News and Notes: The Guardians Begin to Play for a Chance at a World Series Today
News and Notes for Monday, October 14th, 2024
The Guardians and Yankees open the ALCS in New York tonight at 7:37PM EST.
The weather forecast for New York City tonight looks clear with temperatures from 52-49 degrees Fahrenheit.
Zack Meisel has a great article sharing insights from Guardians fans about this playoff run.
A robot is trying to help the Yankees solve the Cleveland bullpen, and the Athletic’s commentators predict the ALCS here.
FanGraphs had a fun article about the Guardians’ game five win.
Will Leitch (who also is an excellent author of novels and podcaster) has a good ALCS preview for MLB.com. Mandy Bell offered keys for Alex Cobb to have success against the Yankees. And Paul Hoynes has a legendary article title for his ALCS examination.
There will be plenty more ALCS preview action today here and on FanGraphs and other sites, so stay tuned!
The Dodgers shut out the Mets 9-0 in game one, throwing 33 scoreless innings pretty much immediately after I had remarked to some of my friends “the Dodgers’ pitching isn’t very good, is it?”