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Gus Zernial had 129 RBI in 1951, 4 of which were for the White Sox. Does he qualify for the White Sox/100 RBI season square?
Teams make back-to-back World Series all the time, but we haven’t had a repeat matchup since the ‘77 and ‘78 Yankees beat the Dodgers.
Before that, the ‘55 and ‘56 Dodgers and Yankees split Series. ‘52 and ‘53 Yankees beat the Dodgers.
Baseball was miserable for a long time.
Never been a Phillies fan, but this team is so easy to root for. Doesn’t hurt that they could give us a chop-free second half of October.
I might have a new favorite player.
Vladimir Guerrero jr says beating Yankees makes up for another postseason sweep:
“Hector Gomez asked me if I thought this season was a failure after getting swept again,” the Blue Jays slugger said following the Twins shut out.
“I told Hector it wasn’t. We beat the Yankees. We beat them a lot. Our hate for them is our main motivation in spring training. We play a lot more games against them than we do playoff games, and when you can say your bitter rival got to see you in the playoffs from their couch, yeah, it’s a sense of pride I’ll take with me into the off-season.”
Congrats to the Twins and their brilliant pitching.
I sincerely hope this is the last season MLB gives home field advantage throughout a series to a team that wins fewer games against softer competition than its opponent. Not sure how one would defend that decision.
If I had MVP votes:
Ohtani
Seager
Semien
Rodriguez
Rutschman
Judge
Witt
Tucker
Ramirez
Bautista
Acuña
Betts (as close to a tie as I can remember)
Freeman
Olson
Carroll
Soto
Contreras
Lindor
Murphy
Kim
Soto
Playoff rooting interests:
1. Blue Jays
2. Mookie
3. Brewers
4. Phillies
5. Orioles
6-10. I really can’t make myself root for or against any of these teams.
11. Twins, only because the seeding is so broken
12. Braves
Best defensive third baseman ever
50%Brooks Robinson
31%Adrian Beltre
0%Buddy Bell
19%other
16 votes • Final results
Watching game 7 of the 2004 NLCS. Top 5 in each lineup:
Biggio
Beltran
Bagwell
Berkman
Kent
Rentería
Walker
Pujols
Rolen
Edmonds
By the standards of the ‘20s and ‘30s, that’s at least 9 Hall of Famers, right?
@LeftFieldDan @dalton_mack @baseballtwit @ajacksonevans and @HighHeatStats might want to share in this moment.
