Game Two: Post Game Thread

[Michael]

Once again, Michael hates Molina, you aren't going to win this argument.

It's not about hate.

Who is a better hitter Molina or Duncan?

[Bo Hart]

Throw out ways to help your team win because it's the playoffs?

Uhm, you're basically applying a sabermetrical-oriented approach to a situation where sabermetrics do not apply.

Yes, I think your line of vision horribly flawed.

[EastonBlues22]

I've watched almost every AB of the postseason, and if you're trying to tell me that Encarnacion, Wilson, and even Duncan are taking better ABs right now than Molina (and thus, are more likely to do something productive with that AB)...well, I think you're making a colossal error in judgement.

You can't just ignore what a hitter is doing now when making a judgement call like that.

[Michael]

Throw out ways to help your team win because it's the playoffs?

Uhm, you're basically applying a sabermetrical-oriented approach to a situation where sabermetrics do not apply.

Yes, I think your line of vision horribly flawed.

Why doesn't is apply? What is so sabermetrical-oriented about putting a better hitter out there?

[Michael]

I've watched almost every AB of the postseason, and if you're trying to tell me that Encarnacion, Wilson, and even Duncan are taking better ABs right now than Molina (and thus, are more likely to do something productive with that AB)...well, I think you're making a colossal error in judgement.

You can't just ignore what a hitter is doing now when making a judgement call like that.

Encarnacion, Wilson, and Duncan do have uglier looking ABs because they K more. Molina is a contact ground out machine.

[TimeForGuinness]

Once again, Michael hates Molina, you aren't going to win this argument.

It's not about hate.

Who is a better hitter Molina or Duncan?

Right now Molina. He was one of the few that had good swings tonight against Rogers. Juan looked lost the whole night not only in the field but at the plate. Wilson is a strike out machine lately.

Molina is the wrong call. Duncan should have hit for either Juan or Wilson.

People are picking on Molina because he made the last out, whereas, if Wilson didn't get hit...your saber skills would have told you that he would have struckout.

Duncan for Wilson.

[Elphie15]

Throw out ways to help your team win because it's the playoffs?

Uhm, you're basically applying a sabermetrical-oriented approach to a situation where sabermetrics do not apply.

Yes, I think your line of vision horribly flawed.

Why doesn't is apply? What is so sabermetrical-oriented about putting a better hitter out there?

FWIW, I'm not sure Duncan is the better hitter right now but I'm probably the wrong person to ask since I've been cynical of Duncan since the beginning.

[clake]

I am loving the act Rogers is putting on with his groaning during this press conference.

[Bo Hart]

Why doesn't is apply? What is so sabermetrical-oriented about putting a better hitter out there?

Because a "better hitter" is only the "better hitter" in the long run, when the law of averages comes into play. You know, when his hot and cold streaks cancel each other out.

The postseason is too short for this so-called law to apply. The best team will not always win, much like the best hitter will not always have the best results.

Like they say, "the playoffs is about who gets hot at the right time."

[Michael]

I am loving the act Rogers is putting on with his groaning during this press conference.

What are they asking him?[/url]