2018 World Series -- Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Dodgers

I've been off here for both games, so I'm part of the problem, but I remember that Texas/Cardinals series from a few years ago was getting so much ILB commentary every night (1081 posts for the thread); this somewhat historical series is hardly getting any. That was a wild series, but still.

ILX is hemorrhaging users these days

There haven't been many great series this year, hence fewer posts. I don't know about the rest of ILX, but the ILB core has stayed fairly loyal to the board.

these two teams are good and everything, but i don't find the matchup very compelling

yeah. i watched last night's game but i just don't care who wins.

same

honestly the most exciting thing has been looking at the green monster. i don't see too many red sox games, so it's still a novelty to me. but now the series is going back to LA, so

i enjoy watching whatever team Machado is on lose.

yeah, if anything the only thing i'll remember from 2018 is manny machado sucks and jesus aguilar is cool

not just baseball but the entire year of 2018

sox/astros had more juice in it imo - but isn't it always a little that way? lcs is rivalry, ws is playing a team beamed in from some remote galaxy?

brewers dodgers was fun too

sox/astros had more juice in it imo

have you tested them?

>>honestly the most exciting thing has been looking at the green monster.

I've lived 2 miles from Fenway Park for nearly two decades and I still don't think the novelty of it all has worn off, even as a non-red sox fan.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/bb/27/66bb27d815ff86715b6c870452b21a0e.jpg

I could gaze into your eyes for eternity

This is so over-the-top heroic, it reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer commandeered a bus and then kept making all the stops while he fought off a hijacker: "People kept ringing the bell!"

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/mookie-betts-fed-homeless-in-boston-after-game-2/c-299727282

it's not heroic, he thinks it's a home run charm! what would the Big Man say??

Betts is pretty much the most lovable Red Sox since Wakefield.

this is a better charm than some Red Sox of the past, Boggs would have gone there and eaten all the chicken being provided.

to whom it may concern

You may know him from the time he lived in that van or whatever, but he also throws baseballs pretty good for the Tigers.

Daniel Norris! (@DanielNorris18) pic.twitter.com/3XPCoyE2gc

— Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) October 26, 2018

can i watch from his lap?

hit it to JD, I say.

1) Steve Garvey and Mitt Romney are the same person.

2) Just realized that the whole time I've been watching the Red Sox this year, I thought they were being managed by Joey Cora.

glad you're in the game

i don't know if it was intentional or not, but the placement of the youtube logo does a nice of subliminally making the entire screen look like a youtube video waiting to be played

https://i.imgur.com/ZL2e4pm.png

nice job

i suspect that sign is greenscreened?

Chris Singleton thinks the long first inning might mean an early exit for both starters. that'd be a novelty!

Bradley getting a bit greedy there.

That YouTube thing is totally intentional.

yeah the youtube tv ads get greenscreened in there if youre watching on youtube tv i think

oh no i guess some of them are real the one on the left is the green screen

oh, i was just saying the largest youtube play button logo (there are 3 in the image, i mean the one in the center) makes it seem like the entire image is a youtube video. sorry, that's kind of a weird observation and also hard to explain.

also dodgers up 1-0

i getcha

Koufax stopped aging at 68, Buehler at 17

Hank Aaron lookin' old tho (84)

It's been a while since a pitcher's duel of the sort!

or at least it feels like it

still a lotta pitches for 1-0

speaking of hammerin' hank, i knew about all of the racist bullshit he had to face in the run-up to his 715th HR, but it was only recently (in an anecdote in the Invisible Bridge) that i learned that his first words in his speech to the crowd after hitting it were "Thank God it's over". it's kind of interesting that barry bonds said something very similar after hitting his 714th to tie Ruth - "I'm just glad it's over with"

totally off topic, i know, but knowing about all of the death threats aaron was receiving makes it all the more incredible that he remained as calm as he did when 2 white guys ran onto the field to join him on his home run trot

i haven't read his book, but it was incredible. (might've been armed guards in the front row?)

i wouldn't doubt it, given all the death threats, but man, what would you even do if you were those guards and you saw two fans running onto the field? run out onto the field yourself with your gun? stay in the crowd and aim the gun toward the fans? crazy

Cora takes out the hook first

glad we'll see another inning (at least) of buehler. i didn't get to see too much of him until the playoffs, but he's fun to watch. he reminds me of another pitcher but i can't quite my finger on it...

Orel? You were a wee one in '88...

Build wise and the way he throws reminds me of Tim Hudson. Different type pitcher though.

Hershiser had a similar build too, wiry.

I think Buehler has a bigger repertoire than Hershiser (Ron Darling was talkibg last week about how '80s pitchers got by with 2 or 3 pitches)

lol Machado

dreadful, even with the quick out following

what a douche

7.17 seconds home to first

down 2-0 in the fucking World Series!

He’s saving his energy for when it counts (kicking a first basemen for no reason)