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He exceeded the majority of fans' quite pessimistic predictions getting to 60 wins.. Perception is 90% of reality.

Shohei Ohtani and the most dominant MLB playoff game ever https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46632002/2025-mlb-playoffs-nlcs-los-angeles-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-two-way-dominance Jeff Passan article After the game, Roberts kept his comments short and impactful. He hasn’t forgotten the critics who claimed the Dodgers were “ruining baseball,” and he made it clear his team intends to do exactly that in the World Series. “Before this season started, they said the Dodgers are ruining baseball. Let's get four more wins and really ruin baseball,” Roberts said on the air. The Dodgers are red hot right now, and that’s exactly what October baseball is all about. Their focus is crystal clear: one singular goal — to “ruin baseball.” www.si.com

"You already know which one won. Even if you adjust Ohtani's heavily deferred $700 million contract for inflation, that four-man Dodgers rotation collectively makes more than the entire Brewers $123 million roster. The smallest of those four contracts (Glasnow's five-year, $137 million deal) would still obliterate the Brewers' largest contract ever for a pitcher (Matt Garza, four years and $50 million). Brewers manager Pat Murphy, fond of calling his very talented roster the "Average Joes," leaned into that dichotomy throughout the series, at one point claiming that some Dodgers players couldn't name more than eight players on his roster. It possibly became a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the Dodgers absolutely looked and acted like the more talented team. Back-to-back Dodgers titles would mean money works, even if plenty of other high-spending teams — the Dodgers included — have struggled to dominate like what L.A. is doing now. The New York Mets, MLB's second-largest payroll, failed to make the postseason. The New York Yankees, with the third-largest payroll, have won only one title since 2000 and crashed out hard in the ALDS." yahoo.com/sports

Shouldn't that also mean the White Sox have no reason to be NOT be competitive in the "poorest" (payrolls and media c rights deals/market size) MLB division overall? Cards and Cubs at $350 million combined. Detroit just ahead of StL. Brewers second best team in baseball at $115 million. Reds/Pirates equivalent to Twins/White Sox entering this offseason, with the Reds also a playoff team. Guardians also extremely competitive based on $$$/team win...similar to Milwaukee.

Traded D.Jones (backup to Mahomes) and Jonathan Taylor for Kyren Williams and Brian Thomas. Too risky? Already lost Nabers, tied 5-1 in 12 team league...next two opponents missing Nacua/Egbuka and St.Brown/D.Adams due to bye weeks.

Three homers for Ohtani. Legendary. GOAT. Darling claims he's on AI settings lol. All three homers over 420 feet.

Everything going Dodgers' way...

Apparently Ohtani wants to pitch as a closer in the WS if he doesn't start G4. Will have a long time since last regular season start...tonight...and the fourth game of the Series. Looks like he will get lifted near 100 pitches. Milwaukee simply has to score at least two runs here.

You keep quoting FG prospects ratings in this discussion back and forth. Why why why? Here's your direct quote... "FanGraphs had him at #41 on their Red Sox prospects list. Thanks for pointing out another Getz development success. I hope he does better than Matthew Thompson or Cristian Mena, your last guaranteed ROY candidates"

Ummm...that's such a burn. Said only with a Sean Penn "Fast Times at Ridgemont High/Lockjaw" accent. (All Sox fans that haven't played MLB should just not bother to show up at games.) Included on that list of yours are Andrew Friedman, Theo Epstein and Rick Hahn.

FG has never been considered as good as Baseball America or Law or MLB Pipeline for prospect rankings btw. Nobody on this site believes the Sox could have done anything other than maybe beaten out the Twins for fourth.. which would have negatively impacted the draft odds for 2026 anyway.

Sal Frelick making one of the better catches of the postseason in RF. Psycho Eyes.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-18-sp-2375-story.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjasY3X1ayQAxUlEzQIHZ4bGhcQFnoECAMQAg&usg=AOvVaw0k-KdUf-aWgS9WOuaWjIXg Story on the Bo Jackson 479 foot called shot homer hit on one hip to beat A's 1-0 TLR apparently did a KW and tossed the post game spread. Ron Darling's favorite macaroni salad from the Bertucci Brothers suddenly unavailable. Gio Stanton has the longest Statcast Era bomb of 475 feet in Dodger Stadium...dating back to 2015.

Ohtani is back. Up and over the pavilion roof. 117 even 469 feet Second two homer game in postseason, first Dodger to accomplish that feet. Beats Schwarber's blast onto the rooftop by about 15 feet. Willie Stargell the only other player to clear it in a game.

Looks like only ten total sweeps in the ALCS and NLCS since 1985...

The main question will be why not Hoffman there...?

Perkins just got doubled off from first base...by the LEFT fielder, Ki-ke Hernandez. Geez. Talk about when it rains, it pours. Jose Quintana has to wear it for now.

I keep hearing how prospect ratings don't really matter that much. That pretty much only leaves the record of the big league team as the ultimate arbiter of success. Nobody thinks Francona would have led the Sox anywhere besides last. But a good number would question whether Venable could have gotten the Reds to the postseason in similar fashion.

Looks like Ohtani showed up to play...3-0 already in the first with the Brewers on the brink.

Just turned into a classic for Ms fans. Suarez and Arozarena (hbp) come through after Raleigh had the key clutch dinger to tie it. Going with Little over Hoffman? And now Springer might be hurt?

Here's the series-defining pitching move by Wilson.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have played 124 games in the postseason since 2011. The White Sox 7.

Team that have the resources to go for months into the season without games being played will simply ignore the CBA issue and take advantage of having fewer bidders to fight against. The rich get richer...yet again.

What percentage of Rule 5 guys even stick? Does this means S.Smith will have a HoF track until being derailed by injuries? And the Brewers rode guys like Priester Patrick and Misiorowski all the way to the doorstep of the World Series. They simply had a pitching logjam in AA/AAA because of their quality depth.

What you might expect of Keith Law coming on a Blue Jays/Sox broadcast to provide prospect commentary and insider insights...