
Chad Billingsley (0-0, -.--) vs. Big Z (0-0, -.--).
Comments: Oh, that crazy Nostradamus. I'm generally pretty wary of handing the floor over to him, as he can sometimes be a loose cannon. But he really insisted this time, and since he had good tidings to portend, I decided to let him have his say. Be warned though, he's been drinking pretty heavily and listening to The Beastie Boys almost constantly. But there you have it, straight from the mouth of everyone's favorite French prophet (who's apparently aligned with Anni-Frid) - Les Dodgers en quatre!
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Hey Nostry, who are the Dodgers playing in the World Series?
Furcal, SS
Martin, C
Ramirez, LF
Ethier, RF
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
DeWitt, 2B
Blake, 3B
Billingsley, P
Former Aquilas Shane Victorino grand-slam, breaking the tie. Phillies 5-Brewers 1. Guess C.C. Sabathia's arm is not made of rubber.
Orel, that's the Dodger blue spirit!
Phillies join the Grand Slam Club: Victorino just hit one off Sabathia. 5-1 Phillies, bottom 2.
Hey Karina, which Big Z shows up tonight?
Nostry is passed out in the car. He asked me to wake him when the game starts, but I might just let him sleep.
Two days in a row with the same lineup? That's a first for Joe Torre as a Dodger right?
Nostry really should have entered that Kragen Home Run sweepstakes during this season. He could have made some coin.
Same parking lot tonight Saxy?
Northwest corner.
I'll be cruising in the 1977 Mustang.
Hopefully Orel, Big Z will be throwing gatorade coolers by the third inning.
I hope the boys in blue show absolutely NO MERCY.
Big Z is one of my favorite players ever since he was in the minor leagues, but i want the Dodgers in the NLCS so much i'd really wish he will be hit hard and often.
NO MERCY!
http://tinyurl.com/3s7e5x
How depressing do you expect their fans to be tonight?
Nice, Karina!
Of course on the Zung self-rating depression scale.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zung_Self-Rating_Depression_Scale
Depressing? Not very. Depressed? Very.
Orel, that was a much needed correction.
he's been drinking pretty heavily and listening to The Beastie Boys almost constantly.
Wow, that's some coincidence...
Thanks, Orel...
Here we go...NO MERCY!
Mr. Customer, are you implying our Nostry is a cubbie?
Is anyone else watching the game on TBS hot corner? If so, is the audio going in and out for you?
Neeebs, I think you'll find that Mustang nothing but a money pit.
I have a feeling Martin will break out tonight.
Karina,
No, I'm implying that I've been drinking pretty heavily and listening to The Beastie Boys almost constantly!
Place sounds electric tonight, that's for sure. Z will feed off of that...
Here we go. I think I'm even more nervous tonight.
Zambrano might be on tonight. Let's hope Billingsley doesn't have his usual early inning struggles.
10 pitches for Zambrano in the 1st.
First pitch, Soriano gets a hit. Ugh.
Well aren't we off to a great start.
Dodgers swinging pretty aggressively here in the first. So much for the patience of last night.
"An auspicious if not ominous beginning for Billingsley"--Vin
Derrek Lee struck out on the second to last pitch of the at-bat. Too bad the ump didn't call it. I hate this crap about umps being fooled when a catcher has to move the glove. Just watch the ball! If it goes across the plate, it's a strike.
Chadley with two consecutive K's.
Framing pitches works both ways.
Agreed, Orel. It bothers me either way you look at it. Human error, I guess. But if the ball is over the plate, call it. You're not supposed to use the catcher to help you determine a strike. Where he catches it isn't supposed to matter, right?
Excellent, excellent job, Chad. That should really help his confidence.
16 pitches for Chad in the 1st. Nice job!
That's baseball's famous "human error" factor, Erin. Umpires can be exploited, just like equipment and field conditions.
Okay. Let's be aggressive here with a runner on base.
Just as I wrote that, we got aggressive. Sweet.
Back-to-back singles by Andre-and-James!
Come on, Matt!
First Big Z breakdown. Back to back singles by Ethier and King James
go dodgers
Wow, Matt. You can't watch them just go down the middle.
BLAKE (DeWITT)!
Bad defense by DeRosa. Dodgers 1-Cubs 0.
DeRosa was the early hero last night with the homer, and the early goat tonight with that error.
Oh my god. Cubs' fans must be going insane. That's three booted balls from the infielders this inning.
Time for a squezee?
A squeeze would have been something nice to try there. Instead, Billingsley swings and misses at three pitches. Not really a quality at-bat there.
Thanks Raffy and Torre! after 2 strikes...love the boldness!
Rancho Ardiendo for my son...
HOLY CRAP.
Karina, I love your son.
5-0, Dodgers.
3-run RBI double by Martin! great job, son!
THIS IS AWESOME
My palms are working up a good sweat right now.
My hands hurt from clapping. That's a great feeling.
WOOOOOOOOOoo
I'm so happy right now, i couldn't even describe it!. My brother just brought me sushi by surprise. Life, right now, is very good.
I'm not sure why, but Jim Edmonds has always given me the heebie-jeebies.
I'm switching to radio now. Have fun, all!
REMEMBER WHEN THIS TEAM LOST 8 IN A ROW?
I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!
Wow, I just had to go back and see how we scored five (now that I'm home with the big screen hdtv). Unbelievable!
Did I call Martin's breakout performance tonight? Someone is going to start calling ME Nostradamus.
Sax,
You do have your moments of lucidity.
Remember Sax, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Chad, please don't walk the opposing hitter. That's dumb.
So far, King James and DeWitt haven't struck out against Big Z.
*edited due to grammatical error.
ANOTHER error. Wow.
Sax, you deserve lots of credit tonight... prophet and outstanding haiku writer. Impressive, most impressive...
Lee lead-off single. Aramis Rmirez will GIDP.
Almost. The Cubs could have called an interference, because the DeWitt throw hit Lee's hand.
MANNY!!!!!!
MANNY DEEP center field HR!!!!!!!
Yeeeeaaahhhh
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! What has that man been eating!
Manny with the stake to the heart!
Manny homered off Big Z after a couple of srtike outs. Love Manny being Manny.
I saw this on deadspins live blog:
Manny Ramirez pops a solo home run in the hopes of showing all those overstarched suit-wearing fogeys that it pays to think freely and be yourself. Maybe for Game 3 he'll sport the 80s sideways ponytail.
Manny caught along fly on the warning track. Who wants to keep him?
I'm all for it
Somewhere Scott Boras is smiling. And counting money.
Blake wuz robbed!
Bullshit call at second there. Blake was safe, even looking at it with the naked eye. In slo-mo, he's clearly safe.
It wasn't even close, nice bunt for Bills
Another gem from the Deadspin live blog:
11:18 — Ending the hardly-a-threat, Furcal turns the fastball into an out. He learned that one from Juan Pierre.
Just saw the Blake play. Yeah, he was safe by a mile.
Big Z, with 100 pitches, is pitching the 7th. Piniella doesn't have much confidence on his bullpen.
Is Lasorda sitting next to Sherry Lansing?
By the way, way early in this game, Dick Stockton called a "check swing" on Geovany Soto in which Soto didn't take the bat off his shoulder. Nice.
Manny walks with one out in the 7th. Zambrano leaves the game. Cue the Viva Viagra commercial.
Awwwwww, Big Z breaks my heart. Chamo, you did a good job, the defense didn't help.
Kemp RBI double! Dodgers 7-Cubs 0
Matty! 7-0 Dodgers!
again, THIS IS AWESOME
No MERCY, right Orel?
Hey, it's Tom Verducci! Verducci verducci verducci!
Bills has a 7-0 lead here in the bottom of the seventh, and Edmonds doubles to get the Cubs a run.
Dodgers 7, Cubs 1....
We have to recognize Kemp's effort to catch that ball.
Torre leaves Bills in. He's at 95 pitches.
AWESOME Bills!
#100
Right and right, Karina!
Okay, base hit by Soto, time to pull Bills, Joe. Good job.
Great job, Chadley!
Great job, Bills!
Nice job, Wade!
Raffy RBI double! Dodgers 8-Cubs 1!
Nice slide, Casey! Even better news: Furcal is heating up!
Fukudome will need some heavy security while in Chicago.
Manny RBI! 9-1 Dodgers!
I just got in. Anything exciting going on?
Not really. Just like yesterday.
Cubs error #4. I'm almost starting to feel bad for them. Almost.
Sigh. Another run?
Saito is shaking off the rust.
Wow, Saito not exactly inspiring confidence here.
Nor is Broxton.
*taps foot nervously*
Why must the bullpen do this to me?
STOP IT BROXTON
Dodged a bullet there. One out.
Have the Cubs fans done the "Beat L.A." chant? Or are they too smart for that?
"Entire crowd on its feet here." Except all those people behind home plate.
That last call kind of sums it up for the Cubs tonight.
Wow. I never would have guessed the Dodgers would, or even could, take the first two games.
Even still, the Cubs are too good to count out. I'm still on pins and needles. And I'm hoping to be there for Game 3.
I take partial credit for these two wins. I have a pair of magic shoes and have worn them for both games. I plan on wearing them on Saturday at Dodger stadium so I predict a sweep!!!!!!
Whoa that was one BADASS hangover. Brutal. But I'll be ok after some coffee, no worries. Anyways, I'm fired up for Game 2, baby. Bring it! What time is it? How long 'til it starts?
WTF? The game is already OVER? EK, dog, you were supposed to have my back! Why didn't you wake me up, bro? Man, that cat is worthless sometimes. But at least we won. Les Dodgers en quatre, baby!
So what am I Nostry, a cat or a dog? Sheesh. And just so you know, I did try to rouse you from your drunken stupor like 10 mins before first pitch but you started cursing at me in French so I just let it go. So don't blame me, dude.
Eric, time to learn to curse spanish-maracucho style?. If you need a help, drop a line sometime.
Nostry believes we're dropping Game 3 with Kuroda on the mound...
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