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November 1, 2016 [LINK / comment]
Back to Cleveland: Cubs stage clutch rally, and stay alive
Thanks in large part to Kris Bryant, the Chicago Cubs avoided elimination at home at Wrigley Field on Sunday night, thus sending the World Series back to Cleveland for Game 6. In the second inning, Jose Ramirez put the Indians ahead with a solo homer, one of only four hits Cubs pitcher Jon Lester gave up over six innings. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Bryant started a three-run rally with a solo homer. Anthony Rizzo then doubled and reached third base on an infield single by Ben Zobrist. They both later scored on, respectively, a single by Addison Russell and a sac fly by David Moss. And that was all they needed. The Indians threatened in the sixth inning, but Lester held them to just one more run. In the seventh inning, Edwards allowed a hit and was then replaced by Aroldis Chapman. To me, that looked like a desperation move by Joe Maddon, but the gamble paid off. Chapman got the last two outs of that inning and then sailed through the last two innings and got a rare multi-inning save. Cubs fans had an enormous collective sigh of relief, satisified that at least the Cubs had won one of their games at home. Cubs 3, Indians 2.
But the task ahead was daunting. Thanks to Mark London for pointing out that not since 1979 has a team come back from a 3-1 World Series deficit to win, with the last two games being on the road. That team, of course, was the Pittsburgh Pirates, whose joyous "We Are Family" spoiled the atmosphere in Baltimore, where the series ended. Can the Cubs do what the Pirates did back then?
Maybe so. In Game 6 tonight, Bryant started a three-run rally with a solo homer tonight -- for the second game in a row! -- except this time it was in the first inning. As of the top of the third inning, it's still Cubs 3, Indians 0.
For a variety of reasons, the 2016 World Series will be remembered for decades to come. One distinguishing feature is how the switch between National and American League rules regarding the designated hitter have affected managerial strategy. In today's Washington Post, Barry Svrluga observed that four players: the Cubs' Kyle Schwarber (not cleared to play defensively), the Indians' relief pitcher Andrew Miller (taken out of the lineup in Chicago in favor of a pinch-hitter), Aroldis Chapman (unaccustomed to lengthy relief outings, and certainly not to batting), and Carlos Santana (not accustomed to playing left field). Ver-r-r-ry interesting sequences of events...
Yankee Stadium II changes
Mike Zurawski informs me that Yankee Stadium II is undergoing some modifications during the off-season, most notably the removal of obstructed-view bleachers in the inner rear corners in center field. ballparkdigest.com and MLB.com.
And so, I made a preliminary (minor) update to the Yankee Stadium diagram, with a "new" diagram showing the original (2009) configuration but leaving the others untouched for the time being.
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January 10, 2016 ~ Cooperstown calls Griffey, Piazza
January 17, 2016 ~ ABC field trip to Highland (& Bath!) County
January 21, 2016 ~ R.I.P. Glenn Frey
January 26, 2016 ~ Sweet Briar College is saved!
January 31, 2016 ~ Presidential campaign begins
February 6, 2016 ~ Fall bird migration season 2015
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February 21, 2016 ~ 2016 primaries: populists propel polarization
March 10, 2016 ~ Yes, another Wrigley Field update!
March 26, 2016 ~ Trump triumphs, Republican Party implodes
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April 18, 2016 ~ R.I.P. Alan L. Clem
April 21, 2016 ~ Flying out to So. Dak. (& back)
April 30, 2016 ~ Trump & Clinton take commanding leads
April 30, 2016 ~ Migration season reaches peak
May 7, 2016 ~ Trump secures victory; Sanders fights on
May 21, 2016 ~ ABC field trip to Reddish Knob
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June 9, 2016 ~ FOD [first-of-decade] Prothonotary Warblers!
June 14, 2016 ~ Birding on Hite Hollow Road
June 16, 2016 ~ Holy $#!+ -- Nationals win big showdown with Cubs
July 1, 2016 ~ Nationals sweep the Mets, widen NL East lead
July 3, 2016 ~ Kentucky Warblers, and more!
July 8, 2016 ~ Soras breeding in the Valley!
July 13, 2016 ~ Redistricting reform movement is growing
July 16, 2016 ~ The Nationals' starting rotation
August 5, 2016 ~ New page: Stadium profiles!
August 7, 2016 ~ Magical mushroom tour*
September 7, 2016 ~ To the northeast: Baseball road trip, 2016
September 18, 2016 ~ East by Northeast: Big city scenery travelogue
September 25, 2016 ~ Nationals win National League East Division
September 27, 2016 ~ Lucky! 13 warblers on Betsy Bell Hill
October 2, 2016 ~ Nationals' regular season ends on a high note
October 5, 2016 ~ Shenandoah National Park birding (II)
October 14, 2016 ~ Nationals flinch, Dodgers advance to NLCS
October 14, 2016 ~ Shenandoah National Park getaway
October 16, 2016 ~ World War II aircraft show (II)
October 25, 2016 ~ Holy cow: Cubs beat Dodgers, win NL pennant!
November 3, 2016 ~ The Cubs win the World Series!!!
November 4, 2016 ~ New month arrives, & new birds too
November 6, 2016 ~ Campaign 2016 grinds to a nasty, ugly end
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