Hyun-Jin Ryu (postseason: 1-1, 4.40) vs David Price (PS: 1-1, 5.11).
So it turns out there are a few things a team needs to play well in the World Series:
- effective starting pitching [last night: noooooope]
- timely hitting [last night: kinda]
- strong defense [last night: noooooope]
- canny bullpen management [last night: noooooope]
But hey! It’s not the better team that wins — it’s the team that plays better. And the 92-71 Dodgers, who beat the 96-67 Brewers to reach the World Series, have it in them to take Game 2. They just have to execute when they absolutely can't afford not to (which frankly seems to be the only time they do so).
Although Boston native Rich Hill seems a natural to start this game, Ryu gets the start to set Hill up for relief work in later games. Road Ryu (8.59 ERA, 2.05 WHIP) is def not preferable to Home Ryu (0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP) but dude, it's the World Series. Sack up, Hyun-Jin.
Listen: Dodger Stadium is unfortunately going to be packed with entitled Red Sox fans on Friday. It's gonna suck. Let's give them one less thing to cheer for.
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We win today.
Not for nothin', but Game One's comments ended with number one-hundred and...69. Somewhere in Massachusetts, Rob Gronkowski approves.
Dozier 2B
Turner 3B
Freese 1B
Machado SS
Taylor LF
Kemp DH
Hernández CF
Puig RF
Barnes C
(Ryu P)
Puig, please carry that dead weight around you in the lineup.
PPR (Speedos) in the motherfucking house!!!
Reporting LIVE - motherfuckers!!! - from Fenway!!!!
Darkboulder (MPQ) here with me - Sox fan, says “let’s go up 2-0”
He’s mean-spirited that way.
PPR/Speedos! Thanks for representing the Blue in enemy territory! Tell Darkboulder he owes us CP for poisoning the alliance
Tell Darkboulder he is the equivalent of Bagman Spidey
Tell Darkboulder he doesn't merit a support
Tell Darkboulder he belongs in the Prologue
Tell Darkboulder I hope all his taco tokens are health packs.
QualityBurn™, Quad!
Tell Darkboulder I hope all his Legendary draws are Kravens.
one pitch one out
Tell Darkboulder I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt
Good Price showed up. We're sunk
Freese walks
Goddammit Manny
You know what would be great here? A 1-2-3 inning by Ryu
One down but Manny makes it an adventure with an errant throw
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He did it! 1-2-3 on 11 pitches
CT3 Ks on 3 pitches
Kemp Ks on 4 pitches
Ryu gives up a double after giving up a loud out
Red Sox score first. Again
Barnes works a full count, so I'm going to chalk that up as a victory
Dozier works a walk! It's an embarrassment of riches
Back-to-back singles! Here comes the RBI GIDP!
CT3 full count
RANCHO FREAKIN ARDIENDO
KempBI ties it!
Kiké working Price
It's all up to Puig
...who delivers! 2-1 Dodgers!
And he clears Barnes' spot!
Ryu with the crucial 1-2-3
Goddammit Benintendi
Ryu exits after 69 pitches over 4 2/3 innings
4-2 Boston
Madson has let all of his inherited runners score. Shitty!
We are wilting like a flower in an oven
Ryu was good until he wasn't
Ryu was solid for 2.2 innings
1 run over 4 2/3!
Sure he left the bases loaded...
Red Sox pitchers have been masterful at getting Dodgers bats to swing outside the zone. Even Turner is uncharacteristically wild
Ok, so we dropped two on the road. Let’s get it back Friday.
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We have an uphill climb, but anything is possible. Guys have to regroup and get their shit together
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So my battery has been at 1% for 4 straight hours.
Ugh (didn’t want to break the ugh-fest (darkboulder with the assist on naming this the ugh-fest)
Reading this aloud in the car headed home west out of bean-town.
Many pictures to share, many stories to tell.
Saw the entire fox sports talking heads show after the game. Saw Rich Hill (aka the guy who should have started game 2), right before the game started (kinda cool, in player area under bleachers). Arid looks like “he has a dumb ducking face” (darkboulder quote, dB for short).
Truly a great park for a game, and equally great fans, not one asshole in the lot of them, despite my dodger blue on display.
And they’re still fixated on hating the Yankees, they chanted it several times into the late innings. How quaint!
Pesky’s Pole. Green Monster. Olde-timey scoreboard. Fans who clearly know the game, the players, and pay attention.
Saw Pedro (fuck fuck fuck fuck), saw the back of Frank Thomas’s head. Very big, very black, and very shiney.
We’re in a pickle, boys.
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Thanks for the check-in, PPR! Glad to hear you were treated with respect. Sorry you had to see such a shitty game. Be sure to remind Db he's a Taco Token health pack
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No more Ugg’s. We gotta win four of five. Let’s get back to warm weather and get to work.
That means you, CT3 and Kike
(Madson, you just sit down and rest someplace.)
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Émbracé the accént, Sax!
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2 innings in the books. big swings big misses. ugh...
Dave trusting Bueler to go late into the 6th.
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