Yesterday, Mauricio Rubio recapped a tough Game One loss, relaying the sadness, dejection, and frustration already thick in the air. At one point, he stopped to explain, “I’ve been the dejected fan wondering why this is happening again even if the series is young and the reasons for my sadness do not sync up with […]
Day: October 18, 2015
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Game 2 Preview and PECOTA Odds
This piece, by BP Wrigleyville’s Rian Watt, first appeared at the Baseball Prospectus main site and is available free for all to enjoy. We’ve posted a sneak preview here. After an series opener in which New York’s Dark Knight pitched his way back into Gotham’s good graces with 7 ⅔ strong innings against Chicago, the […]
Playoff Prospectus: Matt Harvey, from the Operating Table to the Opera — NLCS Game 1
This piece, by BP’s Jeffrey Paternostro, first appeared at the Baseball Prospectus main site and is available free for all to enjoy. We’ve posted a sneak preview here. Forget all that you know and all you have heard. Specifically, forget any talk of shutdowns and innings limits, ignore any hastily thrown together PR rehab, pretend you […]
Inside the At-Bat: Travis d’Arnaud’s Game-Winning, Sixth-Inning Home Run
In Game Six of the 2013 World Series, after Shane Victorino lined a 2-1 four-seam fastball from Michael Wacha off the Green Monster for a bases-clearing, series-clinching double, Tim McCarver made the following observation: “When you fall behind, your pitches become predictable.” As he said this, the broadcast showed the replay of Wacha’s knee-high 94-mph fastball right over over […]