re: World Series Game 3: Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 5 - F/18 innings - Freeman will walk off bomb!

Mookie Betts shouldn’t be let off the hook for this disaster performance even though Freddie freeman bailed him out. Ohtani was intentionally walked 5 times(counting the final four pitch walk for whatever fricking reason). A hitter like Betts should have absolutely raked with a free base runner on every time he came up to bat.

Instead he went 1-7. That’s crazy to me.

Between him and Pages at the nine hole, they’ve got to find a way make Ohtanis bats more valuable.

Oh I believe in him. Last night was just bruuuuuutal

Re>Betts, the greatest position player who ever lived IMO, Willie H. Mays, had issues in the postseason, his slugging average in 33 postseason games was a whopping .325. Caca happens in the postseason, you get hot and cold. With the Blue Jays probably pitching around Ohtani the rest of the series, if Betts wakes up and plays like the Hall of Famer he’s destined to be and makes them pay, this will end in LA.

Random thought on a Tuesday morning: I’m not a Dodger fan in any shape, form or fashion, but there’s something about this Toronto team that I don’t like and I hope LA buries them the rest of the way.

It has zero to do with them being from Canada and I have zero animus against any individual on their roster or coaching staff, so I can’t put my finger on any specific reason, but I just don’t like them. Sometimes there is no specific reason, you just don’t like someone or something. Is what it is.

Can we talk about how long-winded and dumb the Verducci postgame interview with Shohei and his translator was? They looked at that dude like he was speaking in ancient Hebrew.

I've come to terms that the translator is Sho's way of trolling the media. He speaks English with teammates in the dugout.

My understanding is that its more for the home country media than anything

Mookie broke my heart

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I've come to terms that the translator is Sho's way of trolling the media. He speaks English with teammates in the dugout

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My friend who lived in Japan for a few years had an interesting take on this... It is a national pride thing for important Japanese people to speak their native language in public. Speaking in English is disrespectful, I guess.

I'm glad I decided to go to bed after the 11th. When Toronto sent the dude from 1st to home, that was a huge mistake. It wasn't even close at the plate. You have to stop him at 3rd and have runners on 2nd and 3rd with Vlad at the plate.