I always refer to that team as the Glints. 
Terrible game. Terrible outcome! 
The Brewers were supposed to win. 
Is anyone second-guessing Craig Counsell’s moves in the game? I just did a quick search and did not find any.
Where are you? I need to visit and say hello! 
My two favorite teams are the Giants, and whoever’s playing the Dodgers.
If the Dodgers’ bats wake up (continue waking up), this will be a good series. Good luck to you and the Dodger fans out there.
Laurence Leavy, Marlins Man, was there again. He was at Game 6, too. More importantly his date was there again too.
In this July 2018 Washington Post article, the author…
Here’s an article in which one writer seems to be arguing what I argued earlier in the thread, which is that by using the relievers so early and often in games one and two, the Dodgers got better looks at them toward the back end of the series. I’ll concede that the jury is probably out on that one, but that was my concern as far back as games 1 and 2.
I think the Sox have to be favored, but with the kinds of talent that the Dodgers have in their lineup and rotation, they’ve definitely a force to be reckoned with. As someone else mentioned earlier, I think the potential problem for the Dodgers is the reliance on the big hit. If they were better at manufacturing runs, I’d say the odds were 50/50 - maybe even slightly north of that. But Boston’s an offensive machine and while I concede I haven’t watched nearly as much baseball in recent months to have a truly informed opinion, it seems Boston is better at just getting runners to advance and getting runners across the plate, however it gets done. What’s amazing is that Sox are this potent without David Ortiz.
Yes! Smoltzie was saying that too at the beginning of this series… Even against the venerable Josh Hader, by last night LA was starting to hit doubles against him.
Yes, here you go: Boston -135, Los Angeles +115.
The Dodgers are a much better team than I think people realize. They haven’t won all these games the last few years by rolling dice. I like Boston to win but I wouldn’t bet anything on them I wouldn’t want to lose.
I hold the key to the World Series. Yes, me personally.
This started back in August, when the Red Sox had built a few games cushion over the second-place Yankees, but N.Y. was coming in for a series at Fenway, and I had a bad feeling about it - so I didn’t tune in or keep track of the games until the series was over. To my surprise and gratification, the Red Sox swept the Yanks and took control of the division.
Fast forward to the division series. After a somewhat shaky Red Sox win that I didn’t watch, N.Y. won game two with me tuning in, and I again had a bad feeling, so skipped the remaining games, not wanting to experience the ravening Bronxian hordes exulting in victory. When I came up for air again, Boston had triumphed.
Similarly, every game I didn’t watch against Houston, the Astros lost (and vice versa).
So here we are. If I don’t watch any of the games against L.A., the Red Sox are sure to beat the Dodgers.
I’ll be accepting payment in advance from Dodger fans to watch all the games - PayPal or bitcoin are fine. 
Oh don’t get me wrong, the Dodgers have a chance, especially with their pitching staff. It’s possible that they’re locked in and Boston just freezes up. But Boston won 108 games and they did so in a division that, let’s face it, is far more competitive than the NL West. Moreover, the way that Boston wins and the way that LA wins leads me to believe that this is Boston’s series to lose.
And at the risk of starting something we didn’t quite finish a few years ago, Fenway park takes some getting used to. It’s not a comfortable environment for postseason teams to visit.
LOL.
The Dodgers “have a chance.” Quite a concession there.
The Dodgers’ run differential was third in the Majors this year, and only about 30 behind Boston’s. Based run differential, their XW-L was 102-61 games, while Boston’s was 103-59.
I think Boston is an outstanding team, and if I were betting money, I’d probably put it on the Red Sox. But anyone who thinks this is a lop-sided series might be in for something of a surprise. And what is it about some Red Sox and Yankee fans that seems to attribute some sort of mystical quality to playing in those ballparks? Sure, having a rabid home crowd is often something of an advantage, but I think that the Dodgers will probably be able to overcome their fears and the curse of the Green Monster and whatever other imaginary advantages that Fenway Park might have, and put on a decent display of baseball.
Has nothing to do with home fans; it’s the dimensions and having players, especially pitchers, feeling comfortable playing them. Besides, if you’ve ever been to Fenway, you’d realize that unlike other ‘paaahks’ the fans are much more of a presence. It’s an intimidating place to play, much more so than Yankee Stadium.
Somehow I don’t think Kershaw, Turner, Puis et al are going to be all that intimidated. Roberts certainly isn’t.
I wasn’t just talking about the fans.
Sure, Fenway is built a little differently, but for 99 percent of Major League players, 99 percent of the time, that’s pretty much a non-issue. When a ball is smacked on a high line-drive to left, a left-fielder without too much experience might have a little trouble playing the rebound, but that’s really about it.
I’ve been to Fenway, and seen and heard the crowds. They certainly love their baseball there, and they can definitely get loud.
As for whether the players themselves find that intimidating, I can’t really talk with much authority about that, never having played in front of a Fenway Park crowd. If you have played baseball in front of a full-house Fenway crowd, I’ll have to concede that you are better qualified than I am to opine on that matter.
Because what might seem intimidating to a non-pro sports fan sitting in the bleachers with a hot dog and a beer is not necessarily the same thing that feels intimidating to actual, real-life professional baseball players.
If Fenway was such an overwhelming impediment for other teams in the postseason, then why did we have to hear Boston fans whine about being cursed for almost a century?
the newer fenway I think he means …. go dodgers!
What does this mean?
It could even be lopsided for the Dodgers. I’d estimate the chances of a lopsided Red Sox win is slightly better than a Dodgers lopsided win. The Red Sox are rightly favored. But who knows in a 7-game series? The gap isn’t large.
This is going to be a fun series. I think Houston is a stronger team than LA, and the Sox took care of them despite getting only 4 innings from their ace (Sale) and a closer who refuses to do it the easy way. But anything can happen in the WS.
Alex Cora has confirmed that Mookie Betts will play 2B in LA so that JD Martinez can play RF and stay in the lineup. The defense will obviously be much weaker with that strategy, but I get that you need JD’s bat. And I can picture it now - Mookie trying to turn a double play with MLB’s whiniest, dirtiest player barreling into second base. If the Yankees had advanced to the WS, I would *almost *consider rooting for them just so Manny Machado doesn’t get a ring.
Jackmannii, just go ahead and keep that television unplugged for the next week and a half.
The Dodgers are very strong. Ever since Magic and others bought the team, they’ve been building well.
Yeah, the Dodgers scored over 800 runs this year. They were one of only 5 teams to do that, and the only NL team.
Now, I’m not sure if they “manufactured” those runs or not. I admit that I’m not very good at understanding these technical baseball terms, so I’m still trying to work out the difference between “scoring” runs and “manufacturing” runs.