The Astros Are Hitting Like The 1927 Yankees
WASHINGTON — On the Astros’ charter flight to Washington, D.C., last week, after they had fallen to an 0-2 deficit in the World Series, Houston hitters held discussions at 30,000 feet about how they...
View ArticleThe Nationals Wouldn’t Say Die
One of MLB history’s most improbable championship runs ended Wednesday night the only way it could — with an indestructible, indomitable Washington Nationals squad celebrating on the road after its...
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Were The Best Umpires Behind The Plate During The Playoffs?
Major League Baseball umpires heard their job approval ratings plummet in Washington, D.C., during this World Series, culminating with chants of disdain from Nationals fans after missed calls on Sunday...
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If The Astros Stole Signs, How Much Did It Help Them?
Stealing signs has been part of baseball since signs existed. The spycraft is generally accepted so long as the efforts are not aided electronically. Yet as early as 1900, there were technology-aided...
View ArticleWhat To Watch For In One Of The Most Intriguing World Series Ever
After a big comeback in one league’s championship series — and an even bigger comeback that wasn’t in the other — the World Series is finally set, with the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers...
View ArticleWill The Best Teams Make For The Best World Series?
FiveThirtyEight More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS In honor of the start of the 2020 World Series, we spend almost this entire episode talking about baseball. We first break down how the Los...
View ArticleWhat 2 Games Of The World Series Have Shown Us
Through two games of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers — owners of the best record in the majors — and the Tampa Bay Rays, possessing the best record in the AL this season, have each won a...
View ArticleThe Dodgers Went From A Stunning Loss To The Brink Of A Championship
The Los Angeles Dodgers could have imploded after a historic series of miscues allowed the opposing Tampa Bay Rays to tie the World Series at two games apiece Saturday night. Game 5 starter Clayton...
View ArticleWho’s The Nerdiest Team In Sports?
FiveThirtyEight More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS We start with the World Series, which is the Los Angeles Dodgers’ to lose despite the Tampa Bay Rays pulling off some wild surprises, especially...
View ArticleThe Dodgers Were The Best Team. And The Best Team Won.
On Tuesday night on a neutral field in Arlington, Texas, the Los Angeles Dodgers ended one of the longest title droughts in Major League Baseball, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 of the...
View ArticleThe Dodgers’ Championship Machine Took A Decade — And A Lot Of Money — To Build
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ championship-clinching victory in Tuesday’s World Series Game 6 was a long time coming. That was true literally — before this week, the Dodgers hadn’t lifted the trophy since...
View ArticleThe 2014-15 Kansas City Royals Were One Of Baseball’s Great Underdog Stories
We love our sports forecasts here at FiveThirtyEight, but one of the things that make the games great is when a team comes along and takes prognosticators by surprise. So along with our Hall of Pretty...
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Astros Or Braves? Flip A Coin For This World Series.
A year ago, the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves came oh-so-close to meeting in Arlington, Texas, for MLB’s COVID-19-bubble World Series. Both teams took their respective league championship series to...
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This World Series Comes Down To Which Astros Team Shows Up
Going into the World Series, our forecast model offered up a rare prediction: a perfectly 50-50 championship tossup between the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves. Atlanta disrupted that balance with a...
View ArticleThe Braves Turned A Lost Season Into A Championship
After a season when things seldom came easy, the Atlanta Braves finally changed that script for good on Tuesday night, dispatching the Houston Astros 7-0 to clinch their first World Series crown in 26...
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Start Spreading The News, We Could Get Another Subway Series
MLB Start Spreading The News, We Could Get Another Subway Series It’s up to you, New York and New York. By Neil Paine Jun. 9, 2022, at 11:18 AM Could we get a repeat of the 2000 Subway Series this...
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The Dodgers Are Big Favorites In Our MLB Forecast — But Anything Can Happen...
MLB The Dodgers Are Big Favorites In Our MLB Forecast — But Anything Can Happen In October By Neil Paine Oct. 7, 2022, at 6:00 AM Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and the Dodgers are heavy favorites in...
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The Astros And Phillies Have Showed Off Their Championship DNA In This World...
MLB The Astros And Phillies Have Showed Off Their Championship DNA In This World Series By Neil Paine Oct. 31, 2022, at 10:39 AM The Phillies and Astros are (mostly) who we thought they were. CARMEN...
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The Phillies Will Need The Long Ball For A Long Shot World Series Comeback
MLB The Phillies Will Need The Long Ball For A Long Shot World Series Comeback By Robert O'Connell Nov. 4, 2022, at 4:48 PM If Kyle Schwarber and the Phillies still have a shot in this World Series,...
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Dusty Baker’s Astros Didn’t Need An Asterisk
MLB Dusty Baker's Astros Didn't Need An Asterisk Houston's all-around postseason run put to bed any doubts about the post-scandal version of the team. By Neil Paine Nov. 6, 2022, at 1:35 AM Dusty...
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