On this date in baseball history there were batting championship shenanigans in 1910, Woodrow Wilson became the first President to watch a World Series game in 1915, in 1919 the White Sox lost the last game and the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds amidst unsavory rumors of a fix, the Orioles beat the Dodgers 1-0 in Game Four and swept the 1966 World Series, and much more.
The early game: Braves at Brewers, 2:07 PM PDT, TV: TBS
LHP Max Fried (14-7, 3.04 ERA) takes the hill for the Braves. He’ll face the Brewers’ RHP Brandon Woodruff (9-10, 2.56 ERA). The Brewers are up 1-0 in the series.
The second game: Dodgers at Giants, 6:07 PM PDT, TV: TBS
The Dodgers hand the ball to their 20-game winner and dark-horse Cy Young candidate LHP Julio Urías (20-3, 2.96 ERA). The Giants counter with RHP Kevin Gausman (14-6, 2.81 ERA). The Giants are up 1-0 in the series.
Lineups when available.
Braves:
.@MaxFried32 takes the mound for Game 2.
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Brewers:
This city’s fired up! Let’s go!
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Dodgers:
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 9, 2021
Giants:
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— SFGiants (@SFGiants) October 9, 2021
We got this..
NPUT
Biggest decision that Doc may have at this point is whether to use the normal reliever rotation. Guess he goes with them to avoid rust with tomorrow’s day off.
Yeah, it’d be a pretty long layoff for Kenley and Treinen.
Well, now he could more easily use them in back to back.
Shut them down, Knebel. You can do this!
Clap..Clap
My goodness, I’ve missed a lot in 10 minutes
Are you watching this morning?
Gameday again (and you all of course)
No video access?
Ha!
Need to find a better time to feed the dog
Did you hear, did you hear the thunder!?
Heard it from over here
Why is it again that the Dodgers seemingly score more runs on nights Urias pitches?
He hits for one thing
Personal magnetism? Charisma?
He usually matches up with other teams’ number 4 pitcher
Okay, bullpen. Do your thing.
Thanks, Leone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFWiLqnu-dE
So sweet!
Black hole delivers!
Pain killers
And I am not sad anymore.
AJ!!
Mr. Clutch!?
CODY!!!! Double!!!!!!
That sounds like almost the greatest futuring possible.
Belli comes through!
Let’s go Belli!!!!!
Run fast Belli if you hit it on the ground.
New pitcher
Degaussed
Okay CT3. Up to you, Mr. Clutch.
Moves it along to CT3.
Julio doing his job. Angel not doing his.
Ángel strikes again! (Or, rather, balls again).
In Beertown, Adames has made a phenomenal running catch on a foul ball, just before crashing into the tarp. Worth checking the highlight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGx4foRdPw
I want to leave my heart in San Fran and not go back til 2022 to get it back.
Best version you’ll ever hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCwmoJ-B24U
With that “break of serve” we now just need to “hold serve”
Dodgers win!!!
Woo-HOO!!!!!!
BALLGAME!!
Angel still being Angel.
LOL I thought the same thing.
Presumably his last game behind the plate in this series.
Is that true?
If the umpires rotate, yes.
2 outs. I love me a laugher…
I’d like the next two to be Dodger laughers.
Looks like some of the fans have vacated the premises.
Probably so excited about packing up the minivan and driving down to LA for Monday’s game to cheer on the current WS champion Dodgers.
Not our fans, theirs!
They have seen the glory of the Dodgers and have changed their allegiance.
Seen the error of their ways.
Don’t Gnatfans have a reputation for leaving early?
Dodgers will take the lead in this series tonight – based on Pythagorean record, that is.
JT is not in the hit parade.
Not yet ☺️.
When he gets his first mega-contract, there’ll be a movie: “Brusdar’s Millions.”
Nice!
Maybe Monday!
Brusdar gets three!
Bottom three spots have driven in 6 runs.
That’ll teach me!
That’ll learn ya!
SEEEEEEGS!!
And more
Dodgers Album: Greatest Hits
https://twitter.com/GrantBrisbee/status/1447051005078564867?s=20
Urias should be the opener every game just to get the offence rev’d up.
Let’s hope they bring this home. I’m going on Monday with husband and son – it’s my birthday.
Happy early birthday! What a sweet gift a Dodger win would (will?) be.
Happy Birthday. Sounds awesome. I know what your B-day wish will be.
Pour it on!
Beatyful.
Nice.
The crowd noise is so satisfying.
A stunned stupor!
Beaty! RBI!!!
I’m closing down and just watching the rest of the game.
Enjoy!
AJ rewards you with another hit.
Finally beat out a ground ball. Lol.
I’ve got everything going now. Television, radio, GameDay and thou.
I like Will
I returned to the TV after Trea doubled. I am nominating that half-inning for an Emmy. Can you help with that, RBI?
Yes sir.
Ha!
WILL!!!!!
Will with the exclamation point!
¡Múltiples!
Jiggy with it!!!
Bye bye Will!
Yes!!!!!
KK-nebel !
KKneibel.
Yes! K-nebel! Just need one more.
Trea again flashing the leather!
Auditioning for short stop next year
If Corey leaves certainly, but we know Trea’ll be back for another year at least.
Great play, Trea!
So smooth!
He is such a graceful player.
The Grace Kelly of baseball.
Smoooooooth.
If you are going back that far then maybe Ginger Rogers?
And nice stretch by Belli.
https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1447043459295100932?s=20
We need a one-two-three inning now, also.
So are any of you folks USC and/or UCLA fans?
Ohio State for me. Lol
Go Bucks!!
Grew up a Bruin fan, but haven’t followed them in many years.
Presuming you’re talking about handegg, I couldn’t care less.
More than football played in college no?
Handegg is almost as boring as soccer. I paid attention in high school, when I had friends playing.
You know WBB, throwing in a couple of “in my opinion” or “to my way of thinking” might be helpful in some of your posts.
In my humble opinion anyways.
Soccer is objectively boring. In handegg, at least, somebody usually scores.
Well thanks for listening.
Hahaha.
Mr. Contrarian strikes again.
If it’s all about scoring then you must love basketball.
Soccer is great exercise for young kids until they acquire the hand-eye coordination necessary for complex sports.
Zing!
My husband went to USC and my daughter to UCLA but neither of them care about their alma maters’ sports, so I don’t either.
I went to UCLA and Cal; my father taught at USC.
Quite a catch by Bryant.
Was it Puig-esque
Perfect throw from right center
Took a great throw and tag, but Puig used to do the impossible.
Puig had (has) his shortcomings, but I still miss watching him.
Me too
He was always exciting to watch.
I remember what a kick Vinny got out of him.
He’s still just 30 years old. I’m wondering if he’s been blacklisted from MLB.
Would love to get one back.
It was the Giants making the plays yesterday and won; it’s the Dodgers making the plays today and winning.
Hate the run, especially the hit by Greasylocks, but love the throw.
Key play perhaps right there.
I agree.
Atta boy Mookie.
Wotta throw!
Thrown out at third!
WOW! And Phew!
Mookie!
Trea dives, Cory dances
You left out the “e”, but so did Corey.
What a play!
No reason not to challenge him.
Gotta hold serve here, Joe!
Maxes continue conversing in the dugout. Two intense guys.
My kitchen TV cable box just died. I can’t believe it. Fortunately there are two more TVs and cable boxes around.
https://twitter.com/DustinNosler/status/1447038422254645249?s=20
Best inning ever*!
*in tonight’s game.
Best since Wednesday.
I’m all in on recency bias.
6-1!!!!
Beautiful!!
You future people are really delivering.
Now that’s a swing!
A much better swing
AJs’ turn.
AJ!!!!!!! Double!!!!!!
Come on AJ lose the monkey!
Just missed the slam.
Don’t stop. Don’t stop now.
Bellisweet.
Just a little single Mr. Smith
He is clutch
Should we ask for a HR then
A wild pitch or PB would be nice.
Let’s go with a hit
Please JT
Bellinger’s motto: Fly like a butterfly, sting like a flea.
Make it count
Trea tees one.
Had been practicing on softer and shorter hits
Those he usually beats out.
Let’s go. Leadoff double!!
Time for the Turners and Smith to show up.
Yes! Double!
Good catch Cody
An elite defensive player wherever you put him.
Belli with the ballet move
Good inning Julio.
We will definitely need more runs.
l am taking a page from RBI — no insult attended — and following this game on the Internet.
Anyway, all of your comments are more entertaining that watching Hernandez (fail to) call balls and strikes.
Well, at least Mookie judged that one right.
https://twitter.com/truebluela/status/1447031159834046468?s=20
We need to extend Gausman’s innings by more than nine pitches.
10 up 10 down. Good grief.
I have a friend in Chile who’s a huge Beerboys fan (native of Milwaukee). I won a bet with him when Belli edged out Yelich for MVP. He owes me a dinner at the best restaurant in Futaleufú, but haven’t been able to collect yet. Meanwhile, we’re both mutually rooting for our personal favorites until they face each other.
I like the Brewers this year.
Braun cheated Kemp out of the MVP Award in 2011 and threw the “little people” under the bus en route.
I can’t believe that was 10 years ago
Neither could I until I looked it up. I was with a friend at a spring training game that year, watching the Dodgers at the Brewers game. A guy sitting next to us, a big Milwaukee fan, said his brother was a doctor and knew that Braun was definitely on the juice. A woman sitting behind him, a big Brewers’ fan, went bananas and started giving the guy all she had.
Braun is a truly despicable human being.
I do not advise the Dodgers to lose this game but my 11 year old self wants to remind me that the Dodgers won a Ws after falling in an 0-2 hole vs the Astros in the 1981 DS.
My 12 year old self reminds me of the comeback in the 65 WS.
MY 70-year-old self reminds me of the 3-1 deficit to the Braves in last year’s NLCS.
My XX-year-old self reminds me that I have to umpire a doubleheader tomorrow.
My 12 year old self reminds me of playing in Little League
Ha!
My 18-year-old self reminds me of that one.
That was in a 7 game series however.
Who can count at 12?
Ha! Valid argument.
Julio takes charge.
His walk up song should be Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Nice work Julio.
Outstanding futuring. Pitch count is manageable.
Limited time offer. Not valid for every comment.
Touché.
Somebody below suggested this, right?
https://twitter.com/dylanohernandez/status/1447026207023722497
I think we need to get a new hitting coach next year.
Mookie butchered that one.
Yep. Sigh.
Why is Posey not retired?
Comments taking an ugly turn here.
Are you still enjoying this game? Still calm?
Calm but anxious.
Nervous enjoyment
Probably not as ugly as what Giant fans are saying about this game
You misspelled “Gnatfans.”
I will let you be the guy that makes up the names.
Our bottom of the order black hole…
Bellinger and Playoff Pollock is painful right now
Ok, though Pollock scored the go-ahead run. He was walked intentionally yes, but after laying off two pitches.
This is another MVP year for Bellinger: Mostly Vomitous Performances.
Poised for comeback of the year in 2022.
That makes me sad.
Makes me nauseous.
I am sad, nauseous, frustrated, disappointed and angry about Bellinger’s year. I have some sympathy because of his injuries, but that only goes so far. Regardless of the causes, he is the Abominable No-man this year.
Bellinger’s time between meaningful hits seems longer than an elephant’s gestation period (about two years).
https://twitter.com/Ned2point0/status/1447023751154049027?s=20
Like Twitter needs any help – or encouragement – to do that.
It’s been a little better for the last 8 months or so
Stupidity is abundant, but you can also find insight.
Good inning!
Helped the pitch count.
But Kelly is warming up
More for situational flexibility at this point I would imagine.
If the Dodgers had something going, might’ve hit for him (though he’s still a threat).
Better!
I am umpiring a 30-and-over baseball game tomorrow morning. If my strike/ball zone is like Angel’s, I should be fired.`
Regarding the game that I am umpiring early on Sunday behind the plate, just don’t call me Angel in the morning.
Groan!
No comment.
That might be out in other
stadiums, yes?
Statcast estimated that flyballs to that part of the stadium with current wind conditions lose 5ft of carry.
Where’s Kevin Elster when you need him?
Or get mad AND get even.
Get runs.
Don’t get mad, get even.
Vote
The run that scored was the walk that should have been a strikeout.
Plus all the extra pitches.
Urias not getting that call combined with the bad call on Seager has made the umpire a part of the game they are not supposed to be a part of.
There is no accountability. Angel Hernandez has stunk for his entire career and everybody knows it.
And he can’t even be bad for the right team!
Dodgers 2. Angel 1.
I am going to take a break and feed the dog.
Infuriating.
I forgot. I had already fed the dog.
Ha!
I am getting a bit tense, you might say.
As long as you don’t future
https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1447017525213028355?s=20
Now the announcers are saying Hernandez missed that last call. The league really needs to start retraining umps.
Electronic strike zone may have called it a strike but I prefer the ball to get more of the strike zone for it to be called a strike.
If it’s on the edge, it’s a strike.
Thus the first half of my comment
At least be consistent then.
At least be fair Angel – oh that’s right, it’s Angel.
From Wikipedia:
Angel!!!! Really?
Still, 22 pitches.
Julio had 20.
Four inches off the plate.
Oh Angel!
Making the case for
K-ZoneAutomated Ball-Strike technology umpiring.Not a strike.
NAS
Need a Corey blast.
One more would be amazing.
Yes!!!
This is a heckuva improvement over yesterday.
My goodness yes.
Keep on keeping on here Dodgers!
JULITO!!!
¡Julitoi!
You called it!
Did I future you?
No – said he wasn’t an automatic out!
Julio with the postseason rbi!
Big Julie strikes again!
Julito!
Woohoo!!!
Julito is no automatic out.
Pitcher wise–HisMMV
Julio’s turn.
Ok Julio “Babe” Urias.
Ruh roh. AJ.
That sounds bad.
I. Just his post season stuff.
I’d be fine if Dodgers start another 8 game winning streak tonight, before having another 1 game losing streak.
I can live with that.
Belli, lay off those, okay?
That is nurturing Mom talk as opposed to stop that now or when Dad gets home…
CT3 how you be!?
CT32B
Taylor! Let’s get it going.
Why? Why baseball ones?!?!
Will getting good wood again, to no avail this time.
Really hard hit ball. “Wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all,” Will says.
The old classic, up and in and fast, to low and away off speed.
Yes!
Please no Deja vu.
Just the opposite!
Lotta pitches to nasty generic orange player here.
Formerly lovable Cubbie.
Bryant is one of the least loathsome among them.
True.
Whatever happened to the ex-Cub factor?
It can still assert itself.
That went out the window when they won the WS.
I’m not paying attention to which one is up.
I find them all very loathsome.
Greasylocks Crawford is No. 1, now that BadGums is gone to Phoenix.
*YMMV
There’s competition, but he’s the clear front-runner.
*YMMV
I found 59 definitions for YMMV
Your mileage may vary. Meaning you might have a different opinion.
I also had to look it up.
I found a few more interesting definitions
C’mon Julito! You got this!
They are more locked in than we are so far.
Well, yeah, if weakly hit fouls means “liocked in.”
As opposed to swings and misses?
Strikes him out.
Yes.
Guys, we gotta stop missing chances.
Maybe just advance the runner?
It’d be a good start.
The giants were last in productive outs, which doesn’t correlate with winning.
Hard to change your stripes in the postseason when you are swing for the fence happy so often all the rest of the year.
Leads to so much feast or famine though.
Wish the giants would have changed their stripes last night.
Rats.
Phooey.
Oh Trea. Sigh.
Let’s do a Boston or an Atlanta, not a White Sox
Are you watching tonight (this morning)?
Well, not a GIDP at least.
OK, no GIDP.
Let’s go. Leadoff walk for Mookie.
Explaining the problems with Software Stadium. https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1447003291641159681?s=20
Nervous! On the elliptical.
I just had a good 2 hour piano session. I’m untouchable on the nerves front. Just ready to be entertained.
Excellent.
Likewise but on Scotch. 😉
An Oregon Pinot Gris here.
Ha!
Sadly not an option…
I’m kidding anyway.
Rats. Having vicarious mellowing.
A degree of separation – once, on a flight from Spokane to Seattle, I was seated close to Peter O’Malley. https://twitter.com/dodgers_cards/status/1446985617951236099?s=20
I believe tonight is as close to a must win as you can get unless it is a one and done scenario. Win tonight and we have the advantage. Lose and we are in deep kimchi.
Last year they were down to the Braves 3-1 and came back to beat them, but it was pretty stressful. I’m sure neither the Dodgers nor us want to try to do that again.
“Deep kimchi”. What a description.
Hear it all the time.
https://twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1446956728034099203?s=20
That was a great photo posted a couple of days ago showing Carl Erskine and Duke Snider celebrating Brooklyn’s only World Championship in 1955. While attending several Dodgers Fantasy Camps in Vero Beach, I got to know both of them, Erskine much more so than the more reticent Snider. When they were teammates, the Snider and Erskine families used to rent a big house together near the beach during spring training in Vero Beach. Each family had four children. Erskine and Snider also roomed together on the road. At the dinners each night at the fantasy camps, Carl and his wife, Betty, and Duke and his wife, Bev, usually sat together along with the Erskines’ son Jimmy, who has Down Syndrome. Duke’s health was starting to fade over the course of the camps that I attended, but Carl remained robust. Snider died in 2011 at the age of 84. Erskine will turn 95 in December. At the camps, particularly as Snider’s health declined, Erskine had his back. I remember one Hot Stove League locker room gathering, when rain prevented us from taking the fields, during which Erskine stood behind the seated Snider as the players discussed their careers. Here’s an interview with Erskine on NPR shortly after Duke died: https://www.npr.org/2011/02/28/134141588/Remember-Baseball-Legend-Duke-Snider
He wrote a good book about Jackie Robinson and his effect on teammates and opponents alike: “What I Learned from Jackie Robinson.”
It is indeed a fine book. Erskine wanted to title it about what he learned from the challenges faced by Jackie and by his own son Jimmy, but the publishers nixed that. So he wrote a separate book, “The Parallel.” It is also a fine book. Here is a link: https://www.erskinegreeninstitute.org/giving/donate-and-receive-erskines-book-the-parallel/