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10-06-2021, 10:46 PM | #152 |
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Truth be told, the Dodgers and Giants are the 2 best teams in baseball and this needed to happen. The baseball Gods are correct tonight
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They also played three-game tiebreaker series in 1951 and 1962 (Games 163-65) but they are counted as regular season games. |
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10-07-2021, 05:45 AM | #154 | |
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I didn't know about the AAWS matchup. I knew about the tiebreaker series, but didn't reference because, as you pointed out, they count much the same as a modern era "game 163" would count as a regular season game. Anyway, the Giants just don't lose. They will be an extremely tough out and without an at the top of his game Scherzer (and he is not, he got really fortunate last night), I don't see the Dodgers winning this series. Giants in 6 |
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10-07-2021, 05:51 AM | #155 |
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How was Scherzer fortunate last night? Was it his best performance? No. But the only run he gave up was unearned. He was in less overall trouble than Wainwright. The only reason the Dodgers had to bat in the 9th was because the fastest player in the game swung at ball 4 with the bases loaded and broke his bat while putting the ball in the only location where he could be doubled up.
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10-07-2021, 06:56 AM | #156 | |
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10-07-2021, 07:06 AM | #157 | |
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My bad. I was thinking the run scored on the error.
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Where is the fortune? The Cardinals had 2 legitimate threats of scoring when Scherzer was on the mound through the 5th and none were nearly as dangerous as when the Dodgers failed to score with the bases loaded and 1 out with Trea Turner at the plate. The odds of not giving up a run to start any inning is 70%. There was a 70% chance of ending the first only giving up the 1 run. There was a 80% chance of getting out of the 3rd not giving up a run, which is why a lot of managers dont sacrifice bunt any more, why Shildt chose to do that instead of attempt to steal second with Bader I will never know. And once Scherzer struck out O'Neil in the 5th there was a 60% chance of getting out of that inning with 0 runs scored. Arguably the only fortunate moment of the night was getting out of the 5th with 0 runs scored. Last edited by jd1020; 10-07-2021 at 07:24 AM.. |
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10-07-2021, 07:24 AM | #158 | |
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My guess is that if you told Scherzer pre game that you were giving him the ball in a win or go home game, and he was going to give you 4 1/3 without a single clean inning, but you were gonna win the game anyway, he would immediately start thanking his teammates. Anyway, as I said, the W is all that matters. On to the next round. We'll see how it plays out. |
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I get the feeling that the Sox is going to either get swept or lose in 4 games.
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