October 12 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL
NL Division Series
TBS
A handful of Baseball Phrases & general silliness to get to in this one, an 8-6 Cubs' win in which the hosts hit a postseason-record six home runs and took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-5 series.
Play-by-play man Brian Anderson
"not going to shy away from the theater"
"live-wire crowd"
"it was Wacha World two years ago"
"the friendly confines"
"crooked number"
"double-barrel action"
"big game pitcher"
Commentator Dennis Eckersley
"dots the corner with cheese!"/"he went to three pieces of cheese in a row"
"it's a Wally Workout is what it is"
"healthy gas"
"his bread and butter is that hook"
Commentator Joe Simpson
"work from behind the eight-ball"
"it is high and watch it fly night"
"Punchout(s)"
Said a total of 13 times
Anderson - 6
Eckersley - 6
Simpson - 1
This is not a nickname....
J-Hey Kid (Jason Heyward)
....you just took a nickname that already existed (Willie Mays, 'The Say Hey Kid'), then took the first letter of the first name and the first three letters of the last name, put a dash between them and added 'kid'.
THAT ISN'T A NICKNAME.
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