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Five years later another postseason homer

Five playoff series victories in 109 years Something to be cherished after the depths of 2023-25 Kind of perfect that guys like Meidroth Antonacci Hicks and Fedde were the heroes

Scared to death Braden and Colson were going to be overwhelmed We’ll trade all those Meidroth k’s about now

That leaves only Schultz as a bulk reliever though for tmrw

Minor miracle there Wouldn’t count on it happening again though

there goes the bulk reliever for tmrw along with Schultz and Hudson in reserve odds of them getting through the rest of this game aren't ideal lol

you couldn't place that ball in the center of the zone any better

brilliant

they might have to use Kay in this one to get some length

that 84.6% win probability in the first inning was nice now just a feeling of stress/trepidation...

Derek Hill always right in the middle of key moments...somehow fundamentals!!!! or lack thereof

have to assume Braves will go to Raisel Iglesias Top 9 regardless of the score this spot pretty big weakness in Philly's pen

wow

Not used to playing OF drifted wuth it and also got turned the wrong way

Mahle adding millions to his FA contract after a stellar final two months...

Jim Bowden goes after Astros' manager Crane's treatment of Dana Brown "There are owners, though, that are irrational, that really don't understand. I'm not gonna point out Jim Crane in Houston, but you sit there, and you tell your GM, 'You can't spend money on pitching. We can't keep Bregman, we can't keep Tucker, so do your job.' So he goes and gets Paredes and Walker. They combine for 50 home runs, which is difficult to do, and then Cam Smith adds another 20. Those are the three guys that kind of replaced Bregman and Tucker, and he actually did it for a lot less money and a lot more difficult moving pieces, and then he gets fired," Bowden said via Foul Territory. yahoo sports

Reminscent of the Twins' post season streak vs Yankees 15 or 16 in a row Yes, Brown will be tough...

Despite the best season since Barry Bonds' 2004...PCA's 2026 season "is also just nine innings away from being over. And not just that: It’s nine innings away from another quiet playoff exit, something that may start to feel like part of PCA’s permanent record. After an 0-for-3 night (with a walk) in Game 1 -- including two strikeouts that had him growling at third-base umpire Bill Miller over check-swing calls -- he is 5-for-30 in his postseason career, including 0-for-his-last-11. Obviously, those numbers aren’t reflective of the year that PCA has had, or the player he is. But if he and the Cubs don’t turn it around on Wednesday, he’s going to have a long autumn and winter to try to remind himself of that."

Here’s something that’s hard to believe but true: ***The Astros lost their eighth consecutive postseason home game on Tuesday, going back to Game 2 of the 2023 ALDS.*** Don’t forget: This is a team that won a World Series four years ago, their second in the past 10 years. But it’s also worth remembering that this Astros team isn’t the Astros teams we’ve grown used to seeing. They’re now four games under .500 at Daikin Park for the season. (And, ahem, one game under .500 anywhere for the season.) All the reasons the Astros have struggled this year were apparent in Game 1: They were short on pitching and they couldn’t put together much offense outside Yordan Alvarez. mlb.com and Alvarez 5/24 against Sox So WC G1 winners are now 21-3 winning three game series going back to 2020

How many teams have won the Wild Card after losing game 1? In the five seasons in which the Wild Card round has existed -- 2020, 2022-25 -- there have been three teams to lose the first game, then win two straight to win the series and advance to an LDS. https://www.mlb.com/news/0-1-comebacks-in-best-of-three-series Yankees/Red Sox (home) 2025 A's (home)/White Sox and Padres (home)/Cards 2020

ooops meant 2020 started by Giolito then Keuchel debacle then Crochet/Rodon debacle only hit that stands out was LuBomb "With nobody on and one out, Venable went to Sean Newcomb, and that was the only call that really backfired. He gave up a single to Lucas Spence, and then a two-out, no-doubt two-run shot to pinch-hitting Nelson Velázquez which made it a 5-2 game. (The gopher ball was a third consecutive high fastball, so let's see if Teel's pitch-calling is once again alluded to postgame)." soxmachine.com

Just remember Carlos Guillen and all the Sox power hitters being totally shut down that bunt/squeeze play to end series

1959 1983 2021 won the first game

Colleges Northeastern University (Boston,MA) Drafted/Signed 2022-7-220-New York Yankees Signing Bonus $ 205,000 Service Time 0.082 (2025) Northeast scouting!!! Burke Vasil there was one more Sox pitcher from that region maybe Newcomb? yes Brockton MA "And within a 24-hour span, Sean Burke, Mike Vasil, Jared Shuster and Shane Smith each pitched off Fenway’s mound as major leaguers for the first time."

Starting pitching and entire staffs are two quite different things... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49989936/mlb-2026-playoffs-postseason-rotation-tiers-pitching-dodgers-brewers-yankees-phillies-red-sox last here and at The Athletic out of 12 and 15 teams ranked CBS had them just behind Cubs and ahead of Houston normally when you talk about pitching, it's the rotation that the majority of people think of first