tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post3023322031547703672..comments2024-03-29T04:32:39.897-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: NLCS 3: Giants 5, Cardinals 4 (10)allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-39848528302265754352014-10-15T11:44:29.756-07:002014-10-15T11:44:29.756-07:00Also, not counting this game:
In MLB history, the...Also, not counting this game:<br /><br />In MLB history, there have been 86 previous instances of a best-of-7 series being tied 1-1. The Game 3 winner has gone on to win the series 70.9 percent of the time (61-25).<br />allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-20799847191054910172014-10-15T06:15:13.449-07:002014-10-15T06:15:13.449-07:00From Elias: How unlikely was the sequence of three...<a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/elias?date=20141015" rel="nofollow">From Elias</a>: How unlikely was the sequence of three plate appearances that produced the winning run in the Giants' 5-4 10-inning victory over the Cardinals? Let's consider those events, one at a time:<br /><br />Brandon Crawford, who began the 10th inning with a walk, had the lowest on-base percentage leading off innings during the 2014 regular season (.220) among National League players with at least 100 plate appearances to start an inning.<br /><br />Juan Perez, who then lined a 1-2 pitch for a single, was 3-for-51 (.059) in the regular season with two strikes in the count, the second-lowest such average in the National League among players with at least 50 such plate appearances.<br /><br />Randy Choate fielded a sacrifice bunt by Gregor Blanco and threw wildly to first base, becoming only the third pitcher in major league history - and just the second in the last 100 years - to commit a game-ending error in a postseason game. The other pitchers to do that were the Orioles' Pete Richert in the 1969 World Series (against the Mets) and Joe Bush of the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics (against the Boston Braves).<br />allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.com