Mentioned this to @sandwichpick.bsky.social earlier but it was also the "most important out(s)" ever, per cWPA (makes sense given that it was a DP)
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Mentioned this to @sandwichpick.bsky.social earlier but it was also the "most important out(s)" ever, per cWPA (makes sense given that it was a DP)
Looks like the Kirk AB resulted in the biggest out(s) from a cWPA standpoint ever. Also appears that it was the third highest championship leverage situation on record
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Looks like the Kirk AB resulted in the biggest out(s) from a cWPA standpoint ever. Also appears that it was the third highest championship leverage situation on record
The only regular season occurrence I could find with more pitches than Yamamoto was a decidedly less impressive stretch from Terry Mulholland on September 27-28, 1998 (134 pitches, 121 from an 8-inning start then the rest from a short relief outing)
www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.f...
www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.f...
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The only regular season occurrence I could find with more pitches than Yamamoto was a decidedly less impressive stretch from Terry Mulholland on September 27-28, 1998 (134 pitches, 121 from an 8-inning start then the rest from a short relief outing)
www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.f...
www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.f...
Doomscrolling the bible
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Doomscrolling the bible
The Sox were also in the middle of their weird streak of alternating great and horrible seasons then, which I still think is pretty goofy (maybe 2013 was the anomaly, I guess you could say)
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Sox were also in the middle of their weird streak of alternating great and horrible seasons then, which I still think is pretty goofy (maybe 2013 was the anomaly, I guess you could say)
Oh it’s gonna be rough. This feels like their year though.
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Oh it’s gonna be rough. This feels like their year though.
The entire rest of the playoffs has been, kind of. Jays are just kind of amazing right now.
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The entire rest of the playoffs has been, kind of. Jays are just kind of amazing right now.
Yep, '97 is a couple years before my baseball sentience but that one probably would've scratched a similar itch, especially with it going seven games.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yep, '97 is a couple years before my baseball sentience but that one probably would've scratched a similar itch, especially with it going seven games.
Thanks for the responses, everyone. Lots of 2001 Diamondbacks answers, which is disqualifying for me because of my rooting preferences, but it seems like that's pretty close to what the 2019 series felt like to me (also, I do remember the 2001 WS but I was quite young).
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks for the responses, everyone. Lots of 2001 Diamondbacks answers, which is disqualifying for me because of my rooting preferences, but it seems like that's pretty close to what the 2019 series felt like to me (also, I do remember the 2001 WS but I was quite young).
So glad this says AL instead of AI
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So glad this says AL instead of AI
Not terribly fond of the Astros, true; I think it was mostly that there was this air of invincibility surrounding them at the time and the Nationals taking them down was just such a wild and unexpected story. (2001 WS is similar – but I'm a few years too young and it opposes my rooting interests)
October 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Not terribly fond of the Astros, true; I think it was mostly that there was this air of invincibility surrounding them at the time and the Nationals taking them down was just such a wild and unexpected story. (2001 WS is similar – but I'm a few years too young and it opposes my rooting interests)