It is going to be like how we always play Florida. We know how they play and what type of game it is going to be. Their game is not going to change. We just have to build off the last game. We did a lot of good things with the puck. We are going to have to do that again tonight.
"After 45 years, the fact that we have new music coming in 2025 feels like a miracle," stated Vanderhoof. "There was a time when I honestly didn't think Metal Church would continue, but we're back-and this lineup is firing on all cylinders. I can't tell you how excited I am to have a new single on the way; that alone makes this moment incredibly special."
With two or three games left in the Dodgers' season, the time for patience has passed. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has publicly floated a lineup change on multiple occasions this October, but he said the time has come to act. 'I think so,' Roberts said. 'I'm going to think long and hard and it might look a little bit different tomorrow.'
Auston Matthews has been locked with winger Matthew Knies to start the season but for a jolt of offense, Berube decided to have William Nylander on Matthews's right and gutsy winger Bobby McMann on his left. This new-look first line received some praise from the bench boss. "They looked really good," Berube said of Matthews and Nylander playing together Friday night. "They were quick. They supported each other really well and were strong on pucks. There was a lot of offensive-zone time. A lot of good things from that line."
He's been 'good' and 'solid' the entire summer and now, I'm not after 'good' and I'm not after 'solid.' I'm after great and passionate. Once he reaches that 'Mamba mentality' that we're trying to put forth in every player and as a team, I think you're going to see one of the best players in the country.
He did have one of Toronto's two hits in the first game of the ALCS. Santander was part of the Blue Jays' lone scoring opportunity after he ripped a single into right field with one out in the second inning. Victor Robles misplayed the ball, and Santander ended up on second base. An Andres Gimenez pop-out followed by a George Springer groundout would end the threat, and Toronto wouldn't get a runner beyond first base the rest of the game.
Please understand that this decision does not come lightly, hence our initial and painful silence while we gathered our thoughts and carefully considered our response to the disengaged, eerily abandoned state we suddenly found ourselves in. Our collective decision to move forward without him is not something we thought we would ever be forced to say, but to ensure a continued legacy for what we hold dear to our hearts, we simply have to move past this.
As I mentioned earlier, Ronald Acuña Jr. is back in the three-spot after spending the past few days hitting anywhere from sixth to even seventh in the order. Acuña picked up an RBI single during their win on Monday and then he added two more hits last night so it's clear that Brian Snitker has decided that the worst of this dire slump that Acuña has been in lately has subsided and we'll start to see him producing regularly at the plate again.
