21 thoughts on “NLCS Game 3: Battle of Los Angeles Emergency Log”

1. just gotta say it

   PUIG!

   1. totes fo sho.

   2. And I see Puig is already getting criticized for "excessive celebration" following his triple. I didn't see what he did, but if you're not allowed to get excited after hitting an RBI triple in the playoffs, when are you allowed to get excited?

      1. He flipped his bat and strutted out of the box, thinking he hit a HR.

         Then he realized he hadn't, turned on the jets, and had a stand up triple (complete with a little skip/hop thing into 3rd).

         1. And then celebrated on the bag. I'm not saying it wasn't excessive, but what jeff said.

            1. Video from MLB.com

               1. Has anyone checked Brian McCann's house in case he passed out on the bath tub from that aneurysm?

      2. because criticizing Puig for having some flair is the storyline with him. ESPN will devote all its baseball highlights tomorrow breaking it down.

         1. Unless some football occured.

      3. The problem was he was celebrating a HR that wasn't. If he didn't stand at home for a little while, then a standup triple could have been a ITPHR. They may not have gone for it with 1 out in a playoff game, but he did get stranded. His own manager was shaking his head about that when TBS was talking to him during the game.

         1. I've seen the replay now, and I agree it looks bad to do the whole bat-flip, hands in the air thing when the ball doesn't go out of the park. However, a) I've seen a lot of players do it, even in the playoffs, b) I really don't think they'd have tried to score him regardless, and c) the criticism I saw was of what he did on third base, not in the batter's box. I will admit, though, that I'm really tired of the GOML crowd criticizing Puig and so I'm probably quicker to defend him than I would be some others.

         2. He seemed to run very quickly to make it a triple. Was he thinking "Oh shoot! Not a homer! Get all the bases I can or coach will be ticked!" getting to third, making up for the few seconds of celebrating and slowing down? Finding his "next gear"?
            Maybe his celebration was "Yes! I made up for my premature celebration and got to third base anyways! Plus: RsBI!"
            I find it hard to imagine him stretching that into a homer without a defender falling down or the ball bouncing past an outfielder.

            1. the bat flip basically looked like every ii at bat, ever.

2. solid victory for the Wild
   although I feel bad for Buffalo. No wins so far this year.

   1. 1 point from 7 games thus far. No bueno.

3. in game reading: OMG Buxton!!!!!

4. 2 runs so far. Dodgers should've saved one of those for tomorrow.

5. looked like Crawford's foot bounced over the plate

6. a playoff game under 3 hours....unpossible

   1. Because Cardinal pitchers don't take ten minutes between pitches like, say, Boston's.

7. Another day, another shutout.

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