The Dodgers don’t play again until Monday evening, so we have some time to wait, like seeing who wins between the Brewers and Cubs on Saturday night (5:08 p.m. PT, TBS) to determine the NLCS opponent. Or, we could peruse a few other baseball stories.
More on Roki Sasaki in the short term from Mirjam Swanson at the Orange County Register: “With this unflappable version of Sasaki in the bullpen, the Dodgers have found their closer for at least the rest of the postseason, the missing piece as they strive to become the first team in 24 years to win consecutive World Series titles.”
I really enjoyed the headline in the print edition of Friday’s Los Angeles Times:
Kyle Schwarber’s massive home run in Game 3 of the NLDS was deemed to have hit the top of the roof and over the right field pavilion, which earned him a commemorative plaque behind the pavilions at Dodger Stadium, along with other balls hit “out of the park.” Sonja Chen at MLB.com has more.
Power-hitting third baseman Munetaka Murakami, who turns 26 in February, will be posted by the Yakult Swallows this offseason, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.