DODGERS' RECORD WITHOUT MANNY: 16-11
Eric Milton (2-0, 3.14) vs. Jamie Moyer (4-5, 6.75).
COMMENTS: It's hip to be a graybeard! Carl Fredricksen (above) is the protagonist of the number-one movie Up and Milton and Moyer (average age: 40) face off tonight at 47-year-old Dodger Stadium. Both old men are on winning streaks, Milton having won his last two starts and Moyer having won his 250th career game.
So fire up your walkers and get ready to tell anybody who will listen stories that don't go anywhere — like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones. You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in zeppelins, dropping coins on people, and one day I seen J.D. Rockefeller flying by. So I run out of the house with a big washtub and — hey! Where are you going? Anyway, about my washtub. I'd just used it that morning to wash my turkey, which in those days was known as a walking-bird. We'd always have walking-bird on Thanksgiving, with all the trimmings: cranberries, Injun eyes, yams stuffed with gunpowder. Then we'd all watch football, which in those days was called baseball. Eh, why didn't you get something useful, like storm windows, or a nice pipe organ? I'm thirsty! Ew, what smells like mustard? There sure are a lot of ugly people in your neighborhood. Oooh, look at that one. Ow, my glaucoma just got worse. The President is a Democrat! Hello? I can't unbuckle my seat belt. Hello? There are too many leaves in your walkway.
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Youth is wasted on the young.
I should wear an onion on my belt sometime.
Gotta love Grandpa Simpson!
I'm out for this thread soon. 6:30 game time in our league tonight, then pizza and beer.
You'll all be in what's left of my thoughts.
You can't change your name! I got it from my father, and he got it from his father, and his father traded a mule for it, and that mule went on to save Spring Break.
Sauerkraut was called liberty cabbage.
Tonight's old-timey lineup:
Pierre, LF
Furcal, SS
Hudson, 2B
Blake (# Dickety-three), 3B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Ethier, RF
Kemp (# Dickety-seven), CF
Milton (# Dickety-eight), P
So many Abraham Simpson fans!
is victorino hurt or something?
SF 2, FLA 1, top 7
"I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me"
Victorino: strained left him, available to pinch hit
hip
thanks orel
Milton off to a crappy start. Two on, one out, Howard up.
Wait for the K pr the DP.
i really hope we can take advantage of moyer tonight.
K's the Subway spokesman!
Wow, he escaped.
nice way to work it out. way to go milton
Good guys, score some first inning runs, bad thing they left that routine.
Did you see the 1982 Dodgers?including the father of this blog.
Beast Mode slaps one by the drawn-in third baseman!
alright good start. just wait it out guys.
"Did you see the 1982 Dodgers?including the father of this blog."
Did they do some ceremony since Davey Lopes is around?
im waiting for moyer to yell at pierre to get off of his lawn.
BMSB!
I'm watching Fox Latin America, it was like a 30 clip of that year.
Aaugh!
Utley caught it in foul ground and cut down Pierre trying to steal third.
Can't really blame Pierre for trying to steal there.
This double play was really awful. Let's cross fingers this doesn't haunt us by the end of the game.
pierre is starting to lose his luster.
I mean, Utley had his back to the infield.
Not complaining about the steal, it was a little bad luck.
another scoreless inning
yeah i guess. Its not like utley is a slouch at second base though.
Feliz makes me unhappy.
last night was horrible, there were tons on phillies fans there. There was actually a beat LA chant.
crap
Mr. .122 with a single. Figures.
"last night was horrible, there were tons on phillies fans there. There was actually a beat LA chant."
That's the problem with baseball in L.A. It's such a cosmopolitan city there are lots of fans of all teams.
Feliz makes me angry, he seems to own the Dodgers, right?
yeah, sucks. im just glad we dont play the red sox often. That one of the few times i feel bad for angels fans. Being outnumbered in your own stadium.
On the other hand, Laker fans are everywhere.
another tight inning, but Miltie escapes
Milton has been shaky, if he continues like that, this going to be a tough game.
true, but the lakers are the most rivaled franchise in (united states of)American sports. So they get the beat LA chants everywhere.
speaking of the Lakers i heard Sasha Vujacic threw out the first pitch tonight, i hope he didnt brick it.
I guess "Yankees suck" is the NY equivalent of "Beat L.A."
"speaking of the Lakers i heard Sasha Vujacic threw out the first pitch tonight, i hope he didnt brick it."
Hopefully they'll send us pictures.
Wait, isn't there a NBA finals game tonight?
the "suck" chants are stupid. I hate the fact that the Anti-LA chant works so well. Beat NY, that doesnt sound good, Beat Philly, Beat AZ?
it only works with LA.
no that was last night karina.
next game is on sunday.
the dodgers could use a big bat in the middle of the lineup. I wonder where we could find one.
I know it was last night, thought there was a game tonight. Geez, NBA playoffs now take forever.
Awww, clip of Steve Sax in 1982. Sweet.
Orel, are you the one who doesn't like to see children on the first row? those baby twin girls could be an exception.
no, i think the final take two day breaks in between games now.
damn you werth.
werth looks like he could of played a power ranger.
howard 1, shift 0
Too much contact off Milton.
"Orel, are you the one who doesn't like to see children on the first row? those baby twin girls could be an exception."
No exceptions!
"I know it was last night, thought there was a game tonight. Geez, NBA playoffs now take forever."
more time = more $$$
Only down by one after three innings? I'll take it.
i hope 1 run is not an insurmountable lead tonight.
Dodgers' scoreless streak at 13 innings.
Warning track power.
i knew we should have moved the fences up ten feet tonight.
It must be frustrating to get beat by a pitcher with a fastball in the 80's.
Delino is at the game with baby deshields.
80s night! They played our house. We're hoping for space age love song or break my stride.
Aside from busted double play, a legit game so far.
Look for tomorrow's post _" dirty diapers in the parking lot"
this is becoming like a facsimile of last night so far. JP gets a lead off hit, and then the bats go cold.
Aflac: Jamie Moyer is the oldest active player (36).
Who is the oldest player ever?
80's Night: Music selection or Moyer's pitch speed?
Marlins have men on 1st & 2nd in the bottom of the ninth, two out against Brian Wilson. Hanley Ramirez up to bat.
Oh, Dog.
o dog, come on.
At least that sets up the DP.
Bases loaded in Florida. Cantu up.
ramirez walks, bases loaded.
(remember how nice that sounds)
apparently philly is 14-4 against lefties this year.
wow, this is getting painful
SF won.
SF wins.
3-0 Phillies.
The hits just keep coming.
"apparently philly is 14-4 against lefties this year."
Left Angeles
july cant come fast enough.
This is frustrating. I want to kill.
i havent seen the dodger play this bad since, well, this time last year.
age: Satchel Paige (59)
HEY WE GOT A HIT!!
Pierre's sleeve HBP. Rally time!
That wouldn't have happened in the old times.
everybody just lean out over the plate.
wow, that was close
another BMSB
please, just get the sacrifice.
thank you.
SCORELESS STREAK IS OVER
another flyout, it seems like there always just a bit short.
Who do we have to sleep with to score more runs?
Strange moment...they showed some girls and claimed it was the bangles. I want my hoffs.
They showed the video for hazy shade of winter but didn't play the music. NOW HALL AND OATES!!!!!!! Kiss is on my list. Aka me and sax's theme song
Coste looks like he is drinking urine in the dugout.
O-Dog makes up for his error?
"I think Torre's decided that Eric Milton has been bobbing and weaving, but we're going to stop this with eye cuts." —Vin
mota is quitely becoming less hateable
lean into those inside pitches, moyer doesnt throw hard.
Moyer is getting veteran calls.
it seems like the blue is opening up the strike zone for gramps.
if moyer pitches a complete game ill kill myself.
They played 'bad'
The crowd erupted.
Surprising
Is it Moyer or is it our bats?
well the bats have been the one constant in these past two weeks or so.
it doesnt really seem like they have a gameplan when they go up to bat, either that or they arent following it.
The bangles sang the national anthem and I missed it!!
Moyer and hoffs both look older but still ogt the stuff
Its tricky!!
Is it just me or has Hoffmann done nothing beyond his homer against the Angels and his game against Chicago?
Bloop looked good and bloopy from here
"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."
Hoffmann had some RBIs in Colorado.
Great running catch by Kemp!
Another great catch by Kemp!
Kemp 1
Howard 0
Werth gets picked off.
Very nice and cute GBA tonight.
A HIT
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Oh thank goodness, Furcal doubles.
Not a good day for the O-Dog.
We're only down two but it feels like twenty.
He dropped the ball!
Bad D by Bruntlett makes it 3-2 Phillies!
I wanna see Lidge come in for the ninth, and then watch the Dodgers use him for batting practice.
I'm all alone. I feel like I'm in some sort of retirement facility where my family never visits and my best friend has the strangest beard.
Next thing you know you'll be taking a football in the groin.
There is no escape from the fortress of the Moles!
Really not a good day for the O-Dog.
C'mon Bruntlett, stay a goat.
This is a tricky situation for Tron.
Tron goes full to Dobbs.
Dobbs flies out to Beast Mode. Two away.
I hate stairs. What's the probablity that rollins makes us pay?
Great, Tron about to walk in a run.
Full count to Rollins.
Good crowd support.
Beast Mode saves the day!
Whew, Rollins flies out. The Phils are certainly helping the Dodgers out with their poor clutch hitting.
We are not striking out. We are not walking. We are just hitting EVERY SINGLE BALL at them.
Kemp walks.
Hey, when did Romero get back?
Is Kemp really a threat to run in this situation?
damn, thats about as good as loretta is gonna hit the ball
June 4
i think this is only his second appearance
Ok so I didn't miss anything.
Loretta had a great April, but his May/June leaves a lot to be desired.
Kemp takes second.
I guess he is a threat to go!
lucked out on that one.
come on beastmode!
i miss manny
Well that was an effort in futility.
Ox is in for the potential win.
that was a quick picture change
did anyone see that david carradine died? i guess i totally missed that
I'm the Superman of Edit Profile.
That Carradine story is getting so weird.
cant get any weirder than autoerotic asphyxiation
Death by orgasm. I guess you can have too much good stuff.
At 72!
They played the right stuff by nkotb. I went ballistic
why crappy players always kill the dodgers when they come back to LA?
Twins take 2-1 lead over Mariners in the 10th. Ichiro due up in the bottom of the inning with his streak on the line.
nice pitch!
Massive wave in progress. BAby deshields opted out of participatimgi
Howard goes down swinging.
Broxton's slider has made him so much more effective.
Ibanez strikes out!
RALLY TIME
lidge lives in Inglewood?
lidge has been returning to form recently, lets see what we can do.
I have a hearty dislike for Brad Lidge.
Count runs full to Raffy.
And he strikes out.
Ichiro's streak runs out.
why isnt anyone swinging the bat?
weak
Time for some good ole' fashioned Beard Mode.
what the hell is up with this umpires zone?!?!
Blake keeps the Dodgers alive.
alright loney give us a walk off homer
Beard singles! Winning run at the plate in Loney!
Down to the last strike.
what the hell
Count goes full to Loney. Blake will run.
*breath held*
it seems like jmarts facial hair changes style on a daily basis.
Winning run at first!
He walks! Now the game is in the hands of Russell Martin.
was torre just playing the air drums?
it would be nice if Martin showed up right about now.
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