Reading a bio of Tim Raines recently reminded me of Rickey. On one level they had fairly different outlooks, but similar era and similar skill set in terms of getting on base and stealing bases

And persistence… until he passed away you never knew if he had really retired for good

He was for sure eccentric and I wouldn’t consider him a role model, but in terms of competitiveness, striking fear into opponents, confident results, dominating certain categories, getting on base and stealing them, and all round athleticism… he was sure one of a kind…

What they need is a Lloyd Moseby successful steal of second, for an inexplicable reason return to first safely and then steal second again. Just to cut game 7 tension

I approve this plan

Offence weirdly shuts off for certain games

Against the dodgers? Did they secretly beat the Brewers?

Yeah it’s pretty trouble… and that’s not even taking regional blackouts :(

Seriously though yeah I think it is basically like that

Yeah there must not be an obscure rule where if there are no hits in the last 3 innings in game 7 of the WS it resolves to a joint WS win

This seems probable. The doesn’t get cancelled often does it?

This is very unfortunate.Was looking forward to the possibility of watching him perform in the playoffs :(