Big deal

[klaiggeb]

I find it hard to get excited over 2 wins over a very poor Oakland team, when we couldn't even jumping two very poor starters.

And then for the second day in a row the bullpen tried to give it all back.

Not that there were not some positive things, your Yaz's two home runs, Thairo's shot, and pretty decent defense all around except for Crawford's boo.

[reedonly]

Krukow said this morning that Crawford's play was going to be difficult so he was not surprised it was an error. Having Crawford back this weekend tightened the defense up and allowed Rodon and Webb to pitch to contact instead of them feeling forced to strike everyone out and rack up high pitch counts.

Back in the 80's, the mantra was "who cares if Milt May does well?" which was in reference to Milt May hitting over .300 as the lone statistical highlight but the more important thing was that the youngsters on the team did well (Clark, Davis, Herndon, Leonard). By the same token, its less important that Wilmer Flores has a good day but the youngsters on the big club and minor leagues start to get better. That means Bart, who continued his hot hitting, and the youngsters up and down the minor league system. A lot of the hitters have been doing bad for so long that it obscures the fact that they've started to get hot. Matos, Pomares, Bailey, and Ramos are ticking up a bit, which is encouraging.

I know most of us didn't want Soto (even though some fans did) and look how much of a difference he made for the Padres against the Dodgers last weekend.  I realize that it is a small sample size and that Tatis is not back yet but Soto was brought in to be a difference maker against the Dodgers but the Padres did their usual fold against LA.  That was a report card series for both teams.  

[klaiggeb]

Aug 8, 2022 10:21:36 GMT -5 reedonly said:

Krukow said this morning that Crawford's play was going to be difficult so he was not surprised it was an error. Having Crawford back this weekend tightened the defense up and allowed Rodon and Webb to pitch to contact instead of them feeling forced to strike everyone out and rack up high pitch counts.

Back in the 80's, the mantra was "who cares if Milt May does well?" which was in reference to Milt May hitting over .300 as the lone statistical highlight but the more important thing was that the youngsters on the team did well (Clark, Davis, Herndon, Leonard). By the same token, its less important that Wilmer Flores has a good day but the youngsters on the big club and minor leagues start to get better. That means Bart, who continued his hot hitting, and the youngsters up and down the minor league system. A lot of the hitters have been doing bad for so long that it obscures the fact that they've started to get hot. Matos, Pomares, Bailey, and Ramos are ticking up a bit, which is encouraging.

I know most of us didn't want Soto (even though some fans did) and look how much of a difference he made for the Padres against the Dodgers last weekend.  I realize that it is a small sample size and that Tatis is not back yet but Soto was brought in to be a difference maker against the Dodgers but the Padres did their usual fold against LA.  That was a report card series for both teams.  

I disagree with Krukow's assessment, Reed. Yes, the play was going to be a fairly difficult one, but it's a play we've all seen Crawford make hundreds of times.

Not criticizing the error. Errors happen, and I'd rather they happen on a difficult play than a routine plays.

I've always said making the routine play 99.9% of the time is way more important than the impossible play 50% of the time.