Friday, October 03, 2014

NLDS Game 1 Thread: Oct. 3 vs. Cardinals, 3:30p

First on the field, first in our hearts.

The only bunting we hope to see today.

When did postseason become one word? Can we look forward to springtraining next year?

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!

This thread will also serve as your scoreboard watching thread for those other teams playing today. GO BLUE!

382 comments:

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karen said...

Dusty...Vinny is calling 1-3 and 7-9 innings.

Steve Sax said...

Holliday fooled on the curve worse than Dee Gordon's first AB

Steve Sax said...

@DBT 4:50p: I know, I know. I'm also afraid of screwing up mojo as well

Steve Sax said...

Joe Buck trying to jinx Kershaw trying to strike out the side

Steve Sax said...

Australia reference by Buck

karen said...

That's our Clay!!

spank said...

ON FIRE. THAT'S A WRAP,CARDS.

Steve Sax said...

And, Kershaw does indeed strike out the side.
Best Day Of My Life cued as the transition song...

Steve Sax said...

"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.

Steve Sax said...

Dammit, Hanley hurt again?!

Steve Sax said...

Wow that was a lucky bunt by Kershaw, but ball falls down and the sacrifice works.

Come on, Dee.

Steve Sax said...

Give me a 12-pitch AB here Dee

Steve Sax said...

Give me a hit here, Puig

spank said...

COME ON PUIG!!

Steve Sax said...

Puig with a full-count basehit! 3-1

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

RUNS!!!

Steve Sax said...

3-0 to AGon

Steve Sax said...

AGon walk

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

81 pitches for Wainwrong

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

BISON!!!

Steve Sax said...

Kemp! wow good hitting Matt

karen said...

OH MY MAN!!

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

OK, y'all I'm shutting it down and driving back to LBC. See y'all later

Steve Sax said...

These weird Kershaw signs are bizarre. Anyone know where they're from?

spank said...

I AM A CLAYTON KERSHAW BITCH

Steve Sax said...

Crawford, great AB and a nice hit

spank said...

NO LETTING UP. KILL THE BIRDS!!!

Orel said...

What'd I miss?

Steve Sax said...

95 pitches for Wainwright, with no outs in the fifth

Steve Sax said...

"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

Steve Sax said...

Joba Chamberlain: 108.00 ERA. Ouch

Steve Sax said...

Uribe fanned. One out

Steve Sax said...

AJ Ellis looks incredibly close-shaven today

Steve Sax said...

Come on, let's not let Adam Wainwright back into this

Steve Sax said...

101 pitches for Wainwright

karina said...

AJ ELLIS POWER!!!!!!!!

Steve Sax said...

AJ ELLIS HR???

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!

Steve Sax said...

Wainwright chased after 4.1. Wow.

karen said...

AJELLIS CAME TO PLAY TONIGHT!!

Nighty night Wrongright!!

Greg said...

Who is that and what has he done with AJ Ellis?

karen said...

Is it just me or are we having fun tonight?!?!

Dusty Baker said...

Is HanRam hurt?

Alex Cora said...

YEAH BABY!!!!!!

Steve Sax said...

Someone please get a screencap of that fancy bubble machine. That's awesome

Steve Sax said...

Somehow FS1 lost the Uribe out, as it says we have no outs

Steve Sax said...

And, the out is back

Steve Sax said...

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.

spank said...

THAT GODDAMN BUBBLE MACHINE. HATE THAT G RATED CRAP.

Steve Sax said...

Erin Andrews has nothing to offer from the Cardinals dugout area. Crack reporting there, Erin.

Steve Sax said...

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

karen said...

Sax...I was thinking the same thing about Puig getting hit. It was like the redbirds rattled the wrong cage.

Orel said...

crystal Metheny

Steve Sax said...

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.

karen said...

Good job with the slide at second Dee.

Steve Sax said...

6-1 through 5. Wainwright gone. Cardinals on their third pitcher.

Keep it coming, Dodgers. Let's get into their bullpen.

Steve Sax said...

@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.

Orel said...

Hey, there was ZippyChippiness!

Steve Sax said...

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.

Steve Sax said...

FS1 team is bagging on Peter Bourjos as a PH, but he's having a good AB here

Steve Sax said...

Whoops, my bad, it's John Jay AB

Steve Sax said...

Good defense from Dee there to get the first out.

Steve Sax said...

That little Clayton Kershaw interstitial and its stutter-step visuals has made me nauseous

karen said...

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.

Steve Sax said...

And Bourjos Ks looking. Yeah, maybe that was a bad PH AB after all.

spank said...

THAT WAS AN AWESOME PITCH

Steve Sax said...

Matt Carpenter, solo HR. 6-2.

Crowd screams, so the ball must have come back...yep.

spank said...

THAT WAS NOT AN AWESOME PITCH

Steve Sax said...

Gonzalez with a GREAT catch for the third out in foul territory! Wow.

6-2 through 5.5

spank said...

GONZO WITH THE GLOVEWORK

Orel said...

Never seen AGon move like that before

Steve Sax said...

Comment pacing has slowed down here...what's going on?

Steve Sax said...

Fourth pitcher for St Louis: Marco Gonzales

Steve Sax said...

@Orel 5:57p: AGon's got moves like jagger

Steve Sax said...

Kemp is a hitting machine here, another nice single.

Once he gets his power stroke in this series, he could be even more dangerous.

Steve Sax said...

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.

Orel said...

Rbn, your barbershop serves beer?

rbnlaw said...

Ha. Hit and run with a 4 run lead.

Fuck saint Looie

Steve Sax said...

Dear FS1: I don't really give a shit which slo-mo highlight is "the 1". Stop this, please.

Steve Sax said...

Hmm, Hanley does not seem fully smooth on that swing.

Orel said...

Matty with the casual NO I'M GOING maneuver

rbnlaw said...

@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

Steve Sax said...

Crawford with a GIDP

Steve Sax said...

Shoot, I'm going to have to bug out of here at the bottom of the hour...

Steve Sax said...

these are long commercial breaks

Steve Sax said...

300

Steve Sax said...

My barber shop also serves beer. If I get there 10 minutes early, I can usually get in two complimentary beers. It's awesome.

Steve Sax said...

Leadoff single to Holliday. Not good.

spank said...

HOLD ON TO YOUR KNICKERS

Steve Sax said...

bases loaded for Kershaw, no outs. Gulp.

Orel said...

shit

spank said...

FB WOULD BE NERVOUS RIGHT NOW

Steve Sax said...

Holy smokes, what's going on here. 6-3, bases still loaded.

spank said...

YOWSA. SACK UP,KID K

spank said...

FUCK YOU JOE BUCK. DON'T BE TRYING TO HEX THE KID WITH YOUR GRAND SLAM BULLSHIT

karen said...

Shit. What happened?? I left the room for a few minutes and it's 6-3 and bases are juiced??

rbnlaw said...

I hate this feeling

spank said...

FUCKING SINGLES.

rbnlaw said...

The hook comes out.

Fuck

karen said...

Kid K sells Mattingly on leaving him in. Holding my breath.

rbnlaw said...

Pull it together, Kid.

Orel said...

shit shit shit

karen said...

Atta boy Kid!! 1 more baby!!

rbnlaw said...

2 down.


*breathes*

spank said...

SPANK NERVOUS NOW

rbnlaw said...

Kersh pumping the heat

rbnlaw said...

I want this to stop. . .NOW!

karen said...

Focus Kid. You got this.

spank said...

THE INTENSITY IS KILLING ME

rbnlaw said...

Fox: We hire annoying announcers

spank said...

FUCK

Orel said...

FUCK

karen said...

SHIT

karina said...

say it ain't so

rbnlaw said...

I fucking hate baseball

Orel said...

Our bullpen affects the game without even being used

Steve Sax said...

This is devastating

rbnlaw said...

But I love beer. And lamp

Steve Sax said...

See what happens when we slow down our commenting? Fuck.

Steve Sax said...

what a train wreck

karen said...

Orel is so right. Mattingly left Kid in the game to avoid our fire starters in the pen.

rbnlaw said...

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.

karen said...

Don't you dare hang your head, Clay. You are still the man.

rbnlaw said...

Yes. More fastballs. Please.


More fastballs.


Fuck me.

karina said...

OK, let's put ourselves together and the game isn't over, ok? OK?

rbnlaw said...

Shut

the

fuck


up

Harold.

rbnlaw said...

My wife hid the knives.


I found the beer.

karina said...

nail on the coffin :(

Steve Sax said...

This is the worst loss in Dodgers postseason history.

We are done.

rbnlaw said...

Well, that'll do it.

Thanks for playing, everyone.

Orel said...

SHIT FUCK SHIT FUCK SHIT

karina said...

heading to the 8th, I refuse to give up

karen said...

I'm with you, Sistah. This is our team, win or lose.

Hideo Nomo said...

How...what...how...

Orel said...

At least this isn't a wild card game

karen said...

Someone needs to get over to Dodger Stadium and kick Holliday in the balls. Really hard.

Okay, I volunteer.

karen said...

I'm also tracking down Joe Buck and nailing him in the nads.

karina said...

I do not like the defeat on their faces

karen said...

The new boyfriend just called to see if I'm alright.

Yeah, I think he gets me.

Orel said...

The community appreciates your services, Karen

karen said...

Orel...I'm looking for some steel toed boots as we speak.

Fred's Brim said...

I have no idea how to express my anger.
So I will drink.

Paul said...

I'm in pain. Physically in pain.

karen said...

Neidenfuer, Clark all over again.



*cries*

*again*

Orel said...

Another difference from last year: This is Game 1, not Game 6

Orel said...

Angels losing too

karen said...

So we win this mother in 4 instead of 3. I can hang with that.

Fred's Brim said...

right now this feels as bad as J-Roll - Broxton

karen said...

Hope is not lost. Randy Choke is in.

karen said...

AGONE!!!

karina said...

back in the game, people! they can win!

karina said...

you called it, sistah!

Orel said...

I SAID HMMMMMM

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Leaving work now.

My heavy heart briefly lifted by how many times you guys said the Fuck word.

Orel said...

fuck yeah

Orel said...

Hanley singles for Turner!

Orel said...

Shit. I mean fuck

karina said...

no sweat, my pets. Gonna be a walk off

Orel said...

We are all Karina's pets

Orel said...

Oh boy. League Time

karina said...

walk off, walk off, walk off

Orel said...

Here we go to the bottom of the 9th

Orel said...

Rosenthal throwing heat (98 mph)

karina said...

YES! GO Dodgers!

Orel said...

Uribe K. Ellis singles. Andre doubles

spank said...

Had to bail and take a cruise around town. blood pressure went through the roof. i felt my heart beating in my skull.

spank said...

come on Dee

Orel said...

10-9

karina said...

Yasiel is up, go!

Orel said...

Puig up, two out

spank said...

oh fuck.

spank said...

i hope Puig got a lighter bat to catch up to the fastball

karina said...

we'll get 'em tomorrow

Orel said...

OF COURSE WE LOST BY ONE

karina said...

@Orel trademark Dodgers way

karina said...

*Dodgers' way

spank said...

Game 4. Dodgers pitch Haren and we win the game 2-1

Alex Cora said...

I have moved from denial and isolation to anger. I anticipate I will be in this anger stage for awhile.

Steve Sax said...

This one is on Mattingly

rbnlaw said...

Hey everyone, schadenfreude!!!

LOL, Angels!

rbnlaw said...

Ready for a Royals/Giants WS?


Me neither.


*drinks*

rbnlaw said...

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!

karen said...

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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