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

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

Grew up hating the Dodgers, but this club looks about as good as you can get and they are missing Seager (who might be back for the series). Only saw them play a couple times this year, so the playoffs was the first time I saw them play for a few days in a row.

Chris Taylor is a ball player, he was really impressive in this series. Got to figure there is someone in Seattle's organization going "I told you he was eventually going to be good". The pitcher the M's got for him from LA is already gone from their club waived back in Dec 2016.

The Dodgers are going with Kershaw for the first game? I don't think I'd do that, unless he has a history of ineffectiveness on long rest. I'd be thinking two starts, 2-3/6-7.

LegallyEagle
For the World Series, no reason to save up for a next round. So should the Dodgers go with a 3-man rotation and put Wood into the bullpen?

Jeff Sullivan
Nah. You still don't want to overtax your players. I think you just start Wood and think from the get-go that he might get only four or so innings

btw

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-cubs-already-need-to-retool/

There is really no excuse. pic.twitter.com/Jx1KV2RiCk

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 18, 2017

Seager "expected back"

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21085932/corey-seager-expected-return-los-angeles-dodgers-game-1-world-series

There's hardly a team in baseball history that wouldn't start their well rested ace pitcher in game 1 of a playoff series (yes, I know the Indians just did it).

Starting in game 1 and 5, and being able to pitch in relief in game 7 is preferable to starting in game 2 and 6 anyhow.

If you count him as well rested, yes. But, based on Kershaw's track record in the postseason, I'm not sure if taking his regular turn does--I think giving him an extra day or two would, though.

If he's 1/5 and first guy out of the bullpen in 7, it's probably a moot point anyway.