Wearing an ensemble that no Californian would ever wear!
Dafuq is wrong with you?
I try to avoid bitching about stuff like that, but damn man,thats not how I wanted to see that epic match end.
Just a damn shame for how epic its been the last month.
I mean...I have lots of emotions, but this is absolutely correct.
I didn't get to watch the first half of the game, but I was checking on the ESPN app. Betts kept getting hits and no one else was. Fortunately, the Dodgers "bullpen game" plan worked to perfection. Whether it was ineptitude at the plate or damn good pitching, the Giants mustered only 6 hits -- only one of which was meaningful -- while the Dodgers had exactly the same totals through 7.2 innings.
The Giants were pretty bad at the plate all series, scoring only 10 runs in 5 games. In this game, the Dodgers did JUST ENOUGH to win. After an absolutely embarrassing season, Cody Bellinger came up huge when it mattered.
As for the game ending call, I have no delusions that Whining Wilmer was going to do anything against Scherzer. But he should have gotten the opportunity. I was standing up in my living room watching the game with my son. The pitch was delivered, and Smith pointed for the check, and I said no. When the camera switched and the first base umpire rung him up, my reaction was, "WHAT?! Really?" No way in the world was that a swing. Obviously, I'll take the result, but there is NO WAY any game should end on a check swing that isn't beyond dispute, and this one wasn't even borderline.
Of course, Dodger fans on social media all began to scream about one of the mid-season games where Darin Ruf DIDN'T get rung up on an obvious swing that would and should have ended a game that the Giants ended up winning. As though this was some sort of make-up call or "karma" from the "baseball gods," which is just silly.
One guy on Reddit said it best: "It was a shitty call. And it will go down as one of many big huge moments in the long history between these two teams, and I’m ok with that. We hate each other for a reason.
I want the bad blood and the rage and the desire for revenge. It’s the best rivalry in sports for a reason, and we were all getting too happy and friendly and swapping players and executives and joking about the [P]adres and shit. Fuck that.
Giants fans, you got jobbed. You wouldn’t have won anyway, but you got jobbed. Thems the breaks. We’ll see you next year. . . . It’ll be an even year, y’all like those. Let’s do it all again.
God, I love baseball."
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