2016 postseason game thread

Neddy · Post #661 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:25 am

Ranma wrote:Some people on Twitter are calling for for the Dodgers to pull Jansen. I get where they're coming from but I approve with Roberts having Kenley closing it out. He's already up and warm and him finishing off the game would be a minor psychological edge in the minds of the Cubs hitters the next time they face him but every little bit helps. Why even contemplate messing with things and possibly, however unlikely, give the Cubs a glimmer of hope of building momentum and adversely affecting our mentality?

that's idiotic by Twitterverse.

two out! one more out to go.

there is no better reliever on both teams' pens right now.

Neddy · Post #662 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:26 am

here it is, one more stirke!

Post #663 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:27 am

Rizzo looks a lot like Trout.

Neddy · Post #664 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:27 am

Quake Griffin · Post #665 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:28 am

Post #666 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:29 am

ARod is a surprisingly good Analyst.

Neddy · Post #667 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:29 am

alright guys, now I gotta get back to my office to finish the day's paper work! good night ya'll!

PS- won't be here in the forum tomorrow, going to a local bar to watch the game with my CPA. he is from Chicago. we better let him have it tomorrow!!!

Neddy · Post #668 » by **Neddy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:30 am

Kilroy wrote:ARod is a surprisingly good Analyst.

ten times better than Petey Bowtie!

Ranma · Post #669 » by **Ranma** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:35 am

Read on Twitter

Post #670 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:42 am

We just shut out the Cubs on an Arieta night... I mean, it's still a long series but that means something.

Quake Griffin · Post #671 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:47 am

It means we won Game 3 Kilroy. Let's win tomorrow.

2 things:
1) Back to back shutouts

2) Time to give Yasmani Grandal credit (feel a lot better doing this after the HR). He's carried this staff and bullpen all year. He prepares and knows how to work these hitters. Hes called 2 back to back shutouts.

Let's Go!!!!111

Post #672 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:47 am

And again... Justin Turner is a hell of a ball player.

They say 'locked-in' a lot... See him.

Ranma · Post #673 » by **Ranma** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:52 am

Kilroy wrote:We just shut out the Cubs on an Arieta night... I mean, it's still a long series but that means something.

Quake Griffin wrote:It means we won Game 3 Kilroy. Let's win tomorrow.

2 things:
1) Back to back shutouts

2) Time to give Yasmani Grandal credit (feel a lot better doing this after the HR). He's carried this staff and bullpen all year. He prepares and knows how to work these hitters. Hes called 2 back to back shutouts.

Let's Go!!!!111

Yeah, no time to rest on our laurels, but the Dodgers are deserving of recognition since the media and nation, in general, are rooting for and praising the Cubs. They're still the most balanced team in baseball with the best regular season record, so we should not take them lightly.

I anticipated them to be a tough matchup and they still can be if we let them build confidence, so I'm for finishing them off as soon as possible. This would also set us up ideally to face the next opponent in the World Series with Kershaw and Hill starting Games 1 and 2. Roberts and his staff have employed a good game plan against Chicago thus far and I hope they continue to do so. Just don't mess around with them. It would be inviting disaster to happen.

Read on Twitter

Ranma · Post #674 » by **Ranma** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:55 am

Read on Twitter

Post #675 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:15 am

Rich Hill with a career defining performance... Seems like it couldn't happen to a nicer dude. Nice story.

TKainZero · Post #676 » by **TKainZero** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:38 am

Every year I feel like this is the Dodgers year.

Back to back shutouts.
That's how you do it

Now, game 4. Got to take the 3-1 lead. This game is gonna be huge.
I want to see urias pitch

TKainZero · Post #677 » by **TKainZero** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:40 am

That 2nd inning was critical.

I thought hill would get run from the game. Yas really kept hill calm and collected, got the strikeout with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Huge.

Quake Griffin · Post #678 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:14 am

My thought all along is if we're up 3-1 or down 3-1, Kershaw gets game 5.

If we're 2-2, I want him there for the inevitable Game 6 at Wrigley.

Post #679 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:47 pm

TKainZero wrote:That 2nd inning was critical.

I thought hill would get run from the game. Yas really kept hill calm and collected, got the strikeout with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Huge.

Yaz's comments about Cubs stealing signs...
I think what they weren't saying about that stretch was that their attempts to mask the signs were out of synch. If you noticed they started going to multiple signs as soon as Rizzo got on... I don't think they were trying to hold him on first with all the pick-off throws, I think Hill was trying to keep his leadoff short enough that he couldn't steal signs... But then when he made it to second, they were relying on a 'code' that Hill and Yaz didn't have enough time with to have down.
I'm sure they had to rotate the code throughout, but Hill keeping the hits down helped.

Quake Griffin · Post #680 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:05 pm

Kilroy wrote:
TKainZero wrote:That 2nd inning was critical.

I thought hill would get run from the game. Yas really kept hill calm and collected, got the strikeout with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Huge.

Yaz's comments about Cubs stealing signs...
I think what they weren't saying about that stretch was that their attempts to mask the signs were out of synch. If you noticed they started going to multiple signs as soon as Rizzo got on... I don't think they were trying to hold him on first with all the pick-off throws, I think Hill was trying to keep his leadoff short enough that he couldn't steal signs... But then when he made it to second, they were relying on a 'code' that Hill and Yaz didn't have enough time with to have down.
I'm sure they had to rotate the code throughout, but Hill keeping the hits down helped.

makes perfect sense for that mix up.