idk, but feel like if they can win one of the first two they go home for 3, so they weren't putting all their cards on winning game one? keeping in mind, Walker, Max, and Julio each sort of needed another day to be fairly rested
― scampos sacra fames (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 17 October 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
and they came close to pulling it off!
― scampos sacra fames (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 17 October 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
Did the Dodgers really have no choice in having a bullpen day to start the series?
There wasn't much choice. Kershaw's injury leaves them with only three real starters. Urias and Scherzer pitched in G5 of the NLDS and Buehler in G4. Their only choices were starting Gonsolin and praying, Buehler on short rest again, or a bullpen game.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 17 October 2021 08:18 (two years ago) link
I have a dumb, do-you-even-pay-attention-anymore? question: is David Price not an option? I'm not even sure if he's on the roster--he was for the Giants series. He pitched sort of okay this year and could conceivably throw four or five good innings.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 October 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
I suppose he'd essentially amount to a bullpen day anyway.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 October 2021 13:51 (two years ago) link
Not on the roster--that answers that.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/10/dodgers-remove-david-price-billy-mckinney-for-nlcs.html
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
He was ok this year but only started 1/3 of the games he was in. Maybe someone who follows the team closer could speak to how effective he was - but I feel like if they knew they were going to have a bullpen day for their first game they’d want someone who could throw more innings on the roster. Tho I guess there was Gonsolin who did better over the season and threw 1.2 yesterday.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 17 October 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Looking at his splits, he was more effective as a starter--ERA under 4.00, WHIP and K/BB much better--but he still averaged under 4 inning per start, so I guess he wasn't a great option.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=priceda01&year=2021&t=p#sprel_extra
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 October 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
there’s a guy whose career has really petered out
it’s kind of too bad — he’s still league-average. on a different team he’d probably still get the opportunity to play, but then getting paid $32m to pitch 75 innings is also a nice spot to be in
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 October 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
I'd either forgotten or never knew he was part of the Mookie Betts trade...If only he'd built on his 2018--good year, great WS (I would have given him MVP)--he would have been back on track for the HOF, but he took a step back in 2019, sat out 2020, and now he's in the wilderness, likely never to return.
(The Red Sox got Verdugo in that trade: between Verdugo, Kiké Hernández, and Joc Pederson, it feels like the Dodgers vs. the ex-Dodgers right now.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 October 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Now that's a home run.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 October 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
can't watch a game at gentrification park without having the stupid racist chant in my head all night, wretched franchise
― ✖, Monday, 18 October 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
Barves
― frogbs, Monday, 18 October 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
Barves?
― frogbs, Monday, 18 October 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Monday, 18 October 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
Barves!
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Monday, 18 October 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 18 October 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
I chose to watch Dune instead - but that looked like a hell of an ending.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 October 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
this is kinda the opposite of the regular season where the barves were losing it in the late innings.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 18 October 2021 05:41 (two years ago) link
538 still has the Braves (32%) and Dodgers (27%) pretty close to win the WS, though the Braves much higher to make the WS.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2021-mlb-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
― clemenza, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
it is weird that the dodgers, who are 2 games away from elimination are at 27%, while the Sox, who are tied in their series are at 18%. i get that on paper they look like a better team, but this is baseball where anything can happen over 7-10 games and the dodgers are a full game closer to being eliminated... they're not *that* much better imho.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 October 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
sportsbook odds are similar, so its necessarily a quirk in 538's algorithm. its weird to me b/c the Sox were in a really tough division
― frogbs, Monday, 18 October 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
Maybe it’s a betting thirst trap.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 18 October 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
Credit to Snitker for not pulling Morton too quickly after that 1st inning.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
start Bauer in game 4 imo
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
We got a ballgame
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
MOOKIE
― Andy K, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
whoa apparently it's possible to win a game without using one of your 3 starters in relief
― ✖, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
This series has been fantastic and I should probably watch one of these games!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
I don't know what kind of magic potion Bellinger took to become awesome again in time for the playoffs. I think that was the third game this postseason where he almost singlehandedly bailed out his team.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
Atlanta going up 2-0 and getting people exited is when it all starts to go wrong. I kept thinking last night of that World Series against Torre's Yanks when they crushed them in the first two games and then it went wrong.
Kind of a waste of some really good at bats early in the game building up that lead.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 09:30 (two years ago) link
Today I learned Jesse Chavez is still pitching.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 October 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
I believe urias to be broken
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 21 October 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
After yesterday, I thought the Dodgers had righted themselves and the Red Sox would come back.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 October 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
It's blowing my mind that Urias is still out there.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Thursday, 21 October 2021 01:37 (two years ago) link
refuse to use the term 'deep dive' but playoff pitcher usage has become completely insane and i want to see a
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 October 2021 01:48 (two years ago) link
—== enjoying mookieproof’s post? You can read the rest for as little as $0.99 a month! ==—
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 October 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
Read the full article on I Love Paywalls
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 21 October 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
MOOKIE P: IS MOOKIE B'S ETERNAL LEGACY ON THE LINE IN GAME 5?
MAX K: Are you literally condemning him to Hell if the Dodgers lose?
MOOKIE P: NOT NECESSARILY. BUT!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 October 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
Good win, very good innings from Smyly. I hope Ynoa's shoulder injury isn't from another bad sparring partner choice.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Thursday, 21 October 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
Why does Joe Kelly look out of whack?
― Andy K, Friday, 22 October 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
Don't really care who moves on to the WS, but I was really rooting for that fourth HR.
― clemenza, Friday, 22 October 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
Quite the score they ran up. reminds me of the Jays tho… underperform for several games, then an explosion of runs for one or two games max, and then back choking.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 October 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
didn't the Braves go up 3-1 vs. the Dodgers last year and blow it? this must be torture for them
― frogbs, Friday, 22 October 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
The 3-HR list for postseason games:
1. HOF'ers: Ruth (twice), Reggie2. Will be in the HOF: Pujols, Beltre3. Probably would have been in the HOF...: Altuve4. More or less good players: Taylor, Kiké Hernandez, Sandoval, Adam Kennedy5. Two really good seasons, not much career-wise: Bob Robertson
― clemenza, Friday, 22 October 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
Nothing to do with Joe Kelly, but I'm glad David Price has been reactivated. (I always root for Price because of his stint in Toronto--textbook for rent-a-players on how to comport yourself, even if he did vacate, as everyone knew he would. Probably helped that Tulowitzki arrived simultaneously, providing the textbook-from-hell for contrast.)
― clemenza, Friday, 22 October 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
I feel like he got some pretty shabby treatment in Boston aswell.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 23 October 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
i recall him being a dick in boston vis-a-vis eckersley
eckersley is hardly ego-free and maybe price was trying to protect his team but it didn't come across all that well (in the media, which would of course be anti-price, so . . . who knows)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 October 2021 00:57 (two years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/max-scherzer-not-starting-nlcs-game-6
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 October 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
This is murky, but I don't see Price as having done anything especially terrible--he was defending a teammate.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/details-emerge-david-price-dennis-eckersley-feud/
Mind you, I've been anti-Eckersley for so long--probably the best player I've ever disliked--you'd pretty much have to harm his family dog for me to take his side on anything.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 October 2021 05:02 (two years ago) link
i remember that. i got it, but eck has a job to do just like price. he’s supposed to call it like he sees it. and nesn soft-pedals the shit out of everything. they’re the red sox pravda. maybe that’s why price felt betrayed? “hey the same person signs our checks!”price should hear what they say on weei
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 23 October 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
Will have to see the replay; that looked way outside.
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
despite having the lead, feels like Luke Jackson just coughed up their WS chances.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
lol the Barves brought out Travis Tritt to do the anthem fuck 'em Dodgers all the way baby
― frogbs, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
god everyone looks so fucking uncomfortable right now. I love this moment
― frogbs, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
wow, hell of a job by Matzek. might've helped the Dodgers to swing at one of those pitches
― frogbs, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
OH MY GOD matzek murdered betts
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
Awesome strikeout of Betts (Pujols, on the other hand, just looked terrible).
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 October 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
ya did not think he was gonna go right after him like that
― frogbs, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
Pitching plan for the rest of the game:5th - Minter6th - Matzek7th - Matzek8th - Matzek9th - Martin if up by at least 15 runs, otherwise Matzek— Troll (@CapitolAvenue) October 24, 2021
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
am I wrong or is the home plate ump’s strike zone absolute garbage all around?
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
hat tip for using “atliens” to return from the commercial break
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
garbage franchise and i hope they lose in 4 but happy for matzek and his comeback story
― ✖, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:46 (two years ago) link
happy happy joy joy
― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:46 (two years ago) link
legit appalled they’re wearing the tomahawk jersey at this point
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:47 (two years ago) link
"No World Series team in the history of baseball had ever gone as many games into a season without ever having a winning record as this team went. And it’s not even close."
https://theathletic.com/2909386/2021/10/24/theres-never-been-a-world-series-team-quite-like-these-braves-jayson-starks-weird-and-wild/
It wasn't till their 111th game that the Braves went above .500. (I immediately checked the '73 Mets--they started out 4-0.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 October 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
Rosario ended up hitting .560/.607/1.040 for the series. Don’t think anyone saw that coming.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 24 October 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
this fuckin guy
Sweet revenge: MLB took the All-Star Game out of Georgia but the World Series is still coming South with Atlanta celebrating its first trip to the Fall Classic since 1999. https://t.co/h12BJi3PZZ— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 24, 2021
― mookieproof, Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
Travis Tritt was also posturing about it all too I saw. F'n lame.
― earlnash, Sunday, 24 October 2021 23:45 (two years ago) link
538/Nate Silver has the Series 50-50. I'd say that's about right, although I'd give a slight edge to the Astros because of home field--52/48, say.
― clemenza, Monday, 25 October 2021 01:05 (two years ago) link
go braves
― aegis philbin (crüt), Monday, 25 October 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
No World Series thread???
― calstars, Monday, 25 October 2021 02:12 (two years ago) link