Roberts sort of feels like he earns his paycheck when he slaps his hands together without blinking when the team is running in before the top of the 9th
Gotdamn gotdamn gotdamn OK what are we doing in RF? .198 on the season? Stevie Wonder can hit .198 Beam up Bryce Harper
Unfortunately (or fortunately) I passed out before the game ended last night. I'm just now seeing the Baez balk... I know we say a lot of shit is unbelievable and inexcusable, most of the time it's half-hearted and we are just frustrated. Holy hell though, how the fuck do you stumble on yourself with runners on 2nd and 3rd in a time game? That shit is honestly unreal and can't be tolerated. This fuck boy Baez should be cut just for being a fucking moron, seriously.
better... i didn't watch at all saw on my phone we were up 4-2 and literally said to my gf, "yeah, they'll still find a way to lose" so later when i saw the final score, i almost laughed at how predictable... almost
Just saw the highlights. What a joke. Gonna try to do an extended Dodger cleanse where I don't even check the score for a month. It would be the first such mission for me in 16 years and it kind of makes me sad. But this isn't fun anymore. The Dodgers will always be a special part of my childhood and I'll always root for them. But the combination of poor play and no Vin has made the product unwatchable. Literally. I catch myself trying to fastforward the live game sometimes. Maybe the Nerds had no choice but to stand pat. The luxury tax is real and perhaps they're confident we have enough to get us to the July deadline. But that doesn't put asses in the seats or help people forget about game 7. There's a disconnect between the fans and ownership right now. I've said it before, but November 1st was a funeral for this organization. There is no bouncing back from what happened. All the other choke jobs from 2008-2016 are child's play compared to what happened in games 2, 5, and 7 of the WS. One more win would have finally given us a banner to the right of "1988", a parade, cemented Kershaw's legacy, and made all subequest seasons house money. We let it slip away. At home. Chris Taylor was an obvious candidate to regress. But the scary thing is, I don't see any player on this team (Seager, Bellinger, Kershaw, Turner, and Kenley included) ever having a season as good as they did last year (or years prior). They still might be great players, but their career year is behind and not ahead. Kershaw's career is turning into a tragedy before our eyes. I remember exactly where I was when he made his debut and after watching a hall of fame career, it's sad to see how it's unfolding. It's hard to fathom how teams like the Giants, who alternate between being good, mediocre, and horrible from season to season can somehow walk away with 3 freaking World Series wins. How the Red Sox have been in last place a few times this decade but still sneak in a World Series win. Yet the Dodgers, who've been consistently putting out 90+ win teams for a decade can't get 1. The thing that bothers me the most, is there have been some legit great memories during my time as a Dodger fan...including multiple comebacks in last year's postseason and World Series...but the absence of a title prevents me from being able to indulge in any of it. It's too bitter for me, knowing how it ends. One win away from being able to enjoy my fanhood. To go back and watch old clips and postseason...enjoy the good moments knowing the failures were just a chapter in this team's journey to eventually winning it all. But nope. It goes on. I fell in love with the stadium, Vin, Nancy Bea, and the overall experience of Dodger baseball. Now I feel mostly contempt for the organization. Neither is probably healthy. I need to reevaluate how I'm going to approach being a fan fron here on out.
great post tb i won't pretend to know exactly how you feel but i can tell you with 100% certainty that some of us older guys (me, diablo, darth, fsu, huh?, et al) have all felt similarly about this team/organization at some point but you can't walk away... you might want to -- i've wanted to at times -- it's just not possible that emotional connection to this team you spoke of... it never dies no matter how bad they're playing (and, believe it or not, i've seen much worse) they're still our team to paraphrase a line from huh?'s favorite movie, there will be times you wished you knew how to quit them... but you can't like rube and kiddie porn... it's in your dna bkitch
We can't get out of our own way...it's unbelievable. One comedy situation after another. Losing is one thing, but being a joke on the field is another.
At least the offense is showing something. I’m concerned they’ll have a strong showing that will be canceled out by a Buehler collapse, which will lead to us being swept in the second game.
Impressive swing from Bellinger there. Shortened up, kept his back upright, and still hit it 420 feet. Real sign of progress
