In today's Bleav in San Diego Baseball, Alex Miniak and three-time All-Star Heath Bell break down all the drama from both League Championship Series — from bizarre double plays to dominant pitching performances.
In the NLCS, the Dodgers and Brewers delivered one of the wildest postseason plays in recent memory — an 8-6-2 double play that had everyone, including the broadcast booth, scratching their heads. Heath explains the rarely seen rule behind it before shifting to Blake Snell’s vintage Cy Young-level outing and Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s complete game response for LA.
The duo also dives into the ALCS between the Blue Jays and Mariners — an all-or-nothing slugfest filled with home runs, road wins, and a vintage Max Scherzer performance that had Heath raving about old-school pitching grit.
Then, the conversation turns personal. Alex asks Heath what it feels like when the season suddenly ends — the locker room silence, the long flight home, and how players process that instant finality. Heath’s answer? Raw, honest, and revealing — a look inside the mindset of a player whose season just ended one game short.
Chapters:
00:00 - Heath Bell is the Man... dalorian.
01:12 - Analyzing the NLCS: Brewers vs. Dodgers
01:44 - An 8-6-2 Double Play?!?
05:07 - Blake Snell and the Yamamoto Show
07:12 - Heath's Highlight: Bell Breaks Down Game 3 of the NLCS
11:00 - ALCS Overview: Blue Jays vs. Mariners
11:12 - To the ALCS we go! Blue Jays and Mariners Games 1-3
12:39 - Heath's Highlight (Part Deux): Bell on Game 4 of the ALCS
14:39 - "Mad Max" Scherzer Back to Form for Toronto
16:02 - The Emotional Toll of Playoff Elimination
20:00 - Life After Elimination: Players' Perspectives
22:50 - Vote for Your Favorite Moment of the 2025 Season at BleavInSD.com!
23:56 - Heath Bell -- Future Padres Manager?
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