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That's impressive start to the SS sweepstakes -- 11yrs pushing him at least to 40yo.. I wonder how long it will take the othe dominoes to start falling now. I though Turner was the cream the crop and significantly better than Correa who seems to get ranked higher on many evaluator boards...

2nd ring, but 1st individual win I guess

20 year gaps pretty common in the 300 win folks over the last 100+ years. My argument is the 80-2000's were the anomaly not the norm and no we're just going back to where baseball was for close to 80 years. Higher salaries and Relief Pitching to a point may have increased 300 game winners...

Appears Verlander made one of the first moves of the offseason that wasn't pretty much 100% guaranteed though not surprising since he didn't really have a contract beyond next year. Proving he was healthy, quite effective, and making it clear he's committed to a few years rather than just a...

Dusty won the WS as a player for the Dodgers in 1981. Dodgers lost the WS in 77 and 78 when Dusty was a player there Phillies did have a great run the last 6-7 weeks with virtually nobody picking them to even get through Round 1, much less pushing the WS to 6 games. Was quite happy to see...

I hate it for the resident Phillies fans, but I'm sure happy to see Dusty Baker get his Ring as a manager. Alvarez's HR claimed 450ft, but I'll calling BS on that. 410 to dead center and he hit the ball 50 feet over and I don't think it was coming down that fast. It would have had to hit...

I'm absolutely exhausted at the end of G5. I have no idea how Phillies or Astros fans aren't in the ER with irregular heartbeats or no heartbeat at all Verlander pitched Ok and glad he picked up the win. Most of the relievers on both teams continued to do a great job. Hiitters continue to...

Could I see him leaving -- maybe. He's playing in a city that so far seems to love him, he has one WS ring so far, 4 trips to the WS and no reason looking at their roster to expect that not to continue for the near future If he has another bad outing and the fans turn on him en masse -- maybe...

Indeed

Baseball is a very very strange game. 2 of 3 Postseason No hitters have come in Philadelphia and Dusty was managing in both games -- one on each side (didn't remember the latter until the post game interview with Dusty) Javier part of 2 no hitters this year and I bet Houston had 8 or 9 games...

Could it have been more obvious that either Harper or Phillies in general found some key that McCullers was tipping. When Harper called Bohm back to the dugout to whisper something to him in the 1st, he was almost jumping up and down like it was Christmas morning. I was sure he was passing...

OFFICIAL -- Rain Out tonight Everything moves back a day T/W/Th in Philly and also Sat/Sun back in Houston if needed still leaving an off day for Friday.

May not matter reading weather forecasts for Philly. At least it looks like the Temp is pretty good. Mid-day it seems the forecasts were fro the rain to arrive 9-10pm, the last TV forecast I saw seems to be a bit more pessimistic with things arriving earlier and maybe heavier through...

I haven't spent much time on Fangraphs so maybe I need to switch or at least add another place -- didn't realize the calculations would be be that different. Without even looking at the details, I'd say Fangraphs has to be more accurate for Pitcher WAR. Baseball Reference seems to correlate...

There are some arguments that can be made for a couple other players, but my prediction was for Verlander and I'm not sure it's going to be that close. Dylan Cease, Framber Valdez, Alex Monoah, and after a very strong second half Shohei Ohtani kept getting closer. Verlander led the AL in Wins...

Interesting idea, but Judge doesn't seem to be the best fit or biggest need for teh Dodgers though he went make a really nice LF. I think a lot depends on what they do with SS and how hard they work to keep Turner or one of the other big name FA. I don't think a lot of $$ are coming off the...

Bochy had a Players WAR of +3 so I'd place him solidly in the backup player (classically the backup catcher) who makes a great manager category rather than Star Player/great manager list. He only had 800 total PA in the majors in 10 seasons. 1600 wins and 3 WS (2000-2022), but oddly his...

Just some odd and interesting Dusty Baker history (at least to me) 25 years as a MLB manager, MOY 3 times, 3 pennants (AL and NL), 540 career Winning Percentage First African American with 2000+ MLB wins as a manager 19 years as a player debuting as a 19yo and taken under the wing of Hank...

And one more 6-5 win for a perfect 7-0 postseason so far. By far the sloppiest game of the series, but a ton of tremendous plays for both teams. That DP in the top 9th was just spectacular. AL Best Record and Division Winner vs a #6 Wildcard who would have been at home watching in any other...

The Phillies Padres game took a couple really unexpected turns. Bludgeoning might be the most correct term for this Surely it must have been mentioned (channlel flipping with 4 football games and 1 baseball games didn't allow a ton of extended watching), but surely this has to be the first...

Holy mackerel are the Astros leading a charmed existence on top of being an extremely good team. This has got to be the most nerve wracking 5-0 postseason team in memory, What a pitching staff they're throwing out and the weakest link by far is the future HOF and probably 2022 Cy Young...

I think the concept of classic table setting is a bit less important in the DH era. In bygone days where the 8/9 holes were often very weak (often nonexistent) hitters and even #2 was often sacrificed to a low BA/low OBP good bunter with no power the classic leadoff position was probably...

Well, that's not a good start for Cleveland. Very deep hole already dug after 2 innings of play

Unfortunately, according to a couple weather services the rain band they were predicting to hit at 5 and pass through by 8-9pm has slowed down by 3 hrs or so and shifted into more or a north direction which seems to delay not only the arrival, but the the length of time the band will be...

Looking at the radar I doubt it's going to get rained out, but it may be delayed. There seems to be a band of rain aiming 5-8 pm ET (mostly lighter stuff it looks like) then maybe clear after 8-9pm. Could be a late night, but I doubt the teams would want to push it to Tuesday and they have a...

But it really wasn't the Bullpen that caused the problem except last night when they were asked to do things they hadn't done all year. They allowed 1 earned run in 12 innings in the 1st 3 games (2 in 15 if you count Heaney which I considered more of a starting pitcher piggyback) Braves...

Bye teams not faring well. 2 out and 1 on the brink. Dodgers complete inability to hit with men on base (obviously with help from Padres pitchers) and toasted bullpen come back to haunt them big time, Dodgers offense seemed to turn things off 2+ wks ago and just never seemed able to get the...

Looks like the backside of the rain band has cleared Marietta and the 2nd band shifted away from Atlanta so once the game starts it should be dry at least through Midnight. The field is supposed to have and amazing drainage/drying ability so should be ready to play and in mostly good condition...

After reading yet another pitcher (Houston this time) breaking their pitching hand throwing a tantrum and punching a wall, I think there is a glaring need to make viewing Bull Durham and taking a test on the Philosophy of Crash Davis mandatory for all minor leaguers. “When you get in a fight...

That was kind of funny. As one SD pundit wrote: God's tears sent to soothe the tortured souls of SD fans Looks like Atlanta having the afternoon game isn't a terrible break today -- rain expected 2-5 pm and and again starting maybe 8-9pm so it's possible they could get the whole game in...