Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, S1 Ep. 22 — LCS Review/World Series Preview with Bob Nightengale

In this installment of Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Evan Thompson — Editor-in-chief, National Writer, and Athletics Writer at Sport Relay — reviews the two League Championship Series and previews the World Series, reliever-style. First, he goes through two meltdowns from the League Championship Series in Meltdown Anatomy and recognizes the Door Slams in Deadbolt Delivered. Then Bob Nightengale of USA Today gives an LCS postmortem and gives his insights on the upcoming the World Series. It's a fun episode you won't want to miss!

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Chapters
00:00 Front Matter
00:26 Teaser
01:10 Welcome and Book Info
02:18 Intro
03:49 Meltdown Anatomy Intro
04:07 Meltdown Anatomy: ALCS Game 5, Blue Jays at Mariners, Bottom of the 8th
06:01 Meltdown Anatomy: ALCS Game 7, Mariners at Blue Jays, Bottom of the 7th
08:31 Meltdown Anatomy Outro
09:00 Deadbolt Delivered: Intro
09:14 Deadbolt Delivered: What Is a Door Slam?
10:05 Deadbolt Delivered: LCS Door Slams
10:39 Deadbolt Delivered: Postseason Door Slams by Team through LCS
11:01 Special Guest Bob Nightengale
12:52 Overall LCS Impressions (Nightengale)
14:06 Best Relief Unit of 4 LCS Teams? (Nightengale)
14:47 Shakiest Relief Unit of 4 LCS Teams? (Nightengale)
15:19 Which of the 4 LCS mangers made the best relief adjustments? (Nightengale)
16:49 Reaction to Strangest Postseason Double Play Ever, the 8-6-2 (Nightengale)
18:09 The Brewers Will Be Back (Nightengale)
18:27 Most Dependable Reliever on the 4 LCS Teams? (Nightengale)
20:05 Most Dominant Reliever on the 4 LCS Teams? (Nightengale)
20:47 World Series Prediction and Other Thoughts (Nightengale)
23:16 Outro, and Evan's World Series Prediction