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HahnSolo Oct 08 2016 12:03 AM

Dodgers up 4-3 bottom 6. Myrna Turner with a HR off Scherzer. Keyshawn out after scuffling through 5. Joe Blanton (!) in relief

metirish Oct 08 2016 12:08 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

That would be Officer Joe Blanton

metirish Oct 08 2016 12:35 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Murphy tries to steal against Harold Reynolds analysis and gets caught , 4-3 Dodgers in the 7th

metirish Oct 08 2016 12:56 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Dodgers closer Jansen in for a 5 out save ...first hitter with a double

metirish Oct 08 2016 01:18 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Giants at Cubs currently in MLB Network and FOX GO So stupid these playoffs games are on channels that a lot of people don't have

themetfairy Oct 08 2016 01:24 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

I can't decide which one of these teams I hate more.

metirish Oct 08 2016 01:26 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Dodgers win

bmfc1 Oct 08 2016 01:27 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

So sad Nationals. Enjoy your trip home on shitty Metro (I had to hear "enjoy the game Nationals fans!" over and over during my commute).

metirish Oct 08 2016 03:34 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

The absolute worst thing about FS1 having games is being bombarded with stupid Skp Bayless promos

MFS62 Oct 08 2016 06:10 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

When this goes back to LA, I'll again be rooting for the proverbial meteor. BTW, I was wondering, how is it that meteors always land in a crater? Later

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2016 07:31 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Game 2 - [crossout:27sc2ud9]rained[/crossout:27sc2ud9] Matthew'd out in Washington. Rescheduled for 1 PM Sunday

MFS62 Oct 08 2016 09:19 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Frayed Knot wrote: Game 2 - [crossout]rained[/crossout] Matthew'd out in Washington. Rescheduled for 1 PM Sunday Don Shula would have left the field uncovered. Later

metirish Oct 09 2016 12:38 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

MLB Network has an obnoxious graphic top right corner of the screen that shows the outfielders positions. Costas with the call. Cubs 1-0

metirish Oct 09 2016 12:48 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

CUbs up 3-0 , hitting Samardzija really hard, action in the Giants pen , 2nd inning , 1 out and 2 on

themetfairy Oct 09 2016 12:50 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Make that 4-0. Pence just missed making a beautiful catch.

metirish Oct 09 2016 01:01 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Samardzija pulled , Blanco pinch hits a double and knocks in a run, back to back doubles 4-1 Cubs

metirish Oct 09 2016 01:07 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Giants cut the lead to 4-2 .

metirish Oct 09 2016 01:24 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Both starters now out as Hendricks takes a come backer from the hitter and is injured .....

metirish Oct 09 2016 01:26 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

I like Costas and Smoltz, pretty much just calling the game , no nonsense

metirish Oct 09 2016 01:37 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Pitcher Wood hits a HR but there was no call as Rosenthal was interviewing Bochy

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2016 02:05 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Y'know you don't need permission to start a new thread.

metirish Oct 09 2016 02:11 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Oh shit, I never realized I was posting in the Nats thread......

Zvon Oct 09 2016 07:45 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

metirish wrote: Oh shit, I never realized I was posting in the Nats thread...... If I had a nickle for every time I did that... With inflation and all shouldn't this saying be updated? If I had a buck fiddy for every time I did that... There's a game going on? I mean to watch these games but I'm not interested enough to know when they are on. I can't find this one on TV.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2016 09:18 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Nats even it up 1-1 with a 5-2 win The two teams tried their very best to push it over the four hour mark but just fell short (3:55) despite it only being 8-1/2 innings, despite only 7 runs scored in total, and despite a right about average number of 76 total batters coming to the plate. Good thing they don't now have to fly across country for a DAY (1 PM local time) game tomorrow ... oh wait!!

bmfc1 Oct 10 2016 11:59 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

The Dodgers left 12 runners on base and were 1 for 9 with RISP. And frigging Murphy continues to hit (he also misplayed a ball but it didn't cost them, which is unfortunate). He thinks he's funny: Daniel Murphy when asked what he learned in last year's playoffs: 'Catch the ball... [awkward silence]... come on, that was funny.' — Chase Hughes (@chasehughesCSN) October 6, 2016

Frayed Knot Oct 10 2016 10:22 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

[soapbox time again]It's 4-1 Nats after 4-1/2 and they're already more than two hours into a game that has a grand total of 7 hits and where the only pitching change was one made between innings so no extra time was taken up there. oe: OK, now it's 4-3 in bottom 5 on a 'Chooch' Ruiz 2R PH HR -- and here's comes the first in-inning pitching change as Dusty is yanking Gio Gonzalez And, as always, it's not just the time it's the dead time. To that end, Dodger reliever Pedro Baez needs to be banned from baseball. He's averaging over 30 seconds per pitch (and it's not just post-season pressure, he's the slowest in MLB normally. Then, after about an 8-pitch walk which took some 4-5 minutes to begin with, they then had a catcher visit to the mound followed by a pitching coach visit (separate meetings) and so it was 2-1/2 minutes between pitches to consecutive batters ... that's longer than the normal time between innings. Tow pitches later the inning ended and so we had the between inning break anyway (closer to 3 minutes because it's post-season). So basically the audience saw two pitches in nearly six minutes.

MFS62 Oct 10 2016 11:38 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

There's a Washington filibuster joke in there somewhere, except its not funny. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 10 2016 11:55 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

The game's in L.A. so we'll go with the gag that the picture is behind schedule and over budget. They're finally thru the 8th, just sliding it in under the four hour mark. So, assuming it doesn't get tied up, only one inning (and probably 45 minutes) to go.

MFS62 Oct 11 2016 12:23 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Its now 8-3. This game is going to last longer than a hockey post-game show (on radio). Later

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2016 01:04 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

4 hours 12 minutes is the official time, leaving it just shy of the record for longest post-season game ever, game 3 of the 2004 ALCS although that game requires several asterisks * it was Yanquis v Red Sox who, especially in that era, were in their own universe to the point where it seemed like they were playing separate rules from those of other teams * the final score of that one was 19-8 Yanx on a total of 37 hits and 9 walks Of course the best thing about that game was that, although it put the Yanx up three games to none, it would be the last one they'd win that season.

themetfairy Oct 11 2016 10:43 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

It's hard for me to watch this series. I can't decide which one of these teams I hate more.

themetfairy Oct 11 2016 10:45 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Utley is up. I definitely hate the Dodgers more.

Zvon Oct 11 2016 11:18 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Great catch. I've been pulling my Pederson's.

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2016 11:28 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

When in doubt, root for a Game 5

Zvon Oct 11 2016 11:35 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

And now for something completely different: A Tim Tebow face-plant. [fimg=500]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuhfFKgWYAAufgY.jpg:large[/fimg]

Zvon Oct 11 2016 11:56 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Great faceoff between Clayton & Bryce. UGH, a walk. Bases loaded. 2 outs, 7th. 5-2 I joke about robo umps but I don't really want to know if that curve ball (not the ball 4-like 3 pitches b4- called a ball) was actually, technically, literally, & mechanically a strike. It could have gone both ways from what I saw, and the ump called it one way. I don't mind that, when it's borderline. It's just that umps suck so bad these days that they screw up on obvious balls & strikes. Ouch. Kershaw out, Dodger reliever hits Werth, a run scores. 5-3. Come on LA, hold this for Clayton. Murphy up, bases still all red.

Zvon Oct 11 2016 11:57 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Wow. Murph ties it. Jeeze. He is sick in the post. Just sick.

metirish Oct 12 2016 12:58 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

During one of the games the booth mentioned that Dave Roberts had made over 600 pitching changes during the season( I think I am correct in that), I also think they said that was a record?...anyway , easy to see how it would be, he is constantly going to the pen , as mentioned above games are long ...awful to watch really

Frayed Knot Oct 13 2016 08:22 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Final 1st round series to be decided tonight. I still maintain that, even though the Dodgers have been to the playoffs four years in a row now while so far only advancing once, the pressure here is more on the Nats who haven't won at all in this five-year span since they became a winning team and could conceivably see their window closing faster than LA who always seem to be in the midst of upheaval as they use a massive payroll to rebuild on the fly. Whoever gets past tonight will then be playing with house money against the favored Cubs, but tonight is a big game for each, just more so for the Nats IMO. Also there's the pitching matchup. Scherzer is the $30 mil/yr guy the Nats got through FA-gency as the final piece to the puzzle and he's matched against a guy, Rich Hill, who's not only pitching on three days rest but also has to have one of the stranger resumes in recent years -- and I had to look ALL of this up because (maybe it's the boring name) I was virtually unaware of this guy until very recently even though he's spent (at least part of) 12 years in the majors to date. Rich Hill - Originally drafted back in 1999 (Cincy - 36th round) and again in 2001 (Angels - 7th) he finally signed with the Cubs after being drafted by them in the 4th round in 2002. - he was in the majors by 2005 and has appeared in every season since, but in doing so has traveled from the Cubs to Baltimore, St Louis, Boston, Cleveland, Boston again, Angels, Yanquis (Aug thru Sept of 2014 ... I have no memory of this), Nationals (though stayed in the minors), Boston for a 3rd time, Oakland, and finally the Dodgers - in addition to spending at least part of every single season in the majors since first coming up, he has also spent at least part of every single year in the minors including a stint in 2015 with the Long Island team in Independent ball. Overall he has made more appearances and had more starts as a minor leaguer than he has in the majors. - he's been granted free agency eight times (including last winter), been released three other times (the Angels once released him after pitching to just four batters), and was finally traded for the first time at this year's deadline when he came as part (a throw-in?) of the Josh Reddick deal in exchange for three minor leaguers (I hope you got good ones Billy Beane) And now after all that -- in what is only his second season making 20 starts or totaling 100 ML innings (his first in each since 2007) -- it is he, not Scherzer, who is the pitcher with the better 2016 ERA & WHiP in tonight's matchup and how bad will that sit with Nats fans if they fail to advance once again, this time because their $200 million dollar man got out-pitched by a 36 y/o ML vagabond picked up at the trading deadline and starting on short rest?

Fman99 Oct 14 2016 02:57 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Good game going here. I hat both of these damn teams, but, since I know more obnoxious Nats fans than Dodgers fans, I'll hope that LA can win and then go get stomped in Chicago. Except, you know, maybe on the way to the airport, on the tarmac, Face Buttley gets hit by a comet.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 03:01 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

hahA. A comet. This is great cause I don't give a shit who wins. I would rather see the Nats go home but I don't really care what happens until the Cubs play again. Baseball might be even more enjoyable when you don't care.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 03:05 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Justin Freakin' Turner ... who the hell ever saw THAT coming?

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 03:07 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Man, how many pitchers can a team use in one inning? Apparently the answer is: All of them!

Zvon Oct 14 2016 03:22 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

This is a great game. 4-3 LA, 7th.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 03:31 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

This is veeeeery interesting. Roberts puts his closer in with no outs in the 7th. He must think Hiesey is Tug McGraw! Ha. No, they still have Kershaw up their sleeve.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 03:32 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

And Bryce singles! 1st & 3rd.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 03:39 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

I was looking for a vid of Werth when he was out by a mile but it scrolled away. That was also very strange. There is this: [tweet:2mw0n44j]https://twitter.com/mattprov94/status/786763307873103874[/tweet:2mw0n44j]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2016 03:58 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Zvon wrote: This is a great game. 4-3 LA, 7th. super long one too.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 04:09 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is a great game. 4-3 LA, 7th. super long one too. Ridiculously long. I love it. FK? ;) Kershaw spied talking to his pitching coach. I've been pulling my Rendons but he has set a new "post season" record for not hitting with RISP. OE: Oh, with runners on, anywhere. [tweet]https://twitter.com/kevinburkhardt/status/786774853051310080[/tweet]

Zvon Oct 14 2016 04:20 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Kershaw is coming in to close. I think he's the 60th pitcher used tonight.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 04:21 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Zvon wrote: Ridiculously long. I love it. FK? ;) Just think how much better a game it would be if Kensley Jansen would throw pitches at a rate quicker than one per minute, or if pitching changes took about half as long.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 04:22 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

No, it's still Janson! Kershaw is just biting his nails in the pen.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 04:22 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Zvon wrote: Kershaw is coming in to close. Not yet he isn't. Probably for Harper though. Turner - Harper - Werth - Murphy due up.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 04:24 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

This is my kind of managing. Give the guy 1 bump. Odds of it being a kaBoom are...I don't actually know, but give him a chance to get thru it. Evertime I look up Harper us at the plate.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 04:27 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

He;s letting him face Harper. 3-0.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2016 04:33 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

So its Kershaw vs. Muffy 2 on, 1 out, Nats down by 1, bottom 9th

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 04:43 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

It had to end there otherwise there wouldn't have been anyone left to watch it. Speaking of which, the DC Metro closes at midnight (or maybe even earlier) so I wonder how a lot of the folks at the game are going to get home. I know if I'm a DC cabbie I'm hanging around that park for the rest of the night.

Zvon Oct 14 2016 05:00 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

I really like what Ive seen from Dave Roberts. Intellegent, can express himself clearly, takes unconventional chances, bucks the trends. We always talk about bringing in the closer in the most crucial inning, even if its the 6th or 7th, when he is needed most. Andwe were talking about that years ago. Are we that far ahead of the curve?

Fman99 Oct 14 2016 10:16 AM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Zvon wrote: I really like what Ive seen from Dave Roberts. Intellegent, can express himself clearly, takes unconventional chances, bucks the trends. We always talk about bringing in the closer in the most crucial inning, even if its the 6th or 7th, when he is needed most. Andwe were talking about that years ago. Are we that far ahead of the curve? Of course we are. I made it to the Turner double. Zonked out after that.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 01:04 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

To put the length of last night's game into a bit of perspective (yes, here I go again): - 30 years ago tomorrow there was an extra inning game you might all remember, a game that lasted 16 innings where 123 players batted - last night was a regulation 9 inning game where 80 batters came up -- for comparison purposes, an average 9-inning game has about 75 trips to the plate - the 1986 NLCS game was longer by just [u:29f8zwrm]10 minutes[/u:29f8zwrm] It's not [just] the length of the games, it's what's going on during that time -- or, more accurately, what's NOT going on during much of that time.

G-Fafif Oct 14 2016 01:22 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Maybe they should keep the rosters at 25 in September and expand them to 40 in October.

MFS62 Oct 14 2016 01:38 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

I hung in as long as I could, but fell asleep with the score 4-3 and the Nats still threatening. When I woke up this morning, the I checked to see that the Nats didn't win and that Ollie Perez was not the winning pitcher. I was happy. Later

Benjamin Grimm Oct 14 2016 01:43 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Wait, hold it... YOU were rooting for the Dodgers?

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2016 01:48 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

G-Fafif wrote: Maybe they should keep the rosters at 25 in September and expand them to 40 in October. Don't give them any ideas. With 40-man rosters that game might still be going.

MFS62 Oct 14 2016 01:52 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wait, hold it... YOU were rooting for the Dodgers? I rooted for the meteor when they were playing on the left coast. But this was played too close to home. The pain the Nats have inflicted is more recent. If they both couldn't lose, this was the lesser of two evils and I still hat myself. I will ask for forgiveness next Yom Kippur. Go Cubs! Later

seawolf17 Oct 14 2016 02:03 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

MFS62 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wait, hold it... YOU were rooting for the Dodgers? I rooted for the meteor when they were playing on the left coast. But this was played too close to home. The pain the Nats have inflicted is more recent. If they both couldn't lose, this was the lesser of two evils and I still hat myself. I will ask for forgiveness next Yom Kippur. Go Cubs! Later I was kind of rooting for the Dodgers here too, for the same reasons. And now I have to root for the Cubs, which sucks too. Thankfully, we can all just root for whoever comes out of the AL.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 14 2016 02:10 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

I think I wanted Washington to win, because I prefer Daniel Murphy to Chase Utley, for reasons that I can't quite put my finger on.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2016 04:14 PM Re: IST - Nats v Dodgers

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think I wanted Washington to win, because I prefer Daniel Murphy to Chase Utley, for reasons that I can't quite put my finger on. I was thinking along those lines too but I have to say I was thrilled to see Kershaw pop up Muffy last night with the series on the line. It was maybe the only time I've seen Muffy do less for the Nats than he did for the Mets in a similar situation (2 HRs off CK in last year's playoff)