The Los Angeles Dodgers sound like they will have no trouble

LOS ANGELES — finding the energy for Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday Nick Markakis Jersey , while the Boston Red Sox were left formulating a plan for what comes next.The Dodgers not only earned a dramatic 3-2 victory in 18 innings of Game 3 to get back into the series after two defeats at Boston, they talked about being in a good spot for Game 4 despite using their entire bench and every relief pitcher.The Red Sox also used every bench player and every reliever, but also threw three starters into the mix, including their scheduled Game 4 starter Nathan Eovaldi. In fact, Eovaldi went six innings and 97 pitches before giving up a game-ending home run to Max Muncy.Article continues below ...The Red Sox hinted at a plan for Saturday’s starting pitcher, but they just weren’t willing to divulge it yet.“We’ll sit down now and go over it,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said after a 7-hour, 20-minute Game 3. “Somebody will start, most likely a lefty.”Drew Pomeranz, who did not pitch Friday, is one of four lefties on the Boston staff, along with Game 1 starter Chris Sale, Game 2 starter David Price and Eduardo Rodriguez, who pitched one-third of inning Friday.Not only did Rick Porcello throw a solid 4 2/3 innings for Boston, Price also joined the fray Friday Babe Ruth Jersey , working two-thirds of an inning.The Dodgers seemed to have their starting pitcher situation settled, but around an hour after the final out of Game 3 they announced that their Game 4 starter as “TBA.” It could mean the club is thinking about a change from left-hander Rich Hill to left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who wobbled a bit in his Game 1 start.Kershaw would be pitching Saturday on three days of rest if he sees action in Game 4. One possibility is that Kershaw and Hill piggyback each other Saturday to ease the burden on the bullpen.But manager Dave Roberts sounded more than happy with the status of his bullpen. No Dodgers reliever went more than two innings, although Kenley Jansen, Pedro Baez and Kenta Maeda all were asked to get six outs.“The way that our pen got the outs they needed, they did a heck of a job,” Roberts said. “You look at (Game 4) after playing 7 hours and 20 minutes, our pen is in pretty good shape. There were some guys we wanted to stay away from (in Game 3), namely (Ryan) Madson, Julio (Urias). But for those guys to give us some big outs and to pick us up when we needed it, it’s kind of a signature of our ballclub.”What has not been a signature is the Dodgers’ struggle for offense. They got away with it in winning their first game of this World Series because of a brilliant seven-inning start from Walker Buehler and a stingy bullpen outside of Jackie Bradley Jr.’s home run off Jansen.The Dodgers have averaged just three runs a game in the series and did not have an extra-base hit for 74 consecutive played appearances until Joc Pederson hit a third-inning home run Friday.The Red Sox are in an uncharacteristic offensive slumber as well. The top four batters in the Boston lineup went a combined 0-for-28 in Game 3, including an 0-for-7 performance from likely AL-MVP Mookie Betts and an 0-for-8 game from Xander Bogaerts. Reading too much into a simple color choice can take you down a weird path"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections NewsAnalysis & EditorialsCleveland Indians prospects & minor leaguesGame RecapsTransactionsAnalysis & EditorialsThe Indians are slowly turning into the late-2000’s TwinsNew,16commentsReading too much into a simple color choice can take you down a weird pathByMerritt RohlfingNov 21, 2018, 10:39am ESTShareTweetShareShareThe Indians are slowly turning into the late-2000’s TwinsMaking a TwinMatt Lyons http://www.bravesfanproshop.com/authentic-nick-markakis-jersey , Photoshop expertMonday’s reveal of the Indians’ new uniform option was, at first glance, quite exciting. Red is a fun color, and those 1970’s throwbacks they wore the last couple years have been really neat. The block CLEVELAND on the road blues, less interesting, but the red at least is a nice change of pace at least. Again, this is all at first glance. Then I was struck by something, a dreadful feeling in the pit of my stomach that I wasn’t been able to shake. There was just something all too familiar about those uniforms. It took me a couple hours to place it, and it curdled my blood.Slowly but surely, the Indians are turning into the Minnesota Twins.This is, on its face, not the worst thing in the world. There’s probably worse-run teams out there, and the Twinkies are likely the least offensive of the Indians’ division rivals, even if they did until recently have perhaps the greatest Indians bugaboo in baseball in Joe Mauer. No, at least it’s not the Royals. But aside from being an inoffensive Freddie Freeman Jersey , hard-to-hate team from way up north, there’s a decided negative connotation to the Twins garnered from their most recent real window of contention back in the late 2000’s. One I fear the Indians are on the cusp of repeating.Remember how embarrassing by association it wasthat the Twins seemed to feed themselves like a sacrifice to the Yankees each October? It was terrible, and only furthered the idea that the Central was a breeding ground of mediocrity. This despite producing six league champions, six MVPs and eight Cy Youngs since 2005 — plus Johan Santana in 2004 — and the best team in baseball a few times. Even with that, people look down on the Central. Money is tighter, contention windows shorter, media coverage is lighter — its just hard to get taken seriously. Not that the Twins helped with that at the turn of the decade, just as the Indians didn’t this year. Or in 2017, despite winning 22 straight and having the best record in the league.As I look— and overthink— the similarities are all too stark. Sure, Minnesota did debut those red uniforms in 2016, not during their big run around when Target Field opened. But the on-field product is remarkably similar. If you look hard enough. The Indians have a pair of MVP caliber infielders, guys that are the keystones to the whole offense that they developed, just as the Twins did in the late 2000’s with Morneau and Mauer. They have a stacked pitching staff, though perhaps more frightening than Santana, Liriano and a bunch of middle of the road guys. They have a solid closer and a lot of question marks at this point in the bullpen http://www.bravesfanproshop.com/authentic-nick-markakis-jersey , as with Nathan and a handful of meh. Offensively, outside of Ramirez and Lindor there’s a lot of league-average players. Their DH posted a 112 OPS+ in 2018, and has seen his best years. In the Twins’ best years, it was Mauer, Morneau and perhaps Michael Cuddyer carrying the offensive load in Minnesota. If anything those Twins were better off if only for the presence of Torii Hunter in the outfield. What do the Indians have? Five or six question marks and a stunning list of various injuries and maladies. It’s not one-to-one, but it’s close enough to make me worry.This is probably reading too much into something so simple as a red jersey. But between that and dumping (rightly) the Wahoo in favor of the most anodyne logo possible, they’re only forcing the issue into becoming an NPC team like the Twins seemed to be on the national stage. Combine that with how the last two seasons ended and a parallel begins to force itself into being. The Tribe’s window remains open. But as we saw, they’re talented but hideously flawed and were taken advantage of by stronger, richer, better prepared teams. It was a story that played out in front of us several times when the Twins were at their height. If this past playoff stumble wasn’t a wakeup call, those red jerseys aren’t the only things that will remind people of the Twins. They still need luck on their side, but changes besides a new hue and different lettering are required to keep from falling into a rut, and ultimately wasting the most talent the team has had in 20 years. That’s what’s on the line.