IST NLCS 2018: MIL vs LAD -- Senior Circuitry

[G-Fafif]

Game 1 at Miller Park Friday night. Clayton Kershaw vs. Gio Gonzalez of all people.

[bmfc1]

Here's a weird fact about Gio Gonzalez: he only hit two batters all season and it was Jose Bautista, twice: once when Bautista was a Met and once when Bautista was a Phillie.

[MFS62]

I can't bring myself to root for Gio to win, so I'll root for the other team to lose.

Later

[seawolf17]

bmfc1 wrote: Here's a weird fact about Gio Gonzalez: he only hit two batters all season and it was Jose Bautista, twice: once when Bautista was a Met and once when Bautista was a Phillie.

It's silly stuff like this that makes me love baseball more.

[Fman99]

Joe Buck is an insufferable windbag. Still.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The f#ck's a Brandon Woodruff?

These Brewers are making Kershaw work.

[MFS62]

Got home too late for the ceremonial first pitch by Bob Uecker. Was it just a bit outsiiiiide?

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: These Brewers are making Kershaw work.

As are the Dodgers' gloves.

[Frayed Knot]

Lew Alcindor is, right now, kicking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ass.


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Edited October 12, 2018 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Two Tuff Trivia Qs concerning the Brewers & Dodgers (stolen from today's NY Times)
- Only two batters have had 1,000 ABs for both franchises?
- Only one pitcher has thrown at least 500 innings?

At least, given the Brewers lifespan dates only since 1970, the names will be familiar to most since they played during most of our lifespans and we're not going for players from the FDR administration.
That, however, doesn't make them easy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pitcher: Don Sutton?
Batters: Um... Jeromy Burnitz and Jeff Cirillo?

[Frayed Knot]

Sutton is correct. Nicely done.
No go on the hitters though

[Frayed Knot]

Billy Martin once accused the Brewers of using Bernie Brewer to steal signs from his perch in CF.
It was later explained to Billy that 'Bernie' was some exec's flunky nephew who wasn't bright enough to steal a kiss much less steal and then relay covert signals.

[Frayed Knot]

Hader's gonna hade: 2 innings, 4 Ks, 2 fair balls, 1 hit

[Centerfield]

Yeah, fuck Hader.

I can’t imagine anyone looking more like a dickhead than him.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I feel like if someone in the Brewers clubhouse gets a hankerin' to celebrate a win by holing up in a motel with his good friend Crystal... Hader just might know a guy. Or three.

That Aguilar, however... he's a damn delight. Like Jolly Cespedes.

Frayed Knot wrote: Sutton is correct. Nicely done. No go on the hitters though

Marquis Grissom?

[Frayed Knot]

Not Marquis Grissom. Also not Duke Snider, Prince Fielder, Dave Kingman, Mel Queen, Earl Averill, or John 'The Count' Montefusco


One of the answers also has NYM connections (but not Jeromy Burnitz)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Machado has a chance here to put the Dodgers down 1 AND give himself a nice Beltran bump in the off-season.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ohboy

[Frayed Knot]

He was out but, Good Lord, Bellinger is fast!!

[Frayed Knot]

And the rebel Knebel closes it out.

[Centerfield]

Aguilar kinda looks like an uglier fatter Cespedes.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Centerfield wrote: Aguilar kinda looks like an uglier fatter Cespedes.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That Aguilar, however... he's a damn delight. Like Jolly Cespedes.

HA

If this ballgame is a portent for the series... this'll be a fun one for us neutrals.

[HahnSolo]

Is Sheffield one of the 1000 AB guys?

[Frayed Knot]

HahnSolo wrote: Is Sheffield one of the 1000 AB guys?

Yes, and Greg Brock is the other.

[G-Fafif]

The important thing is the burgers will be free come Thursday.

[Lefty Specialist]

Looks like Marlins guy behind the plate picked up a girlfriend with major league cleavage.....

[TransMonk]

That’s Front Row Amy. She’s had those seats at Miller Park for years.

[MFS62]

Tuned in mid-game, mid sentence, and the radio guy was saying something about Justin Turner having the third best post-season OPS in history behind Lou Gehrig and someone else (I forget who). Anybody else hear that and can confirm it?

Later

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: Lew Alcindor is, right now, kicking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ass. [fimg=220]https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/-/media/Images/SBJ-Photos/2014/02/10/Champions-Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar.ashx?la=en&hash=4421B7AF5F88A946093AF2749B7FD297936E899F[/fimg] [fimg=440]https://s22928.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-640x454.jpg[/fimg]

I like just got this.