IST 2019: NLDS — DC Asdrubals vs LA Turners

[Frayed Knot]

Middle of the order again for the Nats if this goes to the 10th, so the Dodgers might want to think about ending it now!!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Has Seager made contact in this series?



oe: 3 for 20 w/8 Ks

Edited October 9, 2019 by Guest

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: Has Seager made contact in this series?

He's awful.

[Frayed Knot]

After the single, Dave Roberts should have put himself in to pinch-run so he could steal 2nd.

[bmfc1]

It's not "off the wall" when it gets stuck on the wall.

[LWFS]

Aaaaaaaaaand now I'm somehow a Cards fan.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

OMG

[bmfc1]

Good thing that Roberts saved Kenley Jansen.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Hey! Look at that! The wild card team is about to eliminate the league's best team. A team that won 13 more games than the wild card team did during the season. A team that was closer to 110 wins than 100.



That's umpossible.

[Fman99]

Stupid managing. Hey, here's a thought. You won 106 games using a bullpen. Let those guys pitch. Beyond dumb.

[bmfc1]

Passan destroys Roberts: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27810837/dave-roberts-own-dodgers-disasterhttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27810837/dave-roberts-own-dodgers-disaster



Even Tom Boswell was able to rise from his usual position, on his knees in front of GM Rizzo, to acknowledge Dave Roberts' mistakes contributing to his team's win:

[bLOCKQUOTE]This is now the FIFTH Dodgers postseason that has ended with Kershaw's fingerprints on the weapon found next to the body.

And his manager not only let it happen, he deliberately tempted fate by pointing out that staying with Kershaw “was not analytics” but going with “the man.” As soon as Roberts hooked Kershaw, and went back to analytics and his normal bullpen usage, the next five Nats struck out. It says here: No Kershaw, no Nats in NLCS. Thanks, big guy.[/bLOCKQUOTE]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/howie-kendrick-keeps-the-party-going-and-the-nats-are-dancing-into-the-nlcs/2019/10/10/a6d787ac-ea13-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/howie-kendrick-keeps-the-party-going-and-the-nats-are-dancing-into-the-nlcs/2019/10/10/a6d787ac-ea13-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html

Edited October 10, 2019 by Guest

[MFS62]

I guess Howie made up for the three errors he made in the series.

Every time LA gets eliminated for the year, a flower grows.

Later

[Guest 41Forever]

Gee, I wonder if we should add Roberts to our list of available managers to consider. He might get the ax for this debacle.

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: Has Seager made contact in this series? oe: 3 for 20 w/8 Ks

From the "True Blue" blog:

[bLOCKQUOTE]Cody Bellinger went 4-for-19 with a double and seven strikeouts. Corey Seager was 3-for-20 with a double and eight strikeouts. And it is hard to imagine anyone with a worst playoff series than A.J. Pollock, he was 0-for-13 with 11 strikeouts.[/bLOCKQUOTE]

Credit, of course, goes to the WSH pitchers but these are 3 established players, including a superstar, and they stunk up the joint. Not as badly as Kershaw, Kelly and Dave Roberts but close.

Edited October 10, 2019 by Guest

[Centerfield]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=24141 time=1570681692 user_id=68]
Hey! Look at that! The wild card team is about to eliminate the league's best team. A team that won 13 more games than the wild card team did during the season. A team that was closer to 110 wins than 100.



That's umpossible.