2013 NLCS: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals

I can think of some dubiously managed World Series that wd've been more buzzed about if there had been internets -- eg 2001. (esp by the guy who won)

right down the middle

good game

I came in late, what did Donnie do wrong today? I'm not nec buying Michael Young as a mistake.

go bucs

he's still an alleged hitter. xp

just got in for the Young ph, didnt think game wd be this fast even with these pitchers.

I'm fairly sure it's always been called that way.

I still don't care; it's wrong.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, October 12, 2013 6:13 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ffs morbs did you look at that picture i posted, he was out. at the very least there's not enough evidence to say for sure there was no tag

I saw that Tommy Herr tweeted that pic this morning -- I don't see any evidence of a tag in it. Slo-mo video looked fairly clear to me this morning.

lol STL is already up 2-0 before the ALDS starts

one series always plays 2 games first, it seems

lol Puig:

http://www.baseballnation.com/hot-corner/2013/10/12/4830144/mark-ellis-yadier-molina-safe-gif-beltran-throw-bees-pants

I came in late, what did Donnie do wrong today? I'm not nec buying Michael Young as a mistake.
--eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius)

Only reason Donnie is getting destroyed for his decisions is moody on the team is executing anything. It's easier to question 2-3 decisions than pick apart 40 at bats of futility

mattingly looked hella depressed at the post game press conference, barely looking up, mumbling, not a great show of saught after leadership qualities

Only reason Donnie is getting destroyed for his decisions is moody on the team is executing anything. It's easier to question 2-3 decisions than pick apart 40 at bats of futility

― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:44 PM

I need to bookmark this post for future Braves threads.

mattingly looked hella depressed at the post game press conference, barely looking up, mumbling, not a great show of saught after leadership qualities

But maybe this is like the thing that your mom did when you fucked up as a kid, getting so bummed out by you failure that you're motivated to not fuck up so they can be happy again.

im just saying if youre wondering why the media is all over him, not a great understanding of media 101, as to how it plays out w the team i have no idea

https://soundcloud.com/todd-thomas-stl/what-do-the-cards-have yadiyadiyadi

jayson stark brings his trademark deep analysis:

1. Do the math

There's an important principle to remember here: When a team is down, two games to none, it means the series couldn't possibly be more one-sided after two games. But if that team wins Game 3 and only trails 2-1, the series couldn't possibly be closer after three games.

gonna need to think about this

hah wow

*does the math*

Scully did a preamble about General Wainwright and Corregidor

no one else watching = east coast bias

Does Jayson Stark smoke a lot of dank doobage before he posts?

If this was mid-season Jon Jay would be riding the bench for his terrible fielding.

btw I'm watching this on a HD big screen tv for the first time in months and holy moly this is great.

PS damn you Jon jay.

damn it

well at least it didn't go out

brian mccann seethes

they should hit him in the ribs next time he comes up

Hershiser criticizing Beltran, thinking he could've possibly caught that if he hadn't been deked by Puig's upraised arms at the plate.

lousy baserunning and defense not the Cardinal Way

@miklasz: Someone please pass this on to Charley Steiner and Rick Monday: Jon Jay minus 10 in defensive runs saved, 32nd among MLB CF.

They found our weakness U_U

he was safe

Yep

cracked rib no big deal for Hanley

I would be crying so hard

A relatively quick postseason game, finally.

oh well

nbd

"As a player, I just think he doesn't know [about how to act]," Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran said. "That's what I think. He really doesn't know. He must think that he's still playing somewhere else.

"He has a lot of passion," Beltran said. "No doubt about that. Great ability. Great talent. I think, with time, he'll learn that you've got to act with a little bit more calm.

"So you know, he's going to learn. It's going to take him time, but he's going to learn. When you try to do those things sometimes, you know, you get that attention. And you don't want to wake up nobody. I always thought if you hit a home run off a pitcher, you've got to make him believe he made a mistake. You don't wake him up. Or next time, the pitcher's going to be more focused with you and he's going to try harder to get you out.

"So he will learn," Beltran concluded. "I don't think he's a bad kid. I just think he doesn't know right now."

But when Beltran was asked, "Did Yasiel Puig just 'wake up' the Cardinals?" he made it obvious that the alarm bells had just sounded -- without actually saying that.

"I'm in the outfield," Beltran said, trying to choose his words carefully. "I mean, it's not great. To me, I don't like it. But what can I say? I don't play for them. I just play over here. I just need to do my job. It is what it is."

http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9827035/yasiel-puig-made-mark-game-3-win-los-angeles-dodgers-mlb

which is the more hilarious disparity between MLB and the NFL, level of PED-use sanctimony or tsk-tsking about "celebration" of one's feats?

ha yeah was just thinking about that

oh no a guy looked at a home run he hit, maybe try not letting him hit home runs if it bothers you so much

well, I will grant it's a more unique event when a guy looks at a triple he hits.

has anyone ever looked at triple before, that was impressive

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BWlhYi_CQAAA-Sz.jpg

Grant Brisbee finds that teams fielding three stinko outfielders tend to be good enough to do so.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/10/15/4839934/st-louis-cardinals-outfield-defense

if Puig is pissing off the Cardinal outfielders then he must be doing something right

never looked at jay's defensive numbers before but i always thought it was weird that a chubby little dude like him played center

He used to be mediocre, and every once in a while he'd make a flashy play (probably because of bad initial reads or positioning or pathing that caused him to have to exert more effort than necessary) so people thought of him as a defensive plus.

This year he hasn't made the flashy plays and his mediocre skills have descended into a liability.

http://deadspin.com/why-dont-the-st-louis-cardinals-respect-the-game-1445679050

YES