It’s time for the 2019 Baseball Playoffs and once again October means the baseball season is almost over and over the next couple of weeks we will watch the MLB playoffs.

First we will have the ‘Wild Card’ match ups and

Dodgers 2019

then on to the actually playoffs, ending with the World Series, which is schedule to be played October 22 to the 30th

mlb.com/postseason

If the Dodgers can hang in there and make it once again to the ‘World Series’, it will be their 3rd in a row to make it but have yet to win.

Hopefully the old saying the third time is a charm’ will work out in the Dodgers favor.

It would be nice to see another World Series victory.

The dodgers last world series win was in 1988 when Kirk Gibson hit the iconic home run in Game 1 and the Dodgers beat the Oakland A’s 4 games to 1.

wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_World_Series

However , it is the same old story for the LA Angels. (and in the past the Angel fans were blaming the old coach, Mike Scioscia, for all the team losses or lack of wins as so elegantly stated by an Angel representative just before Mike retired as manager/coach.

The Angels have not been to the playoffs since 2014, but there is always hope for next year. The last year the Angels not only got to the World Series, but won it was in 2002, and it was under the supervision of Mike Scioscia.

www.LAAngels.com

If the Dodgers once again make it the World Series, but fail to win once again, I am hoping that this time someone in upper management will take a much needed long close look at Dave Roberts and his ability to lead the team in high pressure situations.

 His past decisions when it came down to the wire, such as letting Darvish pitch for the second time in the 2017 games, even after totally blowing it with his first attempt, he allowed so many runs that the Dodgers.

No matter how good they were, could not catch up, and not just in the first game he pitched but the second as well.

Why Did the Dodgers Lose World Series 2017?

Yu Darvish Is Now Public Enemy Number One in L.A. newsweek.com

Then Roberts repeats in mistakes once again last year in the 2018 games, allowing Kershaw and Jansen to blow it.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Kershaw, but sometimes he really struggles with his pitches and a really good manager should have been able to see it.

Dodgers Lose World Series For Second Straight Year, Red Sox Win 9th Title in Team History.

nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Red-Sox-Dodgers-World-Series-Game

How the Dodgers do this year in not only the World Series, but also the playoffs, comes down to how well Dave Roberts can get the pitching rotation figured out.

The Dodgers have a whole lot of talent both new and not so new, he just needs to get it right.

Roberts cannot solely base his decisions on how much the pitcher, such as Kershaw, wants to pitch and to win, everybody has bad days.

Roberts just needs to be on top of it and be prepared to pull any player that is having a that ‘bad day’.

I have my fingers crossed that this year the Dodgers will once again not only make it to the World Series, but are victorious. Go Blue! www.dodgers.com

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