Baseball Chat

[Eli's Gone]

Again---you throw up statistics---I actually watch him pitch...

my comment was he has been lucky of late----you come back with he's saved xxx in a row...

off the top of my head--since I actually watched the games-- in no particular order the last 7 or so outings with the game in the balance:

Carter-Astros-3 run bomb to left following 2 walks...
Sean Rodriquez-Tampa-mile high shot to the wall in left...
Beltre-Texas-mile high shot to the wall in left...
Longoria-Rays-blast to the wall in right...
Loney-Rays-blast to the wall in RC...
Navarro-Jays-game losing shot to RC...
Headley makes tremendous play vs Pedroia to end game with runner at 2nd

of late:2 L's in his last 9 games...7 saves--2 routine, the other 5 lucky...

It doesn't have to be pretty as long as he gets it done. Mistake #1.

when his command/control is all over the place--even during "success"--it usually catches up with you--he's had 5 balls that looked like game losers off the bat in his last 9 outings in addition to the two that actually were game losers--on pitches that missed the glove by a foot each time---not acceptable down the stretch (which started for us a month ago)----

but you're right, he's got mahvelous stats...