Kershaw deals, Tyler Glasnow throws a ton of pitches, and the Dodgers take Game 1 of the World Series
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
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4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Eno, Britt and DVR discuss Clayton Kershaw's excellent Game 1 outing against the Rays, the curious handling of Tyler Glasnow, Mookie Betts' big night, and predictions for Game 2.
Rundown
1:42 The Rays’ Curious Handling of Tyler Glasnow
8:18 Clayton Kershaw Finds His Slider and Delivers a Gem
13:34 Mookie Betts' Big Night
15:47 'Who Would Trade Mookie Betts?'
23:06 The Importance of Speed
25:43 The Dodgers’ Pitching Plan for Game 2
28:27 Nick Anderson & Reliever Velocity
34:38 Game 2 Predictions
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and Beryl's |
| 0:17.3 | Playoff episode number 18. |
| 0:19.9 | Derek Van Riper, Enoceris, Bridgeroli here with you. |
| 0:22.7 | On this episode, we recap the Dodgers. |
| 0:25.6 | Game 1 win over the raise. |
| 0:28.0 | Clayton Kershaw pitched very well. |
| 0:30.5 | The Dodgers had a huge inning, a four-run fit that was really pretty pivotal in this one. |
| 0:36.2 | We're going to break it all down and take a look |
| 0:38.0 | ahead at Wednesday's game to matchup. I know we had really high hopes for this game going in. |
| 0:45.1 | We had our live stream about 30 minutes before first pitch on Tuesday night, and all of our |
| 0:50.8 | scores were low and close, and we didn't get a game quite like that. |
| 0:57.2 | And if you told me then that we'd be criticizing a pitcher-related decision from one of the managers, |
| 1:04.7 | I think the obvious choice would have been, well, it has to be Dave Roberts. |
| 1:08.8 | And instead, we get a gem from Clayton Kirshah. |
| 1:12.7 | His slider was working. |
| 1:14.0 | That was a huge story. |
| 1:15.5 | 8K is over six innings. |
| 1:16.9 | Just one earned run allowed. |
| 1:18.7 | Weirdly, a home run to Kevin Kiermeyer. |
| 1:21.3 | Stupid sexy Flanders with a bad hand homering off of a lefty. |
| 1:25.1 | Never saw that one coming. |
| 1:27.0 | So it's kind of nice that the story is not Dave Roberts and Clayton Kershaw and how that |
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