It All Boils Down to this: Win Today or the Season is Over!

Austin Barnes 667

Max Muncy 364

Gavin Lux 333

Trea Turner 308

Will Smith 231

Freddie Freeman 200

Mookie Betts 182

Cody Bellinger 167

Trayce Thompson 111

Justin Turner 100

Chris Taylor 000

Those are the batting averages of the position players. You say why not OPS instead? Because the Dodgers are in need of base hits.

As you can see it’s not Muncy, Lux, and T Turner along with Barnes too that are at fault. Besides Freeman’s 1 home run, it’s the rest of the position players who are at fault. And if you didn’t notice, besides Freeman’s 1 home run, 2 of the 3 superstars at the top of the lineup have done didily squat, along with the number 4 hitter Smith. Let alone most of the 6-9 hitters.

On a side note, I don’t think Gonsolin is fully healthy from his injury. But I don’t have his medical records so it is a guess.

On the starting pitching side of things, obviously Gonsolin is the worst so far, followed by Kershaw with a not so stellar outing.

On the bullpen side of things, not that it matters because of the shitty offense, Treinen has the worst stats, followed by the 2 suspects that I talked about, not wanting them on the roster but who are the alternatives? Nobody. Heaney 1.67 WHIP, 3.00 ERA, 250 batting average against along with a home run given up, what’s new with that. Then Graterol 1.50 WHIP, 286 batting average against, who was lucky to get out of his inning without allowing a run. But the rest of the bullpen has been FANTASTIC.

I’m scared of what is coming (The end). Hopefully I am wrong about that.

Never Fear!

The Big Dodger in the Sky will smile down on the Boys in Blue tonight. Vin Scully, Tommy Lasorda, Gil Hodges, Tommy Davis, Bobby Castillo, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campenella, Junior Gilliam, Duke Snider, Mike Sharperson, Walter Alston, John Roseboro, Big D, & Maury Wills are all sitting together, providing the power for this one.

Tyler Anderson is going to show us why he will get the Qualifying Offer and then Tomorrow, Ace Urias will show that Game 1 was an anomaly!

The Dodgers will score 16 runs in the next two games.

Unleash the Kracken!

COURAGE TRUMPS FEAR… EVERY TIME!

“…Hell…when a man’s lights are about to go out…THE FAT LADY CAN’T SING IF IT’S NOT OVER!”

I have seen this movie and heard these same complaints many times before. Maybe the script changes and maybe the Padres pull off the huge upset. And it would be huge. They are fired up and motivated to slay the dragon from the north. So far, they have outpitched, out strategized and definitely brought their defensive game into play. But as always in sports, the best team does not always win. You look back at all of the Dodgers World Series year and the only season they were the best and won was 2020. Some say it isn’t a real championship. But that is bull. All the other teams played under the same rules and in front of zero people. The Dodgers pulled off the win. And they had to come from being down 3-1 against the Braves to do it. But in 55, 59, 63, 65, 81, and 88, all the other teams were better on paper than the Dodgers. I think the 5-day layoff affected this team a lot. I also think that the holes that have been there all year, aka Bellinger, Taylor, and after the deadline, Gallo, have done nothing to change the narrative. Only Muncy has shown much improvement. Roberts started Thompson against Snell because he favored the matchup, but Thompson has not shown all year since he came over that he can hit lefty’s, which is strange because one of the reasons the Dodgers made that deal was that he was killing lefties at AAA. Joey Gallo was 2-5 against Snell with both of those hits being homers. Personally, I would have gone with Gallo over Thompson. So now it is a game at a time. Tonight is the most important game of the year. They need to play flawless baseball. Something they have not done these first three games. Pitching failed them last year. This is on the offense.

The 6th inning of the Phillies/Braves game.

Maybe a hit batter (not overturned on replay)

A flare hit. A soft-grounder. A broken bat.

Not a single hit, I believe, over 80mph exit velocity.

Who said the MLB playoffs aren’t total crapshoots.

And to add to that the #’s 5 and 6 seeds in NL could be in NLCS! 111, 101, 101, 93 possibly could mean nothing now! But I still have faith in our Dodgers!

We will win tonight.

And I’m tired of all the blame Roberts BS.

Player X gets 3 hits and drives in 5…. He’s the hero

Players X goes 0 for 5 with 4 strikeouts and it’s ……..”Freaking Dave Roberts!! He needs to go!!”

Our pitchers did their job. They were great. Out bullpen has been stellar. Why doesn’t Roberts get credit for that? Our hitters sucked. They aren’t sock puppets controlled by the manager. They have to hit the ball themselves. They didn’t.

It’s frustrating. I get it. But this over analysis and Roberts blaming is just lame.

Hit the damn ball. Simple as that. And Roberts can’t do that for them.

Phillies play us next week.

Those are for the Dodgers tonight!

Oh my God, The Braves got knocked out. The Dodgers have a chance at avoiding both the Mets and the Braves. If they are not knocked out themselves.

9:37 PM ET

Dodgers (111-51)

Padres (89-73)

SP Tyler Anderson L

15-5 2.57 ERA

SP Joe Musgrove R

10-7 2.93 ERA

Confirmed Lineup

RF Mookie Betts R

SS Trea Turner R

1B F. Freeman L

C Will Smith R

3B Max Muncy L

DH J. Turner R

CF T. Thompson R

LF Chris Taylor R

2B Gavin Lux L

Partly-cloudy-night

0% Rain

68° Wind 5 mph L-R

NO Bellinger in the lineup against a right hand pitcher

Joe Torre was a ‘terrible’ manger for about 12 years. Then came to Yankees and somehow was the best ever. And what about Mattingly. Why couldn’t he win with Marlins??

So what was Roberts ‘biggest’ problem? Bat Trea first or second. Boy what a dilemma

What changed?

Let’s all calm down with who blame for the Dodgers performance so far in this series. With the two favorites in the NL knocked out of the playoffs the Dodgers have a smoother road to the World Series if they can win the next two games. Let’s watch, root, and hope for a Dodger victory.

Carry on.

If the Dodgers lose to that shitty team, I’m done.

Now the new shitty team would be the Dodgers.

10 years going to the playoffs, and all for what? To always lose.

If they lose against those clowns, the shame will be too much, and we are tired of the same result every year.

Every day you read the same thing, that they are the best, that the best players broke their winning record, the best minor league players, that is the best time to be a Dodgers fan, leaders in many categories, but when will the ring?

I will not blame Roberts, it is true that he does not make the decisions alone, he does not throw, he does not hit, he does not run, he does not field, that is the responsibility of the players, of the ”super stars”

But for some reason, he can’t win, maybe he’s a good manager, but it’s not for this team, maybe it’s time to make changes in the office, in the management, in the coaching staff, something must be done now!

Just as changes were made in the lineup, due to the poor results, there should also be changes at a responsible level, not only the players should bear the blame, and it is very evident that something is not being done well, something is not working, It is time for changes, not only of position and order at bat.

If they lose against those assholes, no more for me, it’s over!

Until Dodgers are champions again, I just hope I’m still alive by then

I’m gonna bet San Diego has a fat lady sing the NA before the game tonight but it ain’t gonna work. I hope they do that as it will only motivate the Dodgers to go to work. Wake up Dodgers! Break whatever the postseason curse is that is witching baseball. I’m talking mostly to Mookie who had better be the sparkplug to ignite the Dodgers back on the field. Don’t let me down!

GAWDDAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Dodgers forever.

No matter what !

For the Record:

Win or Lose, I am a Dodger fan. I bleed Dodger Blue.

If you do not love the Dodgers through thick and thin, you are an apostate!

You will be dealt with harshly by the Big Dodger in the Sky!

Seattle v Houston. Jesus.

Can Bregman pitch? Altuve?

Yes. It’s at that point.

Tyler Anderson looks sharp!!

Good start!

Let’s Go Dodgers!

My goodness, the Guardians walked off the Yankees!

Why would Taylor and Thompson think they were going to get a fastball with 2 strikes???

The hitting is still not there yet but at least they scored two runs.

Oh no Graterol is warming up hopefully Anderson continues to do good.

Yes. He is at the edge.

But, where will Martin be ?