a proper thread for the 2017 NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs

LOL the tbs sideline reporter said "gatorade" instead of "powerade" and then pretended that her mic was breaking up

It is not easy to hit one there at night.

Thought it was funny where Turner said he thought about doing a Gibson fist-pump as he rounded the bases.

congrats earlnash on your foresight.

I guess it's coffee in the 5th inning if i'm ever going to stay awake in a night game this year...

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/joe-maddon-had-a-bad-night/

i generally agree with this, though i just think maddon doesn't have a lot of options with the cubs lineup the way it is. he started heyward and ignored pitch-hitters, but the more offense-oriented options they list haven't been particularly great this season either (though as i mentioned in the nlds thread i wouldn't mind seeing happ getting more playing time). he kept duensing in too long, but he's been one of the cubs' more reliable options out of a weak bullpen all season. they just have a bad bullpen and too many weak/underperforming hitters right now and it's too late to do anything about it at this point.

@BillShaikin
Maddon on Davis: "We needed him for the save"

this is a writer's dream because you can just publish literally the same article as last year with just a few different proper nouns https://t.co/IDmCtFO8oo

— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 16, 2017

interesting how quickly maddon's stature has fallen in some circles

https://deadspin.com/john-lackey-should-be-in-jail-1819503434

I didn't know Joe was capable of going Full Showalter in a LCS game

mold is high in Chicago!

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/10/17/16488628/chicago-mold-allergen-report-cubs-nlcs-dodgers

you guys know Ethier was still alive?

R.I.H. cubs

lot of weird plays involving catchers in these playoffs

have I bragged on this board about living around the corner from Puig? he's moving soon tho =|

does he have barbecues?

cubs have looked so bad this series

lol morbs.. the weirdest thing about puigs place is how normal it is. apparently he has family that lives there year round but you'd never know a pretty famous athlete lives there. I guess thats why he's moving.

ben zobrist has a house near me, apparently

#puig'snewhouseitswherebigmenhangout

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-yasiel-puig-20171017-story.html

Rey Ordonez, career wRC+: 54
Kyle Schwarzer, wRC+ vs LHBs: 57

Schwarber is hitting 2nd against a lefty in a win-or-go-home game. Ok.

— David Cameron (@DCameronFG) October 18, 2017

Cubbies makin' em sweat

holy shit the Cubs got screwed there, not only was the call unreviewable but it was totally wrong to boot

better seal it w/ Kershaw tonight

the contreras HR was the highlight of the cubs postseason so far, he clobbered that ball

wtf is up with bryant and rizzo btw

what'd i miss? are they lovers?

no they've just both been bad, and also they are lovers

huh. i'd have thought bryant was out of rizzo's league

nah, bryant appreciates how rizzo cleans up after he drives in whoever's manning the 2-hole that night

NEED A FEED

(the Reddit links thread was taken down)

schwarber batting second. against kershaw. maddon should be fired

rip

Omg

Trump-Clinton WS avoided

mebbe in 2124, North Siders

Is this a dream?

Cool, just need NYY to win and I won't have to care about the WS at all.

Roberts should pull Kershaw after 6 so he'll be well rested on Tuesday

many xp's to NA: sometimes good hitters can be bad for a week... or two!

when i first became cognizant of the world series -- i.e. around 1977-78 -- i had the sense that the dodgers and yankees played in it every year

coulda been 1955-56!

Chris Taylor is more "likeable" than any of the fucking Yankeees btw

John Lackey now coming into the game for his fiinal #MLB appearances

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 20, 2017

*clicks like*

take CK out now

read Jon Lester. was heartbroken, guess how I felt when I read it was actually Lackey.

some people think baseball is boring but in that inning Javier Baez struck out looking and the team up 9-1 had a meeting pre-Tommy La Stella

— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 20, 2017

Projected high for LA on Tuesday (Game 1 of World Series): 101 degrees.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) October 20, 2017

What the fuck. this goddamned region.

congrats Hernandez on the record.

yuck to the dodgers in part, but the idea of a puig world series winning bat flip single is mouth watering.

and maybe the heat for Game 1 will kill Lasorda

Darvish has been lights out in his two starts but in general he's better on the road, while Hill pitches much better @ home if regular season stats mean anything at this point