Agree Cap. TB is done. A little surprised their bats when in a slump. I didn't expect 16 hr's (ALCS) but 0-whatever by the big three??? Kudos to Philly. Moyer, Blanton and Myers were huge. I took TB series after Game 1 so I'll be hedging tonight with Philly RL. GL tonight. Hopefully it's not a 1 run game tonight.
I just checked with SI, heres the bad news for us.
Tampa -1.5 is a 90% consensus favorite:seeya:
Me and you = Squares. lol
About the slumps, Two things, first, obviously the inexperience/youth is finally showing, they look tight at the plate and look like the pressure is finally getting to them. They are no longer playing "with their backs to the wall", and also theyve just straight up run out of gas.
Second, I still believe a lot of those HR's were due to tampas immense scouting report and the fact that these teams have played eachother almost 20 times this season and know eachother so well.
For each pitcher, tampa knew EXACTLY what types of pitches to look for and it looked like almost every single time a boston SP would make a minute mistake, tampa would pounce on it.
Normally something vets do at the plate, but pena/longo/ and upton really made em pay.
They knew exactly what pitches to sit on, and what pitches to take a big cut at. Result = Many HR's.
But with philly, in this interleague matchup, the teams havent met since 2006. They dont know eachother like boston/TB divisional rivals.
GL tonight bro lets cash:cheers: