2016 postseason game thread

Ranma · Post #521 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 3:05 am

Neddy wrote:**** guys, gotta hit the sac as I have been sleepless for days, but hell yeah! see you guys on tuesday evening!!!!

Good night, Neddy.

Ranma · Post #522 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 3:53 am

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Quake Griffin · Post #523 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 4:29 am

That Game 2 was a 6 inning 0 ER 1 R performance by Kershaw against the Cards.

It always pissed me off that he took that loss.

Now I wonder if we throw Kershaw in Game 5 on 3 days rest to have him for 7 or just throw him if theres a Game 6.

I think you guys might have touched on that subject.

Ranma · Post #524 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:01 am

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Ranma · Post #525 » by **Ranma** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:12 am

Quake Griffin wrote:That Game 2 was a 6 inning 0 ER 1 R performance by Kershaw against the Cards.

It always pissed me off that he took that loss.

Now I wonder if we throw Kershaw in Game 5 on 3 days rest to have him for 7 or just throw him if theres a Game 6.

I think you guys might have touched on that subject.

Everyone seems to expect that to be the case. As you mentioned, I don't like the idea of running Kershaw into the ground. If we need him, I'm sure he'll step up and go on short rest, but I want us to avoid that since I think Hill and Urias can give us quality outings as postseason starters. However, Urias is tentatively scheduled for Game 4 with the possibility of pitching in Game 3 instead because of the continued uncertainty of Hill's blisters. If Hill can't pitch for a while, Kershaw would have to step in earlier than ideal.

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Quake Griffin · Post #526 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:10 am

One more thing:

Post game BEFORE he showered, Kershaw mentioned to Verducci (or some cat at Fox) that he thought Javy Baez did damage with that ball he hit in the 7th.

After he showered and changed and sat down for his post game presser, a guy asks him what he thought about that ball as soon as he sat down...he goes..."seriously, thats your first question?"

Another asks him that question a few minutes later and he goes, "I already answered that."

Visibly frustrated both times.

I know these guys are professionals, perfectionists, and that they take everything to heart....but until that point, I could never tell how much the postseason struggles got to him. He seemed to handle them well IMO. Yesterday he looked like a man tired of the mediocre starts, the blow up innings started by little nubbers or balls that have eye, and.......people doubting him.

Quake Griffin · Post #527 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:00 pm

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Quake Griffin · Post #528 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:40 pm

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mlb-playoffs-chicago-cubs-los-angeles-dodgers-yasmani-grandal-stealing-signs-101716

aaaaaaand....

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mlb-playoffs-chicago-cubs-los-angeles-dodgers-yasmani-grandal-stealing-signs-101716

Neddy · Post #529 » by **Neddy** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:29 am

looks like the Indians are the team to come out of AL.

Ranma · Post #530 » by **Ranma** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:50 am

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Ranma · Post #531 » by **Ranma** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:52 am

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Jayson Stark, ESPN.com (10/17/16)

Yes, the Dodgers placed 28 different players on the disabled list this season. That would be more than any team in the past 30 seasons. And since records for this sort of thing weren't kept before then, that puts them in uncharted territory -- at least for that period of history in which territory was charted.
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Never once, at any point over the past 3½ months of the season, did the same five starting pitchers go around their rotation twice in the same order. Not once. Over their last 90 games. How is that possible?

Well, it's possible because this team ripped through 15 different starting pitchers over the course of the season -- after using 16 in 2015. Just so you understand what that means, before last year, only one other team in the history of division play (the 1989 Giants) had made the playoffs in a season in which they had to use at least 15 starters. Now the Dodgers have done it two seasons in a row. Because, well, of course they have.
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But it wasn't just the pitchers who were coming and/or going. This team used 55 different players, tying the franchise record for most in a season. It also made 216 roster moves. I know because I counted them all up myself. That comes to more than eight a week. And we remind you, they did that in a season in which they won the NL West. Amazing.

"You know, we talked about it all during the offseason and spring training, about our feeling that our hallmark of this team was going to be our depth," Friedman said. "We just didn't really want to showcase it as much as we did."

There's Never Been a Team Like These Dodgers -- Ever

Quake Griffin · Post #532 » by **Quake Griffin** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:39 pm

Gotta be honest.

I'm really not sure how this game is gonna turn out.
But this is about as calm as I've been before a Dodger playoff game in recent memory.

I expect to beat (read: upset) these guys. I have all year. That might be why.

Quake Griffin · Post #533 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:02 am

Let's do this!

Quake Griffin · Post #534 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:11 am

All fastballs to start from Hill.

Quake Griffin · Post #535 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:14 am

24 more.

11 pitch 1st from Richie.
Time to pay Jake what we owe him.

Post #536 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:27 am

Hill looks sharp, Arieta looks touchable tonight so far...

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Post #537 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:29 am

Rizzo right on the plate

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Neddy · Post #538 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:32 am

that was a goddamn strike!

Neddy · Post #539 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:33 am

goddamn ump Rizzo didn't earn that walk

Quake Griffin · Post #540 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:37 am

Come on.

Ground Ball here Rich