2021 NLCS: Dodgers vs Braves Thread

[speedyjg13]

Who you got?

I think this will be a breeze for the Dodgers, I got Dodgers in 5.

Lets discuss!

[Bhenry4]

I don't see the Braves coming within five runs in any game.

[fulltritty]

I want to see the Braves win it and head to the World Series so they can stick it to MLB for taking the All Star Game away from them by being on a higher stage that is the World Series.

[sportscollect]

Yeah dodgers in 5 .

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[LCM1223]

Dodgers please

[nickp91]

Just like old times: Braves on TBS Wish we had Ernie and Skip in the booth

[JRX]

Just curious why people have no faith in the Braves starters. I feel like Morton, Fried, Anderson are better than the Giants staff.

[therealcjc33]

Originally Posted by JRX

Just curious why people have no faith in the Braves starters. I feel like Morton, Fried, Anderson are better than the Giants staff.

That's what I'm curious about as well. I know the Dodgers have a great starting rotation, but the Braves arms aren't exactly terrible.

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by JRX

Just curious why people have no faith in the Braves starters. I feel like Morton, Fried, Anderson are better than the Giants staff.

It’s hard to have faith in a team from Georgia

But Go Braves! Don’t suck

[BraveAtlanta]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

I want to see the Braves win it and head to the World Series so they can stick it to MLB for taking the All Star Game away from them by being on a higher stage that is the World Series.

Agree, but the umps won't allow it. They were giving Urias a strike that was a foot low last night. Look at Kris Bryant's AB with a guy on first with no outs in the 4th. Kris has a 3-1 count and the ball was a foot low for ball 4. He took one step toward first and the ump calls a late strike. The next pitch he strikes out. Urias throws a wild pitch during the next AB, which would have put men on 2nd and 3rd with NO OUTS if the correct call had been made to Kris. The Giants end up not scoring anything that inning and lose by one run.

[speedyjg13]

Originally Posted by JRX

Just curious why people have no faith in the Braves starters. I feel like Morton, Fried, Anderson are better than the Giants staff.

Because they are no longer pitching against the NL East. Dodgers are a different lineup than any NL East lineup

[Geoff G]

Originally Posted by BraveAtlanta

Agree, but the umps won't allow it. They were giving Urias a strike that was a foot low last night. Look at Kris Bryant's AB with a guy on first with no outs in the 4th. Kris has a 3-1 count and the ball was a foot low for ball 4. He took one step toward first and the ump calls a late strike. The next pitch he strikes out. Urias throws a wild pitch during the next AB, which would have put men on 2nd and 3rd with NO OUTS if the correct call had been made to Kris. The Giants end up not scoring anything that inning and lose by one run.

A foot? Cmon.. it was low .. but, Webb got the same calls ..


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[drakehendrix34]

Originally Posted by Geoff G

A foot? Cmon.. it was low .. but, Webb got the same calls ..


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Yep. It was a ball, but the indicator shows where it is caught, not where it crosses the plate. It was a lot closer than it looked.

[BraveAtlanta]

Originally Posted by Geoff G

A foot? Cmon.. it was low .. but, Webb got the same calls ..


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The umps do just enough to affect the outcome of games. That's why so many people want a computer to decide the call. Even when they review plays, they still get half of them wrong. It's a shame how bad they have become. The Braves ump history has not been good in the playoffs. This series will be no different.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by speedyjg13

Because they are no longer pitching against the NL East. Dodgers are a different lineup than any NL East lineup

Fried against the Dodgers this year: 12 innings, 9 hits allowed, 3 runs, 14 k's, 1 walk

Morton: 11 innings, 7 hits, 6 runs (4 earned), 13 k's, 3 walks.

Anderson struggled with command in his one start, gave up 4 runs on 1 hit.

I'd say they mostly held their own against them this year.

[Friars]

This match up has me screaming for seeded playoffs for MLB, anti climactic after that SF LA series. I think the entire baseball world would've been happier to see ATL v Sf and mil v LA in opening round.

If the Braces somehow get by the Dodgers it just means for a crappier WS. But pretty much any potential match up is not one I personally wanna watch every pitch of.

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[speedyjg13]

Originally Posted by Friars

This match up has me screaming for seeded playoffs for MLB, anti climactic after that SF LA series. I think the entire baseball world would've been happier to see ATL v Sf and mil v LA in opening round.

If the Braces somehow get by the Dodgers it just means for a crappier WS. But pretty much any potential match up is not one I personally wanna watch every pitch of.

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by crappier do you mean easier for the astros/red sox to win?

[SupermanBrandon]

Originally Posted by Bhenry4

I don't see the Braves coming within five runs in any game.

Want to bet on it?

[jswest18]

Originally Posted by Friars

This match up has me screaming for seeded playoffs for MLB, anti climactic after that SF LA series. I think the entire baseball world would've been happier to see ATL v Sf and mil v LA in opening round.

If the Braces somehow get by the Dodgers it just means for a crappier WS. But pretty much any potential match up is not one I personally wanna watch every pitch of.

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This post seems to assume that the Giants and the Dodgers would have advanced and played each other in the NLCS. The Braves were 3-3 against the Giants this year (outscoring them 23-18) and played over played over .600 baseball in the 2nd half, only a few games behind the Giants for that period. They had a better run differential during that period and Fried has been arguably the best pitcher in baseball during that stretch (same could be said for Webb as well). If you set aside the 1st half and just look at head to head plus 2nd half play, that series would have been a toss up. There's a good chance that there would have been a Braves/Dodgers NLCS even had the matchups been ATL/SF and MIL/LA in the NLDS.

[Friars]

Originally Posted by speedyjg13

by crappier do you mean easier for the astros/red sox to win?

Yeah, but I guess any makeup that allows the two best teams in either league to face off before the championship series should be looked into at the very least.

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[Friars]

Originally Posted by jswest18

This post seems to assume that the Giants and the Dodgers would have advanced and played each other in the NLCS. The Braves were 3-3 against the Giants this year (outscoring them 23-18) and played over played over .600 baseball in the 2nd half, only a few games behind the Giants for that period. They had a better run differential during that period and Fried has been arguably the best pitcher in baseball during that stretch (same could be said for Webb as well). If you set aside the 1st half and just look at head to head plus 2nd half play, that series would have been a toss up. There's a good chance that there would have been a Braves/Dodgers NLCS even had the matchups been ATL/SF and MIL/LA in the NLDS.

Its not an "out on a limb" proposal to suggest the two best teams in the mlb would have faced eachother in the CS. The braves had the worst record in NL playoffs, and the world would be watching a better nlcs if it were SF and LA right now, only a Brave fan would argue that.

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[Friars]

I'm a Padres fan and don't like SF or L.A. in the least, but the worst team in the NL playoffs needing to get by only the Brewers to get to the NLCS should be eye opening and open the window to propose seeding.

Just my opinion.

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[no10pin]

Originally Posted by Friars

Its not an "out on a limb" proposal to suggest the two best teams in the mlb would have faced eachother in the CS. The braves had the worst record in NL playoffs, and the world would be watching a better nlcs if it were SF and LA right now, only a Brave fan would argue that.

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Originally Posted by Friars

I'm a Padres fan and don't like SF or L.A. in the least, but the worst team in the NL playoffs needing to get by only the Brewers to get to the NLCS should be eye opening and open the window to propose seeding.

Just my opinion.

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So if you don't seed the Braves like a division winner, then what is the point of having divisions at all? Winning your division should provide a benefit over being a wild card.

Yeah, sometimes wild cards have better records than a division winner, but those are the breaks. This isn't the first time it's happened in baseball, and it happens in football all the time too.

[Friars]

Divisions should be for geography based for inter division matchmaking. Or remove them completely i dont really care, all I know is in a seeded format its highly unlikely we'd be watching a 2v6 NLCS.

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[Friars]

Originally Posted by Friars

Divisions should be for geography based inter division matchmaking. Or remove them completely indont really care, all I know is in a seeded formatbits highly unlikely wed be watching a 2v6 NLCS.

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2v5*

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