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Absolutely. They were just two outs away in the ninth inning.
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Considering the circumstances and what was at stake, last night was certainly one of the greatest, most exciting, drama packed, edge of your seat baseball games of all time. A game for the ages. And the Dodgers winning is by no means "killing baseball". It was baseball at its best. That can only be good for the sport.
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If the Dodgers have an Achilles heel, it surely is their bullpen. They have spent plenty on it, but it has not worked out as they had hoped it would. Could it be their downfall ?
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N.D. with a hard fought win against a pretty tough opponent. The remaining schedule looks pretty soft, but they can't get too complacent. Even the weaker teams have good athletes. You see ranked teams getting upset every week.
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Ohtani with a game for the ages last night. Pitched the pennant clincher, with six shutout innings with ten strikeouts and just two hits , while slamming three big home runs. Has anyone ever had a better game than that ?
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Red Sox 2025 Season Review/Offseason Preview Thread
dgalehouse replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The Sox have apparently identified the culprit responsible for all of the strikeouts. It was assistant hitting coach , Ben Rosenthal. Not to be confused with the distinguished commentator, Ken Rosenthal. Ben Rosenthal has been relieved of his duties, whatever the duties of a second assistant hitting coach may be. -
NBC/Comcast chose to put the Notre Dame game exclusively on it's pay subscription streaming service, Peacock , while NBC televised women's volleyball. I don't know if this was meant to disrespect Notre Dame football or just another stupid decision by NBC/ Comcast or maybe a cheap attempt to coerce people into subscribing to Peacock. Probably the latter, but either way it is another reason to despise these greedy scoundrels and think twice about giving them any more of your money.
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The Mariners/Tigers marathon was reminiscent of the Sox/Dodgers 18 inning affair in the 2018 World Series. That game is memorable for the valiant effort by Nathan Eovaldi, finally ending with the walk-off home run by Max Muncy. The Sox would have won were it not for an uncharacteristic error by Ian Kinsler. As it is, that was the Dodger's only win in the Series as the Sox won it in five games. Now, the Mariners will play for a chance at their first ever A.L. pennant and first ever trip to the Fall Classic.
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Have to feel bad for Orion Kerkering, who panicked in a critical moment and uncorked a wild throw in an attempt to get a force out at the plate. It ended the game and the Phillies season. Baseball can be cruel at times.
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I saw the game. It was a good win over a fairly decent opponent. But the game was marred by a constant throwing of penalty flags by the officials. Made it hard to really get into it.
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The expanded playoffs lead to some situations that are not fair to everyone. And they cheapen the long regular season and pennant races. But they keep more fans interested and are a moneymaker for MLB, so they are here to stay. Anyway, if you finish third in a five team division , do you really deserve another shot at the gold medal ?
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Too much analysis. It's baseball. Things happen. Ground ball finds a hole. Long drive is caught on the warning track. Ball hooks foul by inches. Or not. Overall, the Yankees had at least a slightly better team plus the home field and crowd. And a tip of the cap to Cam Schlittler, who was absolutely lights out. But the playoffs are still a crapshoot. Sometimes you roll snake eyes.
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The Sox called up and started the worst pitcher they had at AAA. Turns out, he pitched a decent game. They rested their top relievers . The second tier bullpen also did well. The Tigers were not cooperating. What more could they do ? You cannot reasonably expect them to tell the players to go out there and deliberately throw the game.
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The Dodgers and Phillies are arguably the two best teams in baseball. But one of them is going to get knocked out in the best of five NLDS. That's how it goes sometimes.
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At that time the Red Sox strategy was to focus on drafting the so called " best player available " . Evidently, that pretty much disqualified pitchers from consideration. I think they have changed that strategy in the past year or so. Unfortunately, too late for Schlittler.
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Red Sox 2025 Season Review/Offseason Preview Thread
dgalehouse replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Looking to next year, I would go all in on the youth. Anthony ( obviously) , Mayer, Campbell , Password and the returning Casas.( I think it is too soon to quit on Casas.) Plus the young pitchers that we got a look at late in the season. I would not use the available spending money on Bregman, but spend it on more pitching, which is something that I heard you can never have enough of. -
A tip of the cap to Cam Schlittler, who pitched an absolutely great game. In addition to that, the Yankees just played a better, cleaner defensive game. Having the home field and crowd may have helped them a bit. But that's baseball. No sense trying to overanalyze one game of baseball. I still think that either Detroit or Cleveland would have been an easier first round opponent, but it is what it is. All that is left to say is, " Wait til next year ". Once again.
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Enjoy the game. It's what sports is all about. It's one ballgame. Anything can happen. Not at all predictable. Don't let yourself get stressed out watching what is supposed to be fun and enjoyable.
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Rodon has good stuff, but he will make mistakes and give up the long ball. By the way, Fangraphs has once again revised their odds and now has the odds of the Yanks in two listed as 0.00 %.
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Fans love to second guess the managers. But the fact is that most of the manager's moves are pretty much straight out of the basic handbook. It is up to the players to get it done. Boone was ripped for taking Fried out, but Fried is just not as strong as a guy like Crochet. The problem was that Luke Weaver did not get the job done. Weaver has had some success closing for the Yanks, but for the most part has had a rather mediocre career. His blowing the lead was not a big surprise.
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A game three would become " All hands on deck ".
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Fangraphs opening odds are seldom on target. They will always revise them when it becomes obvious they were wrong. I don't think they have much credibility.
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Astros fans were complaining that the Rangers dumped a game to the Guardians.
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This just in: Garrett Crochet injured in rock climbing accident. Will miss playoffs and all of 2026 season.
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Pedro was no fool, however. He had no problem drilling batters, but he kind of backed off when Gary Sheffield warned him. Sheffield was not someone you want to mess with.
