That seam shifted sinker Phillips threw Ortiz on 0-1 was wild. 30 inches of drop and 16 inches of horizontal break at 96.4 mph. Yikes.

Ohtani being unable to slug is a Big Deal. He might figure it out, but he looks hurt hurt and not just a little compromised.

This is why MLB puts so many old umpires that aren’t great behind the plate in postseason games: they don’t get overwhelmed and make weird calls like that balk. The three base umpires didn’t see anything, including Wegner at first and Porter at third. Moscoso blew that by not deferring to them.

Matt LaFleur has the coaching equivalent of the yips. He's completely discombobulated every time clock management is an issue. His internal monologue must be terrifying. Dude needs therapy and a long break from coaching.

Hard to believe Sam Antonacci isn’t on the Brewers. I guess he sucks at defense, but otherwise he fits their favorite profile almost perfectly.

Welp. Time to kick the shit out of the Dodgers and save baseball.

The Padres are a great team. I hate Machado for obvious partisan reasons, but they’re a likable team with great fans. If not the Brewers, they’d be the NL team I’d be rooting for to finally win a WS. They might’ve beaten the Braves/Dodgers if the seeds were different. Really fun series for baseball.

Garrett Mitchell caught that ball because we committed to booing Manny Machado eight years after the fact. We stuck up for Jesus Aguilar, Mitchell caught the ball. No doubt in my mind.

Morejon must be available tonight based on the early hooks for Buehler and Ray, right?

Hope Yeli watched some footage of game 7 of the 2018 NLCS vs. Walker Buehler. For me, that’s still the Brewers’ most painful playoff loss (no disrespect to 2011 or 2024 or 2019). It would feel extra good to crush Buehler tonight and put this series away.

Good night everyone but especially Chad Patrick, Robert Gasser, and Shane Drohan. Your services will be be needed in approximately 21 hours.

Dustin May can throw incredible pitches, but he seems to have very little conviction, confidence, grit, or resilience. I don’t remember that from watching him pitch for opposing teams; I wonder if he’s always been like this or if it’s something new. Not ideal given the prospects sent to St. Louis.

Lance Barrett is embarrassing himself.

All the talk about the end of the Brewers game has me wondering what my own trajectory might have been had I not hit some obstructions myself, imagine how far I might have gone or where I could have landed if perhaps my own Padres had been different.

The Padres were lucky to be in that game. Don’t let anyone tell you anything else

MLB Deserve-To-Win-O-Meter@mlb-simulator.bsky.social · last wk.

⚾ Padres @ Brewers 10/03/2026 Final: Padres 2, Brewers 3 Deserve-to-Win: Padres 6% / Brewers 89% (Tie 5%) #MLB #ForTheFaithful #ThisIsMyCrew

I swear Ueck reached down from heaven and swatted that France fly ball right to Chourio.

Seven Padres participated in the top of the eighth. In five plate appearances. Their unusual bench depth is something to watch the rest of the series.

Did Contreras spend the off week getting hammered? What is going on?

It’s really frustrating that AJP and Wainwright have figured out why Contreras has to stop calling cutters in 1.1 innings. He’s been doing this for months! Stop him!

Maybe the Padres will exhaust themselves with all this hustle. Their stars sure are good when they try. The Cubs, on the other hand… yikes.

Someone with the White Sox must have noticed Altuve tends to stand with his heels in the grass. Weird to play that card now instead of waiting for higher leverage; maybe they figured it was use it or lose it. I thought they were right, but umpires probably demanded obvious evidence. Interesting!

What is the purpose of the NFL’s illegal formation penalty for an offensive tackle being “uncovered”? I don’t understand why that formation would be unfair to the defense. The five OL are never eligible receivers, so why does this “trick” the D? @badgernoonan.bsky.social? @callmematub.bsky.social?

A fitting tribute to Miz by the Brewers to try to achieve a win total equal to his average fastball velocity.

Harrison has a new glove tonight. It’s not comically huge like Sasaki/Gausman, but it’s bigger. Hope that helps with the tipping.

If the Packers were a baseball team, they’d be a lineup full of Joey Gallos and a replacement level pitching staff. Occasionally impressive bombs, but very few wins. Ugly stuff.

It’s hard to fathom how far the Brewers have come. Irrelevant laughing stock to model franchise. Hopeless contraction candidate to perennial contender. None of this was likely. Don’t take it for granted. Cheers, Brewers fans!!!

Early Presidents Cup thoughts: - Medinah is unrecognizable in a good way; - the out of bounds fence is awesome; - the greens are much firmer than expected & hopefully will keep drying out; - the uniforms are super clean, but why is Adam Scott the only player wearing black shoes?

Sal Frelick’s injured throwing arm is not playable unless he hits a lot, and he’s not hitting much at all. Lara and Lockridge are gonna be more useful in the postseason, I think. It sucks, but Sal is clearly nowhere close to 100%.

Game three starter Colton Gordon.