What an ugly way for the Dodgers to make the LCS. The Phillies pitcher threw the ball away. 2 out, bases loaded. Ground ball hit right at him, he drops it, picks it up, panics and throws home missing the catcher by a lot while he had tons of time to throw to first and the catcher was off the plate pointing to first. What a nightmare way to lose. 2-1 in extra innings.

While waiting, I figured lets see how Vlad Sr did in the playoffs - 263/324/339 overall, made it to the World Series once (2010 age 35, went 1 for 14). His best series was probably the 2008 ALDS vs Boston for the Angels going 467/579/533 over 19 PA in a losing cause. 3 times in the ALCS, played the Yankees 3 times - two wins, 1 loss in those series with OPS of 762-985-615. Jr of course has a 308/378/564 line so far with that insane 1.609 OPS vs the Yankees the one time he has seen them in the playoffs. Jr's 3 HR vs the Yankees is 1 more than his Dad had in 10 playoff series (188 PA). His Dad still lead in RBI's 20 to 10 though. No doubt he gets reminded of that in the playful dad/son relationship they seem to have. Given Vlad Jr has 14 more years under contract odds are he gets a lot of chances to get those 10 RBI's and hopefully a couple of WS titles.

FYI: Dante Bichette hit 588/611/941 in his only playoff series - Colorado lost the NLDS to Atlanta in 1995 (Atlanta's only title during Bobby Cox' time as manager). So if Bo plays in the ALCS he will be deeper in the playoffs than his Dad ever was. Bo has hit 273/320/318 overall in the playoffs in 3 losing efforts with just 1 RBI (his dad got 3 RBI's).