NATS/DODGERS

Corey and Cody were insufferable this series. Cody is on his way to being the position-player equivalent of Kershaw.

 

I'll say this as well for Kersh's usage as a reliever..can it be a surprise appearance? I don't know who said he'd be following Buehler, I don't know how it got out..whatever. But the whole damn world somehow knew Kersh was gonna be following Buehler in this game. Have to assume the Nats were prepared. Is there a way that they could've kept that under wraps? Could they deny, deny, deny when asked about him? Why does everybody have to know Kersh is coming days ahead of the game? This franchise, man. It's like opposing teams always stealing our signs. As smart as this franchise can be with the farm and development, they are trash at maneuvering between the lines when it's game time.

 

Kershaw's usage in Game 5 was foretold the moment he was announced as the Game 2 starter.

 

At least we know that Belli will be dynamite in the field at whatever position they have him at, and if he should find himself on base - he can get into scoring position in an instant. Belli at least thrives in other spots and does his big hit thing every so often in series

 

I have to totally disagree w you
a manager puts his players in a position to succeed
he panics last night and goes to the guy w the most post season failures on his resume?
how long has he been watching Clayton?
the guy has no clue how to ride the hot hand but consistently draws the failure card in every big moment
I'm afraid I'm going full @huh? and will be checking in because of this group of guys and laughing at this team if they stand pat
not wasting my time on a team that entrusts the legacy (which is now basically the 90s braves) to such an obvious simpleton
there is something intangible that is very lacking in this organization
Utley embodies what we are missing but this is the era of man buns and woke zombies
instead of fire and screaming in that dugout its all "oh well we learned some lessons"
Roberts is NOT a leader of men and I'm not going to be anything more than passively invested until he's gone
fuck Dave Roberts

 

Dream managerial situation:

Dodgers fire Roberts.
Maddon signs with Angels before the Dodgers make the mistake of jumping on that train.
Dodgers hire Utley.
Padres pickup Roberts.
Bochy inhales helium and floats away.

 

I mean, yeah, I get that, but can they deny, deny, deny when asked about him? Can they make up an issue? He's sick, or something like that? Could they somehow cast doubt about his availability? It's time to be creative and use a bit more gamesmanship

 

I like the idea of a large helium inflated Bochy dome floating into space

 

They could’ve just given Kershaw’s money to someone worth it and we’d have advanced easily. That’s what I keep coming back to. The smartest front office in the game gave $100 million away to be nice to a mid rotation starter. It’s like the Kobe contract but we’re in the middle of competing so it’s even worse.

 

It's the Kobe contract, but this time the recipient never gave you a championship parade, let alone 5

 

I know you’re reeling because of the loss but this is about as dumb a comment as dsp has ever seen. Who cares if they are told, do you think they don’t see him warming up in the pen? Does the game not stop while he jogs to the mound and throw warm up tosses? Do they not have a scouting report on him prepared before the series?

this isn’t football where you can try and sneak a guy into the huddle and run a wildcat.

 

So dumb that it's exactly the point Pedro raised last night. Preparation and scouting reports shift game to game because of how fluid performance is and because you can only put so much focus into a gameplan before you've clouded your brain. Seeing a guy warming up that's not supposed to be available, and then adjusting, is just different from having been prepared to see the guy warming up and now here he comes

 

Imagine if Kershaw walks and they don't sign Pollock. That money gets us halfway to signing Harper for a decade. Sure, Harper isn't the superstar you expect with that contract, but you can count on him to be a positive at the end of the day. Would have been the 4th best WAR on our team this year, and sure as hell wouldn't have struck out 11 TIMES IN 13 ABs!!! Take Kershaw and Pollock off this team, go into the series with a rotation of Buehler, Ryu, Stripling, Hill, and we sweep. Easy sweep.