This NLCS matchup is what most so-called experts predicted at the beginning of the season, by all accounts. Yet the two teams took different paths to get here. St. Louis mostly took the direct path, i.e., they were pretty damn good all season. The Dodgers, on the other hand, took a winding path that almost got them lost and eaten by rabid dingoes, but ended up right back where the predictions originally had them.
We send Zack Greinke, our Ace #2, out to try to take the first game from under the Cards and keep the momentum going from the NLDS. We'll need it, especially from the hot bats of Ramirez, Crawford, Uribe, and Puig. The addition of Ethier, who
Let's pause a moment to taunt St. Louis:
Cardinals 2013 Team Picture
Personally, I started out the day nervous. Then I read Sax's morning post about the cliched media narrative on the Dodgers and Cards, and I got angry. Then I saw the post-season roster, and I got thirsty. Then I listened to analysis of the matchup on a few radio shows, and got nervous, angry, thirsty all at once. And that's pretty much where things stand now. After all the predictions, though, and all the analysis, it will come down to what it always does: Dodgers gotta keep pitching.*
cc: Fred's Brim
*That, and which shirt SoSG Sax wears
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image: courtesy Ft. Wayne, IN Civic Center
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10 Ks for Greinke. Way to go, Zack.
We had better take the lead here in the ninth or we've got fucking Belisario coming in next
KKKKKKKKKK!
Fucking Greinke!
Dammit! Orel got me again.
Gotta leave Greinke in for the ninth. He's pitching better than all the relievers.
Great stat from Eric Stephen:
"Dodgers with 10 K in a postseason start: Newcombe, Erskine, Maglie, Koufax (3x), Drysdale, Belcher, Kershaw, Greinke"
We need a HR here Andre
Don't try to out-beard Wilson, asshole!
I can't believe I just said that.
Like i said somewheres..we need complete games.
Dre HR would indeed be oh so soothing.
My only fear about leaving Greinke in is that Don will then start him in Game 3
Mattingly said he just wanted Ethier to play and to make plays. Well, let's see:
--missed ball against the centerfield wall ties the game
--flailing K here in the ninth
AJ Ellis Is not gonna do much. Pray for a walk.
Dre up 3-0 in the count and gets the call to take the next two. One of most frustrating things in baseball to me. I see taking 3-0, but why give the count back?
#ThisIsWhyI'mNotAManager
AJEllis goes 0-4. Weak sauce, AJ2K.
It's not the rally towels, it's the fact that the whole crowd is white.
That was a bad ninth inning. Here we go.
Gotta bring in either Wilson or Jansen.
Lame
Wilson is coming in.
The next big thing apparently is an idea from the 1950s. Way to innovate.
Whitest crowd i have ever seen. even more than Boston.
Beltran flies out.
Mothballs strikes out.
Ol' numbnuts struck out
Walked him.
Molina up now.
Walk, but not the worst idea in that situation.
Throw strikes Willie.
Stoopid ump forgot to stop by Lenscrafters before the game.
come on, wilson
That was bad.
this is not going well. two outs, then two two-out walks
Dodgers are driving me to not drink.
Walk, and that was bad in that situation.
There we go. Now keep him honest.
Deuces are really, really wild.
throw strikes,fleabag
how was that not a strike ump
is Wilson doing his Belisario impression?
This will not go well for us.
Is Wainright going to bitch about those white towels?
Extras!
Man I was wrong about Brian Wilson. Guy is gonna get paid in the off season.
I knew BW had that.
I'm gonna ask Brian wilson if i could be his personal beard trimmer. i'm pretty good with a hedge.Just pay me with booze and ramen.
I want a HR...Dead or Alive
Crawdude disappoints.
We need a retro Mark Ellis pull shot.
@Neeebs
An old Choate for a pillow...
Neeebs is lying in a bed or roses.
go go go go
Run Forrest!!!
Oh yeah!!
3X!!!!!!
LHWG triple????
We have to score now!
Pinch run w Dee Gordon here, right? Ohhh.
Come on Michael Diamond!
Pussy willows.
No, mine's Clarence.
Drive that ball Mike
FUCK!!!
Dammit!!
Could have used Dee Gordon there. Just saying.
Dammit, dammit, dammit.
No way was he going to make that.
Agon would have hit it deeper :(
That's completely on Wallach. That was just dumb.
Now Hanley has been up. So yeah we are screwed.
Wallach should have never sent him
Great throw by Beltran, great positioning by Molina. Gotta admit.
Momentum on their side now, gonna be tough.
He was never tagged BTW.
I do like MEllis going hard however. Way to go Mark
Beltran has to make that throw. He was 10 feet away from the infield.
With Beli out there, my expectations are rock-bottom low
i think Beli's on coke again.
Belli gets a K to quiet the crowd.
Kolten Wong, .153 hitter, in to be the next Cardinals' unexpected hero
Is it wrong if I make fun of Wong's name?
1 to three inning for Beli? OMG!
On to the 11th. Surprisingly smooth inning for Beli (small sample sizzle, I know)
I'm stunned. And what was the chick in the background doing? Casting a spell?
Hey, Mitsubishi Outlander driver: keep your eyes on the damn road, idiot
Mmmmmm small sample sizzle
Does Dee Gordon get royalties for each of those slim Jim commercials?
Or do they go to his batting average?
@Paul: speaking of which, I need to fry me up some bacon
Axford has some pretty sweet tube socks going on
Would have been nice to see if Puig could get a two out hit.
Ron Darling is obsessed with whether they are guarding the line
Puig: the tbs guys are mocking you. Shut them up.
Vin says Puig loos confused, and that's a perfect word to use for him thus far.
It is from all his days playing with Dwight Gooden.
HORRIBLE strike 3 call there, ump
Bullshit ump.
Platinum sombrero for Puig.
that sucked
We have asked too much from Uribe. But I'll ask.
Dammit.
I FINALLY just turned the tbs guys off and Vin on. Let's do this, Scully.
No one is stepping up. Come Dre! You use to be like Neebs Fiero, clutch.
Damn I lost Neebs e again. I better find that before he comes home from the One Direction concert.
Sax, which t-shirt are you wearing?
Ethier draws a walk. Boy, it would be nice to run for him here...oh wait, you've already played the Gordon card.
Do something Cool AJ.
I feel like the Gordon card should be allowed to be challenged by the SoSG population, sort of like the +4 card in Uno
@Dusty: I'm wearing the blue SoSG shirt.
I'll take it.
Vin is ahead of DirecTV by a split second, which was good in that circumstance.
Come on, Punto!
Wallach sends Ethier home on that AJ Ellis single j/k
Come on Punto!
Punto doesn't like that second strike call. Nor do I.
Punto Ks. Dammit.
Dodgers have left 10 on base.
Pinche Punto
No clutch hits tonight.
Sweet shitsucking jesus!
We have eight hits, twice as many as the Cards, and yet we can't score
I fucking can't with this.
Do these guys know what the word consistency means?
Man, this is going to be a depressing loss.
Even if we win, it will still be depressing.
Magic just said "we have great hitting". I am not sure if he's talking about this team right now.
You don't win games this way boys
St Louis crowd allowing their little kids to be out MUCH too late. We should call Child Protective Services.
Going back for another Sapporo. It's been Sapporo and MGD for me all night.
A win is never depressing. But I don't think we are going to win. Fuck.
MGD? No wonder we're struggling, Sax!
Now if we walk this dude. I'm gonna flip.
We had like 10,000 strikeouts this game followed by 1 millions balls.
Leadoff single for the Cards. Here we go.
Puig praying?
1-22 streak broken for Carpenter. Of course. Here comes the losing, boys and girls.
Puig is lucky that ball didn't get by him
I will say this: if we lose this game, Puig is going to be coming back with a fucking vengeance. He is pissed.
So must be A-Gon, for getting yanked too early.
Speaking of getting yanked early, can we pull Mattingly from the NLCS roster?
Speaking of getting yanked...
When is the last time one of our pitchers was ahead in the count?
What the fuck is going on. Help a brother out here.
Just made an airport run. Didn't expect the game to still be on when I got back.
@Neeebs
Put it this way: an encore of Bad Medicine would likely be better.
Are you backstage, Neeebs?
Kudos to the bullpen...so far.
NIce play Young. That ball gets by, we might lose.
Going to the 12th.
Can we just flip a coin to see who wins? I can't take this.
@Orel 9:39p: Did you de-select the "radio" option in your recent car purchase?
It was that or the 8-track, Sax.
Crawdaddy single!
Crawdaddy leadoff single, in line to be the 11th Dodger LOB
Here we go.
Come on, baseball gods, we're due!
@Orel 9:43p: can I use the 8-track for my Mego 2XL when you're done?
Cool, Sax. I'll bring my Vectrex.
Frankie said I did it my way. Big ball time.
Mellis bunts him over, and now they IBB Hanley
No IBB if AGon is in.
HanRam doesn't get walked if Agon is still in there. Thanks Donnie!
Young, it's up to you
Vin just said "Who knows what 'up' is?" Someone sample that to make him say WHATUP!
Come on, Mark Loretta!
Young DP. Donnie is being outmanaged by a mile here.
Terrible.
man we suck tonight
Amazing.
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiight. We are not Young.
Money well spent on Young, Ned. He's Jim Thome with even less talent, if possible
Solid work there Sax.
AM570 is running clips from the Wednesday Dan Patrick interview with Don Mattingly, and how everyone is in love with Don.
Let's run that call-in show again Monday, shall we?
Let me amend my earlier comment:
Toniiiiiiiiiiight. Young is old.
Once again our talent has to defend us from our brains. Don't know if we can do it for another inning.
Is Neeebs home from the Shakira concert yet?
Little cavalier there for an extra-inning playoff game, aren't you Yasiel?
Just spilled a whole brand new beer. (cries)
Are we there yet?
Good job, Withrow!
NIce job, WIthrow.
On to the 13th!
Why are people on social media pissing and moaning about not using Kenley yet? Other than a tough inning for Wilson, pen has been solid. Why not wait for the go-ahead run then use Kenley in that save situation? How am I that far off base from everyone else?
I don't remember Ernie Banks saying let's play two game ones.
I am saving the double of whiskey for the end of this game.
No Dusty. That's the only good call Donnie has made tonight
@Paul
I'm def in on that ticket, BTW.
Thanks, BJ. That's why we have this safe refuge from the stat lickers here at SoSG.
Not Puig's night.
Stop dropping your shoulder Puig!
Puig 0-this season seems like.
St. Uribe please bless us.
He blessed us with a shitty AB.
Soooooo Dre about that clutch thing.
Ugh.
"And so the Dodgers tiptoe through the 13th" -Vin
Good way to put it.
It is waaaaay past Vin's bedtime.
Bad Medicine now playing. Es Verda.
Sorry to have called that one, Neeebs.
Man oh man. This game.
Best fans in baseball.
This strike zone. More like a strike general area.
Cards fans are so tired they didn't even boo that terrible ball two call.
Dunk single. Beginning of the end.
WHY DIDN'T WOODY CALL THE POLICE
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