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Combat said:
A lot of hype about Kershaw's pending retirement but he is also having an unexpectedly great season at 10-2. Only one other Dodgers pitcher has more wins. Maybe his retirement will light a fire under this team to close strong.
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Interesting conversation about Kershaw being the greatest Dodger pitcher ever via Sports Illustrated etc.

I was obviously not part of the Drysdale or Sutton eras but I think it is a worthy debate.
 
Don't forget Koufax. But yeah, Kershaw is certainly among the top 5 the Dodgers have ever had.

Prost!
Brad
 
Just heard the news that MLB has approved the automated balls/strikes system for next year. Umpires will still call balls and strikes, but the pitcher, catcher, and batter can appeal the call, and it will be checked against the system.
If they don't like it, the umpires have no one to blame but themselves. They have gotten so poor over the past 10 years, so inconsistent, that something had to be done. Working harder to regain consistency would have been best, but for whatever reason, that didn't happen.
We'll see how this works out.
Prost!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
Just heard the news that MLB has approved the automated balls/strikes system for next year. Umpires will still call balls and strikes, but the pitcher, catcher, and batter can appeal the call, and it will be checked against the system.
If they don't like it, the umpires have no one to blame but themselves. They have gotten so poor over the past 10 years, so inconsistent, that something had to be done. Working harder to regain consistency would have been best, but for whatever reason, that didn't happen.
We'll see how this works out.
Prost!
Brad
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Yeah they have really been bad this year.
Mark
 
I attended the last regular season game of Clayton Kershaw at Seattle. After pitching five shutout innings, he walked off the mound to long standing ovation from fans and players. Tipping his cap and holding his hand on his heart. A class act for 18 years.
Steve
 
Panzer ace said:
Interesting conversation about Kershaw being the greatest Dodger pitcher ever via Sports Illustrated etc.

I was obviously not part of the Drysdale or Sutton eras but I think it is a worthy debate.
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As a lifelong Dodger fan, no other pitcher had a greater season than Orel Hershiser in 1988. 59 consecutive scoreless innings, 23 wins, he started three games in the NLCS and also had a save, WS MVP, two wins in a five game WS, Cy Young award. He carried the Dodgers to the '88 WS win. That Dodgers team was nothing special without him.
 
Has there ever been a year with so many late season choke jobs; the Blue Jays almost blew the AL East, the Tigers did blow the NL Central and the Astros blew the AL West......................and the Mets didn't make the playoffs but the Reds did? Seriously?

My cousin and his wife are happy that the Red Sox made it; yeah, good for them, best of luck vs the Gashouse Gorillas..........all three first round games are played at the higher seeds ballpark/no games for the lower seed?

That's baseball for you, they literally can't get anything right.
 
I hear that MLB wants to expand and breakup the leagues and place them in divisions according to geography. I'm old school. I don't like inter-league play, I think it takes away from the all star game and this will make it worst. I don't like the ghost runner, I do like the pitch clock, it took me 40 years to accept the designated hitter. I don't like how they keep the pitch count. How many times has a starter had a good game going and they take him out and the relief pitchers get pounded. How did all the old timers have so many complete games.
Mark
 
Had to jump on to see what George was talking about Yanks/Sox.....3-1 Sox....Yanks better pull something out of a hat..bottom 9th
 
I can't understand why any team still throws strikes to Ohtani. He's the lead off hitter last night. Crack - home run. He hit another later in the game. Better to walk him at every at bat.
 
sammy719 said:
Had to jump on to see what George was talking about Yanks/Sox.....3-1 Sox....Yanks better pull something out of a hat..bottom 9th
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Bottom of the 9th, Yankees load the bases, no outs.

Oh boy, here we go.

Strike out, fly out, strike out, ballgame.

Happy for my cousin and my sister, one down, one to go.
 
Warrior said:
Bottom of the 9th, Yankees load the bases, no outs.

Oh boy, here we go.

Strike out, fly out, strike out, ballgame.

Happy for my cousin and my sister, one down, one to go.
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I'm no Red Sox fan but still enjoy watching the Yanks lose.
 
I know it’s a small sample size but no team who has lost the first game in the WC series has come back to win the series and only two of them have gone to a third game.
 
Lost among the Dodgers HR barrage was the fact that their bullpen comes in and gives up several runs. Fortunately, they hung ten on Cincy before they could blow another game.
 
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