Kersh (21-3, 1.77) vs. Waino (20-9, 2.38).
A year ago, the Cardinals owned the Dodgers in the NLCS. In Game 1, Joe Kelly plunked Hanley Ramirez in the McRibs and we were McFucked. Matt Kemp was already on crutches. Twice Kershaw faced the rookie Michael Wacha, and twice Wacha won, with the nadir arriving in the form of a humiliating Game 6 shellacking in which Kershaw was charged with seven earned runs.
Things be different now. The setting is one round earlier. Kelly is on the Red Sox, and some Red Sox are probably on some island in the Bahamas. Kemp is hot and healthy. Most significantly, Kershaw has thrown far fewer innings this year (198 1/3 as opposed to 236). And Wacha has been relegated to the Cards' bullpen after a major DL stint for a shoulder issue.
Oh, and Kershaw's pissed. Yeah, he'll say all the right things, but you know he's just dying to shut these ribcrackers down. And there are 215 million reasons to think he'll deliver. You could say the same for Hanley, who knows he's putting his skills on display for potential free-agent suitors.
Then there are the external narratives. Heat! Shadows!
It's time for Dodger baseball! Brought to you live, from Hades! #RIP pic.twitter.com/yqkvUiYqQn
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) October 3, 2014
Swinging in the shade. #GameConditions #23Hours pic.twitter.com/7zTXTkOYdu
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 2, 2014
This thread will also serve as your scoreboard watching thread for those other teams playing today. GO BLUE!
382 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 382 of 382Dusty...Vinny is calling 1-3 and 7-9 innings.
Holliday fooled on the curve worse than Dee Gordon's first AB
@DBT 4:50p: I know, I know. I'm also afraid of screwing up mojo as well
Joe Buck trying to jinx Kershaw trying to strike out the side
Australia reference by Buck
That's our Clay!!
ON FIRE. THAT'S A WRAP,CARDS.
And, Kershaw does indeed strike out the side.
Best Day Of My Life cued as the transition song...
"AJ Ellis, the perfect number 8 hitter in the NL".
And he gets another hit up the middle! Wow.
Leadoff "runner", and I use that loosely, on base.
Dammit, Hanley hurt again?!
Wow that was a lucky bunt by Kershaw, but ball falls down and the sacrifice works.
Come on, Dee.
Give me a 12-pitch AB here Dee
Give me a hit here, Puig
COME ON PUIG!!
Puig with a full-count basehit! 3-1
RUNS!!!
3-0 to AGon
AGon walk
81 pitches for Wainwrong
BISON!!!
Kemp! wow good hitting Matt
OH MY MAN!!
OK, y'all I'm shutting it down and driving back to LBC. See y'all later
These weird Kershaw signs are bizarre. Anyone know where they're from?
I AM A CLAYTON KERSHAW BITCH
Crawford, great AB and a nice hit
NO LETTING UP. KILL THE BIRDS!!!
What'd I miss?
95 pitches for Wainwright, with no outs in the fifth
"This is the guy you have to worry about"--Harold Reynolds, just before Uribe swings weakly at a bad ball 10 feet ahead of the plate
Joba Chamberlain: 108.00 ERA. Ouch
Uribe fanned. One out
AJ Ellis looks incredibly close-shaven today
Come on, let's not let Adam Wainwright back into this
101 pitches for Wainwright
AJ ELLIS POWER!!!!!!!!
AJ ELLIS HR???
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!
Wainwright chased after 4.1. Wow.
AJELLIS CAME TO PLAY TONIGHT!!
Nighty night Wrongright!!
Who is that and what has he done with AJ Ellis?
Is it just me or are we having fun tonight?!?!
Is HanRam hurt?
YEAH BABY!!!!!!
Someone please get a screencap of that fancy bubble machine. That's awesome
Somehow FS1 lost the Uribe out, as it says we have no outs
And, the out is back
This may be too early to psycho-analyze this, but it seems like hitting Puig may have rattled Wainwright more than Puig, or the Dodgers.
THAT GODDAMN BUBBLE MACHINE. HATE THAT G RATED CRAP.
Erin Andrews has nothing to offer from the Cardinals dugout area. Crack reporting there, Erin.
Gordon finally gets on base! Walk.
However, Kershaw is on second ahead of him, so no SB for this one.
Sam Freeman: two walks, and a trip to the showers. Time for Metheny to bring in long relief
Sax...I was thinking the same thing about Puig getting hit. It was like the redbirds rattled the wrong cage.
crystal Metheny
Puig hits a GIDP ball, but Gordon has a great slide and Puig hustles to make it to first before the throw. Two out, men at corners.
Good job with the slide at second Dee.
6-1 through 5. Wainwright gone. Cardinals on their third pitcher.
Keep it coming, Dodgers. Let's get into their bullpen.
@karen 5.43p: weird, huh? Wouldn't have thought that would be the impact.
I also credit AGon for stepping up (but wish he was hitting as well).
That said, I bet the Cards hit us again this series.
Hey, there was ZippyChippiness!
the Cards' solo HR in the first is the sole blemish so far for Clayton...who Verducci correctly says has yet to throw one out of the stretch.
FS1 team is bagging on Peter Bourjos as a PH, but he's having a good AB here
Whoops, my bad, it's John Jay AB
Good defense from Dee there to get the first out.
That little Clayton Kershaw interstitial and its stutter-step visuals has made me nauseous
I am so spoiled by Kid K I forget that I am lucky enough to be witnessing history with him. I never got to see Koufax pitch but I think Clay will go down at least in his rarified company and probably more.
And Bourjos Ks looking. Yeah, maybe that was a bad PH AB after all.
THAT WAS AN AWESOME PITCH
Matt Carpenter, solo HR. 6-2.
Crowd screams, so the ball must have come back...yep.
THAT WAS NOT AN AWESOME PITCH
Gonzalez with a GREAT catch for the third out in foul territory! Wow.
6-2 through 5.5
GONZO WITH THE GLOVEWORK
Never seen AGon move like that before
Comment pacing has slowed down here...what's going on?
Fourth pitcher for St Louis: Marco Gonzales
@Orel 5:57p: AGon's got moves like jagger
Kemp is a hitting machine here, another nice single.
Once he gets his power stroke in this series, he could be even more dangerous.
As for the comment, "this is a different Dodger lineup than last year": you know, if AJ Ellis is 3-for-3 with a HR? Damn skippy it is. That makes it murderer's row.
Rbn, your barbershop serves beer?
Ha. Hit and run with a 4 run lead.
Fuck saint Looie
Dear FS1: I don't really give a shit which slo-mo highlight is "the 1". Stop this, please.
Hmm, Hanley does not seem fully smooth on that swing.
Matty with the casual NO I'M GOING maneuver
@Orel: Yes. Yes it does.
Barbeer Shop in Anaheim.
About 10 in the shop watching. Me and one of the barbers are the big Dodger fans
Crawford with a GIDP
Shoot, I'm going to have to bug out of here at the bottom of the hour...
these are long commercial breaks
300
My barber shop also serves beer. If I get there 10 minutes early, I can usually get in two complimentary beers. It's awesome.
Leadoff single to Holliday. Not good.
HOLD ON TO YOUR KNICKERS
bases loaded for Kershaw, no outs. Gulp.
shit
FB WOULD BE NERVOUS RIGHT NOW
Holy smokes, what's going on here. 6-3, bases still loaded.
YOWSA. SACK UP,KID K
FUCK YOU JOE BUCK. DON'T BE TRYING TO HEX THE KID WITH YOUR GRAND SLAM BULLSHIT
Shit. What happened?? I left the room for a few minutes and it's 6-3 and bases are juiced??
I hate this feeling
FUCKING SINGLES.
The hook comes out.
Fuck
Kid K sells Mattingly on leaving him in. Holding my breath.
Pull it together, Kid.
shit shit shit
Atta boy Kid!! 1 more baby!!
2 down.
*breathes*
SPANK NERVOUS NOW
Kersh pumping the heat
I want this to stop. . .NOW!
Focus Kid. You got this.
THE INTENSITY IS KILLING ME
Fox: We hire annoying announcers
FUCK
FUCK
SHIT
say it ain't so
I fucking hate baseball
Our bullpen affects the game without even being used
This is devastating
But I love beer. And lamp
See what happens when we slow down our commenting? Fuck.
what a train wreck
Orel is so right. Mattingly left Kid in the game to avoid our fire starters in the pen.
I can't even look at Twitter.
Goddamn Gnats will end up in the Series, and I will forever give up on baseball.
I can't stand it.
Don't you dare hang your head, Clay. You are still the man.
Yes. More fastballs. Please.
More fastballs.
Fuck me.
OK, let's put ourselves together and the game isn't over, ok? OK?
Shut
the
fuck
up
Harold.
My wife hid the knives.
I found the beer.
nail on the coffin :(
This is the worst loss in Dodgers postseason history.
We are done.
Well, that'll do it.
Thanks for playing, everyone.
SHIT FUCK SHIT FUCK SHIT
heading to the 8th, I refuse to give up
I'm with you, Sistah. This is our team, win or lose.
How...what...how...
At least this isn't a wild card game
Someone needs to get over to Dodger Stadium and kick Holliday in the balls. Really hard.
Okay, I volunteer.
I'm also tracking down Joe Buck and nailing him in the nads.
I do not like the defeat on their faces
The new boyfriend just called to see if I'm alright.
Yeah, I think he gets me.
The community appreciates your services, Karen
Orel...I'm looking for some steel toed boots as we speak.
I have no idea how to express my anger.
So I will drink.
I'm in pain. Physically in pain.
Neidenfuer, Clark all over again.
*cries*
*again*
Another difference from last year: This is Game 1, not Game 6
Angels losing too
So we win this mother in 4 instead of 3. I can hang with that.
right now this feels as bad as J-Roll - Broxton
Hope is not lost. Randy Choke is in.
AGONE!!!
back in the game, people! they can win!
you called it, sistah!
I SAID HMMMMMM
Leaving work now.
My heavy heart briefly lifted by how many times you guys said the Fuck word.
fuck yeah
Hanley singles for Turner!
Shit. I mean fuck
no sweat, my pets. Gonna be a walk off
We are all Karina's pets
Oh boy. League Time
walk off, walk off, walk off
Here we go to the bottom of the 9th
Rosenthal throwing heat (98 mph)
YES! GO Dodgers!
Uribe K. Ellis singles. Andre doubles
Had to bail and take a cruise around town. blood pressure went through the roof. i felt my heart beating in my skull.
come on Dee
10-9
Yasiel is up, go!
Puig up, two out
oh fuck.
i hope Puig got a lighter bat to catch up to the fastball
we'll get 'em tomorrow
OF COURSE WE LOST BY ONE
@Orel trademark Dodgers way
*Dodgers' way
Game 4. Dodgers pitch Haren and we win the game 2-1
I have moved from denial and isolation to anger. I anticipate I will be in this anger stage for awhile.
This one is on Mattingly
Hey everyone, schadenfreude!!!
LOL, Angels!
Ready for a Royals/Giants WS?
Me neither.
*drinks*
Really want to cheer up? Go to the glossary section, click on the MSB video, laugh like a serial killer.
I feel better.
And I've been drinking.
My softball team got mercied.
Still, drinking!
Our Boys showed heart tonight after that 8 run shit the birds tossed at them. I think they will be fine. Take it in 4 games.
Yep. You heard it here.
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