This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Henry Druschel, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October”. Additional NLDS Game One coverage, written by Rian Watt and originally run on the main site’s series “Playoff Prospectus,” can be found here. People will often look for fluctuations in a win probability graph as a marker of […]
Day: October 7, 2016
Second City October: NLDS Game One Preview, Giants (0-0) at Cubs (0-0)
Well! It’s finally the actual day. There’s been a lot of previewing and a lot of anticipating and a lot of planning, and today, we get to actually watch some baseball get played. Let’s get right to it. Starting Pitching Jon Lester (202.7 IP/2.44 ERA/3.10 DRA) vs. Johnny Cueto (219.7 IP/2.79 ERA/3.54 DRA) It’s a […]
Second City October: The Importance of Game One
We do what we have to do. Pray to a deity, kiss your loved ones, pace back and forth until you wear a divot in the carpet. So let’s just get it out of the way: teams that win Game One of any postseason series in Major League Baseball history have won the series 64.1 percent […]
Playoff Prospectus: NLDS Preview, Giants vs. Cubs ($)
The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus”. Additional series coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The thing about the playoffs is that the best teams don’t always win. That’s what […]
Second City October: NLDS Series Preview
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Henry Druschel, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October”. Additional NLDS coverage, written by Rian Watt and originally run on the main site’s series “Playoff Prospectus,” can be found here. They’ve been a long, long time in coming, but the real playoffs are finally here. The […]