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

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.

The only thing I want baseball to take from soccer is giving the trophy to an actual player and not the owner.

i guess i'll say one more thing which is for a team with a wild payroll they played with a super egalitarian style--big-name starters pitching relief innings, bench players starting and contributing. i guess sale and betts and martinez help with setting that tone.

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.

― timellison, Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:34 PM (fifty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you just noted that two starters pitched out of the bullpen so i think you're making my point?

also Yankees fans are pissed. so there's that.

Cora's "one more request" was great.

omg steve pearce mvp!!!!!

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

Ha, that’s true. That game will likely be the only thing I remember from this series.

Congrats Red Sox fans

price should have gotten it but fuck it, that rules

Starting aces in the bullpen, in our time, goes back to at least 2001 Arizona though.

why does he always pitch bad then

And I award the Klemenza Kup to k3vin k!

I'll always think of this as the year when Jacob deGrom was the best player in the sport. Now, back to yer precious HOF thread. G'night!

Dedicated to all Blue Jays players, now you too can dream of being traded mid-season and win the World Series MVP.

lol Morbs you not-so-lovable constricted peehole

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

Have you seen sports lately?

I am glad for Cora, and that's about it.

Kevin Brown pitched out of the bullpen in the '98 NLCS. There may have been some before that.

Is he gone?

The best team doesn't often come out on top in baseball, but resoundingly the best team won this year.

can you guys tell me about a world series where 2 guys pitched both starter and relief innings and 2 starters from the prior series pitched only in relief or do you want to just tell me about things i already know?

The best team doesn't often come out on top in baseball, but resoundingly the best team won this year.

― clemenza, Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:47 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think it's been the case over the last 3 seasons, so maybe that's a new trend.

my point was not that cora had aces pitch in relief, my point was that cora used the off days of his entire starting staff to create a whole new bullpen.

Joaquín Andújar's famous meltdown in Game 7 of the '85 Series was in relief. That's a partial answer.

Over the course of the whole season, didn't LA have a better record than the Astros last year?

Kevin Brown pitched out of the bullpen in the '98 NLCS. There may have been some before that.

I remember this series well, SD was leading the series 3-1 and tried to put the hammer down on ATL in G5 by bringing in Kevin Brown. It backfired, he blew the lead, and Atlanta brought in Greg Maddux for the first relief appearance of his career. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was some mirror universe version of baseball. Totally unprecedented for the time.

Jack McDowell relieved in G5 of the 1995 ALDS and coughed up Edgar's famous double, but the bullpen was fried and the Yankees didn't trust any of their relievers anyway.

What I'm really looking forward to is Keith Law's tweet about David Price's history of post-season mastery.

From 30k feet in the air I’m screaming congrats to my @RedSox baby!!!!!!!! World Series Champs! Turn up one time for the one time 🎉🏆

— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) October 29, 2018

Over the course of the whole season, didn't LA have a better record than the Astros last year?

― clemenza, Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:53 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh yeah, and so did the Indians (who had the better run differential and pythWL).

cora used the off days of his entire starting staff to create a whole new bullpen.

Yeah, no doubt.

I'll always think of this as the year when Jacob deGrom was the best player in the sport.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:40 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Morbs love you but I mean did you see Mookie Betts.

def best nonpitcher this year

(except, if he'd been healthy, y'know Trout)

*health is a skill*

congratulations to successful millionaire Steve Pearce on winning a new car. the car was assembled by minor-league journeymen working a second job

— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 29, 2018

^^^^

The 2014 Tigers have won the World Series:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/10/28/world-series-2018-detroit-tigers/1760627002/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_835w/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_dom7_spts.jpg

*health is a skill*

― call all destroyer, Monday, October 29, 2018 12:10 AM (eleven hours ago)

lol the guy hurt hist wrist sliding into 3rd base

k3v, have you bought yr Machado pinstripes yet?

as much as I enjoyed ragging on him these playoffs I'd love machado on the yanks lol

hopefully they stay away from kershaw if he hits free agency