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Execution, explanations, and excuses.
After hearing the Guardians lose to the Yankees last night in Game 5 of the ALCS, I was hoping for some local perspective. Most of what’s online is written by folks or bots looking for clicks. I won’t claim that all beat reporters are immune to rash judgement or soft-pedaling, but I think they often…
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The league championship series
It appears that everyone outside of Cleveland is happy with how the ALCS and NLCS are progressing. I just finished reading a story about how unforgettable last year’s World Series between the Diamondbacks and Rangers was. Fortunately, or unfortunately, MLB judges everything by how many eyes are on the games. I’ve never concerned myself with…
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All hail the rookies
As each of the remaining four teams constructs their Final Four rosters, guys with little or no postseason experience are highlighted. Yet, this youth movement isn’t the biggest story. Everyone knows that Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone are under a certain amount of pressure to win it all or face the wrath of fans and…
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Enough of the sports betting sites already
Not two seconds after Cleveland shortstop Brayan Rocchio snares a liner off the bat of Jake Rogers, we’re force fed an inane betting ad with Big Poopi. I had no idea what happened and why we had to see some stupid commercial. We got the game back two pitches later and no explanation for this…
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Confidence is great
Jazz Chisolm is one of the few current Yankees that I like, but his game 2 postgame comment was foolish and misguided. Thankfully for him Aaron Judge and Aaron Boone put the Royas 4-2 win in better perspective. At the very least, the Yankees are the better paid team and may win the series and…
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If a tree falls in a forest
With the exception of my friend Russ, in Baltimore, is there anyone on either coast watching the afternoon game between AL Central foes, Cleveland and Detroit? PBP announcer, Brian Anderson (BA) does as good a job shifting from local coverage to national games as anyone in the business. It’s nice to have a neutral voice…
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Hey Jed if you’re watching
Forget the manager for five minutes and look at the Cubs roster over the past four seasons and it’s pretty obvious why they haven’t played postseason baseball. When Kyle Schwarber hit a homer to lead off the bottom of the first in this afternoon’s game against the Mets we learned it was his 15th such…
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Recency bias
In an effort to hype a match that doesn’t need anything from the voices calling the game. As someone noted in the intro to the Phillies-Mets game, the cities are only separated by 115 miles and have played in the NL East since 1969, little else needs to be said about the series. Given the…
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The LDS
Even in cities where ML baseball teams and NFL teams are close neighbors, there’s nothing like playoff baseball-especially an afternoon game, to energize a city. Even as a guy with relatively no social life on the weekends, I’d rather spend a Saturday afternoon at any baseball game with the evening free for a good meal,…
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My apologies to Orioles fans
When the Royals won the World Series in 2015, the back end of their bullpen was a strength and were well established stars. I’m not going to compare this year’s bullpen or team with them yet, but I’m going to celebrate Lucas Erceg’s success. Back in 2017 when I took these pictures, Lucas was trying…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 