when my laralarm went off. reporter: i m sure you had a long night. at least a successful one for you and all rockies fans that stayed up late for that. i tell you what, there s nothing like post-season baseball. you hang on every single pitch. fans doing that for nearly five hours last night. this wild card game an absolute classic. john lester and kyle freeland throwing gems. cubs down 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth. javier baez comes through with the clutch double. that scores the tying run. this game would go to extra innings. in the 13th, tony wolters, 0 for the last 15 at-bats, comes through with the rbi single. your unlikely hero. the rockies win 2-1 in the longest winner-take-all game in mlb post-season history in terms of innings. we didn t give up. we make comeback wins all the
each of them in different countries. remember, the dodgers had one friday night in monterey, mexico. and the two hottest teams in baseball, dave briggs, yankees and red sox, squaring off in the bronx last night. doesn t seem like anyone can stop the yankees now, does it? giancarlo stanton got it going early with two home runs in his first two at-bats. judge hitting a sim for the go ahead a single for the go ahead run. that would be all the yankees need, they win 3-2. new york has won 16 of the last 17 games in baseball s oldest rivalry, headed abroad. the yanks and sox will play two games in london next year. the first time games will be played in europe. baseball s in a good plagues when those two teams are at their best and they are at the game s best. isn t it fun to see stanton finally get it together? because he was struggling in the beginning. now, man, when he hits will john berman take the day off? that s the question. john berman took a tough one last night. his re
why are they why are they so obsessed about this one thing? i mean, i think it s just that they were behind them, fossil fuel economic interests, businesses, that don t want the climate change agenda to be messing with their business. but i m guessing about that. i d be dare flect my derelicf i didn t have a moneyball question. houston astros, analytics or instinct? either team that won, dodgers or astros, we re well beyond analytics, analytics both sides. both general managers were in the game because of billy beane and wouldn t have been in the game both analytics people. and you could see that on the field. right? you saw that every where the players were, how they approached their at-bats, how pitchers approaches hitters.
i would be derelict in my duty if i didn t ask a moneyball question. the houston astros, victory for analytics or instinct? either team that won, the dodgers or the astros were well beyond instinct versus analytics. analytics up the wazoo both sides. both general managers were in the game because of billy d. they wouldn t have been in the game if billy bean they were both analytics people. you could see that on the field. you saw that where the players were, how they approached their at bats. how the pitchers approached the hitters. underneath it all was a lot of study. and the point i would make about it is that when i wrote money ball, everybody said the analysts are going to take the fun out of the game. the analytics have not taken the fun out of the game. they ve added a layer of interest. i mean a game seven it could not have been better. even if i think some of the, the mlb forces would have liked to have seen the yankees and the dodgers.
elimination thanks to an unexpected hero. coy wire has more in bleacher report. good morning. this bleacher report brought to you by the 2018 ford 150. javier baez was in a serious postseason slump, zero hits in 20 at-bats the 20-year-old from puerto rico broke the slump with two home runs just in time to save the cubs season. in front of the home crowd, rallying he helped his team as he s rallied to help his home island. then a bizarre moment in the eighth inning, cubs up by one and the pitch wade davis strikes out a batter so everyone thought. the umpire said the bat touched the ball ruling a foul ball. that gave the dodgers batter another chance. joe maddon goes ballistic, gets ejected from the game arguing the call could have cost his team the game. thankfully for chicago the batter struck out on the next pitch. cubs go on to win 3-2, after the game the umpire admitted he blew the call and madden admitted he was still furious.