NLCS Game One: Dodgers 5, Cubs 2

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OSS: Well, at least it's a slightly longer series.

Three up:

  1. Albert Almora was the only Cubs player with a positive WPA on the day, thanks to a two run homer off of Kershaw in the fourth inning to give the Cubs a lead.
  2. They didn't end up with much to show for it, but Bryzzo were squaring up Kershaw pretty well early on. Hopefully that carries over to the next time they face him.
  3. Not a lot of other positives here, but of all the games in this series this has to be the one where the Dodgers were most favored given Kershaw, playing at home, and the Cubs emptying the pitching cupboard just to get here.

Three down:

  1. The bullpen was not great, but that's not a huge surprise. Also the Dodgers are really good. I'd rather have seen Lackey come in right after Q came out of the game, but this feels like a pretty minor quibble. Monty had another bad outing, which sucks because he was one of the few relievers I trusted going into the playoffs.
  2. Quintana started out great, but seemed to run out of gas in his last inning. It's been a crazy couple of days for him, so I guess it's not that surprising. But it sucked to see him fall off so quickly.
  3. Ron Darling is a fucking meathead. He threw so much shade at Kershaw that they probably had to up the wattage of the lights, and he wouldn't shut up about the play at the plate rule that has been a part of the game for years, and was enacted for a reason.
  4. I forgot how much I despised the Dodgers organist/music guy last year. Nothing has changed on that front.

Next up: Jon Lester pitches on three days rest against Rich Hill. Hopefully we get shaky Rich HIll this time around.

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  1. North Side Pat

    The Cubs haven’t come back to win a best-of-seven series after losing game one on the road… since their last best-of-seven series.

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  2. dmick89

    I’m sorry, Joe, but you’re an idiot if you think that play at the plate was beautiful. If there’s no rule protecting the catchers, Willson gets run over and there’s no way he holds onto the ball since he’s probably hit before he even has it. Not to mention, you’ve probably lost Willson for the remainder of the postseason. He thinks anyone who has played minor league or major league baseball would agree with him. Yeah, talk to Posey and Joe and Ron Darling can fuck off for thinking that was beautiful or athletic. Maybe we can also go back to when pitchers could freely throw at a hitter’s head, bench clearing brawls and laugh about it.

    I don’t fault Willson. I actually thought it was a good play on his part only because it was the only play he could make. Fortunately he wasn’t injured.

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  3. dmick89

    BVS,

    I think it was you in the last thread that mentioned that the reply/quote isn’t working on your Blackberry. Has it always been that way? I don’t think the plugin has been updated recently and it could be that it just doesn’t work on that device for some reason.

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  4. Berselius is too lazy to log in

    dmick89,

    At least in Joe’s case I take the talk with a grain of salt. I think it was much more about firing up his players than any specific grievance that he has. He knows the rules.

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    berselius

    BVS,

    He has to pass Leonys Martin on the bullpen depth chart first. Which would probably make him the fourth best option in the pen (dying laughing).

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  6. dmick89

    EnricoPallazzo,

    The plugin we use for that was last updated 9 months ago so that’s not it. The theme we use has been updated a few times recently and probably around the time it stopped working for you. That would be my guess right now. There’s another update for the theme and for a couple other plugins that I’ve been too lazy to update. I’ll do that now.

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  7. dmick89

    The Cubs need to start hitting. Baez and Russell haven’t done much at all. Bryant and Rizzo are going to need to step up and the same is true of Contreras. Baez has looked like shit.

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  8. Edwin

    BVS: Try this:

    Imagine Donald Trump as President (of the US)

    I wouldn’t even trust him as President of the Virgin Islands, much less America.

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  9. Berselius is too lazy to log in

    dmick89:
    The Cubs need to start hitting. Baez and Russell haven’t done much at all. Bryant and Rizzo are going to need to step up and the same is true of Contreras. Baez has looked like shit.

    Hopefully Baez sits against Hill and his 15 varieties of breaking pitches, it’s about as bad a matchup as you can think for him.

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  10. Rizzo the Rat

    Don’t let last night’s ugly loss distract you from the fact that Jose Quintana got a base hit off of Clayton Kershaw.

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    berselius

    To-day’s base ball squadron

    LF Jay
    3B Bryant
    1B Rizzo
    C Contreras
    CF Almora
    SS Russell
    RF Heyward
    2B Baez
    P Lester

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  12. dmick89

    I don’t know if anyone around here has been watching Halt and Catch Fire the last four years, but last night’s series finale was one of the best ever in my opinion. If you haven’t seen the show you should check it out.

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    dmick89:
    I don’t know if anyone around here has been watching Halt and Catch Fire the last four years, but last night’s series finale was one of the best ever in my opinion. If you haven’t seen the show you should check it out.

    Is it on netflix?

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  14. dmick89

    berselius,

    The first three seasons are. Ten episodes per season. I liked the first season, but some people just thought it was okay. I think most agree by its second season it had become a great tv show.

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    SK,

    It didn’t seem like he was getting a ton of playing time down the stretch either. I assume it’s Joe’s trying to balance getting the better defenders like Heyward in the lineup and he’s committed to starting Almora against LHP. Assuming Baez is also a constant, LF is about the only place to start Happ, and you’d like to give Schwarber a shot there since he has pretty mammoth power.

    I wouldn’t mind seeing him get some reps at 2B though. Javy looks like shit in the postseason so far.

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