LA Dodgers @ Arizona Diamondbacks series thread. 08/30/24-09/02/24

[Dback Jon]

This might be Torey giving Sewald the Scilian Kiss…

It was a major mistake to bring SEWALD in this type of situation

 

[82CardsGrad]

Man is Corbin locked in!

 

[82CardsGrad]

It was a major mistake to bring SEWALD in this type of situation

Yep… unless this is Torey literally cementing Sewald’s demise.
I can see that happening. I can Torey using this as the final straw and convincing Hazen and Hall to end it with Sewald. In other words - a Scilian Kiss!

 

[FB94]

Why didn’t Ginkel come in when it’s only a one run game. But no, we bring in Paul Sea the ball go over the Wald and immediately blows the game up. Not sure the thought process with this one.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Why didn’t Ginkel come in when it’s only a one run game. But no, we bring in Paul Sea the ball go over the Wald and immediately blows the game up. Not sure the thought process with this one.

Because Torrey is trash when managing pitchers.

 

[Dback Jon]

Suarez will end the game DP

 

[Dback Jon]

Suarez will end the game DP

Works every time!!

 

[82CardsGrad]

Geno F’n Suarez ladies & gents!

 

[Dback Jon]

Damn

 

[Dback Jon]

This is a game the Dbacks battled but too many mistakes

 

[RON_IN_OC]

How about a Sewald for Banda trade? lol

 

[82CardsGrad]

Without Marte, Walker and Moreno, the margin for error is nil. Even when it comes to decision-making… Torey won’t say it, but his use of Sewald instead of Ginkel BETTER have been a Scicilian Kiss! Sewald better be gone for the year.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Gallen is this team’s Kershaw.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Gallen is this team’s Kershaw.

Naw… Kershaw is an old 36 year-old. Gallen just turned 29 two weeks ago.
Gallen has a shot to be great. Kershaw will never be great again.

 

[mjb21aztd]

To sad to post much the l hurts

How many gms to poffs?

 

[krazy2k]

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that bullpen
Used to make me smile
And I knew if they had the chance
They could make those fans dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But Sewald's Folly made me shiver
With every blown save he delivered
Bad loss at the ballpark
I couldn't take one more of Lovullos brain farts
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about the losing slide
But something made me smile deep inside
The day old Sewald DFA'd

 

[Ronin]

Why did Diamondbacks go to Paul Sewald in key moment of loss to Dodgers?

The Diamondbacks had a difficult task handling a short bullpen, and the decision to use Paul Sewald in a big moment backfired.

arizonasports.com

 

[AzStevenCal]

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that bullpen
Used to make me smile
And I knew if they had the chance
They could make those fans dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But Sewald's Folly made me shiver
With every blown save he delivered
Bad loss at the ballpark
I couldn't take one more of Lovullos brain farts
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about the losing slide
But something made me smile deep inside
The day old Sewald DFA'd

I loved the song and I love the post even though I'm not in the blame Torey camp.

 

[krazy2k]

Dodgers are now 27 games over .500. It's unlikely that the DBacks or the Padres will catch them for the division - especially if the stubborn Lovullo keeps using Sewald's Folly in high leverage situations. Let's hope that the DBacks can win 2 of the next 3 to earn a split, keeping an eye on the WC prize.

 

[krazy2k]

I loved the song and I love the post even though I'm not in the blame Torey camp.

lol...I had a hard time finding a word that somewhat rhymed with "ballpark" for context. However, i do believe that Lovullo has minimal skills when it comes to handling a bullpen. His use of Sewald in high leverage situations as well as some other questionable bullpen arm use (like restricting Puk to the 7th inning) has cost the DBacks several games.

 

[AzStevenCal]

lol...I had a hard time finding a word that somewhat rhymed with "ballpark" for context. However, i do believe that Lovullo has minimal skills when it comes to handling a bullpen. His use of Sewald in high leverage situations as well as some other questionable bullpen arm use (like restricting Puk to the 7th inning) has cost the DBacks several games.

I'm not sure you're wrong but I try to not blame coaching as it's so difficult to know what's really going on if you're not right there with the team. Anyway, I'd have a lot more confidence in our pitching staff if Gabe was catching most days. His loss hurts us in a lot of ways but despite his absence along with that of Christian and Ketel, we've played some of our best baseball ever.

 

[Ronin]

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[RON_IN_OC]

Welp, that didn't take long.

 

[LadyBassPlayer]

Hey y’all… regarding Friday’s See-wald debacle (4 runs!!) … does anyone have any idea why we keep seeing Sewald getting put in when he obviously loses games? Does he have something in his contract where he must play in a certain number of games?