Nov 02 2016

World Series 2016 Game 7: Cubs @ Indians

This is the 32nd deciding game in World Series history which seems remarkable only if you don’t think the 2 best teams always advance (and they don’t, another way of looking at the same statistics is that flukes and mismatches are the norm, representing almost 70% of all cases).

Baseball fans tend to be numbers fans also because there are just so many of them. They pretend it’s an indicator of rationality and predictability but these very same people will then turn their Caps inside out if their team is behind; refuse to bathe, shave, or wash their clothes; or believe in goat curses.

Honey, I hate to say it, but what you smell is you. Get a shower and brush your teeth why not. The reason they call it ‘Magical’ thinking is that there is no cause and effect that connects your ‘Good Luck Socks’ to what happens between the foul lines.

In this game however, the past is the future as each team has made some critical compromises to arrive at this point. Sure, Corey Kluber is a future Hall of Famer but is the 6th time the charm or is 30+ Innings (12 in this Series) more than enough? The Indians have a Bullpen too.

On the Cubs side Hendricks is a lot fresher, but has a lot of No Decisions and as many Losses as Wins. Sure his ERA is 0.00, but it’s based on 4 Innings and doesn’t include 6 scattered Hits. I don’t think he looks all that overpowering though the numbers say different. Chapman is the next Rivera, you heard it here first, but can he come back after last night’s work?

Well the answer is yes. He came in in the 7th but left in the 9th and he didn’t throw an unusually high number of pitches. Just another day at the Ball Park for him regardless of what the announcers say. The rest of the Bullpen ain’t much, but they have a bunch of lightly used starters who’ll be playing golf tomorrow win or lose.

So, we shall see. I won’t tell you I’m rooting for the club with the 108 year drought because of Bill Murray but it’s true enough and we shall see.

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  1. Top 6th

  2. Top of the 6th Andrew Miller pitching for Cleveland

  3. Russell fouls out

  4. Pop Foul. 1

  5. David Ross Home Run in his final game.

    Cubs 6 – Cleveland 3

  6. Solo Shot. Cubs 6 – 3

  7. Heyward grounds out. 2 outs

  8. Out at 1st. 2 Out

  9. Baez struck out to retire the side

  10. Bottom 6th

  11. Bottom of the 6th. Jon Lester pitching for the Cubs

  12. Leadoff KO. Good for him.

  13. Napoli Struck out

  14. Ramirez grounds out . 2 outs

  15. Gunned down at 1st. 2

  16. Brandon Guyer, hitting for Chisenhall, singles on a ground ball to left

  17. Top 7th

  18. Davis grounds out into a fielder’s choice to end the 6th inning

    Cubs 6 – Cleveland 3

  19. Top of the 7th. Andrew Miller pitching for Cleveland

  20. Fowler with a leaf off single

  21. Leadoff Single

  22. Nice start to the 7th

  23. Schwarber flies out to left. Fowler holds at 1st. 1 out

  24. Cleveland pitching change: CodyAllen in for Miller

  25. Line Out

  26. Allen obsessed with trying to pick off Fowler.

  27. Strike Out/Throw Out Double Play. Bottom 7th

  28. Bryant out on swinging strike Fowler caught stealing 2nd for qa double play to retire the side

    Cubs 6 – Cleveland 3

  29. Bottom of the 7th.Jon Lester pitching for the Cubs

  30. Crisp flies out to left

  31. 8 Left

  32. Perez walked with 1out

  33. 1 Out Walk

  34. Naquin in running for Perez

  35. Sacrifice

  36. Santana grounds out Naquin to 2nd

  37. Kipnis struck out to end the 7th inning

    Cubs 6 – Cleveland 3

  38. Top 8th

  39. Top of the 8th. Cody Allen pitching for Cleveland

  40. Rizzo out at 1st on a wild pitch

  41. Zobrist grounds out. 2 outs

  42. Russell pop fly to retire the side

  43. Bottom of the 8th. Jon Lester pitching for the Cubs

  44. Bottom 8th

  45. Lindor grounds out

  46. 1 down 5 to go.

  47. 5 Left

  48. Napoli struck out. 2 outs

  49. 4 left

  50. Ramirez singles on a ground ball

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