Darvish traded to Dodgers

[Andy]

 

of course we can. so can the dbacks or rockies.

Or any of the other viable NL playoff contenders...

 

so, the nats?

Indeed, but let's hope not since they'd probably have to beat us to face them

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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Not a bad haul for the Rangers but it definitely feels like they backed down from their previous demands.

[LeonDurham]

Is it meatball to take comfort in the fact that the greatest regular season pitcher in modern history turns into a pumpkin when the playoffs come around?

[David]

Or any of the other viable NL playoff contenders...

 

so, the nats?

Indeed, but let's hope not since they'd probably have to beat us to face them

 

ya...my point was really i wasn't sure what other viable nl playoff contenders he was talking about

[JonJayCutler]

Yeah. An NLDS of Greinke, Ray, Godley, Walker, Greinke is more than capable of beating LA.

 

Technically It would more go Ray, Godley, Walker, Greinke, Ray.

 

I literally remembered the play-in game 2 horsefeathering seconds after I hit submit but with all this horsefeathering deadline site traffic it took me 10 minutes to edit my horsefeathering post.

 

horsefeathers!

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heyman has really been sucking the dodgers dicks the last couple days

[David]

heyman has really been sucking the dodgers dicks the last couple days

 

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[Liam Neeson]

I guess the memory of having to trot out a 20 yr old and Kenta Maeda twice didn't sit well with Friedman.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

heyman has really been sucking the dodgers dicks the last couple days

 

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It's a race between these two:

 

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[David]

oh my god what an idiot lmao

[Brian707]

I will laugh when Arizona/Colorado bounces them in the NLDS.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

heyman has really been sucking the dodgers dicks the last couple days

 

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Hmm... correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Warriors have actually won a title before.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

heyman has really been sucking the dodgers dicks the last couple days

 

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Hmm... correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Warriors have actually won a title before.

 

The Warriors have won a title in Klay Thompson's lifetime, unlike the Dodgers.

 

(This would've been better if Durant was like a month younger or Curry 6 months younger.)

[bukie]

 

so, the nats?

Indeed, but let's hope not since they'd probably have to beat us to face them

 

ya...my point was really i wasn't sure what other viable nl playoff contenders he was talking about

That was the point...nobody else in the NL are even likely to finish over .500.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

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Hmm... correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Warriors have actually won a title before.

 

The Warriors have won a title in Klay Thompson's lifetime, unlike the Dodgers.

 

(This would've been better if Durant was like a month younger or Curry 6 months younger.)

 

Maybe Klay let Trayce take his ring into the clubhouse for show-and-tell?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Never forget.

 

[bukie]

Never forget.

 

His back was never the same.

[bcl412]

I don't understand how you can watch baseball for most of your life and make claims like people have made about the Dodgers. This is a sport where bad teams win series against good teams constantly so to claim that a good team won't win a series against another good team is absurd. This is a sport where a mediocre Cardinals team won the World Series in 06, or a juggernaut Cubs team still needed extras in a game 7 to win a title a year ago. You don't have to really understand baseball is a playoff crapshoot to know that the Dodgers are no where near guaranteed to win it all. You just have to watch baseball and see how the sport works and how it has worked forever.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I don't understand how you can watch baseball for most of your life and make claims like people have made about the Dodgers. This is a sport where bad teams win series against good teams constantly so to claim that a good team won't win a series against another good team is absurd. This is a sport where a mediocre Cardinals team won the World Series in 06, or a juggernaut Cubs team still needed extras in a game 7 to win a title a year ago. You don't have to really understand baseball is a playoff crapshoot to know that the Dodgers are no where near guaranteed to win it all. You just have to watch baseball and see how the sport works and how it has worked forever.

 

The funny thing is that they've abandoned all of their favorite narratives to go with these hot takes. I have no idea how many times last year I was reminded of the Giants having "been there before" and "knowing what it takes" to win a World Series. So wtf? That doesn't matter now? What about all the hot takes we've heard about Kershaw "crumbling under pressure?" Nope. Warriors.

[UMFan83]

I don't understand how you can watch baseball for most of your life and make claims like people have made about the Dodgers. This is a sport where bad teams win series against good teams constantly so to claim that a good team won't win a series against another good team is absurd. This is a sport where a mediocre Cardinals team won the World Series in 06, or a juggernaut Cubs team still needed extras in a game 7 to win a title a year ago. You don't have to really understand baseball is a playoff crapshoot to know that the Dodgers are no where near guaranteed to win it all. You just have to watch baseball and see how the sport works and how it has worked forever.

 

I'm not too concerned about it. It's the media, this is what they do; they anoint and they tear down because it gets people talking.

 

I was eating up the same stories being written about the Cubs last year even though I knew the playoffs are a weighted crapshoot. Just nice to read about your team being slobbered over.

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't understand how you can watch baseball for most of your life and make claims like people have made about the Dodgers. This is a sport where bad teams win series against good teams constantly so to claim that a good team won't win a series against another good team is absurd. This is a sport where a mediocre Cardinals team won the World Series in 06, or a juggernaut Cubs team still needed extras in a game 7 to win a title a year ago. You don't have to really understand baseball is a playoff crapshoot to know that the Dodgers are no where near guaranteed to win it all. You just have to watch baseball and see how the sport works and how it has worked forever.

 

I don't understand how you can watch sports for most of your life and not realize how the sports media world operates.

 

They are writing these stories today specifically so they can have a doozy of a "wow did these guys ever choke" story in their back pocket if/when the Dodgers come up short.

[Banedon]

Never forget.

 

There were at least a dozen times yesterday I wanted to tweet this gif at people. I was just too lazy to look for it.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I don't understand how you can watch baseball for most of your life and make claims like people have made about the Dodgers. This is a sport where bad teams win series against good teams constantly so to claim that a good team won't win a series against another good team is absurd. This is a sport where a mediocre Cardinals team won the World Series in 06, or a juggernaut Cubs team still needed extras in a game 7 to win a title a year ago. You don't have to really understand baseball is a playoff crapshoot to know that the Dodgers are no where near guaranteed to win it all. You just have to watch baseball and see how the sport works and how it has worked forever.

 

I don't understand how you can watch sports for most of your life and not realize how the sports media world operates.

 

They are writing these stories today specifically so they can have a doozy of a "wow did these guys ever choke" story in their back pocket if/when the Dodgers come up short.

 

Disagree. They are writing these stories today because it gives them something to write about today. It's a long season in sports. You worry about today as a journalist. As far as the future, either story is going to be there. They choke, you can write about that. They win it all, well, that's easy to write, too.

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heyman has really been sucking the dodgers dicks the last couple days

 

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Apparently math is hard too.

 

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[minnesotacubsfan]

If those are Vegas's odds, oh giddy