Red Sox Move On, Copying the Rays, Dusty, Cubs Bankruptcy Anniversary, and Other Cubs Bullets

We now have a roof leak. Water coming down from the ceiling after which down the partitions. That appears not good! It isn’t too dramatic simply but, however I don’t just like the implication. Hopefully we will get a patch or some duct tape or one thing …

•   The Boston Purple Sox are the primary LDS winner, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in Recreation 4 final evening to take the collection 3-1. No crazy rules stuff this time, only a blown 5-0 lead, after which a walk-off winner:

ANOTHER NIGHT, ANOTHER #WALKOFF!

THE RED SOX ARE ALCS BOUND! pic.twitter.com/81fxAr4cU0

— MLB (@MLB) October 12, 2021

•   Each time the Rays lose within the postseason after a dominant common season, The Discourse takes the identical form. And whereas I believe there are conversations available about optimizing rosters for postseason functions, the fact is that no five-game collection goes to “show” something in regards to the massive image stuff. There’s simply an excessive amount of pure variance in baseball, and in the case of the playoffs, you simply have to simply accept it. An incredibly-well-constructed workforce may be capable of tip the scales to, what, 60/40 in a five-game collection? Effectively, which means 40% of the time, the well-constructed workforce will nonetheless lose! And it gained’t “show” something … and also you gained’t even know if it was truly 60/40!

•   That’s all to say, in case your takeaway from the Rays-Purple Sox collection is that the Rays clearly can’t win within the postseason with the mannequin that helps them win within the common season, I simply suppose you’re taking a single collection too far. Sure, the Rays may spend extra money to enhance their workforce, and sure, it will in all probability assist incrementally within the postseason. However heavy emphasis on “in all probability” and “incrementally.” You can also make that time with out going excessive. There are nonetheless causes to repeat loads of what the Rays do nicely on the scouting and participant improvement facet, in addition to the distinctive in-game utilization for rising and growing gamers.

•   To me, the higher level general right here is the reminder that, should you can simply get to the postseason, typically you’re the Purple Sox! Win a Wild Card Recreation, win a good collection the place you have been the underdog, and growth, you’re within the ALCS. That’s the motivation to spend, the place applicable, to enhance your workforce within the offseason.

•   The Purple Sox will get the winner of the Astros-White Sox collection, which had its personal Recreation 4 postponed yesterday by climate. They’ll attempt once more at the moment at 1pm CT, after doing a little verbal jousting about Ryan Tepera’s “sketchy stuff” comments:

Dusty Baker responded to Ryan Tepera’s feedback by citing the Astros’ comparable house/street splits, and noting that the White Sox are so much higher at house. Then he quoted an Eric Clapton lyric:

“Earlier than you accuse me, you want to check out your self”

— James Fegan (@JRFegan) October 11, 2021

Dusty Baker on Ryan Tepera: “He can say what he desires to say. I had by no means even heard his title earlier than we performed the White Sox. I am not bothered by it. Most of my life, they have been speaking stuff on me anyway. Allow them to speak.”

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) October 11, 2021

•   By no means heard of an MVP-vote-getter earlier than. Pfft. (In all seriousness, Dusty doesn’t do loads of advance scouting or baseball-following lately, eh?)

•   The Braves beat the Brewers 3-0 on the power of Joc Pederson’s Anthony-Rizzo-bat-powered homer, and now lead that collection 2-1 going into at the moment’s Recreation 4 at 4:15pm CT.

•   It hasn’t been an incredible begin to the postseason for any of the Brewers’ bats, however because of his stature and contract, Christian Yelich will get a lot of the consideration. Many of the actually, actually unhealthy consideration:

2018-2019 Christian Yelich and 2021 Christian Yelich pic.twitter.com/6rzb4NSlpq

— Phill 🥶 (@MeekPhill_) October 11, 2021

•   In the meantime, the Giants are inside a sport of transferring on after a 1-0 win over the Dodgers final evening:

•   Recreation 4 of that NLDS collection is tonight at 8pm CT, which implies there COULD be as many as three clinchers at the moment. Right here’s hoping there aren’t, although, as a result of I’d like at the least one Recreation 5.

•   12 years in the past at the moment, the CUBS WENT BANKRUPT!!! Effectively, probably not. They have been successfully moved into the Tribune’s chapter case for a couple of day as a part of the workforce’s sale to the Ricketts Household:

Many overlook the @Cubs filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety simply 12 years in the past on 10/12/09

The short-term transfer allowed then membership’s proprietor, the @chicagotribune, to promote the workforce for $845M to the household of @TDAmeritrade‘s founder, Joe Ricketts#FlytheW#BaseballandtheLaw 303 pic.twitter.com/K7JUnY2RSA

— #BaseballandtheLaw ⚾️ 🏛 (@BaseballandLaw) October 12, 2021

•   I used to be nonetheless a lawyer again in these days (shhh, don’t inform any of them that I used to be writing BN on the facet for enjoyable), and I bear in mind being deeply aggravated in any respect the OMG THE CUBS ARE BANKRUPT headlines on the market. That Tribune piece was one of many few that laid issues out very nicely, which isn’t a coincidence, because it was all tied to the Tribune’s chapter! I’m very glad that I don’t have to jot down “it’s only a procedural submitting” time and again lately.

•   The Epic Each day Offers at Amazon at the moment are fairly loaded, with grills, tools, shavers, computer gear, air purifiers, clothes, and more. #advert

•   That is now a day in the past, but it surely’s by no means a nasty time to get pleasure from this comeback win. I used to be operating round my home:

5 years in the past at the moment, the #Cubs fought again after being down 3 runs within the ninth to beat the Giants within the 2016 NLDS & advance to the NLCS. 🙌🏼

(📸: @Cubs) pic.twitter.com/adGcg5mFCx

— Cubs Zone ™️ (@CubsZone) October 11, 2021

•   I did a silly factor as a result of it was humorous to me:

take a look at my sick ass javy jersey swap so you possibly can think about what it will be like if he indicators with the cubs this offseason pic.twitter.com/NGG0Jt1jFh

— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) October 12, 2021

•   The massive information in soccer is that Jon Gruden is out because the Raiders Head Coach following more horrible emails surfacing. His sport on Sunday in opposition to the Bears is probably going his final ever.