Derek Lowe (6-8, 4.02) vs. Tim Hudson (9-6, 3.19).
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First Officer Mattingly's pre-flight checklist:
1. Son squared away and ready for school in the fall. Check.
2. Wife safely put away in a mental institution. Check.
3. Resume duties as official hitting instructor for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Check.
Looks good to me!
Don't forget:
4. Son drafted by the Dodgers. Check.
Kemp, RF
Ethier, LF
Garciaparra, SS
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Jones, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Maza, 2B
Lowe, P
Did Andruw Jones already pull the cord to inflate his life jacket?
Will Nomar reinjure something if he has to slide down the liferaft?
Will Chin-Lung Hu fit in the overhead compartment?
Does Andruw Jones have to pay the $50 fee for his carry-on "luggage"?
Did Drew McCourt publish the right time schedule?
"please return your seats and tray tables to their upright and locked position".
How many times did Frank McCourt have to redo the seating arrangements?
And most importantly, WHO THE HELL IS FLYING THIS PLANE IN THE FIRST PLACE
Otto!
Nats 5, D'backs 0, top 7!
Can we win our fourth-straight series???
The Parrot handsfree radio commercials are horrible. Simply horrible. They should fire their ad agency.
Arizona loses!
I do love Lisa Simpson saying, "I don't really have a catchphrase" on the Universal Studios commercial.
3 Braves, 3 outs, keep it going, Lowe!
By the way, i adore the flight-theme of this thread. A+
Hi, everyone. I'm hoping the Dodgers can show the kind of prowess that they possesed on Monday night. Getting a taste of first place should not be good enough. They need to take each game one at a time and pick up their offense every day!! Not every other!! Go Blue!!
Dodgerdog, FYI, when I go to Idaho (at least once a year, often twice), I go to Caldwell. My dad was born and raised there, and my family owns a drugstore in town. If you ever find yourself there, shop at Pennywise!
Hello everyone, from beautiful Marfa, Texas!
Hello, Erin! how's your road trip going? have you posted something new at your blog?
It's going very well, Karina. I've written one another post since the one with the Santana picture. Maybe some more pictures tomorrow. I've been taking a ton. It's hard not to, since it's so damn gorgeous here.
Lowe looks locked in tonight.
Erin, i never saw the Santana post. I'll catch up with the reading (i'll comment tomorrow, lots of work to do tonight).
I'd wish i could watch this game on TV. Pitching duels' rock my world!
King James doubled!breaking the no-hitter of Hudson.
Andruw Jones rocks my world! He also rocks the donut shop down the street, the local Fatburger, and any kid that gets in his way of bacon.
Very harsh, Loney Fan. But guy singled twice last night, maybe he'll hit Mendoza line soon enough
I see we have a pitchers' duel....
edit: pitchers' duel
BISON BOMB!
That should be enough for Lowe.
Kemp with the HR!
Perfecto and no-no gone in one hit. C'mon, where's the standing O for Lowe?
It's my fault, guys. I changed the channel on the television, hoping to see something about the game on ESPN, just before the hit. Clearly I should have left everything as it was.
Loney saved DeWitt's bacon on a bad throw there. Blanco advances to third.
No standing ovation for Lowe at Chavez Ravine?
Dammit, Erin!
Round of applause for Lowe but the camera didn't catch any standers. Dodger fans getting spoiled, I tell ya.
Lowe gets Larry's comebacker. He's doing everything tonight.
And a deep fly ball gets him out of the inning!
Seven innings on 74 pitches. I'd call that efficient.
74 pitches, 53 of them were strikes. It's outstanding.
What do you think, CG for Lowe tonight?
So far, he's at the pace for it.
ANDRUW RBI!
Jones with an RBI single? No f'n way
Jones with a great slide to take out the second baseman! The crowd has been dying to cheer him!
F'n way!
This is one of a kind night. When was the last time he had a RBI? that solo HR at Atlanta?
Maza walks to Rancho Ardiendo...for Lowe.
I have Lowe and Zambrano starting tonight at fantasy, so it's all good.
Solo HR by Francoeur. 2-1 Dodgers.
Guy who had a stint on Double A to work his hitting issues.
Finally, a standing O for Lowe!
Hey, he spent three whole days in Double-A.
WOW Martin had him nailed by a mile!
and was recalled for this series. I'd wish some other teams oukd follow the Braves example.
Pulling Lowe seems a little insane here, if you ask me. Gotay is a .208 hitter on the season. Lowe has two outs in the eighth. Did he lose it completely just because he walked one guy?
That's my adopted son!
You have a point, Erin. Because the top of the lineup is coming up.
Hey Blaine, DUCK!
Kemp CS. We sure could use some insurance here.
Is Saito warming or will Broxton pitch the ninth?
I see Torre's point there. We're in the eighth, Broxton's ready, Lowe's just starting to falter. With that slim a lead, better too early than too late.
Saito.
Don't make this interesting, Saito.
I think Kemp has been caught off base or CS something like three times in the last four games.
Saito gets his second out...called K
DIRTY!!! Nice pitch!
DODGERS WIN! 1st place again!
YES! Andruw I owe you an apology. I cannot believe I just wrote that!
Four straight series. Nice.
Let's go blue! i can get used to this quality of pitching.
Jones saying classy things about Dodger fans. "The fans have been great....They come and support the team every day."
Now, Jones is making me feel so bad and dirty. How about you?
Nope. One good game doesn't erase half a season of ineptness and injury.
We are overlooking how good Atlanta's pitching has also been this series. Dodgers score eight runs over three games and take the series.
Steiner, late in the ninth, said "she came in through the bathroom window.". Hmm.
Isn't that a Beatles song?
Way to go Tim Watson, thanks for reminding Andruw a thousand times over that he is talentless hack and that the Dodger fans/team hate him.
Andruw has caused Dodger fans a lot of pain this season....
Great game, everybody! I'm proud of all of you! Night!
Agreed Orel, but we don't need to drive him back into his psychological funk when he is at least producing something. Great game nonetheless! Lowe deserves the win in a game where we normally would have lost it for him.
It is indeed a Beatles song, from Abbey Road. Nice call, Orel.
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