Peavy Talk

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=1273:date=Dec 4 2008, 03:50 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Dec 4 2008, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=1242:date=Dec 4 2008, 11:09 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 4 2008, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=1196:date=Dec 4 2008, 07:50 AM:name=Quinn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Quinn @ Dec 4 2008, 07:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I wasn't around for the LA series. Do you guys not think that having no lefties in our lineup killed us? The face we didn't see one LHP during the entire series?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Our pitching and defense killed us. You can't expect to out-slug teams in the postseason. You score 2, 3, or maybe 4 runs a game and you rely on your pitching and defense to keep the other team's offense down.

Dempster shat the bed in game 1 and set the tone. Our defense blew ass in game 2.

Losing the first two games at home in a 5 game series, and it was basically over.

We were the best team in the National League last year. I don't know that we really need to add much, to be honest.
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You're seriously giving our offense a pass? Our offense is absolutely why we lost the series. Ramirez and Soriano are the main reasons for us losing, for the 2nd year in a row.
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I don't know that I'm giving them a pass, but the Dodgers tore apart our pitching and our defense failed us. We weren't going to outscore any team with any offense if we were giving up 10 or more runs a game. That isn't how you win the postseason. You're facing the best pitching in the league. You need to grind out a few runs and hope your pitching holds the other team to 1 or 2 runs.

Our offense blew, but the playoffs are usually low scoring affairs. So that wasn't surprising. What surprised me is that our starting pitching and defense sucked so bad.