Tuesday, October 28, 2025

2025 World Series Game 4 Thread: Oct 28 vs. Blue Jays, 5p

Shohei Ohtani vs. Shane Bieber.

How do you reward a guy who just hit two home runs and four extra base hits, and reached base a record nine times in a marathon World Series Game 3?

Send him to the mound to start the next game 17 hours later, of course!

I don't know how Shohei Ohtani is possibly going to do this, but he's starting Game 4 tonight. I don't know how the bullpen is possibly going to do it, either, after throwing 227 pitches (on top of starter Tyler Glasnow's 85 pitches) to keep the Blue Jays off the board for 13.1 innings yesterday.

All I know is, the Dodgers offense simply has to step up more than what it has to date this World Series. No more stupid infield fly outs, or swinging at the first pitches of an at bat. And remember, a lot of the Blue Jays starters left Game 3 early to go relax and recover, unlike many of our starters.

Game 4 is a must-win if we want to stop this series from returning to Toronto. Let's take care of business, bats!

LET'S GO, DODGERS!

67 comments:

QuadSevens said...

WORLD SERIES GAME 4

Ohtani DH
Betts SS
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Hernandez, T. RF
Muncy 3B
Edman 2B
Hernandez, K. LF
Pages CF

Ohtani P

Steve Sax said...

Let’s go Quad! And thanks for the kind comments on the Game 3 PGT!

Steve Sax said...

Rally Towel thread is up. That portends good things…

QuadSevens said...

Anytime Sax! I can’t break the streak of posting the lineup now. Superstitions and all, you know?

Steve Sax said...

No Springer in the Toronto lineup.

Steve Sax said...

@Q7: you got it

QuadSevens said...

Here we go!

karen said...

Here we go DODGER FAITHFUL

QuadSevens said...

Kiké with a great catch over the side wall for the first out!

QuadSevens said...

Walk and an infield single. Traffic for Ohtani to deal with.

QuadSevens said...

Ohtani escapes. And gets ready to lead off.

spank said...

too many breaking balls on fastball counts

spank said...

no runs but a lot of pitches

spank said...

Bieber was warming up last night too. he's not so fresh

QuadSevens said...

Nice quick 2nd inning for Ohtani.

spank said...

we're in business

QuadSevens said...

Let’s go Kiké!

QuadSevens said...

Sac fly for Kiké! 1-0 Dodgers!

karen said...

Mr. October!!!

spank said...

damn

Steve Sax said...

Not good. 2-1 TOR

Steve Sax said...

Mookie looks lost up there. It’s disappointing.

QuadSevens said...

Ohtani strikes out the side in the fourth.

spank said...

BOOOOOO

spank said...

the offense sucks ass

Steve Sax said...

Down 2-1 through four full. I don't understand why our offense disappeared.

spank said...

oh shit

spank said...

cool. i can breath now.

Steve Sax said...

Pages is so fucking worthless at the plate

Steve Sax said...

First-pitch swinging, Mookie? What the hell

spank said...

i dont know man. mookie sucks right now

Steve Sax said...

Mookie: 8 for his last 49. Bieber with 75 pitches through five; Ohtani with 76.

Steve Sax said...

Bichette flies out, he's 0-for-2 with a walk. One out.

spank said...

shohei baby. nice curve

Steve Sax said...

Kirk with the third out K!

Okay let's go, Dodgers. Good at bats here, let's take some pitches and work the counts

QuadSevens said...

Ohtani through six. Still down 2-1.

Steve Sax said...

Leadoff single for Freddie here in the sixth.

Let's do this!

spank said...

freddie is on. got a break

spank said...

ahh

Steve Sax said...

First pitch swinging AGAIN by Slappy, and it's a quick out. One out. Come on, Will.

Steve Sax said...

Schneider tries to have a convo with Bieber, but we know how those go from prior conversations on the mound with Scherzer. Bieber stays in. Teoscar swings at the first pitch...but singles!

Two on, one out. Let's GO

spank said...

it's nervous time

Steve Sax said...

Bieber chased, Mason Fluharty in. Muncy swings at the FIRST DAMN PITCH.

spank said...

fuck man. stop swinging at first pitch

Steve Sax said...

So it's up to Edman. This is not going to happen.

spank said...

horrible

Steve Sax said...

Edman, three-pitch K. What the fuck.

Steve Sax said...

All inside pitches, and only at 83 mph, and Tommy blows it.

Steve Sax said...

Wheels falling off wagon here

spank said...

fucking Banda

spank said...

slipping away

spank said...

good lord

Steve Sax said...

Maybe this can finally put the nail in the Treinen coffin

spank said...

that's a wrap. Dodgers dont want this. they want to sleep

spank said...

glad i decided to feed my hunger during this pitching vomice. the perfect condiment to my meal

MR.F said...

Well, phooey.

spank said...

I'd like to see Kim out there with his crazy speed fucking shit up. Call brings nothing

spank said...

yep. looks at a.strikeout all dumb

spank said...

BOOOOOO

spank said...

mookie was startled he got that hit. smh

spank said...

freddie Ks with his slow bat speed

spank said...

but a whimper

MR.F said...

yeah, whimper is the word I was thinking

MR.F said...

hmmm

MR.F said...

Welp, okay then.

spank said...

weak ass Call. wtf is je in there when kim can bat lefty

QuadSevens said...

Well that was horrible.