NLCS Game 4 Thread: Oct 15 vs. Brewers, 5p

Tyler Glasnow vs. TBD.

This series has been a spanking, but at least it's a full team loss where everyone is to blame.

All the talk before Game 3 was about Shohei Ohtani, "adamant" that he was healthy enough to start, but clearly just as feeble in Game 3. He's injured, he should not be playing, and what's worse, the Dodgers shouldn't be capitulating to his whims (though hopefully, this sets a foundation for future discussions). I actually think it is worse for Ohtani's legacy to insist on playing like this.

But Ohtani isn't the only problem. We have two XBH this whole series: a double by Kyle Tucker and a double by Will Smith (which briefly gave us the lead last night). Everyone in the lineup--Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez, Max Muncy, Andy Pages, Smith, Kiké Hernandez, Tommy Edman--looks thoroughly lost. Only Tucker, Miguel Rojas, and Muncy have OPS above .800 this postseason.

We haven't gotten more than one hit with RISP in any of the the three games this NLCS, a collective 2-for-16. When we get leadoff runners on, which happened frequently last night, we can't score them.

Our starters didn't last in either Games 1 or 2, and then even in Game 3, Blake Snell (who was sailing pretty well after giving up a leadoff HR in the first) ruptured in the seventh.

Was that manager Dave Roberts' fault for leaving Snell in too long? Possibly, though that wasn't Roberts' only gaffe last night managing the lineup, sending Muncy and Kiké Hernandez up for wasted strikeout ABs, while wasting the slot of Andy Pages (the team's best defender) as well as Josue De Paula (who was incomprehensibly announced at the end of a stuggling Juan Uribe stint, only to have Brewers manager Pat Murphy wait to select and announce his reliever, which then moved Roberts to waste De Paula and slot in Hernandez (to poor results)).

Bill Shaikin of the LA Times played back how Roberts explained every single one of his calls last night, none of which worked out. I am a Roberts fan, and have seen him improve his ability to make in-game decisions during his tenure. But last night was a f'ing disaster.

But Roberts isn't playing on the field, so let's get back to those culprits.

Our bullpen has given up runs when we've needed them to be solid. Every time we score a run, the Brewers seem to answer back in the next half-inning, killing any momentum or excitement. Milwaukee's ability to clap back sort of seems a lot like how we used to feel about these Dodgers: "we're never out of it, we can come right back." Talk about a role reversal. I feel like when we scratch across a run, it's always precarious.

I never felt like that in the last two postseasons.

So to sum: bad hitting, no power, bad starters, bad relief, bad management. And this team just looks like everyone suddenly aged overnight--no fight left at all.

Although it hurt to read and accept it, I loved Ken Rosenthal's article in the Athletic about the Dodgers, following Game 2's loss:

It’s not over. But if you were to picture the end of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ championship run, this is how it would look, no?

A physically compromised Shohei Ohtani bearing no resemblance to his usual MVP self. An offensively challenged lineup managing only one extra-base hit in two games. Co-aces Tarik Skubal and Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasting a combined 7 2/3 innings in their two starts.

He's right. It certainly looks like the end of this run.

Hoping the miracle starts tonight.

NLCS Game 3 Thread: Oct 14 vs. Brewers, 5p

Blake Snell (0-0, 2.45) vs. Robert Gasser (0-0, 2.25).

After dropping the first two games of this series, the Dodgers' playoff odds are now behind that of the Brewers, with Los Angeles needing to win four of the next five games to advance.

That doesn't sound good, so we're bringing...Blake Snell to the mound, hot off his mediocre performance in NLDS Game 2 (the only game we lost that series).

Oh yeah, and we have a grand total of one XBH this NLCS: a double by Kyle Tucker, of all people.

For the Brewers, tonight will be a Gasser of a start. Snell's like a loss to me.

NLCS Game 2 Thread: Oct 12 @ Brewers, 2p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Logan Henderson.

We knewMilwaukee was going to make this an alley fight. But the Dodgers are going to have to make this a slugfest if they're going to win this series and beat the small-ball Brewers.

And with the Dodgers going 1-for-6 with RISP, continuing a trend that has carried over from the NLDS--if we don't hit home runs, we are going to be in a lot of trouble.

Not to mention, stop hitting into double plays. Especially inning-ending, rally-killing double plays, Kiké Hernandez.

Meanwhile, again we turn to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to be the stopper. Sounds familiar, right?

NLCS Game 1 Thread: Oct 11 @ Brewers, 5p

Tarik Skubal vs. Jacob Misiorowski.

This is it, the heavyweight showdown that the world wanted, and a NLCS rematch for two squads that have met three times in the last decade in the NLCS, with the Dodgers prevailing in all prior instances.

This year's series promises to be very different, however. The Brewers are loaded, with a mich better lineup and starting pitching rotation. They small-ball you to death, with a MLB regular-season high of .354 BA with the bases loaded (even though they don't hit many home runs).

And of course, there's the whole small-market David vs. Goliath storyline, which casts its spectre not only over the whole postseason (with three small-market teams left, plus the Dodgers), but the labor discord and lockout that will come later this year.

The Dodgers are the oldest team in the majors. They're injured, with Shohei Ohtani looking feeble at the plate, and cornerstone Will Smith clearly struggling. And the Brewers have home field advantage in this series.

Gulp.

LET'S GO, DODGERS!

Game 125 Thread: Aug 16 vs. Brewers, 1p

Tarik Skubal (7-6, 2.93) vs. Logan Henderson (6-2, 2.88).

The Dodgers have already demonstrated in this series that they are an inferior team to the Brewers. Milwaukee starts Logan today. And he'll probably only give up one run.

Game 124 Thread: Aug 15 vs. Brewers, 4.15p

Justin Wrobleski (11-4, 3.44) vs. Jacob Misiorowski (11-5, 1.76).

Holy smokes, Edwin Diaz got a save last night! Sure, it was shaky, opening up with a HBP and loading the bases before Joey Ortiz grounded out to Mookie Betts. But that makes Diaz' seventh save of the season (versus four blown saves). We'll take it.

But tonight's game is the game of the series, with the Miz on the mound for Milwaukee. Can the sleepwalking Dodgers lineup wake up for a change? That would stop presses, indeed.

Game 123 Thread: Aug 14 vs. Brewers, 7p

Yamamoto vs. Gasser.

I have not been impressed with Edwin Diaz.

And if this end-of-season period is a way for the Dodgers to get a look at their potential postseason roster, remember that Tanner Scott was dropped from the postseason roster last year.

Diaz should go try and figure this out elsewhere. We have games we need to win right now.

Time to stop f'ing around, Diaz. And Kyle Tucker. And Teo, and Mookie, and Pages (from the plate).

Game 53 Thread: May 24 @ Brewers, 11a

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-4, 3.32) vs. Brandon Sproat (1-2, 5.75).

The last time Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched at American Family Field, he shut the Brewers down by pitching the first postseason complete game in eight years (a 5-1 NLCS Game 2 victory). That was a heck of a lot better than Yamamoto in his regular season start that season, when he lasted two thirds of an inning and gvae up five runs, three of them earned.

Brandon Sproat has never faced the Dodgers in his two years in the majors.

That's all I got. It's early, and I'm still hung over from last night's romp. I need coffee.

Game 52 Thread: May 23 @ Brewers, 4.15p

Roki Sasaki (2-3, 5.09) vs. Robert Gasser (0-0, 4.50).

If last night's 5-1 loss and injury to Max Muncy didn't give you the shits, tonight's opposing starter threatens to be at least quite a Gasser. Let's hope we don't shit our pants again against Milwaukee.

Game 51 Thread: May 22 @ Brewers, 4p

Wrobleski vs. Henderson.

After an inspiring series victory against the Padres, the Dodgers sit 1.5 games up in the NL West. Milwaukee has thst exact same division lead over the Cubs in the NL Central. So this is not the time to sleep on Old Milwaukee.

The Brewers are always the little engine that could, confounding baseball pundits by achieving beyond their small-market roots. Wouls love to see the Dodgers not get rope-a-doped this weekend and come out ahead.

2025 NLCS Game 4 Post-Game Thread: Shohei Ohtani Is A MLB Cheat Code

DODGERS 5, BREWERS 1
DODGERS WIN NLCS 4-0, ADVANCE TO 2025 WORLD SERIES

It has taken me about 12 hours to fully process what I watched last night (on television, like most of us; though my mom was at the game!). It still does not seem real or even possible.

Coming off the commentary about a woeful postseason at the plate (batting .158 heading into this game), Shohei Ohtani not only flipped the script, he did so in historic fashion: three home runs in a postseason game, as well as 10 Ks and no ER as a starting pitcher in a postseason game.

IN THE SAME GAME.

After getting home from my friend's house where I watched the game, I watched some highlights. At 3am, I got up and watched more highlights and read some articles. And this morning, I read even more articles. And no one can put this game into words.

Perhaps the best piece I've read is Jayson Stark's recap over at The Athletic (paywall), in which he calls last night's game "the greatest game in baseball history." One of his seven points:

5. The greatest first inning ever

Who writes these scripts? Here’s how Ohtani’s first inning went on the mound:

Walked the leadoff hitter (Brice Turang) … then casually struck out the next three hitters … Jackson Chourio on a 100.3 mph scorcher, Christian Yelich on a 100.2 mph brushfire, then William Contreras flailing at a sweeper that dropped 29 inches, to go with 17 inches of vertical break.

Dodger Stadium was louder than a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Then up stepped the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter — the starting pitcher — who did this …

So 446 feet later, this game would never be the same. And neither would the history books.

History lesson No. 1 — How many starting pitchers had ever blasted a leadoff home run before Ohtani pounded that one? Yep, that would be zero. Not in any postseason game. Not in any regular-season game. But, um, not anymore.

History lesson No. 2 — This was the 1,869th game in postseason history — which means there have been more than 16,000 innings. How many pitchers would you guess have struck out three hitters in a row and hit a home run in the same inning of a postseason game? As always, zero would be a savvy guess. (Hat tip: Elias Sports Bureau.)

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But are we sure — absolutely, positively sure — that this was the greatest game ever played? Of course we are! To show you why, let’s just review a handful of the postseason contenders.

There was the Reggie Jackson Three-Homer Game (that clinched the 1978 World Series for the Yankees).

There was the David Freese Game (that brought the 2011 Cardinals back from the dead in an epic World Series Game 6).

There were the legendary World Series long balls of Kirk Gibson (1988), Joe Carter (1993), Bill Mazeroski (1960) and even Freddie Freeman (last October).

They were all fit for the story books and the history books. But I’d just like to point out one thing: All those guys forgot to pitch in those games.

And speaking of pitchers, there was Bob Gibson’s fabled 17-strikeout game (in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series).

There was Roy Halladay’s unforgettable no-hitter in the first postseason game of his career (in 2010).

There was Don Larsen’s once-in-a-lifetime perfect game in 1956 — probably the most famous, most romanticized game ever pitched.

But now here I come again to make one small observation: All those guys forgot to hit a single home run on those days.

Really then, how can any legendary game you might want to nominate equal this one? Not to diminish anyone else’s greatest day on a baseball field, but if they didn’t fill up the K column, bash any baseballs out the stadium (and possibly the solar system) and send their teams to the World Series — all in the same game — they can’t possibly measure up. Can they?

So you know those people who like to fire off opinions that it’s time for Ohtani to give up this pitching side gig of his because it’s not worth it … it’s hurting his hitting … he’d be just as valuable doing only one thing? There might be an answer now for those people. How about this:

Any time that comes up, what do you say we just cue up the video of Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS and remind them of what is possible? “Yeah,” Friedman said. “That’s right. We can just enter it into exhibit and rest our case.”

There were other amazing things that happened in this 2025 NLCS. Like Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto's starts, for example. But at the conclusion of this game, in talking with my friend's kid: there was really only one choice for NLCS MVP. And it happened to be awarded to a guy who was batting 2-for-11 in this series prior to last night's Game 4 (and even with this prolific 3-for-4 with 3 HR performance, his 2025 postseason batting average only lifted to .220--albeit with a .967 OPS now).

To be that amazing from both sides of the plate...as SoSG AC put it, it's like the Bo Jackson avatar back in NES Tecmo Bowl when his speed could have him run backwards and forwards all over the field, evading all the AI opponent tacklers.

Or if you played MLB The Show and spent a ton of time grinding out the best offensive player...and then did the same amount of grinding to create the best pitcher...and then merged the two together so they were 100% attribute-leveled in the same character. I don't think that is even possible in that videogame. They're going to have to change the game, just like Shohei has changed the game of baseball for us.

I mean, what's next. He hits every day. Can Ohtani pitch every day as well? Would you even put that out of the realm of possibility at this stage?

Unbelievable. We will talk about The Ohtani Game for decades to come. Let's take some more time to soak this one in before we think about the World Series.

We are basking in baseball greatness.

2025 NLCS Game 4 Thread: Oct 17 vs. Brewers, 5.30p

Shohei Ohtani vs. Jose Quintana.

Everyone is talking about how Brewers manager Pat Murphy, riding rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski to five impressive flamethrowing innings yesterday in NLCS Game 3, appears to be out of chess moves to thwart the steamrolling Dodgers (up 3-0 in the NLCS).

But you know who's also out of moves?

Dodger manager Dave Roberts is forced to start a guy tonight who is batting .158 with a .641 OPS. And not only that, Roberts is batting him leadoff as well.

So here we go.

2025 NLCS Game 3 Post-Game Thread: The End of Les Miz

DODGERS 3, BREWERS 1

One day more. Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to victory.
These Brewers try to steal a win but Glasnow and crew kept us in.
One day more.

I did not think this bullpen could.
How can I hope, when they have farted?
One day more.
Tomorrow we can sweep away!
Unless Doc's moves become outsmarted.

One day more to show the world
(Can we win the LCS?)
One more day that rests on Shohei
(Who has been bad at the plate!)
But if he can just go six
(He still has to take at bats)
And I swear we can advance!

The time is now
The day is (tomorrow)

We certainly channeled Les Miz tonight, as Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski carved up the Dodgers lineup for five relief innings. But you kinda thought that when we broke through, this game would be over.

And sure enough, it was. Tommy Edman did the honors tonight, singling in Will Smith to take a 2-1 lead in the sixth, which expanded further when Abner Uribe tried to pick off Edman at first, but threw wide, allowing Fredie Freeman to score from third.

Surprisingly, a 3-1 lead was all the Dodgers needed, with Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen, Anthony Banda, and Roki Sasaki holding down the lead from starter Tyler Glasnow (5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB and 8 Ks). Glasnow wasn't as sharp as Blake Snell or Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but it was enough to put the Dodgers up 3-0 in the NLCS.

Let's GOOOOO!

2025 NLCS Game 3 Thread: Oct 16 vs. Brewers, 3p

Glasnow was pretty good, last time out. He'd better be, again.

Tyler Glasnow vs. TBD.

For the second time this series, let's start with the negative. According to Jayson Stark in The Athletic, there have been eight teams (including this year's Dodgers), since the 2000 Yankees (MLB's last repeat winner), who have been within six games of a repeat World Series Championship. And none of the other seven have made it to a repeat title:

• 2001 Yankees — one win away (lost Game 7 of the World Series)
• 2009 Phillies — two wins away (lost the World Series in six games)
• 2008 Red Sox — five wins away (lost in Game 7 of ALCS)
• 2012 Cardinals — five wins away (lost in Game 7 of NLCS)
• 2023 Astros — five wins away (lost in Game 7 of ALCS)
• 2010 Yankees — six wins away (lost in Game 6 of ALCS)
• 2021 Dodgers — six wins away (lost in Game 6 of NLCS)

Put another way, of the seven teams since 2000 that had won two games in the LCS and were vying for a repeat World Series title, five of them didn't even make it out of the LCS.

To be fair, the 2001 Yankees were the only team in that set of seven who had a 2-0 lead in the LCS--on the road, no less!--and then went on to fall short (in the World Series, to Luis Gonzalez and the Diamondbacks).

On the other hand, World Series winners in 2021-2023 (Atlanta, Houston, and Texas) all went up 2-0 in their LCS en route to a World Series Championship.

(Atlanta was also up 2-0 on the Dodgers in the 2020 NLCS, and the Dodgers stormed back to not only win the 2020 NLCS but win the 2020 World Series.)

And did you see what just happened to the Mariners last night? Up 2-0 and heading home for Game 3, the Blue Jays rolled the Mariners 13-4, with five Blue Jays hitting home runs en route to victory. Ouch.

Tyler Glasnow takes the mound tonight for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's had two appearances in the 2025 postseason: a relief appearance in NLDS G1, where he went 1.2 IP (0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks), and then a more conventional (and effective) start in NLDS G4 (6.0 IP, 0 ER 2 H, 3 BB, 8 Ks). I was there for that NLDS G4, and he had pinpoint accuracy and was just setting up Ks all over the place, including in high-leverage positions. But Glasnow has gotten through six full innings in only three of his eleven career postseason starts, but no further than that--which means Dave Roberts is gonna have to use the bullpen somehow tonight.

So let's look at some more stats (courtesy ESPN's Get Up from 10.15):

I'm terrified.

2025 NLCS Game 2 Post-Game Thread: The Mighty Yams

Yams: Stacked tonight.

DODGERS 5, BREWERS 1

Blake Snell pitched eight innings of no-run ball yesterday? No problem, said Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who went the complete game, giving up only one run (off his first pitch, a leadoff HR from Jackson Chourio), with an impressive line of his own: 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB and 7 Ks.

That was Yamamoto's first career MLB CG. And a fine time to break out that performance. It was the first Dodgers postseason complete game since Jose Lima in 2004 (NLDS G3 vs. St. Louis), which was so long ago, this blog wasn't even around then!

The Dodgers have solved their bullpen woes by simply not ever going to the bullpen. Amazing.

Teoscar Hernandez had a key home run to strike back after Chourio's blast, and then Andy Pages knocked in Kiké Hernandez (who doubled) to give the Dodgers a quick 2-1 lead.

And though the Dodgers had many other chances in this game, we simply weren't great--2-for-11 with RISP, and 10 LOB--but we continued to just chip away and extend the lead with a trio of fenceposts in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. A 2-1 lead stretched to 5-1; the Brewers had to use five pitches after Freddy Peralta, two of them picking up ER on their own pitching lines, and the Dodgers got another win on the road.

Sloppiness still abounds for the Dodgers. Max Muncy (who also homered in the game--making him the Dodger with the most postseason homeruns, all-time) had his second error of the postseason. And Teoscar Hernandez and Mookie Betts both GIDPd, the latter for the second time this series.

We still aren't firing on all cylinders offensively. But luckily, our starting rotation certainly is.

For a team that couldn't win one game against Milwaukee all regular season, it's remarkable for the Dodgers to get two wins on the road to start out this series.

Credit our starting pitchers, Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. If we never have to go to the bullpen, we might actually stand a chance this postseason.

2025 NLCS Game 2 Thread: Oct 14 @ Brewers, 5p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Freddy Peralta.

Let's take the Brewers' NLCS Game 1 pitching lineup as an anomaly. The good news is, we've now gotten a good look at six of Milwaukee's relievers, especially Quinn Priester, who pitched innings two through five. And we did get some hits and walks off them (7 H and 8 BB, respectfully), against only 4 Ks, showing better plate discipline than we had against the Phillies in the NLCS.

But today's Game 2 features an actual starting pitcher for the Brewers, Freddy Peralta, and he's a pretty good one at that. Peralta's 5.5 WAR and 2.70 ERA this year ranked him seventh in the majors. Peralta also shut us down in the first of two starts against the Dodgers this year (July 7: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB and 7 Ks), and he earned the win (but was less effective) in his second start against us (July 19: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB and 4 Ks). Perhaps that bodes well for the Dodgers, as he's at least trending in a favorable direction.

(Peralta also started twice in the 2025 NLDS against the Cubs: winning NLDS G1 (5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB and 9 Ks), but losing NLDS G4 (4.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB and 6 Ks). Again, trending in a favorable direction.)

But let's not get distracted from some glaring issues with our own lineup. Shohei Ohtani, 0-for-2 (albeit with 3 BBs) yesterday, is now batting .138 in the leadoff spot. Mookie Betts was 0-for-4 and Teoscar Hernadez 0-for-3 yesterday.

Without those three hitting, we barely eked out the two runs we needed to win Game 1--but let's remember, we've scored two runs or fewer against the Brewers in five of seven games this season, and last night's game was the only time we came out with a win.

And Andy Pages, 0-for-3 yesterday, is now batting .037 in the postseason. I mean, I don't hope for Michael Conforto (who thankfully is not on the NLCS roster). But even he can hit better than .037.

Not to mention, Teoscar fricking' TOOTBLANned yesterday, as well.

If the best highlight the Brewers get from the 2025 NLCS is this absurd double play, I'd be thrilled. Unfortunately, I think they'll have many more highlights in this series. Hopefully, just not any Brewers highlights tonight.

2025 NLCS Game 1 Post-Game Thread: Snell Carries The Dodgers To A Game 1 Victory

“He put us on his back and he won it for us,” said Mookie Betts. (Quoted in The Athletic)

DODGERS 2, BREWERS 1

The Dodgers were sloppy tonight. Poor baserunning by Teoscar Hernandez flipped a sure sacrifice fly into an unusual but still costly inning-ending double play (and the Dodgers added another inning-ending double play from Mookie Betts, one frame later).

And from the plate, the missed opportunities were more glaring. The Dodgers were 1-for-10 with RISP, 11 total LOB, in Game 1. And if not for Freddie Freeman's solo HR in the sixth, and then Betts' bases-loaded walk RBI in the ninth, we would have been shut out altogether by the effective patchwork of Brewers arms.

But Blake Treinen saved Roki Sasaki's lack of sharpness tonight in the bottom of the ninth, staunching the bleeding after the Brewers scored one run and had the bases loaded, by striking out Brice Turang to notch the Game 1 victory.

We won't be able to depend upon game sloppiness and a moribund offense, if we want to win this series.

Not to mention, we won't be able to expect our starters to go eight full scoreless innings and face the minimum number of batters (24), like Blake Snell did tonight. 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 10 Ks. Unbelievable outing by Snell, who put the Dodgers on his back for this NLCS Game 1 victory.

We stole this road win. Let's be sharper tomorrow, okay? (I'm looking at you, Teoscar.)

illustration from ChatGPT

2025 NLCS Game 1 Thread: Oct 13 @ Brewers, 5p

Blake Snell (2-0, 1.38) vs. TBD.

Let's start with the negative: the Dodgers were basically a mediocre road team this year (41-40), but against the Brewers, the Dodgers came up short both on the road AND at home, losing all six games to Milwaukee this year. In the three games in Milwaukee, we scored a total of four runs, never scoring more than two runs in a game.

So tonight's game at Miller Park American Family Field should not give the Dodgers a ton of hope or momentum, especially coming off of a very fortunate NLDS victory that was partially handed to us by a game-ending error (another weak offensive performance by the Dodgers, might I add).

Sure, Fangraphs gives us favorable odds of 70% to win the NLCS. ESPN's pundit panel sides with the Dodgers. And The Athletic's panel gives a very slight series edge to the Dodgers (even though San Francisco Giant homer Grant Brisbee is one of the ones picking the Brewers to win).

As a result, I'm not feeling confident heading into this NLCS. The Phillies were a tough opponent in the NLDS, and we barely snuck by them and advanced. The Brewers play great defense, kill you with small ball, and have a grizzled coach who has his team believing. Can the Dodgers, with their bullpen cupboard bare, and their main slugger batting .148 this postseason, really feel like they've got what it takes to win?

We're going to have to step the hell up here. Like Roki Sasaki in the NLDS.

Now that was awesome.

LET'S GO, DODGERS!

UPDATE 10:48a: Ben Casparius makes the NLCS roster; Dalton Rushing (as a third catcher) left off.

Scoreboard Watching (Oct 11, 2025): The Other NLDS

Cubs @ Brewers, 5p.

No starting pitchers named as of this post creation (Friday Oct 10, 9.30p PT). I am out of pocket today but will be keeping tabs on this game.

I can't even pontificate about who'd we prefer to win (we were 0-6 against the Brewers this year; however we were only 3-4 against the Cubs this year, and that includes two wins in Tokyo).

I'm just hoping for a 26-inning game that uses all pitchers on both teams.

Game 100 Thread: July 20 vs. Brewers, 1p

Honestly, I just can't.

What a horrible start following the All-Star Break. Mookie Betts taking more time to get right; pitching arms flailing. What a mess.