OT: Other sports thread: Your World Series Champion Doyers!, Angels, Rams, Lakers, Bruins, Trojans, Capybaras

[Lt Dan]

I was wondering about UCLA but it looks like they had no game scheduled, lol.

that's why there was a winning streak

 

[ru4reals]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851079788078710891

F**king gold.

 

[Kudelski37]

6 games in a row!

 

[ru4reals]

LMAO Freddie October Freeman.

 

[Choralone]

Missed the start of the game, meaning I missed Freddie being a stud once again. Also missed the two most dumbf*** baseball "fans" in the world coming close to injuring Mookie. I'm assuming a lifetime ban is incoming at that park?

 

[ru4reals]

Uuuugh ugly.

 

[Tecumseh]

This whole situation is on Dave Roberts. Casparius clearly didn’t have it yet he sent him out in the second inning and was lucky that inning didn’t turn out disastrously. Hudson also didn’t have it and should have been pulled after Rizzo popped out but he wants to save high leverage guys for tomorrow. This series ends tonight if you throw your best at him. Now we’re possibly looking at facing Cole tomorrow and the series going back to LA. It’s not the philosophy the team should have.

 

[Choralone]

Smith starts the process of clawing back....

 

[SmytheKing]

This whole situation is on Dave Roberts. Casparius clearly didn’t have it yet he sent him out in the second inning and was lucky that inning didn’t turn out disastrously. Hudson also didn’t have it and should have been pulled after Rizzo popped out but he wants to save high leverage guys for tomorrow. This series ends tonight if you throw your best at him. Now we’re possibly looking at facing Cole tomorrow and the series going back to LA. It’s not the philosophy the team should have.

Yeah I hate bullpen games in general, but I understand with all the injuries why they don't have a choice...but you need to step on their necks. The last thing you want to do is give a team any energy or momentum.

 

[Choralone]

Edman with thanks from Freddie gets them closer...

 

[Bandit]

Dave Roberts is a dumbass? That’s weird.

 

[Choralone]

And, uh, it's gotten farther again....

 

[Tecumseh]

Getting owned by Volpe and Austin Wells is pretty rough.

 

[Master Yoda]

This whole situation is on Dave Roberts. Casparius clearly didn’t have it yet he sent him out in the second inning and was lucky that inning didn’t turn out disastrously. Hudson also didn’t have it and should have been pulled after Rizzo popped out but he wants to save high leverage guys for tomorrow. This series ends tonight if you throw your best at him. Now we’re possibly looking at facing Cole tomorrow and the series going back to LA. It’s not the philosophy the team should have.

Roberts still thinks they are playing in the regular season

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

Hitters chasing way out of the zone all night. Don’t bode well if this is how they’re going to approach at bats now.

 

[Telos]

The calls aren't going the Dodger's way this game. Need quite the rally in the 9th. Either way, they are going to be tough to beat when the starter rotation kicks back up game 5+.

 

[Telos]

Welp, that does it, onto game 5

 

[ru4reals]

Yikes you have Cole tomorrow surely Doyers aren't going to sh*t this away. LOL.

 

[Tecumseh]

My hope is that the Yanks got it all out of their system tonight but this doesn’t look good. The Dodgers look bad. Their offense has been horrible the whole series outside of Freddie. The Dodgers had a game like this against the Mets in game 5 but they were also playing a lot better offensively. The Dodgers have had multiple players in their lineup suddenly turn to shit and Ohtani’s shoulder is clearly f***ed. This can become a reverse sweep easier than people think and I don’t think I can stand the insufferability of Yankee fans if they accomplish that or the embarrassment on our end either.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Cole isn't going to start the next three games.

 

[21Dog]

Hitters chasing way out of the zone all night. Don’t bode well if this is how they’re going to approach at bats now.

Apparently Shohei's shoulder injury has affected his batting eye.

Most disturbing to me about last night was they have an entire starting staff on the IL and that they're forced into a bullpen game in the Series. Whatever they're doing in developing their pitchers has to change.

 

[Schrute farms]

Weird to basically throw away one game....even if you are up 3-0 in the series. Still, once they took the early 3-0 lead in the game, I don't understand not pivoting and trying your best to finish the series off. But Roberts knows better i guess

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

Apparently Shohei's shoulder injury has affected his batting eye.

Most disturbing to me about last night was they have an entire starting staff on the IL and that they're forced into a bullpen game in the Series. Whatever they're doing in developing their pitchers has to change.

You would think having a bum shoulder would cause Shohei to be more selective on his swings but it seems like he’s expanding the zone even more. It’s baffling. The chasing way outside the zone last night makes me worry that everyone is in hero mode now trying to finish the series instead of remaining patient and waiting for a pitch to hit like they did at their best.

Weird to basically throw away one game....even if you are up 3-0 in the series. Still, once they took the early 3-0 lead in the game, I don't understand not pivoting and trying your best to finish the series off. But Roberts knows better i guess

A) they literally have three starting pitchers because of all the injuries. There’s a huge risk to trying to force all the top guys back out there for the third time in four days with there still being the potential of another game. In other words, there was no guarantee that they win last night even if they ran out higher leverage arms. In fact, it was one of the higher leverage arms that let the game get blown wide open.

B) it was never 3-0 last night.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

you just have to hope that Roberts trying to win the war and punting on the battle is the right move. As @Chazz Reinhold points out it IS reasonable, even if it brings up some terrible memories of Roberts management fails and team chokes...but I hope they grow out of hero ball now that the 'sweep' talk is over.

Beating Cole twice in one series would be insanity so I'm not getting my hopes up but hey anything can happen.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Last game in New York. Hopefully the last of the season too.