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.

[TURBO]

33 minutes ago, jay87shot said:

The Dodger fans likely need to take a halfday from work to watch.

C'mon man, it's California, I doubt half the Dodgers fans even work...

:)

[RobertCrawley]

20 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

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.

I hope the Brewers have also spent a little time on the Trajekt machine looking at Yamamoto.

[Frisbee Slider]

49 minutes ago, Playing Catch said:

would guess the Dodgers approach will look different this afternoon, looking to do damage on nearly every swing.

100% More doubles and HR swings today

A lot of good a bunch of opposite field singles did yesterday.

[sveumrules]

1 hour ago, Playing Catch said:

I'm sure they'll be on the Traject all day, honing in on Henderson's changeup.

Maybe things are different for the Dodgers with their revenue streams, but teams don't typically travel with the Trajekt machines because they are like 1,500 pounds and very difficult to move once installed.

Believe there was a story this postseason about the Yankees going over to their nearby spring training complex to use the Trajekt they had there before the games in Tampa (to no avail).

[Frisbee Slider]

4 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Maybe things are different for the Dodgers with their revenue streams, but teams don't typically travel with the Trajekt machines because they are like 1,500 pounds and very difficult to move once installed.

Believe there was a story this postseason about the Yankees going over to their nearby spring training complex to use the Trajekt they had there before the games in Tampa (to no avail).

Interesting and fair. I guess where would the Dodgers install it? They probably could purchase Marquette high school.

 

[Just Some Guy]

If you're going to the game today (or to any Brewers playoff game), there's a super-fast way to get into stadium:  use the right field gate (Potawatomi gate).

Because there's no parking lots near it, the right field gate's always got the shortest lines, but since they started construction up the first base line the difference is ridiculous.  Last night the lines at the main gates were the longest I've ever seen -- at least half an hour long.  

We went to the right field gate and walked straight in.

 

[BruisedCrew]

2 hours ago, jay87shot said:

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’m sure those times are designed to minimize overlap between the two LCS series..

[Underachiever]

40 minutes ago, Just Some Guy said:

If you're going to the game today (or to any Brewers playoff game), there's a super-fast way to get into stadium:  use the right field gate (Potawatomi gate).

Because there's no parking lots near it, the right field gate's always got the shortest lines, but since they started construction up the first base line the difference is ridiculous.  Last night the lines at the main gates were the longest I've ever seen -- at least half an hour long.  

We went to the right field gate and walked straight in.

 

I too, used the right field gate and walked right in. However, last night I parked across the street and walked over on the bridge. Today, I have preferred parking and will be coming in from the home plate side. I don't think you can get to the RF gate unless you walk the long way around the stadium, due to the construction gates on the first base side. Any idea if that is true?

I got re-routed off of the interstate at Lake Mills due to an accident and it took me forty minutes longer to get to the stadium. I was probably as tense in that traffic as I was during the game. Fortunately I'm a dweeb who likes to be in the stadium 90 minutes early, so I still got there about an hour before.

[owbc]

This is pretty much a must-win game for the Dodgers. Needing 2/3 in LA just to get the series 

The narrative writes itself if they lose — too old, too injured, overpaid.

If the Brewers win this one, they are guaranteed more home games (either in this series or the next) and they have some margin for error to drop a game like they did in SD. 

[Outlander]

Such a big game, a win guarantees more playoff baseball in Milwaukee and puts a ton of pressure on the Dodgers.