Autumn Dreamin

Nice quick inning there

Sox come in with the bullpen rest advantage, so building on it would be great for the series.

Everyone in town, including lots of Japanese media, and no game prep for Mune while he heals up... Good time to announce an extension if you ask me 😉

My guy Adams on the bump for Charlotte

Mune's parents are in town too, such a shame he's not playing. A HR off Sasaki or Yamamoto would have done crazy numbers on social media lol

FWIW Roberts said Smith would be good to go on the 7th, then he didn't play for 3-4 more days, then he went on the IL, so Dodgers fans don't seem to trust his injury prognostications. They have every reason to be especially cautious with Shohei, though I'm sure a lot of fans would love to see him and Mune both fully healthy for this series.

Boston appears to have an organizational communication problem lol I remember Hendriks voicing some frustrations on this, both with his injury status and his role on the team.

I just meant for this game, since Rushing just started 3 straight while they were evaluating Smith's injury.

Will Smith is out for LA, old friend Chuckie Robinson likely starting behind the plate. Vesia probably not available for their pen after pitching two straight. One of Scott/Klein might be out too, both have gone 2 of last 3. Ohtani will reportedly see how he feels after flying in and warming up. I hope he's okay but also sits out a couple games as a precaution.

Dodgers win in Pittsburgh, but they had to work for it. Should be down a couple arms for tomorrow.

Same. And if they win in August, I'll count that as a sweep too. But if they lose, I'll still say we won the series 😅

There's a hat now, wonder if it ends up in the HR celly

Read this was the case with Philly. They traded for $500k of space from the Dodgers earlier this season to fulfill an agreement with Chan-min Park, but apparently still have a Taiwanese IFA they need extra space for.