Category: Baseball (Page 4 of 5)

In theory, no one can beat the Astros this season. Way back at the beginning of the season, the pundits said the Astros would steamroll the AL West and then the entire American League. Don’t believe the pundits? Prefer numbers and metrics? Well, they said the same thing. Note that to get the preseason predictions from 538, you have to scroll down to the bottom and select it. Experts said basically the same thing at the end of the season.

OK, the Astros already steamrolled the AL West, and now they’re working on the entire AL. Plus, they don’t have to worry about the Dodgers in the World Series, making them perhaps strong favorites. Sure, the Yankees beat the Twins again. But these aren’t my cousin‘s Astros, either. With an excellent rotation, lineup, and defense, the Astros are the most talented team in the postseason.

Let’s think a bit more now about whether the Yankees can do this.

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Postseason baseball‘s well underway, and the Yankees swept the Twins! Again! Let’s take a quick look at the times the Twins played the Yankees in the postseason.

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And 162 games later, the 2019 baseball season’s over. What happened? How’d your team do? How’d my team do? Who’s going to win the World Series? Let’s talk a bit about the 2019 baseball season.

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I don’t watch as much baseball as I’d like. But like any good Yankees fan, I check the box scores from all 162 games. The Yanks were playing the White Sox the other night, and I noticed “M. Banuelos” under the list of Chicago pitchers. And like any good Yankees fan, I know who Manny Bañuelos is.

That couldn’t be Manny, could it? Is he still playing?

It was, and he is. Here’s a common sort of baseball story.

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