Dodgers at Braves, 4:38 PM PDT, TV: TBS
The Dodgers give the ball to RHP Max Scherzer (postseason 0-1, 1 SV, 1.46 ERA). He’ll face the Braves’ RHP Ian Anderson (postseason 1-0, 0.00 ERA).
Today in baseball history Steve Blass threw a four-hitter and the Pirates beat the Orioles in Game Seven to win the 1971 World Series, in Game Seven of the 1979 World Series Willie Stargell went 3-4 and the Pirates overcame a three games to one deficit and beat the Orioles (again!), and the Loma Prieta earthquake rattled the Bay Area just minutes before Game Three of the 1989 World Series was to begin.
Lineups when available.
Dodgers:
Tonight’s #Dodgers NLCS Game 2 lineup at Braves: pic.twitter.com/v1cImebIPy
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 17, 2021
Braves:
Game 2.
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— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) October 17, 2021
The last Dodgers postseason game without Justin Turner in the starting lineup: Game 4, 2014 NLDS vs. St. Louis.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) October 17, 2021
https://theathletic.com/2898051/2021/10/19/joc-pederson-says-hed-have-stayed-in-l-a-but-the-dodgers-werent-interested-now-its-costing-them?source=user-shared-article
ALCS NPUT
Pedro is unhappy. https://twitter.com/hgomez27/status/1450194949610299397?s=20
the small gap has narrowed further (to zero)
Couple of Riverboat Gamblers on that play. Dave Roberts’ gamble pays off, the Braves Centerfielder’s gamble fails.
JT does what he does or rather what is done to him.
There’s our RISP problem right there! Stealing bases to get into scoring position.
is that glass half full or half empty?
I’m just hoping the Trea table is in the up right position.
Nope
more like assume crash position
Yes
Well at least Mookie is on second.
maybe he needs to steal 2 more
he better steal his way home. They have forgotten how to hit him home.
great minds Jack
A smaller lead for Betts this time, so far
thats a good start, now we need a good finish
I’m guessing Joc will be a Gnat gnext season. They desperately gneed outfielders.
Noooooo!
Nooo!
You misspelled “Gnoooo!”
He’s from Palo Alto, so he’d be coming home.
Coming Gnome?
Joc the Splasher!
Mookie on with the walk. Will he steal?
I vote for a repeat of the 1st innning.
Scherzer had a perfect game going into the 7th as I remember in the 2016 playoffs against the Dodgers and was leading 1 – 0 and then this happened:
https://youtu.be/LBHM4NBsWSc
Keep scoring runs Dodgers.
Keep it up, Max S.! (The good pitching, not the actual pitch.)
Smith (de)framed him.
With all due respect to others, the Duke is No. 1. https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1449883881700794373?s=20
The one what?
Until Turner and/or Seager exceeds the Duke’s stats in the Series, there’s no real change on the leaderboard.
Meh. It’s just counting stats. It doesn’t really matter that JT and Seager are ahead.
“Neck stinger” apparently… explains JT’s ineffective swings yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0xR5CzMbmM
https://twitter.com/FaithInDog1/status/1450187456943308800?s=20
Some calming music….I hope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hp_iUszQGk
Jack: That’s great. Brahms is one of my favorite composers. Is that you at the keyboard? Very well done…
It is….back in my broken ribs days earlier this year.
Music calms the savage(ly) disappointed fan…Broken ribs. Ouch. I broke three in five places about 25 years ago while falling through a climbing device with my daughter at a Monterey playground.
I got blindsided by an out of control skier going 50 mph +. He broke ribs 3-8 all in 2 places, and collapsed my left lung. All better now though.
That’s a brutal crash. Good to hear you full recovered. You have answered my posted question.
Makes for a good story. I didn’t realize it on the hill, just felt beat up. Actually skied down with the ski patrol after he cleaned up my face, and then rode a chair up to the ridge, and then skied to the bottom. Then because I was feeling so bad, drove to the hospital to get checked out cause I wasn’t breathing well. Didnt realize it was that bad.
Reminds me of last nights game
How did you break your ribs?
I broke mine while playing first base in a coed slow pitch game. A woman who hit a grounder gave me a straight-on shot with her elbows at full speed as she tried to protect her head from an errant throw.
Of course that’s how it ended!!
We seem pretty gassed all around. Gnats games took it out of us. And having no Kershaw and no Muncy is really hurting us right now.
If last year is an indicator, Dodgers have Braves right where they want them
Doc over managed this one.
1 for 10 RISP, 10 LOB. Very disappointing.
Glad I at least took a nice walk!
On the good front…..now I wont miss the opera show on KUSC.
Oh man. We can’t keep spotting the other guys two games.
Pretty bad error really
The Julio decision will be tslked about for a long time.
He has a track record. I can’t second-guess that.
I can…he is starting Wednesday…..keep him sharp for that morfe important role.
Yeah. Brought it home last year in those situations
Last year he was used as a reliever off course. This year he is a starter. (Like Max.)
Why have all these relief pitchers if you keep going to our starters?
So, the Dodgers win in six.
Oh for heaven’s sake Dodgers. Really?
Oh well.
Now I’m pacing.
Just got home. Can’t watch. But glad you are human.
I’m hoping for a “glove-off” tonight.
Off glove it is.
Brusdar shortens Kenley’s task.
Still need at least 4 outs. Or is that what you mean?
Yep
I’m afraid Doc is back to his old managing thinking.
The Julio move was too cute by far
Want my closer facing the top of the order
He’s done fine.
A 4 out plan for Jansen.
Better than six.
Or a one pitch plan.
I rest my case
Which is?
Grateral was doing fine, awesome in fact. He was in the game. If the Dodgers were to get the lead later in the game, Jansen would not be available.
Tie on the road you use your closer in the ninth, as there is no tomorrow He went against convention bringing in Brusdar cuz he wanted to shorten so Kenley could go two innings.
You think what you want. I have scoreboard.
Seager saved Brusdar but couldn’t save Kenley is what I saw.
Was d’Arnaud’s single well-hit?
Shattered bat bloop into center.
Sawed off dunker
2 outs
Good throw to second and there are 2 outs. But if Seager doesn’t make the play – yikes…
Agreed.
I’m liking Seager over Trea at short more and more
Trea’s a better defender.
Seager save!
Out at second!
Atlanta is getting a lot of breaks in this game. Curse you, Luck!
Shattered bat but of course he gets on
about to go to a class zoom meeting in 5 mins, so im going to miss all the drama. That may be a good thing
especially with a leadoff single
Dagnabbit!
I picked the wrong day to give up smoking….
Ha!
maybe I’ll start
I think drinking as a hobby is the safer choice.
C’mon, Sam!
last one standing
someone, please
Whose will will find a way?
lets do Smith vs Smith part 2
Gave it a ride.
¡Miércoles!
Wall paint power
59 degrees. If it were August that ball would have gone out.
Oh come on.
here we go again
Stressful between game bullpen workout. Hope he will be ready for his scheduled start.
14 pitches, 12 strikes. Trouble is, they were fat strikes.
I really didnt understand brnging nin Julio, I get it even less now.
I would suggest that it is related to taking Max out early. But that might not be a popular take.
AGREE!
It all cascades…but Max must have been gassed.
Fastball was flagging down to 90 in that inning.
i think that was a good call
Regardless – the pitching has blinked in the late innings 2 games in a row now.
Max himself knew he had had it. Argue with him.
Cue the racist chants.
Agree but canniot like.
Another thing: look how few black fans are in the stands. That was by design. They built this stadium in the wealthy white suburbs so all those black folks who went to Turner Field would have a harder time getting to games. Turner was only 20 years old, far short of retirement age.
Brutal stadium situation all around.
There was a large tax incentive, and they also get revenue form the surrounding development.
I have Yankton Sioux friend and she is fine with the Braves chant. Says it is flattering..so who knows.
Wonder how many Sioux and/or other Indigenous peoples are at the park tonight?
Sounds like quite a few
The words cultural appropriation come to my mind.
Outside of movies, is there any connection to original native chanting?
Double foo.
I feel bad for Julio.
Doc outfoxed himself on this one.
Dodgers need some home cooking.
Worth reviewing?
It was reviewed.
You’re Zukunfting me.
Two bad outfield throws.
only one for me
Foo.
The Julio experiment is not impressing me so far.
Out?
Bad throw by Pollock.
He’s on a roll.
Big out.
Dang
Another 4 hour game on tap. Not a fan of all the extra commercials.
Brutal.
The extra time for commercial breaks adds 45 minutes all on their own.
It’s ridiculous.
Urias warming up
Bizarre
It’s the playoffs, Jake.
Maybe he is backing up Treinen.
It would be a throw-between starts day anyway, I think, so …
Jack
He’s quoting Chinatown
I’m quoting with less brain.
Ha
No comment.
Bruihl next inning to match up with Freeman?
Julito!?
He is in the bullpen warming up
Maybe not, because Albies hits LHPs better. Also, Treinen threw just nine pitches.
We will find out together I suppose.
6 4 3…..music to my ears.
Out!
Quick inning
Lightening quick.
(After the walk that is)
DP is desirable
DP!!
MVP-level futuring!
Leadoff walk is undesirable.
Indeed it is.
Can Blake and Kenley get 9 outs between the 2 of them?
I imagine Graterol may figure.
Good call!
AJ is really struggling, isn’t he?
Almost as much as the tenor struggled getting up to that final A or Aflat.
Looking bad, though he did some things against the giants
Apollo 11 stuck on the launching pad.
Joc has serious hair issues.
Don’t stop now!
lets just put this one to bed here
Woohoo!
A break!
CT3!!!
thats good
Sounds good!
It thought your ‘what did we expect’ was about CT3!!
What did we expect?
On gameday, it looks like he got it in the neck?
Elbow pad.
Ouch.
So who is playing second now?
I assume Taylor comes in and Bellinger out to center?
Taylor to cf Justin to 3rd
I was living in the past. Keep forgetting Lux isn’t at 2nd these days.
Could this be a Gibson moment?
A Ron Hunt moment, or a Don Baylor moment instead.
JT special!
That swing was decent. Go knock a runner in JT.
Meanwhile, Will Smith getting the Barry Bonds treatment tonight…
You misspelled “B*rry B*nds.”
look what you started Dave 🙂
Yep. My bad.
JT?!
Slumping but should be able to keep his head down
at least he bats looking to the left
“Talk about a roll of the dice…”
just as much chance as anyone else (as small as that may be)
Surely Lux is a better option then someone with a bad neck?
Mookie gets on.
Mook works it.
The Atlanta catcher is taking a beating tonight
Ex-Dodger.
One PA.
But they sell his jersey.
For true collectors
I blinked and missed his at bat
Repeat LA?
About to take an evening stroll with my husband and my trusty little radio. See you at the other end, hopefully complete with a you-know-what!
How does your husband put up with you? My wife has had just about enough of me and my baseball
He’s a very patient man.
Mine puts up with it, but sometimes it irks her.
Is the radio for listening to the opera?
Mookie, Coery, Trea. Come ON guys!
not quite, but almost now or never
i needed that nice and quick, thank you Joe
And the tension turns up another notch.
Joctober versus Joetober.
Nice!
Joe vs the Volcano and Joe wins.
Better than getting one in the ribs
you can tell how nervous we all are when the chat moves away from baseball to opera and rabbits
Bugs Bunny loves Opera!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxiv3CBMS4M
Thanks for the belly laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcMCEHcgm0g
1 for 8 last night, 0 for 7 tonight RISP.
Still – in it to win it.
Miserable.
You know – even though I missed watching last night’s game – I don’t really need a replay of it tonight.
Y’all’s futuring is really declining.
Fudge!
That’s one of my rabbit’s name.
you are making me hungry, I mean fudge, not rabbit
Not ‘roo?
its delicious, only had it a few times. Goanna is nice
I read that as “rabbi’s.”
Thinking of fudge, the rabbi made me laugh
How many names can a rabbit have?
Really? Is the other one called “Rule One Violation?”
Ha! Comment of the night.
Really? Is the other one called “Rule One Violation?”
Boy do I miss Kersh and Muncy.
Shoot.
i would have gone with Albert
And that’s who is up.
Burned Beaty, though.
Still no pacing? My hat is on inside out and backwards. Not helping.
Got your wish. I hope it pays off.
Doggone it AJ!
Apollo 11 scrubbed.
Oh AJ. Really weak, my man.
Playoff Pollock.
Hit one for Maddie, AJ.
Man at third, with one out. Dodgers have been inept at converting this year when this happens.
I looked at this in August and at that time they were actually best in the league.
So last summer…
This year.
I know. Bad joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEtxxpohPtU
Let’s go AJ!
Contact works
Fun to see the Dodgers running more
Maury would approve.
CT3 works one!
Great at bat Taylor
And stolen base.
You got video tonight?
just gameday while I am preparing lessons for school. We are still at learning from home until next week
The lockdown is ending, I understand.
high vaccination rates, we are going to just live with it
Let’s go Belli.
time for redemption
Tied with 4 innings to go. I predict alcohol consumption is increasing across the southland.
The oppo-chop into the mouth and down the hatch.
I am still on a complete musical high from the opera last night, so my emotions are untouchable by this game.
Which one?
Tannhauser, an opera about redemption.
In LA?
Yes…LA Opera.
Love the LA Opera. I’ll be seeing Aida in the spring. Hope to get to more.
I would run to get a ticket to this one. It is the best in the last 4 or 5 years if you ask me. It is why people like me are opera nuts, for nights like this.
How long is it around? I’m out of town in a few days. I will check it out!
I think the next performance is next weekend. There are maybe 5 performances left between now and the first weekend in November.
I will see what I can do.
Its Wagner, and its long. Being long is a bonus for me when you hear the sounds they made last night.
I am a fan of Wagner, except the Parsefal I saw years ago that they inexplicably decided to do as a monochromatic Kabuki theater presentation. It lasted about three years.
I adore Parsifal.
Sounds great! Except for the part where I don’t like Opera.
Since it is about redemption, should we rename it Bellinger?
The one that surprised me the most over the years was Satyagraha. Still haunts me. Not even sure what to call it!
Vesia’s the real deal.
Yes! Nice work Vesia.
Vesia seems pleased.
we certainly are
His moustache leaps off of his upper lip!
Ha!
Yeah it’s very Ted Lasso-esque!
Phew
K!
There are open stances and then there is Albies’
You are really entertaining me tonight, Bumsrap.
Now l am temped to go back and see what I have been saying.
Two v clever comments and counting…
Brian Downing used to practically face the 3rd base dugout
Albies is tougher v RHPs.
Let’s hope that stays true.
Rather, v LHPs.
oh
K!
O-K-ay!
I’d take a pop up.
I’d take any out, any way.
No bueno. Need a DP.
Not good.
max could have done that!
Scherzer not complaining.
That says everything.
Scratches my head.
Seems premature to me.
Agreed!
Especially after a bullpen game yesterday.
Day off tomorrow.
Need to win tonight first.
Which Doc thinks requires him to use the pen.
I guess we will all find out together.
It’s what he thinks, how it works out is something else, but he is not concerned with overworking his pen.
He’s the manager and he has to do what he thinks is right. I get that. Doesn’t mean I have to agree.
Even though he obviously knows more than all of us put together!
That’s close to how Bobby Knight described his basketball knowledge to reporters!
You were concerned with overworking the pen. He is not.
Yep. Exactly.
I would at least let him get another out if not finish the inning
Two lefties coming up, including Freddie.
Doesn’t want him to face top of the order for the third time.
Pretty reactive for such a good pitcher.
Fear of Freddie is my guess.
They must have seen something in his delivery. Arm slot drooping or some such that shows fatigue.
Interesting point.
He didn’t put up much of a fight.
Bye bye Max. Huh.
What? Shoot.
So far I am poorly futuring before the actual events take place.
They seem to me to be playing a little hungrier than we are.
Certainly playing loose. Probably figure they are playing with house money anyways.
Nervous, suddenly. WBB, you pacing yet?
Nope.
Oh good!
Don’t get stuck at 2 again tonight Dodgers.
Lots of RISP problems so far in this series.
more problems
Since it’s tomorrow there, you can future.
Ha, I’ll try. we win 5-3?
We will take that for sure.
I wonder if there was even a brief thought to PH albert there
Make them pay, Gavin!
Two out rally time?
For someone who led MLB in batting, Trea sure seems to swings at a lot of bad pitches, like that one right there.
He announced yesterday that he thought he needed to be more aggressive. Not sure I agree!
Can’t hit unless you swing, I guess.
Can’t walk if you do
Batting leader, not walk leader was he.
Will Will see a pitch?
Once he’s back behind the plate.
Yep
was it really that far off the plate?
Both high and away
Oh Trea.
At least Mookie stole it.
But at the cost of Smith getting to hit maybe?
Betts taking a big lead
Huge lead.
Ok Trea. Over to you. Find outfield grass or – centerfield stands.
When was the last time anybody saw a pitchout?
I think I saw one against the Dodgers this year.
Top of the order.
Need to punch right back.
Dodger pitching has given up the longest post season HR twice now.
Results of the previous game were satisfactory.
Just what I was thinking.
The chop is the worst of it.
Even Jane Fonda participated in the chop and chant
Yeah, but that was forty years ago.
Has it been around that long? I kinda thought it started in 1991…
It started with Rio Bravo I think
They have done it at the seminole games for years as well.
Tomahawk chop at Wikipedia.
I used to think it inappropriate and now I like it. What I hate is “Beat LA”
The walk comes back to haunt, as it so often does.
I love Joc, but that hurts big time. What postseasons he, Kiké and Verdugo are having.
Duvall would bother me much more.
Bring him home to LA
454 feet of Joc revenge.
I’m sorry, but I am loving it
Well, it is Joctober.
Joctober sigh
Drat it!
Pitch count is relatively high.
I saw that one coming a mile away, sadly.
Not careful enough, sigh…
Careful here, Max.
The announcers just said taking extra bases is the humble approach to the game (along with hitting behind runners etc).
Quick inning. Yuck.
Braves have some good defence tonight. Except that one was foul!
Ah man. Nice try Belli.
Man, Freeman’s suddenly awful. I like ya, Freddie, but please stay that way.
Fit him for another golden sombrero?
At least until April.
K!
Shoot
Trea tossed that one
Little leverage
He made the best possible play, not quite good enough.
Got him?
Into the Braves bullpen apparently.
The Barfpen.
Ha!
So they really are throwing up in the bullpen…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4feb176437c3c493e19d0553ff9078133e17abf8fe987cffe439e3504515c12d.png
Wasting opportunities. Waste not. Want not.
Well hopefully Trea keeps stinging the ball like he did. That will lead to extra base hits soon enough.
I was afraid of that
Dang Gavin
Make him work
Exactly.
Meh. Swinging first pitch seems to work. Dodgers mixing it up.
Hmm. I guess that’s true. I withdraw my argument. Lol
Guy was likely to be pulled before reaching any sort of pitch count limit. He was trying to steal early strikes.
Will keeps it going.
Trea got robbed.
That woulda scored a run.
Absolutely.
Seager takes a walk.
Strike 3. See ya.
Being an ex-Gnat, Duvall is the most loathsome of the Barves.
Oh dang. I kinda thought we were free and clear of Giant related content.
He balances out Joc.
Fair enough.
Seager with the natural looking catch.
Joc slice
Hook, actually.
Loud strike!
Not so easy tonight Riley (hopefully).
He’s no William Bendix.
Ha!
The Babe!
A little too quick for my liking there Dodgers.
Scherzer might not get on base. But – wait – nope.
Scherzer is overdue.
But in sort of epochal ways. Like the Yellowstone Caldera is overdue to go off.
Next time AJ.
Ok AJ – start the 2nd of right.
Easy as 1, 2, 3
Got him!
You’re off to a good start.
As the Dodgers go…
Him being Freddie
Hard to believe the Braves are just now getting their first at bats.
Because the Dodgers were batting for a while you mean?
Yes
Alright Max. Let’s hold them to 0 runs this inning.
Good start though.
Mr. Bellinger flies out.
Pitch count is going up, up, up
Jethro Full count?
Let’s go CT3. Just need a single here.
Rabbit ball
everytime I hear Charlie say Ian Anderson i think of endless meandering flute solos.
I think we all do
Steiner is… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__wmsIn99E
https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1449883294007394306?s=20
This is a nice start!
Give a cigar to Seager
Hello says Corey on first pitch!
The Yanquis want him.
They have plenty of time to sit back and watch him.
2 zip!!!
Corey!
Seager!!!
“Neck stinger” sounds like a wasp attack.
Mookie!!
Love the leadoff guy getting on.
Beat the shift!
Ok friends. I’m locked and loaded to go tonight. Missed you all last night as I was out of town for the evening.
Missed you and your posts mightily.
You are very kind.
Go Blue!
I’m rooting for blue and pearls with blue able to overcome a big pearl night.
“Justin will do anything we ask”
So ask him to turn his head to the right.