Chipper Jones (11-03-2016)
Someone is going to say it, might as well be me.
Can Steve Bartman be seen in public now
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
Can we have Theo?
Tapate50 (11-03-2016)
#ThankYouHarambe
Forever Fredi
50PoundHead (11-03-2016), cajunrevenge (11-03-2016), KB21 (11-03-2016), The Chosen One (11-03-2016), VirginiaBrave (11-03-2016)
Cubs fans suck. The next decade of baseball is going to be unbearable.
50PoundHead (11-03-2016), NinersSBChamps (11-03-2016)
Hat tip to the Indians who fought with class till the end.
buck75 (11-03-2016), Chipper Jones (11-03-2016), CrimsonCowboy (11-03-2016), FreemanFan (11-03-2016), The Chosen One (11-03-2016), TomahawkCult (11-03-2016)
Ben Zobrist with a sweet new ride
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
Some southsiders of Chicago won't be happy about this tweet:
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I mean the Sox have the bragging rights of breaking their curse first.
Forever Fredi
What an awesome Series!
Chipper Jones (11-03-2016), TomahawkCult (11-03-2016)
Regardless of it not being true, Epstein will be regarded as the best or in the upper pantheon of GMs because of this. 2 super long curses, broke the 3rd longest with the Red Sox and the longest with the Cubs.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
I wish more would be mentioned of stupid intentional walks. Gave them a free base runner (decreasing odds that Indians win from 44% to 42%).The Indians end up finding a way to put across a run in the bottom half as well.
I wonder if next year is the year managers realize not to give away free outs (bunts), not to give away free baserunners (int. walks) and to use best relievers in highest leverage situations. (tougher to do managing through regular season, for sure)
"Yes, I did think Aldrich was good UNTIL I SAW HIM PLAY. "- thethe
It might just be me, but it seemed like there was significantly more conversation about leverage and reliever usage during the playoffs this year than ever before. The Royals' WS win already had people paying more attention to the bullpen, so I could see teams putting more thought into the way they use relievers. As you say, during the regular season in-game strategy will probably still take a backseat to workload management, but I think we might see teams start changing the way they construct their bullpens.