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10/15: Open NLCS Thread


Cole Hamels

#35 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

6-3

190

L

L

Dec 27, 1983



Clayton Kershaw

#22 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Dodgers

6-3

220

L

L

Mar 19, 1988


Go underdog!

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Wait

Which one is the underdog?

Baseball!
I think baseball will be the underdog

Tomorrow.

Dodgers fans apparently show up in the fourth inning during the playoffs, too.
It's the freeways, I tell ya!
Yeah

That wouldn’t shock me…

I can't imagine being a season ticketholder for the Dodgers.
I'd go to more games

if I got off work at an earlier hour. But trying to go from where I live to the Stadium at 7pm means I wouldn’t make it until like the 4th inning.

I'm sure this has been covered before

but Clayton Kershaw really does look like Orel Hershiser.

I guess I want the Dodgers to win this
Is that color announcer's hair piece some kind of joke worn ironically? Because otherwise it is really lame.
The whole broadcast team is a joke worn ironically
The Seattle Times' sports section had a sub-heading today that said (paraphrasing):

“Dodgers’ 21-year old Clayton Kershaw takes on the Philadelphia Phillies’ Clayton Kershaw”

Not enough hilarity on that fly ball to left.
Chad Billingsley not starting in this series makes me sad.
I'm having trouble processing a reality in which Vicente Padilla is a Game 2 starter and Billingsley is in the bullpen.
Joe Torre has been so awful as a manager since coming to the Dodgers

he was probably bad with the Yankees but I never followed them close enough to notice.

The Belliard and Billingsley decision’s are just microcosm’s of his awfulness.

On the radio side they just explained that Hudson was worn down & not hitting, and that Belliard, 'tho brought over as a utility guy, filled in and kept hitting.

Going with the hot hand apparently

I guess it's true

Orlando Hudson Sept/October OPS .716 in 81 PA
Ronnie Belliard Sept/October OPS 1.022 in 79 PA

That curveball is obscene.
Kershaw's Curveball is so beautiful
OK, switching to the radio audio
Suck it Hamels
Well,

Poop. POOOOP.

I can't decide who I want to root for.
I'm going with the Dodgers just for variety's sake.
I'm going with the Dodgers because I like almost all of their players
So Logan White is pretty good at what he does.
To be honest I like young players until they prove themselves to be asses
I'm rooting for the Phillies because I would like to avoid the Torre vs. Yankees world series storyline
I reckon it'll still be mentioned a few times even if neither team makes it.
Since I am rooting for the Phillies mainly because a casual acquaintance is a big fan

I would like to say FUCK YOU YOU DICK I HOPE YOU ROT

I'll probably change my mind in a day or two.

But EAT A BAG OF DICKS in the meantime.

I'm barely even paying attention.

I can’t remember the last time I was so disinterested in the playoffs.

With you there.

I’m excited for tonight’s matchup just because I haven’t had the chance to see Kershaw pitch very much, but I couldn’t care less about the four teams remaining.

I'm going Phillies

but I don’t care as long as whoever wins this series also wins the World Series.

This postseason really sucked.

I am handicapped

By an irrational need to keep going and pick a side, regardless. I’m sure there is a prescription for it, I just haven’t gone to my doctor.

Good thing they have Victorino

Raul would not have made that catch.

Vin Scully said fisted.
Dave Campbell is lamenting the absence of Moyer, reminding himself of the game last year when Hamels was overamped and Moyer talked to him about calming down and pitching within yourself
Schulman just reminded us that despite 16 years having passed, Pedro is still really pissed at being traded away from the Dodgers.
I sincerely doubt that.
He is a very prideful man, sez Dan
Things that annoy me

Every commercial that says “Now more than ever”.

Things that annoy me

Every commercial that says "Now more than ever".

Thank god Chip and Ron can talk directly to Joe Torre DURING THE GAME
Howard's getting some love from the umps tonight.
Jesus, he struck out twice in that at-bat.
Buck Martinez just agreed with me so never mind.
In what sense was that not a strike
ROBOTS?

Robots.

Professional Hitter!

Drink!

Fisted!

Drink Again!

I've never been at a guacamole-less party and thought "Boy this party sure would be tons better with guacamole"
What if you had a lot of taquitos.

Then you would want some guac.

As long as there's sour cream I don't give a shit about guacamole
But guacamole is great
It's okay but it's not like it's a dealbreaker
Every time I go to a party without guacamole, I thank the host.
How much the Phillies pay that ump?
Kershaw deserves this

for showing up in public with the 7th grader facial hair

Russel Martin is graceful
Slid just a tad early
What the fuck was Martin doing there?
That was some throw.
Cole Hamels is a dick
Oh man, that was crushed
I've had most of the game on mute

and the first thing I heard both times I turned the sound back on was the word ‘fisted’.

That darned Caray kid.
HAHA YES COME ON DODGERS
What is going on
Apparently HHH has entered the game.
I dunno, but it sounds like they're chanting "Ichiro".
Extras?
The baseball's going to keep going!
That's what I like to hear!
Go Dodgers?
I mean go Phillies?
Dodgers right now!
Same difference
I hate repeat champions but I also want to barf at the thought of a Torre v. NY or a LA v. LA series
You don't fancy the LA vs LA series? I do, if only cause there won't be any east coast teams for once
I'm with you on Torre vs NY though
I guess it Anaheim gets mocked relentlessly for trying to pawn themselves off as LA it could be ok
Sadly, in this scenario I root for the Angels
I think?
Go NL?
Or fuck the Dodgers?
hmmmm
Let me know when you decide
LA plays like the stereotypical scrappy-put-the-game-in-motion NL team

Plus they represent the West, so yeah. If somebody has to do it, sure.

There is always the chance the Phillies get crushed by the Yankees then none of that has to happen
Yeah but then the Yankees win

which is no fun for anyone.

Yankee fans might like it
Honestly this year I don't care if the Yankees win

They haven’t won in a while and I don’t really want any of these teams to win.

I'd rather see Anaheim win 26 world series then see the Yankees win
I am 99% sure my opinion will change the minute Joe Buck speaks
I find the lack of Yankee hate here disturbing

I guess you have to be of a certain age

I still hate them I just hate the Angels more

And this years playoffs are stupid and need to end quickly because any of these 4 teams winning is going to be really annoying.

Yeah
I've seen more Yankee games than any other team so I've learned to accept them
Have they learned to accept Cody Ransom?
Who?
He slugged .651 a year ago I'm surprised you haven't heard of him
OK maybe you're the wrong person to troll
He hit two fucking doubles and nobody stood and cheered

It was some bullshit

The reason Yankee baseball sucks?

No appreciation for the little guy

I'm of a certain age.

I still hate them, but I also hate revisionist history and if A-Rod gets a ring, hey.

They played .800 ball against the Rays last year so I find this to be unlikely
That was before Arod fixed his clutchiness in the playoffs
oh fuck
Maybe he will replace Jeter as Mr. November
Damnit I completely forgot about Always Sunny.
These men could not be whiter
C'mon Man-Ram!
tee hee hee
(It sounds like he is gay but not a bottom)
Well he is clearly not good at the game of basedball
Not since he stopped taking female fertility drugs
The Phillies bullpen kind of blows and could be their ungluing
Apparently the Angels have offered Abreu a 2 year, $16M deal.
What could go wrong?
I assume the 96 MPH reading was bullshit but I guess its not
DRIVE HIM HOME FAGGOT
Read my mind much?
A comment similar to this got Brett reprimanded!
What a douchey beard
Blake's is way better.
I wish we had a pitcher as good as Chan Ho Park this time last week
What would the Mariners need with Chan Ho Park last week?
Wrong we my apoligies
But Ryan Franklin was an allstar with 38 saves

I don’t understand why you would want to replace him.

I'm a whiny little bitch that wants to flip out at the first second third fourth and fifth signs of trouble that's why
I wonder if Bakula is going to kill that show like he killed Star Trek
I haven't liked anything he's done since Quantum Leap

And that was like 45 years ago

I kinda want to see Sherrill get lit up
Apparently he went independent ball, Orioles, All Star, Dodgers....
He's so incredibly unlikeable when he's not on your team
I like all Memphians!
I looked up and thought, man that looks how Chan Ho Park would look with a beard ...
GOD DAMMIT SHERRILL THIS IS NOT HELPING
I forgot what team I was rooting for
Wow seriously Sherrill
OH SNAP RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL
RAUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Wait I like Sherrill more =(
Raul Ibanez, Superhero
RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLL!
Raul Ibanez hit a homerun off of George Sherill

Well, that’s different.

I always thought Ibanez was a flaming shitbag myself

but hey that’s just me

Cameraman: "Okay, cut to Ibanez.....now cut to the reaction shot from the smelly guy in the 3rd row!"
So, apparently no one was ever in Seattle.
I THOUGHT ALL TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS WERE EVENLY MATCHED SHOULDN'T ALL GAMES GO TO EXTRAS?
You forget about home field advantage
Gosh you're right
That's the iceberg tips the evenness scale
Buck Showalter said they were so closely matched he didn't want to pick a winner!
HOW IS THIS NOT AN IPOD COMMERCIAL
Tie still goes to the runner last time I checked
Padillia is going to get lit up
Wait, what? Raul hit a... what? Well fuck me.
Yeah I thought the same thing
I just want my feelings to last more than a few minutes, that's all
They're so mutable
I want them to last as long as the baseball keeps going!
I thought the same thing minus the fuck me part
8-5

LIDGE TIME PLS!

I'm calling a Pierre dinger
Dirty
it does kind of sound like a sex act
In hindsight it was a bad idea to predict a homer for a poor hitter with little power who will swing at anything
Juan Pierre=Dodger Hero!
Maybe Silva can be hero out of the bullpen next year
Amazing how 50 games eliminates a few years of awfulness
The Dodgers would actually be better off if Pierre were to be crippled in an auto accident
That was the worst swing I have ever seen.
Good work Pierre

He moved the runner to third!

Too bad they're down 3

And not one.

He didn't strike out!
Wouldn't the quarterback be the pitcher?
Here comes the dinger
Who's covering the radio for ESPN? The color guy has to be McCarver, with mush mouth I'm a prick tone

Jeebus this guy is terrible

Some douche and Soup Campbell who is also a douche
Double Douche, sounds like a bar in a Tarantino movie
Dan Schulman and Dave Campbell, who, sadly, are better than the tv broadcasters
Wow I blew that call. Anyway.

The M’s get in the post season, there’s clearly no choice but to go with whichever cable/internet/satellite feed matches up with the radio.

Every time we've been in we've gotten Neihaus/Rizzs

and now with a DVR you can sync them up perfectly

Yeah sounds easy when you're up on technology and current events

Thanks for the heads up, this plan is now in go mode

Now Buck thinks that hitters become more patient when the pitcher loses his good control.

Apparently he missed most of the recent Mariners games.

He doesn't believe in Seattle.
A lot of towels in that crowd

No mess is going uncleaned tonight!

Maybe Francisco will lose one in the towels!
Go Go Gadget Brad Lidge!
He's good even though he still falls behind most of the hitters!
Leaving Madson in

Okay, I guess, not a huge fan.

Lidge for the 4 out save!

Please?

Ethier for the Dodgers or against them

Pick a side

No I want straddle the middle
He's 3-6 against Eyre! That seems like sufficient data to tell me Eyre would be a bad choice
HOLY FUCK BUCK IS FINALLY RIGHT
Get him!

I really do NOT want to see Manny here.

Manny time

Here we go.

I think Manny should start wearing a snood.
Ooh me too me too
Think how disgusting it must be inside those dreads
Barf
I bet there's cobwebs!
Great googly moogly
I think I saw that on an episode of What Not to Wear
probably at least a little bit
I do not understand the whole appeal of dreads.

especially on hippie chicks.

It often is unattractive
Only black dudes can have dreads and even then they'd better know a lot about Jah and weed and Ernest Ranglin
He wanted that one

Geez.

That was s silly swing
GODDAMNIT ROB!
FUCK YES!

DODGERS SUCK!

MANNY FAIL!

WHY CAN'T YOU BE GOOD IN THE PLAYOFFS! MANNY
He did hit a 2-run jack earlier

So hardly a horrid game.

HE IS 0-1 IN HIS LAST 1 AT BATS
0-2 in his last 2

Even worse.

OH LOOK NOW HE'S OUT OF THE GAME WHAT A QUITTER
This is a retarded double switch
You are
Are what?
A retarded double switch
I don't get it
You didn't give me much to work with
That's what she said!
That's what she said
Aww crap now the box is going to be crowded
I try my best not to fart in closed confined spaces
I was always surprised the Dutch Oven and Aardsma didn't turn into a meme
Jonathan Broxton has a big fat ass
Helps his fastball by generating inertia

Or something

Please tell me you are referring to a fart powered fastball
No reason to drag Silva into this
Hooray more more unnecessary off days and November baseball!
I liked it better when Kemp hit 8th
Jeff Kent liked it better when Kemp wasn't born
Lidge's slider is unhittable?

A walk!
Brad Lidge is most definitely not back
Lawn dart for Raul?
Suck it Dodgers.
Sager is wearing sky blue tonight
I hate these playoffs
These are the worst playoffs in a long time

Damn it Twins :(

Yeah they're the worst
the wuuuuuurrssttt
YEAH HA HA HA!

DODGERS LOSE! I HATE LA! FUCK FUCK THEM EVERYDAY!

TBS post game show, quite possibly the worst thing on tv.
Trying to recreate the magic of their NBA show.

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