NLCS Gamethread: Dodgers vs Brewers

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Is there a reason for that? It feels like it gives the first team a potential edge if they have an extra day to warm up (assuming the games go the same length).

They don't like running the games at the same time and prime time gets better ratings. So this minimizes the days of overlap and maximizes ratings.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Proactively, I would like to say “Fuck Manny Machado”

 

[nvalvo]

Turner called out on a pitch 6 inches off the plate, but the Dodgers still load the bases. New pitcher.

Yeah, that was a pretty strikingly bad call.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Turner called out on a pitch 6 inches off the plate, but the Dodgers still load the bases. New pitcher.

and Strike 2 to Machado misses by 4 inches. Terrible half-inning for Blue.

 

[Ale Xander]

Turner called out on a pitch 6 inches off the plate, but the Dodgers still load the bases. New pitcher.

There's an unwritten rule that the plate is extended an inch per inch of a batter's beard.

 

[McBride11]

Can Hader come back?

 

[nvalvo]

Now I see why Counsell hung with Hader for so long.

 

[The Filthy One]

Nut punch special coming up for the Brewers.

 

[BornToRun]

Can Hader come back?

Both the rules of baseball and Hader’s scheduled cross burning prevent it.

 

[Ale Xander]

Mach Ado About Something

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Knebel is nasty. I'd put him in right now.

 

[Ale Xander]

Epic blown save coming up

 

[The Filthy One]

If Puig goes bridge the bat flip might reverse the spin of the earth.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Now I see why Counsell hung with Hader for so long.

Nah, this pen has been terrific

 

[JimD]

Late innings meltdowns are so much more entertaining when it's not happening to your team.

 

[BornToRun]

Well that swing was hideous.

 

[nvalvo]

Jeffress is fun.

 

[Ale Xander]

Brewers in need of some Badger Mutual.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Scott Barry has been horrific in this inning

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Jeffress is fun.

He's a classic example of the unpredictability of most relievers. He's 31 and has never had a season close to this one.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Looked out real time

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Aguilar seems like an affable fellow.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

I think he's out

 

[DeadlySplitter]

throw was a bit offline or it's not even that close

 

[McBride11]

Both the rules of baseball and Hader’s scheduled cross burning prevent it.

I mean NL rules are so weird. Triple switch.

Shame that cross burning was today. I mean most religious things like weddings and church ceremonies occur on Sat /Sun

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

I mean NL rules are so weird. Triple switch.

Shame that cross burning was today. I mean most religious things like weddings and church ceremonies occur on Sat /Sun

Lighting ‘em up Friday night catches the Jews on their way home from Temple.

 

[brandonchristensen]

They don't like running the games at the same time and prime time gets better ratings. So this minimizes the days of overlap and maximizes ratings.

I figured.

 

[McBride11]

Lighting ‘em up Friday night catches the Jews on their way home from Temple.

Some advanced metrics there. Supremacist just meant supreme statisticists. Who knew

 

[BornToRun]

Some advanced metrics there. Supremacist just meant supreme statisticists. Who knew

WAR power!

 

[shawnrbu]

Cain almost had it.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Holy shit! Lorenzo Cain has a Freddy Lynn collision with the wall.

 

[nvalvo]

Oh man.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Wow, that was close

 

[nvalvo]

(Bradley gets that.)

 

[brandonchristensen]

wow.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

JBJ catches that, autographs it, and throws it on a line to Front Row Amy.

 

[brandonchristensen]

ALDS was still a scarier finale.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

I hate to say it but Cain absolutely dropped that ball

 

[McBride11]

Wow. oh wow. Cain gotta hold that

 

[BornToRun]

ALDS was still a scarier finale.

This is like 1/10th the clench of that.

 

[DukeSox]

I hate to say it but Cain absolutely dropped that ball

Cain wasn’t able.

 

[shawnrbu]

So Turner can't handle high cheese. Note to Sox pitchers.

 

[McBride11]

ALDS was still a scarier finale.

Don't bank on closers that start with a K and end with an L ?

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Free burgers!

 

[brandonchristensen]

Don't bank on closers that start with a K and end with an L ?

And he pulls through.

So bank on them, but barely.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

I would’ve guessed Papi would be a lot fatter two years into retirement.

 

[shawnrbu]

Ortiz pouring champagne on A-Rod coming up at some point in the postgame.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

spirited comeback for sure. but Kershaw did not look good after one time through the order.

sounds like ARod bet will be paid off later in this postgame.

 

[mikeot]

Cain wasn’t able.

FTW

 

[shawnrbu]

Can Hader pitch tomorrow after 46 pitches tonight?