World Series Game 2: Yankees (Rodon) at Dodgers (Yamamoto)

There really isn't anything they can do with Judge.
He's got a great Soto in front of him, and a hot Stanton behind him, and no matter what the FOX guys are saying, he is getting at least one good pitch to hit almost every at bat, sometimes more than one.
He's signed to a huge deal for another 7 years, and all he can do is age out of being a great hitter.
The only one who can fix him, if he can be fixed, is Judge, himself.

When the Yanks traded for Soto, I thought they should bat Judge 2nd and Soto 3rd, because it would force righties to give Judge pitches to hit, but at this point, I'm not sure that would matter. Anyway, they went chalk, putting the "better" hitter 2nd.
They can't move him down, can they move him UP to 2nd? Try something; anything has to be better than this. It can't get worse.

Thanks for that, been a lot of ups and downs during my 45 yrs as a Dodgers fan.  Still a long way to go in this series, you guys can easily get the next 2 games. Buehler is not what he used to be and then a bullpen game on Tues.  it’s going to get fun.

Thanks for being cool guys.

The Yankees were one out from a win last night, and one hit from tying this game or going ahead in the ninth.  Do you ever tire of being negative?  Your act here is beginning to get old fast.  How about some positivity for a change?  

We try to be cool to the cool. 

Nobody can help Judge right now. He's in his own head and it's becoming pretty obvious that he lacks that really serious "clutch gene" that so many Yankee greats have had come October. When they're walking Soto to get to the soon to be MVP who smacked 58 HR, drove in 144 and had an insane 1.159 OPS during the regular season, the book is out. He's Wayne Tolleson at the plate right now, just with more K's. It's impossible to express verbally how frustrating that is as a fan. I can't imagine how frustrating it is for him.

OK, Yanks get a much needed day off tomorrow, fly back home for game 3 at the Stadium at 8:08 on Monday evening. Gametime weather is forecast to be low 50's, going down to upper 40's by game's end, light winds, low humidity, a Wind chills mid 40's late in the game.

Walker Buehler goes for the Dodgers. He was 1-6 in 16 starts with a 5.38 ERA in the regular season. The Padres blasted him for 6 in the 2nd in his NLDS start against the Padres, but he bounced back with maybe his best start since coming off the IL mid-season this year: 4 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 2 BB and 6 K. His velocity is not all the way back, his command isn't all the way back, but his breaking stuff was very sharp against the Mets. Buehler is 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA in his two post-season starts. The Yanks will try to get off the canvas by starting Clarke Schmidt, who has good stuff, a wide assortment and questionable command. Schmidt was 5-5 with a 2.85 ERA in 16 starts in the regular season. In the playoffs, He's basically pitched the same game twice. In game 3 against the Royals, he held them off the board for 4 2/3, then gave up single, double, triple, knocking him out with the scored tied at 2 for a no-decision. In game 3 against the Indians, he again made it through 4 2/3, giving up 5 hits, 2 runs, 1 HR, 2 BB and 2 K, and left with the Yanks down 2-1. The offense took him off the hook for the loss, but the bullpen gave the game back and the Yanks lost.

OK, that's it for the game 3 preview, I'll check late notifications.