JotCast | World Series Game 5 Chat

Dan Szymborski

8:02

Good evening!

DJ Kitty

8:02

Jeff Passan noted Game 4 was among wildest World Series games he's covered--with a "no (effin') way" finish--also singling out Game 6, 2011 and Game 7, 2016.

Last night's game was the only 9 inning game in that short list... can we quantify whether that was indeed the craziest 9 inning WS game?

Dan Szymborski

8:03

I actually have something on this for the morning.

8:03

I'm already dreading this series for Kershaw and Dodgers. Instead of reversing the 'narratives', game 4 ended up enforcing all of them. Now they have to rely on Kershaw to be super human - again - to reverse the tide and pitch until his arm falls off.

Dan Szymborski

8:03

Every playoff series has an awkward narrative.

Dodger Fan

8:03

I have no memory of last night. Please, no one tell me what I missed.

David Laurila

8:03

Hello Dan. Hello fellow baseball fans. (Dan is a baseball fan fellow, as well.)

Dan Szymborski

8:04

Hey David, how's it going?

David Laurila

8:04

Tonight can't possibly b as fun as last night. Right? Maybe not right.

Dan Szymborski

8:05

Depends on the team you're rooting for. The last few innings were bananas and wonderfully tense baseball at its best.

Me, I'm fine with either team winning!

David Laurila

8:05

Kevin Cash earlier today: “It was pandemonium last night. The ball was being thrown around all over the place, kicked around; Randy is falling. It was a pretty fun night — certainly for the Tampa Bay Rays — and a good night for baseball as a whole. I would imagine that’s the type of game fans want to see.”

Dan Szymborski

8:05

May not be quite as fun for Rays/Dodgers fan.

8:06

For some reason, Brett Phillips needing some clubhouse medicine after exhausting himself just makes the legend of last night greater!

David Laurila

8:06

Dave Roberts admitted to being shellshocked after the winning run scored, but “yesterday was yesterday and our focus has to be about today — today only.”

Dan Szymborski

8:07

He might deserve to be manager of the year if he can actually get his team to not think about yesterday!

And he's certainly gotta be thinking about Jansen. His location was a disaster and he was out of options trying to put away batters.

David Laurila

8:07

Roberts was asked this afternoon how he slept last night. His response:

“Actually I slept well. I had a little help, but I slept well. Some medication. I slept like a baby.”

Dan Szymborski

8:08

I don't have kids, but from what people who I know who have kids say, sleeping like a baby isn't that great.

8:09

Though my one-year-old nephew seems to sleep well. I didn't know putting babies in sacks to sleep was a thing, but apparently it is!

Guest

8:09

How hot is Dave Robert's seat right now?

Dan Szymborski

8:10

It's gotta be at least warm. At some point, someone always faces the axe when there's disappointment.

David Laurila

8:10

Tyler Glasnow said yesterday that he doesn’t need to make specific adjustments against Dodgers hitters, he simply needs to execute his pitches better than h did in his last start -- especially early in the count so that he’s working ahead. If he does, he feels he can match up against anybody.

8:11

Markus Betts continues to be good at baseball.

Dave Roberts

8:12

pretty close to ideal start for the Dodgers

Dan Szymborski

8:13

David, do you watch Peaky Blinders? Someone on Twitter yesterday made a comparison between Cillian Murphy and Tyler Glasnow that I can't un-see now.

LarryTheBerry

8:13

If LA loses today do you think they throw Bueler in G6? Or save him for G7 know that they'd need to win both anyway?

David Laurila

8:13

Kevin Cash was asked today if the Rays need to start pitching around Kyle Seager. He said that with the Dodgers’ lineup, they’d be asking for trouble if “they get cute and try to pitch around guys.” Might want to rethink that one.

8:14

I have never heard of Peaky Blinders, nor of Cillian Murphy.

Sam

8:15

I don't remember the last time I've seen Corey Seager make an out

Dan Szymborski

8:15

Definitely check it out if you get a chance, it's a period British gangster show. And at like 30 episodes, which is like 20 more than any English show in history.

Sam: In the field!

Kwah

8:16

I was in the left field bleachers for Game 1 2000 World "Subway" Series, Yankees over Mets, one of the longest WS games in history. Twas fun, lot of crazy stuff happened. Last night watching on the telly with you folks was as entertaining.

Guest

8:16

Corey Seager, David?

David Laurila

8:16

I'm bad on Seagers.

Dan Szymborski

8:16

I call Bellinger Clay all the time.

8:17

Which is weird given that his dad wasn't a prominent player.

But I also refer to both Romines as Kevin sometimes.

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