NEWSLETTER
Although the first week after the regular season felt like a bit of a respite given how frustrating and terrible things had gotten, I now wish I could watch a Cubs game today. I mean, obviously, since it would be the postseason, but I mean more generally than that. I suppose I’m saying it’s the first day after the season when I feel like, “Sigh, no Cubs baseball to fill up my sports cup today.”
Joe Maddon will interview with the #Angels early this week and they are his No. 1 choice, sources tell The Athletic. Maddon spent 31 years in Angels’ organization before joining the Rays as manager in 2006. First to report interview with LAA: @Buster_ESPN.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 6, 2019
Carlos Martinez is the first reliever to allow 3+ earned runs in multiple games of the same Division Series.
The last in any postseason series was Javier Vazquez in the 2004 ALCS, and he pitched a combined 6 1/3 innings.
— Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) October 6, 2019
Mr. Respect the Game, Carlos Martinez, blowing a kiss to Billy Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/L6jeodeWVl
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 6, 2019
Adam Wainwright: "I never felt for one second that today was going to be my last day." #STLCards
— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) October 7, 2019
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) October 6, 2019
This is still true.
The only 3 teams that started 2019 1-6 were the Cubs, Reds and Angels and none of the 3 made the playoffs.
But the Cubs became just the 5th team in the last 36 years to finish over .500 after a 1-6 start so moral victory? https://t.co/2NeMHQ9zLi
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) October 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1181189855004499969
