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JR Radcliffe

@jrradcliffe.bsky.social

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel trending sports reporter. Host of MJS podcasts covering Brewers (MicroBrew) and Bucks (Point Forward Podcast). Drinks Pepsi, talks about the 90s, occasionally raises children.

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 12h

I don't believe for a second that this is sarcasm.

JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 12h

I mean, in fairness, it also looked over when the torpedo bats came for their souls, and then they got further than the Yankees so ... baseball gods work in strange ways?

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 12h

The last time the Brewers reached the NLCS, the Dodgers ended their season with a 5-1 score at American Family Field.

Tonight was also a 5-1 final. Fundamentally not the same, but spiritually?

It's a complete-game from Yoshinobu Yamamoto. His first pitch was a home run; his next 110 were better.

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 12h

And we haven't even seen Danny Jansen!

JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 12h

lol as if I haven't already written the story about 2-0 deficits.

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 13h

Actually the last team to come back from a 2-0 deficit in a seven-game series after losing the first two at home ... the Dodgers in the 2020 NLCS. Course, that was COVID, but still.

Unfortunately, before that, it's the 1996 Yankees in the World Series to turn the feat. www.mlb.com/news/2-to-0-...

Teams that came back after losing first 2 games

Teams that win the first two games in a best-of-seven postseason series have history on their side. In 78 of 93 instances, those clubs have prevailed. That's notable for the 2025 ALCS as the Mariners ...

www.mlb.com

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 14h

At 21 years and 217 days, Jackson Chourio is the second-youngest player in postseason history with a leadoff home run

Behind himself last postseason!! At 20y, 205d

He’s the only player with a postseason leadoff homer under age 22

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Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 15h

Jackson Chourio is now tied for the Brewers career postseason home run record. He is 21 years old.

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 15h

He's at the Brewers game again, isn't he?

Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 15h

Myles Turner is not currently warming up for the #Bucks, so he *appears* to be totally out for this game. That gives the Bucks 18 eligible players after waiving Cormac Ryan and Jamaree Bouyea yesterday.

JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, it is fine. And good news for me! My daughter is still in a contrarian anti-Swift phase. So I only hear it when I want to!

JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 21h

I think that dude is wildly talented, and I hope he has a great career away from my ears. Not to blame my beautiful daughter, but this is unequivocally her fault.

JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 22h

That’s enough, Benson Boone.

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

By chain-smoking, obviously. And when the baseball starts, it'll definitely be the Sudden Departure anniversary that I'm commemorating. I wonder if my white jumpsuit got lost in the laundry, I gotta find it.