Dodger Blue Balls

I think I finally found something that can get Los Angeles liberals to stop worrying about democracy. At least for a few hours. Last night’s 18-inning World Series Game 3 may have been the best World Series game ever. It went on so long, at one point I worried it would run into Opening Day. While the headlines are about the heroics of Freddie Freeman (another World Series walkoff) and Shohei Ohtani (two homers, two doubles, five walks, and an out call at second that proved he’s human which makes him all the more unbelievable) the game was really won by some relatively unknown relief pitchers. Freddie Freeman hits walk-off HR to end 18-inning epic. (As a Giants fan, I’m just hoping this game tires the Dodgers out for next season…)

+ “The powers that be have tried to make baseball behave. They have strictly restricted the time between pitches. They have tampered with once-sacrosanct rules to ensure that extra innings aren’t too extra. They have made the sport more predictable, more pliable, more presentable, more marketable. For much of the year, they have made major league games into activities it’s possible to plan around. In pursuit of popularity and profit, they have tried to break baseball like a bucking bronco. They have tried to make it conform. But baseball is incorrigible, and it will not be bound.” The Dodgers’ Game 3 Win Was a Series Unto Itself.

+ The Dodgers’ historic World Series Game 3 victory, by the numbers. (I only wish my friends who are Dodgers fans would lose mine.)