Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, home run hero of the National League Championship Series Game 2, made special accommodations when his team went to Chicago to play the Chicago Cubs back in May. See, the team usually stays at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, which they’ve been doing for years. Gonzalez didn’t spell out exactly why he didn’t want to use that particular hotel, which is owned by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President. “I didn’t stay there,” Adrian Gonzalez confirmed.
Pete DeBoer has experienced it before. Typically, they’re filled with questions about playoff disasters and the team’s direction and about which veteran players with no-trade protection could be coaxed to leave town.
When your bullpen is this good, you don’t need starting pitching. With Bauer done for the night, Terry Francona had no choice but to turn to his bullpen. Six different Cleveland relievers combined to allow just two runs over 8 1/3 innings.