39 thoughts on “2016 World Series: Game Five”

  1. Interesting to see that ESPN has more pregame baseball coverage than FOX, who is still showing football highlights

  2. Joe Maddon is quite the manager, probably one of the top three in the game right now. That said, I don't understand the decision to start Heyward in an elimination game after the season he's had this year.

  6. I'm rooting for the Cubs tonight.

    Mostly because I haven't seen more than three minutes of world series play before tonight. They need to extend this so that I can see some.

        1. Joe Buck roots for a sweep every year so he can be done broadcasting a sport he clearly does not like.

          1. Buck apparently would love baseball if David Ross played every game. The fawning has been very over the top all series.

  10. Quote from the announcement of the Reliever of the Year awards:

    "The thing that stands out to me is the unselfishness on the players' part to embrace the opportunity and know you're in a leverage situation that will impact the game maybe sooner than you're used to," said Hoffman, the former Padres great. "Fortunately there are guys other than just [Andrew] Miller on [the Indians'] staff. The job [Bryan] Shaw has done this year and [Cody] Allen, it's pretty amazing as a group what they've been able to accomplish.

    "To try and do this over the regular season, I think it would be -- you'd find people probably getting hurt in the middle of May. So it's something that the urgency of the postseason can provide. It makes sense to me. But I don't think you're going to see a full swing to the regular season."

    1. Well, i mean, obviously you're not going to be able to use Miller and Allen this way for an entire season, but I don't think that's what anyone is asking for.

    1. That surprised me because Maddon said his warm-up routine prevented coming into the game so early.

    3. If he's solid through the 9th, Maddon's plan worked. If not, it was a wasted opportunity to get a professional at-bat.

  15. Maddon appears to have lost all faith in Rondon, one of the best relievers in the NL the last 3 years

  18. It's been an underwhelming series given the historical significance for both teams, but this was an interesting game.

    1. I came up with the theory tonight that the Cubs are going to win coming back from 3-1, ala the Cavs, due to karma from wearing chief wahoo all playoffs.

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