Chad Billingsley (0-0, -.--) vs. Walter Silva (0-0, -.--)
COMMENTS: So I think we've reached the point in the season where we can safely draw conclusions about the winter's major free agent signings. Let's see: CC Sabathia ($161m, 12.46 ERA) - bust!; Mark Texeira ($180m, 0 Hits, 0 R, 0 RBI) - bust!; AJ Burnett ($82m, 0 wins, 0 strikeouts) - bust!; Adam Dunn ($20m, 0 triples, 0 SB's) - bust!; Derek Lowe ($60m, 1 win vs 14 wins last year) - bust!; K-Rod ($37m, 0 CG, 0 Holds) - bust!
Yeah, baby. Schadenfreude sure feels good. And ok, Manny hasn't turned it on yet, but geez, give him a chance. Besides his abbreviated spring, he's only played 2 games so far.
In anycase, I missed last night's game, but let's hope today's game puts the Dodgers back over 0.500. Treat this comment thread not as if you were pulling up a stool at your neighborhood bar, but rather as if you finally reached the counter of your local DMV after taking the day off work, getting up at 5am, and waiting 4 hours in line only to be told that we're sorry sir, we only take cash, you'll have to come back another day.
185 comments:
Furcal, SS
Hudson, 2B
Ramirez, LF
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Billingsley, P
I'm looking for Patty & Selma.
Give me a win or I'll punch that look off your face!!!!
What's that? I need the proper form filled out before I can punch you in the face? Okay, I'll go back and stand in the other line.
Do I need to make a reservation with SOSG Game Thread to move to the front of the comment line?
BTW, is it time to change the photo, yet? Anyone getting tired of Mr. Spock, with a beard. (You know, that parallel universe thing.)
Neeebs, maybe you could take a cue from Loney Fan.
If I'm in the line at the DMV, does that mean I can't have a beer in my hand?
Furcal lead off double!
Won't be around for the game chat, but I just wanted to wish my most favorite pitcher the best of luck tonight. Let's go Young Chadwick!!!!!
Mighty Blue 1-Padres 0
Your turn, Bills.
Chadwick, that's a new one.
Hey, we're winning already!
Epale, Karina!
Padres wearing the camo unis tonight. It looks like the bat is just floating there!
Nice backhand catch in foul territory by Ethier to finally vanquish the Eckstein menace.
Epale, Orel!
Eckstein saw 10 pitches and he made contact to most of all.
Uh-oh, two men on now.
Chadwick K's Kouzmanoff to escape!
there we go. that was about 3 innings worth
Oh good, more Wolverine commercials. I haven't seen enough of those.
Nice profile pic, FB!
MLB.tv has the LA broadcast tonight so i get to listen to Vin for the first time this year - yay!
gracias, señor!
BEARD!
Casey!
Chadwick draws a walk. Nice job!
I hate these uni's
Put that bat sliver on eBay!
Why not make the pants camo as well?
We are swinging at a lot of ball fours.
Arthur Rhodes is a Red this year. He just hit 91 on the gun
Gotta be a lefty.
Blake homered and therefore, shutting my mouth.
Hola Fred's Brim!
Orel, fashion police doesn't approve those uniforms :P
Yep - I had too look him up - he started with the O's in 91
hi karina!
Hudson singles!
With the return of Karina we get the return of the Fashion Police!
Let's go Manny!
Hi all!
Manny blasts a...single!
Q7!
Manny looks like he's wearing PJ's.
Ethier avoids the DP!
Hey Orel!
Runners on the corners now. Let's go J. Martin.
Runners at the corners, son's up!
go J. Martin!
"great minds think alike" if we ignore the grammatical error!
Martin K's. I think he was looking fastball there.
dammit James
crud
"Runners at the corners" is grammatically sound, I believe.
I'll agree we have great minds! :)
I like it when the pitcher bounces the rosin bag off the back of his hand.
Silva has a decent swing.
Chad K's Gerut!
Glad to see Chad has recovered from that broken leg.
I like our defense this year.
thanks, Orel.
A K to Gerut. Thanks, Bills.
Aflac trivia question: 4 Dodgers have won Rookie of the Year at 2nd base. Name them.
Again, not a question!
Kemp singles!
I don't see Blake legging out any DP's. Nice slide by Kemp, though.
Chad's hacking! Another full count for him!
Bills making him work.
Another walk for him!
Bills showing our team how to lay off the ball four
We should be up like 5-0.
yep - need to make some hay next inning with Hudson leading off
trivia answer: Sax, Sizemore, Lefebvre, Gilliam
Sax honored with an Aflac trivia statement (question).
Steve Sax - AFLAC trivia answer - 10 points!
Chad is in the Zone. That curveball was nasssty!
Time to turn two!
yikes - tricky liner there
Is it me or is Kemp noticeably better in center this year?
I like Kemps new two tone glove.
Guess the new contacts help him in the field too Orel.
He's getting better jumps.
So much for Huddy starting that rally.
How many DP's is that for us tonight? Two?
Gotta show a little more patience Andre.
I agree with Orel, we should have at least two more runs on the board right now. It feels like we are shooting ourselves in the feet right now.
Hey Dusto, how you doing?
Hold it together, Chadwick!
overthrowing
Two on, no out.
doin alright Orel... Looks like Chad is getting pinched a bit. though i am watching this on gameday. are there any links to get this on line?
Why would Chad overthrow when his breaking stuff is working so well?
Not unless you want to buy MLB.TV, I'm afraid.
Wow, bases juiced. All on walks.
Im kindof a cheap bastage.
ARRRGGGHHHH! If Bills would have only pitched to the bunter.
Shake it off Bills, we're not losing yet and you have more pitching to do.
Why didnt Lonely go home?
Loney is so heads-up this year. Eckstein flied to center, Kemp gunned it home to get the runner at third. Loney cut off the throw and they got the runner at first in a rundown. 2-2 tie.
I hate Eck!
This east-coaster has hit his pitch limit - can you guys get us this win?
dang... tough inning for Bills.
We'll take it from here, FB!
100!
gnite guys!
Thanks for coming! See ya next time!
Martin CS, out by a mile. Maybe a missed H&R.
Seems like we didnt take advantage of a crappy pitcher like Silva. 95 pitches- 54 strikes! And we only had 4 walks!!!
and now Russell gets thrown out. Sheesh!
And no XBH except Blake's HR, I think.
We just suck against rookie pitchers!
Lemme guess... outside slider to Kemp. (gameday isn't showing location/ pitch)
Casey gave it a ride but no second HR.
Looks like that calming effect Joe Torre has is putting our guys to sleep.
Actually, Dusto, it was an 89-mph (TV) fastball on the outside corner. Caught looking.
Hmmm, Chad at 83 pitches, still in.
gotta go to class. talk to you guys (and gals) later.
GO DOJERS!
Later!
1-2-3 inning for Chad. Now let's get him the lead.
Juan Pierre sighting! And he grounds out weakly.
A cheapie by Hudson. We'll take it!
get him Manny!
MANNY doubles! 4-2 Dodgers!
Cla Meredith is all like, I told you so.
Ethier IBB. I wonder why? Let's see if J. Martin can take advantage.
Russell is officially struggling. Vin said so.
LONEY RBI! 5-2 Dodgers!
Nice job boys.
King James, in play (runs)
sweet sentences to my eyes...
Still don't know why they IBB'd Ethier.
Kemp lines it right back at Meredith. "I don't think he caught it, I think the ball caught him." —Vin
Same here, Orel. Maybe Bochy doesn't trust in his defense?
Eight men at the plate for the Dodgers. Nice job James to eke out that 5th run...too bad Matt Kemp couldn't plunge the dagger with two RISP...
I don't know if I have mentioned it before but I really like James Loney. Especially the start he has had this year.
Kemp is getting screwed. So is my Fantasy team
Kemp is getting screwed. So is my Fantasy team
Hey karina, Orel, neeebosity, LF, and the Brim
and Damon
Hey Sax, you were the Aflac answer tonight.
I'd be a fan of Loney if there wasn't already one on this blog
Kemp's and Loney's fast starts have helped take the sting from Martin's and Ethier's slow starts.
Nice backup by Kemp there.
Ack, WP by Wade.
Come on Wade! Get out of this one
Kemp on his horse! He is taking such good routes this year.
Let's go Matt Kemp's new contacts!
Another Padres rookie!
Anyone want to bet that dewitt gets the start at third tomorrow. Day game after night game.
Dewitt is supposed to start at short.
Would have been nice to have scored Loretta, sitting on second with that WP. Oh well, better luck next time, Furcal and Hudson.
Steve, i know you like Gerut, but i'd love if he K's again.
Orel, the sun has just come up where I am
Did we mention yet that Jody Gerut went to Stanford?
And the sun is just going down where I am...
GOOOD memory, karina!
And me too
Kuo is nasty...it'll take discipline for Torre not to overuse him.
You're up too early then, Sax.
And Gerut Ks on a foul tip! Nice prescience, K-K-Karina!
Torre usually overuses his setup men. I'd love it if Kuo were relegated to 8th inning situations ONLY.
Dusto, and long ago somebody left with the cup.
Eckstein grounds out, but he's still got scrappiness (TM).
I love how our readers come from all over: Karina from Venezuela, Dusto from Alaska, Fred's Brim from the east coast.
5-2 Dodgers after eight full frames!
I just realized that Manny has bumped his avg up to 300... with 2 hits! ESPN is a group of clowns.
Loney is up to .545!
ok, so its been 3 games... I'm still going to be excited.
The Dodgers fans are a global fan base! Ned should do more for us outside of LA... and then more for those IN LA... and then lower prices for EVERYTHING.
In spite the pitching is thin, this season is a real promise.
Come on Russ, shake it off.
Dare to dream, Dusto.
If gameday is to be trusted, that was a great at-bat by Ethier. He took a walk with four fastballs in a row.
Isn't it weird to have better hitting than pitching, Karina? Although that's not even necessarily true.
Russ is rusty.
Oh trust me, I'm dreamin!
Ethier SB. Did he have the green light?
Maybe it's not that weird, we probably are not used to have a team built like that.
I'm still mourning over the fact Lowe, Beimel and Saito are gone :(
And Orel, those are just the readers you know about. What about people like me who follow your game threads all the time but never say anything? Oops... now I've blown my cover.
Viva senor broxton.
Brox is a beast.
Busted, MattyA! Ann Arbor represent!
Saito gave up a nasty homer to Evan Longoria today. He didn't look comfortable pitching in the 7th. I still miss him. I think we will be ok without Lowe and Beimel. I'm looking forward to seeing Steven Randolph get it together and be our lefty specialist once Oh Man gets traded... if he gets traded.
So far so good for Big Bad John. Apparently the preseason is not always an accurate representation of what is going to happen in the regular season. Who would have known?
WIN
When he's controlled, Stephen Randolph is very good. Shame he loses his patience too soon.
a brOX is on the loose!!!
2 of 3 so far. Lot of men left on base but we still won it. Nine pitches for Broxton! Let's go Kershaw!
Let's go Blue!
Thanks for all the commentary. I'll be lurking here in the shadows tomorrow... wait, that sounds creepy.
Guys, i think i'm going to a short trip tomorrow, be prolific on the game threads!
We'll try to make you proud Karina
Night, everyone!
Have a nice day, Steve
Later folks
MattyA, don't just be lurking! Thanks for saying hi.
Yeah, Lowe leaves the biggest hole. But remember it took four years to sign him.
I mean, he got a four-year contract.
Night all!
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