Wednesday, October 14, 2020

2020 NLCS Game 3 Thread: Oct 14 @ Braves, 3p

Urias vs. Wright.

So the Dodgers are now down 2-0 in the NLCS, our offense and dugout were "flatter than a third grader" (as one of the Sons, who will go unnamed, put it in our WhatsApp chat), and our pitching is in complete disarray. I confess that I was drinking Pessimist last night after the game (see photo, above; it's a pretty solid wine).

But I still believe that it's the Dodgers' time to shine. And last night's late rally, which fell one run short of a comeback, was a very good sign that the moribund bats of Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Will Smith, and Cody Bellinger just might be waking up for the first time this series. Not to mention that of the 85 teams that have trailed 2-0 in a best-of-seven series, only 13 have prevailed (15%) BUT six of those 13 (almost half!) involved the Dodgers (to be fair, only three of them positively).

And here's the kicker: Game 3 is a road game for the Dodgers, who played better on the road in 2020 (22-8 vs. 21-9). We haven't played a road game yet in the 2020 postseason 2020 NLCS, so the change of scenery (and uniforms) will be refreshing. So don't go digging up rebuttal points like "we're in the same damn field, though," or "that's only a 3% difference in performance", dammit. We're winning tonight. Remember the happy times.

53 comments:

QuadSevens said...

Betts, RF
Seager, SS
Turner, DH
Muncy, 1B
Smith, C
Bellinger, CF
Pederson, LF
Rios, 3B
Taylor, 2B
Urias, P

QuadSevens said...

Betts with a leadoff single after review. LET'S GO!!!

QuadSevens said...

SEAGER RBI DOUBLE!! 2 PITCHES AND WE ARE LEADING!

karen said...

FAT LADIES STAY HOME!! No singing tonight...

QuadSevens said...

SMITH RBI DOUBLE!! 2-0 DODGERS!!

karen said...

Fresh Prince brings in Seager. 2-0 Good Guys

karen said...

ATL pitchers in this series have all looked to be 12 years old.

QuadSevens said...

JOCPOP!! 3 RUN BOMB!!

karen said...

YUNG JOC!!!! 5 run first for Boys.

QuadSevens said...

RIOS!! BACK TO BACK! 6-0!

karen said...

...AND EDWIN RIOS FOLLOWS WITH A SOLO....6-0 good guys

karen said...

ATL's 6th grade pitcher to the showers....

QuadSevens said...

CT3 walks and that's it for the Barves pitcher. I'll try to calm down now in the commercial break.

karen said...

Q7...You and me both!

QuadSevens said...

SEAGER WITH ANOTHER RBI HIT! 7-0!

QuadSevens said...

I'M JACKED UP BY ALL THESE HITS!

karen said...

Seager scores CT3...7-0 Good Guys.

karen said...

*8-0

karen said...

I was right the first time...7-0. I'm to stoked, need to calm down like Q7.

QuadSevens said...

RANCHO ARDIENDO FOR MUNCY!

karen said...

RA for Mighty Max.

QuadSevens said...

GRAND SLAM MUNCY! BUUUAAAAAAHAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

karen said...

GRAND SLAM FOR MUNCY!!!!!!

karen said...

Joe Buck saying today is the anniversary of Reggie Jackson sticking his hip into the ball in 1978 WS. I have HATED that SOB ever since.

QuadSevens said...

11-0! Most runs scored in an inning in postseason history! That's how you bounce back boys and girls!

spank said...

fucking wow

karen said...

Hey Freeman...Your name is Fred dude. The only guy who could get away with spelling his name Freddie was the late, great Mr. Mercury.

karen said...

ANOTHER GREAT CATCH BY BELLI!!!

karen said...

BELLI BOMB! 12-0

QuadSevens said...

Bellinger is getting hot! I love it!

karen said...

Julio living dangerously with this pitching.

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

Beer Check: Sam’s Octoberfest. Went looking for Golden Road O-Fest but it was all sold out. Cheers!

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

OK we need to start banking some of these runs for tomorrow and the next day

karen said...

Corey Seager with an absolute bomb...13-0.

QuadSevens said...

SEAGER IS ON FIRE! SOLO BOMB!

QuadSevens said...

Seager so far: 3 for 3, 3 Runs, 3 RBIs, triple short of the cycle.

QuadSevens said...

Smith grounds out, but Turner scores. 14-0!

QuadSevens said...

RBI SINGLE FOR BELLINGER! 15-0!

karen said...

I am trying to be humble, charitable and all that happy horse shit but I hope this game is as painful to watch for Bravo fans as yesterdays was for us.

QuadSevens said...

I want this game to break the spirit of the Braves. Is that asking for too much?

karen said...

I too want them to suffer Q7...Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

Are any of you dream analysts?

Last night I dreamt the Dodgers made a pitching change and brought in some old flabby guy, I think it was Brad Penny. He pitched solid shutout ball for about 4 innings and then fell to the mound with excruciating leg cramps. Guys from the dugout ran out to the mound and started punching Penny in the leg to work out the cramps...

They carted Penny off on a stretcher so he wasn’t able to continue. That’s it, I don’t remember anything past that.

QuadSevens said...

Excellent Karen. That's a wild dream DBT.

karen said...

Good share Dusty.

karen said...

We may see Panda pitch before this ones over.

QuadSevens said...

Betts and Seager are out of the game. 15-1 in the fifth.

karen said...

Good play for Camargo.

I only say that as to not screw with our juju.

QuadSevens said...

Kenley in for the 6th. See if he can get his head right.

QuadSevens said...

Kenley pitches a scoreless 6th. Only needed 10 pitches. No strikeouts though.

QuadSevens said...

Baez with a 1-2-3 inning.

QuadSevens said...

Wood pitched a good 8th. Kolarek in for the 9th now. Still 15-1.

karen said...

WIN!

QuadSevens said...

15-3 Win!