Brewers Bounce Playoff Kershaw, Cubs Awards, No Interviews Allowed, and Other Bullets

Oct 13, 2018

The Littlest Girl was up a lot last night, and, although I’ve been dealing with limited sleep for a year now without issue, it’s been a long time since I had a really interrupted night of sleep. It’s making my brain jello today.

The Dodgers looked wholly inept against the Brewers for about seven innings last night in Game One of the NLCS, leaving themselves a hole too deep for their late rallies to overcome. The Brewers did as they do, turning to the bullpen after just two innings, and then holding the line. That’s 12 wins in a row for the Brewers. Incredible.

Things got close in the 9th with two outs – the Dodgers came within 90 feet of tying the thing:

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For the most part, the Brewers have earned all the winning they’ve done, but if you needed any more evidence of the gigantic horseshoe the Brewers also have lodged betwixt their cheeks, this is the first reliever in the game, whom the Brewers decided to send to the plate – a lefty-hitting reliever at the plate against Clayton Kershaw:

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1050915681997209601

No surprise here for the always well-deserving Anthony Rizzo:

Congratulations to the top vote recipients from each team in the NL Central for the 2018 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award! @ARizzo44 #JoeyVotto #CoreyKnebel @JTaillon19 @Yadimolina04 #PlayersChoiceAwards2018 https://t.co/XqaKJUwLFx pic.twitter.com/5oHjI07tRw
— #MLBPA (@MLB_PLAYERS) October 12, 2018

Honors from the Pipeline crew for two Cubs prospects who had big years:

MLB Pipeline names Abbott and Vosler as #Cubs' Prospects of the Year https://t.co/GCUOsAru9Y via @MLB

— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) October 11, 2018

You monster:

Rookie of the Year is CANCELLED. pic.twitter.com/vjLP2zmDT9

— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) October 12, 2018

This is going to be fantastic:

https://twitter.com/FOXSportsPR/status/1050805229808103425

Denying him the chance to interview for a promotion, eh? Certainly the Brewers’ prerogative, but kinda not cool:

#SFGiants asked to speak to #Brewers GM David Stearns about becoming their president of baseball operations, but Milwaukee owner Mark Attanasio denied permission, sources tell The Athletic. Stearns has at least one year left on his deal, sources say.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 11, 2018

Clayton Kershaw makes faces that make for jokes:

When mom won't buy the pizza rolls because of the luxury tax. pic.twitter.com/xjTYy73mEd

— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) October 13, 2018

With another rough outing last night, the whole “playoff Kershaw” narrative will not be going away any time soon. And, at this point, it probably shouldn’t. He’s had nearly a season’s worth of starts in the postseason in his career, and the results have been nothing remotely close to resembling the regular-season version of the lefty. You’re facing better teams in the postseason, sure, but I think it’s fair to wonder if the dude just wears down by the end of the year. He’s had back issues for a few years now, and maybe he just doesn’t hold up as well into October as other pitchers do. Hard to dismiss it entirely at this point.

Don’t worry Clayton, we’ll always have this. #Cubs #Rizzo @BleacherNation @realcubsinsider pic.twitter.com/xGhiJRXpbf

— MBDChicago (@MBDChicago) October 13, 2018

I still love this play:

On This Date: In 2001, Derek Jeter gave us "The Flip," making it one of the most memorable relays in postseason history. pic.twitter.com/YbtJRnaN8T
— ESPN (@espn) October 13, 2018

Meanwhile, from the Bears world:

Roquan’s Advice, Facing the AFC East, Barkley’s Hot Start, and Other Bullets https://t.co/fY18glIpkm pic.twitter.com/HeYGFEyetB

— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) October 12, 2018

Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill Limited in Practice, Pops Up as Questionable for Sunday Against Bears https://t.co/GEXSUwNlEU pic.twitter.com/zEfZu074r9

— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) October 12, 2018

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Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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