Posted by John Autin on October 8, 2011
In a classic pitcher's duel, Chris Carpenter bested Roy Halladay in game 5, shutting out the Phils on 3 hits and 1 HBP. Only two runners reached scoring position against Carpenter. The game's only run scored on hits by the first 2 batters.
Congratulations to the Cardinals. Condolences to the Phillies. Sadness for our Philly friends, who had such high hopes for this season.
Notes on postseason 1-0 games:
(Advance apologies for any errors; for obvious reasons, this research is rushed.)
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Posted by Andy on October 7, 2011
The squirrel seen dashing around Busch Stadium has its own Twitter account right here.
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 7, 2011
How many batters have gone hitless in a sudden death post-season game and had 3 or more strikeouts in that same contest?
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 7, 2011
File this under: Taking the crowd out of it. How many players have homered in the top of the 1st inning of sudden death post season games? It's a small list:
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Tigers are now the first team to have two guys do it in the same game.
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Posted by Andy on October 7, 2011
Ten days ago, the AL East was on everybody's mind. The Yankees were the top team in the AL and the Red Sox and Rays were battling for the final playoff spot.
Now? All three teams are home for the winter.
This is probably a good thing for MLB at large, demonstrating that the field has evened some and other teams have a good chance. Perhaps we'll still see that all-midwestern Detroit-Milwaukee World Series?
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Posted by Andy on October 6, 2011
The Chicago White Sox have named Robin Ventura manager....
...huh?!?!
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Posted by John Autin on October 6, 2011
In game 4 of the Phillies-Cardinals NLDS, Albert Pujols threw across the diamond to cut down Chase Utley, the potential tying run.
- Was it a smart play by Pujols?
- Was it a smart play by Utley?
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 6, 2011
Here are the players to have 2+ post-season "sudden death" games in their career where their WPA in the game was .2 or better:
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Tony Womack. Ain't baseball great?
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 6, 2011
Let's look at the winners and losers in sudden death post-season games at home.
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Posted by Raphy on October 6, 2011
The postseason is off to an exciting start with 3 series reaching a dramatic sudden death game five. Here are the years with the most sudden death League Division Series games:
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