2024 MLB General Chat

More than the Dodgers winning the series it sound like the Yankees gave it away.
Five unearned runs in one inning seldom ends well for the team making the error. They did get the lead again for a minute, though, and the Dodgers earned their way back
 
Congrats Dodgers, I'd say more but since you were one of about 6-7 teams to have a ligit chance of winning, it's kind of hollow.

Here's the issue with baseball and they don't want to ever talk about fixing it. In the NFL over the last 20 years, about every team has had some measure of success, at least making it to the playoffs and being in contention, all 32 teams. In baseball this does not happen, and as currently constructed, never will. The LA Dodgers had 18 players this season make $4 million or more, my team the Reds, had 4. The Guardians had 8. Now in contrast, the SF Giants had 14 players make over $4 million and the stunk, so it's not just spending money, to be fair.

But here's the issue. The higher salary teams have more latitude when it comes to player injuries and performance. The Dodgers had 6-7 of there higher salaried players not even participate in the playoffs. Very few teams in baseball could make a run in the postseason with that many key players injured. Some teams can just go buy more players, most cannot.
 
More than the Dodgers winning the series it sound like the Yankees gave it away.
Just Game 5. The Dodgers won the series fairly, even with their star suffering from a dislocated shoulder. The Yankees stars had no such excuse.
 
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The Dodgers told their players in scouting meetings that the Yankees were built on talent rather than fundamentals, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported. Los Angeles knew that the Yankees would beat themselves with self-inflicted errors. All they had to do was put the ball in play and watch the Bronx Bombers implode.

The Dodgers noted that the Yankees were the worst baserunning team in the Majors by nearly every metric. The team's analytics also found that the Yankees had the worst-positioned outfield in the majors. There was no command on relay throws, and players like Jazz Chisholm Jr. were often just standing still.

 
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