Chad Billingsley (5-1, 2.45) vs. Cole Hamels (1-2, 6.17).
COMMENTS: Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey! Did we need that one last night or what? Even better, the rest of the division lost, leaving the Giants 4.0 games behind the Dodgers, with the Rockies, Padres and Diamondbacks a collective 23 games under .500.
Now that old friends have had their way—former Dodgers Chan Ho Park and Jayson Werth, and former Phillie Randy Wolf—today's getaway-day rubber match is about (flips coin) settling scores. Billingsley wants to stick it to the team that rocked him in last year's playoffs, and Jonathan Broxton wants another shot at Matt Stairs.
In the other dugout we have Hamels, so dominant in October but off to a rough start this year. He pitched solidly in his last start, however, so his performance today will determine which team will be getting its mojo back. Call me biased, but I vote for us.
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1 – 200 of 428 Newer› Newest»Good morning! Here's hoping the game plays on my MLBTV @ work!
What a great win last night, hope we can keep it workin' today behind a Billingsley, who has something to prove to the Phillies after the '08 NLCS!
No thread for me today. Too early.
I wish I could have called out today.
Nothing better than coffee and Dodger baseball whilst sitting in a house devoid of the din created by wife and children.
I'll be tracking on either Yahoo or Gameday. They frown on TV's on at work.
once my work's IT figures out I'm streaming games from time to time they'll probably shut down access, but thankfully they haven't noticed yet...
MLB at bat on the iphone for 9.99 makes it nice and convinient to listen to the game at work...and it should be over by the time I leave!
I was at the game last night in Philly and was sitting behind a group of 8 or 9 scouts. Pretty interesting to see, one guy had a Mets pullover on and stayed the entire game, most left in the 7th or 8th, and was scribbling a lot of notes while Ohman and Leach were pitching.
Scouts. My first thought was, "Gee I bet the little guys were disappointed when we poured it on." Then I realized you meant baseball scouts, not boy scouts.
Top of the Morning to all of you.
I'll be listening and infrequently posting, as the boss doesn't like when I screw around at work.
Glad Furcal talked with Manny...so far so good...
Gameday is painfully slow.
One pitch; one double for Rollins?
Yikes.
I had sooooo much trouble waking up this morning.
Lead off double haunts Bills
Big strikeout for Bills
1-0 Phllies end of 1.
Epale everyone! Martin just singled...
since i've got to stay at home to write an article, i can get to watch gameday and sharing with you over here.
good strike out, but high pitch count for bills
Sweet it's letting me watch.
Bills needs to get himself outta this mess in the 2nd!
bend but dont break for bills
Bills squeaks out of a jam again.
Hey everyone. Just got back from a run along the water and some time in the gym. Wish I had come back to a Dodgers' lead, but it's early yet.
Only 19 comments so far, in the second inning? What, you guys are working?
Bills gets Rollins to pop out with two RISP, escaping the second. Let's go now, Dodgers, and try and string some hits together rather than meting out one per inning.
update:
so, as you all may remember I had a difficult time with my Dew yesterday. So I ate a nice green salad to kinda even things out... left work early and slept all day... tivo'd the game. (big win!) Woke up this morning and it looked like I drank a can of green paint.
Erin, you really should take a shower first before showing up to the SoSG bar in your workout clothes.
Beard's gonna stroke one
Nice Casey!
Sax, I don't intend to miss any more of the game. You're just going to have to deal with my stink.
lets get this bunt down chad
Nice call, Saxy.
very poor ab
Did I call the blake xbh or what?
Okay, erin. Let me pour you one anyway.
Let's go Beast Mode!
rbnlaw, what does that stand for anyway?
Better make it a light beer, Sax. I didn't do all that running for nothing.
Dusto. Wow.
My initials then the word law. I'm a part-time ambulance chaser. I was going to change it, but then I just got used to it.
Do we have dress code on the SoSG bar?
all we need is more than one hit an inning...
Is this double really going to go to waste?
Is it good that we're fouling off so many balls? Hamels isn't blowing us away but no one seems to be able to figure him out.
hamels at 50 pitches
come on Rafi!
"Do we have dress code on the SoSG bar?"
Something about pants, or no pants.
thank you jimmy
Danke, Rollins!
nice, get the gift run!
yahoo raffy!
I love "in play, run(s)"
Wow, Rollins is really having a poor start. He and Furcal should go to lunch after the game...
Yes!
Okay, I gotta go wake AC up and make sure he joins the GT. Give me a second.
Love the at bats this inning.
O, Dog.
Since we've done a pretty decent job at setting Jimmy Rollins back on track after an early-season slump, it's only fair that Philly return the favor and get Raffy back on track, too.
o dog in line for the golden sombrero
57 pitches through three for Cole. Way to work a high-pitch-count inning, boys!
1-1, mid 3
I, for one, like the foul balls...let's wear Hamels out...I would rather face the bullpen...
yep patient bats are a must!
Hope Bills gets his zone nailed down...
I was trying to give time to get used to him, but I must agree Eric Collins is pretty bad.
that pitch was great!
Get 'em Bills!
nice inning bills
I may be biased slightly, but this strike zone is working for me!
Way to go Bills, 3 up 3 down!
I think that the dress code at the SOSG bar is that anything goes, except no Merkins and no Codpieces.
Holding my breath.
Let's get to Hamels this inning.
Aflac: Cole Hamels is 1 of 3 pitchers to win the NLCS & World Series MVP in one season. Who are the other 2?
51 pitches through 3 for Bills. Nice.
1-1, end 3
Schilling and Beckett?
(takes codpiece off)
What's wrong with Andre?
More SB revenge!
what was martin doing there
Oh man. One pitch after a great stolen base, Russell gets doubled up at second after Loney hits a weak liner to first.
Got caught napping.
why did loney swing at that pitch, of all pitches; he was jammed
Not napping—actually he broke the wrong way when Loney hit it.
Hershiser's gotta be one of the aflacs
I hate the Phillies. Hate.
Well that sucked.
KKKKK
Seven days ago, Andre was batting .327.
Since then, he hasn't had a multi-hit game and is now at .269 with at least 582 DPs. Give or take a couple of hundred.
nice breaker!
Sheesh! That's just gonna reinforce the Manny theory on Andre's batting.
so, gameday is as slow as ever!
Aflac: Livan Hernandez and some guy also named Orel
Yep I keep getting errors and slowness too Dusto.
Nice DP! Loney's glove is still consistent!
soooo i'll be keeping my silly guesses to myslef now I suppose.
That was an ugly 3-6-3 DP, but I'll take it. Loney threw high to Furcal, who had to leap to catch it. He then double-clutched and threw near the dirt to Loney, who had to dig it out.
Matt Kemp first-pitch single right over the head of Jimmy Rollins!
Bunt dammit!
billingsly has got to work on his bunting skills
terrible! billingsly needs to pull his head out of his a$$ at the plate!
Ugh. Not there, Bills.
Casey singles! Kemp lingered between second and third, trying to draw the throw to second. Ended up scrambling back to second.
Next play: Bills doesn't get the bunt down far enough, but hauls ass down to first to avoid the DP.
why bunt again? swing away and drive in runs!
I hate when the first out is on the 3rd, but that's ok Matt.
99.
100.
I'm working and keeping my eye on the game, but I just wanted to jump in and say that.
yeah, blake singles... oh snap... still really behind.
Good pitch by Hamels to get Furcal.
i think everybody but furcal knew a change up was coming there
Had to know that pitch was coming!
Collins & Lyons talking about Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown and, inevitably, Alfonso Alfonseca.
that sucked
Bills can't pick up Hamels' bunt. E-1.
Someone needs to steal Collins' baseball encyclopedia.
Hey Trite Fantastic, one of our original followers!
Is Eric Collins the new Ross Porter?
Error by Bill: bad
Hamels on the bases: good?
2 on; 0 outs: bad.
Russell visits the mound, and it's like Bills is comforting him.
Rollins K's swinging but Russell throws the ball into RF trying to pick off Hamels at first.
Need a DP here.
Internet is killing me today, I'm gonna stop with the GT so it will hopefully improve my video of the game.
C-ya everybody.
whew!
i almost just pooped myself
Good heads up D getting Ruiz...
K-3-6-5-2-6 DP!
Victorino K's swinging, they get Hamels in a rundown between first and second then Ruiz tries to steal home and they get him between third and home!
WOW!
thanks Orel, i almost suffered from a heart attack reading here and waiting for Gameday.
Not a good day for the O-Dawg.
Gameday almost had a meltdown describing that DP.
Serves the Phills right; trying to steal home twice in the same homestand. Bastards.
Hamels was unaffected by his time on the basepaths.
Two K's and a walk.
Hoser Mode!
And Martin is picked off after breaking too early trying to steal second.
Great day on the basepaths for Martin, huh?
What is up with Martin and his poor baserunning today? Ugh.
Why would a baserunner go on the first move by a left-hander?
lets not walk another leadoff hitter
thank you
Eight K's by Bills. Come on baby, give the man some run support!
KKKKKKKK
Hey, Orel! Didn't realize I was an Original Follower! Do I get a plaque?
Yes. A virtual plaque. In my mind.
so does bills come back out in the 7th, 9 ks for bills, 4 in a row
I'm sorry, I meant NINE K's!
KKKKKKKKK
Bills at 102 pitches.
werth(less) 0-3 3 ks
Bills deserves to win this game, i hope the Dodgers don't pull a performance worthy of the Mets when Santana starts.
loney busting out the whooping stick!
FJL - that homer was better than yesterdays!
LONEY
LONEY
LONEY
"In play, run(s)" for the first batter of an inning can only mean one thing!
LONEY! BOMBA! He's heating up!!!
This is welcome news. A hot Loney is just what we need.
Both times against lefties, correct?
Who is complaining about King James lack of power now?
That stroke was bee-you-tee-full.
Correct, Erin!
Let's go Beard Mode!
LONEY!!!
Guess Bills is coming back out.
I need to see that HR.
I guess Bills is pitching the seventh.
Lyons just commented that the dodgers are giving away a Blake Bobblehead for the first 50,000 fans saying that it is a lot better than other promotions where they give out only to the first 15,000 fans. He is correct - that is a lot o' bobbleheads and pretty cool that they are giving away so many. That is almost one for everyone in the entire stadium.
according to collins the soft pretzle invented in philly
For as long as I've been going to Dodger Stadium (which, admittedly, has only been about four years), the bobblheads have gone to the first 50,000. I'm always grateful for that.
Bills is still touching 94, according to the TV radar.
*bobbleheads.
great range from raf
Vintage Furcal.
that was a strike
Bills seems to be slowing down.
and its matt stairs
Did Bills unintentionally intentionally walk Ruiz there to knock Hamels out of the game?
Just breathe. Just breathe.
PLUNK STAIRS
Is it worth walking Ruiz to not face Hamels next inning?
2 wicked breaking balls for strikes...
There you go Orel, reading my mind before even I have.
Gameday shows that last pitch as not making it to the plate. WTF?
The game went into Bullet Time?
well done bills great game
PHEW - KEMP with the catch...
How far did Stairs hit that?
Phew.
I just went Steiner on that ball when it left the bat. Scary for a second.
rbn, short of the track
"Went Steiner," nice TTF.
Love it - went steiner - that should be on a t-shirt.
I bet O-Dog Mode is happy to see Hamels gone
Hudson with the two-out single. Don't get caught CS, O-Dog!
garvey at dodger stadium june 15!
anyone warming up in the pen? or is Torre gonna stick with Bills?
Ok andre - break out of the slump.
Wade is in the pen.
im listening on XM right now and the Philly guys dont say too much
hopefully Wade doesnt implode like last week.
I was listening to Steiner yesterday, cognizant of the fact he mixes up infield flies with home runs. But little did I know that he calls foul ball line drives the same way, as if they were doubles to the gap (I suppose they are to a gap, except it's a gap not on the playing field).
Steiner is crazy.
Torre's late inning pen should be as follows (ideally):
7th - Bellisario/Wade
8th - Troncoso
9th - Broxton
or use Troncoso for 7th & 8th
AC/Erin, you are correct, bobbleheads have always been to 50K fans. 15K fans are usually for the kids or that smashbox moms' lipstick crap.
Hey O-Dog, you gonna run any time soon?
the tension for 200 is thick
who's gonna get
200
YES!
hmmm could o dog have scored there?
Hudson TOTALLY could have scored there!
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