Arizona Diamondbacks @ SF Giants series thread Sep 15 - Sep 17th

[Ronin]

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[Dude]

I want a sweep.

 

[overseascardfan]

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If Walker gets the win today, ARZ will have 4 SP's with at least 10 wins in the same season, not sure if that's ever happened before in the modern baseball era. If Godley can somehow get 2 more wins in before end of regular season that would be first time in history, right?

Edit: 1971 Orioles had 4 10+ win SP's.

 

[Dude]

I don't know how Walker got out of the inning with only 1 run.

 

[BillsCarnage]

I don't know how Walker got out of the inning with only 1 run.

voodoo

 

[Dude]

voodoo

He has had them loaded 3 times it was only a matter of time. Today's not his day.

 

[Dude]

Just dingers cuts it to 2-4 with one swing.

@Bert

 

[Shaggy]

Walker is not a solid pitcher.

 

[Azlen]

Walker is not a solid pitcher.

There really isn't any question in my mind that Godley should be the fourth playoff starter rather than Walker.

 

[BC867]

The heck if I know. I just found it odd they said it too. They all said it like he was the only one to have more HR's than hits in any game. We know that's not right. The ESPN link cleared it up. I guess it did.

Not the only one to have more HR's than (opponents) hits. The only 4 HR's in a game hitter to have more HR's than the opponent had hits.

In none of the other seventeen 4-HR performances did the opponents have 3 hits or less. I don't know how important that is. But it made JD's performance unique and worthy of mention.

 

[AZ Native]

Take it from someone who travels a TON for work... flying, changing time zones, sleeping in hotels, eating restaurant food... it takes a heavy toll on your body and mind. Of course, being young and in top condition helps a great deal. But mentally, emotionally, the schedule is arguably the toughest aspect of MLB. And when games matter and the pressure is amped up, the mental stress is amplified. I have always been amazed at how MLB players and coaches are able to handle the schedule... 162 games, half of which are on the road... I believe it averages out to be something like 15 games a month a team is on the road. And of course, it's not like 15 games all in one place, like in SF, or LA, or Denver... it's 15 games spread out among 2, 3 or 4 different cities and time-zones. It's nuts really.

I see your point and I know the cities are spread out more than in the old days, but those guys had to rides on buses back then and they somehow did it. Today's player ride in luxury and stay in first class hotels. Guys like Mantle and his teammates drank all night and never worked out. Oh well, it's all relative I suppose.

 

[AZ Native]

I missed the last month but I'm guessing most of us would have taken 24 games over .500 at this point. I'm impressed with this team and their leadership. It's all relative.