The most significant postseason of modern times didnt just crown a champion,
bust a curse and leave millions of Americans wondering what they could do to get
that Go Cubs Go song out of their heads.
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opened a window -- a window into where the sport of baseball has evolved and
where it is going. So if you looked through that window, what did you see?You
saw a sneak preview of the stars of the future on parade, for one thing. If you
dont believe that players such as?Francisco Lindor, Corey Seager, Noah
Syndergaard, Aaron Sanchez, Julio Urias, Roberto Osuna and those young Cubs
studs are going to leave a major impression on this game, you were clearly
paying way too much attention to your fantasy football lineup.But beyond those
bright young faces, there was much more to see through that window. So lets hone
in now on two of those sights. One could have a gigantic impact on this sport
off the field. The other could signal a profound change on the field. Heres what
we mean:Could the Cubs be the Warriors of baseball?More than 40 million people
watched the baseball game that decided the World Series -- the most in a
quarter-century. An estimated 5 million people showed up at the Cubs World
Series parade -- the largest gathering of human beings for any reason in the
recorded history of the Western Hemisphere.So ... get the impression that theres
a little interest in this team?Oh, maybe it will turn out that the Cubs are just
trending because they did something that hadnt exactly been the specialty of
their house for the previous century. But inside Major League Baseball, it feels
like more than that.This sport has been waiting for years for a team like this
to come along. A team that moves the needle in a way that other champs dont. A
team that transcends its city, its market or any sort of traditional geographic
blip on the radar screen.Well, if baseball cant turn this team into That Team,
then it might be time to conclude it cant be done. Not in this sport, at
least.But all the evidence suggests it can. And its happening. Right before your
eyes.The data verifies it: ratings, social media traffic, merchandise sales. And
every force baseball could ask for to make this sustainable is all lined up to
keep this meteor shooting through the American sky.? Staying power: Is there any
reason to think this club isnt built to last? It had seven position players, age
26 or younger, who got more than 250 plate appearances. Thats the most by any
World Series champion since the 1942 Cardinals, a team that went on to play in
three straight World Series and four of five -- and win three of them. Every one
of those Cubs players is under control through at least 2020.? Star power: Maybe
theres no one Cub who is the baseball equivalent of Stephen Curry. But for sheer
quantity of transcendent personalities, what team in baseball compares with this
one? It employs two of the top four finishers in the MVP voting (Kris Bryant,
Anthony Rizzo). And two of the top three in the Cy Young balloting (Kyle
Hendricks and Jon Lester), plus last years Cy Young winner (Jake Arrieta). Not
to mention the runner-up for NL Manager of the Year (Joe Maddon). And the World
Series MVP (Ben Zobrist). And a whole array of rising stars beyond that group,
in Javier Baez, Addison Russell, Kyle Schwarber and Willson Contreras. But in a
moment, youll see that this isnt just about their star power as baseball
players.? The power to connect with fans: Face it. One of the biggest problems
baseball has had in attracting people outside its core fan base is that way too
many franchises and way too many players say no when they should be saying yes
-- to stuff that Curry, LeBron James, Peyton Manning and stars in other sports
have done for years. But this is a group that gets it. Has there been a single
day, since they won the World Series, where you havent seen a delegation of Cubs
showing up in front of somebodys camera with everyone from Jimmy Fallon to Ellen
DeGeneres? It doesnt feel like it. And that means more in popular American
21st-century culture than youd think.When you see them dancing on Saturday Night
Live and you see them laughing on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel and The Tonight Show,
these are all the things that go with being a crossover team and crossover
personalities, one baseball official said. Theyve really embraced the
moment.Study after study has shown that what the casual fan wants most from its
stars, in this culture, is access. Well, have you checked out your social media
streams lately? This team is out there, letting its personality show -- and
letting the world in to share their fun. And what has been the upshot of all
that Twitter merriment? The Cubs have exploded on social media. Thats what.
According to statista.com, it took them four years (2011 to 2015) to reach
500,000 Twitter followers. This year, theyve gained more than 500,000 just since
Opening Day. So theyre now up to more than 1.36 million, the third-most
followers in baseball (behind the Yankees and Red Sox). Thats more than the
Royals and Indians combined.Whats the magic formula for any team to reach
breakout orbit, the point where it begins turning nonsports fans into sports
fans, nonbaseball fans into baseball fans and non-Chicagoans into Cubs fans? I
think were looking at it.So it turns out the Cubs didnt just leave their mark on
this postseason. They appear to have left their mark on future seasons. And if
thats how it turns out, their sport will be eternally grateful.Are the days of
push-button managing over?If there was any doubt that there is more deep,
outside-the-box thinking going on in baseball these days than at any time in
history, this postseason sure cleared that up.For four riveting weeks, we
watched games that were being played and managed in a style that often bore zero
resemblance to the way this sport has operated for the past two decades. And
thats a tribute to how many people in baseball now look at the way things have
been done for a century and ask: Why?There were 10 games in this postseason in
which at least one team used at least 18 of the 25 players on its roster. We
also saw games in which the Dodgers and Indians almost seemed to be changing
lines on the fly, fueled by data and the constant search for platoon advantages.
If rosters expand to 26 or 27 players, as seems likely to happen in the next
labor agreement, that trend toward maximizing platoon advantages could be a
bigger focus than ever.But the most significant development of this postseason
was clearly the emergence of the Multi-inning Super Reliever. And by the middle
of next season, we should know definitively that when we utter that phrase, we
wont be talking about only?Andrew Miller. Just ask Miller himself.I think its
maybe a little harder to do that for 162 games, the Indians left-handed
game-changer said during the World Series. But I think were heading in the
direction.Wait. Are we really steaming toward an age in which teams ask their
best relievers to face six to eight hitters, at any point from the fifth inning
on, every couple of days, over a six-month season? To be honest, I dont think
anyone sees that coming -- unless they want the whole bullpen to wind up in
traction by the Fourth of July. But here is what baseball front offices do see
coming:? More freedom to use impact relievers at different points in the game,
in moments of maximum leverage. That could be the closer. Or it could be the
best setup man, who wouldnt necessarily be considered just the eighth-inning guy
anymore.? A different approach to what was already an emerging trend, at a time
when many starters are no longer allowed to go through the lineup three times:
Rather than use the seventh or eighth man in the bullpen as the multi-inning
reliever (previously known as the long man), teams could target a whole
different type of pitcher to work multiple innings in more high-leverage spots.
Think about guys with big arms who keep flaming out as starters because they
dont have the ability to get through lineups more than once.? A newfound
interest in paying relievers closer money even if theyre going to be used in
situations where they wont be getting a save on the old stat sheet.? And, in a
related development, a newfound willingness by some big-name relievers to pitch
in those situations, whether they get a save to show for it or not. In fact, one
club executive reports that there are [prominent free-agent] relievers out there
who have sent the message this winter that, If you pay me, I dont really care
where you pitch me.Whoa. Could all of that really be coming to a ballpark near
you by 2017? Well, to be honest, its too soon to say. Frankly, when weve
surveyed veteran relievers about this trend, many have expressed great
skepticism that anyone could make it through a season healthy while assuming a
workload remotely similar to Millers postseason role.But they should know that,
in their very own front offices, the folks who are gazing into baseballs future
arent so sure of that. Not anymore.Go open a baseball encyclopedia, or
baseball-reference.com, said one AL executive. Look up Goose Gossage and Sparky
Lyle. And youll see that the concept of a relief ace who throws 70 games and 120
innings is not new. Its something thats been done before to great effect.When I
hear you cant have a guy throw 40 pitches every couple of days, my reaction is,
Why not? the exec went on. We have amazing pitchers in this game who are only
throwing 60 innings in a year. I dont know how 60 innings would be considered
overworking anybody. ... I dont see why you cant ask a guy to go two innings
Tuesday and two innings Thursday.Indians manager Terry Francona said during the
American League Championship Series that hed love to see young relievers get
valued for their work, not their save totals, in their arbitration-eligible
years, because I think then youd see bullpens used differently. But one veteran
reliever says that unless there were strict controls on multi-inning usage, that
would still be a tough sell.Otherwise, he said, youre going to take a guy and
use him in a way where he could potentially break down before he ever gets to
six years of service time. So hed never get to free agency. The agents would be
furious.But if teams already have decided that this is the way relievers are
going to be used in the future, that veteran reliever went on, managers need to
alert those men now.If its going to happen, it cant start in midseason, or even
on the first day of spring training, he said. It probably has to be communicated
in an offseason phone conversation. Id need to know that far in advance, so I
can approach my conditioning for the season in a different way.If the game is
really going down this road, it actually increases the pressure on managers in
many ways. You recognize that, right? They need to understand who on their staff
is capable of going multiple innings and who isnt. They need to be extra
conscious of getting their multi-inning guys plenty of rest.And most important
of all, they need to know exactly what a high-leverage situation really looks
like, because -- and heres the biggest headline of the day -- it looks as if the
days of push-button managing might be about to go the way of the Brontosaurus.
And wont that be a boon for second-guessers everywhere?But thanks to what we
just saw this October, all of that deep thinking is going on as we speak, in
front offices across the country -- because the benefits are greater than youve
probably contemplated.If you can start using your best guys more aggressively,
youre making your whole team better, said the exec quoted earlier. If you can
take 60 innings away from the 12th pitcher on your staff and give it to your
best relievers, thats a huge difference. And then theres an even deeper concept.
Do you need to carry 13 pitchers -- or can the better guys absorb those last 50
to 80 innings? If you can assign those innings to your better pitchers, maybe it
actually creates another roster spot and you can give your manager a better
bench because of that.So the ripple effects of Millers October run thick and
wide. And virtually every team in the game is already trying to figure out how
just how thick, just how wide and just how practical this could be over the
course of a season.Now, maybe this change was coming anyway. Eventually. But all
of a sudden, its full speed ahead -- thanks to the most significant postseason
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later.Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has denied being involved in an alleged
assault that occurred in Londons West End in the early hours of Sunday morning.
On Monday, the Daily Mirror released footage that allegedly shows Wilshere
speaking to police in the aftermath of an altercation. Arsenal have confirmed a
fracas did take place and Wilshere was present, but say the England
international has told them that he was not involved. A Scotland Yard spokesman
said: At 2.15am on Sunday, 3 April, police patrolling Coventry Street became
aware of two groups of males involved in an altercation. Jack Wilshere has not
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training ground on Monday. He is yet to feature for Arsenal this season having
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