Los Angeles Dodgers' 2024 World Series Run, Yankees' Key To World Series & More With John Smoltz

[@danielwetzel7777]

I’m a Braves fan and I’m happy with this matchup

[@Elephant2024]

Regardless of whether you are a fan of one of these teams or not and I am not being a Rays fan, I still have to say that I don't think we have ever seen or likely will see a World Series with this much star power again. Judge, Soto, Stanton, Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, etc. If this series doesn't get you excited, I just don't think you appreciate baseball.

[@Ben_Verlander]

COULDN'T AGREE MORE

[@dodgedforgottenn]

💯

[@ericmcginnis7576]

Believe me. You will. Life is longer than you think.

[@ericmcginnis7576]

@@Elephant2024 It's rare for sure. But I learned that life time is a long time too.

[@ericmcginnis7576]

@@Elephant2024 Most people are lucky.

[@Olifurtheorangetabby]

I am just so excited that my boy, Shohei is getting to finally play in a World Series! If anyone deserves to be in the show-it’s Sho! 😂😂😂! I’m half Japanese so there’s a ridiculous amount of pride that I feel watching that young man do the impossible! He’s genuinely the UNICORN G O A T! Go Dodger Blue !!!!

[@Dr_Cole]

Being a Dodgers fan all of my life, I never paid much attention to John Smoltz. Given how much the Braves crushed the Dodgers in the 90s, some subliminal lack of attention was likely. This summer, an ump described my 11-year olds pitching as Smoltzian: painting the lines with every pitch making it hard to call him and harder for batters to lay off his pitches. Learning Smoltz might be as good as my kid 😜, I noticed his name more. Smoltz has been a great color commentator for the playoffs. As he tracked the NL side, I got to hear almost everything he had to say, his fairness was extremely well balanced. As he described Joe Davis the same way (regular season dodgers play by play commentator and National league post season play by play), this gave me even more respect for Smoltz. Keep commenting with such depth of knowledge throughout the WS and I’ll send you a signed (scribbled?) card of my son, the Smoltzian pitcher.

[@Ben_Verlander]

Hahaha this is great

[@robertcropley7714]

Condolences to the Valenzuela family, may Fernando rest in eternal peace.

[@Ben_Verlander]

Can't wait until Friday!!

[@yangmingwu4405]

Your conversations are best lessons for learning English as well. Thanks both.

[@darwinwins]

this is the most empathetic that i've ever heard john speak on about the dodgers

[@DonJoshpkosh11]

Typical John street walker and Spoon 🥄 Feed Verlander are hasbeens. I wouldn’t listen 🎧 to anything they have to say even if they payed me!!

[@barberciscobarberfranky6354]

I thought it was just me being a dodgers fan that made me think is so anti dodgers

[@cosminionita9120]

It’s the Freeman effect:)

[@fernandoamy8278]

The Cleveland Indians had the best bullpen in the Major Leagues this season, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Yankees. The Yankees may have better starters, but the Dodgers probably have a deeper lineup. This series, at least on paper, is very tough to predict. Now, let's see which team executes the best.

[@josephmenna3985]

You’re offending snowflake Kamala voters by calling the Guardians the Indians. REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[@Aut0KAD]

Growing up in Pittsburgh in the 90s, I remember going against that Braves pitching staff. With pitchers like Smoltz, I thought, why cant we have a pitcher like that? :(

[@Ben_Verlander]

Now you got Paul Skenes

[@cosminionita9120]

I grew up in Atlanta; I remember Pittsbutgh well :)

[@SuperJay12jay]

Cole better pitch great to justify his contract. Solo is a career .265 hitter.

[@generalimlerith8356]

That team that will win this World Series is the team that makes the least amount of mistakes

[@rpapplebee]

Game 6 will be played on November 1st. Guess whose birthday that is? That's right - Fernando Valenzuela!!! Go Dodgers!!!!!!

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

9/11 happened in 2001 the Yankees made the World Series and loss cause the diamondbacks were a tough beat would’ve been better to win that year

[@gabrielsvision7218]

They are going to lose the Dodgers will get crushed by the Yankees on Fernando’s birthday 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielsvision7218]

They are going to lose the Dodgers will get crushed by the Yankees on Fernando’s birthday 😂😂😂😂😂😂 The Yankees are going to win in game five Fernando is going to be turning and tossing in his grave. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertrocha411]

Lets recall- John Smoltz had the Padres over the Dodgers, then he had the Mets over the Dodgers. John, keep picking against the Dodgers....lol

[@275Vet-RLTW]

Most obviously biased commentator I've heard on a national network I can remember.

[@Ben_Verlander]

Reminder.. Just because someone picks a team to win a series does NOT mean they hate that team

[@robertrocha411]

@@Ben_Verlander Not saying he hates the team, just cannot remember anytime Smoltz picked the Dodgers in any series he has called over the years....

[@RonGreene-sm4tk]

@@275Vet-RLTW Smoltz makes me vomit, if your doing local radio calling a game I'm ok with that but when your on national tv stop being so obvious your a hater on dodgers. Fox needs to fire him next year.

[@michaelmegyeri5903]

@@robertrocha411because the Dodgers have lost a lot of those series and Smoltz has been right lmao

[@izuki1245]

Both managers managed good games in the playoffs, Roberts managed his bullpen great,Boone did the same and also changed up the batting line up against Cleveland, on that note its gonna be a great world series, lets go yankees.

[@CHOCOLEETANG08]

Dodgers win the world series this year

[@gabrielsvision7218]

Wrong they will choke. The Yankees will win their 28 champion.

[@astrofans4819]

Love these episodes with Smoltz! Love them all. But really look forward to it when Smoltz is on

[@dodgedforgottenn]

Ben, why are you saying that the Dodgers will need to turn to two bullpen games? Their pitching is lined up for a single BP game in game 4. The reason they needed two in the CS was because Yamamoto pitched game 5 of the DS and the schedule made it so that they needed two BP games. That is not the case in this series. Are you planning on an injury or a planned starting pitcher to fail in a game and that will require them to shift the plan to a BP game effectively ?

[@timotmon]

Yeah that didn't make sense to me either. He should have just said the Dodgers will probably have to rely heavily on their pen.. which I would agree.

[@polarbear55jp]

To be fair, NYY has a better chance of winning the WS than LAD because, if their bullpens are equal, NYY has more reliable starters, and their offense is no less devastating than LAD's. However, anything can happen is a short series of games like a WS. Let's see what happens.

[@df23f]

This is 100 percent correct. Yankees have a good chance of winning the ws

[@DelPhonic1]

Dodgers hitting is redunkulous. Yankees will not survive. Even with Dodgers only having 3 somewhat injured pitchers.

[@GHKim-bo9mf]

Your English vocabulary is incorrect 😢 => ridiculous 🙄

[@hopespringseternal2624]

I guess you have not watched Judge, Soto, And Stanton. They are equal to or better than the Dodgers top 3!

[@gabrielsvision7218]

The Dodgers will get crushed the Yankees are hitting everything and then they will get to their ball pen and the Dodgers will lose judge is going to wake up. You guys are in trouble 28 World Series championship Yankees baby.

[@gabrielsvision7218]

The Dodgers are gonna get crushed😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertrocha411]

There is no doubt who has the most pressure to win the World Series, its the Yankees !!! They have not even been to the World Series since 2009 !!! Dodgers have been to the World Series 4 times in the last 8 years !!! And won the 2020 World Series !!! ALL PRESSURE ON YANKEES !!

[@Eogyu09]

Nice fantasy. One covid title is shit. Dodgers since the off season needed to win the world series.

[@robertrocha411]

@@Eogyu09 Covid title better then NO title. Yankee's didnt even make the playoffs in 2023 !! Lol Soto walking after this year and going to Mets, so all pressure on yankees..

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@robertrocha411otherwise another World Series appearance until 2039

[@hopespringseternal2624]

Micky Mouse World Series in 2020

[@HarvinGwin-kr1ry]

Baseball is the greatest game. 14:04

[@Ben_Verlander]

Agreed

[@RichardVerlander]

Good stuff!!

[@realsinceday1632]

Idc how good you think the Yankees pitching is there’s no way you think they’re starters are gonna go 6/7 innings in this series no way with how the dodgers are hitting the ball

[@Ben_Verlander]

Dodgers offense is HOT right now

[@LL-tc1re]

Ah, I was wondering why Joe Davis sounded excited when Dodgers opponents were hitting.

[@marcor22044]

Let them cry ....most of the fsm base are haters. Either they hate Dodgers or yanks most of them

[@Bobbydawriter]

Smoltz Is the best. Next time you speak with him let him talk a little golf I’m curious what his handicap is these days!

[@wholewheaties]

Let’s also recall- Ben calling the Dodgers bullpen “Not Good.” It was the bullpen that helped carry this team through all the injuries and all the way to the World Series. You couldn’t have been more wrong!

[@Echo-yr1cr]

Doyers will win it all in 6 games. Better bats and bullpen. Manager is also better. Starting pitching is good enough with a super offense and a super bullpen.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Their bullpen might get fatigue to Handle the yankees

[@gabrielsvision7218]

The Dodgers will choke and the Yankees will win the game five in New York for the 28 champion

[@lakingsgeek]

I don't need my home team PbP guy to root for the team. I just expect them to have the story telling chops and golden voice of Vin Scully. I keep getting let down. Am I asking for too much?

[@Ben_Verlander]

Hahahaha I would say you might be! But Joe Davis does a really good job i think

[@harmonydavis6784]

What's really funny about Joe Davis and John Smoltz is I have heard from Dodger fans, Mets fans, and Padres fans that Joe Davis and John Smoltz hate their team and are kissing the other teams butt... Maybe they are just I don't know doing their job?

[@robertcropley7714]

There's no need for a salary cap but there definitely should be some kind of provision that addressees the greedy owners who purposely choose to keep a very low player payroll while pocketing the revenue sharing and luxury tax distributions but complain about teams like the Yankees and the Dodgers or mets making it impossible for them to compete against because those teams have an advantage financially.

[@jsa790]

a salary cap is going to require a corresponding salary floor which would bankrupt a signifcant number of the teams without a lot lot more revenue sharing. the top teams would never agree to that b/c they would lose money and they have large existing contracts with players. and mlb contracts can be much longer than other sports…

[@GHKim-bo9mf]

Think the Yankees will win?😮 Shohei took that personal 😢Ohtani is likely to explode and decimate the Yankees 😅

[@jaslanr]

Dodgers sweep. Average score per game 9-4

[@ghostlover951]

I seriously think the Dodgers have a huge problem with the starting pitching.... because of that only, i pick the Yankees in 6 to win he series..

[@tomoyakado]

Dodgers do not have the biggest payroll that is the Mets they are 5th

[@miguellopez7562]

But Dodgers invested more than a billion dollars on two players

[@darwinwins]

@@miguellopez7562 that's over 10 years for yoshi and over 20 for ohtani.

[@Stefan-od1wc]

It is wrong assumption that there will be no blowouts. If Dodgers could do that vs Mets who except for Cole have better pichers than the Yankees, why cannot thay do that again

[@stanstandifer8394]

Dodgers win it in 7. Yankees lack hitters but have great pitchers. The Dodgers have, better bats baby! Go Dodgers!

[@hopespringseternal2624]

Are you serious? Aaron Judge will be the MVP for the American League. Soto and Stanton have been on fire!

[@gabrielsvision7218]

Yankees will win game five and the Bronx Dodgers will choke 28 World Series championship most sports let’s go Yankees. Your pictures are in trouble.😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielsvision7218]

@@hopespringseternal2624 but Yankees will win their 28 champion

[@astrofans4819]

I think Yankees win the World Series. Pitching is much better

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

Until it gets rock by Dodges hitters

[@Zeke-f6l]

I wouldn't say much better. Cole has a career ERA of 5 vs the Dodgers and everyone else is meh

[@hopespringseternal2624]

@@Zeke-f6l Cole won the Cy Young last year and Rodon has been hot!

[@gabrielsvision7218]

Yes, the Dodgers will choke and the Yankees will win their 28 World Series

[@gabrielsvision7218]

@@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809 dodger hitters are going to be silenced in this series watch and see😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericmcginnis7576]

Tbh, if Musgrove was around we would have lost that series.

[@MattJune-uc4rg]

Smoltz srill butt hurt oboit the 90s