Jim Passon
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- Reposted by Jim PassonFarewell David Robertson The list of remaining active players who played at the old Yankee Stadium is down to one guy: Justin Verlander (hopefully he lands with a big league team for 2026)
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- The past three Dodgers “relievers” that have thrown the final pitch of the World Series are Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2025), Walker Buehler (2024), & Julio Urías (2020).
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- Since 1969: AL East teams are 0-7 in World Series game 7’s. AL Central teams are 0-3 in World Series game 7’s: AL West teams are 7-2 in World Series game 7’s.
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- The Dodgers ended up winning postseason games in September, October, & November this year.
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- What A Series!
- Can I get an extra side of extra innings, please?
- Get jiggy with it!!!
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- Every single ball put in play raises the heart rate
- Dear baseball, I love you!! Sincereley, Me
- Love me some drama
- Feels like 2016 again
- Wtf!!!
- Mike Trout should be able to pitch in relief so that he can strike out Ohtani to finish the World Series.
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- Can I get a side of Extra Innings to go with my Game 7, please?
- Tomorrow, the Los Angeles Dodgers will become the first team to play baseball in three different months in the same postseason #BuiltForSeptember #andOctober #andNovember
- Most recent extra-inning postseason home runs: Freddie Freeman - 2025 WS g3, B-18th Freddie Freeman - 2024 WS g1, B-10th Juan Soto - 2024 ALCS g5, T-10th
- Wreddie Wreeman!!
- There have been more outs recorded in this game than the Wild Card series between the Reds and Dodgers
- He’s going to end up with 9 intentional walks and 9 scoreless innings in relief
- Blue Jays with a pinch-hit HR in the postseason: Ed Sprague - 1992 WS g2 @ ATL 2-run HR in the 9th to take 5-4 lead Addison Barger - 2025 WS g1 vs LAD Grand Slam in a 9-run inning
- Since scoring 3 runs in the fourth inning of NLDS Game Two, the Brewers have now gone 54 innings without scoring more than one run in an inning
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- If only there was a “Gamble Responsibly” hotline people could call so things like this could be avoided 🙄
- 25 managers have won four or more pennants in their career. 22 of them are in the Hall of Fame. The other three are Dave Roberts (4 pennants), Bruce Bochy (5), and Vic Harris (7).
- What a game!!!
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- Please don’t let this great game lead to the Manfred Man rule in the postseason
- ❤️ me some ⚾️
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- Runs scored in the Wild Card round: 18 • Dodgers 10 • Guardians 9 • Reds 9 • Tigers 9 • Yankees 6 • Cubs 6 • Red Sox 5 • Padres
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- With Connelly Early (23y,182d) slated to start tomorrow, he’ll be the youngest pitcher to start a postseason game for the Red Sox since Babe Ruth (21y,246d) started game 2 of the 1916 World Series
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- Aaron Judge’s past... ...322 games = .322 BA ...450 games = .450 OBP ...655 games = .655 SLG ...1,027 games = 1.027 OPS
- Clayton Kershaw is the active leader in Sac Hits with 110. The next player on that leaderboard is Martín Maldonado with 51.
- If Clayton Kershaw allows 146 earned runs to cross the plate before he records another out, he would still have an ERA below 3.00
- Some of Clayton Kershaw’s career numbers since his last Cy Young Award in 2014: 240 Starts 124-47 (.725) 2.59 ERA 0.978 WHIP 156 ERA+ 9.8 K/9 27.7 K% 4.9 BB% 5.61 K:BB
- Barry Bonds went seven consecutive games without a hit from April 30th to May 9th, 2004. He scored six times & carried a .483 OBP during those seven games. Bonds never went eight straight games without a hit in his career.
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- Most Home Runs hit from the 2nd position in the batting order: 230 • Mike Trout 186 • Ryne Sandberg 186 • Aaron Judge 169 • Corey Seager 140 • Derek Jeter
- Bumped into this guy today.
- A couple of the beer choices in Cooperstown this year.
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- Longest stretches without pitching a shutout (since 1901): 199 games • 1939-40 Browns 198 games • 1997-98 Athletics 197 games • 1928-29 Braves 192 games • 1998-99 Royals 184 games • 2024-25 Rockies ** 169 games • 1993-94 Rockies ** denotes active streak
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- Teams without a walk-off victory this season: Baltimore Orioles (19-34) Cincinnati Reds (27-28) Colorado Rockies (9-45) Philadelphia Phillies (34-19)
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- Reposted by Jim PassonNow that the Black Sox players have been removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list after 104 years, here's the most accurate history we know on what really happened in the 1919 World Series, from SABR's Eight Myths Out: sabr.org/eight-myths-...
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- Yankees/Mariners - rubber game #LetsGoYankees
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- It’s been a minute since a team allowed 10+ runs in five consecutive games
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- Most recent teams to allow 55+ runs in a four-game span: 2025 Rockies (55 runs) 2022 Red Sox (59 runs) 1999 Cubs (60 runs) 1993 Twins (55 runs) 1986 Brewers (56 runs) 1951 Pirates (57 runs)
- Elias Díaz, the only Padre without a RBI in today’s game, is 3-for-3 with a walk in four plate appearances
- Pittsburgh Pirates this month: 17 Runs Scored San Diego Padres’ past 9 innings: 18 Runs Scored
- MLB pitchers with exactly 3 Hits, 3 BB, & 1 HBP in back-to-back appearances (since 1901): Jason Marquis (WSN) June 5 & 10, 2011 Lance McCullers Jr. (HOU) May 4 & 10, 2025
- Yankees left fielders with 3+ home runs in a game against the Athletics: Babe Ruth • May 21, 1930 Jasson Domínguez • May 9, 2025
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- Sandy Koufax was 15 years old when Willie Mays made his postseason debut. By the time Willie Mays played in his final postseason game, Sandy Koufax was already on his second year of having a plaque in Cooperstown.
