Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) vs. Jair Jurrjens (1-2).
COMMENTS: Someone fire the equipment manager. The Dodgers clearly forgot to pack their bats on this trip, scoring a paltry two runs off the Braves' patchwork pitching staff. We're only 17 games into the season (a little over 10%), but is it too early to be concerned that this is not a good offensive team? Is it a matter of a poor lineup (we're leaving plenty on base and are 1-for-13 with RISP this series), poor performances from key players (Martin seems lost, Kemp continues to free swing, and Nomar has been abysmal), or Mattingly's absence? This season will be pretty sad if we're just fighting to stay ahead of last-place San Francisco all year. Let's see if a game pitching against the most loathed character in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace improves our lot.
53 comments:
Wonderful, nothing says "offensive production" like Juan Pierre batting second.
Furcal, Pierre, Loney, Jones, Ethier, Martin, Dewitt, Hu, Kuroda. Interesting lineup.
Normally I wouldn't be thrilled with this lineup but after the last two games I'm okay with it.
I don't know if any of you have noticed this, but Juan Pierre is not very good.
Andruw with the backwards K to strand Furcal at 3rd. Looks like we're picking up right where we left off.
Erin, WHA???!?
so far, Jurjjens has fanned four, living it up to his hype...
Hey, we're not losing yet, and we're already in the third!
But we haven't scored any runs yet, either.
Jon't jelieve jhe jype!
The Dodgers were put down really quick that last half inning.
Jerjjens Binks having only four fingers is an unfair advantage.
Jurrjens is lamost as fast as Juan Pierre.
And he hits about the same, too; slappy.
Wouldn't it be nice to have someone in left field who could throw the ball? Seems like there might have been a play at the plate in that case.
Orel, i dropped Francouer off my team yesterday, i felt heartbroken and someone had to pay. Still some Braves...
maybe they got confused and they think they are playing at the LA Coliseum
Karina, manage with your head, not your heart!
Well Thank God. Martin with a HR to tie it!
Russell Martin homered!!!! i hope he gets back wherever he's been!
You got a point. There must be another way to deal with my baseball frustations, but i got a young promising pitcher, it might work
That Joe Torre bobblehead commercial with Lasorda is weird. Why wouldn't they just have Lasorda make the bobblehead's head actually bobble, instead of pushing it into a nod? It's a bobblehead! It's supposed to bobble!
These are the kind of things that bother me.
Or, to be more grammatically correct: this is the kind of thing that bothers me.
Looks like the Pope is bumping the Laker-Nuggets game out where I am. I'm annoyed but should probably refrain from swearing.
Watch Pierre knock Furcal in here...
Yeah, right. Boy, am I glad to see Juan Pierre in the two-hole again!
at least it was "just" a solo HR
Chipper Jones hates us.
So does Andruw Jones
I can now confirm scraping the plaque off my dog's teeth is more interesting than watching the Dodgers lose.
But alas, of the two, only the Dodger game is televised
If Jar Jar Binks would have been this Jurrjens cool, people would have actually liked The Phantom Menace.
So, did Steiner just saw Kuroda is at 90 pitches? I thought we were told he was at 100 in the last inning. I'm confused. I suppose I could just look it up.
Nevermind. Jurrgens is at 90. Kuroda is indeed over 100.
One run game, I think you go for the sure out, even if it means a runner in scoring position with two outs. Martin disagrees, I guess.
Nasty "shuuto"!
Kuroda at 110+ pitches. Does he have enough in the tank for one more out?
IBB to load the bases....
Holy cow! Nice catch, Andre!
ANDRE ETHIER! THE DEVIL DOES NOT WEAR PRADO!
Let's use some of this momentum, boys!
Uh... wow. Heckuva catch.
Best line of the game. "If Pierre can get a hit here" LMAO
Nomar works a walk. Maybe the best AB he's had all Jair.
Just what we needed, great defense from the Braves. And Juan Pierre is scheduled to lead off the ninth! If Torre doesn't pinch hit Kemp, he's insane. Insane, I tells ya!
What a hustle play by Martin! Too bad it won't show up in the box score.
All right, are we taking bets on whether or not Kemp pinch-hits for Pierre here? I say Pierre leads off and tries to bunt the first pitch.
I was half right. He leads off, but takes the first pitch for a strike.
Pierre almost falls for the hidden ball trick, but now has two stolen bases in the inning.
Do you think Matt Kemp will ever play again?
Well, that ought to do it.
How wrong was I about Pierre? It's too bad, oh, only the HEART OF OUR ORDER couldn't drive him in.
Until tomorrow, everybody.
I don't know what's worse--hearing the Dodgers collapse in the eighth, or listening to Rick Monday call this inning.
A very, very embarrassing weekend series in. Atlanta. I'm going to go get drunk.
Braves hit for cycle in the 8th. I wonder how the plaque on Orel's dog's teeth is faring.
Hey Orel, just finished up the Shepherd's Pie. You may even get your pot back by the end of the next homestand.
Pierre FLIES OUT to end the game with two on.
This is a perfect example of why he sucks. Two stolen bases today, but who the hell cares when he kills more rallies than Hee Seop Choi?
20 innings, 2 runs. What a joke.
Excuse me, sir, that would be 27 innings 3, runs.
At least the Lakers are winning.
And let's be clear: that's three one-run innings in the last 27.
If the meek shall inherit the earth, we are rich. With dirt.
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