Day 66

Fresh Start_66: Just keep believing
What a difference a Cy Young award winner taking the mound makes. Kyle Schwaber has proved me wrong up to this point, he is one of those players that can just wake up and get four hits. Jake Arrieta was unhittable (literally) for five innings, only to get taken out two outs after the hit that broke the no hitter. Arrieta was getting up there in pitches with ninety-eight pitches, so as my dad and I put it “it was a blessing.” Trevor Bauer couldn’t escape the fourth inning, giving up two runs on eighty-seven pitches. Not having Andrew Miller in Game Two didn’t matter because of Mr. Drone Boy couldn’t out run the buzz saw that was the Chicago Cubs.
Ben Zobrist continues to stay hot getting two more hits last night with an RBI. The ball is jumping off of his bat right now. The Cubs bats are alive and well for now. In Game Three, “The Professor” Kyle Hendricks goes for the Cubs, and the last time he took the mound for Chicago he was nothing short of sensational. His opposition Josh Tomlin also had a great outing the last time he was on the hill; going 5 2/3 innings with six strike outs in the ALCS against Toronto. This game will be interesting to see which pitcher folds first, with two dominate pens looming over either team. The storyline of Kyle Schwaber will linger over the game with his bat on the bench and can be used at any time during the game. This will also be the first World Series Game in Wrigley since 1945. The Cubs will have some pressure on them, but since this team is the “team of destiny” and has deflected any pressure off of them so far. The Indians will also have to play a different game with no DH and there will be a huge decision on when Tomlin will be taken out of the game, and if Andrew Miller enters the game. Will Cleveland sacrifice an out for the pitching of Miller. The game will be on Fox at 7PM EST on Friday night. Be there to witness a piece of history.
Sources:(espn.com, baseballreference.com)

Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share on your way out!    

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 MLB Preview

  Opening Day is about 24 hours away and the Shohei Ohtani gambling story has stole all the headlines and fleeting moments of baseball conversation over the past few days, many have now forgotten about the exciting marathon ahead of us! Even with the ever-evolving Ohtani story clouding the beginning of the Los Angeles Dodgers season, that doesn’t change the fact that L.A. is still the team to beat in baseball. The Dodgers have put their chips at the center of the table, no pun intended, for 2024 to show they can raise another World Series trophy after sending upwards of a billion dollars in free agency. In division however, the surprise Arizona Diamondbacks are capitalizing on their newfound championship window with a fantastic offseason that will have them in the mix to get back to a second straight fall classic. The San Diego Padres are done shopping for superstars, sort of, following a massively disappointing season that saw them move on from one of the games generational talent...
Read more

Dan Hurley Saved College Basketball

When you think of Men’s College Basketball, the names of Wooden, Dean, Krzyzewski, Williams, Thompson, and Calipari shoot to mind right away. All the memories of the great teams from UCLA, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, the Big East, UNLV, and even the Fab Five start to rush back. Nostalgia of a time when the sport meant something different. For all those longing for the days when great teams didn’t dissipate into the transfer portal after one disappointing year—Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies are here to save the day! UConn has done something that only seven other programs have done in the history of college basketball, repeat as champions. Forget all the talk about “best team of all-time,” even though if you look at point differential (like it truly matters), this UConn team is the best team to ever play in the NCAA Tournament. This team means much more to the game of college basketball than that. Coach Hurley has given college basketball what it has been missing since the in...
Read more

Last Year the Season was one game long, it's different this year

  It took 363 days, but Jets fans finally got the debut from Aaron Rodgers they waited for. This time around that debut ended in a blowout loss on the road to the San Francisco 49’ers. Last year the Jets won the battle but lost the war following their overtime walk-off win against the Buffalo Bills. This year, the Jets hope they lost the battle but because they have Rodgers they will win the war.   Of all the ways the game could have gone last night, having the Jets defense get thoroughly dominated on the ground by a third year running back, Jordan Mason, who wasn’t a household name until last night, wasn’t on the bingo card. The trademark for Robert Saleh has been his defense. That’s what got him hired from San Francisco. The defense is what Jet fans have pointed to as a reason for optimism heading into this year with Rodgers. The defense was finally supposed to get the complimentary football they have been dying for since Robert Saleh walked in the doors at Florham Park...
Read more