Derek Lowe (12-11, 3.53) vs. Shawn Estes (2-1, 2.97).
COMMENTS: A sinkerball pitcher on the mound at Coors Field is like a balloon-animal clown at a two-year-old's birthday party: he may look like he's having fun when he first gets to the backyard, but it won't be long before he's gonna get mugged. With that, the Dodgers move Derek Lowe up one day in the rotation to see if Lowe can reprise his last effort (8 beautiful innings of 2-hit ball with 4 Ks vs. the Snakes), against Estes, a former Giant. The Dodgers' position of 3 games ahead of Arizona (as of 4p, thanks to the AZ @ SF game) is the apex for the entire 2008 season, giving us a 86.5% chance of winning the West (and that was prior to the SF comeback victory this afternoon). Keep on rolling, Blue!
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Shawn Estes. Now there's a name I've not heard in a long, long time.
Just wanted to say thanks again for the wristbands. They arrived yesterday. I'll try to get a couple pictures to you guys soon.
Watched the Angels clinch against the Yankees (with the ranger's help). All LA WS?????
The power of the wrist bands.
Unleash the power.
Does this mean that I have to retire the Magic Gloves?
Should I hold a ceremony?
I think the magic gloves and wristbands need to meet someplace and have headband offspring.
Lineup, from Tony Jackson
C, Martin
RF, Ethier
LF, Ramirez
3B, Blake
1B, Loney
CF, Kemp
2B, DeWitt
SS, Berroa
P, Lowe
Uh, Blake cleanup???? Huh?
Casey is gonna rake tonight.
Jason Repko on the pregame show, but Rick Monday wants to talk only about (a) how injury-prone Repko is; and (b) what Monday's approach to injuries was, when Monday played.
Yawn.
Dodgers' magic number is 15 entering play tonight.
Boy I wish I could have made tonight's game in SD.
"Casey is gonna rake tonight." You mean he has yardwork? Why couldn't he have done it during the day?
As amazing as AZ started out this season, it is equally amazing how they have faded, ceding the division to us. What happened???
Hey, it ain't over yet.
Ethier lines out. Andre, you're useless!
Uh I don't have a good feeling about this. Giles doubles, and moves to third on a ground out. Only 1 out.
Before the seats are warm.
Opps, already down by 1
Oh man another LAME phiten commercial, this time with Joba Chamberlin. Uggg.
King James HR!
Kemp walks (he took a lot of pitches by the way), DeWitt doubles. Dodgers 2-1
Lowe walks! Martin up!
Son delivers! Martin RBI single! Dodgers 3-Padres 1
Ethier ended the inning with a grounder. Maybe he wants us to let him leave.
Did James just make an error there?
Not a good inning for James.
He could be forgiven...he hit a home run!
I bet Erin is anxious about the Sox-Rays game. 11 innings, still tied to one.
Go Rays! (Nothing personal, Erin.)
I hope Blake does rake tonight, cuz if he leaves runners on base I'm gonna be pissed.
That pun inspired by Karina's earlier comment.
Anyways I'm hitting the hay. But excellent balloon animal clown metaphor, Sax. Best I've seen in several weeks.
Good night!
"And a drive to center, and forget about it boys, that's outta town!" —Vin
5-1 Dodgers!
Night, EK!
Loney's HR = 395 ft.
Manny's HR = 435 ft.
Ethier singles, Manny HR, Blake singles...
Manny took care Blake didn't leave runners on base.
Dodgers 5- Padres 1
Before I go to sleep I want to note that the use of the words 'balloon animal clown metaphor' in my previous comment features four consecutive nouns, three of which are used as adverbs or adjectives. Yeah, baby.
I guess this post could be considered the 'balloon animal clown metaphor game thread.'
Oh, good ol' King James GIDP. It's OK, King.
TB 1, BOS 1, mid 13
I'm honored to be part of your inspiration, Eric. But i don't know which earlier comment i made could have inspired you.
Maybe it was Sax's?
Que descanses.
Or BACMGT.
BACMGT?
Vin just congratulated Mike Scioscia and his coaching staff (by name). Very classy.
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Go Rays! Pena 3 run HR! (Sorry Erin)
Hopefully, Angels and Dodgers will make the playoffs. And Mike Scioscia deserves all the praise he could get.
What happened to Lowe?
Carlos Pena makes it 4-1 Rays in the 14th!
Hey, I eat dinner take a shower and come back to dodgers up 5-1. Woohoo. I hope that Lowe is ok. oh and nice stab by Loney at first.
Lowe had a comebacker hit him in the calf. Torre took him out as a precaution.
Lowe got hit on the leg by a comebacker. He had 86 pitches so I think they decided to pull him just in case.
Martin walks, steals 16th base.
Rancho Ardiendo for the Red Sox, no outs.
Ethier walks.
Juan Pierre pinch-hit for Elbert to start the inning, he lined out. That's the only out so far.
Oh, manny with the K. darn.
Here comes Brad Penny!
Hey a Penny sighting!
Hey I am up in Boston with man on 1st and 3rd.
Opps, I poped out. rays win
Pooped too.
Hey Brad, get in the game.
Wonder how fast Penny's ptiches are.
How does he look?
Fat.
Not good, I think he is just throwing all fastballs - according to gameday about 95. He now has the bases loaded with no one out. Man his arm is really dead. 17 pitches, walk and 2 singles. Ugg.
Thanks, Brad. Appreciate it.
My computer is dying so I have to stop blogging. Good Night all - hope we pull this out!
What a thankless position for Cory Wade.
Wade gets out of it with a minimum of damage. Nice. 5-2 Dodgers.
Wade cruised the 8th.
Breaking news: Sweeney struck out to start the inning.
Wow, Karina. I can't believe it.
Ethier with the hustle! Even with a three-run lead, he doesn't let up.
Manny HR! Dodgers 7- Padres 2
Wow. Manny.
He caused a scrum behind the center-field fence!
Orel, i'm sorry if i was harsh when i broke the news of the Sweeney K.
Look what i found on Deadspin, the feature is called Why your team won't make the playoffs: National League. This was written about the Dodgers:
1. Los Angeles Dodgers. Record: 74-71. Magic number: 16. Why they're doomed: Takashi Saito, Brad Penny Rafael Furcal are still out with injuries. Upcoming: Of 17 games remaining, six are with San Francisco, four with Pittsburgh and four with San Diego. Ray of hope: Andre Ethier is smacking that; had five hits and five RBI on Friday, and has his average up to .299, making him a nice compliment to Manny.
Dodgers win! First place with a difference of 3.5 games. Night!
3.5! 3.5! 3.5!
Night!
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