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[Warrior]

One of our local sports talking heads had this gem about Betts; "As he turns 33, his worst year as a pro statistically at the plate, but still great in the field, Dodgers are on the hook for 7/195/until he's 40."

Holy smokes; on the one hand, the Dodgers won two WS titles with him and are two wins away from a third, but on the other hand, it sort of proves the theory about these long term deals, you make hay on the front end, but take the gaspipe on the back end.

He's been horrendous all playoffs long, slugging percentage of about .320, that's......................not good.

 

[Combat]

One of our local sports talking heads had this gem about Betts; "As he turns 33, his worst year as a pro statistically at the plate, but still great in the field, Dodgers are on the hook for 7/195/until he's 40."

Holy smokes; on the one hand, the Dodgers won two WS titles with him and are two wins away from a third, but on the other hand, it sort of proves the theory about these long term deals, you make hay on the front end, but take the gaspipe on the back end.

He's been horrendous all playoffs long, slugging percentage of about .320, that's......................not good.

Betts hasn't been good at bat but he is not alone on this team. Almost no one is hitting. Ohtani either hits several HRs or he does nothing most nights. I think if Boston had it to do over, they would have kept Betts. He has had several great years with LA. In terms of the game tonight, absent Yamamoto dominating again for seven or more innings, the Dodgers are toast. The odds of pitching another gem on the road is slim. The only guy I've ever seen do that is Orel Hershiser. LA is overdue to score some runs, though. Maybe too little, too late.

 

[Warrior]

Betts hasn't been good at bat but he is not alone on this team. Almost no one is hitting. Ohtani either hits several HRs or he does nothing most nights. I think if Boston had it to do over, they would have kept Betts. He has had several great years with LA. In terms of the game tonight, absent Yamamoto dominating again for seven or more innings, the Dodgers are toast. The odds of pitching another gem on the road is slim. The only guy I've ever seen do that is Orel Hershiser. LA is overdue to score some runs, though. Maybe too little, too late.

Ownership offered him a poo ton of money, he turned it down and wanted to test the free agent waters, so they traded him and got what they could, it was a terrible trade on paper.

The Red Sox ownership good or bad is not doing long term contracts anymore, they mostly always are dumpster fires on the back end, they are going with a youth movement by drafting well and not trading away their top prospects, we'll see if it works out or not, I tend to doubt it, you a have to spend money to keep up with the Yankees/Dodgers/Phillies/Mets of the world or else you will never win a championship.

It's not over until the last out is recorded, that's the beauty of sports, we'll see what happens.

 

[Combat]

Stayin Alive! It wasn't pretty but they all count. Mookie got the big hit. Onward.

 

[Warrior]

So nice to see a band of scrappy nobodies like the Dodgers catch a huge horseshoe up their butt break and have that ball wedge under the fence, if it's hit 1,000 times, 999 it hits the ball and skips back to the outfielder and a run scores there.

But with a pop up to first and a line out to left, it still would have come down to a 2 out hit to tie the game, so whatever.

I'm sure 87 year old Max Scherzer will come through for Toronto, guaranteed somehow Ohtani pitches in the game too at some point, although with how the rules work, they lose the DH unless he goes into the field after pitching.

 

[Panzer ace]

When the Dodgers win this World Series Yamamoto should be the series MVP.

 

[Warrior]

Reports are that Ohtani on three days rest is going tonight, the Blue Jays should counter with their rookie phenom, or if Scherzer has the slightest issue, yank him in favor of that kid.

 

[Combat]

Wow. The Dodgers had no business winning this series. They hit less than .200. So sweet to crush the Wokenadians. There will be no joy around the igloos tonight.

 

[Panzer ace]

Congratulations to Doug and the Dodgers.

Toronto prolonged the inevitable and it was a great Series but LA was the better team and they deserved to win.

 

[Combat]

As John McEnroe said "The thrill of winning is not as great as the pain of losing." There is a lot more of the latter in baseball for the fan of any team but that one felt good last night. The Blue Jays played a great series. By every right, they should have won. They had better pitching and hitting. I've been critical of Dave Roberts when the Dodgers came up short several times, but he put on a masterclass of managing in those last two games. Inserting Rojas in the lineup, going with Yamamoto in extra innings, moving Smith into the second slot in the lineup, and putting Pages into centerfield to make that circus catch was the difference. The margin between winning and losing a series like this is very small. Rojas, Yamamoto, and Smith go into Dodger lore after that series.

 

[tdubel]

What a finish. Enjoyed it, it was exciting and back and forth. I stopped watching and missed the end of College FB for it and it was worth it, the trophy stays in the USA. Congrats Doug! Yamamoto is out of this world IMO.

TD

 

[Warrior]

Dodgers .203 AVG in the 2025 World Series is the lowest by the winning team since the 1966 Orioles(.200), they got outscored 34-26 and outhit 75-53.

When you have three HOF players in your line up, it makes a difference. In the end, it really came down to pitching, the Dodgers were able to use two starters in relief vs using that dumpster fire of a bullpen, although Captain Morgan did come in in relief after Ohtani got yanked as he had nothing last night.

And yes, Roberts, for all his buffoonery in previous playoff/WS appearances, pushed all the right buttons in games 6 and 7.

I'm reading on social media a lot of whining about how the Dodgers outspend everyone; tell you what, what they are is the team/organization that does not play along with the other owners who are pretending there is a salary cap, they spend a whopping 73% of their revenue on salaries, compared to say the Red Sox who spend only 42% of their revenue on salaries, if they did what the Dodgers do, their payroll would be 420 million.

If you want to be a cheapskate and stick most of your profits in your pocket, don't complain when another team does not follow your lead and keeps winning WS titles.

 

[Combat]

Dodgers .203 AVG in the 2025 World Series is the lowest by the winning team since the 1966 Orioles(.200), they got outscored 34-26 and outhit 75-53.

When you have three HOF players in your line up, it makes a difference. In the end, it really came down to pitching, the Dodgers were able to use two starters in relief vs using that dumpster fire of a bullpen, although Captain Morgan did come in in relief after Ohtani got yanked as he had nothing last night.

And yes, Roberts, for all his buffoonery in previous playoff/WS appearances, pushed all the right buttons in games 6 and 7.

I'm reading on social media a lot of whining about how the Dodgers outspend everyone; tell you what, what they are is the team/organization that does not play along with the other owners who are pretending there is a salary cap, they spend a whopping 73% of their revenue on salaries, compared to say the Red Sox who spend only 42% of their revenue on salaries, if they did what the Dodgers do, their payroll would be 420 million.

If you want to be a cheapskate and stick most of your profits in your pocket, don't complain when another team does not follow your lead and keeps winning WS titles.

The Mets spent almost as much as the Dodgers and you see how that worked out. Over the years, there have been mostly one off WS winners. Teams that got hot and lucky at the right moment never to win again. A lot of teams that outspent their opponents didn't win it. Championship dynasties find a way to win even when they shouldn't. This team didn't panic after those losses in LA. They didn't panic when down 3-0 and 4-2 late in the game. There is always a bit of luck involved in such a close series but I give these guys credit. They willed themselves to win last night.