3 runs would be awesome. I'm not 100% sure on this but I think Hendricks is undefeated this year when getting 3+ runs of support.

At best it's a 50/50 assuming Kluber isn't in God Mode.

Sabermetricians lineup.



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Pretty much.

Maddon has a perfect 2 hole hitter but he goes with Bryant who is your best power hitter and swings and misses quite often at breaking pitches and now he's going with Schwarber, assuming Rizzo isn't blowing smoke up everyones ass, who has a bum knee.

I can only imagine that Maddon is thinking that Schwarber has looked like his most patient hitter, but what in the actual **** is wrong with 1) Fowler, 2) Zobrist, 3) Rizzo, 4) Bryant, 5) Schwarber???

I'd really like to know his thinking? Is he thinking that because its the AL that his 9 hole hitter wont be a pitcher so the #2 spot will be a more traditional RBI spot over the course of the game? Because I have to imagine that will be where Baez is hitting and right now I'd rather have ****ing Arrieta at the plate.

Your game 6 home plate umpire:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our <a href="https://twitter.com/msimonespn">@msimonespn</a> presents this metric on Game 6 HP umpire Joe West: In 2016, ranked as the 4th-least likely umpire to call a strike in MLB.</p>&mdash; Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/793471147417403397">November 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Joe West blows ass

My belief is to generally give your best OBP guys the most PA's. Obviously there are other factors in lineup-building, but I think fans get more hung up in the entirety of it than they should.


With the exception of batting Esky leadoff, **** that shit.

Dammit, Joe, we done showed you last year how to properly use Zobrist to win a World Series.

I agree, I believe it to be more optimal to preference OBP than OPS when compiling a lineup. Maddon seems to prefer the latter (as do many in analytics).

This guys ****ing blows.

BYE BYE BASEBALL!

Went to the well one too many times.

Cubs fans gasping in Chicago finally got one right.

:gasp:

Tomlin throwing one fat pitch after another. Keep it up kid.