After consideration of the opinion of my esteemed colleague, Sean Penney, I remain convinced that the Red Sox’s easiest path to a World Series Championship involves securing home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Nonetheless, it is a task rendered more difficult by allowing somebody named Bryan Mitchell to throw seven shutout frames against us. No, I must give credit where it is due; the youngster pitched brilliantly yesterday. We lost yesterday’s contest because Kimbrel was unable to find the plate and Kelly caught far too much of it.
Penney mentions the “Pythagorean Win Loss” model that bases a team’s expected win total on its run differential.