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[Rasputin]

Let's go Royals

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[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

Holy ****! It was hot out there.

I came home to watch the broadcast and it was interesting to listen to the crew discuss how shallow the Astros OF was playing. Compared to watching every other NL club it seemed like a great strategy. And those guys appeared to be able to cover some ground too.

Contrast that with how deep the Giants played in the WS I was amazed. But it worked out well. That's a fast OF. Seems every bit as fast as our own OF.

Meh. It will wind up costing them more than it helps.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

Holy ****! It was hot out there.

I came home to watch the broadcast and it was interesting to listen to the crew discuss how shallow the Astros OF was playing. Compared to watching every other NL club it seemed like a great strategy. And those guys appeared to be able to cover some ground too.

Contrast that with how deep the Giants played in the WS I was amazed. But it worked out well. That's a fast OF. Seems every bit as fast as our own OF.

It's a good strategy against teams that don't have a ton of power, especially down in the lineup.

I wouldn't be playing as shallow as they were vs. Salvador Perez, though. He has big-time oppo power.

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

It's a good strategy against teams that don't have a ton of power, especially down in the lineup.

I wouldn't be playing as shallow as they were vs. Salvador Perez, though. He has big-time oppo power.

It burned them on the Morales double, and nearly cost them on Moose's shot 9th as well.