*** OFFICIAL *** MLB 2021 Thread

bellinger is 2 for 4 tonight and is choking up on the bat a good inch and a half...his forth at bat he initially held the bat about a 1/2 inch from the knob. and as the pitcher got ready to throw (after the catcher gave the signs) Bellinger moved his hands up another inch...he hit the ball so hard the first basemen muffed it, but it rolled on to the 2nd baseman who threw to the pitcher covering...at last Bellinger is using he head and is situation hitting

https://twitter.com/IEdoyer/status/1...p-16528834.php

Giants should punt this one

Dodgers need to figure out Logan Webb.

Probably going to be a combo of Urias and Gonsolin going for them.

Fitting that it comes down to 5 games -- the only one in baseball this year, as the others all concluded in 4.

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Dodgers need to figure out Logan Webb.

Probably going to be a combo of Urias and Gonsolin going for them.

Fitting that it comes down to 5 games -- the only one in baseball this year, as the others all concluded in 4.

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guy's on steroids obv

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Dodgers need to figure out Logan Webb.

Probably going to be a combo of Urias and Gonsolin going for them.

Fitting that it comes down to 5 games -- the only one in baseball this year, as the others all concluded in 4.

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Here is the likely scenario: Urias goes 5+ and gives up 2 runs, because that’s what he does. Against a great team, I’ll take that every time. Webb is young, ain’t going to choke. Game one proved that. Webb goes through the Dodger lineup twice, giving up one run. But can he do it a third time? I don’t think so. It will be the 6th time those hitters have seen him in a week. If Mookie or Turner gets on, he has to be pulled. So we go to the 7th with the Giants up one run. It’s AK vs. QQ with all the money in at that point.

Great Webb breakdown. The betting market is trending Webb’s way slightly. Still basically a flip.

https://youtu.be/ORTeRlPqbe8

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Dodgers need to figure out Logan Webb.

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5th time's a charm? Giants 4-0 vs Dodgers in Webb starts this year.

The total is set at 7 with juice to the under. So basically you have an extra 6 runs that you don’t need.

This is game threadworthy Druff. Move some posts buddy.

Go Braves

Maybe the Dodgers need to call the Padres.

San Diego, despite all their end-of-season flailing, hit Webb for 4 runs TWICE in their two games against him in the final week of the season.

What are the Dodgers doing?

Now I have to reshuffle my portfolio

Lol, Evil Knebel is starting….. I swear I just entered 1st 5 Giants

My my my. Urias ok?

I saw Dave Roberts say Scherzer was not going to pitch today which means he’s a lock to pitch.


I got work to do

There are shades of Dodgers Nats ‘19 at work here….. where the Dodger telegraphed Kershaw in relief and that was an instant 2 HR’s. I made a fortune on that. I have photos somewhere of my live bets. Some guys have nude photos of their girlfriends. I have Kershaw.

Giants were gonna blow Urias the fuck up. The lefty.

I need 15 minutes here

Why would you not want to start your 20 game winner ?

Oh, I know. You’re the Dodgers and think your smarter than everyone else. Which always backfires and thus the lack of championships.

I need to change my shorts

Druff is sleeping peacefully. Don’t wake him.

Every damn bet is cancelled. Can you imagine how Caesars feels about your Dodgers Druff?

Giants profile so much better against the lefty Urias so I get it with righty Knebel. He prolly pitches first 2 innings. At least miss the Giants first 2 batters two times.

Players love routine but Urias knows the bullpen. So that’s not too big a deal.

Urias obv pitches the bulk.

Still lean Giants right now but fuck this nonsense. I’ll just do an Olive Garden bet for game . Skipping the total under. The NRFI prolly delectable (-175 so fuck that too)

Let’s do a small Logan Webb over 5.5 strikeouts at +110. Giants bullpen sorta gassed. I get the rest day. They still need length out of Webb. It’s mostly a plus money opportunity.

That’s it. I must let you go now Druff.

Surprised Betts didn’t steal in the top of the first.

Why is Betts the only Dodger who can hit Webb? He had 2 hits in game 1, and 3 hits here.

Nobody else has a hit tonight.

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Why is Betts the only Dodger who can hit Webb? He had 2 hits in game 1, and 3 hits here.

Nobody else has a hit tonight.

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Like I said, that third time through the lineup is so difficult. Mookie is ballin’. Webb pitching great though.

RUF RUF RUF

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I saw Dave Roberts say Scherzer was not going to pitch today which means he’s a lock to pitch
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In this case, that would include having Max Scherzer available out of the bullpen on two days’ rest. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts repeated Thursday that he doesn’t envision Scherzer pitching in the game.

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Scherzer warming in pen

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Why is Betts the only Dodger who can hit Webb? He had 2 hits in game 1, and 3 hits here.

Nobody else has a hit tonight.

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Cause Betts is your best player.

Told my wife I won’t be coming to bed for another 2 hours.

14 innings.


You guys are no fun

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Why is Betts the only Dodger who can hit Webb? He had 2 hits in game 1, and 3 hits here.

Nobody else has a hit tonight.

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Cause Betts is your best player.

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Win or lose, Betts is The Man. Might be the best performance by a Dodger I’ve ever seen.

In between innings Canadian channel shows a commercial about Game 1 Houston vs Boston.

:whocares

This game is awesome and will be heartbreaking for the loser.

What a game. I haven’t personally hung on every pitch like this since Indians-Cubs game 7. Just a great matchup.

Hahahahaha…stupid ump.

Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

I admit I'd be pissed if I were a Giants fan.

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Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

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i didnt watch the red sox for most of 2 years because I was pissed about them trading their best player to LA. Mookie sure is fun to watch. The 1st base ump sucks. That wasnt even really close.

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Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

I admit I'd be pissed if I were a Giants fan.

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i didnt watch the red sox for most of 2 years because I was pissed about them trading their best player to LA. Mookie sure is fun to watch. The 1st base ump sucks. That wasnt even really close.

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Fitting finish to such an epic season long battle.

Essentially ended in a tie

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Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

I admit I'd be pissed if I were a Giants fan.

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i agree re: the last strike...but the Dodgers lost a game to the Giants mid-seaon in LA because of a check-swing call, that time the ump said no swing, but the bat had clearly crossed the plate--the at bat continued and the Giants rallied to win; so one can say the Dodgers earned the break tonight by having the break go against them in the season

on to Atlanta Saturday

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Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

I admit I'd be pissed if I were a Giants fan.

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i agree re: the last strike...but the Dodgers lost a game to the Giants mid-seaon in LA because of a check-swing call, that time the ump said no swing, but the bat had clearly crossed the plate--the at bat continued and the Giants rallied to win; so one can say the Dodgers earned the break tonight by having the break go against them in the season

on to Atlanta Saturday

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Yeah that was the infamous Darin Ruf check swing.

Justin Turner scored the go-ahead run after getting hit, btw.

https://twitter.com/redturn2/status/1448884242218295296

Poetic justice. The baseball Gods have made things right. For all of you haters, ignore the fact that the count was 0-2 with 2 outs. Ignore the fact that Flores was 0-17 with 8 Ks lifetime against Scherzer. Ignore the fact that he hit .083 in the series. Just say it so we Dodger fans can have more to smile and laugh about because this is just so much fucking fun seeing you pathetic losers wallow in your own tears.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story...ked-swing-call

Giants now know what it’s like to be on the wrong end of a blown checked-swing call

Let’s face it Dodger fans, the checked swing call on Wilmer Flores to end Game 5 of the Dodgers-Giants division series was a bad call. Flores did not swing and the game should have continued. Max Scherzer probably would have gotten him out anyway, we’ll never know. And 20 years from now, no one will care except for the Giants and some of their fans.

However, Dodgers fans will also be quick to point out a horrible check swing call earlier this season that cost the Dodgers a game against the Giants. A call, that if called correctly, would have given the Dodgers the win. Meaning the Dodgers could have won the NL West by a game and not the Giants. Meaning Game 5 would have been at Dodger Stadium, and who know what would have happened if all that played out?

On July 22, the Dodgers were up 3-2 with two out in the ninth inning. Kenley Jansen threw a full-count pitch with the bases loaded. Darin Ruf tried to hold up his swing but clearly went around. That was a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded. If it’s a swing and a miss on a Kenley Jansen throw, it’s game over and the Dodgers get a huge win as they chase the Giants in the tight NL West. First-base umpire Ed Hickox said he did not swing. Tying run walked home. The Giants eventually won the game 5-3.

On Oct. 14, The Dodgers were up 2-1 with two out in the ninth inning. Max Scherzer threw an 0-2 pitch to Wilmer Flores, he clearly checked his swing. Catcher Will Smith appealed and first-base umpire Gabe Morales said it was a swing. Game over. Dodgers move on to the NLCS, Giants go home.

Giants fans took no solace in the split calls, venting their frustration about Morales’ decision on social media.

When Morales was asked after the game what he saw on the final call, he responded, “The plate umpire appealed the check swing to me. I thought he went, so I called it a swing.”

Morales was then asked if he felt the same way after watching the replay, and he replied, “Check swings are one of the hardest calls we have. I don’t have the benefit of multiple camera angles when I’m watching it live. When it happened live, I thought he went, so that’s why I called it a swing.”

Fans lamented a dramatic playoff series was settled by an umpire’s call, suggesting in the NBA referees might not make a call late in a playoff game that would so heavily influence the outcome.

Umpire Ted Barrett said that was never a consideration.

“I get that from fans a lot whether it’s spring training and we’re in Scottsdale and March 1st and/or we’re in the seventh game of the World Series, we’re always trying to get the calls right, try to call it the same way,” Barrett said.

“And we try not to think about whether it’s a playoff game, whether it’s a regular-season game or a spring-training game. They’re all important, so we’re just trying to get our calls right.”

In the tweet embedded above, Ruf’s swing is on the left, Flores’ swing is on the right. What call do you make of it?

I didn’t really care who won, but the home plate ump jobbed the Giants on a few at bats and then an ending like that just tarnished an incredible game. I don’t think I’ve ever seen two teams so close wire to wire.

For it to end like that is just gross. Felt like baseball makes a step forward, and gets a few people interested again, and then sheer incompetence leaves you feeling like you wasted your time caring if you aren’t a homer for either team. I was really into that game, which is hard to do when it’s not my team, and then at the end I was like lol baseball.

Reminds me of a lot of boxing decisions 15 years ago that really killed the sport.

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Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

I admit I'd be pissed if I were a Giants fan.

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Bad call, but Scherzer had him 0-2, so he wasn’t getting on. Kudos to the Giants, they gave the Dodgers all they could handle.

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Wish it was a cleaner ending, but that's baseball.

I admit I'd be pissed if I were a Giants fan.

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Bad call, but Scherzer had him 0-2, so he wasn’t getting on. Kudos to the Giants, they gave the Dodgers all they could handle.

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Scherzer put two men on.

He is renowned for getting too amped up in the 1st inning and having sketchy control cause overthrowing. Anecdotes last night about Scherzer well outta the pen before the pitcher left the mound and all that spastic stuff. I love Scherzer’s compete, don’t get me wrong.

Last four outings he had 3 poor games and one good. Be real.

There was the potential for Scherzer fail. The ump didn’t give Scherzer a chance (to fail). Always next time.

Looking back at Dave Roberts insisting Scherzer wasn’t gonna pitch last night. Did he believe that until the front office sent him a note?

Ol' Man Hal (96) from da Bronx left us today with no fanfare and SALES/Boston +131.....

R.I.P. Hal.... Shalom...

Braves being at home for 4/7 is a joke. Dodgers finished 18 games (!!) ahead of the Braves in the standings. It's just outrageous how they fuck the wildcard like this. At least this year's idiocy might bring forth some long needed changes. Here's how it should be:

Two wildcards play 3-game series, not 1-game.

Team with best record in league plays the team with the worst record in ALDS/NLDS.

Team with best record always has home field advantage.

There's no point to reward the division winner with the additional home game anymore, because the lack of having to play the wildcard "series" is already a huge reward.

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Bad call, but Scherzer had him 0-2, so he wasn’t getting on. Kudos to the Giants, they gave the Dodgers all they could handle.

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Scherzer put two men on.

He is renowned for getting too amped up in the 1st inning and having sketchy control cause overthrowing. Anecdotes last night about Scherzer well outta the pen before the pitcher left the mound and all that spastic stuff. I love Scherzer’s compete, don’t get me wrong.

Last four outings he had 3 poor games and one good. Be real.

There was the potential for Scherzer fail. The ump didn’t give Scherzer a chance (to fail). Always next time.

Looking back at Dave Roberts insisting Scherzer wasn’t gonna pitch last night. Did he believe that until the front office sent him a note?

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The Dodgers own your face that’s what’s real…suck a fat one.

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Braves being at home for 4/7 is a joke. Dodgers finished 18 games (!!) ahead of the Braves in the standings. It's just outrageous how they fuck the wildcard like this. At least this year's idiocy might bring forth some long needed changes. Here's how it should be:

Two wildcards play 3-game series, not 1-game.

Team with best record in league plays the team with the worst record in ALDS/NLDS.

Team with best record always has home field advantage.

There's no point to reward the division winner with the additional home game anymore, because the lack of having to play the wildcard "series" is already a huge reward.

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Suck a fat one was as well…win your division and reap the rewards. What if the Braves had an all around harder schedule and the Dodgers had cupcakes in the west, obviously not the case this year.