Well, I'll just respectfully tell them that they're just flat out wrong.

See 1985 WS, Game 6 as evidence.
See 2003 NLCS, Game 6 as evidence.
See 2004 ALCS, Game 4 as evidence, which snowballed from there on out.

I disagree. It does. See post above.

Momentum absolutely exists in all sports. To say otherwise just plain dumb.

quantify this so-called "momentum".

Do you think the players went "oh God this sucks, I don't wanna play hard anymore" or "oh yay, we're winning, time to amp it up!"

The players are going to do what they are going to do, based on what the situation calls for.

Belief in "momentum" is right up there with belief in voodoo magic or witchcraft in my book.

Save your fingers. I agree with you, but I won't even argue it with the Stat Geeks on here. You won't win:D

Well, that was a pisser.

See post 2315:D

Your evidence is nonsense.

Momentum does not exist. Pointing to a few times in history where a team suddenly goes on a roll only shows that sometimes something that has a 1-in-10 chance of happening, happens.

MadBum has an ERA over 4 at AT&T Park this year.

Agree with this, but it turns on a dime and I have no idea how any of it actually works. Just keep playing hard and doing all you can with a positive attitude and good things usually happen.

Butterfly effect... And had that situation not been totally ****ed up, who knows what would have happened? But that is certainly when the Royals 100% lost it mentally!

The situation would have been different, if Aoki would have stopped being a dumbass, and think out of his brain (or Ned for that matter) that he should had bunted over Dyson to give the R's a RISP, with only one out. It would had stretched the game out longer, to annoy the SF pitcher and make it more tougher on them.

Instead, Aoki hits it right at the 1st baseman, pulls off a double play. Bam. I just knew.

Then SF just went ape shit after that.

What would had happened if Aoki would had bunted over Dyson to 2nd? We'll never know. But I would almost bet money that KC would have gotten the lead back, because Escobar was having a solid World Series.

You are basically saying momentum exists because you know it exists.

Well, it doesn't. If magical thinking makes you feel better, have at it.

You are more likely to split back to back games than win both of them. So whoever wins game 5 is just more likely to win the series.

Yeah, I remember when the Cardinals had all the momentum after Pujols put Brad Lidge into a sanitarium for three years.

What happened during the next game?

Oh, yeah. Roy Oswalt raped and murdered Busch Stadium.