And they do it because it gives everyone something to do while the out batter clears the field or batter box, and the next batter takes his position. It helps the infielders stay alert and lets the pitcher settle down for the next batter. Otherwise everyone (including the pitcher) is just standing around getting nervous.
They also said (at least twice) “first playoff win in 24 years” when the meant first home playoff win.
Player will do it even when it’s not an around the horn situation. I’ve seen Jazz Chisholm tag a baserunner and than immediately flip the ball to Volpe, even if it’s the third out. Or an outfielder catching a third out and whizzing a ball to another outfielder. Players just don’t want to keep the ball.
YES! I caught that too! And I think they also said something like, they’ve been waiting to get back to the playoffs since 2001, and then I wondered if I had just hallucinated the 2022 offseason.
(Which is plausible, because an 18-inning game is absurd and surely that was a fever dream.)
Dodgers now lead the series 2 - 0 over the Phillies. They aren’t doing much against the starters, but once they get into their opponents bullpen, all bets are off.
I wonder if there is any reason why many of these playoff games have been so much more higher-scoring than regular season? The Mariners and Tigers are average-to-low scoring, but the Cubs, Blue Jays, etc. - lots more runs than usual.
So if you only consider the higher scoring games, the games are higher scoring?
Here are the scores thus far:
9-3
10-1
5-3
3-2
13-7
3-2
4-3
So 3 high scoring games, and 4 average scoring games.
If you want to get technical, the average number of runs per game in 2025 was 8.9, so there have been 3 games above average and 4 games below average.
Treinen almost cost the game for the Dodgers, and I have no idea why Dave Roberts thinks it’s any good to put him on the mound in the 9th.
Actually, it’s no one anywhere in the world can buy tickets unless you are have a credit card with a home address in one of four specific states. And you can still go, just get someone else to buy the tickets. Anyway, Canadians aren’t going to the USA much now.
This will have nothing to do with the game result. 500 Blue Jays fans instead of 2000 isn’t gonna be noticeable.
And it’s limited to 9 tickets for each game.
My dad and I turned on the Brewers-Cubs game; Milwaukee was down 3-0. Twenty seconds after we turned it on, Andrew Vaughn hit a three-run homer to tie it up, and the Brewers are now up 7-3. Go Brew Crew!
The Brewers’ bullpen only gave up one hit to the Cubs after the second inning, as Milwaukee goes up 2 games to none over Chicago.