The 2020 World Series

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Live from Arlington, Texas, it's the 2020 World Series beginning Tuesday at 8:09 PM starring The Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays.

[G-Fafif]

Home of the Lakers vs. home of the Lightning. City/Region of Champions braggin' rights are at stake.



First two-word place name battle since New York played Kansas City in 2015. (Quick, somebody alert Jayson Stark!)

[Frayed Knot]

Cody Bellinger is "likely to play" in Game 1 of the WS despite popping out his shoulder during the celebration following his eventual game-winning HR in Game 7 of the NLCS

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

What a jocky douche Bellinger is.



I'm trying not be a get-off-my-lawn fan but if you're going to make a show of your series-winning home run the stand-still-at-the-plate-and-admire-it act, followed by a let-loose-the-excitement-with-a-shoulder-separating-jock-elbow-lovemaking-session-once-you've-completed-the-slow-trot is about 300% more douchier than the sky-high-bat-flip, or the Fisk-Carter manuever, or a hundred other ways I can think of, because its so calculated and gross.

[MFS62]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What a jocky douche Bellinger is. I'm trying not be a get-off-my-lawn fan but if you're going to make a show of your series-winning home run the stand-still-at-the-plate-and-admire-it act, followed by a let-loose-the-excitement-with-a-shoulder-separating-jock-elbow-lovemaking-session-once-you've-completed-the-slow-trot is about 300% more douchier than the sky-high-bat-flip, or the Fisk-Carter manuever, or a hundred other ways I can think of, because its so calculated and gross.

In the spirit of this election season:

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Later

[Frayed Knot]

GAME 1



Considering how much TBR both touts and relies on its bullpen, I'm surprised they stuck with Glasnow as long as they did after it took him nearly 8 innings worth of pitches just to get through 4-1/3

[Edgy MD]

Josh Oller, older brother of Mets prospect Adam Oller.

[MFS62]

Now they're talking about Cody's celebratory foot tap.

https://www.mlb.com/news/cody-bellinger-foot-tap-celebration?partnerId=zh-20201021-156906-MLB&qid=1026&bt_ee=AdT%2BUR4d9BAsOzp91cHy9%2Fr%2B05UjLJmxitNvLEG%2BrMJ2qct5%2Fi0jP5zdcOBO9B91&bt_ts=1603279859706https://www.mlb.com/news/cody-bellinger-foot-tap-celebration?partnerId=zh-20201021-156906-MLB&qid=1026&bt_ee=AdT%2BUR4d9BAsOzp91cHy9%2Fr%2B05UjLJmxitNvLEG%2BrMJ2qct5%2Fi0jP5zdcOBO9B91&bt_ts=1603279859706



Spare me.

Later

[Edgy MD]

I was doing that shit before Bellinger was born.

[Frayed Knot]

If the LAD reliever doesn't snag that liner (and, let's face, that liner caught him) and turn it into a DP, that could have been a very different game in the late innings.





I like Smoltz. I mean, sure he talks a lot, but so would anyone in that slot because network bosses abhor what they consider to be dead air (aka: no one talking). Not that I agree with that philosophy -- see the hockey/Mike Emerick thread-- but at least Smoltz isn't just spewing empty calories into the mic when he's filling the space ... although, as always, your mileage may vary.

[kcmets]

Smoltzie doesn't bother me so much either and truthfully I'd rather hear him burp

and make armpit farts than listen to Joe Buck.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: I like Smoltz. I mean, sure he talks a lot, but so would anyone in that slot because network bosses abhor what they consider to be dead air (aka: no one talking). Not that I agree with that philosophy -- see the hockey/Mike Emerick thread-- but at least Smoltz isn't just spewing empty calories into the mic when he's filling the space ... although, as always, your mileage may vary.

This is fair.

[Frayed Knot]

Call it 'Yapping with Substance' as opposed to yapping for the sake of yapping which it what seems to be standard operating procedure in sports telecasts these days.

[Fman99]

I fucking hate Joe Buck. He ruins two sports for me.

[Frayed Knot]

So the bottom 5th was another one of those deals where, w/2 outs, the pitching coach comes out to talk to his pitcher in trouble (walk- HR - walk). Two pitches later he gives up a hard single at which point the game is delayed as they come to remove the pitcher this time. The reliever then retires the batter on five pitches and we're back in another break. iow, probably around 7 or 8 minutes to see about the same number of pitches.



When I'm running this sport, pitching coaches are banned from the field. Or, if they do come out to "settle down" their pitcher but he fails to retire the next hitter, he gets a week's suspension ... or maybe an on-field tasing, I haven't decided yet.

[seawolf17]

I gave up in the fourth inning last night when the Dodgers made their THIRD pitching change in a 1-0 game and it was already 9:30.



Fuck Manfred and his stupid "speed up baseball" rules when teams pull this shit.

[Frayed Knot]

But they only used Seven for the game (none for more than 1.1 IP) ... removing the effective ones about as quickly as the ineffective. But at least it worked out for them ... Oh Wait!

Rays used five.





Travel day today.

[kcmets]

Avi wuz here

[Frayed Knot]

TBR did what they had to do and split the first two games on the road. Now they have the home field advantage for the next three.

[ashie62]

Kershaw will get his t**ts ripped off tonight



Go Rays!

[Frayed Knot]

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Kershaw will get his t**ts ripped off tonight

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, betting against Clayton Kershaw seems to be a dangerous way to wager.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, betting against Clayton Kershaw seems to be a dangerous way to wager.

Particularly on nights when he isn't pitching.

[Edgy MD]

He makes everyone around him a better player.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: He makes everyone around him a better player.

Speaking of the player who we all know did that, last night Randy Arozarena wiped that other player's name from the record books for most post season hits by a rookie.

https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-randy-arozarena-break-yankees-184851804.htmlhttps://sports.yahoo.com/rays-randy-arozarena-break-yankees-184851804.html



Ain't life grand?

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Aww man, I thought tonight was going to be a 7 o'clock start!

Edgy MD wrote: He makes everyone around him a better player. Speaking of the player who we all know did that, last night Randy Arozarena wiped that other player's name from the record books for most post season hits by a rookie. https://sports.yahoo.com/rays-randy-arozarena-break-yankees-184851804.htmlhttps://sports.yahoo.com/rays-randy-arozarena-break-yankees-184851804.html Ain't life grand? Later

Start off by not paying any attention to any record that contains the words: Post Season. It's not a constant marker and therefore is almost completely meaningless.

Justin Turner is in the process of breaking all of Duke Snider's Dodger post season records, mainly because that choke-artist Duke didn't have a single hit in an NLDS or NLCS for his whole career.

[G-Fafif]

Wow oh wow

It's Brandon Lowe

[Frayed Knot]

This would be a heckuva game .... if only it were about an hour shorter.



3 hours to play 6-1/2 innings

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yeah pretty long and stupid game

[Frayed Knot]

The Almost Presidential MLB team



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