gehringer_2 Posted October 28 Posted October 28 (edited) 9 minutes ago, lordstanley said: This was a big play too. Yup. I was not impressed with Roberts or his staff. I thought pitching to Ohtani the last time just to walk him after the 4/5 IBBs was stupid too. And who knows, the extra energy to throw those 4 wasted pitches may have been the difference for Little against Freeman. Edited October 28 by gehringer_2 Quote
chasfh Posted October 28 Posted October 28 1 hour ago, Hongbit said: Schneider says the Jays plan on continuing to intentionally walk Ohtani the rest of the series. Should Dave Roberts take the base runner at the top of the order or does he move Ohtani back to 3 or 4 and hope create some very difficult situations for the Jays. With Mookie and Freddie hitting behind Shohei, I think walking Ohtani already creates a difficult situation that Schenider calculated to be less onerous than taking a chance on getting him out, which topline stats say the Jays have at least a 57% chance of accomplishing. Quote
chasfh Posted October 28 Posted October 28 52 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Did the stands begin to empty when it got into extras? I know Dodgers fans take a lot of heat for leaving before a game is over - or at least they used to - but the traffic is really bad so I cut them some slack for this. I went to a Reds-Dodgers playoff game back on October 1. It was a ****storm trying to get out of that parking lot, and we left before maybe 75% of the crowd. They funnel everyone coming from a dozen or more directions into three lanes to pick up the freeway of your choice, and you have to be aggressive in staking your slot in the scrum. I'm surprised I saw no fender benders along the way, and really, if you do bump somebody, you probably shouldn't get out to examine the damage because people behind you would probably get out of their own cars and firmly persuade you to get back in your car and keep going. I guess it all made sense in 1960. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted October 28 Posted October 28 42 minutes ago, lordstanley said: There was this at bat against Kershaw in the 12th and Heineman struck out on a full count pitch with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 out. She makes a good point. Can you imagine if Kershaw had let the runner get on, losing the lead in the process, had to pitch to at least two more hitters, and stood to lose the game? I mean, this was a huge gamble with his legacy. I doubt we see him again except in the circumstance Epstein suggests. Quote
chasfh Posted October 28 Posted October 28 29 minutes ago, lordstanley said: This was a big play too. Even if he'd been safe, the Dodgers would have walked Vlad with first base open. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted October 28 Posted October 28 15 minutes ago, chasfh said: Even if he'd been safe, the Dodgers would have walked Vlad with first base open. Still, even with Kiner-Falefa not doing much with the bat I'd take his chances over the quality of that send. Quote
chasfh Posted October 28 Posted October 28 (edited) 34 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Still, even with Kiner-Falefa not doing much with the bat I'd take his chances over the quality of that send. I agree. I'm just pushing back on the idea that Vlad was robbed of an at bat had he held at third. He was never going to get an at bat either way—just a plate appearance at most. Edited October 28 by chasfh 1 Quote
casimir Posted October 28 Posted October 28 5 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I went to bed after 9 innings. Did the Blue Jays announcer do a game re-cap? Freddy Something Freeman? 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 28 Posted October 28 I just watched the Freddie Freeman at bat and in defense of Dodgers fans, there was hardly an empty seat in that ballpark and those fans stuck it out to the very end. Good for them. They represented themselves well. 1 Quote
lordstanley Posted October 28 Posted October 28 (edited) The Dodgers’ radio of call of this was interesting. It’s their home park but off the bat Stephen Nelson didn’t sound like he expected it to go out. Then he gets a bit more excited as Varsho drifts back and then holy crap it’s gone. A couple of balls that looked like they could dangerous earlier in extra innings went for long outs, like one by Will Smith. Edited October 28 by lordstanley 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted October 28 Posted October 28 3 hours ago, IdahoBert said: I just watched the Freddie Freeman at bat and in defense of Dodgers fans, there was hardly an empty seat in that ballpark and those fans stuck it out to the very end. Good for them. They represented themselves well. That game brought back horrible flashbacks to the Tigers long extra inning loss. Eerie similar. Lack of offense for long periods. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted October 28 Posted October 28 4 hours ago, casimir said: Freddy Something Freeman? "Ahhhj...Fudge. I gotta do a fudging recap???" Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 28 Posted October 28 I hope no one took small children to that 18 inning game last night. Good Lord, that would’ve been torture for the kids and what the kids did to the parents by squirming and being bored. Quote
oblong Posted October 28 Posted October 28 That game being in LA was at least somewhat normal for the locals, time wise Imagine leaving a WS game at 3 am. Getting home at 4. Then you might have tickets again tonight. Quote
guy incognito Posted October 29 Posted October 29 I wonder how many Dodger fans left the game in the 16th last night, to beat the traffic. Quote
chasfh Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Vlad hits a home run off Shohei. If that’s not the perfect encapsulation of this World Series so far, i don’t know what is. 2 Quote
Screwball Posted October 29 Posted October 29 great piece of hitting right there. See that Tigers????? Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Six runs? I must be dreaming, but somehow that seems familiar… Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 29 Posted October 29 2 hours ago, guy incognito said: I wonder how many Dodger fans left the game in the 16th last night, to beat the traffic. When I watched the Freddie Freeman in the 18th it looked like almost nobody had left. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Bottom of the ninth coming up for the Dodgers with the score still 6-1 BJ’s. Quote
papalawrence Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Baseball is mostly humbling, even for the superstars Quote
Tiger337 Posted October 29 Posted October 29 (edited) 56 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Six runs? I must be dreaming, but somehow that seems familiar… Except it became unfamiliar later in the year! Edited October 29 by Tiger337 1 Quote
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