Update: Here is the full schedule of all championship series games. For some reason MLB and the TV networks are being coy about game times. Nobody seems to know beyond the first day, or else they’re just not telling.
Jon W. has the first two times for the Dodgers-Cardinals series:
Game 1 of the National League Division Series starts at 3:37 p.m. Friday, with Game 2 set for 6:37 p.m. Saturday.
[snip]
Fox Sports 1 will televise Game 1; MLB Network will televise Game 2. Both games will be aired on ESPN Radio and KLAC AM 570.
I assume those are Pacific time.
Update: Pacific Time it is.
American League Central
The Tigers clinched the division with a 3-0 win over the Twins. Detroit will play Baltimore in the American League Division Series, with Game 1 at Camden Yards scheduled for Thursday on TBS.
The Royals, meanwhile, will host the AL Wild Card game against the A’s on Tuesday at 8:07 p.m. ET on TBS. The winner will head to Los Angeles to play Game 1 of the ALDS against the Angels on Thursday on TBS.
National League Central
The Cardinals clinched the division before they even took the field in Arizona because the Reds beat the Pirates, 4-1. St. Louis will face the Dodgers in the National League Division Series, with Game 1 at Dodger Stadium set for Friday on Fox Sports 1.
The Pirates will host the Giants in the NL Wild Card Game on Wednesday at 8:07 p.m. on ESPN. The winner will face the Nationals in the NLDS. Game 1 of that series will be on Friday in Washington on Fox Sports 1.
American League Wild Card
The A’s clinched a playoff berth with a 4-0 victory over the Rangers to claim the second Wild Card. Oakland will head to Kansas City to take on the Royals in the AL Wild Card Game on Tuesday night at 8:07 p.m. on TBS.
NPUT (AL Wild Card chat)
Dodgers’ site lists gametime as 3:30 on Friday. (I just saw it, sorry if it’s old news.)
Ahem. See above Update. 😉
I didn’t go back to the top of the post — just the NL Central graph . . . m’bad!
Very bad timing. It conflicts with Dave and Phil Alvin, and Lucinda Williams, at http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2014/schedule/
Not to mention John Prine on the Banjo stage.
I’ve never heard of this show before. Is it an annual event?
Jon debunks myths about the 2014 Dodgers.
Thanks, Link.
As always, Jon is a good read and puts a positive spin on things.
When we’re too close to something, it’s difficult to see things as others see it. With CC, Matt, and Puig getting hot, this could/should be interesting.
Agon’s hotitude in the second half should not be overlooked with an OPS+ of 166. (Bob-H)
For me, A-gon was consistent the whole year. Puig was for most, but disappeared in August until getting hot again.
OPS+-wise, Agon had a fantastic April (1.021) an average May (98) and a dismal June (65).
make that 184 in April
But still, wasn’t he leading the team in RBIs even before the 2nd half?
We don’t fly to Rome until 10:45 pm, so looks like I can watch game one while packing! After that, I’ll be overseas, gnawing on my nails and muttering in pigeon Italian. Molto eccitante!!!
Have a nice trip, you will be almost as far away as I am (you over the Atlantic, me over the Pacific) 🙂
I hope they win it. I’d hate it if you were in a bad mood for the duration of a 13-hour flight!
I assume you mean ‘pidgin’.
Ha! Yes. (And I’m not even jet-lagged yet!)
With the Lasorda connection, won’t Italy be pulling for LA?
Just use that as your surname for reservations, wear Dodger clothing, and see if it pays off.
Why, hello there! I just randomly clicked on this bookmark thinking that Link had taken this page down way back when. So great to see your names again. I’ve missed this little Dodger Thoughts castaway community! Hope you guys are well. Looking forward to the playoffs!
We’ve been here all season, as you can see from the post titles. You can make up for lost commenting time during the playoffs. 😉
Skipper?
Small sample size aside, Arrubarranna has not played as I hoped he would. With the emergence of Gordon backed up with Turner, Rojas, and Barney I think Arrubarrana and Guerrero will be made available and will wind up traded before the 2015 season.
Pederson needs to be a starter and get 4 or 5 PA to make a difference and that will not happen in the playoffs so Ethier will get the nod over Pederson for the playoff roster. Barney has a chance to make it as does Rojas leaving the bullpen, for me, as the least settled to be on the playoff roster. I like Paco’s odds to get on the team.
Arby was brought up a lot quicker than planned, I believe, Not sure the Dodgers are ready to give up on him. You still want another capable guy at short in the system, so I guess that and, as in the case of Guererro, a bit over-priced to get much at this point, they stay. Both Barney and Rojas would suggest a 7 man pen, so I guess they go with Rojas, who is more versatile. Don’t think that Pederson is even in the running for the playoffs and certainly not at the expense of leaving Dre off.
I agree about Andre and certainly hope there isn’t any question about his presence in the playoffs.
Gotta go home with the guys that got you to the dance.
There is no way the Dodgers will (or would even be able to) trade yet unproven players with multi-year contracts like Arruebarrena and Guerrero. ES is clearly an elite defensive player whose offense is open to question, while AG may be an elite offensive player in search of a position.
“or would even be able to”
How is that the Dodgers will do something so dumb that a trade cannot be made even when much of the cost was in the form of a signing bonus and not salary?
Interesting Australian based article about the playoffs (I disagree with the predicted result at the end)
http://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/major-league-baseball-postseason-ultimate-guide-who-will-emerge-from-october-with-world-series/story-e6frf56c-1227073870499?sv=64adb7235d2269ffec5b14939c7d9b48#itm_s=foxs&itm_t=home&itm_c=content-3&itm_o=3&itm_l=Fox%20Feed%20-%20MLB World Series countdown ultimate guide
I’d like to see a Dodgers-Tigers series.
Not Los Angeles-Anaheim?
I’d like it Dodgers- Orioles
That would be a throwback for me to 1966. Actually became an O’s fan when I moved to DC from Southern Cal way back in 1978. Would go to see them led by Earl Weaver in Memorial Stadium. Also started with the Nats in 2005 and go to the stadium fairly regularly, but don’t wish them well.
I just want it to be Dodgers vs. ________.
Jansen is nice and ready to go for the playoffs I see
The Royals-A’s winner will not go to Los Angeles. They will go to Anaheim.
I think you’re fighting a losing battle there.
My graduate degrees are in geography.
Trouble is, it’s colloquialism you’re at war with. 😉
I grew up in Washington State and live in Northern California, but I still know that Orange Country is not Los Angeles.
Orange County has better beaches and Disneyland and is the conservative hub of California. LA has the Dodgers–LA wins.
Having Disneyland constitutes subtraction by addition.
Lived in Orange County almost 40 years. Unless they physically relocate, they will always be Anaheim to me and most baseball fans. Arte spent much moola to get the legal right to call it Los Angeles; no matter, to most of us it will still be Anaheim. As a human being, he has the right to call it LA, that doesn’t offend me, I won’t waste brain cells arguing a pointless point…