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?
Advertisements How do you pick a winner in a contest when both contestants have been underdogs during every stage of the journey to get here? At the beginning of the playoffs, the Diamondbacks were 40-to-1 longshots to win it all and Texas was 18-to-1. Arizona was 125-to-1 at the end of the 2022 season. First thing to do: forget about
Read moreThe Giants/Dodgers series is not a certainty. In fact, it’s very much in doubt. This is the same St. Louis Cardinals club that is just come off a 17-game winning streak.
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So, even though, we picked the Washington Nationals to beat the Houston Astros, we never said we wanted the season to end before the weekend was over. So let’s see if we can’t help Astros manager AJ Hinch with a couple of things as he’s applying ice bags to the back of his team’s ego.
Read moreThe Dodgers got thumped as did the notion that a computer is a better manager than somebody with two eyes and common sense
Read moreAdvertisements Why does Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts hate Rich Hill? Why does he love Ryan Madson despite Madson allowing the first five inherited runners to score so far in this series? Why does he keep pulling Hill when he’s really effective…like, say, just-struck-out-a-guy-and-has-a-one-hitter-and-a-four-run-lead-in-the-seventh-and-a-shutout-in-Game-4-of-the-World-Series effective? Why? Why? Why? Ansser: To bring in another left-handed reliever in Scott Alexander. Oh.
Read moreGame 3 had something for everyone. It could be the the greatest…or weirdest…postseason game ever played.
Read moreAnything that could go nutty did as Boston beat Los Angeles in Game 1 of the 2018 World Series.
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It was a glorious year to be a Dodger fan in 2017 -a horribly glorious year. Photo by Nico Melendez
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Orbit needs no traditional bullpen, with three starters ready to go long. Photo by Jim Whitaker / Flickr / edited
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