2016 NLCS LA Dodgers @ Chicago Cubs

Dodgers in 5
la4life

Roberts is being lauded for his creativity with managing the Dodgers in the decisive game. He pulled his starter in the third; went to his setup man that inning; used a 20-year-old in relief; put his closer in for the 7th; and then used his ace, Clayton Kershaw, on short rest in the ninth. Baker says that managing in that manner, which is going against the proverbial "book," is not something he'll be doing any time soon.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/dusty-baker-throws-shade-at-dodgers-after-game-5-loss/ar-AAiVOXE

And another manager chooses death as a certainty in do or die...

Iife in l a

Well what can I say

https://open.spotify.com/track/5UQU4mOapsL9ozuojv6TMb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGsh-Hrxho

should've saved that for the world series i fucked up

tough send

whos mans is marlin man hows he such a baller

baez is crazy

Lester contemplating shredding Maddon's first-edition copy of La Peste.

need eddie vedder's fistbumps in gif form immediately

if the Cubs get out of this without any runs scored...

gonzo bullet

yeah that was a rope

tie game. great swing by gonzalez.

they're intentionally walking heyward?

heyward was like one of the 5 worst hitters in the league this year

Oof.

Dave...

GENIUS MANAGER DAVE ROBERTS LADIES AND GENTS

nice ibbs

!!!!

They didn't just ibb Heyward, they walked him to get to Baez, the hottest player on the team who had two doubles tonight already. Baez popped out but still pretty wtf managing

i had to double check that this was THAT blanton. is he actually a high-leverage relief choice for the dodgers??

I didn't realize I was watching on a lag until I heard yelling and honking outside a minute before the grand slam

Blanton had a really good year and was good for Pittsburgh last year, too.

Blanton has been amazing. Shit happens!

http://66.media.tumblr.com/86e84334e70d166cadccb49ce1db8ce9/tumblr_ngdr4jS6SH1qm9rypo1_1280.jpg

Afterall, Blanton had thrown 64 two-strike sliders this year. Hitters batted .080 against those pitches, with only two singles in 25 at-bats, 19 of which ended in a strikeout. Moreover, Blanton had thrown 273 0-2 sliders in his career without ever giving up a home run.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/10/16/nlcs-game-1-cubs-dodgers-miguel-montero

Not having paid any attention to the Dodgers this year, Utley strikes me as a strange lead off hitter.

that's FUTURE HALL OF FAME strange leadoff hitter to you bub

baseball so much better when watched listening to PIL

real question does javy wear that ridiculous batting helmet to protect his beautiful face

(specifically the beauty of his face)

also lol kershaw

heads up play by baez

he's been a revelation to me this postseason

everyone saw this right https://vine.co/v/5XJE1B373j6

i've counted 5 drop-downs from kersh tonight

xp lol

is the weather keeping normal homers down or is the CHI crowd just batshit over every BIP

are they really gonna take kershaw out after 85 pitches?

we're about to find out

jansen is in

jansen and kershaw are their only two pitchers, gotta keep em equal

kind of hard to bunt a pitcher throwing 102 on every pitch

puig............................................

what

was

that

My Sling trial ended so I don't have a way to watch live :(

The mlbstreams subreddit always has reliable sources for me.

Remember when Russell was traded for Samardzija? Now here we are.

Kershaw is a mess. He has no command of any of his pitches.

feels like a blowout by the 6th.

Kershaw has no movement at all.

I'm not getting cocky, last game six was going good until it wasn't.

Should be a great World Series. I'm getting worn out defending Kershaw in the post-season...

Even with it not working tonight, Kershaw is a huge reason the Dodgers are here now and he has pitched pretty hard for the past two weeks in the playoffs coming off the injury. I give him more a pass on this year than the times against the Cards, by comparison.

It's still way too early to be writing the check too. Baseball is a weird game at times.

well i look forward to what kershaw puts together next year. he hasn't been vintage at all since coming back.

he's had a couple of vintage starts

Hendricks is dealing, no emotion and totally dialed in.

Rumor has it that Schwarber might be available for the World Series, if the next three innings go well.

Kersh is spent. Bring on the offseason and the alleged puig for Braun trade

Am I the only one pulling for a historic collapse for the Cubs now? It would be good TV.

fuck a cleveland though

should've started the closer

Star tattoos are new...pretty much said Chapman just throw 100+.

Congrats NA and all Cubs fans on the board.

I think we all agree the most deserving teams got to the World Series?

@BostonGlobe
The #Cubs, laden with former #RedSox, have won their first pennant in 71 years

jon lester and two guys no one thinks of as former red sox

amazing....my dad was a few months shy of being born when the cubs even made it to a WS, he's freaking out now.

I think we all agree the most deserving teams got to the World Series?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, October 22, 2016 10:54 PM

Cubs, obviously, but without trying to take anything away from Cleveland (clearly, at the very least, the A.L.'s second-best), I think the Red Sox were the A.L.'s best team. It's a moot point, but over the regular season, I'd take the Red Sox.

Main memory of visiting NW Indiana relatives during summer '84: smack talk about the Cubs' inevitable WS sweep of the Tigers.

man even in '84 i knew the tigers were scary, i think cubs fans then were kinda just happy to make the 'offs.

this is the best world series matchup obv, just for storylines. i didn't think it would happen, i had thought the cubs would probably swing it but they'd be facing off against Boston.

It sounds pretty nuts outside. A little worried about what would happen if the Cubs win the World Series.

I only watched parts of the game--who was the older gray-haired lady they kept cutting to in the stands? Someone who was there in '45 maybe?

I don't know about most deserving (whatever that means) but neither one is a mediocrity that got hot at the right time.

>>I only watched parts of the game--who was the older gray-haired lady they kept cutting to in the stands? Someone who was there in '45 maybe?

Dorothy Farrell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHzi6ri8U8

It is the first time that the Cubs were the best team going into the playoffs. They were close in 2008, but then got swept.

Cleveland is deserving, they were cruising and somehow overcame the injuries that they got hobbled with in the last six weeks of the seasons.

It is one of the most intriguing World Series match-ups in a long time going in, no matter who wins.

Dodgers swept them in 2008. Back atcha cubs.

Gg wp tho. No shame in losing to the team with the best record.

i was at the game! it was great.

i am so ready to be a fully obnoxious patriots-style cubs fan

― na (NA), Friday, October 14, 2016 10:39 AM

Musta been a real stretch for a prince of a guy like you.

i'm such a prince i've never been FP'd from ilx

i love how one of the first things you do back on ILX is revive a thread from two weeks ago to dish out a weak zing at me, and then you're like I DON'T GET WHY EVERYONE FLAGS MY POSTS, THE SYSTEM MUST BE RIGGED AGAINST ME, MODS ARE DUMB. you are seriously pathetic.

it took you almost an entire month to come up with "Musta been a real stretch for a prince of a guy like you."

i was glad to hear what yer like IRL

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