Thursday, October 10, 2019


The Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs last night losing game 5 of the NLDS to the Washington Nationals 7-3.  Kershaw came in in relief and gave up two home runs on three pitches and Joe Kelly gave up a grand slam to Howie Kendrick in the 10th. 

I wasn't surprised by this result, as I had been predicting for over half the season that the Dodgers couldn't win the World Series this year because they were undisciplined and didn't play team baseball.  Several players had great stats, but it was all about them and not the team.  There was very little bunting a player over, or hitting to the right side etc. 

Dave Roberts employed a constant platoon system in several positions, including the outfield and second and first base. Analytics is the name of the game now days and hitting for the fences on every pitch regardless of the situation.

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