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Headlines from Around The Continuum (October 13, 2015)

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A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:

Headline: Royals shock Astros with rally, force Game 5

Kansas City Star: DEJA BLUE

Houston Chronicle: It was hard to watch

St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press: ROYALS RALLY LATE

Primera Hora (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico): “Fallé la jugada, la fallé.” (“I missed the play, I failed.” This is a quote from the Puerto Rican Carlos Correa after his error proved very costly to the Astros.)

Brownsville (TX) Herald: COSTLY ERROR (Correa’s error)

The Monitor (McAllen, TX): COSTLY BLUNDER

The Hutchinson (KS) News: CALL IT A COMEBACK

Wichita (KS) Eagle: ROYALS RALLY PAST ASTROS

Lawrence (KS) Journal-World: KC FORCES GAME 5

El Nuevo Herald (Miami): Los Reales igualan serie con los Astros (“The Royals match/equal series with Astros”)

El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua): Kansas obliga a un quinto y decisivo juego (“Kansas forcing a a fifth and deciding game”)

Headline: Blue Jays bash way to Game 5

Dallas Morning News: Oh, no — Canada

Toronto Star: THEY’RE COMING HOME

(Toronto) Globe and Mail: OFFENCE POWERS UP AS JAYS MAKE QUICK WORK OF RANGERS

National Post: Jays victory sets up Wednesday showdown

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Blue Jays win, send series to winner-take-all finale

Canada’s Metro Papers: BACK FROM THE BRINK or BOYS IN BLUE COMING HOME or JUMP FOR JOY (depending on city)

Calgary Herald: BLUE JAYS FORCE GAME 5

Ottawa Citizen: BLUE JAYS TWO-STEP IN TEXAS

Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX): BACK TO CANADA

Le Journal de Quebec: Les Jays forcent un ultime match (“The Jays force a final game.”)

Amarillo (TX) Globe-News: JAYS FIGHT BACK

Edmonton Journal: BLUE JAYS STAY ALIVE

Winnipeg Free Press: Blue Jays hit power switch, knot series

Headline: Cubs see record six young guns go deep, one win from NLCS

Chicago Tribune: FLYIN’ HIGH

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: DEEP-SIXED

Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago): WRIGLEYVILLE SLUGGERS

Daily Chronicle (Dekalb, Ill.): CRUSHING IT

Beacon-News (Aurora, Ill.): On a real power trip

Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat: CUBS’ SIX HOMERS BLAST CARDS

Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review: Homer haven

Courier-News (Elgin, Ill.): Cubs have a blast at Wrigley

Journal Star (Peoria, Ill.): CUBS HAVE A BLAST

Tampa Bay Times: Maddon’s magic arrives at playoffs

Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa): CHI-TOWN SLUGGERS

Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa): HIT PARADE

The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa): Cubs down Cards in Wrigley matchup

Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.): BREAKING SERIES TIE

The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa): Cubs move one step closer

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY): HOMER HAPPY

Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press: THE BATTLE CONTINUES

Sioux City (Iowa) Journal: LEG UP

Register Citizen (Torrington, Conn.): Cubs move a game away from NLCS

The Times (Munster, Ind.): CUBS HOMER SIX TIMES, BEAT CARDS

Delaware State News (Dover): Cubs claw Cards in NL Div. Series

The Garden Island (Lihu’e, Hawaii): CUBS TAKE LEAD IN NLDS

 

Headline: Mets avenge Tejada not through beanballs but with offense

New York Times: Revenge of the Mets

Daily News (Front): Kicked ’em in the Uts!

Daily News (Back): CHASE THAT!

New York Post (Front): Monster mash

New York Post (Back): BREAK THIS!

Newsday (Front): METS GET REVENGE AT PLATE

Newsday (Back): TAKE THAT!

Bakersfield Californian: TO THE BRINK

Press-Telegram (Long Beach): Mets use the long ball to rout the Dodgers

The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Ca.): Mets beat Dodgers, take lead in NLDS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ): Mets answer in big way

Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.): METS DRUB DODGERS

Herald News (Woodland Park, NJ): METS FANS SAVOR THE MOMENT

Ventura County (Ca.) Star: DODGERS BLASTED IN GAME 3

Connecticut Post (Bridgeport): Mets crush Dodgers to take 2-1 lead in NLDS

Herald News (Klamath Falls, Oregon): RECORD EFFORT

 

Nothing good can happen tonight in Mets-Dodgers

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(The following is about 90% sarcastic. I hope.)

Given that Chase Utley is going to be eligible, here are a few possibilities of what could happen tonight:

Scenario One: Nothing.

Utley doesn’t play. There are boos and stuff during the pre-game and during the game, but no retaliation is done and it more-or-less is uneventful. However, this just means that the bad stuff will happen later. This is the least-bad scenario.

Scenario Two: The Mets Go Bad

The Mets are America’s darlings right now and most everyone is feeling for them after what happened. However, imagine if tonight Chase Utley doesn’t play, but the Mets go for their vengeance anyway. Perhaps they do a hard slide against a Dodgers middle-infielder, or decide that Adrian Gonzalez would make a nice substitute for Utley at the plate? Then, all the sudden the Mets look like just as big of bullies as the Dodgers, and while the home crowd will eat it up, almost everyone else will be disgusted.

Scenario Three: The Carousel of Boos

Utley plays, but doesn’t do much at the plate or in the field and the Mets don’t retaliate either. He just hears very loud boos all night long. One of the least-bad scenarios.

Scenario Four: Taken Vengeance

This scenario is simple: Harvey or another Mets pitcher pegs Chase Utley with a pitch. Maybe they get thrown out, maybe they don’t. Whatever happens, though, Utley just walks to first, knowing that he deserved that. The score more-or-less settled, the game goes on.

Scenario Five: Throwdown in Flushing

Like the above scenario, except Utley, possessed by some strange demon, charges the mound. Low-level fisticuffs are had, people’s mothers are insulted, there is pushing and shoving, and both Utley and the pitcher who hit him is sent to the showers, perhaps with other players as well. It’s a bad look for MLB and the two teams.

Scenario Six: Doomsday

You’d think the above would be the worst scenario. You would be wrong. Here’s the worst scenario:

Utley plays. In his first AB, he homers or does some other big play that scores runs for the the Dodgers. The fans are incensed, especially because they believe he should have been suspended. Things are thrown on the field, the game is delayed for a time, security is heightened.

And then things get worse. The Dodgers start to go nuts at the plate, running up the score. And then, during his second AB, Utley gets beaned. All hell breaks loose. The benches clear, the bullpens empty, actual punches are thrown. In the chaos, fans who have been drinking for most of the day (it’s Columbus Day and some will have been off, after all) begin to rush the field. NYPD and stadium security is hapless as anarchy descends upon CitiField. Bartolo Colon throws a trident. One player is caught on camera knocking out a drunk with one punch. Mr. Met’s head inexplicably ends up on eBay.

When the dust finally settles, the game is called and the Mets forfeit Game 3, leading to outright soccer-style rioting outside of the stadium that eventually leads to the Mets also forfeiting Game 4 and thus the series. The entire incident goes down in history as the ugliest fan moment in baseball history since at least Disco Demolition Night.

 

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So, yeah, this could ugly.

Yesterday’s MR. OCTOBERS (LDS DAY 4)

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In Game 3 of Kansas City vs. Houston, the Mr. Octobers were Dallas Keuchel (pitcher) and Chris Carter (position player).

The Mr. Octobers of Toronto’s win against Texas were Marco Estrada (pitcher) and Troy Tulowitzki (position player).

Standings so far (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):

P Dallas Keuchel 4

P Jake Diekman 3

PP Rougned Odor 3

P Collin McHugh 3

PP Kendrys Morales 3

P Shawn Tolleson 3

PP Delino DeShields 3

PP Salvador Perez 3

P Ryan Madson 3

P Jon Lackey 3

PP Stephen Piscotty 3

P Jacob deGrom 3

PP David Wright 3

P Travis Wood 3

PP Jorge Soler 3

P Noah Syndergaard 3

PP Adrian Gonzalez 3

PP Chris Carter 3

P Marco Estrada 3

PP Troy Tulowitzki 3

PP Colby Rasmus 1

PP Kyle Schwarber 1

P Jake Arrieta 1

Headlines from Around The Continuum (October 12, 2015)

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A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:

Headline: Utley suspended and will appeal as NLDS heads to New York

Daily News (Front): PAYBACK IS A PITCH! (more or less calling for Harvey to bean Utley if he plays tonight)

Daily News (Back): WHO’S A BUM!

New York Post (Front): MLB: IT WAS DIRTY

New York Post (Back): DARK JUSTICE (calling for “Dark Knight” Matt Harvey to plunk somebody)

Newsday (Back): YER OUT!

Los Angeles Times: The price of an infamous slide

New York Times: Utley Disciplined for Slide

El Diario- La Prensa (Brooklyn): Golpe Bajo (“Low blow”)

Reno (NV) Gazette-Journal: PLAYING HARDBALL

 

Headline: Astros take 2-1 lead and look to clinch

Houston Chronicle: Hear them roar

Kansas City Star: On the ropes

Galveston County Daily News: GAME 3 TO THE HOUSTON ASTROS

St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press: ROAD WOES

Corpus Christi Caller-Times: IN THE LEAD

Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa): KC WE HAVE A PROBLEM

Salina (Kan.) Journal: DO OR DIE FOR KC

Joplin (Mo.) Globe: TROUBLE IN TEXAS

 

Headline: Blue Jays stay alive and force Game 4

(Toronto) Globe and Mail: Blue Jays still alive and finally clicking

Toronto Star: Jays pull post-season back from the brink

Dallas Morning-News: It wasn’t Texas’ night

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Blue Jays cool off Rangers 5-1 to stay alive in series

Calgary Sun: STAYIN’ ALIVE

La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua): Azulejos sobreviven (“Blue Jays survive”)

Yesterday’s MR. OCTOBERS (LDS Day 3)

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For the Cubs/Cardinals game, the Mr. Octobers were Travis Wood (pitcher) and Jorge Soler (position player).

For the Mets/Dodgers game, the Mr. October were Noah Syndergaard (even though they ended up losing) and Adrian Gonzalez.

Standings so far (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):

P Jake Diekman 3

PP Rougned Odor 3

P Collin McHugh 3

PP Kendrys Morales 3

P Shawn Tolleson 3

PP Delino DeShields 3

PP Salvador Perez 3

P Ryan Madson 3

P Jon Lackey 3

PP Stephen Piscotty 3

P Jacob deGrom 3

PP David Wright 3

P Travis Wood 3

PP Jorge Soler 3

P Noah Syndergaard 3

PP Adrian Gonzalez 3

P Dallas Keuchel 1

PP Colby Rasmus 1

PP Kyle Schwarber 1

P Jake Arrieta 1

Headlines from Around The Continuum (October 11, 2015)

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A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, elsewhere, and occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:

Headline: Dodgers and Mets tied up at 1 after controversial Chase Utley slide

Daily News (Front page): SCREWED!

Daily News (Back page): UT-TER DISGRACE!

NY Post (Front page): METS TAKE A HIT

NY Post (Back page): SCREWED!

Newsday (Back page): PAINFUL

Orange County Register: Dodgers upend Mets, 5-2

Press-Telegram (Long Beach) and other papers: Dodgers rally in 7th to send series to NY all tied up

Santa Maria (Ca.) Times: LA evens it up

Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.): Dodgers rally, upend Mets

The Record (Bergen County, NJ): Dodgers rally to draw even with Mets

Qhubo (Cartagena, Colombia): Julio Teheran ve a los Mets en la serie mundial (“Julio Teheran sees the Mets in the World Series.” – the prediction of the Colombian pitcher)

Headline: Cubs beat Cardinals to tie it up going to Chicago (due to some sort of error, yesterday’s Chicago Tribune was reposted on the Newseum site, hence why it’s not here)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: QUEASY & UNEASY (referring to how Jaime Garcia apparently had a stomach ailment)

Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago): WHOLE NEW BALLGAME

Beacon-News (Aurora, Ill.): CUBS EVEN SERIES

Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat: Cubs knock Cardinals 6-3, tie series at 1-1

Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star: 1-1

Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.): Soler’s shot helps Cubs even NLDS

News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.): Firing back

Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review: Early onslaught

The Times (Munster, Ind.): CUBS TIE IT UP

Citrus County (Fl.) Chronicle: Cubs even up series with Cardinals

Headlines from Around The Continuum (October 10, 2015)

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A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, as well as occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:

Headline: Rangers beat Blue Jays in 14, take 2-0 lead

Dallas News: Two in a row, quite a show

(Toronto) Globe and Mail: On the brink

Toronto Star: SHATTERED

Calgary Herald: JAYS FACE ELIMINATION IN TEXAS

Chronicle-Herald (Halifax): Noooooo!!!

Hamilton Spectator: ANOTHER LOSS

Ottawa Citizen: 1ST INNING JITTERS HAUNT JAYS

El Universal (Cartagena, Colombia): RANGERS, ARRIBA

El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua): Texas pone contra la pared a Toronto (It means either “Texas placed against the wall in Toronto”- referring to how it took 14 innings, but I think it might more mean “Texas puts Toronto’s backs against the wall”, as in they have pushed Toronto to the brink of elimination)

El Nacional (Caracas, Venezuela): Texas repitió en Toronto (“Texas repeated in Toronto”)

Headline: Royals tie up series with Astros

Kansas City Star: Houston, we have a series

Houston Chronicle: Astros, Royals all tied up

St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press: SQUARED AWAY

Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World: OUT OF A JAM

Headline: Cardinals win Game 1 against Cubs

Chicago Tribune: BACK TO EARTH

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ROOKIES ROCK & ROLL

Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago): Lester bested

Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat: RED OCTOBER IS HERE (needless to say, Belleville is in solid Cardinals territory)

Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.): Lackey, long ball life Cards to Game 1 win

Peoria (Ill.) Journal-Star: WELCOME TO ARMAGEDDON (It’s for a column about the series)

Post-Tribune (Merrillville, Ind.): LACKING

The Times (Munster, Ind.): CUBS BESTED IN GAME 1

Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.): Clash of Clans (on divided fan loyalties)

The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa): HOUSE DIVIDED (similarly on divided fan loyalties)

The Gleaner (Henderson, Ky.): CARDINALS TAKE LEAD

 

Headline: deGrom wins match-up with Kershaw (due to how late the game ended, not as many papers had it on their front page)

New York Post: Wright on!

Daily News (from their website): deGROM-INANT

Pasadena Star-News: OLD-SCHOOL FANS KNOW THE SCORE: 3-1 (As there was also an article on people who keep score the old-fashioned way)

El Vigia (Ensenada, Mexico): Se repite la historia (“History repeats itself”- with a picture of Kershaw. Ouch.)

 

 

Yesterday’s MR. OCTOBERS (LDS Day 2)

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The Mr. Octobers of Yesterday…

In Texas/Toronto, they were Shawn Tolleson (pitcher) and Delino DeShields (position player).

In Royals/Astros, they were Salvador Perez (position player) and Ryan Madson (pitcher).

In Cubs/Cards, they were Jon Lackey (pitcher) and Stephen Piscotty (position player).

And, finally, in Mets/Dodgers, they were Jacob deGrom (pitcher) and David Wright (position player). An interesting thing to note is that while deGrom tied Tom Seaver‘s Mets single-game postseason strikeout record (set in Game 1 of the 1973 NLCS), he did it in 7.0 IP, while Seaver had 8.1 IP in that game.

Standings so far (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):

P Jake Diekman 3

PP Rougned Odor 3

P Collin McHugh 3

PP Kendrys Morales 3

P Shawn Tolleson 3

PP Delino DeShields 3

PP Salvador Perez 3

P Ryan Madson 3

P Jon Lackey 3

PP Stephen Piscotty 3

P Jacob deGrom 3

PP David Wright 3

P Dallas Keuchel 1

PP Colby Rasmus 1

PP Kyle Schwarber 1

P Jake Arrieta 1

Headlines From Around The Continuum (October 9, 2015)

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A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, as well as occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:

Headline: Rangers go up 1-0 on Blue Jays

Dallas Morning News: Rangers take Game 1

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Rangers turn the tables, beat Blue Jays with homers

(Toronto) Globe and Mail: Everything goes bizarrely wrong for Blue Jays

Metro Toronto: OUCH! (on Donaldson’s injury)

National Post: TWO INJURIES AND A LOSS AT JAYS OPENER

Toronto Star: Relax: They’re down, not out

Other Canadian Metro Papers (Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax, etc.): JAYS BANGED UP BY TEXAS IN GAME 1

Calgary Herald: JAYS STUMBLE IN GAME 1

Longview (TX) News-Journal: RANGERS TAKE DOWN BLUE JAYS

Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator: ROUGH GAME

Ottawa Citizen: HIT BY A TEXAS STORM

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets fly, Jays Crash (on how the Winnipeg Jets won their opening game of the season, but the Jays lost)

El Vigia (Ensenada, Mexico): Yovani Gallardo pega primero (roughly “Yovani Gallardo strikes first”, referring to the Mexican-born Texas starter)

El Nacional (Caracas, VZ): Poder venezolano guió a los Rangers (“Venezuelan power led the Rangers”)

 

Headline: Astros defeat Royals to take 1-0 lead

Houston Chronicle: 2 out of 3 ain’t bad (referring to fact that three Houston teams- including the Astros, were in action yesterday, and two of them won)

Kansas City Star: GAME 1… GONE

Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader: HOMER-HAPPY ASTROS

Hutchinson (KS) News: SORRY SERIES START

Omaha World-Herald: Postseason thud for Kansas City

The Eagle (Bryan-College Station, TX): SO FAR, SO GOOD

 

Yesterday’s MR. OCTOBERS (LDS Day 1)

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The Mr. Octobers in the Texas-Toronto game were Jake Diekman (pitcher) and Rougned Odor (position player), while the Mr. Octobers in Houston-Kansas City game were Colin McHugh (pitcher) and Kendrys Morales (position player, even though they lost).

Standings so far (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):

P Jake Diekman 3

PP Rougned Odor 3

P Colin McHugh 3

PP Kendrys Morales 3

P Dallas Keuchel 1

PP Colby Rasmus 1

PP Kyle Schwarber 1

P Jake Arrieta 1