I've got the following magic numbers.
Home field: 30
Bye: 25
Division: 19
Playoff spot: 19
I would contend division is the third most important of those.
5 starts... Shoved in 1 (G1 NLCS) , pretty good in another (G1 WS), mediocre in 1 (G2 NLDS) rocked in 2 (G5 NLCS, G5 WS).
I'm formulating a theory now that he probably shouldn't see a team twice in a series.
I think so? Not the last few years since Benetti moved to Fox (and Walton passed away last year). Walton's primary partner at ESPN was Dave Pasch. I can go into the archives to see how often they worked together... I do know Walton guested for a couple games with the White Sox when Steve Stone was out.
Edit: I found about 10 games in The506 Archives where they worked together from the 2018 Maui Invitational to when Benetti moved to Fox in 2022.
I wasn't really saying that. I was just pointing out he's really good at basketball. He often gets paired with Bill Raftery or Robbie Hummel, so he gets somebody good and entertaining to do games with.
I assumed Rogers was one of Taylor, Tyler, or Trevor and missed him and got confused thinking Nido was Pina (81) for some reason. It's been a long week.
Agree. Dan clearly knew more than the public in that regard. A lot of "what isn't true" adjudication comes from a very aggressive PR effort by Bauer's camp to muddy the waters. Yes, some of the allegations have been thrown out, but not all of them. There is clearly some there there.