Series Thread: Blue versus Orange, win the division already!

[Villain]

Monday 7:15pm, SNLA - Greinke versus Peavy
Tuesday 7:15pm, SNLA - Kershaw versus Bumgarner
Wednesday 7:15pm, SNLA and ESPN - Bolsinger versus Leake
Thursday 12:45pm, SNLA - Anderson versus TBD (Tim Hudson, probably)

Wow, the Giants really have a hate-able pitching staff, don't they? Bumgarner (duh), then Peavy who walks around between pitches like he wants to punt an infant, and Tim Hudson who thinks the Giants won the World Series because they have bigger balls.

Barring a sweep (pffft), this will be the second year in a row that the Dodgers will clinch against San Francisco. Last year, I got chills when the Giants pulled this move from the dugout while the Dodgers celebrated on the field:



One of the classiest moves I've ever seen in sports and I will be hard-pressed to say bad things about their coaches because of it. I've always "hated" Boche, even when he was managing the Padres, but that's just because he always seemed to get the better of the Dodgers. He's probably the best manager in baseball. The best kind of rival - very talented, very competitive, and not an asshole.

 

[LASports96]

Win tonight so everybody quits bitching.

 

[Villain]

Kiké Hernandez activated from DL by Dodgers

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Win tonight so they can try out the bigger pool, pool party 2015?

 

[LASports96]

Some pretty good baseball played tonight but no win. This last week has been frustrating. I don't believe in momentum really but would be nice to win a couple games this week.

 

[lasportzphan]

Some pretty good baseball played tonight but no win. This last week has been frustrating. I don't believe in momentum really but would be nice to win a couple games this week.

Share these sentiments exactly.

Furthermore, Giants mettle will only build if Bum beats Kershaw tonight. With the Giants facing the backend of our rotation after tonight, (which has been extremely suspect of late) you can't ignore the psyche of the Dodgers.

Limping into the playoffs is never good. But reality is, this team is not playoff capable.

 

[LASports96]

Sure thing

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Big time home-run by Kike. Now Kershaw just has to do what he always does.

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Doesn't get much better than watching Bumgarner get knocked out of the game at the hands of Hernandez, Ruggiano and Ellis.

 

[LASports96]

Fuck Yeah!!!

This never gets old

 

[Villain]

I'm really excited for tonight's lineup. On a nationally-televised broadcast no less. All those people who haven't gotten to see the Dodgers play will be like... who the hell is this...?

 

[Villain]

Mike Leake just threw his first CGSO. No one cares except him, his family, and his agent. Some team is going to overpay that dude this winter, I hope it's not the Dodgers.

 

[Villain]

I love when Chad Moriyama does the post-game write-ups.

Dodgers Digest / Giants 5, Dodgers 0: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[LASports96]

Wow

Mattingly says Puig is making a miraculous recovery and is now running at 100%. Could be a game changer if he comes back healthy.

 

[Smed55]

Just got home, bro and I flew out to San Francisco to catch the Greinke and Kershaw games. Bro is a Giant fan, was awesome seeing us clinch in SF with Kershaw pitching the kind of game he did!
Hopefully we get the better of the Mets and get home field advantage! It's going to be huge for the team that gets it in this series! We aren't playing well and the Mets have really picked it up offensively and their pitching is pretty dam good!