I do not believe in letting other people control me, and you should not either. When I am subjected to foolish, silly, moronic, or stupid behavior, I now seek to eliminate it. Maya Angelou said, “The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.” This is a Dodger Fan Board, and I really love dissent and well-thought-out opinions that are different from mine. For example, I never believed the Dodgers would sign Shohei Ohtani, but I also never believed he would defer most of the money to get it done. I had myopia about it, but Andrew Vincent Forte always proclaimed that they would sign Ohtani, and he was right.
I just don’t tolerate foolish, silly, moronic, or stupid opinions. Life is too short for that. Thirty years ago, I had just started a company called “WaterMark Technology.” I had five salesmen working for me, and one (his name was Ken) was a very dear friend. Without boring you with the details, all of the salesmen banded together and tried to make me do something I knew would not work. I went along with them for 30 days, and then, in our sales meeting, I announced that what they had asked for was not working and that we were going back to the old way.
The next day, I got a call from our main supplier (we were a dealer for this company) and was told that all five of my salesmen were in his office and trying to take the dealership away from me, but the company said they could not talk to them because they were in my employee. This was before cell phones, and everyone had digital pagers, so I said, “just a minute.” I then sent a group page to all of them which simply said, “You are fired.”
FYI, they did not get my dealership, and a few months later, my father died, and then my wife died, and I became a single parent and sold the company. It was several years later that I started US Water Systems in my garage. I’ll get to the point (shortly). Fourteen years later (I had never talked to my friend), when he called me one day and said, “Do you think we can bury the hatchet and get along?” Of course, I said we could, and he is still one of my closest friends. I am like the Marines: NO GREATER FRIEND – NO WORSE ENEMY!
I have nothing personal against anyone that I ran away from this site. Just don’t say stupid shit over and over again! So many posters at other sites say stuff about me that is patently untrue. I don’t care. They think they know me… they don’t! They do not define me, and I have better things to do than argue with them. Goodbye, Good Riddance! Come back when you get it fixed!
One poster said, “It is a darn shame that Eric let his feud with Mark affect him so much.” Well, he may have a feud with me, but I have no feud with him. I just will not participate in his self-destructive behavior where he tries to drive away people who genuinely care about him (Eric knows this and needs to continue to get help to stop it.). Bear sent me a nice e-mail a couple of weeks ago. I have nothing against Bear and Jeff, and I will respond when the time is right. Godspeed to them both!
Back to Dodger Baseball…
Sometimes, you go to war (or a baseball game) knowing that you are likely to lose. Case-in-point: Jack Flaherty was under the weather at his last start, and nobody who has been sick has ever had a good game, right? Remember Curt Schilling’s bloody sock? The Dodger Braintrust decided that the best opportunity they have to win the NLCS is to have a bullpen game today, and Doc is going to throw eight or nine relievers who will be asked to just get three outs each. The haters cannot understand this… that’s why they are haters.
Yankees are advancing. We need to join them tomorrow. No excuses.
If not tomorrow, Monday will be just fine. But I agree, we definitely need to culminate this historic season, with a WS win over the NY Yankees.
Go Dodgers!
They better play like their hair is on fire… because it is!
I think Doc will have them ready to play.
On Facebook – yeah, I know….WHY read what anyone says there?…..I suppose I can’t help myself. Some people there “say” THE most ridiculous things.
Chief among them is to blame Dave Roberts when the players he chooses to use at certain points do not execute. And the part that truly drives me nuts is that these supposed “fans” don’t understand that baseball is all about failure. The well worn stat is that a career .300 batter is a Hall of Famer. While that isn’t 100% true it IS indicative that failing 7 times out of 10 still makes you exceptional in baseball.
OF COURSE every decision Dave makes and player he selects will not execute. If his decisions were resulting in losing season after losing season then of course a change would be needed. Dave’s decisions have lead to season after remarkable season of success. More so than any other Dodgers manager.
Yes Doc will have them ready, then its up to them.
Would hope that Freddie and Will not in lineup.
Freddie has been reported will be in the lineup:
Manager Dave Roberts said Saturday that he expects Freeman (ankle) to be in the starting lineup for Game 6 of the NLCS against the Mets, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
‘Freeman has been playing through an ankle injury throughout the postseason. He has missed two games during the playoffs, most recently Game 4 of the NLCS as the Dodgers wanted to prevent Freeman from playing in back-to-back games. Barring any setbacks, Freeman will be in the lineup for Game 6 as the Dodgers look to advance to the World Series’.
Manager Dave Roberts said Saturday that Smith received X-rays on his left hand after taking a foul ball off his catching hand in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Mets, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports.
“Roberts relayed that the foul ball hitting Smith’s left hand led to the catcher being lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh inning of Friday’s game. The X-rays on Smith’s hand came back negative, and the 29-year-old is expected to be in the lineup for Game 6 on Sunday. Smith has gone 5-for-35 with six walks, one home run’.
Teo has been slumping and needs to come up big tonight. He’s my pick to click .
Gavin Lux pinch-hitting late.
Anyone else have a game 6 hero or player they think tonight that elevates us into the World Series?
Will Smith
CT3 – Going to make up for his whole year tonight
Heading to my grandson’s soccer game in Cheshire. Will definitely post the lineup when I return.
My wife and I are going to tonight’s game, can’t wait to be part of the roar and enjoy a Dodger Dog.
Go Dodgers!
First off. Everybody on LADodgertalk is knowledgeable about baseball and loves the Dodgers. Oh and we don’t suck!
Now. About what I think Doc and AF are going to do. Do exactly what they did in game 4 of the NLDS. Bring their high leverage guys early. Keep the Mets to 1 or 2 runs. Work the southpaw and get into the bullpen . If you get a comfortable lead, bring in my boy Knack. I am extremely confident!
Book em
You are a lucky man, 4-gens. I have never been to Dodger stadium in 67 years as a Dodger fan and only saw them in home whites when they were still in Vero. It must be an unbelievable thrill to be there with your wife. Enjoy!
8:08 PM ET
Mets (89-73)
Dodgers (98-64)
SP Sean Manaea L
12-6 3.47 ERA
SP Michael Kopech R (opener)
6-8 3.46 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
RF Mookie Betts R
LF T. Hernandez R
SS Tommy Edman S
1B Max Muncy L
3B E. Hernandez R
CF Andy Pages R
C Will Smith R
2B Chris Taylor R
75° Wind 10 mph Out
What a surprise opener! NO Freeman
Freddie just too hurt. Good decision to let him sit
Here’s to ending any prayers anywhere of those hoping for a subway series. Dodgers should put an end to that tonight and kill whatever momentum Mets can muster. I’m sure they can still taste the fate of 1988 so let the same be served
Sometimes is better to be lucky than good. Wonder what the odds are/were that a slugger like Alonso would hit a weak infield blooper against a flamethrower like Kopech?
Go figure!
It’s ALWAYS better to be lucky than good.
The announcers talked about Hernandez only getting a single but what was Ohtani doing? IMO, Edman saved them both. Now, more runs and from our hitters and clean innings from our pitchers.
Ohtani had to make sure the ball wasn’t caught. Teoscar had no excuse to not be running: balls out.
Doc when Teoscar went back to the dugout after hitting a ball 400 feet and not reaching second.
https://youtu.be/AfkdZ3tXFSs?si=x7E1xnwHGuMENMWs
Fully onboard the Edman and Kike bandwagon!
As JC said, Ohtani had to hold to wait and see what happened. Teoscar was wrong to not be running 100% flat out. He will tell you that. Thankfully, it did not cost them.
Hooray for little guys
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your Boss Angeles Dodgers!
The runner who scored that 4th run for the Mets should’ve been a strikeout. Hudson got squeezed in that AB.
The fat lady is singing!
In honor of the Mets:
She sounds beautiful
World Series, here they come!
I am not even going to discuss what all the morons said all year!
Let’s Roll!
MVP – Tommy!
Dodgers are enjoying tonight. As for tomorrow.
https://youtu.be/jzFQB0v8Agk?si=eWhQjdhic7jVnSUd
There’s a new outlaw in town.
Teoscar performs a face saving brilliant demo of rounding third and heading for home to ignite the night.
Now for Striker/Shogun/Bullpendish and some more Dave Roberts brilliant management for a great WS !!!!
Well done team! And thank you AF!!
Well, when I started to write this take, my thinking was that the Dodgers, even with home-field advantage, should enter the WS as modest underdogs because of the uncertainty of the the starting rotation.
I mean, how much confidence can we really have in Yamamoto, Flaherty and Buehler? Flaherty’s last start was a disaster. It seems like a 50/50 proposition whether our starters will be good or bad.
But now I see that the Yankees are having SP troubles of their own.
Ace Gerrit Cole is the most-decorated pitcher in this series–but postseason rivals have batted .297 against him. Carlos Rodon gets paid nice money–but his ERA in the playoffs is 4.40.
I’m focusing on postseason stats because recency seems much more relevant now. In some ways, the postseason pitching performances of these two teams have been remarkably similar.
Batting Average Allowed: Dodgers .241, Yankees .240.
WHIP: Dodgers 1.32, Yankees 1.31.
ERA is a different matter, with the Yankees at 3.27 and the Dodgers at 4.36.
The Dodgers’ postseason offense, meanwhile, has been slightly better than the Yankees, despite Giancarlo Stanton’s impressive play.
BA: Dodgers .251, Yankees .237.
OPS: Dodgers .785, Yankees .760.
This should be a very competitive series, and the home-field advantage really might tip the scales.
Dodgers in 7.
IT WAS ALWAYS LA!!!!
Edman is the hero we need, not deserve.
Never know who is gonna be that guy.
Will Freddie be our 88 Gibson????