Nice job by Kluber, Miller and the Indians. Good to see players from smaller markets get the national spotlight for a change. Still hope for a good back-and-forth series. Let's see what the Indians have planned for Act 2.

(10-24-2016 02:08 PM)stever20 Wrote:  a continuation of the regular season in the playoffs:
We can break this World Series down a hundred different ways, but it's likely to come down to dingers. Home runs have accounted for 42 percent of the runs this postseason and the team that hit more home runs won won each of the six playoff series plus both wild-card games.

You were half right. % of runs due to HRs is still high, but for Game 1 they weren't necessary for the win.

So.... Cubs got owned in game 1, now doing the owning in game 2....

(10-26-2016 08:38 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  So.... Cubs got owned in game 1, now doing the owning in game 2....

Still some innings to go but if this holds, a good series this is brewing to be.

(10-26-2016 08:56 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 08:38 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  So.... Cubs got owned in game 1, now doing the owning in game 2....

Still some innings to go but if this holds, a good series this is brewing to be.

I'm not so sure. Cubs have a pretty big advantage in game 3, then game 4 a ton of pressure on Kluber(on short rest). He has a bad outing there, and it's 3-1 and Sunday night would be incredible in Wrigley.

(10-26-2016 09:41 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 08:56 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 08:38 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  So.... Cubs got owned in game 1, now doing the owning in game 2....

Still some innings to go but if this holds, a good series this is brewing to be.

I'm not so sure. Cubs have a pretty big advantage in game 3, then game 4 a ton of pressure on Kluber(on short rest). He has a bad outing there, and it's 3-1 and Sunday night would be incredible in Wrigley.

Jake pitched amazing until he got to around pitch count in the 80's. Second longest no-hit bid in WS since Jerry Koosman went 6 no-hit innings for the Mets in '69 series.

Schwarber seems to have no problem hitting. The Cubs have some big boys up there at the plate and were fun to watch this game. Progressive Field (The Jake) looked great on TV as well. Happy for the folks in both these cities and their long-suffering fans.

Wrigley will be energized on Friday night. Scalpers are having a ball with this series. Hope Cubs jump on them early again and keep the home-field advantage away from Cleveland, but it could be tough.

Also couldn't help noticing Jason Heyward striking out and looking clueless late in the game for the Cubs. That Heyward contract is going to be an absolute albatross and will go down as the worst mistake of Epstein's career. (Glad the Braves got rid of him. Reminds me of the Fred McGriff-Mel Nieves fleecing the Braves did against the Padres back in 1993. Nieves went on to hit .231 for a 7 year journeyman's career that saw him bounce between San Diego, Detroit and finally Cincinnati. Meanwhile, McGriff propelled the Braves to many of their WS runs, and just missed out on the Hall of Fame. Crime Dog, we miss ya!)

interesting-
ratings comparison from game 2 vs game 1.
First hour: -32%
Second hour: -15%
Third hour: +1%
Fourth hour: +9%

Think this ends any shot ever to have 7pm or earlier starts regularly for the World Series.

(10-27-2016 03:01 PM)stever20 Wrote:  interesting-
ratings comparison from game 2 vs game 1.
First hour: -32%
Second hour: -15%
Third hour: +1%
Fourth hour: +9%

Think this ends any shot ever to have 7pm or earlier starts regularly for the World Series.

That's because it's a "7 pm start" only in the eastern time zone. Even in the central time zone, a lot of people won't get in front of a TV set by 6 pm (though Cubs fans presumably made an extra effort to do so this year). The eastern time zone has about 47% of the population, but when a weeknight game starts that early the start of the game surrenders at least part of the central audience (30%) and pretty much all of the mountain and pacific (22% total) audience.

Starting at 8 pm ET, or 8:30 as MNF does, is an attempt to compromise between starting too early for the west and finishing too late for the east. Even then it's a compromise that leans too heavily to the east, but considering that the eastern time zone has almost half the U.S. population, that's a lean that you'd have to agree with if you are programming live TV.

It's another problem that would be lessened if we had only 3 continental U.S. time zones instead of 4 (which would essentially amount to putting the pacific time zone on mountain time), but that's not going to happen because (AFAIK) no one who is influential in politics or business is bothered by the current time zones.

Bill Murray doing Daffy Duck as the 7th inning stretch?

Uh .... okay?

(10-28-2016 09:55 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Bill Murray doing Daffy Duck as the 7th inning stretch?

Uh .... okay?

Cost them the game 1-0 Indians, 2-1 series lead.

(10-28-2016 10:42 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(10-28-2016 09:55 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Bill Murray doing Daffy Duck as the 7th inning stretch?

Uh .... okay?

Cost them the game 1-0 Indians, 2-1 series lead.

Heh - another thing to add to the list. The goat, Bartman, Murray/Daffy

(10-26-2016 09:41 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 08:56 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(10-26-2016 08:38 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  So.... Cubs got owned in game 1, now doing the owning in game 2....

Still some innings to go but if this holds, a good series this is brewing to be.

I'm not so sure. Cubs have a pretty big advantage in game 3, then game 4 a ton of pressure on Kluber(on short rest). He has a bad outing there, and it's 3-1 and Sunday night would be incredible in Wrigley.

Well, Indians take the first game at Wrigley winning 1-0. Each team has won on the road thus far. Pressure swings back to the Cubbies.

Indians freaking owned them tonight in what I saw... and basing it on the final score.


Is there something to this Believeland?

Just wanna say Go Indians! F*ck the Cubs. So sick of reading about them.

Cubbies might be getting their juice back.

Yeah Indians better be pretty careful tonight. A loss tonight and they have Arrieta on Tuesday and Hendricks on Wednesday- with Schwarber back in the lineup. With ??? on the mound in game 6 and then Kluber game 7 but on short rest yet again.

going to be November baseball. Gotta love it.

(10-30-2016 10:48 PM)stever20 Wrote:  going to be November baseball. Gotta love it.

Will there be a "Mr. November?"

Have to tip your cap to Francona and the Indians. Few saw this performance coming from them this postseason. Hope Cubs can at least push it to 7. Either way, it's been a great series to me as far as pitching.

(10-31-2016 10:28 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(10-30-2016 10:48 PM)stever20 Wrote:  going to be November baseball. Gotta love it.

Will there be a "Mr. November?"

Have to tip your cap to Francona and the Indians. Few saw this performance coming from them this postseason. Hope Cubs can at least push it to 7. Either way, it's been a great series to me as far as pitching.

isn't jeter mr. november?

CUBS CRUSH

GAME 7..... THIS OUGHT TO BE A GOOD ONE.