Good morning.
Here are several links from the past week that will make your Columbus Day at the office a bit more bearable:
- Grantland’s Jonah Keri makes the case that Bruce Bochy is not only the best manager in the bigs today but one of the greatest of all time.
- Might this be the next MLB logo? I’m pretty sure no Nats fans would approve of “Air Pence,” let alone those who bleed Dodger Blue.
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- Lorenzo Cain showed off both his speed and leather on Saturday with a great grab off the bat of J. J. Hardy.
- Why should Royals and their fans worry about 2015 when they can enjoy watching Mike Moustakas rake in the postseason, asks Marc Normandin of SB Nation?
The reality of the situation is that Moose probably still is the same guy. It’s hard to believe that a switch flipped for him once the calendar turned to October — remember that Moustakas batted .247/.287/.296 in September, with the only real difference between that and his other bad months being that he failed to go deep at all instead of just a few times. You don’t want to read about that, though, not right now. Whether Moustakas is going to be a key piece of the Royals going forward or not is irrelevant in this moment, where he’s been a huge piece for a team that can use all the offensive help it can get as it attempts to make it to its first World Series since 1985. Thanks to Moustakas’ first two games in the ALCS, as well as his previous postseason play which helped bring them here to begin with, they just might pull it off.
- From the statue of Stan Musial in front of Busch Stadium to Yadier Molina’s neck tatoo to toasted ravioli, Ted Berg of USA Today’s For the Win posts what he believes are “17 awesome things about the St. Louis Cardinals.”
- ESPN SweetSpot’s David Schoenfield explains how he goofed in undervaluing the Orioles before the season started.
- Dave Henderson’s legendary home run in Game 7 of the 1986 ALCS didn’t prompt victimized Angels reliever Donnie Moore to commit suicide. As Michael McKnight of Sports Illustrated points out, nearly three years passed before he shot himself in the head with a handgun. Instead, McKnight explains, the reasons are “both darker and more relatable.”
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- Fifteen years ago this Friday in Flushing, Robin Ventura socked the only known “grand-slam single” to defeat the Braves in the 15th inning of NLCS Game 5. Amazin’ Avenue’s Matthew Callan looks back at how it all went down.
That’s it. Have a walk-off week!
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