Two bad calls doomed the Dodgers ...

[Auggie]

the check swing and the force-out at second. Amazingly, the force-out was reviewed and New York still blew it.

Giants aren’t complaining though. Epic game. Epic series.

[Brother Buzz]

1. Dodgers closer, Kenley Jansen totally got burned on his redemption tour to the mound

The Dodger fans booed him of the field two nights in a row!

That blown check swing call was bad, but it is what it is.

[Auggie]

2. Fans could not have seen the check-swing replay ...

even so, they shouldn't boo their own players. Jansen was the victim of bad calls from behind the plate on both nights as well.

Really uneven series as umpiring goes.

Good point -- it is what it is.

[Brother Buzz]

3. The strike zone was very elastic

Curiously it expanded at the top of the innings and shrank at the bottom.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

I believe the check swing did play on the big board, but Roberts charging the field and getting ejected (two nights in a row) might have taken top billing, plus Jansen got pulled later in the inning as things further deteriorated. Jansen DID have a poor outing, pitching erratically with apparent zero ball control, and facing Wilmer Flores only exacerbated thing.

Factoid: Wilmer Flores totally lives in Kenley Jansen's head.