18:53:24.720-04:00But that's all easy to say when you're my ...But that's all easy to say when you're my age. If I were still young, I'd be really hating Gavin Lux and Walker Buehler right now.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-72146357582791134162021-10-19T18:52:41.136-04:002021-10-19T18:52:41.136-04:00The Dodgers have also been hammered by injuries. ...The Dodgers have also been hammered by injuries. Clayton Kershaw's out for the year. Max Muncy, their best hitter, hasn't been available in the playoffs, and something is wrong with Justin Turner that has rendered him largely useless. But again, that's baseball. Give credit to Atlanta, which lost its best player -- Ronald Acuna, Jr. -- months ago, and which has simply rolled on regardless.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-17895299383987668982021-10-19T18:50:24.002-04:002021-10-19T18:50:24.002-04:00The Dodgers hurt themselves with stupid baserunnin...The Dodgers hurt themselves with stupid baserunning in Game One, they tried a disastrous stunt by using Urias as a relief pitcher in Game Two, and now they've killed themselves with a dropped fly ball and bad pitching in Game Three. It's hard to win 106 games in the regular season, survive a one-game playoff with St. Louis and an epic divisional series with San Francisco, only to go out in such an embarrassing fashion. But that's baseball.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-61005957113442916822021-10-19T18:48:22.906-04:002021-10-19T18:48:22.906-04:00And this Braves team reminds me a lot of the Nats&...And this Braves team reminds me a lot of the Nats' team in 2019 -- they're veteran guys who have been humiliated in a lot of playoff series, and who are ready to win this time.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-1225939726292838102021-10-19T18:47:45.941-04:002021-10-19T18:47:45.941-04:00Baseball is a funny old game. I thought the Dodge...Baseball is a funny old game. I thought the Dodgers' win in San Francisco to survive the Divisional Series was one of the greatest games they ever played, and since then they have been absolutely terrible against the Braves.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-25790207814444225342021-10-19T18:47:04.855-04:002021-10-19T18:47:04.855-04:00The Dodgers survived with no further damage, but t...The Dodgers survived with no further damage, but they trail 4-2 after 3 1/2 innings, and their offense has been almost completely useless for the last week.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-47194593283668940732021-10-19T18:46:16.399-04:002021-10-19T18:46:16.399-04:00At this point it was still 2-0 and the Braves had ...At this point it was still 2-0 and the Braves had runners on second and third. But Buehler knew he was sunk, and he was right. Joc Pederson singled to make it 2-1. Then Adam Duvall singled to make it 2-2. Then Buehler walked Travis d'Arnaud to load the bases. Dansby Swanson singled in a run to make it 3-2. Buehler then struck out the pitcher -- but gave a bases loaded walk to Eddie Rosario to make it 4-2. And that was all for Buehler.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-70744406409845800712021-10-19T18:44:21.572-04:002021-10-19T18:44:21.572-04:00Up 2-0 in the top of the 4th, with their ace Walke...Up 2-0 in the top of the 4th, with their ace Walker Buehler on the mound in a game that they desperately needed to win, the Dodgers have come completely unglued. Freddie Freeman, who is the greatest player in baseball (at least against the Nats) leads off with a single. Buehler gets Ozzie Albies to fly out, and then gets Austin Riley to hit a deep fly to the warning track in center -- where it is DROPPED by Dodger center fielder Gavin Lux.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-11692831444746861312021-10-19T10:58:07.293-04:002021-10-19T10:58:07.293-04:00Go, Red Sox (because they're not the Astros). ...Go, Red Sox (because they're not the Astros). Also: Go, Dodgers (because of you). But, if not: Go, Braves (because of Jason Frakes).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-37659818589825638422021-10-19T10:55:06.492-04:002021-10-19T10:55:06.492-04:00I have a theory about all of this ...
There's...I have a theory about all of this ...<br /><br />There's basically one big tube in our brain that measures time and it grows like the other parts of us. When I am 10 years old, a year is a tenth of my life as measured by my brain's time tube. When I am 100, a year is a 100th of my life to the time tube. Now, my logic tube understands those two years are the same outside-in length, but my memory tube computes inside-out the 10-year-old year to be 10 times longer than the 100-year-old year. Both the outside-in and inside-out math are real and not actually in conflict with each other, but our brains and words aren't smart enough to actually quite convey/represent it. And so we need things like the widow's mite story to remind us.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com