Keep track of the outs. Watch the pitcher's move. Agree at all times with the managers.
I could see myself getting yelled at for forgetting to go to second base to get the hitter’s body armor after a double. People tend not to stay mad at me for long though — I bet I could talk may way out of a jam.
It seems like a pretty low pressure gig. No one ever gets really mad at the first base coach. The only thing you have to worry about is pick offs.
seems like the Sox guy also has “outfield instruction” as part of his duties
Manager might look at you whether to challenge a call at first. But if he’s asking you, it was really close by definition, so even if you weren’t paying attention you can just mouth “not sure.”
When I was a kid, I got drafted to a higher little league than I should have for my age. I rarely played. Manager had me coach first early in the season. I was so excited to be doing something that I lost focus, thought I was actually on first base, and ran to second on a ground ball. Everyone got a good laugh. I got a new assignment: keeping score on the bench.
At the same time? Maybe I was a little hasty thinking I could do it. Not a great multi-tasker.
Tonight raised his playoff ERA .28 points — 4.22 to 4.50. Which doesn’t seem like a lot until you realize he has pitched in 39 playoff games and 194.1 innings.
2.48 ERA for his career in the regular season, never been above 3.55 in any year (aside from a partial rookie year).
I'm rooting against the Dodgers, so big picture, I'm fine with this. But damn, Kershaw has always seemed like a great guy, and it's hard not to feel bad for the guy.
I'm sure they all have various roles when they aren't on the field. Sandy Alomar has at least been on equal ground with bench coach DeMarlo Hale and will likely ascend directly from first base coach to manager (when Tito had to leave the team for a weekend, Hale took the reigns, but when Tito missed nearly all of 2020, Alomar was manager). He definitely has more responsibilities than 3rd base coach Mike Sarbaugh. However, Alomar is considered one of the best in the game at reading pitchers, which is why he stands at first base during the game.
Pretty consistently below average in the playoffs year over year too. He has a few good games and then gets crushed. Other than 2020, he has been fairly consistently not good.
More agonizing for Darling, listening to Costas's litany of stories
At least they’re getting paid, Dodgers fans paid big money to sit through this.
Eh, they can leave, or text, or drink/eat, or watch Ted Lasso on their phones if they want. This game was over in the first, and these two have to figure out how to announce it for the 3 hours after that.
Hard to believe this one will end at zero. You keep thinking the Dodgers will put something together.
