Dodgers (Yamamoto) vs Brewers (Henderson): 10/12/26, 4:00pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers faced Yoshinobu twice this season. In 50 plate appearances, they posted a measly .589 OPS against him. We will not speak of what happened when they faced him in last year's NLCS. First person to bring it up gets the ban hammer.

[RobertCrawley]

Put the ball in play and sometimes good things happen. 

[Underachiever]

They got this.

[jay87shot]

I am liking the 4 pm start because that is right after I get out of work. However you cant tell me that the league couldn't have made this like 5:30 and maximized TV viewership a bit better. The Dodger fans likely need to take a halfday from work to watch.

I have a feeling we are going to have a huge game from either Pratt, Joey, or Hamilton if he starts. Henderson should have a good shot at a great game tonight, I am worried about Shohei tonight, not sure why just a bad vibe.

[igor67]

My wife was very amused with Ohtani's batting stance, which seemed more awkward than in the past. She compared it to 'dance frames' from Dirty Dancing. Which was pretty accurate

[MrTPlush]

Before this series started, I don’t think anyone would have been upset if you said we were going to LA tied 1-1.

But I remember 2011 and 2018 all too well. We split the first two games and neither time did it fare well in the end.

I am greedy, I want Game 2. The heartbreaking Game 2 result in 2018 was the difference in that series. 

[Playing Catch]

I would guess the Dodgers approach will look different this afternoon, looking to do damage on nearly every swing. I'm sure they'll be on the Traject all day, honing in on Henderson's changeup. Henderson's command will be crucial, and I think it would be wise for him to throw a few unconventional pitches/locations to try and keep them guessing.

But I have so much confidence in our budding Maddux to do just that.