World Series Game 7

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Originally Posted by Fred

I watched the entire 7 game series and was hoping to see the Dodgers choke because they had the second highest payroll, just $2M behind the Mets, but then when you consider all the deferrals in payment that would actually place the Dodgers well ahead of everyone. Dave Roberts a great manager? Hell, you could put an experienced college level coach in and he'd probably have had a better record. I loved it when Roberts was playing the odds and put a lefty in vs Barger (no HRs vs lefty's in 117 at bats prior to the "SLAM").

There were also disgusting moments like in game 7 when Springer was jogging to second thinking Vlad walked and then was thrown out for a stike'm out, throw'em out double play which killed the first inning for the Jays in game 7.

At what point do these "big leaguers" get reprimanded for not hustling. Yes, 99% of the time not hustling will not lead to outs or potential scoring losses, but when it does happen, it makes you wonder why the players aren't benched. Baseball is a game of "Charlie Hustle". You play hard and never stop. Looks like today's players just don't get that.

I was happy that Kershaw's last game was him holding the Jays in the ninth inning of that marathon win for the Dodgers. All you could do was hope that Roberts wouldn't put Clayton in a position to have to pitch in a high leverage situation and blow it with that 90mph fast ball. So sad to see the skills diminished on a player like Kershaw. I mean he was one of the games best when he was in his prime.

You have to give a lot of props to Yamamoto. Wow, throws near a hundred pitches in game 6 then comes back out the next night for the win in game 7. That was a pretty interesting game 7 when you consider (4) starters pitched in that game.

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Dave Roberts is everyone's favorite punching bag, and I've certainly jumped on that bandwagon. But he did make some awesome calls when it counted:

1) Not pinch hitting for Miguel Rojas in the 9th inning in Game 7 (and frankly putting him into the lineup in Game 6)
2) Defensive substitution in center field in the 9th inning in Game 7 -- Andy Pages for Tommy Edman
3) Letting Yamamoto pitch in Game 7
4) Not emptying the bench too early in Game 3 (unlike Schneider)