The Art of War
Last night, the Dodgers did not pull out all the stops to try to win the World Series in New York. After winning three World Series games in a row, the Dodgers elected not to use any of their high-leverage pitchers in a bullpen game. Instead, they elected to use Casparius…
Last night, the Dodgers did not pull out all the stops to try to win the World Series in New York. After winning three World Series games in a row, the Dodgers elected not to use any of their high-leverage pitchers in a bullpen game. Instead, they elected to use Casparius, Hudson, Knack, and Honeywell. Casparius and Knack fairly acquitted themselves, but Hudson and Knack were a disaster! I’m OK with that.
The book “The Arty of War” by Sun Tzu has as it’s central metaphor, “water.” Sun Zzu wrote this:
“A military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape. The ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.”
— Sun Tzu
Oliver Goldsmith wrote this:
“He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day;
But he who is battle slain
Can never rise to fight again.”
Tomorrow, they have Jack Flaherty going against Gerrit Cole and they also have the following pitchers available for 1-2 innings of work:
- Banda
- Brasier
- Graterol
- Kopech
- Treinen
- Vesia
Flaherty needs to just air it out for however long he can and then turn it over to a rested bullpen of high-leverage closers. It would be nice to close it out in LA, but why wait? Do it now! Last night, was calculated by the Dodger Brass. Their high leverage relievers are rested and ready. That is the plan… now they have to execute!
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DYNASTY!
Congratulations to all of us who bleed Dodger Blue! Nothing much sweeter than beating the Skankees. Great job by the players and Doc! Whether he’s back or not, I ordered a Walker F’n Buehler t-shirt.
Potential Starters returning next season:
Ohtani
Yamamoto
Glasnow
Kershaw
May
Gonsolin
Knack
Ferris
Possible FA’s
Roki
Buehler
I could see a 6 man rotation next year
I’m trashed.
Uber took me home. Got tanked with 10 of my best friends and 25 new ones.
Tonight was a good night!
After the game, Ohtani went up to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and had a simple message.
“Let’s do this nine more times,” Ohtani said to Friedman.
Friedman hilariously said: “He gets one in his first year so he thinks this is easy.”
‘The Dodgers will commemorate their World Series title on Friday with a parade in Downtown Los Angeles and a special ticketed celebration at Dodger Stadium, the club announced on Wednesday night. Both events will be televised in their entirety on Spectrum SportsNet LA, local television channels and AM 570. Due to logistics, traffic and timing, fans will not be able to attend both events.
The parade is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. PT at Gloria Molina Grand Park on Spring Street in front of City Hall. Mayor Karen Bass will officially kick off the parade, which will then continue on a 45-minute route from 1st Street to Grand Avenue to 5th Street, culminating at the intersection of 5th and Flower Street, with members of the Dodgers traveling atop double-decker buses. Fans wishing to attend the parade are emphatically encouraged to take public transportation due to significant street closures and limited public parking”.
Hudson retires!!! He gave it all he had
Congrats, Mark. Fuck the haters. Peace out
Well done lads. Brilliant!
On second thought……..
The boys were fucking awesome!!
Book em
That Yankee fan that pinned Mookie’s hand and pried the ball from his glove pretty much represents the typical Yankee fan so it is a beautiful thing ending it in yew nork. There is a baseball GOD after all. Yanks. who is YOUR daddy………….
To the whole Dodger family.
Well done.
Brilliant.
Book em