2016 Postseason Thread

[CrimsonCowboy]

Chip Caray will be celebrating in big style tonight.

I'm sure Chip is thinking of his grandfather right now

[CrimsonCowboy]

Someone is going to say it, might as well be me.

Can Steve Bartman be seen in public now

[CyYoung31]

I'm sure Chip is thinking of his grandfather right now

Hopefully Keith Richards doesn't give him any ideas.

[bravesnumberone]

Can we have Theo?

[The Chosen One]

Can we have Theo?

Theo? Psssh. We have the Three Headed Johnster.

[The Chosen One]

#ThankYouHarambe

[holden]

Can we have Theo?

Turns out if you spend nearly $200 million, you too can break curses

[smootness]

Cubs fans suck. The next decade of baseball is going to be unbearable.

[mossy]

Hat tip to the Indians who fought with class till the end.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Ben Zobrist with a sweet new ride

[CrimsonCowboy]

Some southsiders of Chicago won't be happy about this tweet:

[The Chosen One]

I mean the Sox have the bragging rights of breaking their curse first.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Cubs:

You're a moron

[UNCBlue012]

What an awesome Series!

[zitothebrave]

Regardless of it not being true, Epstein will be regarded as the best or in the upper pantheon of GMs because of this. 2 super long curses, broke the 3rd longest with the Red Sox and the longest with the Cubs.

[UNCBlue012]

Regardless of it not being true, Epstein will be regarded as the best or in the upper pantheon of GMs because of this. 2 super long curses, broke the 3rd longest with the Red Sox and the longest with the Cubs.

Having that kind of money helps. lol

[thewupk]

Having that kind of money helps. lol

It helps but not as much as you'd think.

[smootness]

Having that kind of money helps. lol

He's still a great GM. He knows what he's doing.

[gilesfan]

I wish more would be mentioned of stupid intentional walks. Gave them a free base runner (decreasing odds that Indians win from 44% to 42%).The Indians end up finding a way to put across a run in the bottom half as well.

I wonder if next year is the year managers realize not to give away free outs (bunts), not to give away free baserunners (int. walks) and to use best relievers in highest leverage situations. (tougher to do managing through regular season, for sure)

[rawwr]

I wish more would be mentioned of stupid intentional walks. Gave them a free base runner (decreasing odds that Indians win from 44% to 42%).The Indians end up finding a way to put across a run in the bottom half as well.

I wonder if next year is the year managers realize not to give away free outs (bunts), not to give away free baserunners (int. walks) and to use best relievers in highest leverage situations. (tougher to do managing through regular season, for sure)

It might just be me, but it seemed like there was significantly more conversation about leverage and reliever usage during the playoffs this year than ever before. The Royals' WS win already had people paying more attention to the bullpen, so I could see teams putting more thought into the way they use relievers. As you say, during the regular season in-game strategy will probably still take a backseat to workload management, but I think we might see teams start changing the way they construct their bullpens.