Gameday Thread: NL Championship games Dodgers vs. Braves

[Justin]

If I were an MLB manager, I would yank any pitcher who issues a walk with the bases loaded and any pitcher who throws Albert something in the strike zone. He will wave at curveballs in the dirt all day and yet pitchers still throw him stuff over the heart of the plate. 

Although something tells me this won't be an issue much longer. 

[beatlesrule]

Same score as last night going into the bottom of the 8th.

[Angel Oracle]

15 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Same score as last night going into the bottom of the 8th.

Matzek takes care of any worries there.

Luke Jackson!

Watch Minter and Matzek, and LEARN!

[AngelsLakersFan]

28 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Same score as last night going into the bottom of the 8th.

Not anymore

[Duren, Duren]

A few feet lower, Rosario has a double off the fence and the cycle. So close. I'd rather have the cycle if the score is already safe. 

Give the Braves credit. After yesterday they showed patience and poise. Urias  not the same in the playoffs as the regular season. Dodgers depth not as effective either.

Still one to go. And we know the respective playoff history of both teams.

[Taylor]

On 10/19/2021 at 6:10 PM, AngelsFaninGA said:

The Braves only exist for comic relief in the playoffs. Just like the Twins in the AL

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:02 PM, AngelsFaninGA said:

Atlanta doing Atlanta team things. Dodgers will win out from here. 

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:24 PM, Jason said:

We saw this last year. The Braves just lost the series with this tonight

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:40 PM, Justin said:

I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to come to a different conclusion... but I can't. That really sucked. 

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:44 PM, HanfordGuy said:

Bullpen game for Braves tomorrow. Not a fan of this strategy.

 

22 hours ago, wopphil said:

Yeah, Braves are done. Time of 2021 season death was bottom of 8th inning today. 

 

I agree.

[T.G.]

On 10/19/2021 at 5:56 PM, Revad said:

Oh that changed the entire series.  

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:02 PM, AngelsFaninGA said:

Atlanta doing Atlanta team things. Dodgers will win out from here. 

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:10 PM, AngelsFaninGA said:

The Braves only exist for comic relief in the playoffs. Just like the Twins in the AL

 

On 10/19/2021 at 6:24 PM, Jason said:

We saw this last year. The Braves just lost the series with this tonight

 

On 10/19/2021 at 7:48 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

From a Braves fan having witnessed this virtually every time that they make the playoffs (the lone exception being 1995), I totally agree. The Braves won't win another game. They could have put the series away tonight and they had.the.game.won. I was listening on the radio on the way home and the Dodgers were batting in the bottom of the eighth. As soon as they got two on and Bellinger came up, I just knew what was next. I wasn't wrong. By the time that the ninth rolled around I was home. My wife said that they have another shot on the ninth. I told her that nobody would hit a fair ball. I wasn't wrong then either.

I don't know why I bother. I had rather them lose the division and miss the postseason altogether than to have to put up with this shit again. And of all teams, it had to be the damned Dodgers.

I haven't been this angry after a sporting event in a very long time.

 

22 hours ago, wopphil said:

Yeah, Braves are done. Time of 2021 season death was bottom of 8th inning today. 

 

3 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Has the feel of a dodger offense breakout today

If @Lou was here… well, you know.

[PattyD22]

Boy that was an impressive win tonight for the Braves.  I didn’t give them much of a chance after last nights game.  The way the Dodgers won that game last night may have crushed a lot of other teams.

The Braves won a bullpen game against what some would call the Dodgers ace, and that makes it even more impressive.

With Fried going tomorrow, they have a chance to end it.  

[T.G.]

Momentum is overrated.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Forgetting the series scored (3-1), dodgers are in bad shape. Tonights loss is going to be way more devastating than last nights. Dodger pitching is on fumes. Turner hurt.

@beatlesrule mentioned earlier urias was getting lit, and roberts didnt care. I think he was trying to spare as much of the pen as he could.

Gonsolin getting used (and abused) tonight is bad news for them. I assume he was one of the last guys they wanted to use tonight

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, True Grich said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

If @Lou was here… well, you know.

Or even @Craig.

[ten ocho recon scout]

59 minutes ago, Revad said:

F-ing Albert

Fatting?

[Taylor]

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

Forgetting the series scored (3-1), dodgers are in bad shape. Tonights loss is going to be way more devastating than last nights. Dodger pitching is on fumes. Turner hurt.

@beatlesrule mentioned earlier urias was getting lit, and roberts didnt care. I think he was trying to spare as much of the pen as he could.

Gonsolin getting used (and abused) tonight is bad news for them. I assume he was one of the last guys they wanted to use tonight

[rafibomb]

Bullpen game for the Dodgers tomorrow. Hopefully it doesn't go as well as the Braves' bullpen game tonight.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, True Grich said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

If @Lou was here… well, you know.

In my defense, what i meant to say was dodger stadium has the feel for an offensive breakout

[Justin]

I was not sure the Braves would lose four in a row after what happened last night; I thought perhaps they would win one more. 

I was positive it would not be this game. 

Yet another reminder of why I am not a major league ballplayer. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 10/19/2021 at 7:06 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

They can. Theyre still in a great spot. Momentum absolutely shifted, but if say they lost on seagers jack in the 1st, this wouldnt "feel" as "holy shit!"

Dodgers pitching is still kind of in question. Urias going tomorrow is huge for them. But bueller and scherzer are suddenly not as automatic. Braves are more rested.

I had the dodgers going in to the series, but the braves taking the first two is still pretty huge.

See

 

[rafibomb]

Do you think the Braves can manage to blow a 3-1 lead in back-to-back ALCS's to the same team?

[T.G.]

Anything can happen in baseball 

[ten ocho recon scout]

I regret that i caught the second half of the game on the tv at the gym

Wish i could have heard charlie steiner the past few innings

[Justin]

Just now, ten ocho recon scout said:

Wish i could have heard charlie steiner the past few innings

Almost certainly the first time that sentence has ever been used. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

Do you think the Braves can manage to blow a 3-1 lead in back-to-back ALCS's to the same team?

I wouldnt be surprised at all if this went to game 7

But like I said, dodgers are in a real bad spot now. Theor pen is spent

Having both bueller and urias get lit is going to be pretty hard to come back from.

Buuuut....

If scherzer turns in a classic performance, and people assume bueller has two bad starts in a row, this could get bad real quick

[rafibomb]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I wouldnt be surprised at all if this went to game 7

But like I said, dodgers are in a real bad spot now. Theor pen is spent

Having both bueller and urias get lit is going to be pretty hard to come back from.

Buuuut....

If scherzer turns in a classic performance, and people assume bueller has two bad starts in a row, this could get bad real quick

Hopefully they just put them away with the Dodgers bullpen game tomorrow.

[Jason]

13 minutes ago, Taylor said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree.

 

12 minutes ago, True Grich said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

If @Lou was here… well, you know.

You guys are Dorks 

[T.G.]

12 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Or even @Craig.

It was worth saying twice