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

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.

 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
Warrior said:
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.
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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.
 
A series that is decided in the full seven games, and comes down to the wire in extra innings in Game 7, is a good series. Certainly better than a 4-game sweep.
I agree that the Dodgers won with starters, and in using them both as starters and relievers.
I was amused by the analysts who spoke of the Dodgers recruiting Japanese talent, as if those analysts just noticed this week that the Dodgers have done that. The Dodgers have had a good eye on the Japanese professional league, as well as Mexican professional baseball, for years. I think their scouts do a better job of finding that talent than other teams do. In any case, I enjoyed watching both teams, and good for the Dodgers for the back-to-back World Series wins.
Now it's time to fire up the hot stove for the off-season, starting with watch moves teams are making in advance of the 2026 season.

Prost!
Brad
 
The Dodgers are a championship team. They were outscored by the Blue Jays and Phillies and yet beat both of them. They know how to win.
Hats off to the Blue Jays as
they played a hell of a series right to the end.
Mark
 
Gotta love the Babylon Bee.............

"TORONTO — One of the largest and riskiest investments paid off late Saturday night, as the Los Angeles Dodgers successfully purchased their second World Series victory in as many years.

The attempt to complete the purchase was put in jeopardy by the upstart Toronto Blue Jays, but the Dodgers' front office remained confident that their amazing achievement of spending more money than all the other teams would pay off.

"Money well spent," said Dodgers Executive Vice President and General Manager Braqondon Gomes. "It looked a little touch-and-go there for a bit, but thankfully, all the hard work we put in during the offseason writing checks ended up making the difference. We'll enjoy this win as much as we can, and then we'll get back to the drawing board and start the process of buying another World Series next year."

The Dodgers defeated the Blue Jays in extra innings in Game 7 to take the championship, helped partially by some outstanding clutch plays but mostly due to how much more they were willing to pay their players. "I'd like to thank God and the dude who signs my paychecks," said star slugger Shohei Ohtani through a translator. "While it's true that money can't buy you happiness, it can definitely buy some World Series rings. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go celebrate this victory by torching a few hundred thousand dollars with a flamethrower. Because it's nothing to me."

At publishing time, President Donald Trump had called the Dodgers to simultaneously congratulate them on defeating Canada and notify them that half their roster was being deported."

Being a Dodgers fan, the reality is half the MLB fans out there know the economics of baseball that I alluded to in an earlier post, the other half think all the Dodgers do is buy championships; much like myself as a Patriots fan, a team that won 6 Super Bowls in 19 years, half the fans respected the dynasty, the other half were a bunch of crybabies who were convinced they cheated their way to 6 wins.

Being on top has its pros and cons.
 
Since 2003 only 1 team that finished outside of the top 10 in payroll has won the World Series (Florida Marlins).

That is a buggering but real statistic for small market teams.

As I have said before I am not going to be a hypocrite. When the Giants went on their run of recent championships each time they won they were No.1 or 2 in payroll.

Without a salary cap the Dodgers played well within the rules in winning this year and last year.
 
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Since 2003 only 1 team that finished outside of the top 10 in payroll has won the World Series (Florida Marlins).

That is a buggering but real statistic for small market teams.

As I have said before I am not going to be a hypocrite. When the Giants went on their run of recent championships each time they won they were No.1 or 2 in payroll.

Without a salary cap the Dodgers played well within the rules in winning this year and last year.
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Couldn't agree more, they played well within the rules.

Does anyone know who the next Japanese superstar is that's going to be signed by the Dodgers that no other team has a prayer of signing, asking for a friend.
 
Warrior said:
Couldn't agree more, they played well within the rules.

Does anyone know who the next Japanese superstar is that's going to be signed by the Dodgers that no other team has a prayer of signing, asking for a friend.
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The player everyone was talking about was Murakami, but he has decided to stay with his Japanese team so the next player to be posted will be Kazuma Okamoto, a power hitting corner infielder who can also play the outfield. However, he’s not young, 29. Some of the Dodger players are starting to get old so he would fit in well with them.

LA has an advantage others don’t: they’re a well known successful brand and closer to Japan.
 
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