2018 World Series -- Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Dodgers

on target for 9 innings in 4 hours again

Mountain Goats tied with Springsteen' requests on that fenway list, and name-dropping Joe Buck excietedly shared that Bruce is watching the broadcast tonight, but he coyley demeured prividing a source for this reaveal.

that exchange was awkward as fuck

what a duel

Bases loaded and yo boy manny macho up to bat

let's go Dogers

rosdox

Big missed opportunity for the Dodgers there.

Looking forward to the updated version of the "Clayton Kershaw can't can can't pitch in the playoffs" trope that will play out until his next start.

Kershaw is bad again

it would sure help the narrative if he pitched well.... xp

Wooooooooo!!!

What is it with the Red Sox's worst regular players and late inning three run homers this postseason?

I don't if you realize this, but it's all about execution.

it's that red sox devil magic

alex cora is a gd wizard

woooooo

Way to go, Sox!

to go to hell

Caught the last couple of innings. Kershaw shaky, Kimbrel dominant--I need Keith Law to make sense of this topsy-turvy world.

i'm just glad i didnt have any nightmares after the crowd shot of Jack White

apparently Jack White is an investor in a bat company

the more you know gif

noted nashville sounds fan

GO DODGERS
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— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) October 24, 2018

lana otm

The first pitch of Game 2 will actually be the first pitches, plural, of Game 2, as multiple stars of the 2004 World Series will be on hand to do the honors.

The Sox in question: Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Kevin Millar, Tim Wakefield, Jason Varitek, Keith Foulke, and Alan Embree.

maybe they asked him and he declined, but it would have been very cool if dave roberts were included

cardinal sinsler

guess yall went to the Halloween movie

PUIG

Had to work late tonight

Might catch the last 1.5 hr or so depending on how long they play for

revolting

Ugh

guess yall went to the Halloween movie

denys arcand festival at l'utrek

Oh geez I need a drink

fuckin a

It's weird because the National League has been so exciting but it's totally possible we remember this season as "the Red Sox were historically good and steamrolled everyone" -- I mean, who remembers what else happened in 1984?

The second half of that game really flew by. The Dodgers did nothing at the plate, but still.

Sick relievers

I mean, who remembers what else happened in 1984?

Hi dere, Padres fan. First time a team came back from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five.

First time in a while I had to miss the first two games. Bad timing--bought a movie ticket three weeks ago. Anyway, not sure what's going on with Boston's hitters, but if Price can win a second game, maybe he'll have a shot at MVP.

1984 - Leon Durham through the wickets...painful to watch. I was at my cousin's wedding reception.

Didn't matter though, as the Tigers were awesome that year. That was a pretty deep club, Sparky did quite a bit of matchups and platoons with that club.

matt:
alex cora reminds me of the manager of the yankees from the bad news bears (original)

Dan Szymborski:
Cora better stay away from helicopters then.

I've been off here for both games, so I'm part of the problem, but I remember that Texas/Cardinals series from a few years ago was getting so much ILB commentary every night (1081 posts for the thread); this somewhat historical series is hardly getting any. That was a wild series, but still.

ILX is hemorrhaging users these days

There haven't been many great series this year, hence fewer posts. I don't know about the rest of ILX, but the ILB core has stayed fairly loyal to the board.

these two teams are good and everything, but i don't find the matchup very compelling

yeah. i watched last night's game but i just don't care who wins.

same

honestly the most exciting thing has been looking at the green monster. i don't see too many red sox games, so it's still a novelty to me. but now the series is going back to LA, so

i enjoy watching whatever team Machado is on lose.

yeah, if anything the only thing i'll remember from 2018 is manny machado sucks and jesus aguilar is cool

not just baseball but the entire year of 2018

the batters step out of the box too much, the pitchers take too long

this is true tho

I can withstand the constant complaining about 5-6 of these issues at any given time. But I cannot withstand 10+

I draw the line at 10+