Hope you don't mind that I updated the header image, sean.
I was hoping someone would fix it. We didn't have any Wrigley images in the library and I ran out of time at work to set an image.
GAMES START ONE THIRTY
I wonder how many "regular" people were able to attend, both based on the time and the cost of tickets. I'm assuming the tickets were affordable enough.
Box seats were $7.20, lower grandstand were $6. (Tix, very pretty, here.) I'm seeing pictures of bleachers tix that read $1.20. That $1.20 had the buying power of $15.95 today.
Wind's blowing out.
Pitcher
GB%
FB%
HR/FB%
Hendricks
49.4%
29.8%
9.5%
Tomlin
39.0%
39.4%
13.5%*
*But 17.7% in 2016.
Fans are pumped. Cleveland not backing down. Friday night. I've got cold Summits. Should be a fun game.
Home plate ump is having a rough night.
Cleveland booth saying Wrigleyville bars have $100 cover charges. One bar changing $1000 to sit at a table plus $250 for cover, an app, and a couple drinks.
Heh, Kipnis moved a few centimeters to "earn" that HBP.
Fifth inning means Miller time.
Cracked open the last of these in my lager, brought up by my little brother a while back. It'll do.
a run!!!
Davis chose...poorly.
Really, really bad. The Indians went from 1_3, one out to 1__, two outs and a run. The first state has an expectancy of 1.140 runs and the second state is 0.214. Add in the single run and it was a net 0.074 runs.
Davis scores on Rizzo's boner, with Crisp at second and two down. Bad, bad baseball.
That's one way to get Miller out of the game early. On the other hand, Miller threw only 17 pitches and would be fresh for tomorrow.
Joe West's completely apathetic calls are amusing. At least he's getting them correct.
Kipnis did not have to slide, and probably would have been safe if he stayed upright.
That Rizzo flub sounded wild.
That should be an automatic out.
Dido.
Punto'd.
Awhile back, Youtube had the game posted where Bill Murray did color for the entire game (with Steve Stone doing pbp) while Harry Caray was recovering from a stroke. It was amazing. (Oh, and the umpire's gear got lost at the airport, so Eric Gregg umped behind the plate in Cubs warmups looking like a giant, blue blimp.)
Here's the highlights
Youtube used to have the entire game up. Jump to 17:30 to see Eric Gregg. Yikes.
Bill Murray singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame as Donald Duck is about as horrifying as you'd expect
I'm not sure if I hated that or loved it.
Wow. Both pitchers pulled in the fifth inning of a scoreless game? I'm assuming there were no injury or illness concerns and no one was starting on short rest. I kind of understand Hendriks, since he was allowing plenty or runners and his wildness loaded the bases. Still, Hendriks has a case for NL Cy Young and was pulled in the fifth inning of a scoreless game. Tomlin was dealing and had a runner at second and 2 outs and gets pulled? That seems like overmanaging to me. They've got the lead now, but it's only 1 run and their best reliever is out of the game with 9 outs to go. I could understand going all in with the bullpen if you have the lead or even if it's a elimination game, but this just seems bizarre.
Tomlin had one strikeout in 4.2 innings. His dealing was all BABIP. Tomlin had just finished his second time through the order so pulling him before having to face the batters a third time makes sense.
“We thought it was Miller’s spot,” said Callaway. “Tomlin goes through the first two times of the order like he did, and that third time is coming up. Baseball tells us that the third time through the order — especially with one of the better hitting teams in baseball — is really tough. You might as well put the best pitcher you have in there, because you’re going to win or lose the game that third time through the order.”
It seemed like overmanaging to me, too, but it worked. You've got to have some pretty awesome relief pitchers to make it work. Even then, you couldn't do it very often in the regular season, because you'd blow out your bullpen. In fact, I wonder now if all this usage is going to affect these guys next year. I'm sure if you asked, though, they'd say that the only thing that's important right now is winning the World Series, and there'll be time to worry about next year later.
Schwarber on deck in the pitcher's spot.
You hope for Heyward's sake he comes up with at least a walk here.
Does Maddon give Baez, the free-swinger, the green light?
Win by the Baez, lose by the Baez.
Apparently my feed is 30 seconds behind the radio.
We ain't one-at-a-timin' here.
How many times can the league's best offense be shutout in one playoffs? Sheesh
The record is four times being shutout in one postseason. That happened back in 1905. The 1965 Twins share a seven-way tie for second with three shutouts. This was the Cubs' fourth shutout.
Hope you don't mind that I updated the header image, sean.
I was hoping someone would fix it. We didn't have any Wrigley images in the library and I ran out of time at work to set an image.
I wonder how many "regular" people were able to attend, both based on the time and the cost of tickets. I'm assuming the tickets were affordable enough.
Box seats were $7.20, lower grandstand were $6. (Tix, very pretty, here.) I'm seeing pictures of bleachers tix that read $1.20. That $1.20 had the buying power of $15.95 today.
Wind's blowing out.
*But 17.7% in 2016.
Fans are pumped. Cleveland not backing down. Friday night. I've got cold Summits. Should be a fun game.
Home plate ump is having a rough night.
Cleveland booth saying Wrigleyville bars have $100 cover charges. One bar changing $1000 to sit at a table plus $250 for cover, an app, and a couple drinks.
Heh, Kipnis moved a few centimeters to "earn" that HBP.
Fifth inning means Miller time.
Cracked open the last of these in my lager, brought up by my little brother a while back. It'll do.
a run!!!
Davis chose...poorly.
Really, really bad. The Indians went from 1_3, one out to 1__, two outs and a run. The first state has an expectancy of 1.140 runs and the second state is 0.214. Add in the single run and it was a net 0.074 runs.
Davis scores on Rizzo's boner, with Crisp at second and two down. Bad, bad baseball.
That's one way to get Miller out of the game early. On the other hand, Miller threw only 17 pitches and would be fresh for tomorrow.
Joe West's completely apathetic calls are amusing. At least he's getting them correct.
Kipnis did not have to slide, and probably would have been safe if he stayed upright.
That Rizzo flub sounded wild.
That should be an automatic out.
Dido.
Punto'd.
Awhile back, Youtube had the game posted where Bill Murray did color for the entire game (with Steve Stone doing pbp) while Harry Caray was recovering from a stroke. It was amazing. (Oh, and the umpire's gear got lost at the airport, so Eric Gregg umped behind the plate in Cubs warmups looking like a giant, blue blimp.)
Here's the highlights
Youtube used to have the entire game up. Jump to 17:30 to see Eric Gregg. Yikes.
Bill Murray singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame as Donald Duck is about as horrifying as you'd expect
I'm not sure if I hated that or loved it.
Wow. Both pitchers pulled in the fifth inning of a scoreless game? I'm assuming there were no injury or illness concerns and no one was starting on short rest. I kind of understand Hendriks, since he was allowing plenty or runners and his wildness loaded the bases. Still, Hendriks has a case for NL Cy Young and was pulled in the fifth inning of a scoreless game. Tomlin was dealing and had a runner at second and 2 outs and gets pulled? That seems like overmanaging to me. They've got the lead now, but it's only 1 run and their best reliever is out of the game with 9 outs to go. I could understand going all in with the bullpen if you have the lead or even if it's a elimination game, but this just seems bizarre.
Tomlin had one strikeout in 4.2 innings. His dealing was all BABIP. Tomlin had just finished his second time through the order so pulling him before having to face the batters a third time makes sense.
From the Cleveland pitching coach:
It seemed like overmanaging to me, too, but it worked. You've got to have some pretty awesome relief pitchers to make it work. Even then, you couldn't do it very often in the regular season, because you'd blow out your bullpen. In fact, I wonder now if all this usage is going to affect these guys next year. I'm sure if you asked, though, they'd say that the only thing that's important right now is winning the World Series, and there'll be time to worry about next year later.
Schwarber on deck in the pitcher's spot.
You hope for Heyward's sake he comes up with at least a walk here.
Does Maddon give Baez, the free-swinger, the green light?
Win by the Baez, lose by the Baez.
Apparently my feed is 30 seconds behind the radio.
We ain't one-at-a-timin' here.
How many times can the league's best offense be shutout in one playoffs? Sheesh
The record is four times being shutout in one postseason. That happened back in 1905. The 1965 Twins share a seven-way tie for second with three shutouts. This was the Cubs' fourth shutout.
That was a great baseball game!
Bit over 3:40 too but tense the entire way.
The last time a World Series game finished 1-0 was Game 4 of the 2005 Series
(which didnt happen because Chicago hasnt been to a World Series in my lifetime, or so I was told by ESPN)