Blunderful said it best:
2004 Red Sox anyone?
Went down 3-0 after a 19-8 asskicking at Fenway.
Ask Dave Roberts how that series turned out.
We win this. D-Backs got no more magic. Guaranteed.*
*Disclaimer: I am a Moron
He was wrong about being a moron. Right about everything else. Last night was just one of those nights that Clayton seems to fall into when he is in the playoffs. Clayton is now 210-92 in the regular season with a 2.48 ERA and 13-13 with a 4.49 ERA in the playoffs. This year, he has a 162.00 ERA and a 21.0 WHIP in the playoffs. That has to be some kind of record! We have to accept that he has been a Hall-of-Fame Pitcher in the regular season and a AAAA pitcher in the playoffs. I hate to say it, but it is true.
He should have been at his best last night. During the past month, he was averaging 88 MPH on his fastball. Last night, he hit 91 MPH several times, and the Diamondbacks beat him like a rented mule! I said that unless he could regain 3 or 4 MPH on his fastball, he would get hit hard… but he did regain 3 MPH and was hit even harder. It’s hard to call last night anything except a “choke job.” Move on. He might be unhittable in game four.
Last night, the Dodgers went down 1-0 with an 11-2 ass-kicking. They couldn’t pitch. They couldn’t hit, and they couldn’t catch. Move on – there’s nothing to see here, folks. I am done talking about it. It makes me nauseated! I wonder if Outman had caught that ball if it would have been different. We will never know!
The AFL
- Yenier Fernandez played SS again and was 2-4 with the bat. He is hitting .400 with a 1.300 OPS. This is very interesting. Can he really play SS? I have no clue, but the Dodgers must think so.
- Ben Casparius pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out three.
- Ronan Kopp went one inning, allowing one run and one hit while walking two and striking out three. If he can gain control, he will be devastating!
Discussion (20)
Disagree, not disagreeable
For the last few months I’ve been rooting for a Dodgers-Orioles World Series.
This has turned out to be a much longer longshot than expected.
At least the Dodgers are in better shape than the O’s, who are now down 2-0 to the Rangers. The Rangers are playing with great confidence, and it’s hard to imagine the O’s have much at this point.
I expect the Dodgers to battle back behind Bobby Miller and Pepiot. Right now, it’s hard to have much confidence in Kershaw, though Roberts professes he’s fine. I’d nervously opt for Lance Lynn, on a short leash, perhaps with an opener.
It’s quite reach to suggest that the opener might have turned out much different if Outman had made that catch. We can “what if?” every single play, and every single pitch. But the obvious, overriding plain fact is that Kershaw simply got hammered. A misplayed ball in the first inning is not like a misplayed ball with a game on the line, as Seiya Suzuki knows.
So Seager walked 4 times today. Great strategy if you can get the next 2 guys out.
Yes, press releases are not facts. No one in any sport is going to give any kind of honest answer. A guy is ‘ok’ and not injured until they announce he is going for surgery. And sure announce whoever you want as starting pitcher for game 4 and we won’t really know until we see who walks out there. So no need to fill up blog with guess is he injured or not
Enough of the sentimental narrative building starts with CK. Love that guy but he should not have started game 1 in the post season. He won’t get another start despite what Doc says if the NLDS goes to game 4 or 5
I can’t help but to think if we’re down 2 games to 1 and they send Clay out for game 4 in Arizona where he normally doesn’t pitch well only to get shelled again ending the series and season it might be worst disaster in dodger history. Man I hate being so negative but so hard not to be after last year and last night. They need to change the five day layoff thing I’m convinced it gives the team with layoff a huge disadvantage for so many reasons. They need to find a sense of urgency and some tenacity quick if not same story just a year later. Wouldn’t that be a big blow to the fan base with some of us having hard time getting over it
No way are the Dodgers being honest about Kersh’s health. And an injured pitcher is a dead-meat pitcher.
But somehow they think sending him out to pitch is part of a winning formula for this series.
How well Bobby does tomorrow night will fore tell the likely outcome of this series. If he pitches well and shuts down the snakes we are in pretty good shape. But if he can’t handle the pressure and we have another bad game it will probably not end well.
One game
Kersh is one of my favorite all time athletes watching him get beat down with very little left in the tank is like getting punched in the gut. Nothing sadder then watching a great athlete past their prime struggling to no avail attempting to find their glory days. There’s just to many miles on that once great arm, brass needs to save him from himself. Please Dodgers don’t throw him back out there. Please. Seeing him stooped down on bench afterwards totally defeated is something I never want to see again
We had a very good season. I’m impressed that we won our division so easily. And we did all of that with 4/5 of our starting pitchers out. After last night, it would have been better to maybe have had 5/5 out. But I say this just to be funny….I would never disrespect Clayton.
Anyhow, Gallen won’t be easy and I’m not sure how Miller will respond pitching in his first playoff game with a ton of pressure in him. I won’t be upset if he lays an egg…he will grow from experience. And like I said, we had a great season winning 100. You can’t take that away from us.
So who is ready for a Arizona Diamondbacks vs Texas Rangers world Series seems to happen every year the teams that get hit in that first round continue to stay hot why the teams that sit cold up and stop hitting and pitching. That game last nite was over when it was 3 to 0 and the Dodgers hadn’t even batted yet. It was a first round TKO to the the jaw. Now Dodgers have to win three games against these pesky snakes just like last year the bats go cold in the playoffs. Oh and who else loss the Braves against the Phillies who last year took that momentum and went right to the series. Right now that looks like the Diamondbacks this year. What were the odds on the Diamondbacks winning the world series this year. Because right now the Dodgers might be cooked again from what I saw.
Well, that didn’t work.
Not the start we expected. But it’s ONE game. It’s the same situation as if Kersh went 5 innings and we lost 1 to 0. Miller is our Ace and and we carry on tomorrow, as planned.
Hey, STB, assure me again why I won’t have to worry about missing any part for the second game on TBS and FS1.
“No problem guys. With the new rules, the odds that the games run into each other are probably less than 10%. Very few games are lasting even 3 hours these day”
If you wanted to record the Twins -Asstros game for later viewing on FS1, you may have been disappointed to see the Ranger – Orioles game on instead, and in the 7th inning. By the time they got to your game, it was top of the third. What you have to know and plan ahead in order to set your recorder correctly to not miss your team’s start. You need to set up to start recording 2 channels just in case game 1 runs over. You play “guest what channel”. You needed to know to set record FS-1 and F-2 at the same time. But if it’s in the National League, you need to set up one recording on TBS and set up another recording at the start of game 2, on TNT.
I hope that’s clear enough?
A couple of months ago I wrote a Post that the Dodgers should put a fork in Kershaw because having him around only clouds the issue, because as Andrew so rightly says – everyone seems too scared to take control of the situation, and so it has transpired.
Maybe all the D’Backs detractors will sit up and take notice now.
The offense scored 2, I said 2 runs off against a guy they have absolutely owned! so if Clayton gets out of the first with just 3 runs they still lose. Clayton Kershaw owes no apology for his post season record. he is not Clayton anymore, but he is still the best pitcher, I know Sandy might be, in Dodger history. So, let’s not forget Walker wasn’t right, Gonsolin wasn’t right, and now Clayton isn’t right. if it’s the end of his career so, be it, but don’t discredit his career with the Dodgers, he could have left many times after Mattingly butchered the pitching and overusing him in the playoffs! The series isn’t over! oh yeah, the mighty Braves lost too!
Didn’t even see a Dodger at bat. Shut it off in top 1st. Went to bed at 9:30 CST and feel fresh as a daisy.
Wish we didn’t have an off day as it’s better to play right away in my opinion.
Man, I came here for some AFL talk and got it. Let’s go Glendale Devil Dogs! Or is it Diamond Dogs! Casparius in da house!
I came back from driving my wife to a baby shower hours away just in time to see Outman drop the ball. I went to start dinner and by the time I came back it was 5-0.
I’m no moron so I turned it off.
Yenier Fernandez Highlights:
https://www.mlb.com/video/yeiner-fernandez-s-diving-grab?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
https://www.mlb.com/video/yeiner-fernande-s-3-run-triple?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
https://www.mlb.com/video/yeiner-fernandez-s-two-run-double?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
This guy has always been solid – now he’s better than that!
Sometimes it’s better to lose 11-2 than 3-1. Clear the slate and start over.
Monday will tell the tale!
I thought that double that went over Peralta’s head was catchable as well. Seemed like he stood there and waited for it to go off the wall for quite a while when he was only a few feet away. I paid $27.50 to get a discounted month on sling TV so I could watch all these cable games. They better not go out quickly this year! Go Dodgers!
The Dodgers have to stop kissing Clayton’s ass and start him in the first game of the playoffs.. with his velocity down to 90 and below and he was not deservant of pitching that game.. To me unless he gets medical attention in the off season , he should not be on the Dodger roster in 2024. He is a first ballot Hall of Famer and should retire as a Dodger. He is all done. I would have started Miller followed by Pepiot in Game 2. You need pitchers with swing and miss stuff in the playoffs. Game 3 would a bullpen game with Lynn starting. Right now we’re in trouble. AF needs to prioritize pitching in 2024. We need to sign the pitcher in Japan.