Tony Wolfe: Get your snacks and drinks in order, everyone. We have our first elimination game of the 2020 World Series.

Lzfreak: I am simultaneously excited for this game and sad that it might be our last of the year

mort jelly: lets go

Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: Tuesdays are for the Chois. I hope.

Dodger Fan: Ohmygodohmygodohmgodohmygod

Guest: I am genuinely not ready for this

Dan Szymborski: Good evening!

DJ Kitty: Jeff Passan noted Game 4 was among wildest World Series games he’s covered–with a “no (effin’) way” finish–also singling out Game 6, 2011 and Game 7, 2016.

Last night’s game was the only 9 inning game in that short list… can we quantify whether that was indeed the craziest 9 inning WS game?

Dan Szymborski: I actually have something on this for the morning.

CJ: I’m already dreading this series for Kershaw and Dodgers. Instead of reversing the ‘narratives’, game 4 ended up enforcing all of them. Now they have to rely on Kershaw to be super human – again – to reverse the tide and pitch until his arm falls off.

Dan Szymborski: Every playoff series has an awkward narrative.

Dodger Fan: I have no memory of last night. Please, no one tell me what I missed.

Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everyone

Guest: Expectations for Urias tonight?  Is 5 innings too much to expect?

Brendan Gawlowski: To expect, yes.

Dodger Fan: It’s time for Dodger (and Ray) Baseball!

Brendan Gawlowski: Just killing time until the Wiz play tonight

Dodger Fan: Hi Brendan!

Tony Wolfe: Hi everybody, Jay and I are excited to spend Game 3 hanging out with you all. First pitch is in just a few minutes.

Jay Jaffe: Good evening and welcome to the chat! I’m popping in for a few minutes here but i’ll have to duck out soon t help put the kiddo to bed.

Fire Ken Tremendous: Looks like beating Charlie Morton might be the best shot at revenge against the 2017 Astros that the Dodgers will ever get

Miguel: If Tampa Bay kept a payroll similar to the Dodgers, do you think they would create a better  team than the Dodgers?

Jay Jaffe: It’s an odd coincidence that one of those Astros is again facing the Dodgers in the World Series. Morton was the guy who closed out Game 7 with four innings of one-run ball. He obviously wasn’t hitting but he’s said he was aware of the trash can banging

Jay Jaffe: https://www.mlb.com/news/charlie-morton-on-astros-sign-stealing

Ben Clemens: Hey everyone, it’s World Series time!

sadtrombone: baseball baseball baseball baseball baseball

Dodger Fan: Let’s do this!

Ben Clemens: Look uh… it’s the World Series. I would normally post in some lineups and such, but WORLD SERIES VERY EXCITING

Ben Clemens: The Rays are fun, the Dodgers are fun, this is going to be fun

Dodger Fan: Hi Ben!

Ariel Cohen: Hi everyone, welcome to the winner-take-all game of the 2020 NLCS! I’m Ariel Cohen – creator of the ATC Projections found right here on FanGraphs https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-2020-atc-projections/. You can also follow me on Twitter at @ATCNY.

Ariel Cohen: I’ll be chatting along with David Laurila and Eric Longenhagen.

Ariel Cohen: Braves Lineup
1. Ronald Acuna Jr. (R) RF
2. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
3. Marcell Ozuna (R) DH
4. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
5. Ozzie Albies (S) 2B
6. Dansby Swanson (R) SS
7. Austin Riley (R) 3B
8. Nick Markakis (L) LF
9. Cristian Pache (R) CF
Ian Anderson (R) P

Ariel Cohen: Dodgers Lineup
1. Mookie Betts (R) RF
2. Corey Seager (L) SS
3. Justin Turner (R) 3B
4. Max Muncy (L) 1B
5. Will Smith (R) C
6. Cody Bellinger (L) CF
7. AJ Pollock (R) LF
8. Joc Pederson (L) DH
9. Chris Taylor (R) 2B
Dustin May (R) P

Zon: Thanks for hosting this chat.

Ariel Cohen: Its Game 7! Excited to be here!

Meg Rowley: Hi everyone – thanks for chatting with us! We’ll be getting started here shortly.

Thurman15: Brandon Lowe batting in the 5 slot is not wise.  He is a lefty against Framber (a lefty).  And Lowe has been horrendous in the playoffs.

Meg Rowley: Lowe has been in a slump, but this year was actually better against lefties, and has a 127 career wRC+ against LHP.

Meg Rowley: Also a good chance to plug Ben’s piece on Lowe! https://blogs.fangraphs.com/is-brandon-lowe-broken/

Lzfreak: Baseball!

Meg Rowley: Base. Ball.

Dan Szymborski: Greetings chatters and chat-readers

Dan Szymborski: Because not ALL OF YOU are actually chatting. Some are reading the chats.

Dan Szymborski: But does being a chatter require participation? Or is passive chatting allowed? That’s a philosophical question.

Guest: How do the Dodgers feel about the AJ Pollock contract right now?

Dan Szymborski: I’m sure they’re not pleased as punch, but they can spend somewhat inefficiently and survive. And how many teams are better at getting use out of limited, underperforming players than the Dodgers?

Ryan: As a Reds fan, I would have loved to see Joe Morgan play, but alas, he was before my time.  Who is the one player from the past you would have most liked to see in person?