NLDS game thread

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For those of you with children (and for people like me, who fell asleep), mlbn is repeating an abbreviated version of the game today starting at noon. 
 

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@BNightengale: Yes, it's actually Austin Jackson replacing Schwarber with LHP Garcia going for #STLCards

This seems like a bad idea.
 

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soxhop411 said:
@BNightengale: Yes, it's actually Austin Jackson replacing Schwarber with LHP Garcia going for #STLCards

This seems like a bad idea.
Schwarbs is 8 for 56 with 27Ks vs. Ls.  That's an ugly .143/.213/.268.  Save him for a key PH opp.  You doubt Joe Maddon!?!??!  ;)
 

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Perhaps everybody knows this stuff but me, but, anyway,  the NYT had some fun tidbits re de Grom today:
 
deGrom signed for $95,000. The Mets packed him off to rural Tennessee and after six not-terribly-impressive starts he tore his ulnar collateral ligament. He embarked on a year of anonymous rehabilitation.
 
Somehow, improbably, his fastball gained a foot of hop. The kid who threw 93 now touches 98 m.p.h.. And he became a more polished pitcher; Johan Santana, who was rehabbing his shoulder, taught him to throw a changeup. He also broke a finger castrating a cow, which set him back. He finally made it to the majors last year, at age 26. Kershaw pitched his first season at age 20. deGrom throws with an insistent urgency, as if intent on wasting no more time. His late start and his injuries have cost him in lifetime earnings; he now makes a touch more than half a million dollars and will not become a free agent until he is well into his 30s.
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Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan  19m19 minutes ago
When asked about the Cubs' history/curse/whatever, Joe Maddon says: "I don't vibrate at that frequency." The best.
 

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Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan  19m19 minutes ago
When asked about the Cubs' history/curse/whatever, Joe Maddon says: "I don't vibrate at that frequency." The best.
 
Joe's got good repartee, but I don't believe him: his hipster glasses scan for all frequencies.
 
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He tried to castrate a cow?
 
It's a job, not an adventure.
 

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Mets:
Granderson RF
Wright 3B
Murphy 2B
Cespedes CF
Duda 1B
d'Arnaud C
Conforto LF
Tejada SS
Syndergaard RHP

Dodgers:
Kendrick 2B
Seager SS
Gonzalez 1B
Turner 3B
Ethier RF
Crawford LF
Grandal C
Hernandez CF
Greinke P
 

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E5 Yaz said:
He tried to castrate a cow?
 
 
barbed wire Bob said:
He worked on a neighbors ranch during the off season and technically he tried to castrate a male calf, not the calfs mom.
 
Haha. Bad on the editing staff of the NYT, and bad on me (used to be an editor) for not even noticing the mistake when I read it. Perhaps they clean this stuff up before it makes it into print, but as I never see the actual paper, I don't know.
 

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Cubs score three runs and the only ball that left the infield was a wild throw by the  pitcher,.
 
Two back to back safety squeezes; Maddon, you innovator you.
 
I'm sure in the post game press conference he'll take credit for that and for curing polio too................fucking smarmy stooge.
 

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What's it called when the pitcher gets a 1-2-3 inning immediately after his teammates get him some runs?
 
Is that allowed?
 

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oh how I have missed you  erectile dysfunction ad's. You always show up during the playoffs
 

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Maddon's line-up and strategy were ideally suited to take advantage of the St. Louis errors. Speed, small ball. Beautiful and effective.
 
Eck: "No shame in bunting, especially when it works." Bravo.
 

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trekfan55 said:
Matheny playing a bullpen game in Game 2 of the NLDS.  Interesting.
 
Why not? A day off tomorrow, and none of the relievers get over-taxed