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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by Ted » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:26 pm

Please don't end up Boston versus LA. There literally isn't a world series you can put together where I can't find a way to root for a team less. (note: IF a Yankees Sox world series was possible, it would be worse)
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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by Lane » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:25 pm

Well it's looking like LA vs someone...
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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by usnspecialist » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:47 pm

Lane wrote:
Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:25 pm
Well it's looking like LA vs someone...
with 2 games in Milwaukee I wouldnt be sounding too confident... That being said, the brewers offense needs to get their head out of their collective ass.
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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by Lane » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:35 pm

It's definitely far from over, but I feel like they've got a good shot of winning 1 of 2 instead of having to win 2 in a row, despite MIL being at home.
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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by Spiccoli » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:22 pm

Someone is going to pay this guy a few hundred million next season... shame

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/video/1354427971792

This guy so doesn’t deserve that god given talent. Maybe he grows up and realises what blessing he has to be where he is.


What a game last night. Who would have thought playing your best players might a great idea.

Insane Dave Roberts had Bellenger benched in games 1 & 2. Even Muncy...

I don’t think Sabermetrics is as effective during the playoffs as it seems to be in the regular season.
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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by Spiccoli » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:31 pm

I mean, even if Bellenger struggles against Sale or Price, at least he’s in there, seeing pitches and getting swings. Expecting him to perform in a single AB late in the game cold as a pinch hitter against a flame throwing reliever is too much.

Sometimes you have to have faith in your guys.
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Re: 2018 Playoffs

Post by RonCo » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:43 pm

Sabermetrics is just as useful in the playoffs as it is in the regular season. It's just knowing the odds. A poker player wants to make the same bet in crunch time as they do in a social game...but the visibility is higher in the crunch, and when it doesn't work its harder. I mean, if you actually know the odds of one bet over the other is 52%/48%, you'd best go with the 52%. But 52% still loses pretty often.

That said, I'm a believer also in the idea that the game is played by human beings, too.

Of course, you can't win either way. I mean, Grady Little was pilloried for leaving a Hall of Fame pitcher in the game in the 8th to blow a three-run lead. Sabermetrics says that was a dumb decision. Was it a 52% decision? A 40% decision? Who knows. All you can say is that it blew up.

So either way you roll the dice and take your chances.
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