99 pitches and an extra day of rest? I think Dusty out thought himself but if it worked for us so thank you Dusty now 0 - 9.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 44 minutes ago Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, and Daniel Murphy with an NLDS record 582 combined at bats this series.
Can't stop laughing about @THINKBLUE wandering around his neighborhood watching the game through the window, like he's Scrooge on the tour by the ghost of Christmas past lmao. I don't even know what you look like and I'm invisioning it hahaha.
The last time Clayton Kershaw closed a game was in 2006 against the minor league Nationals. His catcher was Kenley Jansen. Lol. Unreal.
Wanna know something crazy? I played Scrooge in my 8th grade production of A Christmas Carol. Everything coming full circle tonight.
I can't believe that happened. Wow! The fact we're celebrating now looking back on my anxiety and dread from 6 hours ago is so surreal. What a wonderful feeling. But there are two series left. I can't wait. And fuck Pete Rose.
Big hit by Howie as well to move the runner into scoring position for Chooch. 2nd game in a row we get a big hit off the bench to put a RISP, Ethier in game 4 moving Toles over. Howie squared quite a few balls up in the series, one finally got down, took a broken bat to do it
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...als-baseball-playoffs-highlights-video-101416 Nice story already up at foxsports Kershaw eliminates the Nationals and a narrative The playoff underperformer's herculean save advanced the Dodgers to the NLCS. There was only one player not available to play for the Dodgers in the winner-take-all Game 5 of their National League Division Series against theWashington Nationals Thursday. Clayton Kershaw was "absolutely not” going to pitch in Game 5. But there he was, warming up in the bullpen in the ninth inning with the Dodgers holding a one-run lead. And there he was, entering the contest to face Daniel Murphy, the best postseason hitter of the decade, with two on and one out in the bottom of the ninth. And there was Kershaw, arms extended above his head in celebration seven pitches later, victorious over not only the Nationals but also the narrative that has been attached to him. Pitching on hours of rest — he started Tuesday’s Game 4 win and threw 110 pitches — Kershaw notched his first major-league save, regular or postseason, Thursday night as the Dodgers won 4-3 to advance to the National League Championship Series. Kershaw was able to get Murphy — who hit two homers off him in last year’s NLDS as a member of the Mets — to pop out with only two pitches. The next batter, Wilmer Difo, didn’t stand much of a chance, did he? The idea to pitch on one day’s rest was Kershaw’s — he said after the contest that when he saw closer Kenley Jansen enter the game in the seventh inning and hold the Nationals at bay into the ninth inning, he had to back up his guy. Kershaw and Jansen go back a ways — the last time Kershaw saved a game, in 2006 for the Gulf Coast Dodgers, Jansen was his catcher. “I was surprised,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Kershaw saying he could pitch at the end of the eighth inning. "It just shows the character of him — the unselfishness and the will to win." How’s that for a narrative? Kershaw has been maligned as a postseason underperformer, and by his impossible standards, that’s true, but Thursday’s gutsy performance has to erase that perception. So much could have gone wrong in that situation. Kershaw could have exacerbated the knocks against him, or worse, aggravated a back that was surgically repaired less than two months ago. Kershaw went in anyway. What Kershaw did Thursday will be the lasting memory of what was a crazy, disjointed, burn-it-all-down contest between two teams just good enough to stay alive and not quite good enough to put the other guy away. In the end, it was Kershaw who was the difference, not only in Game 5, but in the series as a whole. The Dodgers went 3-0 in games Kershaw pitched in this NLDS, and while there were key hits and big saves in his starts and Thursday's contest, that baseline fact cannot be overlooked. Now it's on to the Cubs. Will Jansen, who threw four fewer pitches than Dodgers starter Rich Hill Thursday, be able to pitch in Game 1, should the Dodgers have a lead? When will Kershaw be able to go? Those are good problems to have — those are questions only asked because there are more games to play. No one knows the impact Thursday’s contest will have on the looming seven-game series against the Cubs. No one wearing Dodger blue should care. What we do know is that the impact of Thursday’s contest will last a lot longer than the next two weeks. Clayton Kershaw is a postseason hero, and that is not up for question.
Just got done watching the highlights on: Access SportsNet Dodgers FS1 Postgame Show Baseball Tonight MLB Tonight
I can't get enough of that Joc (no homo) homerun. His energy as he rounded first base was so epic. An image that hopefully lives on for a long time when we look back on this season. Something about "Dodgers" on the road jerseys makes us seem more legit too. A sweet throwback to the 70s and 80s along with the winning.
