Chad Billingsley (4-7, 3.71) vs. Johnny Cueto (5-6, 5.42).
COMMENTS: Good: The Dodgers have won five of six from the Reds this season. Bad: The Dodgers have lost five straight coming in to today's game. Good: Billingsley is the closest thing we have to an ace; look beyond his W-L record because he's second in the majors with an amazing 9.50 K/9 rate. Bad: The Dodgers have scored one run or less in seven of their 14 games this month.
Although the Dodgers need a series win against the last-place Reds, they have to take the Lakers' approach and play it "one game at a time" (quotes because it's a cliché, but also true). Prediction: If the Dodgers score at least four runs today, they'll win.
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DeWitt, 3B
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Ethier, RF
Berroa, SS
Billingsley, P
If Torre decides to play the "game within the game," however, does that make it two games at a time?
That's Cueto impressive starter that the Reds have today.
I Kemp believe these puns are still flying around.
...or I Kent believe. You get the idea.
Who, Johnny?
"Juan Pierre, on the first pitch he sees, bounces harmlessly to third base." —Charley Steiner
shhhhh! juan pierre grounds out softly to start the game.
Three up three down for the Dodgers in the first
btw even mlb.com gameday says Juan Pierre is grounding out softly. Even a computer program is bagging on Slappy!
If Torre decides to play the "game within the game," I'd settle for scoring in either one of the two games.
Nice to see Russell gun one down!
And the Legendary Jay Bruce comes to bat....
and strikes out.
I highly recommend Firefox 3.0, it flies!
Dodgers go down harmlessly in the 2nd.
Bills is dealing! K's the side.
3 outs, 3 K's. Loving Bills tonight (so far)
epale, guys!
Epale, Karin! Hope you started Bills in your fantasy league.
Lyons: "I bet you can't say 'summer sizzle sweepstakes' three times in a row."
Steiner: "I won't even try."
Berroa walks, Chad moves him to second, and guess who knocks in the RBI? That's right, Juan Pierre! The bottom of the lineup does what the sluggers couldn't!
Pierre doubled? running Berroa in? is it twilight zone?
Yes, he's starting tonight!
GREAT little replay with Lyons narrating how Martin really emphasized to Bills to get his curveball down.
Pierre has earned the privilege not to be named "Slappy". Just for tonight
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No "Slappy"? Sax will be crushed!
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Dude hit a RBI double! maybe he won't be his usual Slappy tonight, oh well, Sax is allowed to do whatever he pleases, it's his blog!
Son, help us to make your case for the All-Star game...
Karina's son with an RBI! 2-0 Dodgers!
See?, a pretty obedient son!RBI double!
Loney with the base knock! Martin was running so fast he slid in order to stop running. Thanks, Bowa, for the late sign.
There is a weird haze in front of the CF camera.
Orel, maybe Bowa is overwhelmed with the amount of work tonight, too much, too soon.
Good one, Karina! Bowa needs to shake the rust off.
Lyons just said Kemp is tied with Pierre for most hits with RISP: 21 each. That's kind of disturbing.
Kemp K's but Ethier walks to load the bases for Berroa.
Ugh! 6-4-3 DP. Still 2-0 Dodgers.
It's actually pretty disturbing that Kemp-Pierre stat. But i choose to believe in Kemp.
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Billingsley and Kershaw will make a nice 1-2 punch for years to come!
Hello everyone. I just finished some work, and I'm checking in, but I unfortunately cannot stay. I hope the Dodgers can hold this lead while I'm out foraging for food.
Aw c'mon, Erin! Stay hungry and watch the game with us!
Orel, under ordinary circumstances, I would cave. But I have not eaten a single thing all day. I'm starting to feel woozy. You don't want me around under those circumstances.
OW! Damn, that must have hurt. Pierre tried to bunt and the ball hit his finger.
Erin, i've missed you! stay hungry indeed!
"You wouldn't like me when I'm...hungry."
Dodgers decide they are done scoring. 1-2-3 inning.
As much as I'd like to try, I've learned that a girl cannot live on sunflower seeds (the only thing edible in my hotel room right now) alone. I might be back before the end of the game, but I should definitely be around tomorrow, so don't fret.
Karina, I've missed you, too!
I can see how a sunflower seed-only diet could make one hungry.
No Bills K's this inning, weird.
Chad's rolling along!
Chad gets his K's with curveballs, not fastballs. Maybe he felt he needed to change his looks up?
enjoy your dinner, then!. Orel and I will be waiting for you.
Hello again. How nice, the Dodgers have doubled their lead since I last was able to checked in.
Surely. We don't want major league hitters to adjust quickly.
I wonder why anyone isn't broadcasting the Rays-Cubs game.
I see sunflower seeds recently entered the conversation.
Karina how have you been? Long time since I've been on a game thread.
I see Puzzle Yoda was here too.
Quite good. Hands full with my internship and my thesis. I was sick last week, but i'm ok now.How have you been?
I want to be Quadsevens padawan.
Glad to hear you're feeling better, Karina!
I've been pretty good, nothing too exciting.
Excellent padawan reference Karina.
Remember guys, we want at least four runs tonight. I don't think the final score will be 2-0.
Unless Bills pitches a CG! KKKKKKKKK
What is the title of your thesis?
I saw the trailer for Clone Wars. I liked it!
"Why Russell Martin Makes a Good Son"
Thanks, Orel!
I agree Orel, we want at least 1 more run
If we score 2 runs then there's no hold situation for Brox. Big picture, folks.
Just kidding, of course.
Design of a experimental editorial product for the N-Incidents movement.
I've told you, i'm also a star wars geek.
That'd make a perfect investigation, Orel. Perfect! shame it's not late to change subjects.
What are you studying again?
They just show all nine of Bills' K's and it seems only four of them came on curves. Good pitch selection there.
*too
I'm going to get a fudgesicle, I'll be right back
"Design of a experimental editorial product for the N-Incidents movement; Or, Why Russell Martin Makes a Good Son"
Graphic Design. But i have a degree in Broadcasting (i think that's what my degree is called in the US)
Fudgesicle! Don't tell Erin!
Broadcasting, as in television broadcasting? We also offer Communications degrees, which cover all media (I believe).
Let me tell you, i'm not joking, i'll put on my acknowlegments (among other stuff): thanks to the National League West Division, for keeping me awake 'till late.
It's Communication, i guess. I studied journalism, photography, radio, tv and film production.
Speaking of Erin, I guess she left but I skimmed the comments and I think we are on the same diet wavelength.
I gave up ice cream (though as you see I make occasional exceptions), soda, and I recently am on a sunflower seed kick.
or it would be called audiovisual media?
I know what you mean Karina about being kept up late - actually though I wimp out as you've probably noticed and am never present on the 7pm ET games.
Are you on a diet, Eric? (me too)
I've noticed, that's why we don't coincide in most game threads.
Sunflower seeds are actually good, they're full of vitamin e and antioxidants.
I would call that a Communications degree, Karina. But maybe someone who knows what they're talking about could chime in.
NL West vs. No Doz!
I'm not on a strict diet but I've had to change my eating habits significantly in the past few years. More fiber, fruits & veggies, less sugar and red meat. Sigh.
Are they really good for you?! That'd be awesome. Finally something I'm addicted to that is good for me.
I have recently changed my diet, but only moderately.
Lakers getting started....
Salted sunflower seeds, EK? Gotta watch the sodium.
Sorry, I'm being a downer.
Now I never eat at McDonalds more than twice a day.
Yes, they are salted...
2 on, 1 out for Chad in the 7th. I hope Torre's getting someone warmed up in the bullpen.
I ate McDonald's for the first time in years last week. But only because we had coupons for free chicken sandwiches.
Yes, they're very good for you. Orel, that's the way to eat . My diet is no sugar, no fat and no salt (it's supervised by a doctor). I've been eating like that for 3 years. Now i want to be a zero, instead of a four, so i'm working with doctor to achieve it, though she says i couldn't lose more weight.Sigh.
(i want to be a zero due to work requirements)
If you could pick one food you could be immune to the effects of, what would you pick?
I'll start. French fries.
No sugar, no fat and no salt? I couldn't do that, not in a million years. Everything in moderation.
If it was a grilled chicken sandwich, no problem.
Haven't eaten anything McDonalds in 3 years.
Work requirements = in front of camera?
I'd go with hamburgers I think, with all the fixin's
Definitely something meat-related. Maybe those Brazilian churrascarias. Does that qualify as a food?
Yeah I'm curious what those work requirements are too Karina
yikes bases loaded
Karina, let us know if we're getting too nosy.
EK, remember when we went to that churrascaria?
Bills leaves with 9 K's. I think that ties his career high.
10-10 tie in Boston.
I'd love to eat fries, regular ice cream and chocolate every day.
I guess i got used to do it, but i take vitamins and antioxidants. I eat some fat with fish and chicken and i rely on a little peanuts and stuff like that for good fat. There's also olive and canola oil.
Besides my parents suffer from high blood pressure and my dad is pre-diabetic, so i have to watch what i eat. For example, my mom lives a very healthy life and she shouldn't have that high blood pressure.
Beimel's rockin' the serious sideburns!
Dodgers trade a run for an out.
Yeah I remember Orel. Yum Yum. I've been to a few others in the past few months. Horrible for your cholesterol but great in so many other ways.
It all comes down to eat less and exercise more. No way around it.
Beimel gets out of it cheaply enough. 2-1 Dodgers.
Ok, after this fudgesicle I'll never eat another one.
Actually fudgesicles aren't that bad for you in the grand scheme of things. It's okay to eat them every now and then (someone agree, please).
1-run lead heading to 8th.
I'm not really interested in being in front of a camera.I've been an extra in several commercials and music videos, but that's not the issue.
Maybe you've heard Venezuela is famous for the beauty queens. That sort of culture permeates the whole society and when you work in the media, it gets you, no matter what. Maybe you're educated, have work experience but you can lose jobs due to your looks, because it's a world dominated by men and they'll give jobs to the skinny girl with the big breasts.
For example, i've worked on a tv show for 3 seasons. I had to take a break in order to finish my other degree. They hired a fashion model and the producer called to tell me i couldn't get back to the show. I asked my former coworkers and they said maybe this girl doesn't work like me but she has a better presence.
Very unfair. But that's how the game is played.
Everything in moderation. I think you can eat anything if you don't overindulge.
Exercise is primordial.
Wow, Karina. That sucks.
I can't pretend that attitude doesn't exist in the U.S. but at least we try to hide it more.
Alas Karina from my limited experience in Venezuela I believe it. It seemed to me the executives hire their secretaries 90% based on their looks.
Kent doubles home DeWitt! 3-1 Dodgers! Much-needed insurance! Kent ends up at 3rd!
"Exercise is primordial." Primordial as in primitive, or a necessity?
Maybe the deal in the U.S. is that you can get started on your looks, but to really advance you need ability?
I wonder who Wrangler pays more - Brett Favre or Dale Earnhart Jr.
Especially behind the camera. It doesn't matter how hot you are, if you can't get the job done, you're fired.
If you're hot and talented? Well....
That's true, Eric. Most secretaries are very hot and they seem to pay more attention to their acrylic nails than doing their jobs.
Loney hits into his 15th DP.
Hey guys! I'm back and we're winning????
Oh wait, Loney just squelche a rally with a DP.
Celtics 22, Lakers 20.
I appreciate a beautiful woman as much as any guy but I also acknowledge how destructive a society's overemphasis on looks can be. In Brazil they have at least 4 separate magazines dedicated to plastic surgery.
Welcome to Institutional Sexism Thoughts, Sax!
Looks will always be overrated. There's too much money to be made with them.
I'm glad SoSG isn't coasting off our insanely good looks.
Even men are sometimes judged on looks - for example I recently grew a Jeff Kent mustache just to be accepted.
Hot and talented would be perfect, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Believe me, if a hot girl is working behind the camera, she should be very bad at her job to get fired. It's that shallow.
I gotta be skinny because i don't really look latin. I'm very pale and have small breasts and you couldn't imagine how many times i've got: sweetie, if you tanned more and get a boob job...what do i do? show up with perfect nails, skin and hair so i am not that behind.
Speak for yourself, Orel. I'm still leading on profile lookups..and it's not due to my writing skillz, I assure you.
And don't tease Sax about his botox treatments, he's very sensitive about them.
Kent is 3-for-4 and RAISES his average to .252.
252? Maybe Kent should wear his black costume.
People shouldn't be judged on looks. Period.Man or woman.
Jay and Bruce both strike out swinging in the eighth.
EK, sweetie, if you tanned more and get a boob job....
Don't even get me started on plastic surgery, all my cousins and half of my girlfriends have had them.
Sax is killing us all in page views.
Orel, exercise is the fountain of youth and health.
Eric looks more than fine, just as he is!
Then half your girlfriends must be hot!
Amen, Karina!
Karina, I've seen your picture, and I don't think it's hurting you much. Or at least, it shouldn't be.
Uh oh, Broxton has one on, two out...and Adam Dunn up.
But I should say, it's hard to see the color of your eyes under that blue pointy hat.
Sax, we are not calling Pierre "Slappy" tonight. He earned the privilege with that RBI double in the 3rd inning and that catch.
Broxton touches 97 mph!
Do you think the beard looks good on me?
Thanks for the reminder karina! Hopefully they won't hit the ball to left so I don't have to impugn his defensive "skills" too.
Thank you Karina - that is my real picture
I think Broxton is pitching around Dunn.
I always rock the blue shirts against the red background.
Thanks, Sax, it's very sweet of you.
and yes, i tend to have very pretty girlfriends, one of the reasons i'm single!
Keep the beard, Karina!
I like the beard Karina, but you should do something to bring out your eyes more
Eric, you should, it really brings the color of your eyes.
One ticket to Venezuela, please!
We're "eyes" people!
Just kidding, Mrs. Orel!
Broxton is making me nervous, what's up with setup and closers this day on the MLB?
Seriously karina, what ever happened to the k + gnome picture?
FYI while I am typing these comments I am working on next Monday's puzzle as I may not be able to on Sunday, my usual night reserved for creating posts.
Celtics 29, Lakers 26.
Broxton wiggles out of it!
Yes, the eyes have it!
Hot date Sunday night, EK?
I know an american guy who bought a one way ticket to Venezuela. Married my friend and lived here 5 years.
Hey Karina, what do you mean that having pretty girlfriends is one of the reasons you're single?
A's have the bases juiced in the top of the first vs. the Snakes
What happened after five years?
EK, I also thought you looked good this weekend calling the Sunday game on Fox.
I think Karina is modestly saying her pretty girlfriends are stealing away all the men. But I refuse to believe it.
hmmm, i felt a little shy with that pic..and i figured out the gnome will bring more luck, it hasn't.
we need to get at least two men on in order for me to see the aptly named juan-for-4
No Sunday I have to go to a work function unfortunately.
Jolbert sounds like an energy drink.
Brandon Phillips with the sweet short-hop play. Looks like Saito will be working with a two-run lead.
True. My girlfriends steal most men, and guys tend me to treat me like one of them...
SD losing 8-0 to the yankme's
They moved to the US. Lived there for a couple of years but they're divorcing :(
karina, you should hit them with your cane
*that's another gnome reference btw*
Well, you do love baseball. That automatically makes you one of the guys.
here comes maza, karina!
I'm going to the other side. Epale.
Maybe they're stupid but i've been very focused on school and work.
Dodgers won!
Saito: "What the hell am I doing here?"
lakers down by 5 with 8:22 left in the 2nd
Sadly Karina, such stories often end thusly.
Can "epale" mean goodbye too?
whoops, down by 9 now
Night, Sax.
Yep, it's my love for sports and i'm not precisely the kind of girl who reads cosmopolitan and watch soap operas. Most men are afraid of women who can get a run for their money in sports, books and films.
Sax gets the coveted 200th post!
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