This game is driving me fucking insane. We already had ONE American League chokeathon today, one is enough.
"Gibbons removed Dickey with two out, one on and a 7-1 lead in the fifth inning to bring in David Price for his first relief appearance in five years. Price wound up allowing three runs and throwing 50 pitches in three innings, which pretty much eliminates him from pitching in the decisive fifth game." WTF?
I also see that Dodgers fans are once again putting opposing fans in the ICU, this time smashing a Mets' fan's head in. What the fuck is wrong at that stadium?
It happened Friday night. http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2015...dger-stadium-which-fan-was-critically-injured
I take it back then. I saw a traffic map to for the route to and surrounding Dodgers Stadium on Friday night...I see why fans there are constantly filled with such rage. You know when you pull up Google Maps Traffic view in any normal place and the blood red color is usually restricted to construction or massive accident? Yea, that was 80% of the roads, the rest were normal red with a smattering of orange. Fuck that noise
This x 1000. I have been all over the US (and Canada!) to MLB stadiums. Except for Atlanta where I go a lot, it's always been a city I'd never been to before, and I'm there in a rental car. LA is not the worst city for traffic that I've been to, but it is hands down the worst I have ever experienced trying to leave a ballgame. It was the perfect storm of awful: limited, lousy, confusing egress points, drunk fans all piling in cars, no give gap/ take gap courtesy, clogged collector roads, honking and yelling like it's going to help, and bad drivers. Terrible.
Police say Dodger Stadium assault suspects thought to be mom, son http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...dger-stadium-assault-suspects-thought-mom-son
Damn you. Damn you all. With my beloved Cubbies leading 5-4 in the top of the 7th, they bring in the infamous Fernando Rodney. All I can think of is this board's disdain for all things Rodney. Thanks for putting that nugget in the back of my head... First batter: strike out Second batter: walk Third batter: fly out to left (including 2 in the dirt requiring serious scooping skills by Montero) Meanwhile, he was just called "the wild card of their bullpen," which never means what you hope it means. The Rodney Pitching Train is not something I enjoy watching now...
This sums up my thoughts on the matter quite nicely. http://deadspin.com/eat-shit-leitch-1736329729 Incidentally, this was the first time the Cubs had won a series at Wrigley Field in franchise history.
Lets not forget him doing his arrow firing celebration despite putting the tying run on base. I was seriously terrified once they put him in. Regardless, I love this team. Each successive bit of progress is even more unexpected and fun. I would have been happy with 85-90 wins this year, and suddenly the playoffs are wide open. Can't wait. I'm gonna spend more time in Wrigleyville bars over the next few weeks than I normally do in an entire summer. I can only imagine what it was like there tonight. I was watching the game down the street from Wrigley on Saturday and it was electric.
Rooting for our birds today. Nervous, Shimmered? May the best team win. I just hope that team is Toronto.
I'm kind of rooting for the Cubbies, except for fucking Rodney. Nothing will piss me off more then him getting a ring after almost single handily fucking up the Mariners season. If he does get one, I hope that he pulls his arrow shooting bullshit during the victory parade and someone mistakes him for a threat and shoots him.