Red Sox vs Dodgers WS Thread (2018 non Cubs games)

[soccer10k]

I want Eovaldi in this game at some point

 

Who comes in first, Eovaldi or Madsen?

[soccer10k]

This game is not helping Kershaw’s reputation at all.

[Brian]

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[Derwood]

Dodgers not putting up much of a fight

[Brian]

Price picked the right stretch to stop being a playoff choker.

[Brian]

Babe Ruth reincarnate

[Brian]

Very few teams win the World Series with the best record in baseball lately. - Jon Smoltz 10 seconds after referencing the 2016 Cubs

[Derwood]

If Price was pitching this well for the Cubs, Maddon would have pulled him after 3 2/3

[Cubfanintheknow]

Very few teams win the World Series with the best record in baseball lately. - Jon Smoltz 10 seconds after referencing the 2016 Cubs

 

Heard that too. Didn’t the Astros have the best record in baseball last year?

[Brian]

Very few teams win the World Series with the best record in baseball lately. - Jon Smoltz 10 seconds after referencing the 2016 Cubs

 

Heard that too. Didn’t the Astros have the best record in baseball last year?

 

Dodgers did

[Derwood]

Very few teams win the World Series with the best record in baseball lately. - Jon Smoltz 10 seconds after referencing the 2016 Cubs

 

Heard that too. Didn’t the Astros have the best record in baseball last year?

 

Nope, Dodgers

[Brian]

lol that pitch was unreal

[Brian]

Dodgers eliminated by the World Series Champions 3 years in a row

[Brian]

that giant WS on the back of the hats is awful

[Ding Dong Johnson]

rosenthal has to be the most awkward interviewer ever

[Forgotmyoldlogin]

I thought they didn’t do this on the field if the road team won.

[Brian]

I thought they didn’t do this on the field if the road team won.

 

Pretty sure Astros did it on the field at Dodgers stadium as well, we were in the locker room in Cleveland though.

[NWICubsFan]

I thought they didn’t do this on the field if the road team won.

 

Pretty sure Astros did it on the field at Dodgers stadium as well, we were in the locker room in Cleveland though.

 

We were in the locker room because it was raining.

[Sammys Boombox]

The 2016 WS year was so much better than all of the years leading up to and since then. We got lucky.

[Brian]

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[UMFan83]

Crazy the Sox have won 4 World Series in the last 14 seasons and all 4 of them featured somewhat difference cores. Look at the top 5 fWAR players from each team

 

2004:

Schilling (6.5)

Pedro (4.8)

Damon (4.3)

Ortiz (4.2)

Varitek (4.1)

 

2007:

Ortiz (6.3)

Beckett (5.7)

Lowell (4.5)

Crisp (4.4)

Youkilis (4.1)

 

2013:

Pedroia (4.8)

Victorino (4.7)

Ellsbury (4.6)

Drew (3.6)

Saltalamacchia (3.5) (Ortiz was 6th, tied with Lester at 3.4)

 

2018:

Betts (10.4)

Sale (6.5)

Martinez (5.9)

Bogaerts (4.9)

Benintendi (4.3)

 

Of course with 3-5 years between each title, the roster is going to naturally change but the Sox have been able use their massive resources to shuffle the deck around instead of having a "core" and building around it. Probably not done deliberately considering they've had 3-4 GMs during the run, but impressive nonetheless

[Brian707]

Not to nitpick but its 4 titles in 15 seasons. So when the Cubs win in 2019 it's two in four seasons

[chopsx9]

Crazy the Sox have won 4 World Series in the last 14 seasons and all 4 of them featured somewhat difference cores. Look at the top 5 fWAR players from each team

 

2004:

Schilling (6.5)

Pedro (4.8)

Damon (4.3)

Ortiz (4.2)

Varitek (4.1)

 

2007:

Ortiz (6.3)

Beckett (5.7)

Lowell (4.5)

Crisp (4.4)

Youkilis (4.1)

 

2013:

Pedroia (4.8)

Victorino (4.7)

Ellsbury (4.6)

Drew (3.6)

Saltalamacchia (3.5) (Ortiz was 6th, tied with Lester at 3.4)

 

2018:

Betts (10.4)

Sale (6.5)

Martinez (5.9)

Bogaerts (4.9)

Benintendi (4.3)

 

Of course with 3-5 years between each title, the roster is going to naturally change but the Sox have been able use their massive resources to shuffle the deck around instead of having a "core" and building around it. Probably not done deliberately considering they've had 3-4 GMs during the run, but impressive nonetheless

 

Yeah I was pretty surprised when one of the announcers said Bogarts, Holt and maybe one other gut were the only holdovers from the last title.

[Cubswin11]

Crazy the Sox have won 4 World Series in the last 14 seasons and all 4 of them featured somewhat difference cores. Look at the top 5 fWAR players from each team

 

2004:

Schilling (6.5)

Pedro (4.8)

Damon (4.3)

Ortiz (4.2)

Varitek (4.1)

 

2007:

Ortiz (6.3)

Beckett (5.7)

Lowell (4.5)

Crisp (4.4)

Youkilis (4.1)

 

2013:

Pedroia (4.8)

Victorino (4.7)

Ellsbury (4.6)

Drew (3.6)

Saltalamacchia (3.5) (Ortiz was 6th, tied with Lester at 3.4)

 

2018:

Betts (10.4)

Sale (6.5)

Martinez (5.9)

Bogaerts (4.9)

Benintendi (4.3)

 

Of course with 3-5 years between each title, the roster is going to naturally change but the Sox have been able use their massive resources to shuffle the deck around instead of having a "core" and building around it. Probably not done deliberately considering they've had 3-4 GMs during the run, but impressive nonetheless

Having a few of those bottom out years probably ended up being a blessing in between some of these titles. I think they had 1 sub 70 and 2 sub 80 win years between 2010 and 2016

[Brian]

The Red Sox twitter went and replied to people from their opening day loss

 

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