How much more does $271mil buy? DODGERS Vs. BREWERS - 2025 NLCS

Caaaaaaaarn the Dodgers

is anyone apart from H.P. rooting for the dodgers?

possibly jimmy mod

they do have nice uniforms, at least

Snell looking unhittable

Wowwww Collins

Crazy catch. Wouldn't be out of character for teo to get doubled up there; glad he got back

Xp jinxing, but Snell has looked unhittible consistently for the past month and a bit. Hot at the right time, definitely the ace (among aces) of the post season staff

Ohhh my god !!!!

Wtf that sucks

I disagree that rocks

What do you even do? Deepest outfield-infield fly play. Boooooooo

That’s gotta be the wildest double play in playoff history

crazy stuff

amazing that the refs and players got it right in real time, or at least the refs and the brewers catcher

amazing that ppl like h.p. and gyac understand baseball so well, because it is so stupid

can't even imagine trying to explain to a non-fan why sometimes it's a force-out and sometimes you need to tag

Yeah really impressed by Contreras I mean that’s a once in a lifetime play

serious bb iq

Big Frederick, beautiful

That Vanda Pharmaceuticals ad has big Weyland-Yutani Corporation vibez

Wtf is this zone

I would like to order 8 innings of Snell with 1 inning of Roki on the side. Yeah, the shut-out combo, that'd be great, thanks

when did snell last go 8 innings?

certainly kevin cash never let him do so

Thankfully

Dodgers won 2020 thanks to a quick Snell pull, Cash taught Roberts a valuable lesson. Snell literally told Roberts he was staying in for some 7th inning traffic last month with 100+ pitches; and so it happened (got through unscathed)

Can’t even be upset he’s hitting every spot he wants

let snell pitch leave snell in snell

STOP WALKING OHTANI

I guess another team didn't get the memo that intentionally walking ohtani is always the stupidest thing to do

I mean - good odds he would have walked either way.

Getting interesting!

Well alright now

steal home you cowards

thank god

blake treinen

shouldve let snell pitch

Stick the bat out, hit a bloop.

Damn. Shoulda let the ball hit him I guess

ah the high heat gdamn what a game

Almost wasted an absolute gem by Snell

Man if ever there was a time to let the ball hit you

Let's actually go

oh turang had to lean into that one

you gotta take one for the team

Yeah, preservation instinct not preserving the game!

Blake "I trust Roki I trust Treinen", suuuuuuuuuuuure

when did snell last go 8 innings?

― mookieproof, Monday, October 13, 2025 10:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

His no hitter iirc

I was at the movies, but that double play is one of the wildest things I’ve ever seen. there’s no way that’s ever happened before, right?

an 8-6-2 double play with the catcher making both putouts! what on earth

All it takes is a bit of baserunning magic from Teo

I promise I love him.... but he's been making boneheaded play after boneheaded play for the last couple months, which hasn't been picked up as much because his bat/the rest of the team have been able to neutralize his mistakes.

The double play was one of the wildest things I've ever seen.

In the late innings i got the feeling that the Dodgers were entering Beast Mode and would be nearly unstoppable, but then Sasaki started blowing the game. Should be a great series.

is anyone apart from H.P. rooting for the dodgers?

possibly jimmy mod

yes

lifelong Dodger fan here

i like this dodgers team theyve got some cool guys and ive always been a fan of the uniforms but i gotta root for the small market upstarts on principle

pretty much same, i don't have any animosity towards the dodgers but it just feels boring to have them in the world series again

still feels like the brewers have a decent chance, the dodgers barely won that one even with snell going ham

true but if not for one of the wildest double plays in MLB history the Dodgers would've scored what, at least 3 more runs? would that have been a grand slam?

yeah not sure if anyone was paying attention to the Dodgers the last two months or the last series, but their bullpen is going to make any game feel winnable for the Brewers. Dodgers are putting starters in the pen to try to stop the bleeding, some to mixed results, and others to disastrous outcomes.

Dodgers uniforms are classic but then again the Athletic wrote a whole article about the large number of short kings on the Brew Crew

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6698271/2025/10/08/milwaukee-brewers-mlb-postseason-height-analysis/

The average big-league hitter in 2025 registered at 72.3 inches, just north of 6 feet, according to Elias. With the exception of Christian Yelich, the 6-3 face of the franchise, no Brewers regular exceeds that standard. Among the players, the lack of height does not go unnoticed, especially when watching Frelick, catcher William Contreras (5-10), first baseman Andrew Vaughn (5-10), shortstop Joey Ortiz (5-10), outfielder Isaac Collins (5-8) and third baseman Caleb Durbin (5-7) exit the diamond.

“There are times where we sit on the bench and you look out after they’re running in off the field, and you’re like, ‘Man, we’re tiny,’” veteran pitcher Brandon Woodruff said. “We’re fielding a team that’s tiny. But man, these dudes, it’s just a different brand of baseball.”

smaller strikezones https://i.imgflip.com/1l540t.jpg

we got good seats one game and I was kinda stunned to see Yelich wasn't actually particularly tall - on TV he looks like a monster, but I realized that's only because everyone else on the team is shorter than average. I've wondered how much that's correlated with Milwaukee apparently taking more pitches than any other team....you'd think the little buff dudes would be the hardest to pitch to.

I love when they show the different sized strikezones on gameday

https://i.postimg.cc/N0wgHSVg/IMG-2754.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/vmLGLXFh/IMG-2756.jpg

I had to watch the replay of the DP a few times because the clip I was watching cut off the end, where Contreras touches third. I was quite confused. Played it for a grade 6 class today and one kid was able to explain everything quite well (on a second try; he thought the fly ball was caught).

User Sharivari: Have you heard the Teoscar news?
Me: No, what, is he injured?
User SV: He’s left the team hotel because it’s haunted but he’s said he doesn’t believe in ghosts but his wife does.
Me: Oh…That’s just the Pfister.

Classic Bob Nightengale missive on the subject:

Teoscar Hernandez makes it clear he doesn’t believe in ghosts, but his wife does, so they have switched hotels in downtown Milwaukee

Went looking for some good Pfister stories, here are some of the best I found:

Unnamed Pirates player, date unknown:

Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle isn't buying that ghosts were behind the team's losing streak. One of his former players, however, definitely thought there was something to it:
"I have not seen that ghost," Hurdle said. "I have not had any relationship-building with that ghost. I had a player call me one night assuring that there was a ghost, and the ghost had turned on his TV twice in one night.
"I actually had him come into my room -- not to sleep. I settled him down, went back to his room with him, sat for a while. The TV did not come back on. I exited. Everything was OK. It's real to some people, there's no doubt. I'm absolutely positive that I don't want to name names. He's still playing."

Mookie Betts:

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts has refused to stay at the team hotel in downtown Milwaukee for years, convinced that the famous Pfister Hotel is haunted.

So when the Dodgers come to town, he always checks into an Airbnb away from the team, not ready to encounter any ghosts.

Brandon Phillips:

Brandon Phillips, Reds
We play Milwaukee a lot, but I remember one time I came into the room and just sat on the bed. Then, for some reason, the damn radio turned on. So I turned it off and got in the shower. When I was done, that motherf---er had turned back on.

Pablo Sandoval:

I don't like the ghosts there. In 2009 I went to take a shower, and I remember putting my iPod next to a speaker. When I came out, it was playing music, and I have no idea why. I left the hotel after that. I didn't want to stay there. In 2010 me and Edgar Renteria stayed down the street and paid for it on our own. Then last month, I decided to stay there again. I asked myself, Why do I have to be afraid? The only thing I asked the ghosts was to let me sleep. And they did.

Carlos Gomez:

Gómez said he has heard voices while staying in the Pfister, with the worst happening when he got out of the shower one year and heard static playing on his iPod. So he grabbed the device, which then changed to another song. He raced out of the room and into the lobby before putting his pants on.

"I'm scared to go there," he said. "They should change the hotel. Everybody here doesn't like the hotel. Why do they always put us in the same hotel when you can't sleep?
"Everything's scary. Everything in the hotel, the paintings and pictures, it's a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man. No good."

Tis the season, perhaps the Crew really do have the spirits on their side 👻

I really want to stay at that hotel now.

TIL: NLCS game 1 was the first time LA beat MIL this season, the 2025 total series is now 6-1.

NLCS Game 2 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto's last start facing the Brewers:

0.2 IP, 5 Rs, 0Ks, 2BBs

Peralta went 6IP, with 7Ks, 0Rs in the same game.

Really depends on if the ghosts at the Pfister involved themselves in the outcome

I’ve stayed at that Pfister before!! The TV turned on around 3am!! I didn’t think much of it then since I didn’t know the rumors. I assumed it was my 3 year old son!!

Incredible

Peralta got a nasty curve

Oh no.....

Wait no, I've seen this one, just the other day, first pitch homeruns are actually a bad thing for the scoring team

How dare you

Pfister ghost got to Yamamoto

Never said a bad thing about Teo in my life

That’s what happens when you don’t stay at the haunted hotel

That was uhhh very gone

Boo Crew need to contact an Etsy witch or something

True story: my partner has already done this on behalf of the blue jays.

dugout netting mvp

man Yelich is having some ugly at bats. so is Ohtani to be fair

Ohtani has a career .709 OPS in the postseason, so far .593 in 2025 including a .129 BA that would make any DH apologist wince.

Brewers just missing a lot of base hits

Yamamoto has looked like what you'd think he'd look like besides one first pitch meatball

i hate tommy edman

All right, let's see that Dodgers bullpen

please?

yamamoto: no

guess the brewers don't really want to win... why on earth would you bring in this pitcher to face the heart of the dodgers order and then let him get absolutely throttled.

and then leave him in

ok they're taking him out

i was told that all the decent dodgers pitchers were injured

Don't care if it was a Dodger; a postseason CG, love it.

boy did giving this guy half a billion dollars work out well for the Dodgers

The Dodgers are going to lose one game in the postseason this year.

^^wait till a starter doesn't throw. CG and were sure to see a blown save or two, we were close enough yesterday.

Sorry everyone, but Yamamoto man, what a joy to watch

still a lotta games to go but I feel like this is how people feared the postseason was gonna shake out. I mean the reality is they're also running hot but man they look like a video game team. yeah okay I am bitter, getting your ass kicked over and over by the same team is no fun. that 6-0 record vs. them in the regular season feels a lot like the Bucks in-season tournament trophy right now. oh well baseball is weird lets get 'em on Wednesday

The two series mirror each other in numerous ways.

Snell threw 8ip of 103 ball yesterday. Really could have had two b2b CG'S in the NLCS; wild. Then again, maybe Roberts doesn't let Yamamoto go 9 unless he sees what the pen did with the 9th last night.

TIL that Big Dumper's first name is "Caleb" but his diminutive is thankfully not pronounced "Kale".

This series needs more Kershaw, Sheehan and Treinen.

Did Kershaw even make the NLDS roster?

NLCS*

Yeah he's on the roster. I trust Sheehan despite his shaky first outing. There was no transition for him from starter to pen, just got thrown right in. He has been pitching gems the past couple months besides his first post season appearance

so far this has felt like a very strong continuation of why the brewers haven't won a world series

TIL that Big Dumper's first name is "Caleb" but his diminutive is thankfully not pronounced "Kale".

He’s named after Cal Ripken so I’d hope not

So far I have to hand it to the Dodgers, doing their best imitation of an NBA team by bumbling through the regular season and doing just enough to ensure a decent seeding, only to "turn it on" for the playoffs once everyone is healthy and motivated.

crazy that they have roll players like Kiké who literality does turns it on for the playoffs

Ope

I regret to inform you that we will be seeing the Dodgers bullpen tonight

Really hoping Glass can get through atleast 6ip, gonna take a perfect 2 innings after this tho

Misiorowski is freaking dealing. Why did they have the other pitcher in the first? I was on a work call and didn’t get to pay attention.

I am also watching with sound off

Love mook at short

Ashby was the opener, no?

Yeah, but I guess the question is: why?

Yeah, not a very good one at that.

Mis got hooked after 54-57 pitches in his previous 2 outings. He's at 49 right now.

He's kind of fell apart towards the end of the season but credit to Pat Murphy/pitching coaches for working out how to use him in the post season. Can't argue with the fact this semi-starter semi-long-relief has got results

Ok I didn’t realize it was an opener role, I thought something happened

welps

what happened to to Chourio?

Mooooooooookie!

Roki, so nasty rn

Hmph

Ohtani striking out 3 in the first and following up with a lead off homer is legend type shit

Mooooooooookie!

― H.P, Thursday, October 16, 2025 8:54 PM (yesterday)

móokinus vobíscum

And he was

Shohei, Ohtani.

hit that one far

Pitching 5 shut out innings with 2 bombs so far is crazy

maybe the best to ever do it

We’re a great team! But maaan we are getting our ass kicked

three runs in 3.5 games, man

I don't think I've ever seen a team just lay down and play dead as much as this MIL team has.

Feels like they packed up their suitcases this morning and checked out of the hotel on the way to ballpark.

No way

pure filth from Goatani this game

dece

Extend him

three home runs ten strikeouts in a playoff game, seems pretty impossible someone should look into if thats real or not

Need help to determine when the last time a team swept an opponent 6-0 in the regular season only to be swept 0-4 in the postseason. Clem?

The Dodgers are going to lose one game in the postseason this year.

― music for empty-headed zoom-zooms (Bee OK), Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:06 PM (three days ago)

I don't think I've ever seen a team just lay down and play dead as much as this MIL team has.

Feels like they packed up their suitcases this morning and checked out of the hotel on the way to ballpark.

The Pfister ghost is a Dodgers fan.

(xxpost) No idea myself, but I googled it, and something similar seems to have happened in the NBA a couple of times.