Dan dives into seeing what a more mathematical model would say about the outcomes of postseason series, and responds to some reader suggestions on the scarcity of triples.
Jay auditions for the sequel to “Three Nights in August,” tentatively titled “How I Blew the NLCS and Inured Myself to Criticism.”
The Mets and Cardinals finally got underway in a game that no player on either team had the biggest effect on.