NLCS: Barves v Dodgers

lol the Barves brought out Travis Tritt to do the anthem fuck 'em Dodgers all the way baby

god everyone looks so fucking uncomfortable right now. I love this moment

wow, hell of a job by Matzek. might've helped the Dodgers to swing at one of those pitches

OH MY GOD matzek murdered betts

Awesome strikeout of Betts (Pujols, on the other hand, just looked terrible).

ya did not think he was gonna go right after him like that

Pitching plan for the rest of the game:

5th - Minter
6th - Matzek
7th - Matzek
8th - Matzek
9th - Martin if up by at least 15 runs, otherwise Matzek

— Troll (@CapitolAvenue) October 24, 2021

am I wrong or is the home plate ump’s strike zone absolute garbage all around?

hat tip for using “atliens” to return from the commercial break

garbage franchise and i hope they lose in 4 but happy for matzek and his comeback story

happy happy joy joy

legit appalled they’re wearing the tomahawk jersey at this point

"No World Series team in the history of baseball had ever gone as many games into a season without ever having a winning record as this team went. And it’s not even close."

https://theathletic.com/2909386/2021/10/24/theres-never-been-a-world-series-team-quite-like-these-braves-jayson-starks-weird-and-wild/

It wasn't till their 111th game that the Braves went above .500. (I immediately checked the '73 Mets--they started out 4-0.)

Rosario ended up hitting .560/.607/1.040 for the series. Don’t think anyone saw that coming.

this fuckin guy

Sweet revenge: MLB took the All-Star Game out of Georgia but the World Series is still coming South with Atlanta celebrating its first trip to the Fall Classic since 1999. https://t.co/h12BJi3PZZ

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 24, 2021

Travis Tritt was also posturing about it all too I saw. F'n lame.

538/Nate Silver has the Series 50-50. I'd say that's about right, although I'd give a slight edge to the Astros because of home field--52/48, say.

go braves

No World Series thread???