Saturday, October 14, 2017

NLCS Game 1 Thread: Oct. 14 vs. Cubs, 5p


Lisa is all of us after the Corey news.

Clayton Kershaw (18-4, 2.31) vs. Jose Quintana (11-11, 4.15)

It's never easy for #ThisTeam.

Let's get the worst out of the way. Corey Seager is out. Not for Game 1, but for the entire NLCS. This sucks. A LOT. Confident Dodger fans woke up to the news of his back injury and were immediately flooded with memories of Hanley Ramirez and Joe Kelly. Not the feelings you want to be having before an epic NLCS rematch.

All is not lost, however. Clayton Kershaw has the ball for Game 1. He was wobbly in Game 1 of the NLDS, but at the end of the day, he's still Clayton Kershaw. Pedro Baez was left off the NLCS roster too, despite (thankfully) never making an appearance in the NLDS. Charlie Culberson is taking Seager's spot on the roster (with Joc taking Pedro's), and while he hasn't played much lately, we know Charlie's got the potential to make history.

The Dodgers' biggest advantage is that they're well-rested, while the Cubs had to scratch and claw and burn through starting pitchers just to barely survive against the Nationals. In fact, when you think about it, the Dodgers' and Cubs' roles are reversed from last year.

Let's hope the end result is too.

45 comments:

Hideo Nomo said...

Taylor CF
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Hernandez LF
Forsythe 2B
Barnes C
Puig RF
Culberson SS
Kershaw P

Hideo Nomo said...

Got a little light-headed reading that lineup. And not in the good way.

QuadSevens said...

Kiké in he cleanup spot against a lefty works for me. Let's do this!

Orel said...

DAMMIT COREY

Hideo Nomo said...

There goes the no-hitter.

Hideo Nomo said...

Hrmmmm.

Hideo Nomo said...

Whew!

QuadSevens said...

Kershaw gets through the first unscathed. Need to calm those nerves.

karen said...

Desperately seeking my inner Karina.

Hideo Nomo said...

Kershaw working hard. Offense...not so much.

Hideo Nomo said...

FFFFFFUUUUUUCK

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Playoff Kershaw deserves his own bobblehead

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Turner's starting to look like the lead singer of My Morning Jacket
http://inyourspeakers.com/files/imagecache/gallery_full/gallery/Inyourspeakers%20Media/My%20Morning%20Jacket%20-%20Jim%20James%203.jpg

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

And USC's sucking all over the field seven miles away.
Ugh

Jason said...

Cubs fans are crawling out of the woodwork up here in the northwest. Why do so many of them think it's appropriate to bring their babies to a bar?

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Jason - cause that's where they were conceived

Orel said...

Bears repeating: FFFFFFUUUUUUCK

Jason said...

Delino is making far too much sense

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

YOU SEE. QUINTANA'S NOT A MACHINE .

QuadSevens said...

Puig with an RBI double and Culberson hits a sac fly to tie the game. Kershaw pulled for a pinch hitter.

QuadSevens said...

Farmer grounds out. Going to the 6th now.

Hideo Nomo said...

Maeda so boss out of the pen.

QuadSevens said...

CT3!!!!!!

QuadSevens said...

Is it just me, or does Camping World seem like a weird sponser for the NLCS?

Johnny Blanchard said...

old white people love camping. And baseball. Or maybe old baseball-loving people love camping.

Orel said...

YOU GUYS WE'RE WINNING

Johnny Blanchard said...

we even got a shitty replay call for us!!!! it's all coming up Milhouse!!!

Johnny Blanchard said...

if you don't want Culberson running him over, ya can't block it... that's the way it is............................

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Delino III's Spongebob demands means I just saw Puig's rainbow of a homer. A beaut!

Not be a Debbie downer, but he better start running making contact. Celebrate and admire your work later.

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Somebody call Maddon a "Wah"-mbulance
(even though he's right :-)

Johnny Blanchard said...

bah everyone likes this over-regulation

Jason said...

The Cubs fan refrain: I don't care if it's a rule, it doesn't count!

My answer of "neither does last year" did not go over well.

QuadSevens said...

Ron Darling bitching and moaning about the "bad rule" is annoying too.

QuadSevens said...

Win!!

Orel said...

So what'd I miss?

Orel said...

First NLCS WIN in 32 years!!!

Johnny Blanchard said...

wait what? why is that our first nlcs win in 32 years? I thought we won twice last year, wait what?

Jason said...

First NLCS game 1 win in 3 decades?

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

First Game One Win

Johnny Blanchard said...

oh I have a bad memory, I thought we were up 2-0 last year

Orel said...

Yeah GAME ONE win sorry!

Orel said...

Fave tidbit from tonight: no errors!

Johnny Blanchard said...

I don't understand these hand slides at the plate. Just slide straight into the plate.

Johnny Blanchard said...

this was the least stressful game of the playoffs so far

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

And Trojans Win!