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Mr. Octobers for Yesterday’s ALDS games (October 5, 2013)

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The first game of yesterday, in which the Red Sox beat the Rays, is an easy pick: David Ortiz, who had his first multi-HR game of his illustrious postseason career, was the offensive Mr. October. On the mound, it was Koji Uehara, the closer for the Red Sox who squelched any chance of a final rally by the Rays with a surgical 1-2-3 9th inning. Interesting note: The Rangers traded Chris Davis to the Orioles for Uehara. Now they have neither. Whoops.

The second game, a true classic, is harder to pick. I mean, how do you pick between Sonny Gray and Justin Verlander, both who had games that would have sealed them as Mr. October winners otherwise? Well, I’m going to cheat a bit here: I’m not going to give out a position player Mr. October, instead, I’m giving out TWO pitching Mr. Octobers for this game. Now, of course, you could say Stephen Vogt could deserve the hitting Mr. October due to his walk-off single, but, well, he had failed in basically the same situation twice earlier in the game, so, sorry.

Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher):

PP David Ortiz- 3

P Koji Uehara- 3

P Justin Verlander- 3

P Sonny Gray-3

PP Carlos Beltran– 3

P Adam Wainwright– 3

PP Adrian Gonzalez– 3

P Clayton Kershaw– 3

P Gerrit Cole– 3

PP Pedro Alvarez– 3

P Jon Lester– 3

PP Shane Victorino -3

P Mike Minor– 3

PP Hanley Ramirez– 3

P Max Scherzer– 3

PP Yoenis Cespedes– 3

PP (Position Player) Russell Martin– 1

P (Pitcher) Francisco Liriano– 1

PP Desmond Jennings– 1

P Alex Cobb– 1

MR. OCTOBERS for the first two days of LDS games

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Okay, here we go:

NLDS GAME 1 between the Pirates and Cardinals had the position player Mr. October being Carlos Beltran (who had a HR and 3 RBIs) and the pitcher Mr. October being Adam Wainwright.

NLDS GAME 1 between the Dodgers and Braves had the position player Mr. October being Adrian Gonzalez (who had a HR and 2 RBIs), while the pitcher was, of course, Clayton Kershaw.

In NLDS GAME 2 between the Pirates and Cardinals, the Mr. Octobers were Gerrit Cole and Pedro Alvarez.

In ALDS GAME 1 between the Red Sox and Rays, the Mr. Octobers were Jon Lester and Shane Victorino.

In NLDS GAME 2 between the Dodgers and Braves, the Mr. Octobers were Mike Minor and Hanley Ramirez (yes, the Dodgers lost, but he was the best hitter in the game).

And in ALDS GAME 1 between the Tigers and A’s, the Mr. Octobers were Max Scherzer and Yoenis Cespedes (again, the winning team doesn’t necessarily have the Mr. October).

So, here are the standings (PP=Position Player, P=Pitcher):

PP Carlos Beltran- 3

P Adam Wainwright- 3

PP Adrian Gonzalez- 3

P Clayton Kershaw- 3

P Gerrit Cole- 3

PP Pedro Alvarez- 3

P Jon Lester- 3

PP Shane Victorino -3

P Mike Minor- 3

PP Hanley Ramirez- 3

P Max Scherzer- 3

PP Yoenis Cespedes- 3

PP (Position Player) Russell Martin– 1

P (Pitcher) Francisco Liriano– 1

PP Desmond Jennings– 1

P Alex Cobb– 1

The MR. OCTOBERs of Last Night (October 2, 2013)

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The Mr. Octobers of yesterday’s AL Wild Card Game were Alex Cobb and Desmond Jennings. Cobb pitched 6.2 shutout innings while escaping several pickles, while Desmond Jennings had two hits and two RBIs.

Standings:

PP (Position Player) Russell Martin– 1

P (Pitcher) Francisco Liriano– 1

PP Desmond Jennings- 1

P Alex Cobb- 1

The MR. OCTOBERs of last night (October 1, 2013)

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Welcome to the MR. OCTOBER tracker of the Baseball Continuum. Here’s how it goes: instead of going by day, we’re going by game. Each game will have an MVP position player and an MVP pitcher. The amount of points given are as so: the MVPs of a Wild Card game get one point, MVPs of an LDS game get three points, MVPs of a LCS game get five points, and MVPs of World Series games get ten points. Points are doubled if it’s in a Game 5 in the LDS or Game 7 of the LCS or WS.

So, with that out of the way, here are the hitting and pitching MVPs of last night: Russell Martin (2 HRs) and Francisco Liriano (7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 SO).

Standings:

PP (Position Player) Russell Martin- 1

P (Pitcher) Francisco Liriano- 1