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I just watched the game from the archives and I think my reactions were "****ing punk" on the first one and on the second then "dumb ****", dinger be damned ...
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Seems like a lot of people think a hustle single is better than a lazy single that should have been a double.
I'll take 9 guys as talented as Acuña who don't hustle over 9 guys less talented than Acuña who do any day. Also, Acuña should have hustled |
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Look at that. Kershaw is getting beat again in the postseason.
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I just can't take all these calls to the bullpen.
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That almost turned into a Terry Collins/Matt Harvey situation. Andrew Miller came up huge. What a great pitching performance by Waino and Soroka.
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10-09-2019, 05:36 PM | #286 |
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Cards score 10 runs in the 1st - post season record. Incredible.
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My "nightmare" WS is NYY vs StL
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Same. I won't watch a single inning of that garbage.
It's a shame Atlanta blew it.
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The "magic" of Kershaw in the postseason.
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How does a guy, who is going to walk into the HoF, blow so much in the postseason? I can't figure this one out.
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10-10-2019, 01:46 AM | #293 |
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And it's not like he flat-out enters a game and chokes. He's had some brilliant post-season moments. Also had games where he was dominant for several innings and then boom. Or like tonight when he entered in the 7th and struck out Easton on three pitches. He clearly wasn't choking at that point in the game... It's like he's cursed. Very strange.
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My post-mortem on the Dodgers...
Time to face facts. The Dodgers are the best organization in baseball, top to bottom. But they are built for regular-season success. They are extremely deep everywhere and can plug in 30-35 good players any time, anywhere, which nobody else can do, and which helps amass 100+ wins over a long season. Having the best 30-35 players in the regular season is great. But having the best five or six players is what translates to postseason success. In a year or two or three, some of the Dodgers' youngsters may develop into unstoppable forces who can be counted on not just for solid production over the long-haul of a regular season, but for stepping up big in the postseason. It could be argued that Buhler is already there. But nobody else is, yet. Another way of looking at it is that the Dodgers as constructed include about 12-15 of the best hitters in baseball for the 6th, 7th and 8th spot in your order. Sure, in another contender's lineup, Bellinger would hit higher up, and so might Turner... You can win a lot of games with that many better-than-average hitters. But 12-15 off those guys fitting into 6 or 7 lineup spots in a short series is whole different ballgame. Literally... Similarly, in Bueller they have a borderline (and certainly future) ace. And Ryu was very ace-like much of the season. But while Kershaw (at this stage of his career), Maeda (when in his usual starting role), rookie Gonsolin, and Hill (when healthy) can help you amass lots of regular season wins, they are a collection of #4 starters who make you hold your breath if starting a playoff game. And as good as they are, Bueller (not yet) and Ryu (not quite) are not at the level of "ace-ness" where you would say, "we can ride these two guys to the title" (ala Johnson & Schilling in 2001). That all said, unlike the last few years when I would’ve fired Roberts because of his idiotic, over-analytics-based decisions, this year I don’t quibble as much with his decisions. I fire him for the Dodgers’ lack of playoff preparedness; lack of playoff fire. The Nationals played like they had nothing to lose and everything to win. The Dodgers of course had pressure on them to not just return to, but win, the World Series. It’s Roberts’ job to have his team in the right frame of mind for that journey. Clearly, he didn’t. Bottom line: The team is not constructed for, nor is its manager equipped to lead it to, postseason success. All of the above is why, as a Dodger fan, I'm disappointed with the loss to the Nationals, but not devastated. I was not expecting a World Series victory this season, because the team was simply not good enough. Coming up short - maybe not quite this short - was expected. Unlike 2017, when the World Series was theirs to take, and they (primarily Roberts) let it slip away. That was devastating. |
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Small sample size. All these teams in the playoffs are obviously very close, except maybe the Yankees. When a series goes to the final game it just take 1 bad pitch or great hit or defensive play or a fan interference or a bad bounce, etc..
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Game was over before many fans sat down.
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I can't say I didn't celebrate the annual choking of the Dodgers last night.
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