GAME THREAD DODGERS/RED SOX

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dodgers...

  1. sweep

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  2. take 2/3

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  3. lose 2/3

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  4. get swept

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  1. fsudog21

    fsudog21 DSP Legend

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    Shouldn't need a manager to fire them up.

    Another shot at the team that kicked your ass in the Series a year ago should be enough.
     
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    And as usual, the Dodgers come up short vs the AL.......forget winning a series, I have huge questions if this team would be capable of winning two games in a series vs the Astros/Yankees/Red Sox.
     
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    Surely, AJ Pollock will get them over the hump.
    Not even going to allow myself to get excited about this team.
     
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    One of the main things about the first half success, in my mind anyway, was the better contact rate and drop in Ks team-wise. Really made a huge difference.
    But going over the last three weeks or so, you see Bellinger, Muncy, Turner and of course the catchers, and
    Kike whiffing way more in that period, including last night's fiasco. Alarming.
    Doesn't bode well for a limp offense that all of a sudden has gone ridiculously cold.
    Robots, the announcers, ESPN, et al, may have us already as a post season and series shoe-in, but the ones who don't, the other teams we play, certainly aren't buying it just yet.
     
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    The NL would have to be worth a damn for them to collapse and miss the playoffs.
    The collapse comes in October.
    But yeah..football.
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    don't disagree
    but if roberts is going to get credit when the team plays inspired baseball
    he has to assume some blame when they show up flat
     
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    I despise Roberts. He has no sense of what's going on and uses zero common sense. I understand wanting to get Seager, Freese and Pollock back into game shape but was it really necessary to put them all in at once? Especially when it means benching the one guy (Taylor) who was actually hitting.
     
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    Most managers are pretty bad. I remember being in complete awe at how bad Joe Maddon was during our playoff series against the Cubs. Regular season, too. And that is somebody who is achieved league-wide adoration.
     
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    None of them kept Taylor out of the lineup. Kike did (for some unknown reason).
     
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    Seager did. Taylor had been the primary SS during Cory's absence.
     
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    First Maeda and now Stripling. This is why I hate the All Star Game. We can't put our best starters out there yesterday or today because they'd be going on 2/3 days rest. "But it's for the fans!" What a joke. The ASG should be played after the season... or not at all.
     
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    Agreed.
    But we wouldn't score anyways
     
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    certainly no one kept him on the bench w one out and two on in the 7th w the anemic barnes boy coming to the plate
     
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    I'm beginning to hate Barnes. Have you seen the expression on his face after he strikes out? It's like he can't fathom how he didn't come through, which is mind boggling since he does it with such frequency. Russ is okay as a backup but not as an everyday guy. Call Will Smith back up and let him stay.
     
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    agree wholeheartedly
    which is why it won't happen
    roberts and the nerds love playing underperforming journeymen/vets
    and they've proven they'll play someone even if there are better options and/or it's detrimental to the team (darvish/pollock)
     
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    FO better get some pitching by the trade deadline.

    Isn’t the new rule that no further pickups can be made after the trade deadline? Does that mean no more waiver wire pickups?

    Anyway, we have to get over the hump on the AL.
     
  18. Go Dodgers

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    Not 100% sure, but I believe you can make trades but only the players acquired before 7/31 are eligible for the postseason.
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    wow turner
     
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    freese froze
     
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    nice hustle cody!
     

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