DODGERS Dodgers vs. Rays - WORLD SERIES

The good news is we looked like the better team (for the most part), and the Rays needed a lot to go their way to win. Including 2 errors on the final play of the game.

This is a big moment for Kershaw tonight. Redemption? I don’t see how one start, no matter how good, undoes all the history at this point. So no, it’s not a redemption game. It’s a chance to play a complimentary roll to guarantee we don’t get eliminated before a Buehler Game 7... a Game 7 we would win because the Rays have no answer for our Ace.

 

i trust them a fuck of a lot more than the perennial losers of last night
still want to know what happened w Victor cause that was weird

 

It’s not as bad as the morning of Game 5 of the NLCS. I was completely checked out at that point. It was actually a nice feeling of calm.

 

if Cody is hurt then he needs to sit imo cause that fucked up the catching situation
i don't want Will's bat out of the lineup when he's healthy and getting clutch hits
a good manager makes those tough decisions
will be interesting if an ailing guy gets the nod tonight based on reputation

 

That they accomplished what did last night with nothing from the two MVPs is commendable.

 

and why have instant replay if it makes a tackle play non reviewable?
his momentum might have carried him that way but he absolutely had no chance w a guy holding onto to his waist falling backwards

 

I’ve been saying it for years: That guy is a fucking loser. Only thing more pitiful and pathetic than his performance is his predictable defense mechanism routine postgame. There isn’t enough vitriol in the English language to describe that game so I won’t even try.

 

anyone else notice him flailing around w his water bottle pointing in that last few moments?
it was kind of telling how no coaches or players were anywhere near him
apparently wanted to make sure everyone knew they weren't the ones responsible for those decisions

 

Very interesting in retrospective view...the DNA of the truly loser team that is the Dodgers and the perfect loser to be leading them marches unabated across the sands of baseball time.
Like the old joke about why the snake bites the chicken after rescuing it from the flood by letting him ride across on his back, the punch line of " because I'm a fucking snake, idiot" is a mantra for Dave Roberts. Or should be.
Sure, it's not his fault that the usually sure- handed Chris Taylor clanks fielding that base hit in CF, or our "" stud young catcher" Smith does some kind of game losing pirouette and loses...well...just about everything. But it sure was Roberts' fault that proven choker Jansen was in there at all in that situation...and like the sun setting in the west, out by all you stout fellows, he sure was at fault for at least blowing ANOTHER save. Tie.
What's a bit amusing though, is the underlying gut feeling that permeates in many Dodger fans. It can be denied, stiff upper lip and all that, but when you read the mantric " at least the one good thing that will come of it is that Roberts will be gone- fired! " That's not a vote of confidence in a LAD championship ring, I'm pretty sure, it follows.
And today CK will probably succumb to the Rays uber mojo and momentum, so all the haters will ignite and burn him at the stake as the fault and scapegoat...it's started already on here...even if he should do well, it won't be enough. The past must be erased. Unfortunately, it can't.
Tsk, tsk...such cruel and demanding taskmasters.
The final joke, imo, is another JU-52 Stuka dive bomber into the bb record Book of the Dead, like all our other chapters we have contributed for decades, won't do a fucking thing to get rid of Roberts.
Not a thing.
If that's the silver lining to this now queasy feeling that has replaced the sophmoric overconfidence of only a few days ago, then get out the silver polish.
It's badly tarnished.

 

not making excuses for any of the things you mention happening in that moment however
that entire team has to be back on its heels thinking here we go again
thinking after the 8th "ok coach we're going w bazooka right?"
only to see the grim reality of 74 lumbering his entitled ass in once again
has to shake every one of those guys even though they'd never admit it
who knows maybe Kike will say something when he leaves next year
and then for him to not even participate in the play after that or take responsibility for HIS failures
now we all sit here, or lay in my case, wondering if we are going to witness another CK implosion
still like our chances and i really feel he's going to let us compete, maybe even leave w a lead
won't make a difference if davey calls on the redemption crew in the pen again

 

Defensively, Mookie is a level of superlative...
Offensively, he maybe reaches a level of mediocrity. Maybe.
It also occurs to me that with four or five spectacular HR catches (or at least XBH) by the combo of Betts and Bellinger, how good would our pitching have been cumulatively if those heroics didn't occur?

 

i honestly put Kelly out there
he may be wild af but he sure doesn't shy from the big moment and i don't get not using him at all when baez is a flaming pos last night
depending on who's up that inning i trust Victor although maybe he doesn't trust himself atm
Bazooka no question, Mcgee to the right guys and Floro has been serviceable
shoot in game 2 i would have let him go back out and yanked him first walk or hit
if a guy is getting people out let him roll batter to batter since confidence is a big part of it
we see it all the time w pitchers that have no business doing what they're doing and yet they're setting asses down
can't be all numbers and match ups all day everyday
it seems like davey has decided what he's doing before it happens sometimes and doesn't adjust
i know for damn sure he had projected toomgis to close that
no way he even considered anything else like maybe even letting Ferris put the foot on their throats