

There, Erin Hannon ( Ellie Kemper) tries to make Andy Bernard ( Ed Helms) jealous by flirting with Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson). In this episode, Robert California ( James Spader) decides to sell his mansion following his divorce and Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner) suggests that he have an office pool party. The series- presented as if it were a real documentary-depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The episode guest starred Lindsey Broad and Eleanor Seigler. It was written by Owen Ellickson and was directed by Charles McDougall. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on January 19, 2012.
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" Pool Party" is the twelfth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's 164th episode overall.

Who knows what the ripple effect is if the Giants score that inning.

That one scoreless inning included a strikeout of Brandon Crawford with a runner in scoring position played a huge role in the Dodgers advancing to the NLCS.
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That’s important because it was a big shock when they announced Knebel as the opener for the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS against the Giants knowing that Julio Urías was on full rest. With the freedom to use Knebel in any way they wanted, Dave Roberts had him as the opener a few times during the regular season. Knebel only gave up seven earned runs in the regular season, pitching to a 20.8 strikeout-minus-walk rate ( the upper 15 percent of MLB pitchers with at least 20 innings) and opponents batted. However, the overall grade of his acquisition is still very positive, because in 25⅔ Innings the former Brewers closer showed us what he can do on the mound,

Knebel started the year off on fire, but suffered a lat strain in April and ended up missing the majority of the season. These caveats were probably the only reason why LA got him. Knebel missed all of 2019 and only pitched 13 Innings in 2020 with horrific results. In a different reality Knebel remains with the Brewers despite his salary, but coming off two lost years there was plenty of risk involved for the team bringing him in. But for a small-market team with an elite pitching staff that didn’t really depend or need him, it’s a different conversation. Milwaukee traded Knebel to the Dodgers last December 2, the contract tender deadline.įor a team like the Dodgers, his pending salary arbitration and eventual $5.25 million salary in 2021 was welcomed, given his potential. For the Brewers, despite his talents and the belief from the organization that he was still a valuable arm, he ultimately became a casualty of the financial restraints that David Stearns deals with. No player better represents that than Corey Knebel. A big part of that was stacking elite relievers with a proven track record in a manner that only a big-market team can consistently. When Max Scherzer exited the wild card game earlier than expected - in the fifth inning - the confidence level around the Dodger Stadium didn’t take a hit, at least not as big as it might have been a few years ago. That remained an issue for LA and forced a heavy usage of its closer. While other contenders relied with confidence in arms such as David Robertson, Andrew Miller and Josh Hader. There was an interesting segment on MLB Tonight, following the Dodgers’ win over the Cardinals in the wild card game, and it had a lot to do with Corey Knebel, what his acquisition meant from the front office’s standpoint, the current structure of the bullpen and so on and so forth.įor many a time the big problem for the Dodgers, apparent in multiple postseason collapses, was the bridge between the starter and closer Kenley Jansen.
