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[thewookie1]

For sake; ***** the Dodgers,  ***** the Dodgers,  ***** the Dodgers,  ***** the Dodgers!!!!!!!

 

 

[Andrew Amerk]

14 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

For sake; ***** the Dodgers,  ***** the Dodgers,  ***** the Dodgers,  ***** the Dodgers!!!!!!!

 

 

It looks like they won. 

[JoeSchmoe]

Go Sabres!!!

🥹

[Wyldnwoody44]

Great game/series.... Crappy management decisions and not taking advantage of chances. 

Still don't like that call at home but no way they were changing that. 

[Porous Five Hole]

Buffalo sports fans can empathize with our Canadian bros & Jays fans right now. It was right there for the taking! I revel in the failure of the Leafs and their fans suffering, but I was with them in this World Series.  Rochester’s Ernie Clement did everything he could. 
 

The storybook ending wasn’t with them tonight. It sucks, but we know how it feels. What a wild ride.  

[Weave]

[Pimlach]

10 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Great game/series.... Crappy management decisions and not taking advantage of chances. 

Still don't like that call at home but no way they were changing that. 

I have seen lots of replays and stop action.  The catchers foot came off, then he got it back on the plate in time for a force out at home.  The call was correct.  

Replays verify he was out. 
 

Blue Jays had a great season.  They had many chances to win it - needed one more out, one more hit, one more play, but they didn’t get it.   Credit to the Dodgers for winning 2 in a row on the road, and they just seemed to rise up when needed. 

[Broken Ankles]

Yamamoto went 3-0 with a 1.02 ERA in the Fall Classic. He’s just the 14th pitcher to notch three wins in a single World Series and the first since Hall of Famer Randy Johnson did it for the Diamondbacks in 2001. He is the first pitcher with three road wins in a single World Series and just the fourth pitcher to win both Game 6 and Game 7, joining Johnson (2001), Harry Brecheen (1946) and Ray Kremer (1925).

 

Unbelievable performance. Unfortunately I was there to see my team lose to Johnson in that game 7 in 2001.  Devastating ride back home through the desert.  My condolences. 

[JoeSchmoe]

48 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I have seen lots of replays and stop action.  The catchers foot came off, then he got it back on the plate in time for a force out at home.  The call was correct.  

Replays verify he was out. 
 

Blue Jays had a great season.  They had many chances to win it - needed one more out, one more hit, one more play, but they didn’t get it.   Credit to the Dodgers for winning 2 in a row on the road, and they just seemed to rise up when needed. 

I was saying they needed Barger stealing 2nd with the Kirk double play threat always there. I feel like they would have almost conceded the base with the threat of a missed throw scoring Vladdy.

[Wyldnwoody44]

57 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I have seen lots of replays and stop action.  The catchers foot came off, then he got it back on the plate in time for a force out at home.  The call was correct.  

Replays verify he was out. 
 

Blue Jays had a great season.  They had many chances to win it - needed one more out, one more hit, one more play, but they didn’t get it.   Credit to the Dodgers for winning 2 in a row on the road, and they just seemed to rise up when needed. 

Good to hear, I only saw what was on TV and what I saw didn't show the foot getting back on. 

Jays kinda pulled a "billsy" loss sadly. I'm happy I don't follow MLB as close as the NHL or NFL or else I would be devastated. 

All in all, it was a good series and very exciting baseball (a phrase I'm not sure I've ever said before) 😂⚾

[Taro T]

12 hours ago, K-9 said:

Damn. Too many wasted chances tonight. Congrats to the Blue Jays on an amazing season. 

Yep.

And get pulling Bichette to get the pinch runner in there, but if you are "all in" to win in the 10th WHY leave the #7 hitter who was 0-4 at the time in the lineup with bases loaded and only 1 out?  Why not use a power hitter as a pinch hitter to get a sacrifice and drive that pinch runner in?  You still have the guy with 30 hits coming up after him if that doesn't work.

They ALMOST got the run leaving him in, but it just seemed there'd be a better chance to force in a run if somebody with power was at the plate there.

[tom webster]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Yep.

And get pulling Bichette to get the pinch runner in there, but if you are "all in" to win in the 10th WHY leave the #7 hitter who was 0-4 at the time in the lineup with bases loaded and only 1 out?  Why not use a power hitter as a pinch hitter to get a sacrifice and drive that pinch runner in?  You still have the guy with 30 hits coming up after him if that doesn't work.

They ALMOST got the run leaving him in, but it just seemed there'd be a better chance to force in a run if somebody with power was at the plate there.

If there was ever a game that illustrated how slim the line between winning and losing can be, I don’t remember it. There were literally three plays within fifteen minutes that could have gone either way. 
I turned down a chance to be there but I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing.

[shrader]

Do they ever score on anything other than home runs anymore? I don’t recognize that game anytime I turn it on. 

[Pimlach]

25 minutes ago, tom webster said:

If there was ever a game that illustrated how slim the line between winning and losing can be, I don’t remember it. There were literally three plays within fifteen minutes that could have gone either way. 
I turned down a chance to be there but I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing.

I am sure it would have been a thrilling game to see, unless you took the train in.   

 

 

[Pimlach]

15 minutes ago, shrader said:

Do they ever score on anything other than home runs anymore? I don’t recognize that game anytime I turn it on. 

It is different game now.   Less nuances and less gut feel.  Past strategy that relied on good defense, base running, hit and run, etc., is less and less part of the game.  

Just about every decision is traced to analytics and what the laptop says.  

[Archie Lee]

55 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Yep.

And get pulling Bichette to get the pinch runner in there, but if you are "all in" to win in the 10th WHY leave the #7 hitter who was 0-4 at the time in the lineup with bases loaded and only 1 out?  Why not use a power hitter as a pinch hitter to get a sacrifice and drive that pinch runner in?  You still have the guy with 30 hits coming up after him if that doesn't work.

They ALMOST got the run leaving him in, but it just seemed there'd be a better chance to force in a run if somebody with power was at the plate there.

Nice idea, but there was no power hitter on the bench. 

Edited 6 minutes ago by Archie Lee

[Demoted]

20 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I am sure it would have been a thrilling game to see, unless you took the train in.   

 

 

Humans are disgusting anymore.