Pennant Chase In Progress

I feel like the term “pennant chase” is used kind of to describe the race to the postseason during the regular season, but you don’t actually get to win a pennant until you are the last team standing in the league championship series. I guess you also don’t get a pennant once you win the World Series because the prize is a hunk of metal with a bunch of pokey things that can take your eye out.

Anyway, before we get to the World Series, the final four teams will vie for their respective league’s pennant. Between the Dodgers and Mets trading beatdowns and the Yankees taking advantage of some dumbness from Cleveland in their initial game of the ALCS, I can see both series going the distance, especially when nobody can run out a full rotation anymore and have to resort to bullpen games by design or by necessity. We could see another Subway Series (great for New York, not so great for the rest of us), a New York vs LA thing, or a true underdog story of sorts. I think MLB would like the first two, but Cleveland fans wouldn’t mind another shot at not blowing a 3-1 lead?

I did notice that the World Series is doing the Friday-Saturday thing, avoiding football on Thursday and Sunday. The full schedule of remaining games is here, and I’d be curious to see who comes out on top, and we can make our best guesses in the comments.

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Rice Cube

October 15, 2024 at 11:36 am

I feel like the Mets have magical momentum on their side, and Cleveland may have forced extras if their reliever hadn’t wild-pitched them into the lead, but it’s a hard thing to predict baseball /YCPB

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