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

111-51 regular season, 1-3 post season. That and $3.50 will get you a cup of coffee. Like we seem to always say “Wait’ll next year!”

Go Phillies!

No doubt a lot of factors in this series, but what I saw was one team desperate for victory. The other team sort of going through the motions expecting to win.

Hats off to those guys hungry enough to fight for it.

Not a Padres fan but a fan of what they brought to this series.

Winning the World Series is hard.

The Padres doing us dirty sucks. A fucking lot.

This wasn’t Roberts. This wasn’t management. We just didn’t do it. We didn’t do it.

That said, there is criticism of management that is valid. I’m sure we will be exploring that subject.

After I have vomited out my guts.

Dry heaved out my heart. And my liver.

I’ll be ok in a few days.

Leif

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Congratulations Dodger’s for a great season. Once again a disappointing finish. Oh, well. However it was a fun game to watch until it wasn’t. As much as I dislike the Padres I was really impressed with the energy of their fans the last two games. Best of luck against the Philly’s.

Go Phillies!

Because this kind of sucks… That deal for Hader is now looking good too.

“BEAT LA” was their goal. Mission accomplished.

But there sure were some WTF?s in this series.

For starters, why did Gallo and Vargas make the postseason roster? What was the purpose? Was it because they look good sitting on the bench?

And why was Taylor batting against Musgrove, a righty? There must be more to the story of why Belli was sitting so much, even against righthanders.

Is this a sudden total loss of faith? He came into pinch hit for Taylor after Taylor surprised no one by striking out THREE TIMES. (Well, maybe 3 is a surprise. Twice wouldn’t have been.)

So yeah…. WTF???

Is there more to the story?

To understand what’s wrong with this once-mighty 111-win team, take a look at the Guardians and all their youth and enthusiasm. Promoting from within can add a lot of energy, and hunger, as opposed to trading for a guy like Gallo.

You know who else got outplayed this season?

AF did. He got outplayed by the Padres’ AJ Preller, who made some bold (and not-so-bold) moves to get Soto, Bell, Drury and Hader. Those moves paid off–and Soto really hasn’t done much yet.

Ever get the sense that the Dodgers believed their own hype? I do.

I’m left the tie impression that Bellinger will go untendered, and Trea will take a better offer elsewhere.

The bench sucked this year including Alberto. What was Doc suppose to do with the position players? Play Barnes over Smith? How about Gallo over whoever? How about Vargas over whoever? NO. I don’t blame Doc for the offense, there were no better options.

But you don’t take out a starting pitcher after only 5 innings when he has a shutout going and you are in a do or die situation. And you go with your best, the best reliever Phillips. Anderson for 7 innings and then Phillips for 2 innings if possible. If not possible and you need to fill one more inning with another reliever then so be it. This part is on Doc.

The main problem this series was the offense/hitting. The next problem was Doc.

Goodbye TT!!! Goodbye Belli! Goodbye Joey Gallo!

The difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut is two weeks. Seems the same follows for baseball teams.

Ya, well

Padres suck.

I hope they all get ball cancer.

Yes. I know. Saying that ain’t cool.

Not sorry.

Ball cancer. All of them Mo Fos. Every last one.

I’m not afraid of Karma.

Screw the Padres.

Wow, what a suckerpunch that was. Just finished watching it and feel sick to my stomach (and not because of the flu symptoms I suffer).

Two good articles by Plaschke and Hernandez in the LA Times, pretty much sums everything up.

I hope sweeping changes will come to Chavez Ravine over this winter. Baseball Gods know they HAVE to come.

And it has to start up at the top with Friedmann and Roberts (who finally decided to play some small ball and Wow, it really worked, should have done it earlier and we might be still alive).

Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty well said … frankly, I’m as frustrated as I have ever been in my life. The Dodgers aren’t the Dodgers anymore. There’s no real leadership on the team, Roberts doesn’t understand the importance of fundamentals, and the franchise, in general, has simply too much of everything. Too much money, too much talent, wonderful living conditions, and on and on. They are soft, have had everything handed to them … there just isn’t any grit anywhere. I miss Sandy. I miss Don. I miss Orel. I miss Steve. I miss Gibby. And I really miss Vinnie! Thankful and blessed to have those guys in my memory bank.

GOOD articles written by Plaschke and Hernandez? LOL. That’s a good one!

Subscribed to the LA Times for many years mostly to read the sports section. Discontinued that subscription many years ago mostly due to the moronic opinions of Bill Plaschke and Dylan Hernandez.

Management will want some changes and I’m not sure Roberts survives this epic meltdown, but I am certain RVS will not.

The Dodgers need a complete new offensive approach and execution. Too reliant on HRs and not good situational/fundamental baseball.

This loss will take awhile to get over and like most of us here I’ll

do a post mortem analysis later, but for now I hope to never see Bellinger in a Dodger uniform again. I got over seeing Piazza wear a Mets uni, I got over Pedro Martinez wearing an Expos uni, hell Orel once wore a Giants uniform. Bellinger will not get tendered in my opinion. Doesn’t start in games three and four of a playoff game and you can get out form under a $17-20 million commitment is too easy of a decision for AF. Let him rebuild his worth in Miami or Cincinnati but for goodness gracious get him out of Chavez Ravine.

As for JT please call it a career and move into coaching but your playing days are over. Bat is too slow and it looks painful to see him walk.

More to follow but I look forward to seeing MTs, Evan’s and B&P off season projections

We are the Atlanta Braves that were under Stan Kasten: From 1991 to 2005 the Braves were one of most consistently winning teams in baseball. The Braves won a record 14 straight division titles, five National League pennants, and ONE World Series title in 1995.

As I’ve stated before the 2022 playoff roster was not constructed for a winning outcome? Why was Gonsolin ,May, Gallo, Bellinger Taylor ( injured) and Vargas on the roster? Our starting pitching lacked depth and our hitting approach with runners in scoring position was disgusting. AF needs a major overhaul of the 2023 roster.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Different cast, same ole story. Starting pitcher pulled during a 5 inning shutout, overused bullpen, platoon disadvantage, and questionable roster decisions. But, how the hell do the bats go so cold?

Rest or rust? What was the need to rest so many position players at the end of the season when you knew there was going to be 5 days off?

The worst move last night was going to Vesia once Almonte settled in. Got to exploit that lefty, lefty matchup. We’ve seen it a thousand times before. And just to add insult to injury, reported miscommunication about Vesia being ready. How does “The Great Communicator” always seem to miscommunicate in the postseason?

Of course, a Dodgers postseason wouldn’t be complete without pulling a starting pitcher too early.

You have to wonder if Belli would have caught one or two of those balls in CF in that fateful inning. With a three-run lead and a cold offense, wouldn’t it be best to have your best defensive alignment in the field? Was Muncy a better choice at 3B than JT? To me, I think JT is a better fielder.

I’m not ready to speak to the offseason right now as far as the players are concerned, but you can get rid of the entire coaching staff except for Prior.

Harper was one of the guys that most didn’t want to sign. Same with Machado.

I can’t think of a more repugnant World Series than the Podres and the Astros.

This hurts.

It will be interesting to see how Andrew improves the team. We need a new 3rd baseman and maybe a new shortstop.

Cody Bellinger is and always has been a clutch post season player. Last year he was one of our better offensive players even coming off a poor season. He has gotten numerous big hits in the post seasons past and he should have been in the line up the whole time.

A former ROY and MVP who is just reaching his prime age wise and is STILL recovering from injury has the potential to be that player again. Wanting to get rid of him is just short sighted.