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

Thinking of switching to red dead 2 right now

Kershaw's rate stats in the postseason are essentially the same as in the regular season -- with the exception of home runs. His HR rate doubles in the postseason. I don't think that's bad luck and he's pitched enough that it's not a small sample size. He has a tendency to make really bad pitches at the worst times. For instance, that pitch to Betts a few minutes ago.

I don't know if everyone else has Smoltz/Buck--we've got Buck Martinez and his partner here. Martinez hinted that Boston would be looking for someone other than Kimbrel to close tonight, if it comes to that. Not sure if that's just speculation or if he's talked to someone.

Not sure why Kershaw is still out there at this point (which I guess means why someone wasn't already warming up).

playoff kershaw is a real thing

The 'playoff chocker' narrative is not only dumb, it's just super boring.

why does he always pitch bad then

I'll be honest, I might have had someone ready and pinch-hit for Price there, tried to break the game wide open. Going back out after you've made the third out is not ideal. I don't know exactly how precarious their bullpen situation is, though.

the other thing with kershaw is he just isn’t the same guy anymore, playoff choking aside

David Price known playoff chocker.

a choker can stop choking is the thing

A CG is too much to ask, but I'd send Price out for the 8th.

yeah, he's locked in

A Maddux is within the realm of possibility--think he's got about 15 pitches to work with. I'd be astounded if he finishes the game.

I thought a Maddux had to be a shutout.

You're right. I think 99 pitches/1 run is a Mike Maddux.

I'm sure of it now--that guy used to play for the Blue Jays.

(Was hoping Price would win MVP, but if Pearce wasn't a sure thing already, he is now.)

If the score stands, Price is probably the MVP. Would make for a nice story.

(Pierce has an outside shot as well)

xpost mindmeld

oh wait I misread -- you think Pearce has it in the bag. I'm not so sure.

Price/Pearce co-MVPs, I'm calling it.

how is it decided?

If this holds up, I'd vote for Price myself. Good question--is there an actual vote that takes place, or do three or four league executives just huddle in the runway and pick someone?

pearce has to be one of the best random midseason acquisitions i can remember. from that series in august where he single handedly destroyed the yankees it's been a great ride.

As much as I dislike the Red Sox, I’m cool with Price making the Sox faithful eat crow, they draggged him in the mud last season.

Good for Cora. He let Price go out for the 8th and gave him a baserunner. And now you hand it over to the bullpen.

" is now decided during the final game of the Series by a committee of reporters and officials present at the game.[2]"

I knew I remembered that the booth jockeys get to vote.

thanks WmC!

Sale warming up!

Joe Kelly will now board a plane and return to his middle-management job in Anywhere, USA.

DRoberts bringing in that hot bat Bellinger over ice cold Freese...

I used a database of every picture from the WDYLL threads to train an ML algorithm and the output was Joe Kelly.

haha

hahahahahahaha machado fuck you dude

Machado the fitting last out.

Betts and Price are World Series Champs, I’ll take that.

i don't post here much but i do follow the sox and i will say this team had some holes despite the regular season record. cora and the analytics ppl made those holes magically disappear in the playoffs and deserve a huge amount of credit for pulling that off.

I'm sure everyone loved seeing it end with Machado on his knees.

yeah i'll add that i'm also glad for Cora.

xpost it was **kisses fingers**

hey manny do you like apples

it was truly beautiful. idk what exactly is wrong with sale but he had enough in the tank for a completely sick 9th.

*manny goes home and cries and then remembers that he’s about to get paid $300 million*

I think he lost a few millions this post-season.

he can make as much money as he wants but i'll remember him on his knees losing the world series so i think we're even

(xpost) I'd be inclined to agree with that--he'll have to scrape by on $250M.

Can't say the best team didn't win. All three of their series victories were decisive, they lost only one game each time. Against two 100-win teams too, and a Dodger team that won 100 last year and is probably just as good this year, True Talent-wise.

fuckin owners i swear to god

It appears I didn't miss much.

Not sure there's another 5-game WS where I will remember the game the losers won most.

just remember there's always the NFL owners, vhs

Man, when it's Kelly, Eovaldi up in the bullpen, and Sale to close out two innings, have to say I didn't see much in the way of holes with this team.

Astros may have had holes last year too but they were very, very good.