Friday, September 13, 2024

Games 147-150 Thread: Sept 13-16 @ Braves

Fri 9.13 4.20p: Knack vs. Schwellenbach
Sat 9.14 4.20p: Flaherty vs. Sale
Sun 9.15 4.10p: Buehler vs. Morton
Mon 9.16 4.20p: Yamamoto vs. Fried

This is it, the last playoff tune-up series for the remainder of the 2024 season: four games, on the road, against perennial National League powerhouse (and historic Dodgers rival), the Atlanta Braves. This year, Atlanta is getting a lot of talk about the loss of starter Spencer Strider as well as position player (and reigning NL MVP) Ronald Acuna Jr, and how the Braves are now one game back of the Mets for the last Wild Card spot.

I don't understand why Atlanta gets the sympathy while the Dodgers have been MUCH more beset by injuries. The 2024 Dodgers have spent 1,992 days on the IL (as of today), which dwarfs every other MLB team by at least 150 days, and that includes the Braves (1,575 IL days). So spare me the sob stories, Atlanta. As well as that inappropriate tomahawk chop.

69 comments:

karen said...

GAME 1

Shohei Ohtani DH
Mookie Betts RF
Freddie Freeman 1B
T Hernandez LF
Max Muncy 3B
Tommy Edman CF
Will Smith C
Gavin Lux 2B
Miguel Rojas SS

Landon Knack RHP

Steve Sax said...

Just logged on to see Teoscar strand Freeman at second. Yay.

Steve Sax said...

Max Muncy again can't field. That's gonna cost us

Steve Sax said...

And, it quickly does. Matt Olson double, we're already down 1-0.

Steve Sax said...

Tommy Edman saves us from worse damage.

1-0 ATL through 1.

Steve Sax said...

Landon Knack walks the first batter in the second inning and then gives up a two-run bomb. We are doomed

spank said...

already down 3. smh

spank said...

fuck

Steve Sax said...

Landon Knack is throwing BP. He gives up another HR. It's 5-0 LA and we don't even have two outs in the second.

Fuck this shit.

Steve Sax said...

Knack is at 61 pitches and he doesn't even have six outs yet. Enough.

Thanks for burning our bullpen for Game 1, Landon!

spank said...

Glasnow setback now Knack shitting the bed. not good looking forward

spank said...

MiggyRo!!

spank said...

5-2 keep chipping away

Steve Sax said...

Lux could have made that very interesting there in the third, but he flies out to end the inning.

karen said...

Game over. We lose 6-2

spank said...

looks like Glasnow is out for the season with a sprained elbow.

karen said...

Tyler hurt in bullpen session. Asked if we might see Shohei pitching in October Doc was noncommittal

karen said...

GAME 2

Shohei Ohtani DH
Mookie Betts RF
T Hernandez LF
Freddie Freeman 1B
Will Smith C
Miguel Rojas SS
Max Muncy 3B
K Hernandez 2B

Jack Flaherty RHP

karen said...

Tommy Edman CF batting 6th

spank said...

i dont want to see Shohei pitch til next year.

karen said...

@Spanky....I was thinking the same thing. Don't want to move him along to quickly.

spank said...

Dodgers tie it up at 1

spank said...

Dodgers ruining my weekend

karen said...

This game feels like the Boys have been out of it since the first pitch.

karen said...

Miggy pitching the seventh. His first pitch was a 49 mph strike. 10-1 ATL

karen said...

Craig's kid pinch running for Bravos. So that's where he went.

karen said...

GAME 3

Shohei Ohtani DH
Mookie Betts LF
Freddie Freeman 1B
T Hernandez LF
Tommy Edman SS
Max Muncy 3B
Gavin Lux 2B
Austin Barnes C
Kevin Kiemaier CF

Walker Buehler RHP

karen said...

HAPPY ROBERTO CLEMENTE DAY!!!!

karen said...

Mookie representing in Mr. Clemente's #21.

Steve Sax said...

How many games is Austin Barnes going to cost us because of his catchers interference calls

Get rid of Barnes!!!

Steve Sax said...

Barnes. This loss is your fault.

karen said...

I think even Doc's beat up. He just sounds flat not at all like his usual positive self.

karen said...

Slappy up. Hope Barnesy is okay.

karen said...

I am going to throw caution to the wind and say that Walker is looking much more Buehler-like today.

karen said...

Shohei ties this mother up with his second double.

Steve Sax said...

Why can’t Mookie hit anymore

karen said...

ATL IW's Shohei and Mookie makes them pay with tiebreaking rbi.

karen said...

TEO blasts one outta there!!!

karen said...

Edman and Muncy go back to back after Teo's homer. 9-2 Dodger Blue going to bottom of 9th.

karen said...

Bazooka comes in to clean up the burning of Atlanta when Dodgers catch fire.

Couldn't help it...Gone With the Wind is one of my favorite movies.
Boys win 9-2. Both shit eaters behind us also win.

Steve Sax said...

My god, that win was huge.

karen said...

Last night I posted a beautiful wrap up about our win...something about Atlanta burning and Gone with the Wind, yada, yada, yada but our site deleted it. Y'all get the gist

karen said...

DTrain saying in Friarville they are talking about 'hunting down' first place and all their remaining games are in the Pacific Time Zone. BURN SAN DIEGO BURN YOU ASSHOLES!!!!

karen said...

GAME 4

SHOHEI DH
MOOKIE RF
TEO LF
FAB FREDDIE 1B
SLAPPY C
EDMAN CF
MIGGY RO SS
MUNCY 3B
KIKI 2B

YOSHI RHP

karen said...

You'd think that just like running on Mookie in right field the league would figure out not to IW anyone in front him.

spank said...

i would have pitched to Ohtani last night and just throw inside stuff. he cant hit it. look at him jumping back like a wimp and those pitches aren't even close to hitting him.

Steve Sax said...

Slappy error puts Michael Harris on third with one out, but Yoshi gets out of it.

Freddie with a leadoff walk in the second.

Steve Sax said...

Come on, Slappy!

Steve Sax said...

Slappy fucking GIDPs.

Steve Sax said...

Kike Hernandez sucks! He Ks for the second out with Rojas on third.

Rojas scores with a WP with Ohtani at bat. Ohtani walks. Two out.

spank said...

nice pitching by Yoshi to end the 4th

spank said...

miggyro singles in edman

Steve Sax said...

Edman doubles to lead off the fifth, and Rojas singles him in. Now we have two on, none out...but Kiké at the plate.

Steve Sax said...

Kiké flies to right. One out, Rojas on third and Muncy on first.

Here's Shohei.

Steve Sax said...

Shohei forces Muncy but scores Rojas from third.

3-0 LA, two out. Here's Mookie

Steve Sax said...

Mookie does not seem to be seeing the ball well

Steve Sax said...

Mookie Ks for the second time tonight.

3-0 LA, mid 5

spank said...

3-0 LA

karen said...

Boys finally get a hit

karen said...

Shohei up with bases juiced and 1 out

spank said...

FreddyBoom!!

karen said...

3 run home for Freddie. 9-0 Blue.

karen said...

WIN!!! Now on to Miami.

spank said...

that's a wrap

Steve Sax said...

Can't believe we split that series! Wow.

Steve Sax said...

Houston just scored its first run against SD, so it's 2-1 SD, B8, no out, Astro on first (Yordan Alvarez).

I can't stomach rooting for Houston, but here I am.

Steve Sax said...

Arizona already lost to the Rockies.

Steve Sax said...

houston strands runners at the corners in the eighth. 2-1 SD, mid-8

Steve Sax said...

Profar with a solo shot. SD has this one wrapped up. They'll be 3.5 games back if they win tonight, and then they have:

two more at home vs. Houston
three at home vs. the pathetic white sox
three at Dodger Stadium
three at Diamondbacks