Randy Wolf (2-1, 3.02) vs. Randy Wells (0-1, 1.50).
COMMENTS: Let's go for more of those good memories, shall we? The Dodgers open up four games at the Friendly Confines but will miss Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano, who went apeshit yesterday after a call at the plate went the Pirates' way. Instead, Round 1 of Dodgers / Cubs features Wells, whose debut this year already includes three strong starts and a miniscule ERA, versus our king of no decisions Wolf (whose seven no-decisions is tied for the major-league lead).
Will Wells go-Far? I still wouldn't bank on it against a Dodgers offense that had 31 runs over three games at Coors Field; despite the fact that LA didn't deposit any HRs in the three games, they still were able to cash in a lot of runs playing small ball. Let's hope for more returns today.
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1 – 200 of 229 Newer› Newest»Reed Richards is envious of that stretch, Sax. (I kid.)
JS: So is Patrick "Eel" O'Brian. I know, it was bad. No, it was awful. I was out of juice today.
But look, James Loney not only hits a grand slam, but he took his spray-paint can to the billboard area behind him!
anyone going to wrigley this weekend? i will be there saturday.
WSJ's Accuscore has us winning tonight's matchup, 5 runs to 4.6.
Gametime in 1:40.
That's odd. ESPN AccuScore, which I assume is the same company, has us as a 49% chance of winning, and calling the score 4.9 runs to 4.9 runs. Hmm. Maybe the line changed during the day?
So, it's bank puns this time, eh Sax? Sorry to say I will not be participating. I'm going through withdrawal.
I just hope the magic vs. the Cubbies continues. Computers estimating the score scare me.
Anyone find a lineup yet?
Lineup:
Pierre, LF
Furcal, SS
Hudson, 2B
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
Wolf, P
Furcal is back. Joe is still playing lineup games.
Josh Schippe, we may have to hire you on staff. Thanks for the lineup post!
p.s. the pay is awesome, btw
I'm just benefiting from a slow day at work. (And sharing what Inside The Dodgers already posted.)
Thanks!
No worries.
Shouldn't you be getting in shape for the NBA draft?
I mean, this is you, right?
Sure, now's the time to work on hitting the 3 with a man in your face.
Yep. I'm just terrible at spelling my own name.
Thinking of bank puns is hard work. I'm going to need a bailout.
Jon Weisman posted a piece today about the Dodgers not having any home runs from the #5 spot. Looks like Torre read it and is doing something about it.
What in the hell with Kemp 8th and Russell 4th? Russell should be 2nd and Kemp 5th or 6th.
rbnlaw, Shipp's problem wasn't really that he couldn't hit the 3 consistently. IMHO, it was that he was slow on the first step, so he couldn't penetrate, and then he needed tons of spacing to get off a jumper (a la Jason Kapono back in his Bruin days).
I like Shipp, but he's going to have to lose some pounds if he's going to need to hustle faster.
Random fact: first nightgame at Wrigley was on 8/8/88
Ali etc: Well, at least we know now that Torre isn't afraid of hurting anyone's feelings by moving them around in the lineup.
Who here has been to Wrigley?
I have.
I love it.
It's quite a beautiful park.
Josh: If your name was Tom Paciorek, I bet that they wouldn't put you on the payroll.
:-)
Actually, I'm tired of Greedo. Let's change to something more...happy.
Much better, no?
Sax,
Agree. Leave him alone; deadly. Stay with him and make him shoot off the bounce; not so much. It's why UCLA is so adept at running the high screen. Gets you the pick and roll or it frees up your shooters.
The lack of a true center doomed them this year. I wish Ship(pe) all the luck in the NBA and hope he doesn't become Ed O'Bannon, the Sequel.
Saxy, I saw the Yanks play the Cubs there a few years back. Woke up early that morning in a still-drunken stupor to stand in line for standing-room tickets. We ran up to Milwaukee to see the Brewers play the Sawx in the afternoon and then rushed back to Chi for the Sunday night ESPN game. It was a really fun day. And I loved the park. I appreciated that they still had troughs instead of urinals in the bathroom. Somehow that made the lines go so much faster
Don't think I'm weird or anything, but I went ahead and changed to my last initial, for brevity's sake. (Not for privacy's sake. That's already shot.)
Wasn't Ed O'Bannon the Sequel named Charles?
Wrigley Field is amazing! I loved that they had a beer guy selling 16oz CANS of Old Style walking around in the crowd. However, I wasn't so thrilled with my seat directly behind a support beam.
rbnlaw, Yeah, I'm worried about Shipp's chances in the NBA, but it is nice to see Howland recruits like Afflalo, Westbrook, and of course Farmar and Ariza locally (Ariza was pre-Howland) thriving in the pros.
Jrue Holliday really needs to stick around another year. For the team's sake, and for his own sake.
Where's the love for Kevin Love?
Let's hope Kevin Love isn't George Zidek the Sequel
That's the Raffy I know and love.
Loney with a nice at bat.
Keep the rally going.
The Beard.
That Play with Pierre and Furcal must have looked so damn cool on TV.
Casey got robbed
Hey Hey everyone. Looks like the blue got out quickly. Nice swinging bunt by Furcal.
Nice thought, poor execution Andre. Is this the first time Bradley and Andre have played opposite each other at the same position since the trade (which would mean ever)?
sax, totally agree about jrue, but with that, he is the most complete freshman so some team will take a chance on him.
im a little worried about the bruins basketball season next year.
nice dp
DP!!! Phew. Nice.
Wow! Wolf with a 89 MPH Fastball to get Bradley swinging. I always think that something is going to explode if Bradley doesn't do well...
Sorry, dropped out for a bit. If Holiday goes NBA, oh well. Not like he was an impact player anyway. He was biding his time for the draft in hindsight.
True Nic, next year looks shaky without a true point and soft big men.
George Zidek actually had a nice NBA career and went home to make more money. Look at Gadzuric. He was getting better minutes than Luc Richard MM. And don't get me started on Kevin Love. His weakness, heees sloooowwww.
Kemp with a single -
Oh, final thought on UCLA: I like Drew Gorden's upside and intensity.
SWEET! Kemp with the stolen base on a PITCHOUT!!! Slide under the tag.
wow, that was close
rbnlaw, what are your thoughts on Toby Bailey (I'm trying to get all 5 starters on the '95 team mentioned)?
Kemp with the swipe!
Juan Pierre's gonna get a hit, I can feel it.
BTW I'm working on a game-changing bank pun...
Come on Beast Mode, drive Bison Mode home.
First Florida, then Colorado, and now Chicago. The Dodgers' road schedule is looking more and more like a tribute to Juan Pierre.
ethier afraid of the bricks?
Damn had him 3-2.
i love how zambrano threw the ump out.
you'd think they would have a punching bat for him to beat on in the tunnel.
bag*
Koona t'chuta Soto goes down looking.
wow, nice pitching by the wolf
Is anyone else flipping between the game and the spelling bee?
Current word: gyascutus
The dude nailed it!
wow, the cubs just look a step slow today.
PS, whats with all this first to third stuff, i like it.
The Dodgers get 2 men on base while I'm watching a 13-year-old spell 'gyascutus'.
nice rbi by the beard.
BEARD MODE! I would be pissed if this guy gets no All-Star consideration.
he wont, sadly.
man andre just swung at junk.
gotta go to dinner! Will be back!
The Cavs are murdering Orlando.
wolf is cruising
how many singles are they going to have through the 5.5 hole. ill take it.
damn kemp
that inning was way too easy for wells.
Getting back to the UCLA Bruins hoops team: one of my favorite memories was being at an away game (I think @ either Cal or Stanford) where the crowd was razzing Moose Bailey by chanting "You're-Not To-by (clap clap, clap clap clap).
And the time when the Stanford crowd had a huge joint to razz Jelani McCoy (who still leads the Bruins in FG% in a season, btw).
Yeah, I'm worried about the Bruins next year too, but Gordon does indeed have upside.
Oh yeah, nice to come back to one's desk and see the good guys up 2-0.
Though weren't the Cubs up 2-0 before the Loney GS in NLDS Game 1?
wolf's lost his control all of a sudden
wow, this is a sparse out of town scoreboard.
Wolf will get Lee to GIDP
He was just throwing around Bradley to drive Milton NUTS
damn that one sounded lie it was out.
Is there a rat trying to enter Nick Johnson's chin?
I mean Reed Johnson
How Andre Ethier wasn't able to turn Lee's fly ball into a double play is beyond me. Thanks for making my prediction worthless, Andre
can we just re-trade ethier for bradley mid-game.
nice stop by blanco, any other guy in the lineup would have been an out.
Pierre with another hit! After his earlier steal, he now has 439 career SB's, exactly 250 behind Joe Morgan.
I like to watch JP chase Morgan.
Hey, Sax's Well's Go-far pun was backwards too.
Another steal-and-swinging-bunt?
damn, that ball just hung up there
the drawbacks of aggressive baserunning.
Mr LA SF, I'm working on that Reed Johnson photoshop right now
Hudson is not having a good game.
Nor is Herr Ethier.
EK, pretty good one there with the Chase JP Morgan
man the cavs just cant hold a lead this series, they have lakeritis.
I'd say, that was a good pun. A Capital one, at that.
Thanks Sax. It was better than some of the ShitiBank puns out there.
EK - Your puns are getting better. I'd wachovia shoulder to make sure nobody steals them.
Point taken, MLASF. You can't suntrust anyone these days.
Ok that one was lame but I was feeling too much pressure to come up with another good one quickly.
wtf, the some of the yankees are at the cavs magic game and sabathia gets an interview. The dodgers were at the lakers nuggets game and we get nothing, figures.
Wolf strikes out the side.
how are the two randys tied in pitch count. Wolf seems like he has been doing so much better.
I'm surprised. I didn't think the Cavs would begin their slow decent into oblivion until the second half.
A hit in each inning.
It would be nice if they scored in each inning.
Andre Ethier has lost it, he has become truly pathetic.
he is like the brett tomko of outfielders
Talk about a collapse. Cleveland went into the second quarter up by 17, and now go into halftime up by 1.
They were up by 17?
Wow.
The Cleveland LeBrons are blowing it, huh?
Are you rooting for either Cleveland or Orlando, MLASF?
I want them to kill each other so whoever wins will be exhausted by next Thursday.
Then I guess you're rooting for Cleveland, at least in this game.
Down to the Final Four in the Spelling Bee.
this lack of runs is kind of concerning
Who is singing TMOTB today?
World famous William Peterson?
I heard Tyrese is signing the 7th inning stretch, but he's going to change all the words into one of his own songs.
The Wolf is still pitching is the 7th? thats a surprise
After yesterday I don't think Broxton is available. That's a little disheartening.
yeah, torre confirmed he will probably be using tron for late inning relief tonight in his pregame interview.
Tron is a good choice. I'd like to see the sinkerball in Wrigley.
If they need late inning relief. Wolf is cruising.
Whats Wolf's pitch count?
101
The other Randy is gone. Now the Dodgers can tee-off on this Cubs bullpen.
Oh. Maybe they will need Tron.
Last chance for the O-Dog to extend his hitting-streak.
there goes the hitting streak
I think you're right MLASF.
This is definitely a quick game.
Wolf coming back?
I'm gonna go have some dinner now.
Have a nice dinner.
I don't think Torre can resist using the bullpen.
hopefully wolf can get this done, the cubs have been hitting him harder in the last few innings.
One minute into the 3rd quarter, Orlando takes a 4 point lead.
60-56
A CG would be nice. Resting the bullpen would be a huge gift from Randy.
Guys, keep commenting, this is my mom's birthday and i'm counting on you and Gameday.
Epale!
If he walks this guy, does Torre pull him?
2-1 Dodgers.
Time to pull him?>?>
i knew wolf was getting tired.
i think Wolf wants out, he served that up on a platter.
Here comes Joe.
6 more outs.
Argh. Okay, come on tron tron
Hold this lead Tron.
Uh oh.
What now?>
randy should get the win, Providian the bullpen does their job.
Fuk-U-Do-Me
Jesus H. Christ.
I can't watch.
i knew we needed more runs. wolf is Mr. No Decision.
Tron really got a Bailout on that one.
they need bullpen help.....!
Inning ending double play.
The fourth double play Chicago has hit into.
The Cubbies are killing themselves with the DP's.
Andre 'the double play' Ethier is up. luckily the bases are clear
ohh wait, blake is on, noooooooo!
Actually Beard Mode is on first. That is if Gameday is correct.
at least it wasnt a double play
they probably should get an insurance run; im not sold on troncoso.
why are they warming up mota?!?
Big Russ works out a walk. Kemp is up with two aboard.
damn, Mota sucks, and i dont mean tootsie pops.
i almost hope they put him in and he gives up a loss, it could be the final nail in the coffin.
nice slide by russ
leaving tron in, risky play but we have nobody reliable in the pen.
Tron will pitch in the ninth. He's batting.
wtf why is troncoso batting
Tron strikes out.
Is Brox unavailable?
That was ridiculous
alright tron, its not your job to bat just hold the lead.
This is going to bite us in the ass
brox threw a season high amount of pitches in that debacle yesterday.
Orlando has a 1-point lead going into the fourth quarter.
NicJ, you're right. Sorry, I've already blocked that debacle out of my mind...
...it was a day game though. doesn't that mean extra time to rest?
Bradley / Lee / Johnson in the ninth
Bunt single. Winning run is at the plate in the form of Milton Bradley.
I mean Derreck Lee.
Ok, tell me Troncoso didn't just bat with 2 on in a 1-run game. That didn't just happen. I think Torre still doesn't understand the rules in the National League. The pitcher doesn't HAVE to bat.
Crap. Lee singles. Two aboard.
a bunt single, wow.
If Lee wins this game, it's revenge for Furcal breaking his hand a couple of seasons back
The move to keep Tron appears to be a miscalculated one.
Wade? Ohman? Weaver? Milton? Koufax? Anyone?
Two foul bunts. Tron has to get one more.
cant win them all, i cant really think of anybody in the pen that i trust right now.
i think id take koufax out of all those.
what is happening, my little mlb gameday rectangle disappeared
I still miss when there was Saito, Broxton, Kuo, Beimal, Park, and the good Wade.
In play, out(s)
Please tell me it was a triple play
Rat-Chin sacs Milty and Lee to third and second. Tron IBB's Soto.
yeah, all of those pitchers aint that great this year.
IBB to Soto to get to Fontenot. Nowhere to go, Tron.
Tron has to get Scales to GIDP.
Let's go, GIDP
can we get another double play. come on tron you can do it!
Sorry, Scales. My bad, Fontenot is out.
Come on Tron, tip the Scales
Tron has to throw strikes.
the tension on gameday is thick
these balls do not look anywhere close
Nail biter for Tron. I guess Torre wanted to shut Brox down because of his long outing.
GOT HIM!!!!
Scales strikes out! Two down for Blanco.
I would take a popup at this point.
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