Baseball 2016

[48Fire]

Seven games is a small sample size. No wise person would FIRE based on, say, just 7 years of market data. And seven games is the longest of the various MLB postseason series.

A game in baseball is made up of hundreds of samples.

 

[ERD50]

Well, going into the 7th, at least we are seeing a real match. Cubs with slim lead that could evaporate at any time. But no one team is being dominate, which makes for more interesting viewing.

Go Cubbies!

-ERD50

 

[Car-Guy]

Much better game tonight. Hope the Cubs can hold on for one more inning. I keep switching channels between the Cubs baseball and the Cowboys football game. Cowboys are in trouble tonight, at this point.

 

[aja8888]

Cowboys out of trouble now after the TD. Game tied.

 

[GrayHare]

As opposed to the LaRussa revolution in bullpen use, though, this one probably only works in the playoffs, not over the course of 162 games with very few off dates.

The Indians have been using Miller in this fashion since they acquired him during the regular season. It will be interesting to see how many teams adopt the strategy. As you say, it requires the right RP.

 

[Car-Guy]

Cubs did it. On to game 6 but back in Cleveland.

 

[RunningBum]

Whew. Still alive.

 

[hesperus]

Whew. Still alive.

Yes, on to game 6 !
I like arrieta's chances in cleveland

 

[aja8888]

Cubs bats better come alive soon.

 

[easysurfer]

Only thing better than October baseball is November baseball .

Now the question is can the Cubs win 2 before the Indians win 1? Not bad odds.

 

[easysurfer]

And from my earlier post:

So tonight, Soler does it - jogs a little, thinking it was foul, and then speeds up when it looks like it might drop fair.

What the fritz? It's the friggin, WORLD SERIES, first one for the Cubs since 1945, and he doesn't go all out? IS he saving it for something? How can a manager accept that from teams at this level? These guys should be sent back to the minors.

-ERD50

Batters sure like to assume home runs. Did you see Rizzo almost got thrown out tonight after watching his ball hit off the vines? Had he been out, that might have been a rally stopper .

 

[harley]

I didn't see the game last night, but I was watching game 3 when Soler hit that ball that landed on the right field line at Wrigley. Nobody else seems to be talking about it, but it seems to me that if he had Pete Rose'd the hit and run full out the whole way, he might have ended up with an inside the park homer instead of a triple, which would have changed the entire complexion of the game. Instead he bounced around a bit watching the ball, then took off running, and even turning at first seemed to be dogging it a bit. Did it seem like that to anyone else? Or is that so much the way baseball is played these days that nobody even notices?

 

[Jack_Pine]

I didn't see the game last night, but I was watching game 3 when Soler hit that ball that landed on the right field line at Wrigley. Nobody else seems to be talking about it, but it seems to me that if he had Pete Rose'd the hit and run full out the whole way, he might have ended up with an inside the park homer instead of a triple, which would have changed the entire complexion of the game. Instead he bounced around a bit watching the ball, then took off running, and even turning at first seemed to be dogging it a bit. Did it seem like that to anyone else? Or is that so much the way baseball is played these days that nobody even notices?

Too many ESPN highlights.

Back to Cleveland.....................Go Cubs.....................................................

 

[48Fire]

Congrats to the Cubs. Huge home run for Bryant to tie it before it got to Miller time.

I still like Cleveland's chances with two at home. A tiny part of me was hoping the Cubs would win and force it back to Cleveland. I have some ties to family and friends in Chicago, but not as much as Cleveland.

Either way, this is setting up to be one of the best World Series, all things considered.

 

[easysurfer]

Congrats to the Cubs. Huge home run for Bryant to tie it before it got to Miller time.

I still like Cleveland's chances with two at home. A tiny part of me was hoping the Cubs would win and force it back to Cleveland. I have some ties to family and friends in Chicago, but not as much as Cleveland.

Either way, this is setting up to be one of the best World Series, all things considered.

I didn't think the Bryant HR was going to make it out. Then the next ball that Rizzo hit I thought at first was going out, but he nearly got thrown out at second. The tricks of the Wrigley Field wind.

I actually was a bit surprised the Indians didn't bring in Miller with any lead and their starter beginning to struggle.

Indians now up 3-2 still gotta be favored. But for the Cubs, both remaining starters are on full 4 days rest and the pitchers for the Indians are on 3 days rest. Plus, the Schwarber factor at DH should help the Cubs' still struggling offense (Baez is swinging at anything within 3 feet outside the strike zone).

If there's a game 7, anything goes. Heck, we might see Miller and Chapman come in at the 2nd inning .

 

[48Fire]

I actually was a bit surprised the Indians didn't bring in Miller with any lead and their starter beginning to struggle.

Indians now up 3-2 still gotta be favored. But for the Cubs, both remaining starters are on full 4 days rest and the pitchers for the Indians are on 3 days rest. Plus, the Schwarber factor at DH should help the Cubs' still struggling offense (Baez is swinging at anything within 3 feet outside the strike zone).

If there's a game 7, anything goes. Heck, we might see Miller and Chapman come in at the 2nd inning .

I think they wanted to get Bauer through the lineup twice, then pinch hit for him. He was actually pitching very well, and had great command of his curve ball. Even John Smoltz was complimenting him. I think the catcher made a mistake trying to sneak a fastball past Bryant rather than just stay with the curve.

Game 7 will be interesting if it goes that far. I could definitely see bullpens in the fourth or fifth inning.

I haven't seen probabilities for who wins at this point, I just know that it is better for Cleveland than it was at the start of the Series, and WAY better than in September when they lost their number 2 and 3 starters.

 

[eytonxav]

Glad to see the Cubs putting up a fight, much more interesting now.

 

[RunningBum]

I didn't see the game last night, but I was watching game 3 when Soler hit that ball that landed on the right field line at Wrigley. Nobody else seems to be talking about it, but it seems to me that if he had Pete Rose'd the hit and run full out the whole way, he might have ended up with an inside the park homer instead of a triple, which would have changed the entire complexion of the game. Instead he bounced around a bit watching the ball, then took off running, and even turning at first seemed to be dogging it a bit. Did it seem like that to anyone else? Or is that so much the way baseball is played these days that nobody even notices?

Two of us already mentioned this.

 

[Big_Hitter]

good game last night

 

[easysurfer]

Glad to see the Cubs putting up a fight, much more interesting now.

+1.

I'm just glad not to have the visiting team celebrating at the home team's ballpark. At least now, if the Indians win, the party will be in Cleveland.

With that out of the way, the series is just getting started .

 

[48Fire]

+1.

I'm just glad not to have the visiting team celebrating at the home team's ballpark. At least now, if the Indians win, the party will be in Cleveland.

With that out of the way, the series is just getting started .

That's true. I was at the Cleveland/Baltimore playoffs in '97 when Marquis Grissom lost the ball in the lights in the ninth inning, and the Orioles ended up tying the game. It was the first time I have ever heard 42,000 people abruptly go silent. Except for Cal Ripken's wife and the rest of the Orioles family who were right behind us

 

[easysurfer]

That's true. I was at the Cleveland/Baltimore playoffs in '97 when Marquis Grissom lost the ball in the lights in the ninth inning, and the Orioles ended up tying the game. It was the first time I have ever heard 42,000 people abruptly go silent. Except for Cal Ripken's wife and the rest of the Orioles family who were right behind us

So quiet you can hear a pin drop.

Watching the game last night when Chapman didn't cover 1st base, my Cub fan doubt was sinking in and had me thinking that's the play which is gonna end the season and starting bringing back flashbacks of 2003 watching on TV the Marlins in Wrigley. Luckily, the game now moves to game 6.

 

[48Fire]

So quiet you can hear a pin drop.

Watching the game last night when Chapman didn't cover 1st base, my Cub fan doubt was sinking in and had me thinking that's the play which is gonna end the season and starting bringing back flashbacks of 2003 watching on TV the Marlins in Wrigley. Luckily, the game now moves to game 6.

And even a collective gasp from the crowd. When you hear the air left the stadium I believe it when 42,000 people inhale

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[48Fire]

I thought the same with Chapman play, but he gathered himself. That's usually the difference in a world series

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[easysurfer]

For game 6, Schwarber is batting 2nd, and Baez moved to ninth. I like the placement, especially Baez in the 9 slot.