Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers must find offense in NLDS against Padres pitchers
SAN DIEGO — In the aftermath of a Game 2 victory over the Dodgers that leveled the National League Division Series, San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish complimented his former team’s offense. Darvish mentioned how the Dodgers extended at-bats by fouling off pitch after pitch. He marveled at the restraint to not swing at pitches they couldn’t drive. He said in Japanese, “They played typical ...
SAN DIEGO — In the aftermath of a Game 2 victory over the Dodgers that leveled the National League Division Series, San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish complimented his former team’s offense.
Darvish mentioned how the Dodgers extended at-bats by fouling off pitch after pitch. He marveled at the restraint to not swing at pitches they couldn’t drive.
He said in Japanese, “They played typical Dodgers baseball.”
Darvish diplomatically neglected to mention another traditional element of Dodgers baseball that transformed the series.
Their hitters choked.
This is an October tradition almost as well-established as Halloween,
