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Eric Stephen

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Baseball punnedit for @sbnation.bsky.social, covering the Dodgers for @truebluela.bsky.social. Podcasting at @threeinningsave.com. Purveyor of old friend alerts. BBWAA member "Eric has an eye for things that other people can't find." -Joe Davis

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2m

No, everyone is silent

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 52m

So close

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 58m

Today was the Dodgers' 11th walk-off win in their postseason history

Hyeseong Kim is the second Dodgers pinch-runner to score the winning run in a postseason walk-off, joining Eddie Miksis, who scored on Cookie Lavagetto's 2-run double to break up Bill Bevens' no-hitter and win Game 4 of 1947 WS

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

❤️

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

Same! I was obsessed with the idea that a batter could be good enough to foul off any pitch until he got his walk

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

Ohtani, Snell, Glasnow, Yamamoto, Sasaki in NLDS:

pitched 28 of 38 innings (73.7%)
1.93 ERA, 33 K, 11 BB

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

watching over the Chicks

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

Dave Roberts on Alex Call, who has 3 singles, 2 walks & HBP in his 6 PA this postseason:

"Alex, he's a winner. He's sort of on the periphery, but the guys love him. He's a baseball player. He's prepared. Whatever situation I ask of him he's ready."

A mockup of the cover of the 1951 book THE KID WHO BATTED 1.000 but with "OBP'd" instead of "batted." Cover also shows a batter wearing a Chicks baseball uniform holding a bat with his right hand

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

they are taunting me at this point

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

I always enjoyed some version of "his wrists broke" a certain degree, which always sounded more painful than the swing itself

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

yes, you've cracked it

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1h

Dave Roberts called Roki Sasaki's 3 perfect innings from the 8th through the 10th inning today "one of the great all-time performances out of the ‘pen, that I can remember."

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Tyler Glasnow after throwing 6 scoreless innings with 8 strikeouts in his first postseason start for the Dodgers:

“It means everything. It’s been a dream of mine for a long time not only to play for the Dodgers, but in the postseason, and in meaningful games. It feels incredible.”

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Agree

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

no, I was too busy thinking about all the star power in this series

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

I think that’s the right move and the likely one

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Dave Roberts said they will talk through things regarding who will start Game 1 of the NLCS

Shohei Ohtani an option for Game 1, but they also like pitching him with an off day the next day when possible (less fatigue while hitting), so Game 2 would fit in that case

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Glasnow said he started feeling cramping in the 3rd or 4th inning but “I just tried to put it out of my mind.”

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Dave Roberts said Tyler Glasnow was battling cramps in the 5th and 6th innings, which informed the decision to take him out

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3h

That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.

What a crushing way for any team to end a season.

Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 3h

Dodgers will next play Monday in Game 1 of the NLCS

Either in Milwaukee against the Brewers, or at Dodger Stadium against the Cubs

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 3h

UHF was distributed by Orion

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 3h

The longest game the Dodgers ever won to clinch a postseason series was Game 4 of the 1978 NLCS against the Phillies, with a Bill Russell walk-off single in the 10th inning to score Ron Cey

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 3h

yeah, *have to*