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ed he should not be playing and what s worse the dodgers shouldn t be capitulating to his whims though hopefully this sets a foundation for future discussions i actually think it is worse for ohtani s legacy to insist on playing like this but ohtani isn t the only problem we have two xbh this whole series a double by kyle tucker and a double by will smith which briefly gave us the lead last night everyone in the lineup mookie betts freddie freeman teoscar hernandez max muncy andy pages smith kiké hernandez tommy edman looks thoroughly lost only tucker miguel rojas and muncy have ops above 800 this postseason we haven t gotten more than one hit with risp in any of the the three games this nlcs a collective 2 for 16 when we get leadoff runners on which happened frequently last night we can t score them our starters didn t last in either games 1 or 2 and then even in game 3 blake snell who was sailing pretty well after giving up a leadoff hr in the first ruptured in the seventh was that manager dave roberts fault for leaving snell in too long possibly though that wasn t roberts only gaffe last night managing the lineup sending muncy and kiké hernandez up for wasted strikeout abs while wasting the slot of andy pages the team s best defender as well as josue de paula who was incomprehensibly announced at the end of a stuggling juan uribe stint only to have brewers manager pat murphy wait to select and announce his reliever which then moved roberts to waste de paula and slot in hernandez to poor results bill shaikin of the la times played back how roberts explained every single one of his calls last night none of which worked out i am a roberts fan and have seen him improve his ability to make in game decisions during his tenure but last night was a f ing disaster but roberts isn t playing on the field so let s get back to those culprits our bullpen has given up runs when we ve needed them to be solid every time we score a run the brewers seem to answer back in the next half inning killing any momentum or excitement milwaukee s ability to clap back sort of seems a lot like how we used to feel about these dodgers we re never out of it we can come right back talk about a role reversal i feel like when we scratch across a run it s always precarious i never felt like that in the last two postseasons so to sum bad hitting no power bad starters bad relief bad management and this team just looks like everyone suddenly aged overnight no fight left at all although it hurt to read and accept it i loved ken rosenthal s article in the athletic about the dodgers following game 2 s loss it s not over but if you were to picture the end of the los angeles dodgers championship run this is how it would look no a physically compromised shohei ohtani bearing no resemblance to his usual mvp self an offensively challenged lineup managing only one extra base hit in two games co aces tarik skubal and yoshinobu yamamoto lasting a combined 7 2 3 innings in their two starts he s right it certainly looks like the end of this run hoping the miracle starts tonight labels 2026 playoffs brewers game thread 2026 nlcs 2026 tyler glasnow posted by steve sax at 9 24 am 0 comments wednesday october 14 2026 nlcs game 3 thread oct 14 vs brewers 5p blake snell 0 0 2 45 vs robert gasser 0 0 2 25 after dropping the first two games of this series the dodgers playoff odds are now behind that of the brewers with los angeles needing to win four of the next five games to advance that doesn t sound good so we re bringing blake snell to the mound hot off his mediocre performance in nlds game 2 the only game we lost that series oh yeah and we have a grand total of one xbh this nlcs a double by kyle tucker of all people for the brewers tonight will be a gasser of a start snell s like a loss to me labels 2026 playoffs blake snell brewers game thread 2026 nlcs 2026 posted by steve sax at 6 00 am 24 comments monday october 12 2026 nlcs game 2 thread oct 12 brewers 2p yoshinobu yamamoto vs logan henderson we knewmilwaukee was going to make this an alley fight but the dodgers are going to have to make this a slugfest if they re going to win this series and beat the small ball brewers and with the dodgers going 1 for 6 with risp continuing a trend that has carried over from the nlds if we don t hit home runs we are going to be in a lot of trouble not to mention stop hitting into double plays especially inning ending rally killing double plays kiké hernandez meanwhile again we turn to yoshinobu yamamoto to be the stopper sounds familiar right labels 2026 playoffs brewers game thread 2026 nlcs 2026 yoshinobu yamamoto posted by steve sax at 8 31 am 38 comments sunday october 11 2026 nlcs game 1 thread oct 11 brewers 5p tarik skubal vs jacob misiorowski this is it the heavyweight showdown that the world wanted and a nlcs rematch for two squads that have met three times in the last decade in the nlcs with the dodgers prevailing in all prior instances this year s series promises to be very different however the brewers are loaded with a mich better lineup and starting pitching rotation they small ball you to death with a mlb regular season high of 354 ba with the bases loaded even though they don t hit many home runs and of course there s the whole small market david vs goliath storyline which casts its spectre not only over the whole postseason with three small market teams left plus the dodgers but the labor discord and lockout that will come later this year the dodgers are the oldest team in the majors they re injured with shohei ohtani looking feeble at the plate and cornerstone will smith clearly struggling and the brewers have home field advantage in this series gulp let s go dodgers labels 2026 playoffs brewers game thread 2026 nlcs 2026 tarik skubal posted by steve sax at 10 50 am 20 comments wednesday october 07 2026 dodgers win 2026 nlds max muncy goggles are for the weak that was an ironic post game sentiment from dodger max muncy the dodgers all time postseason hr leader with yet another blast in the pivotal game 4 tonight in which the dodgers closed out the nlds in atlanta 4 1 tyler glasnow only lasted 4 2 ip but it was enough for this bullpen as the dodgers broke their 0 for nlds with risp streak with a two run rbi single by andy pages putting the dodgers up 3 1 before muncy s ninth inning capper edwin diaz closed out the ninth after tanner scott had a scoreless eighth inning and the dodgers can now rest before sunday s nlcs opener with the opponent still tbd as of press time let s go dodgers labels 2026 playoffs 2026 season andy pages edwin diaz max muncy nlds 2026 tanner scott tyler glasnow posted by steve sax at 10 16 pm 0 comments nlds game 4 thread oct 7 braves 3p postseason kiké is back tyler glasnow vs tyler mahle just like kyle tucker in nlds game 1 an unlikely hero showed up in the postseason for the dodgers in game 3 and i m not talking kiké hernandez whose postseason exploits 17 career postseason hrs tied for 16th place all time are commonplace at this point this time it was new dodgers closer turned reliever edwin diaz who was positively miserable this season before getting injured and then looked bad afterward until the last couple of weeks in the regular season pushed into action to close out game 3 in the ninth inning diaz was a high wire act but he pulled off the scoreless frame after a leadoff double to ozzie albies no less leading the dodgers to a 3 1 victory in the pivotal nlds game 3 the dodgers throw tyler glasnow today who seems to always have at least one really bad inning before falling apart in the sixth frame this series is likely going to five games then great labels 2026 playoffs braves game thread 2026 nlds 2026 tyler glasnow posted by steve sax at 5 30 am 43 comments tuesday october 06 2026 nlds game 3 thread oct 6 braves 3p yamamoto vs sale the dodgers are a combined 0 for 9 with risp this 2026 nlds which is a lot of the reason why atlanta now has home field advantage in the series oh and they re starting chris sale who absolutely dominated us in his last outing against the dodgers cgsho with 5 h and 11 ks 0 bbs on august 27 2026 we counter with a pitcher that we forced into a gazillion high leverage situations during our 2025 world series championship run it s not fair for sure and in fact yamamoto was the losing pitcher that august 27 game against sale when he gave up only one run on only four hits fewer than the dodgers and still lost meanwhile on offense there are many dodgers who need to figure out how to hit this nlds and quickly tommy edman will smith and of course the one in the spotlight shohei ohtani ohtani in particular looks completely lost at the plate as braves pitches go down and away and he keeps chasing balls way out of the zone i m not hopeful as ken rosenthal reminded us in his last dodgers profile baseball is hard labels 2026 playoffs braves game thread 2026 nlds 2026 yoshinobu yamamoto posted by steve sax at 5 30 am 79 comments sunday october 04 2026 post nlds game 2 thread snellzilla minus one braves 3 dodgers 2 yes the dodgers went 0 for 8 with risp this evening only hitting solo home runs to get on the scoreboard a similar offensive strategy used in game 1 which had a more favorable outcome but tonight s failure all started with a totally ineffective blake snell who took most of the regular season off all culminating in what the dodgers need and expect for his outrageous contract a quality start in the postseason snell once again did not deliver lasting 3 2 ip with only 1 er but fortunately working around 5 bbs and his early exit then taxed the dodgers bullpen into ways which will have negative ramifications for the rest of this nlds now the series is tied heading to atlanta for game 3 against their ace this is not good thanks a lot blake labels 2026 playoffs blake snell braves nlds 2026 post game thread 2026 posted by steve sax at 9 45 pm 0 comments nlds game 2 thread oct 4 vs braves 5p kyle tucker nlds hr hitter blake snell vs tbd i have so many thoughts about yesterday s game 1 victory but the mettle is this the dodgers are a team built for slug and if we can hit multiple home runs in a game it bodes well i wouldn t have had kyle tucker and teoscar hernandez on my bingo card but i will take it as will i max muncy s solo shot and big props to tarik skubal for an outstanding performance let s see if blake snell can hold serve labels 2026 playoffs blake snell braves game thread 2026 posted by steve sax at 6 00 am 25 comments saturday october 03 2026 nlds game 1 thread oct 3 vs braves 1p the braves are coming off an exciting wild card series in which the phillies pushed their ace chris sale to two outings over three games will this help the well rested dodgers or will the week off have formed rust on the old bones of this lineup i am very worried i am out of pocket for this game so please keep me posted labels 2026 playoffs braves nlds 2026 posted by steve sax at 6 00 am 69 comments monday september 28 2026 the 2026 mlb playoff bracket is set the dodgers have a first round bye and await the winner of braves phillies honestly all the teams on the nl side of the bracket scare me labels 2026 playoffs posted by steve sax at 9 56 am 0 comments sunday september 27 2026 game 162 thread sept 27 giants 12n tbd vs tbd and we ve finally reached the endpoint the last game of the 2026 regular season and a chance for the dodgers to really not do anything besides start resting up for the nlds i do not care about winning 100 games this season just stay healthy labels 2026 season giants posted by steve sax at 6 00 am 4 comments saturday september 26 2026 game 161 thread sept 26 giants 1p blake snell 4 1 1 86 vs matt wilkinson 1 3 3 65 the dodgers don t have anything for which to play in the last two days of the season as we ve secured the first round bye and the 2 seed in the playoffs and the giants also don t anything for which to play having been eliminated on september 7 2026 so how about we just invite the seagulls in early today and just call it a day or maybe that s what the giants were already thinking having scheduled the game in the afternoon so they could enjoy the nightlife labels blake snell game thread 2026 giants posted by steve sax at 9 04 am 6 comments friday september 25 2026 game 160 thread sept 25 giants 7 15p tarik skubal 11 7 2 85 vs yunior marte 0 1 4 66 the dodgers lost the game and the series with the padres last night allowing our rivals to celebrate their clinching a playoff berth in our visitng clubhouse even still the braves 7 6 loss at home to the reds elly de la cruz mashed his 30th hr allowed the dodgers to back in to the playoff bye seed thereby solidifying the dodgers postseason fate as the 2 nl team who the dodgers will play coming out of the 4 5 series though remains to be seen as of today it would be the iwnner of the phillies braves series which makes me feel better given the padres and their stingy bullpen look really tough but scoreboard watching those games rays phillies 3 40p braves marlins 4p and diamondbacks padrees 6 40p will be interesting as they shape the rest of the nl playoff bracket and our future opponent labels game thread 2026 giants tarik skubal posted by steve sax at 7 25 am 8 comments thursday september 24 2026 game 159 thread sept 23 vs padres 7p glasnow vs pivetta i am on the road today so this is another light post posted by steve sax at 1 04 pm 6 comments wednesday september 23 2026 game 158 thread sept 23 vs padres 7p ohtani s back yoshinobu yamamoto 14 8 2 51 vs robbie ray 13 8 3 50 after shutting out the padres yesterday in a bullpen game dropping the padres into a three way tie in the wild card race with the cubs and phillies the dodgers go up against the giants castoff robbie ray andy pages returned to the lineup yesterday 0 for 2 with a bb and a run scored shohei ohtani returns today are the dodgers finally returning to form labels game thread 2026 padres yoshinobu yamamoto posted by steve sax at 6 42 am 0 comments tuesday september 22 2026 game 157 thread sept 22 vs padres 7p tbd vs michael king 12 9 3 03 the padres come into town today for three games and though both teams playoff fate is largely set the dodgers have a four game lead over the phillies for a playoff bye with a magic number of three the padres are tied with the cubs for the first wild card position a game ahead of the phillies and five games ahead of the diamondbacks but that still doesn t make thie series any less scary with halloween around the corner this is just the type of series between hated rivals that might make the padres go boo don t let your guards down dodgers labels game thread 2026 padres posted by steve sax at 6 00 am 0 comments sunday september 20 2026 game 156 thread sept 20 vs giants 1p tbd vs wilkinson sorry still out of pocket but i watched last night s game from the bay area and it was awesome posted by steve sax at 8 59 am 2 comments saturday september 19 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