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Rellyrell28

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Oct 25, 2017
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What kinda of sucks is that if the Brewer/Dodgers goes to game 6 it interferes with the Bucks home opener in the new Arena which is a historic event in it's own right for the city.
 

Rellyrell28

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Oct 25, 2017
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Lol I went back and watch the Cubs/Brewers 163 highlights on Youtube and why did I just now notice this.
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It's probably nothing but I still just gonna drop it here.
 

17 Seconds

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Oct 26, 2017
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gio gonalez and wade miley in games 1 and 2. the mlb playoffs are wacky and the dodgers chances of winning this series are probably only like 60%, but i will make fun of them forever if they lose this
 

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gio gonalez and wade miley in games 1 and 2. the mlb playoffs are wacky and the dodgers chances of winning this series are probably only like 60%, but i will make fun of them forever if they lose this

I give the Dodgers like a 30% chance of winning. Brew Crew is on fire, and barely eeking into the playoffs as the division winner and beating down a weak Braves team isn't that impressive.
 

17 Seconds

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I give the Dodgers like a 30% chance of winning. Brew Crew is on fire, and barely eeking into the playoffs as the division winner and beating down a weak Braves team isn't that impressive.

the dodgers outscored the opposition by like twice as much as the brewers did this season. also the rockies were a much worse team than the braves, not that it means anything.

i was being modest with 60%. fangraphs has them over 70%
 

Sephzilla

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Oct 25, 2017
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Brew Crews pitching is definitely under rated going into this Dodgers series. I know Colorado didn't have the most impressive offense, but when you're 1 inning away from completely shutting out a playoff team in 3 straight games you are probably good
 

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The Red Sox did go 16-3 against the Orioles. So the difference between them going .500 against the Orioles vs their actual record is most of the difference in their record compared to a team like the Astros. Or substitute the Orioles with the Blue Jays. That's also partly why I think the Dodgers being favored is garbage though. The Dodgers were 14-5 against the Padres. They had an easier division and the Brewers had the better record... partly in defiance of their run differential, but sometimes run differential is just indicative of better opponents. The Dodger-Padre run differential was 58. That's like 30% of their positive run differential! Add the 37 from the Rockies, and that's almost half their run differential from 25% of their games.

I'm sure the Red Sox would love it if their ability to beat the O's translated to a World Series, but that's probably not going to be the case.
 

Sephzilla

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The Red Sox did go 16-3 against the Orioles. So the difference between them going .500 against the Orioles vs their actual record is most of the difference in their record compared to a team like the Astros. Or substitute the Orioles with the Blue Jays. That's also partly why I think the Dodgers being favored is garbage though. The Dodgers were 14-5 against the Padres. They had an easier division and the Brewers had the better record... partly in defiance of their run differential, but sometimes run differential is just indicative of better opponents. The Dodger-Padre run differential was 58. That's like 30% of their positive run differential! Add the 37 from the Rockies, and that's almost half their run differential from 25% of their games.

I'm sure the Red Sox would love it if their ability to beat the O's translated to a World Series, but that's probably not going to be the case.
Yeah run differential can definitely be deceiving if one team plays in a weak division (or has one or two really bad teams in it). Plus I don't understand why run differential is even being discussed regarding playoff matchups, it's such an irrelevant stat to bring up in this scenario.
 

Sephzilla

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I think the teams that score the most runs and win at least 4 games will probably win each LCS series
 

HarryDemeanor

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Oct 25, 2017
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You can't score runs if you can't hit the ball! All four teams will have to make sure to do that or else they will lose.