2018 Dodgers Thread

OCWA · Star Player Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 3660

Do or die tomorrow. I'm naturally a pessimist so I'm expecting the worse. 88 curse lives.

JerryWest_44 · Retired Number Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 25319

lol all this Hader talk

DuncanIdaho · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:13 pm Post subject:

Absolute failure on every level. We didn't even get them to burn any good bullpen arms

JerryWest_44 · Retired Number Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 25319

JerryWest_44 · Retired Number Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 25319

well at least the game is 2+hrs before the Lakers home opener

leor_77 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Mar 2012 Posts: 21920

OCWA · Star Player Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 3660

dont_be_a_wuss · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 21458

Throw Kershaw, let him vindicate his past.

Steve007 · Franchise Player Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 13221

This is an opportunity for Buehler. I prefer the pitching matchup in game 7 anyway because Miley gave the Dodgers such a tough time. I feel better about Buehler than I did about Darvish. We’ll get to see what he is made of.

lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38779

Red Sox must be loving a game 7....their opponent gets winded and tired for game 1.

oasisdude77 · Star Player Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 2737

It's a new day tomorrow. Let's hope Walker can shut them down. Gotta think Kershaw will be available tomorrow as well.

If we can get some runs up early (we are freakin' due), we'll hopefully have a Buehler to Kershaw to Jansen bridge which, in my opinion, is way stronger than any bridge the Brewers would have that consists of Hader.

But, it's all up to our offense. We need to put some crooked numbers on the board early.

Tomorrow's gonna be nerve wracking...but it's hardly gonna be impossible. Brewers finally had their breakout game. Let's hope tomorrow is ours.

Tho I'd settle for a one run nailbiter victory...basically any outcome that punches our ticket to the fall classic.

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lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38779

But the Astros had better pitching staff than us last year....and it looks like the Red Sox have a better pitching staff than us too.

Steve007 · Franchise Player Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 13221

The Astros needed a big comeback in game 2 to avoid falling behind 2-0 fwiw.

ChickenStu · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:53 am Post subject:

Couldn't get to my laptop to comment during the game, but Ryu's blowup 1st inning was the killer for sure. Cain's hit was lucky, and I thought that Aguilar's double was a really good piece of hitting. And then Moustakas and Kratz both got hits on first-pitch curveballs, which is twice as many base hits as Ryu allowed all season on first-pitch curveballs. Smoltz even suggested during the broadcast that it was as if the Brewers knew a curveball was coming.

Our hitters continue to miss mistake pitches. It's been happening all series. After we had cut it to 5-2 and when Knebel came in to face Turner and Machado, he missed his spot on 3 fastballs. JT hit a short flyout to center on a two-strike pitch that bisected the plate, and then Machado's strikeout came on another mistake that Knebel and Kratz wanted up above the belt, and was left right in the zone. That was our best look at the game.

The first 4 innings tomorrow are going to be monumentally important. The Brewers can throw Hader for 3 innings, so if they have the lead into the 5th, the Dodgers are going to be facing an uphill battle. Conversely, we should have Kershaw and Jansen available to get at least 12 outs, so if Buehler can just go 5 and give us a lead, we have a clear path. Baez is also well-rested and he's been nails.

It's nervous time, and I have no idea what's going to happen.

Moses · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:04 am Post subject:

Pretty much everything has gone against us so far. Starting pitcher struggles, lack of homers, missing pitches we'd usually crush. Yet here we are still got a great shot to win the series.

All you need is one night when everything finally goes your way, having some combination of Buehler-Kershaw-Jansen is decent. Just need the bats to heat up a bit.
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Steve007 · Franchise Player Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 13221

Some Brewers fans think Chacin might only go 3 innings at most so the Dodgers lineup only faces him once, they can pinch hit for him and the bullpen will be ready to go. Interesting.

Chacin has had great results in the postseason, but despite that I wasn’t that impressed with him in game 3 and was disappointed in the Dodger hitters.

DrWolf · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:56 am Post subject:

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I'm surprised we got this far to be honest. Whoever wins this series I don't think they will beat Boston.
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aprevo15 · Star Player Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 5923

My feelings are everywhere. Part of me thinks we are destined to win it all this year. It won't come easy but we'll get it done.

While another part of me feels like the Brewers are like the WS Champion Royals. A small market team that is destined to win it all.

But one thing that I feel confident about is whoever wins this game today will win the WS.

Today has to be one of the most anxious sports day of my life. It equals to the game 7 of Lakers - Celtics in 2010. At least for now it does.

lakeshow03 · Star Player Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 3078

At the beginning of the year if someone had said we’d be in this position, one game away from the World Series I think we’d all take that.

Hopefully we put up some runs early so my anxiety won’t be too crazy. As a sports fan though, gotta love game 7’s

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unleasHell · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:37 am Post subject:

I'm expecting a Dodger loss, they need better pitching and hitters that hit for higher averages, not HR/strikeout guys...
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Cutheon · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:22 am Post subject:

Win Game 7 and the momentum will carry us through the WS. Guaransheed. Just like '88 and with the 'Stros last season.