After receiving a great response from posting my Carlton Fisk ticket search and the Cal Ripken ticket hunt, I thought I would let you all know about my friend Scott’s equally impressive ticket stub quest!

World Series Game 7 is scheduled for October 31, 8:00 EDT. For November baseball on the East coast, this game must happen. Additionally, either 1) Game 7 must last 4 hours, past midnight, or 2) a postponement must happen at some point. 

******MATH*****\*

Since the expanded format in 1985, 13/40 (33%) of World Series have gone 7 games and, of those game 7s, 3/13 (23%) have lasted over 4 hours (2025, 2016, 1997). 

Best I can tell, 2/13 (15%) of those had a postponement: in 1986, the final 2 games had an off day between, and in 2011, games 5 and 6 had two days off between. 

Assuming postponement and 4+hours are independent events, there is a 35% chance of postponement or 4+ hours (33% + 23% - 3.5%). 

Again assuming independence, there is an 11% chance of a game 7 and one of the above happening (33% * 35%). 

******NOTE #1*****\*

“But,” I can hear you saying, “why do you need the 'mainland US' qualifier in the title? Isn't Puerto Rico in Atlantic Standard time, which is the same as EDT until Daylight Savings starts at 2 AM on November 1, so their November baseball lives and dies with the rest of us?"

No, you FOOL, because you've forgotten about GUAM. Guam is in Chamorro Standard time, which will have a Game 7 start time of 10 AM November 1st.

******OBJECTION #2*****\*

"But," I can hear you saying (louder now), "isn't this an incredibly stupid post using a miniscule sample size that roundly ignores weather, team quality, the pitch clock, and the recent trend of longer games, in complete violation of all laws of statistical analysis and basic common sense?"

Yes.

It appears as though they're going to try to play Game 4 tonight.

Now, a sensible person would think, “Hang on. It hasn't stopped raining. In fact, it's raining even harder. The tarp's still on the field. The warning track is a giant puddle. How can they possibly play?”

And to that sensible person, I would reply: “Correct.”

For starters:

Dee Gordon homers for Jose Fernandez

Prince Fielder retires

Rangers win World Series after 62 years

Miguel Cabrera retires

The entirety of the 2016 World Series

This is the first Dragons vs. Brothers match-up in Taiwan Series history. The two teams had a rich history of fierce rivalry in the 1990s that featured numerous bench-clearing incidents and brawls involving both players and fans.

This is also the first time that all Taiwan Series games will be played in a dome, because fuck rain delays.

"A lot of my friends were buying teams, and I realized they're making money. They're making more money than I'm making in private equity," Rubenstein said Thursday at a forum with other pro sports owners at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., per Baltimore Baseball. "I thought I should look at it as a financial thing, but ultimately I bought the Orioles for a philanthropic purpose. I grew up in Baltimore, as people know. I didn't think I'd done enough for Baltimore, so I bought the team to help revive the team a bit and ultimately revive Baltimore because Baltimore had some challenges."

Yes, yes, I know. Late as hell submission. But fuck it.

Another fascinating factoid coming out of this now-ended NL Championship Series is how Anderson, who’s the main PvP person for the Brewers locally, called the Dodgers sweep over his team on the national broadcast in October. This time, it is how Davis, who’s the main PvP person for the Dodgers locally, called the Brewers sweep over his team on the national broadcast in October.

Time is indeed a 6D trapezoidal shape. 🥸

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