Giving up just three hits and lone earned run while striking out nine and getting a hit of his own, Jon Lester is the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
MVP of Yesterday (September 30, 2015): Jon Lester
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MVP of Yesterday (Sept. 29, 2015): Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw gave up just one hit and one walk while striking out 13 last night, getting the win as the Dodgers won the NL West title, eliminating their arch-rival Giants.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
MVP of Yesterday (September 28, 2015): Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer gave up no hits for 7 1/3 innings, and although he ended up giving up a earned run and two hits (and three walks), he still struck out 10 and got the win, and also had two hits of his own. So, he’s the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Over at @HOVG: A new Wisdom and Links!
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Over at Hall of Very Good, we have a new “Wisdom and Links” up! It includes a section of links to Yogi Berra tributes. Check it out.
MVPs of the Weekend (Sept. 25, 26 and 27, 2015)
Friday’s MVP was Carlos Carrasco. Yes, he was facing the KC reserve squad, but it’s still extremely impressive to strike out 15, bring a no-hitter into the 7th inning, and finishing off with a complete game shutout.
Saturday’s MVP was Jarrett Parker, who had an awesome day at the plate, hitting 3 HRs (including a Grand Slam) and getting 7 RBIs in San Francisco’s win.
Sunday’s MVP was Jake Arrieta, who continues to be awesome, giving up just one hit and one HBP in seven innings of work.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Add another Spider-Man: Mike Trout.
Breaking OOTP, Episode 2: ARENA BASEBALL
In BREAKING OOTP, I push Out Of The Park Baseball to it’s limits in various scenarios. Some will answer questions, some will settle scores, and some will push Out Of The Park Baseball to it’s very limits, to see if I can literally cause the game engine to beg for mercy.
This week, we are going with a simple idea: what if there was an Arena Baseball? The smallest possible field, with a fast astroturf, 42-foot-high walls to knock balls off of and easily lob high-reaching homers over. Something like this:
And, what’s more, I’m telling the computer to approach this as if this is the 2015 MLB season, so they’ll use the same tendencies that MLB teams would.
This could get weird. Go below the jump to see how weird it gets (and click any pictures to make them larger):
TOMORROW: BREAKING OOTP EPISODE TWO!
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Tomorrow, BREAKING OOTP returns for it’s second episode. It’s all set to go up automatically, so if it doesn’t go up, then presume that the machines have risen and overthrown me.
Until then, I now introduce to you the BREAKING OOTP logo:
WE HAVE OUR FIRST SONG OF OCTOBER FOR 2015
The postseason is full of traditions. And the use of songs again and again by MLB and it’s network affiliates are… one of them. However, we have yet to truly learn what shall be played this year so much that we make memes out of it and/or threaten to throttle somebody whenever we hear them.
And, while they haven’t made it official yet, we can now safely say that the National League side of things on TBS will be having the Zac Brown Band song “Heavy Is The Head” playing, at least if this promo video I found on YouTube is anything to go on:
I don’t like it. Not good enough to be good, nor bad enough to be meme-worthy. Of course, I’m sure after a few games my opinion will be changed based on how Twitter reacts to it.
And so, we now wait/worry on FOX, MLB Network, perhaps ESPN and MLB itself to see/hear what, if anything, they will be adding to the October Song repertoire. Rest assured, I’ll be updating the “Songs of October” database far earlier this year than I did last year.
MVP of Yesterday (Sept. 24, 2015): Mike Moustakas
The Royals clinched their first Division Title since 1985 last night, and Mike Moustakas led the charge, going 3-3 with two walks, a HR, and 3 RBIs.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
The Baseball Continuum 