The Day Boston Won The World Series And Total Reliance On Analytics Died In Dodger Town
The Dodgers got thumped as did the notion that a computer is a better manager than somebody with two eyes and common sense
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What I Know About Manny Machado
I wonder if the Dodgers are going to do something about Manny Machado’s dirty play. Maybe? Never? Conveniently after the series is over/his contract is up? Next year if they re-sign him? And where will Major League Baseball come down on Saturday’s incident in Los Angeles? They’ve already fined him once, not that it did any good. In fact, it
Read moreGame 4 Questions
Why does Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts hate Rich Hill? Why does he love Ryan Madson despite Madson allowing the first five inherited runners to score so far in this series? Why does he keep pulling Hill when he’s really effective…like, say, just-struck-out-a-guy-and-has-a-one-hitter-and-a-four-run-lead-in-the-seventh-and-a-shutout-in-Game-4-of-the-World-Series effective? Why? Why? Why? Ansser: To bring in another left-handed reliever in Scott Alexander. Oh. Wait.
Read moreGreatest Or Craziest Of All Time?
Game 3 had something for everyone. It could be the the greatest…or weirdest…postseason game ever played.
Read moreIn Defense of Second Chances and Common Sense
Sure, it’s easy to pile on Ryan Madson after he allowed five inherited runners to score in the first two games of the World Series. But there’s something to be said for giving him a third bite at the apple.
Read moreA Tribute To The Late Great Hank Greenwald
Former San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees broadcaster Hank Greenwald has died.
Read moreD-saster
Anything that could go nutty did as Boston beat Los Angeles in Game 1 of the 2018 World Series.
Read moreWho’s Winning The 2018 World Series?
Well it is obviously no one. But somebody’s gotta.
Read moreBaseball Has Lost Its Damned Mind
All that Game 7 of the 2018 ALCS needed was a middle reliever being fired out of a cannon into the protective netting around home plate in Milwaukee.
Read moreAltuve Homer That Wasn’t: Country Joe Got It Right
Country Joe West may not be the best singer, but he hit the right note when he called Jose Altuve out in Houston during the ALCS.
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