The Freddie Freeman walk-off homer was a crowd-pleaser; and yes Shohei Otani was otherworldly in reaching base in all nine plate appearances with an epic night. But had it not been for a gutsy relief outing by a guy few outside of Dodgertown have even heard of, all this would have gone for naught. Had you ever heard of Will Klein?
The ninth was set up for Guerrero to be the hero.
Now in the 11th, he has to be the savior. He delivers. His ability to pull his hands in at hit a ball down the line with power is outstanding. He does it again with a rope down the line.
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Advertisements or thespitter.com are available. Reach tens of thousands of potential customers annually. Contact the publisher for rates and information. I don’t know when I started taking notes. Hours ago. Here they are. I’m going to bed. Game three Edman swinging at everything neck and higher. Then can’t get low enough to field what should have been an inning-ending double
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Advertisements This one could be fun. The storylines seem never ending. The Toronto Blue Jays were last in the World Series in 1993 and won it with the famous Joe Carter home run. George Springer won another game in the postseason with his 23rd career homer…after limping through a game and a half with a sore knee (Fouling a ball
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A team hopes to use five or six…maybe seven…god forbid… eight starters during a year. The Dodgers have used 16 so far, including bullpen games.
Read moreBoston Red Sox fans should be celebrating the signing of All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman. Bregman has been workmanlike and occasionally unstoppable during his career with the Houston Astros. But Sox fans are now full of worry. Might Bregman not fit in because of an ego issue?
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Advertisements Not even 24 hours after the Los Angeles Dodgers had coughed up a World Series game due to failures across the board, the New York Yankees appeared on the threshold of perhaps becoming the first team to ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to even reach a sixth game. Game 5 starts much as Game 4 had ended:
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Advertisements Game 1 of the 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees had already met the expectations of the baseball world even before the 8th inning. And then baseball magic happened. It’s a situation that never happens. Bottom of the ninth…or even better…bottom of the tenth, bases loaded, game tied…or even better…team behind. Visions
Read moreThe San Diego Padres scared me more than the New York Mets, and still scare me more than the New York Yankees. This is good news for Los Angeles Dodgers fans
Read moreDuring the year, the Dodgers struggled against good teams. This is a good team.
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