i'm laughing, actually

It was the best of timelines. It was the worst of timelines.

@MaxTGoodman Unless Judge dominates again, it'll go to the guy who's setting the record for a catcher. To make it worse, Stanton's potent leadership right now only highlights how rarely Judge gets the big clutch hit.

The regular season ends exactly one month from today. Who do you think will win AL MVP?

@MrIce0502 @EvanRobertsWFAN Teams give up, which is what the Nats have now done. You take a bunch of players whose season is now meaningless and turn them loose in NYC nightlife. And then they play flat all series.

@EvanRobertsWFAN Evan. Why don’t u send out the Mets attendance for their 7:10 game against their top rival and the Yanks attendance for their Wednesday 1:05 start against the Nats that made you guys look bad? I figured that’s what was on your mind. Cant believe the Mets lost 2 of 3 to them

What if McLean is so dominant in less than 50IP he wins Rookie of the Year and keeps his rookie status for next year. Could he win it in back to back seasons?

@DJLeMVP Have you seen many at bats against him this year? Hitters are so lost they are falling apart. Gossage level overmatched.

Chapman shitting himself in a major playoff moment for the Sox is going to wipe away all goodwill he’s built with that fanbase and I’m gonna laugh my ass off

@Wittman7 And again tonight after they walked Rojas intentionally to get the lefty matchup on him and he came up big.

@Wittman7 Hard not to see what a key moment in his young career this was. He puts a lot of pressure on himself and has high expectations so he's been pressing. This was crucial to get him to relax and just play.

If Dalton Rushing is good the rest of the year we’ll look back at this game as a turning point. Dodgers in a dire situation facing a sweep and Roberts showed Rushing he has confidence in him. Got rewarded

@davidrifkin ↗️

@davidrifkin It's Fried against a team that gave up trying to be mlb caliber a week ago. Rest anyone, rest everyone. It's a W.

“It’s go time” then proceeds to sit Stanton and Caballero. Can’t make it up 🤦‍♂️

@ChadMoriyama It's May all over again. This whole game was a flashback. Pages practically the only hitter grinding hard, running bases like he's on crack but somehow this fires up the team and they get rolling.

Love Andy, but man ... at some point the baserunning stuff has to improve, dude.

@itsmrevandaniel 18-14

@HalToHell Is Vida Blue up there?

Best ERA+ in first 2 seasons, MLB history. Who’s #2?

@Frank_3_16 @DodgerBlue1958 He's a rare class act. I enjoy the rivalry currently so it's fun to be annoyed by opposing players. I know some guys who made it to mlb and have seen what it takes. Nothing but respect for the players in my favorite sport (even the disgusting ones haha).

@PaxCanis @DodgerBlue1958 Might be heresy saying this, but I never hated Yu. Guy was robbed here with the sign stealing & never seemed bitter about how things played out. I'd never wish for the Padres to win anything (though I have a fair few teams hated above them), but if they do, I'd be happy for him.

Padres starters this weekend... Darvish: 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 5 Ks Cortes: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 Ks Pivetta: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 7Ks

@jordanhk92 @moneymosh12 @tipping_pitches Okay. How about a mound visit? Cole threw 38 pitches in the 5th and Boone didn't go out to help them regroup?

@moneymosh12 @tipping_pitches Rewatch the meltdown in Game 5 and tell me what manager could’ve stopped it

played in the World Series last year btw

@Frank_3_16 @DodgerBlue1958 When Yu did it, I was like wow tip your cap to the old master. When Cortes did it, I was like wow not a single guy on the entire Dodger roster is showing up here.

@DodgerBlue1958 I have no problems giving credit where it's due, but I'm sorry this is mostly down to our offense being pure horseshit. You witnessed this in the Rockies series.

@dangraphs_ The frustration watching this group, given the quality entering Spring, is extreme. They haven't just lost a lot, they have gotten humiliated over and over. If they ever unleash their own frustrations from this year they'll repeat.

ik 2018 had its rough patch but this has been worse

@Jared_Carrabis Trevor and Hell's Bells was classic.

Best reliever entrance of all-time. There’s not a close second.

@jhog667 @Howard_Cole The finally finally finally showed some grit. They can't just expect to show up and repeat. It's time to get down and grind at bats again.

@Howard_Cole The Phillies are catchable. But first win the Division. But hopefully that goes with capturing that 2nd seed.

Great win for the Dodgers. Everything fit right into place. They’ll take six of their last 10, and four of six vs San Diego, to put them in a better position now than they were when the home-and-home series began last Friday. Win six of every 10, you win the division. And then we’ll see about home field advantage. All good.

@Wittman7 The Reds now come to town with their season on the line and will be totally focused. Dodgers better play nine full innings every night.

All in all the Dodgers won 4 of the last 6 vs SD which we would’ve all gladly taken before the 2 series. It’s just losses to teams like the angels and Rockies that have cost them

@ChadMoriyama Shildt could easily have made the bullpen moves to shut down a pretty feeble Dodger offense. This was their most important game before playoffs.

Also, shitting on Roberts is a past time at this point, but leaving Estrada in was insane to me. A reminder that no matter who else you hire, they're unlikely to make the "right" call either.

@mark_a_bartlett @DMAC_LA The marine air in SD is heavy too. Pitcher's park for sure.

@DMAC_LA And it would’ve been a pop-fly in 20 of 30 ballparks.

This would have been a grand slam in 10 of 30 parks including Dodger Stadium. Just brutal.

@ChadMoriyama They better know the Reds whole season comes down to this next series. Time for Dodgers to wake up and stay awake for once.

As shitty as the first two games were, this series was basically what I wanted in end results. Padres are a good team, were at home, the Dodgers came off four at Coors, terrible indicators. Feels rather shitty, but they had to get one and did. Now comes the hard part.