News and Notes - Guardians Face Elimination

The Cleveland Guardians will face the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of what has been a battle of a ALDS. Quincy has the full recap already up and, like him, I’m electing optimism as we head into a win or go home game in enemy territory.

That’s not to say that I don’t understand where more cynical fans choose to “doom” in these situations. The pitching did its job. A playoff caliber team should be able to overcome their pitching staff allowing three runs. However, the team was plagued with the inability to bring home runners in scoring position.

Hindsight arm chair managing makes it really easy to question Vogt’s reaction with the early pinch hitting choice. I don’t necessarily disagree with PH…