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Rob Manfred just announced that if the Guardians win today, tomorrow’s game will be played at 9 a.m. as punishment.
When it rains, it gains.
I’m ok with that. Get it done and out of the way first thing in the morning. Like going to the gym.
Why does MLB hate baseball? Forcing most of the nation to have a tab open at work to track playoff baseball
Why does MLB hate baseball? Forcing most of the nation to stay up way too late to track playoff baseball
it moved due to impending weather
How does hockey and basketball do it? Longer time frames to complete the series?
shorter game times hlep
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Was the weather supposed to be bad? My app shows only light rain starting around 10 PM…
they can finish well before 11 EST even with a 830 start
mine too L. Ron, but that is what was stated
Maybe the teams have better weather models than what is available to the public
Re: other game (Brewers) – it’s that lovely time of year when the team with the best record in baseball, in the highest-stakes games of their season, can only trust 3 of their starting pitchers
Drohan+May is not embarrassing for your fourth starter. Unfortunately for the Brewers, the Dodgers’ fourth starter is Tyler Glasnow
Looks like there are more people at the just-moved up early Cleveland game than the Dodgers game last night.
As far as I can tell, the Brewers have not even announced a starter for tonight, no?
Not as far as I can tell. Here’s the exchange from last night’s postgame press conference:
Q. Pitching tomorrow?
PAT MURPHY: Yeah, there will be pitching.
Wait this isn’t a joke?
Day baseball is the best!
Also, hi
begging baseball broadcasts to show defensive stats when they show the defensive alignments instead of gold gloves
I appreciate Murphy being very literal as a source of snark, which is something I like to do
I still think my Nereus commercial would have been more effectively targeted during the playoffs.
I thought Kwan challenged that pitch
Nope on replay
But he probably should’ve
He’s reacting to all the other early 1st inning challenges.
Perfect throw, great tag
something in me is convinced that if a starter comes out firing, they’re bound to give up a homer or a big inning later in the game. so idk how to feel about either of these guys right now
but especially gavin williams, some fallacious, treacherous part of my gut is about 85% sure that yandy is going to go yabo off him in the 4th or something
or he makes me look totally stupid. that works too
I’ve been on Gavin train for a while now!
A gambling commercial centered around a guy with a $100M+ contract becoming homeless is a choice
The fans and players need to really push back on the gambling ads. I know Alex Call did but for the Sweeney of it
I’m putting some Cy Young money on him next year (since I’m not an AL voter)
I did really well on $200 on Scherzer Cy Young in 2013! Feels like this is gonna be the same type of value bet
I think it is funny. No NY and soon No LA.
don’t jinx it, terry lol
I’m down for an all Midwest WS. We’ll go all out here for that.
Don’t know how many people will care.
i will be razzing the person who once used the handle “hoby milner defender” on the website formerly known as twitter the whole time
Turned on that one nicely
That was a crazy ricochet off the wall
This postseason has featured way more Petey Halpin than I expected
there’s always one cleveland outfielder who goes nuclear for a postseason
some of them are out of the league by the next… rip spongebob and big christmas, we will tell our children your stories
I’m sorry, there’s no way you can make a scour sponge exciting
chainsaw attachment might help
2 cylinder scrub sponge would revolutionize the kitchen (by giving everyone co poisoning)
I guess there’s no rules about awards voters betting on awards?
There are!
If we’re going to vote on them
Okay so only the awards you vote on are off limits?
I don’t bet on any NL awards to avoid the chances I have to recuse
We also have rules about working for gambling
You’re not worried about Williams’s postseason dominance inflating his odds for 2027? I’m guessing he’s much more on people’s radars now than he was a month ago
It’s kind of funny that Nereus discloses that it may inhibit your ability to use a vehicle or machinery at the same time their little animated video has a person driving a car in a high speed chase.
Oh, I’ll definitely check the odds first, but he’s definitely a player I’m watching from a +EV standpoint!
I don’t gamble much, just opportunistically
I get no endorphin-related thrill
Gambling is too expensive nowadays. Money is better used elsewhere
That did not look like Gold Glove defense.
Walls *is* a good name for a defensive player
JRam is so fun to watch
he’s like a little wrecking ball of baseball prowess
Whenever I hear the name Griffin Jax, I think of Jax from Mortal Kombat and his robot arms and I imagine him with robot arms. Mostly because part of my brain is broken
hah, he would become a must-watch just for the chance someone charges the mound
I’d watch that game/movie.
Mortal Kombat, but baseball.
Kinda like a modern Tungsten Arm O’Doyle
Just once I want them to say marooned a runner or abandoned a runner
Marooned seems good for a Seattle Mariners game
or maybe Taylor Walls immured a runner he tags out stealing
apparently shane drohan is starting game 4
I think starting a lefty is smart for Milwaukee. Roberts seems to bench Muncy vs lefties which I believe is detrimental to their offense
The Dodgers just went 0-27 against lefties. Drohan is the correct choice.
ZiPS has been meh on starter Drohan, so the probs are basically unchanged
They’re probably not quite THAT bad
Though I do personally like the idea
with the way the Dodgers are hitting right now, Smoltz and Wainwright could come out of the booth and shut them out
as long as Wainwright doesn’t catch the last batter looking with that curve…. =\
I am completely bent out of shape at the changing of the starting time. My day was carefully planned and 2:00 was mowing the lawn which I cannot fail to do since it is going to rain tomorrow then drop into the 40’s which is too cold for these old bones. CYA tonight.
We’ll be here!
i feel like there was an article recently about how win streaks increase the chance of winning the next game, and same with losing streaks increasing the chance of losing the next game. feels like the dodgers are in the midst of that, but with hitting lefties
Ohtani turning into a slap hitting DH hasn’t helped
The Rays didn’t even strike out seven times in a full game 73 times this year
How are we rating Mesa in drafts going into next year?
Extra bases for Simpson!
props to millvillemeltdown for calling this 45 minutes ago
you know what’s funny, i was going to call simpson going yard but i thought it was too unrealistic. triples is fun though
Nice bit of hitting there
The 6th sweeper of the at-bat caught too much of the plate there
I think it’d be fun if we had a lottery before each season to let exactly one guy use steroids. Imagine Chandler Simpson on the early 2000’s Bonds stack, he’s giving you 5-7 homers no problem
Tyler Rogers would be a fun one too
jo is the king of hitting it hard into outs
Hi everyone, the Rays and Guardians are playing a game like the Rays and Guardians
Dear MLB advertising sales team – I live in Chicago. Why are you so determined to try to make me hate Sherrod Brown?
I thought I was just seeing so many being in Ohio…
No, I’m seeing them too in Massachusetts, but obviously because an Ohio team is playing
The worst part of the playoffs has been the national political ad buys
Anybody happen to know the record for most times struck out by a winning team?
JRam probably has the highest approval rating of any player in the league but his official MLB pic this year is surely unsettling
I knew Gavin Williams was good this year. I didn’t realize just how good he was by xFIP, SIERA, or K to BB though.
In the postseason, the most strikeouts for a winning team was 23 by the Orioles iN ALDS Game 4 in 1996. But that was a 12 inning game
In a regulation game, the record for a winning team in the postseason was Rangers (ALDS Game 1, 2023) and Yankees (ALDS Game 5, 2017), with both team striking out 16 times
16 is a lot. I guess I don’t see the Rays striking out 17 times this game if it’s only 9 innings.
they’re only 1 K off the pace…
In the regular season, there are five teams that struck out 19 times and won
Including the Steve Carlton complete game loss in 1969 when he struck out 19 Mets but lost 4-3
I’m sorry Crest, there’s only one Dr. Teeth and he woudln’t have been the same without the Electric Mayhem
Should Jax have let Walls get that? Would Walls have had a chance?
I’d be in favor of a line on the pitching side of which only the pitcher can enter on defense
Or maybe, I’d have to give it more consideration than 15 seconds
BANGGG
Petey Halpin really
Petey Halpin
Just as everyone expected: Petey Halpin post season heroics
PETEY POWER
I was surprised Jax was still in
How does this guy keep coming through?
really wish I wasn’t at work rn, this box score alone is exciting
and this is why i love working remotely (baseball playoffs)
He should just announce “for now on, I’m Pete.”
Sure Peteyed that one.
Petey Halpin has to have the highest ratio of go-ahead HR per HR in baseball
2 guys in there for defense making a rally
Who TF is Petey Halpin
Took the words right out of my mouth
Just remembered this chat was going on, hi all!
Now that’s a bat flip
So yeah, Griffin’s allows some jax
kevin cash watching too much dave roberts
I know his given first name is Peter but Petey Lyndon Halpin is one of the finest full names in the league
A name that would fit seamlessly on the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas roster.
He needs an adjective prefix. Like “Slidin’ Petey Halpin”
some mf named petey
The full name has a better ring to it. Petey Lyndon Halpin rolls off the etongue really nicely IMO
That is a dead-ball era ass name
Exactly what I said in the Game 1 chat lol. It’s just perfect.
Petey Halpin fits neatly into my mind’s imagination of Brett Phillips
I would love it if announcers did middle names on emphatic home run calls
Are they telling them to go their room?
damn what a throw
edited
By What Means Peter Halpin Acquired the Style and Title of Petey Lyndon
When was the last time a guy got caught stealing without doing the “Challenge it! Challenge it!” bit to his dugout?
I like the name Superbas
before challenges became a thing?
Pummelin’ Petey Halpin?
Why were they singing Country Roads
It’s DeLauter’s walk-up song with lyrics tailored to him
DeLauter is from West Virginia.
I cannot learn which toolsy and generally injured outfielder is named Jonny DeLuca and which is named Chase DeLauter. I know the Cleveland one is the better one, but man their names are interchangeable to me
because chase delauter matches the meter of west virginia
Lifting Gavin here?
Lifting Gavin…jam band or Christian rock?
sappy rock like the Fray
It’s always disappointing when a random bench postseason hero is from California. I usually hope they’re from Bumblesville, Nebraska
We put it on driving through WV once which a mistake, cause my daughter made us listen to it 1000 times. It’s good, but nothing is good 1000 times in a row
Apparently that song isn’t actually about West Virginia, but actually the western part of Virginia
When I lived in Maryland I met a few people who insisted it was about Maryland. “The country roads in West Virginia are taking him home to Maryland!!”
madison bumgarner is from bumtown, north carolina
Between Packy Naughton, Petey Halpin, Liam Doyle, Mike McGreevy, Jack Flaherty, Kevin McGonigle, Jimmy Crooks, you got a pretty good Boardwalk Empire baseball crew
Crooks might be a bit on the nose
Yeah I’m surprised Williams is out of the game
Though NOTHING beats early baseball where everyone sounded like an Irish gangster
The best way to drive to Maryland from the midwest DOES go through west virginia extensively
Noted Irishman Honus Wagner ran the numbers racket on the side.
I-79 to I-68 > I-70
If Jimmy Crooks too on the nose you can put in Buddy Kennedy
or Mick Abel
Espino really went from chronically injured post-prospect to part of the leverage bullpen quickly
I love Junior but the zero homers in the playoffs has been a bummer so far
Sure sure, fantastic Irish mobster names abound in early baseball, but let’s not forget about the man who remains the greatest German pitcher ever, Pretzels Getzien, who started 6 games of the best-of-15 1887 World Series for the Detroit Wolverines
That was some fairly impressive Espinoing
When you tell stories about Brickyard Kennedy or Silver King or The Only Nolan, people think you’re making crap up
Does Old Hoss Radbourn imply the existence of New Hoss Radbourn?
Probably just Hoss Radbourn
The ‘Kid’ nicknames really fit for that era. Like Kid Gleason or Kid Carsey. Carsey also threw 415 innings in his age 18 rookie season for the Washington Statesmen which is very of its time.
Or that you could go by the name Rube and be taken seriously
It was a place holder just in case there was a new Hoss someday
Glenn Hubbard is the player from Germany with the most games played BTW
Max Kepler could theoretically pass him soon
and had the most baseball cards featuring a giant snake
Williams fastball velocity dropped to “only” 95mph in the 5th inning. Not surprised they pulled him based on that, plus it was the third time through the order.
The most recent game that had an Irish-born player was 1945 (Joe Cleary). And before him, it had been since 1918 (Jimmy Archer)
I imagine he probably will
“High Pockets” Kelly
He was pretty bad this year, but he’s probably still going to get MLB time for a bit longer
Bazzana definitely sounds like something an Australian would say with several exclamation points
I could imagine Steve Irwin wrestling him to the ground and talking about how he could bite through an entire pack of big league chew with ease
Rough day for the ump.
bazzzzzaaaaannnnna
how many big league pitchers are now shorter than high pockets kelly? (6’4″) is it 25%? more? less?
You know, Reggie’s destroying his chances at getting easy service calls. Now he’s not going to get a quick hour for a clogged dishwasher filter
I used to call Tim Collins Low Pockets
IM HERE IN JUNGAMUNGAWOOTSY AND CRIKEY, I SEE THE RECLUSIVE BAZZANA
the bazzana is faster than a speeding wombat, more powerful than a salty
popup petey
Rays went down QUICKLY last two innings
“The Bazzana” definitely sounds like how a bunch of Aussie dudes would describe attempting to drink 3 pints in 2 minutes or something
I’ve actually bugged MLB people to track bat flips
Apparently the ump can’t handle the shadows. Just some terrible calls today. Can’t imagine not having ABS already.
Did they run out of paid commercials? Just getting Commercial Break in Progress quiet
Apparently they think it only takes 7 innings for everyone watching to have already voted, taken their motion sickness pills, and traded (not gambled) on their favorite prediction market.
haha, I just saw the “Bio” at the bottom of the chat page “I build things here”
Sean has a very Spartan bio
If we ever get FanGraphs Lego, then we can all build things here
Shouldn’t they pinch hit for Walls?
Honestly, if her oil pressure was low, she could either top off the oil if there was an action scene or something else was going on
I’ll pitch the idea of FG Legos.
We should get products to partner with us before preseasons
FANGRAPH NEREUS DRUGS
I can confirm many of us on the engineering have many Lego sets.
And I’ve used Legos as a metaphor of cloud infrastructure.
This at bat is Bauers-esque
Despite a terrible strike call on pitch #1 too.
We need a good name for that kind of AB, like a Maddux or equivalent.
If only Yandy would challenge
There are too many teeth related commercials. While I brush my teeth they make me want to not brush my teeth out of spite
Love the little head shake by Hicks after that ABS overturn
He keeps having to challenge “balls” where the entire baseball is inside the strikezone.
I like ABS challenges better than abs challenges because I always lose the latter
When you’re not there in person, it sounds like they’re singing “Take me home, Jerry Lawler”
No, he plays for the Diamondbacks.
I really like that walk up song getting the crowd involved.
Please change fWAR to use DRS for defensive WAR instead of OAA. Taylor Walls just showed us yet again why OAA is completely worthless.
If tomorrow gets rained out, what’s the plan? Doubleheader Saturday? Move everything back a day? Use the travel day for game 5?
Is Steven Matz proof you can just stay around as a lefty with a good changeup?
I’m pretty sure they’ll just shift everything around. I can’t see anyone wanting a double header unless they have to. Or deal with a suspended game.
Not necessarily proof, but gotta have a righty plan with LOOGYs dead
And now we wait……
I’m going to make dinner in between. And ship some free agent crowd source code. We’ll be back before 8PM. But I’ll leave this open.
w
not a fan; except maybe one using pre-agreed fans/actors as a bit
What’d everyone have for lunch? Mine was a meal-replacement shake, coffee, and a dried fruit bar.
Roasted butternut squash, spinach, tomato, apple vinaigrette, parmesan, pecans. Also doing a variation of that plus chicken / nutmeg caramelized onions for dinner.
very seasonal, nice
What’s your replacement-level meal that your Quad-A shake is substituting for?
Is it just me or does A Rod look particularly orange this postseason?
Let’s score some (a lot of) runs!
Glasnow warming up to Dazed and Confused rocks
Does he actually? Just tuned in and didn’t catch that. That rocks so hard. The “Song Remains the Same” live version of Dazed is still my favorite live performance of all time
It was definitely playing right before the start of the game. Not your typical game start music so it really stuck out
Just YouTubed it and it is indeed his song. That rips so hard
Man you really don’t want to miss the first pitch to Chourio this series
That was crazy
How was your autumnal dinner, Sean?
Fantastic! Fall in a bowl!
I’ve been playing around with savory fall dishes this October.
Dodgers aren’t losing!
I hope to some day love something as much as William Contreras loves early challenges
great ABS challenge. I’ve noticed that neither team has finished a game burning all their challenges. Are they too cautious?
ugly strikeout redeemed by a flurry of amazing hair
Ohtani is lost.
I understand he is Shohei Ohtani but at some point you gotta admit he just doesn’t have it right now. Or you can put him leadoff for some reason. Idk I don’t get paid millions of dollars to run a baseball team.
they’re batting him first?
except that no one else is clearly meant to be on top of the order right now.
Not like anyone else is proving their worth in the box
The EV on the single yesterday from Ohtani was pretty impressive. Roberts might think it’s the start of a turnaround. When you have to win 4 straight, I don’t hate batting the generational superstar leadoff
^!!! If your superstar says “I got this,” at some point you have to trust hiim
am i reading correctly that Ohtani has the 2nd highest wRC+ on LAD in the NLCS?
I am also surprised he has a .417 OBP. Just goes to show how good bad Ohtani is
That is correct. He’s got some BBs and a HBP that help.
His wRC+ is 63 if you look at the whole postseason.
…*puts head in hands*
No Will Smith magic this time.
yeah, the cut off is hard. because the NLDS and NLCS performances are almost inverted across the entire lineup. Hard to tell what to look at (from my browser window)
I’m guessing the bats will come alive tonight.
See, back-to-back hits.
is max muncy pitch hitting? can there be a hitter/fielder version of an “opener”
Clint Hurdle did this with Pedro Alvarez in 2015. He didn’t start, but pinch hit when his lineup spot came up.
How aggressively do you expect Murphy to manage his bullpen? Go all out to try to end it here or figure you’ve got three more shots at this thing so don’t overdo it?
I expect him to go for the jugular
May will go 3+. If the game is still close, will play for the win
There he is
THERE IT IS
Ohtani’s back!
Sean, you get the Ted (Double Duty) Radcliffe Award for the day.
was about to emoji reply to sean but my hands left my keys
I was really hoping Ohtani would be very bad so I could redraft him for cheap next year in fantasy…
May trade was so anti-Brewer and he has been a net negative add
Any Red Sox fan could have told them that he wasn’t a positive addition to the Brewers.
If they had given up some mid-level prospects for him, whatever.
And there it is…
There’s something about Brewers Dodgers NLCS game 4 that brings out Ohtani’s best I guess
they’re gonna announce that Ohtani is pitching tomorrow
That HR bat flip was pure catharsis.
Hello everyone
Did you make anything good since the last time we saw you?
For dinner?
Sadly no, I am having leftover pizza from my freezer that FanGraphs paid for (and by extension, our lovely Members paid for) during SaberSeminar though!
Popping in to say I found the brief split screen of Ohtani going through the dugout to be a little much
Well now seems like a good time to hop in here
Oh, now yinz show up!
113.1 mph, 428 feet
Emotionally, that felt like 700 feet lol
From Baumann: “I missed the bulk of the celebration because I was watching the ball” — That’s how far it went
Dustin got angry there wasn’t any gatorade left in that cooler
angry pat murphy time
Evergreen
Dodgers better hope that that wasn’t a one off. Jays fans spent the summer thinking Vladdy was back every time he had a good AB or two, but he never got it together.
Wow Ohtani is back just like I knew he would be. Batting him leadoff was a genius move that I also would have done.
love that strike out. interrupted smoltz from talking for one thankfully quiet moment
Do people still get mad about bunting during a no hitter or have we moved past that?
do any paying members of FG care about bunting during a no-hitter? how weird are we?
I’m sure most players and people over 40 do.
I am well over 40 and don’t care.
The Dustin May esophagus injury story never ceases to unsettle me
Like when it comes up, not all the time thankfully
indeed. life is freaky
Moral of the story: Never eat salad.
Oof, I just ate a salad and then read about that.
“I like when a tall pitcher pitches tall.” The Smoltz Word Salad
The perceived velocity point was valid but yeah that’s bad phrasing
I like when a Smoltzy announcer announces Smoltzy.
Back to back ground rule doubles
Rake Bauers
You hang ’em, we bang ’em.
is he only good at full counts?
a billion dollars of pitchers can’t get out noted health insurance needer jake bauers
cannot emphasize enough how much awful these in game interviews are
The Pat Murphy one where he finished by swearing at Jackson Merrill was incredible
the toy story shoes. wow. is he on the disney dole?
I really like David Hamilton. Fast guys with smarts are one of my favorite ballplayer types.
Hamilton was born 20 years too late
Vogelbach sighting. Loved that dude on the Buccos
what is this ???
Bauers coming up with the bases loaded…
he can’t possibly get a clutch hit every night
Not if you walk him
Guy_tapping_his_head.gif
Pitching around Bauers with the bases loaded is an unusual strategy.
Man. The Dodgers are. . . not having a great week.
The half-intentional walk of Turang not looking great
I’ll be really bummed if these LCSes are short series.
A full week between games would be sad
yeah i hope the NLCS goes 7🤣
Rust vs rust in the WS. 🤮
at least we won’t be seeing the top of the Brewers line up for at least the first 10 minutes of their next half inning at the plate
If the Dodgers lose tonight, they won’t have to face them again for months!
I hope this game goes to extras. I cherish every playoff extra inning ever since they ruined extras in the regular season. We haven’t had many extra inning games this year yet
Games 4 &5 of the 2004 ALCS will forever be the most exciting and , life threatening to me, I ever watched.
I’m still very ok with the ghost runner. Those 18-inning regular season games were killers.
Game 3 of the 2018 WS is another unforgettable experience. They are rare so they are great in the post-season.
Game 3 last year was also incredibly fun
Game 3 in 2018 ended at 3:36 here in New England.
Is Garrett Mitchell even a homerun guy?
When he gets a hold of one they go far.
He hit 11 in 531 PA this year, so not really
Was he 18th in exit velocity this season ? The power is there
Good call – just hasn’t consistently happened yet
These Brewers may be inevitable
Full Count Killers
Rang him up on strike 2.
Veteran pitcher.
I wonder if everybody is getting the TV feed at the same moment in time.
Got back from walking the dog! What’d I mi–wtf
bad bad not good
I believe Sæder is referring to the game. Your dog is presumed to be a very good boy or girl.
Rich Hill walking his dog; the rest of the Dodgers walking the Brewers
low key take away from this NLCS is that Kyle Tucker has been one of the only bright spots on this squad on offense.
I’m happy for him. This can’t have been a fun year for him. Not that I’m getting out the smallest of violins for the very rich man who was sad sometimes, but still
Amazing to see Jo Jo still out there. In 55 appearances this year he went 2 exactly once.
He was well rested didn’t pitch since Monday and prior to that Oct 6th.
I would consider paying for a feed without the in-game interviews.
boog has been fantastic on the national radio call
Charlie Manuel, who refused to do them when they were first becoming a thing, had the right idea.
Bring back the Petriellocast!
Diaz wearing 3 for the Dodgers feels odd
Last I checked, 3 isn’t even, so you’re right
This is a big moment
And are any of us surprised?
I understood the Dodgers might lose but I never thought they could look so juiceless
kudos to MIL
truly, how hard have they been squoze, to have no juice
If the Dodgers do lose this, it’ll be interesting to see the narrative around them heading into the offseason. It feels a little 2010 Phillies, but there’s still a ton of talent and resources here.
might depend on how many players end up getting major surgery that they’ve not yet announced to the public
Also on some interesting decisions they need to make. I’ll be fascinated to see what they do and say about JDP and other young players–are they prepared to get younger, even if it means moving on from some veterans or rethinking some positioning? Obviously that starts with Ohtani, which is tough.
would a busted ohtani be a better outfielder than jdp
im still slightly riding the high of calling “two good pitchers, cruising early, give up a crooked number in the middle innings” but had a truly awful nap and am debating calling it a day without having done anything productive today. anyway, how’s the baseball been
18 inning game, here we come!
Whoa – potentially huge error there.
Why do they keep telling us the results of the ABS challenge before showing the graphic. So annoying.
Must be a mandate from FOX, as Davis didn’t do this on SNLA broadcasts
Kyle Tucker, the rich man’s Jake Bauer
Wow. Maybe the Brewers are truly blessed by the beer gods
dionysus more powerful than the abrahamic G-d?
Nice job by Mitchell there to call everyone else off. No chance to tag up
I was dreading a collision there.
Should they have run for Smith?
Arguably yes, though wouldn’t have mattered on a ball that shallow
never thought i would be talking about running with known speed demon rich hill and his blazing mid-80s fastball
Excuse you, it was high 80s!
my deepest apologies for shorting you of a few crucial mph
The Dodgers’ performance with RISP is just not survivable.
100 mph sinkers with that curve… I know it’s been said, but how does anyone ever get a hit anymore? Like genuinely, do the biophysics add up?
the human nervous system is pretty nuts
Well, if there’s anyone on Earth who knows about being down a run in the ninth, down 3-0 in a 7 game series, staring elimination in the face, he’s managing the team that is…
See, you’d think Roberts would be very eager to deploy pinch-runners!
You definitely see things that you never see during the regular season, such as Edwin Diaz going 3.
Huge kudos to Edwin here, wow
Why did I talk
Hamilton! Wow.
david !???!?
Now the Brewers are ruining baseball
David Hamilton of all people
That is amazingly the first time this postseason I’ve said “I cannot believe that just happened”
I have a feeling this is it for the series
I was misled about the Brewers HR prowess
There’s a soul jar somewhere in Wisconsin fueling all this
Brewers just making up new guys to hit homers now
Blew their last ABS challenge on a 0-0 count? Ok
Can’t take ’em home with you.
You can take them to the bottom of the 9th in an elimination game when you need 2 runs, though
Did this graphic forget about Cleveland?
They appeared in the 2016 World Series
Oh, appearance, missed that thanks!
Rajai Davis had the biggest, most inconsequential World Series GM7 home run that year until… Bichette last year.
if this is it, talk about poetic justice
swept one way, swept the other
Hamilton had an ISO of .091 this year.
i’m waiting on the statcast bat speed on savant
He is tied with Ohtani for homers this post season
76.8 on the swing, exited at 105. solid
whoa chourio and bauers kind of mogging ohtani in swing speed
I see, the Dodgers are just setting it up to do something legendary
Is Muncy really this bad against lefties that he needs to be pulled here? I’d think he’s one of the Dodgers better hitters
at least a pesky at bat…
muncy had looked completely lost today
edman’s also good from the right side
Edman’s one of those guys that make me annoyed that he’s on the Dodgers, since he’d be a very helpful full-time player on lots of other teams.
Sean weren’t you going to do a series on the best “picks” so far? That was incredible by Pratt!
Pat Murphy is an actual madman
As the great sage, Lawrence Peter Berra was credited with saying, “It is getting late early” for the Dodgers.
Ballgame. And season.
Been a pleasure, everyone
well. Milwaukee has been good for years and years.
Wow. That was just an unbelievable four-game performance, particularly the bullpen.
I have a hard time imagining the AL teams beating the Brewers
I did not think he was catching that ball
Ashby my god
i like MIL. But I actually quite like the rays and guards too. I’d think I’d root for the AL in this case
Going to be a great WS
Rob Manfred is in shambles
Good.
But doesn’t he want parity?????????
So are we!
Those small market teams just can’t compete without a salary cap.
MLBPA should demand an end to CBT. It’s only fair!
Blue Blood and rain,
I can hear the bugle playin
Go Guards! All Midwest series, let’s go! It’s going to be so frickin’ cold.
Perfect for the offseason negotiations
If the Rays win we’ll have a guaranteed new champion
even a guards ws is not a bad outcome given the drought, imo
And yet the Guardians have waited the longest!
yes i am biased because jose ramirez deserves a ring, but no matter the outcome i’m chillin
It is if you’re a Tigers fan who hates the Guards
… ah, my condolences comrade
Here’s hoping
in the midst of this Man City scandal, how can anyone take owners’ claims seriously
pls give us more money plsplsplsplsplsplspls we’re soooo hungry – owners
reminds me of my stupid hyperthyroid cat
Brewers going to the Series, and I’m going to bed. Merry Baseball, everyone!
gutenacht nick!
Rays have never won it. And yet have been an exceptional franchise for so many years. So many good story lines all around.
Alright everyone. One half of the WS is set. We’ll be back for the next ALCS game.