DODGERS Dodgers vs. Rays - WORLD SERIES

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Which struggling Dodger has a good World Series

Poll closed Oct 20, 2020.
  1. Kershaw

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  2. Pollock

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  3. Taylor

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  4. Dustin May

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  1. BlueMouse

    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    If this happens, Dave needs to be fired. Or if the call came from the FO, Friedman needs to be fired. Or if the call came from Mark Walters, the team needs to be sold.
     
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    and the more i think about the attempted steal of home the more it was an incredible call
    if that goes right it potentially breaks the Dodgers backs after the previous night
    Max being on point and thinking about it was key since a moment later he was safe
    and CK's throw was wide and Barnes made a perfect tag a millisecond before he touched the plate
    had a huge potential to be a balk if CK doesn't step back and throw
    just so many ways that could have worked and it almost did
    don't know of many managers w the guts to even consider it so tip of the hat to Cash for balls
    everything had to be executed near perfect there
    does anyone know if the runner had stopped if the pitcher can come off the mound and run at him?
     
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    Here's a novel concept..........hit the shit out of it, score 10 runs and take the potential bullpen fuckery out of it.

    Be nice if the pitchers didn't have to operate with a razor thin margin for error.
     
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    Wasn't a "call." It was a decision Margot made on his own and Cash didn't disagree with it.

    https://sports.yahoo.com/in-praise-...-margots-unscripted-aggression-052821777.html

    Kershaw could have run at him after stepping off.
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    yeah if you step off basically you can do anything.

    funny enough, Kershaw had prepared for that moment with Muncy, after the game he said it’s something he tells his 1B to warn him about (which Muncy was great at). Also, for what it’s worth, Margot stole completely on his own. Cash after the game said he didn’t call it.

    also can you imagine if it was grandal behind the plate? No way he catches the ball hahaha
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Looks like Buehler/Kershaw/Julio are for sure all unavailable tomorrow. Figured as much with Julio, he might just not be capable on only 2 days rest but should be good with 3. Also figure Blake is only available if they need to close it out but otherwise you might wanna stay away from tHe guy
     
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    MZA MODERATOR Staff Member

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    Pissed me off. He’s all ego. He wants to get his and fuck the team. Guys like Kersh, Belli and others have struggled in the past but those guys have always been team first and you could tell it hurt them to fuck up like they do. They take accountability for it.
    Really hope Kenley is off the team next year. No need for ego driven assholes if they can’t even be good.
     
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    Despite his recent workload, I still want Treinen getting those final three outs in a save situation Tuesday night.
     
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    Biggest obstacle is gonna be Snell. They couldn’t hit him till late and by then we didn’t hold them.
    Mookie needs to start off strong Gonsolin has to keep us in it. Fuck game 7. End this tomorrow
     
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    yeah if it’s a save situation and you can end it there, with like a 2 run lead, you use Blake. But if it’s a tied game or early in game, you don’t at all IMO
     
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    Gonsolin is said to be the starter and Dave is looking for at least 6 innings

    so he’ll be out after 1.2 regardless of how many runs he gives up
     
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    Dustin May IS available tomorrow
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Do you guys start Barnes tomorrow?

    1-6 figure is gonna be the same and it’s either:
    7-9 of Pollock/Taylor/Enrique

    OR

    you start Barnes and only 2 of those guys get to hit off Snell.

    In game 2: Pollock went 0-2, Enrique went 0-1 with a walk and strikeout, Taylor hit a home run. I think Taylor plays for sure so it’s a matter of Pollock and Enrique with smiths defense?... or only one with Barnes defense
     
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    Start Barnes, Taylor, Pollock and Kike.

    Remind Taylor what that leather thing on his left hand is used for.
     
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    Psychology is going to play a key role in determining if this team wins it all. Like others have said, you pretty much expect that Buehler and Kershaw can cover game seven, so you take them out of the equation and forget about it. Now, game six should be treated as a do-or-die. You don't want to get comfy in thinking we can always win game seven if we lose tomorrow. Morton is a really good pitcher with a proven record in elimination games and there's no guarantee that he won't shut us down if given another chance. So if you're the manager, you make sure all your players have the mindset of tomorrow being must-win. You have 13 pitchers from which to really be strategic with on matchups. Sure, I'd love to see Gonsolin pitch 4-5 solid innings, but at a minimum you hope he can get through the lineup one time unscathed. Same with May, same with Urias. If that happens we're probably through 6-7 innings and then you go with your best relievers to close it out. What actually hurts us more than the Rays is the 3-batter minimum rule. We're carrying more pitchers than they are - it's a disadvantage we can't bring in Kelly or McGee or even Jansen to face one guy when the matchup is right. But Roberts needs to be strategic about this - I don't know if he has that. On the offensive side of this, he needs to light a fire under the team to not get complacent at the plate. Every AB will be critical. For all the 2-out success we've had this series, one thing that this team hasn't done is to deliver the knockout blow when the opportunity was there. I'm not intimidated by their high-leverage relievers as I think we've seen them enough to be able to hit them, but our guys need to not let Snell settle into a rhythm. When there's blood in the water, it's time to go for the kill. Cash has shown that he's not afraid to let his starter go for 100+ pitches, so when Snell is up there in count and runners are on base, we've got to make Cash pay for leaving him in. Like I said, it's up to Roberts to fire them up, to get them to find their inner-Kobe and go for the jugular. Will he do it? Can he do it?

    Rant over.
     
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    we've had good success seeing guys the second time around so i don't think he's going to be nearly as dominant
     
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    This, exactly.
    Hopefully that's true. Get to their pen early and give Roberts more margin for error.
     
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    Whether or not they start Barnes will tell us what kind of balls Dave and the FO have. Barnes needs to start. No offense to Smith, but these are low scoring games against the Rays and we just don't have the obvious DH's to get an advantage offensively. Effectively you are choosing between Barnes or Kiké in the lineup, and the play calling/leadership drop off just isn't worth Kiké's bat.

    I might be remembering it wrong, but I thought Pollock looked good in his ABs vs Snell in Game 2, even though he didn't get a hit. For me, Pollock gets the start. If we stay patient and have good AB's, they will be lucky to get 5 out of Snell. Make sure 5 innings is the worst case scenario.

    RF Betts
    SS Seager
    3B Turner
    1B Muncy
    DH Smith
    CF Bellinger
    LF Pollock
    2B Taylor
    C Barnes
     
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    can’t tell you how much i despise this entitled ckunt
    and the fact that roberts coddles him and continues to cater to his fragile ego is disturbing
    could very easily see roberts going to him tomorrow night in a close game, instead of doing what’s best for the team
    fuck them both
    if we somehow find a way to win tomorrow or wednesday it will be in spite of the two of them, not because of them
     
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