GDT: 2018 World Series: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

[BostonBob]

Well that was fast.


from espn.com:

The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros have been installed as co-favorites to win the 2019 World Series heading into an offseason that could see impactful free agents change teams and shake up the odds.

The Red Sox and Astros, the past two World Series champions, are each listed at 6-1 at the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, two potential landing spots for prized free agent Bryce Harper, are each 7-1.

 

[DangleCity]

Great way for series to end with Sale on the mound and Machado at the plate. Machado corkscrewing himself into the dirt on that last whiff.


Would have given the MVP to Price, Pearce was clutch though. Kelly was also dynamite.

 

[DougieSmash]

suck it, machado

 

[Duke33]

Congrats Bo sox fans. Feel bad but kind of funny LA lost 2 straight in the World Series. Rangers twitter account was trolling? Said support group for back to back World Series loses meet on Tuesday.

Kershaw remain a Dodger?

And both of the deciding final games 5-1 losses at Dodger Stadium.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Congrats to the Sox. Best team all year (and one of the best in the last 20 years) won it.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Those bitter New York tabloid headlines are priceless.

 

[Maestro84]

Just what Boston needs...another major sports championship. My hometown of Toronto has seen a big fat ZERO chips in the last 25 years and just 2 in the last 50+ years, so Boston fans, you guys are spoiled rotten with all these world class sports teams year in year out. Bo-town's an awesome city to visit though!

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Price should have won MVP.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Sox and the Astros are the 2019 WS favorites.

 

[John Price]

One of the most predictable and detestable seasons in recent memory.

Congrats.

Hoping this don't become a regular occurrence like the NBA where the favorite wins every year. Look at the Warriors people. Dominate regular season. Dominate playoffs. Them in a whole different class from the rest of the league. This is BAD for sports.

This is MLB for goodness sake. This is not the NBA. Hoping more teams step up as contenders in 2019.

 

[Reality Check]

Don't care for Boston whatsoever but I'm happy for Dombrowski.

He is a good GM and his moves paid off. Especially in the postseason.

 

[John Price]

Is this also Dombroski first title

I remember him in Detroit he came close once but did not win. Lot of people called him "Dumbrowski". Props to him I guess. He is a good GM. Finally got his.

 

[Bocephus86]

Price should have won MVP.

Conspiracy theory floating around Boston is that (many) of the writers don't like Price & used Pearce's performance as a way to not give him the MVP, even though he pretty clearly deserved it. If Pearce didn't do what he did, there would have been no cover for not voting Price MVP.

 

[tony d]

Good to see my Red Sox win the World Series. Pearce had a good run but Price would have made more sense as MVP.

 

[Terry Yake]

Is this also Dombroski first title

I remember him in Detroit he came close once but did not win. Lot of people called him "Dumbrowski". Props to him I guess. He is a good GM. Finally got his.

he was the marlins GM in 97

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Just realized I voted Dodgers in 6 in the poll when I mean Sox in 6

 

[c9777666]

 

[Fenway]

 

[Fenway]

How the World Series MVP went down

Silverman: MVP vote no Pearce of cake

LOS ANGELES — The vote for World Series MVP was close.

According to an MLB source, the count was 3-2, Steve Pearce ahead of David Price.
If you want to know how tough the decision was, ask one of the voters.

That would be me.

J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group and I shared the Baseball Writers Association of America’s vote for World Series MVP. We were one of five members of the electorate. The others were FOX Sports, ESPN Radio, MLB Network World Feed
and MLB.com.

Hoornstra and I thought Price and Pearce should share MVP honors.

All we knew was we were supposed to come to an agreement on our vote, but not if we could split a vote like that.
We submitted our vote, saying if we could vote for co-MVPs, that was our first choice. But if they needed one name only, we wanted Price.

We were told splitting the vote was fine. Pearce would get half a vote, Price the other half.

Ironically, if we had settled on Price alone as our choice, we would have gotten our wish, co-MVPs. Price and Pearce would have finished with 2.5 votes each from the panel.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Have there ever been World Series co-MVPs?

 

[John Price]

Jones defends Garrett for attending WS game

Of all the things to get riled up about Who cares that Garrett is at the game.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Have there ever been World Series co-MVPs?

Schilling and Randy Johnson

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Eovaldi is gonna cash in big time.

 

[Halladay]

The Dodgers are franchised that is cursed and nobody seems to mention that.