Playoffs have own twisted logic

There are those who foresee Yoenis Céspedes and Josh Donaldson on a collision course, bound for a Mets-Blue Jays World Series and a brutal expose on the Oakland A’s operation.

In a bizarre bit of broken-bat dynamics, Pence hit a three-run double that actually struck his bat three times before taking its eventual flight.

How about a catcher making a routine throw back to the mound and having it carom wildly off the hitter’s bat (Toronto’s Russell Martin and Texas’ Shin-Shoo Choo) in Rangers-Blue Jays Game 5?

The Dodgers employed such a radical shift on the Mets’ Lucas Duda Thursday night, Daniel Murphy went from first to an unoccupied third base on a walk.

[...] came his Game 5 masterpiece against Houston, retiring 19 consecutive batters and fashioning stylish gyrations that recalled Cuban great Luis Tiant.

The Dodgers, unwilling to give up their top prospects, figured they could get by with Mat Latos and Alex Wood as their rotation acquisitions at the trading deadline.

Correa had been downright heroic in that Game 4, homering twice through the pain of an elbow contusion, but his misplay was a crucial development in the Royals’ five-run eighth inning.

Great to hear that Kate Scott, such an exceptional radio and television presence in the Bay Area market, has been hired by the Pac-12 Networks for anchoring, reporting, hosting and — most importantly for her — play-by-play for women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer and softball.

[...] a vibrant 93, Hano was a prolific feature writer in the heyday of Sport Magazine and later expanded his focus to issues of social justice.

San Jose State has the Bay Area to itself on Saturday, a good time to check out sensational Tyler Ervin, the Spartans’ running back whose 874 yards rank second nationally to LSU’s Leonard Fournette (1,022).