Going into this World Series, many of the previews involved one key matchup: whether hard-throwing New York Mets pitchers could overwhelm the contact-minded Kansas City Royals hitters. Could the Mets’ starters approach the dominance they showed against the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS? The Royals are also a great defensive team with a penchant for […]
Going into this World Series, many of the previews involved one key matchup: whether hard-throwing New York Mets pitchers could overwhelm the contact-minded Kansas City Royals hitters. Could the Mets’ starters approach the dominance they showed against the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS? The Royals are also a great defensive team with a penchant for […]
Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Oct. 27, 2015), it’s a very stats-y World Series special. We discuss Daniel Murphy’s incredible postseason and which team is the “team […]
Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Oct. 27, 2015), it’s a very stats-y World Series special. We discuss Daniel Murphy’s incredible postseason and which team is the “team […]
I asked for weird baseball, and Game 1 of the World Series delivered. On Tuesday night, the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets played an epic marathon that ended in a Royals victory after 14 innings. That the game lasted so long was itself a rare occurrence in MLB history; this match was only […]
