There’s a weird parallel between bullpen games an unconstrained AI: Absolutely no one is asking for either thing, and yet we can’t seem to gather up either the will or ability to do anything about either one of them.
One of the best things about October baseball is watch a horse carry his team into the late innings, carve up the opposing lineup, and make himself the star of the show. Bullpen games rob us of that, so I’m always happy whenever a team employing one loses, especially if they lose to an old
fashioned horse in the other dugout. That’s what happened in Milwaukee last night, where Blake Snell threw eight innings of one-hit ball to propel the Dodgers to a Game 1 win. It’ll be Yoshinobu Yamamoto against Freddy Peralta in Game 2, at 8 PM tonight on FOX.
The ALCS game wasn’t nearly as exciting. The Mariners put three runs on the board via a Julio Rodriguez homer in the first inning and never stopped hitting, chasing Trey Yesavage from the game and winning 10-3. They have an off-day to travel across the country today before Game 3 tomorrow night.
Talk about what you want and be good to one another.
