[Passan] Tarik Skubal had thrown 17 innings of scoreless baseball this postseason. He looked practically unhittable. On two pitches, the Guardians scored five runs off him. Baseball makes no sense sometimes — and that’s why it’s the best
October 12, 2024
[Passan] Tarik Skubal had thrown 17 innings of scoreless baseball this postseason. He looked practically unhittable.
On two pitches, the Guardians scored five runs off him.
Baseball makes no sense sometimes — and that’s why it’s the best
30 comments
Fastball down the middle to a hitter that swings at the first pitch. Oof
Let the record show NO ONE shuts out the Cleveland Guardians for 18 consecutive innings
Eat your heart out San Diego
I never want to face Skubal again that was so bad til it wasnt
Still a top four player in baseball
Ohtani Judge Soto Tarik
He’s the reverse Padres
3rd time around truthers all saying I told you so
I get what we’re going for but the increased usage in the postseason and the extra nerves makes it very much make a ton of sense lmao.
Tarik “Clayton Kershaw” Skubal
He came back in and shut them down. How good do you have to be to keep pitching the inning after this?
“if it bleeds we can kill it”
Kevin Cash is chuckling right now.
Surely he threw more than 2 pitches
I disagree. Baseball sucks
He loaded the bases, hit a batter and gave up a grand slam on 2 pitches?? That is impressive
I’m pretty sure they didn’t intentionally walk 3 batters so that it only took 2 pitches to score 5 runs.
#ANGRY DOWNVOTE
This is clearly all Passan’s fault
I’m curious what the status of the bullpen was, when you roll with bullpen games, a guy like Skubal really is relied on to go deep. I have zero problem leaving him in there, when you get to the dance, you lean on players that got you there.
I try to explain this to non-fans of baseball. Anything could happen at every pitch!
Hey bud, what about the pitches that put guys in scoring position?
Are we just going to ignore the fact that he gave up 3 singles to load the bases?
Hard to get a grand slam on just two pitches and by hard I mean impossible
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : [Gets in Crash’s face] I want to give him the heat and announce my presence with authority!
Crash Davis : Announce your fucking presence with authority? This guy is a first ball, fast ball hitter!
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : Well he hasn’t seen my heat!
Crash Davis : [pauses] Allright meat, show him your heat.
I ~~love~~ ~~hate~~ LOVE baseball
“This is how the sport of baseball moves. Not at all, and then all at once.” -Jon Bois
Every sport has shit that doesn’t make sense.
I mean, it makes perfect sense. It would be abnormal for a 3.00 ERA pitcher to give up exactly 3 runs every 9 inning, or a .300 hitter to get exactly 3 hits every 10 ABs. Production happens most often in peaks and valleys. Skubal is probably the best pitcher on the planet right now, but 17 scoreless innings doesn’t mean he’s going to keep being unhittable until the end of time. A well-timed HR maximized the runs scored off of him. This is just what competition looks like.
Every best pitcher in baseball has discovered it sooner or later: eventually, baseball will get you.
Not sure how 2 pitches = 5 runs, doesn’t seem possible unless there were a lot of intentional walks i guess
Even Skubal has proven he’s human too.
On the other side of this, Yamamoto had poor numbers against the Padres going into the NLDS and he shut them down, that’s why the postseason is wild and unpredictable, guys step up and guys disappear
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30 comments
Fastball down the middle to a hitter that swings at the first pitch. Oof
Let the record show NO ONE shuts out the Cleveland Guardians for 18 consecutive innings
Eat your heart out San Diego
I never want to face Skubal again that was so bad til it wasnt
Still a top four player in baseball
Ohtani Judge Soto Tarik
He’s the reverse Padres
3rd time around truthers all saying I told you so
I get what we’re going for but the increased usage in the postseason and the extra nerves makes it very much make a ton of sense lmao.
Tarik “Clayton Kershaw” Skubal
He came back in and shut them down. How good do you have to be to keep pitching the inning after this?
“if it bleeds we can kill it”
Kevin Cash is chuckling right now.
Surely he threw more than 2 pitches
I disagree. Baseball sucks
He loaded the bases, hit a batter and gave up a grand slam on 2 pitches?? That is impressive
I’m pretty sure they didn’t intentionally walk 3 batters so that it only took 2 pitches to score 5 runs.
#ANGRY DOWNVOTE
This is clearly all Passan’s fault
I’m curious what the status of the bullpen was, when you roll with bullpen games, a guy like Skubal really is relied on to go deep. I have zero problem leaving him in there, when you get to the dance, you lean on players that got you there.
I try to explain this to non-fans of baseball. Anything could happen at every pitch!
Hey bud, what about the pitches that put guys in scoring position?
Are we just going to ignore the fact that he gave up 3 singles to load the bases?
Hard to get a grand slam on just two pitches and by hard I mean impossible
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : [Gets in Crash’s face] I want to give him the heat and announce my presence with authority!
Crash Davis : Announce your fucking presence with authority? This guy is a first ball, fast ball hitter!
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : Well he hasn’t seen my heat!
Crash Davis : [pauses] Allright meat, show him your heat.
I ~~love~~ ~~hate~~ LOVE baseball
“This is how the sport of baseball moves. Not at all, and then all at once.”
-Jon Bois
Every sport has shit that doesn’t make sense.
I mean, it makes perfect sense. It would be abnormal for a 3.00 ERA pitcher to give up exactly 3 runs every 9 inning, or a .300 hitter to get exactly 3 hits every 10 ABs. Production happens most often in peaks and valleys. Skubal is probably the best pitcher on the planet right now, but 17 scoreless innings doesn’t mean he’s going to keep being unhittable until the end of time. A well-timed HR maximized the runs scored off of him. This is just what competition looks like.
Every best pitcher in baseball has discovered it sooner or later: eventually, baseball will get you.
Not sure how 2 pitches = 5 runs, doesn’t seem possible unless there were a lot of intentional walks i guess
Even Skubal has proven he’s human too.
On the other side of this, Yamamoto had poor numbers against the Padres going into the NLDS and he shut them down, that’s why the postseason is wild and unpredictable, guys step up and guys disappear