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***Official - 2025 Major League Baseball Thread (12 Viewers)

So the Dodgers are just going to win it all again?
The Brewers started the season 0-4, losing 47-15. They were 25-28 on May 24, in 4th place of the NLC, 6.5 games back of the Cubs. I ain't writing this team off just yet. Some blind homer optimism for sure, but Snell tossing a gem and still having an opportunity in the 9th to win doesn't mean this is over by any stretch. Bucks Brewers in 6.
 
your basic 8-6-2 double play with outs at home and third

Muncy hit a grand slam home run but its scored as grounded into double play
I still can't figure out wth the Dodger baserunners were doing. Even if the runner on 3rd assumes it's a caught flyball and tags up he should still score easily. Likewise for the runner at 2nd. He should be able to tag up and advanced to 3rd. The ball was hit to deep center. Deep enough for both runners to advance whether the ball was caught or not. Are the Dodgers always that bad at baserunning?
 
So the Dodgers are just going to win it all again?
I've watched the Brewers all season and still haven't figured out how this team just keeps on winning. But they do. And I don't expect them to go down easily. I'd be surprised if this doesn't go the full seven. The Brewers always seem to bounce back
 
So the Dodgers are just going to win it all again?
I've watched the Brewers all season and still haven't figured out how this team just keeps on winning. But they do. And I don't expect them to go down easily. I'd be surprised if this doesn't go the full seven. The Brewers always seem to bounce back
The Brewers are a mirror image of the Royals 2015 team that won it all. Royals had a slightly better bullpen. The Brewers are good enough to win it all.
 
Brewers played all season taking pitches, working the count, putting pressure on the defense, taking the extra base. They haven't done that at all this series. Whether that's due to their inexperience or the Dodgers great starting pitching or a little bit of both I'm not sure. But they need to get back to that if they even want to have a slight chance.
 
your basic 8-6-2 double play with outs at home and third

Muncy hit a grand slam home run but its scored as grounded into double play
I still can't figure out wth the Dodger baserunners were doing. Even if the runner on 3rd assumes it's a caught flyball and tags up he should still score easily. Likewise for the runner at 2nd. He should be able to tag up and advanced to 3rd. The ball was hit to deep center. Deep enough for both runners to advance whether the ball was caught or not. Are the Dodgers always that bad at baserunning?
Teoscar was on 3rd and was obviously confused by the "events", as was almost everyone else. Keeke' and Will Smith certainly were. Teoscar left for home, went back to 3rd to tag up, left again and went back to 3rd again. Seems obvious Contreras knew what was happening as he went for the force out instead trying to apply a tag. Meanwhile, Will Smith thought it was a fly out and had run back from 3rd to 2nd. By then the ball was at home and he was an easy force out at 3rd. Crazy play, heat of the moment. Even frelick wasn't sure what happened as along with the stunned look in this clip he said "what the hell happened" and the announcer says that the throw was not in time. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1977904261083066613


Lol at having to purposely misspell Enrique's name
 
Brewers played all season taking pitches, working the count, putting pressure on the defense, taking the extra base
Same can be said for the Jays, yet here we are with both teams pretty much on the brink. Both teams were also great at home all season yet managed 6 runs and 14 total hits between them over 4 games. Those are ridiculous numbers.
 
I still can't figure out wth the Dodger baserunners were doing. Even if the runner on 3rd assumes it's a caught flyball and tags up he should still score easily. Likewise for the runner at 2nd.
Problem was that they weren't sure what was happening. Teoscar left early then thought it was caught so he went back to tag so this took more time than usual. He screwed up as he should have just tagged from the get go and left as soon as it hit the fielders glove (catch or not).

Will Smith (runner at 2B) didn't tag up. He was mostly to third and then thought it was caught so he just went back to 2B as if the ball was caught (probably hard to see it glance off the wall after the initial tip off the CF'rs glove. Once he made the decision not to tag originally he really had no other choice but to go back to the bag since he thought the CF caught the fly ball.

I wouldn't necessarily say it was bad baserunning (except for Teoscar) but there definitely was a better way to have approached the play from the beginning. If everyone tags up from the start there is nobody out. Everyone would have advanced one base (except maybe the runner at 1B as he should go half way regardless and if he thought it got caught he would have returned to 1B and they likely get the force out at 2B on him.
 
I still can't figure out wth the Dodger baserunners were doing. Even if the runner on 3rd assumes it's a caught flyball and tags up he should still score easily. Likewise for the runner at 2nd.
Problem was that they weren't sure what was happening. Teoscar left early then thought it was caught so he went back to tag so this took more time than usual. He screwed up as he should have just tagged from the get go and left as soon as it hit the fielders glove (catch or not).

Will Smith (runner at 2B) didn't tag up. He was mostly to third and then thought it was caught so he just went back to 2B as if the ball was caught (probably hard to see it glance off the wall after the initial tip off the CF'rs glove. Once he made the decision not to tag originally he really had no other choice but to go back to the bag since he thought the CF caught the fly ball.

I wouldn't necessarily say it was bad baserunning (except for Teoscar) but there definitely was a better way to have approached the play from the beginning. If everyone tags up from the start there is nobody out. Everyone would have advanced one base (except maybe the runner at 1B as he should go half way regardless and if he thought it got caught he would have returned to 1B and they likely get the force out at 2B on him.
I'm not sure why everyone wasn't tagging from the jump. It was either a HR/easy extra base hit or a fly out. Safe play either way was to tag.
 
your basic 8-6-2 double play with outs at home and third

Muncy hit a grand slam home run but its scored as grounded into double play
I still can't figure out wth the Dodger baserunners were doing. Even if the runner on 3rd assumes it's a caught flyball and tags up he should still score easily. Likewise for the runner at 2nd. He should be able to tag up and advanced to 3rd. The ball was hit to deep center. Deep enough for both runners to advance whether the ball was caught or not. Are the Dodgers always that bad at baserunning?
Teoscar was on 3rd and was obviously confused by the "events", as was almost everyone else. Keeke' and Will Smith certainly were. Teoscar left for home, went back to 3rd to tag up, left again and went back to 3rd again. Seems obvious Contreras knew what was happening as he went for the force out instead trying to apply a tag. Meanwhile, Will Smith thought it was a fly out and had run back from 3rd to 2nd. By then the ball was at home and he was an easy force out at 3rd. Crazy play, heat of the moment. Even frelick wasn't sure what happened as along with the stunned look in this clip he said "what the hell happened" and the announcer says that the throw was not in time. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1977904261083066613


Lol at having to purposely misspell Enrique's name
Watching it again frelick didn't say "hell" 😂
 
Brewers played all season taking pitches, working the count, putting pressure on the defense, taking the extra base. They haven't done that at all this series. Whether that's due to their inexperience or the Dodgers great starting pitching or a little bit of both I'm not sure. But they need to get back to that if they even want to have a slight chance.
I think it's Dodgers pitching more than anything. Snell and Yamamoto threw a ton of strikes.
 
So the Dodgers are just going to win it all again?
I've watched the Brewers all season and still haven't figured out how this team just keeps on winning. But they do. And I don't expect them to go down easily. I'd be surprised if this doesn't go the full seven. The Brewers always seem to bounce back
The Brewers are a mirror image of the Royals 2015 team that won it all. Royals had a slightly better bullpen. The Brewers are good enough to win it all.
Unfortunately for the Brewers the 2025 Dodgers exist. Team is loaded from top to bottom with only "weakness" is their bullpen. Yelich needs to flip and switch and figure something out quickly. Unfortunately the Brewers are hanging on by a thread right now.
 
Brewers played all season taking pitches, working the count, putting pressure on the defense, taking the extra base. They haven't done that at all this series. Whether that's due to their inexperience or the Dodgers great starting pitching or a little bit of both I'm not sure. But they need to get back to that if they even want to have a slight chance.
I think it's Dodgers pitching more than anything. Snell and Yamamoto threw a ton of strikes.
The Brewers approach at the plate has been night and day from their approach during the regular season. My guess is the scouting report was get these guys early in the count or else you don't have a chance. Turns out they didn't have a chance either way.
 

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