Sunday, June 07, 2009

Game 59 Thread: June 7 vs. Phillies, 5p

MANNYWATCH: 21 GAMES
DODGERS' RECORD WITHOUT MANNY: 18-11

Randy Wolf (3-1, 3.21) vs. Antonio "Inglourious" Bastardo (1-0, 1.50).

COMMENTS: SoSG reader Fernando strikes again! "I made this to commemorate 'Dre's back-to-back walk-offs, and to simultaneously give Andre more reasons to continue to turn down fan photos," Fernando writes. Dodger fans will be more than willing to put up with Andre's photophobia as long as he keeps producing.

And while Mr. Walkoff may no longer be welcome in the City of Brotherly Love, he's not the only hero of the weekend. Let's not forget the excellent pitching staff as well as the clutch defense (particularly that of James Loney, Orlando Hudson and Matt Kemp).

Today's game is the last regular-season meeting between the Dodgers and Phillies; with four wins and two losses, the Dodgers have assured themselves of a winning record against the defending World Series champs. Which is a good start.

More good news: The team has three off-days in the next two weeks. (Sharpen your pencils, PCSsters!) But with rest comes change: Look for a pitcher to be replaced by a position player on the roster.


Laker fans! Today is the only day a Laker Finals game and the Dodger game are starting at the same time. (You can thank ESPN.) But is it a blessing or a curse? Whichever you decide, be sure to keep us updated in this thread. Okay, Jayson?


UPDATE: Eric Stephen from True Blue LA is in the press box tonight.

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Orel said...

Pierre, LF
Hudson, 2B
Ethier, RF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Furcal, SS
Ausmus, C
Wolf, P

PenosCabell said...

Russell Martin has the day off. Thank God.

PenosCabell said...

Why did ESPN/ABC do this to us L.A. fans?

NicJ said...

Eric Milton to the DL, the doctor said he needs a backieotomy (strained back) Blake dewitt is getting recalled for the time being.

PenosCabell said...

I hate that move. Blake DeWitt should be playing everyday.

NicJ said...

It's probably only for a week or two. Plus casey has been having hammy problems so they probably need someone that can fill in for him, besides loretta.

PenosCabell said...

Agreed Nic. He probably could help Hudson and Furcal as well.

StolenMonkey86 said...

Does the Phillies' starter remind anyone else of a character from the Dilbert TV show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lrPAXfMTk

Josh S. said...

My wife and I will be at the game today, sitting in Andrewood (Baseline Field 44 Row 4).

I wonder how empty the place will be with the whole simultaneous Laker thing going on.

Josh S. said...

Whoa! Free parking for the A's series!

http://tinyurl.com/q2yjko

The real Frank McCourt has been replaced with a pod person.

NicJ said...

the catch is that dodger dogs will be 20 dollars a pop that series.

NicJ said...

yeah, i really view dewitt as a swiss army knife for the infield. Loretta i would only feel comfortable using on the corners.

NicJ said...

they just did a piece on Donnie baseball's work on the young hitters of the dodgers. pretty good stuff.

Also, they had a little clip of manny working out today before the game. Looks good.

NicJ said...

MSB just hit a game tying 3 run jack in the bottom of the 10th. crazy.

Unknown said...

Ha, they also said that Bud Black said Eckstein was the MVP of the Padres...is that why they are 4 games under?

Unknown said...

This line up is getting closer, but I still would rather see Kemp-Ethier-Blake 3-4-5.

Unknown said...

"If Joe Torre is coaching the Phillies, they'd be in first place...if Charlie Manuel coached the Dodgers, they would be in first place." - Joe Morgan


Checks standings...slaps self in forehead.

Unknown said...

Oh and to keep with the good vibes:

Pierre- PG
Hudson- SG
Kemp- SF
Loney- PF
Broxton- C

MR.F said...

Nice photoshop.

Unknown said...

So with three off days in the next two weeks are we running a 4 man rotation, and then activating Milton 13 days from now?

PenosCabell said...

Andrew - Thats Joe Morgan for ya!

NicJ said...

lineup intros!!

Orel said...

Wow, the Lakers' pre-game graphics blow the Dodgers' away.

NicJ said...

imagine if jerry buss owned the dodgers.

NicJ said...

kobe's got the terminator look again.

NicJ said...

gotta get the Picture in picture going.

Orel said...

Dwight Howard does not need pinstripes.

PenosCabell said...

Lakers get the main picture. Dodgers small picture. Flipping back and forth.

NicJ said...

got the same set up here PC

PenosCabell said...

Kobe needs to turn it on early.

NicJ said...

i know the magic did not play well last game, but it doesnt seem like the lakers D is getting any credit.

PenosCabell said...

Agreed Nic. Lakers defense was very good in Game 1. Orlando put up a lot of bricks.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Dodgers vs. Lakers

Joe Morgan vs. Jeff Van Gundy

Van Gundy wins every time.

PenosCabell said...

suffocating defense

NicJ said...

calling the game a little tight in the early stages

Orel said...

Ariza 3!

NicJ said...

arrrriiiiiiizzzzaaaaa

PenosCabell said...

sloppy game so far

PenosCabell said...

Gasol wanted it back after he got rejected.

NicJ said...

man bynum is fighting howard down low, good to see.

PenosCabell said...

It was a goaltend

NicJ said...

damn what a goaltend, we better not lose by 1

NicJ said...

two early ones on bynum

Orel said...

One more out for Wolf....

MR.F said...

2 fouls on Bynum already.

NicJ said...

gotta hit those FT's

PenosCabell said...

1-2-3 inning for Wolf

Orel said...

The ump isn't even centered behind home plate.

Wolf 1-2-3 1st inning. That's a good sign.

NicJ said...

fish is the master of the charge

Orel said...

Fisher atones for Kobe's turnover.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Both teams are throwing up bricks.

NicJ said...

nice hustle by fish

Orel said...

Fisher is MSBesque?

MR.F said...

Lots of fouls being called.

NicJ said...

ariza is making hedo's life miserable

PenosCabell said...

Yeah, this is a sloppy game so far.

Commercial break. Back to the Dodgers.

Orel said...

Four batters, four fly balls.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

As long as the Lakers' defense can keep up, I can tolerate the poor offense.

Unknown said...

Dear Refs,

I only watch the NBA to watch you blow the whistle. Forget amazing athletes, it is all about you.

Andrew

PS I am currently sporting my alternate Steve Javey jersey tonight!

NicJ said...

its a little funny that last year everyone was saying that we were just a finesse team, and this year we go up against a team that is pretty much a finesse team.

Orel said...

3 up, 3 down for the Dodgers

NicJ said...

what a bastardo

PenosCabell said...

That was a lovely first inning.

Orel said...

It's Reftastic!

NicJ said...

kobe needs to stop the jump shots.

Orel said...

Ariza almost with the steal!

PenosCabell said...

Agreed Nic. I wanna see Kobe take it to the rack. Draw fouls.

PenosCabell said...

Orlando already in foul trouble.

PenosCabell said...

Terrible fast break

NicJ said...

enough with the J's

PenosCabell said...

Howard camping out in the key

Orel said...

Howard drove one to Pierre at the warning track. Ibanez with a ground-rule double past Kemp.

MR.F said...

Retarded foul on Pau. Gotta save those for Dwight.

Orel said...

Er, Ryan Howard that is.

PenosCabell said...

Wolf in trouble

NicJ said...

need a DP ball here.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Both teams can't get the ball to drop.

Orel said...

Sac fly scores Ibanez. 1-0 Phillies.

NicJ said...

weak foul

Orel said...

BALL DON'T LIE

NicJ said...

haha, rasheed orel.

Orel said...

Kobe helped set the defense by batting that ball away.

Orel said...

AZ 6, SD 6, top 15 (!)

NicJ said...

fish!

Orel said...

Wolf gets out of it.

PenosCabell said...

Fisher wide open j

Orel said...

Magic with seven turnovers already.

Orel said...

I don't think Gasol was expecting that back.

NicJ said...

damn, they lakers cant buy a bucket.

PenosCabell said...

2.8 left on the clock. Laker ball

Orel said...

Magic has more moving screens than Home Depot.

Orel said...

alllllmost

PenosCabell said...

Low scoring affair.

Orel said...

Lowest combined score in NBA Finals history. Yay!

NicJ said...

lowest combined scoring first Q in NBA history, thats something to be proud of.

NicJ said...

how was that a strike?

PenosCabell said...

Phil will get them back on track. The Lakers need to stop settling for jumpshots. They need to attack the rim.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I don't expect such poor shooting in the 2nd quarter.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

99

PenosCabell said...

100

Orel said...

PC with the snipe!

NicJ said...

dwight is tied in rebounds with the lakers, not good.

PenosCabell said...

I snuck in there.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

No love for getting 99?

Orel said...

According to Joe Morgan, the Dodgers are "a pretty good team."

That's good to know.

NicJ said...

what a bastardo

Orel said...

"No love for getting 99?"

It's not the Hall of Very Good.

PenosCabell said...

What we do without Joe Morgan?

Orel said...

How long will Phil rest Kobe?

NicJ said...

"What we do without Joe Morgan?"

enjoy a baseball game.

Orel said...

The J's are falling this quarter.

PenosCabell said...

Lamar is hot tonight

NicJ said...

odom brought his game today.

Orel said...

GORTAT

PenosCabell said...

Without Joe Morgan we'd have no one to laugh at on a Sunday night.

Orel said...

Odom just flew there.

PenosCabell said...

Gortat is the new Apodaca.

NicJ said...

its all the candy

MR.F said...

2 fouls in like 2 seconds on Luke.

MR.F said...

Home Depot indeed.

Orel said...

ESPN pimping Bleacher Beach.

NicJ said...

so do they still confiscate beach balls in that section?

Orel said...

No love for Jamie?

Orel said...

"so do they still confiscate beach balls in that section?"

Excellent question.

NicJ said...

wolf with the high heat

Orel said...

Wolf K's Victorino.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I think the real question is "Why do people bring beachballs in the first place, and then get pissed when they're taken away?"

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Nice inning for the Wolf

NicJ said...

baseball is a hard sport to watch for the average person. Gotta keep yourself busy in between runs.

NicJ said...

heck, the players are building gatorade cup castles in the dugout.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

If you can't stand watching a baseball game, Dodger Stadium is not the ideal location for you.

NicJ said...

true, but if you had only diehard baseball fans in dodger stadium, it would be half empty.

Dodger stadium is a tourist attraction.

NicJ said...

bynum with the dream skake.

NicJ said...

shake

NicJ said...

stupid foul on bynum.

Unknown said...

Can someone fill me in why the Yankees rotation is a discussion right now?

NicJ said...

its espn

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

They need more East Coast to fill in a broadcast than just the Phillies.

NicJ said...

arrriiiiizzzaaaaa

NicJ said...

pau is off tonight

NicJ said...

but fish is ON

NicJ said...

someones gotta keep lewis in check

Unknown said...

I feel like the refs have done a lot to really kill the flow of this game.

NicJ said...

this poor free throw shooting is gonna kill us

NicJ said...

will someone gaurd lewis, he is the only one keeping them in the game.

NicJ said...

going into the half up by five. not bad.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Damn that Rashard Lewis. He's single-handedly keeping Orlando in the game.

NicJ said...

Ethier starts it off.

NicJ said...

beard keeps it going

NicJ said...

bring them in loney!

Unknown said...

Keep in mind that everything Joe Morgan says about Bastardo's best pitches...he has never seen him pitch but these couple innings.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Andrew, haven't we learned that Joe Morgan always talks about stuff he doesn't know?

NicJ said...

not quite what i was looking for

NicJ said...

damn manny has some huge calves.

NicJ said...

yeah, adding manny to the team will make us worse. Sure.

Unknown said...

Jameer Nelson =/= Manny Ramirez

NicJ said...

why does ABC have to make everything a sob story.

Unknown said...

So why is Matt Kemp hitting behid Loney again?

NicJ said...

ariza's kid in a dodgers shirt, NICE.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Kemp puts the Dodgers on the board. I guess that's what a "pretty good" team does.

Unknown said...

Rich Dubee >>> Bob Apodaca.

NicJ said...

alright hit one to the outfield raffy.

NicJ said...

az sd is in the 17th!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Well at least one run scored.

NicJ said...

lakers coming out sluggish from the half

NicJ said...

another dumb foul on drew.

Orel said...

Four fouls on Bynum: "I'm not sure that's good for Orlando, or bad for Orlando." —Jeff Van Gundy

Orel said...

"Rich Dubee >>> Bob Apodaca."

Dick Pole >>> Rich Dubee

NicJ said...

odoms having a block party

NicJ said...

damn, what happened to the dodgers.

NicJ said...

howard gets his first dunk.

NicJ said...

kobe with the emphatic dunk!

NicJ said...

wolfs laboring out there.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Big K on Utley

NicJ said...

AZ finally breaks it open in the top of the 18th, 9-6

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

The Diamondbacks are in the bottom of the 18th inning against the padres. They've gote through 18 pitchers total. MAN, I wish we were playing san diego tomorrow

NicJ said...

just cant shake the magic this game.

Steve Sax said...

Shit, Lakers are tight, Dodgers down 3-1--come on LA teams, get it together!

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Padres down 9-6. But they came back from FIVE in the ninth.

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

PUT IN LIDGE!!!!

NicJ said...

damn, hedo has woken up.

Orel said...

Giants won.

NicJ said...

god damn, odom with his third foul

Orel said...

Lakers down one. Dodgers down two.

Orel said...

Two-out single for O-Dog.

NicJ said...

the dodgers need to work their way into the phillies pen.

NicJ said...

park warming up!

NicJ said...

dre goes down looking

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Game over... for the padres.

NicJ said...

fish from downtown!

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Their shortstop pitched the last inning.
Now back to the games that matter

NicJ said...

lakers down two going into the 4th. kobe hasnt gone off yet.

karina said...

Epale everyone!

sorry i'm late, i had to go to the hospital because my good friend fractured his ankle playing softball today and had to go into surgery...

NicJ said...

isnt the home team typically supposed to have less fouls?

NicJ said...

the candyman has got it going tonight.

karina said...

Park sighting!

NicJ said...

loney!!

Unknown said...

Now let me get this right Steven Phillips...if a player has a no trade clause, the team that wants to trade for him has to give up a little bit more, because they want to go to a more depleted team? Just so we are clear, thanks bud for the insight.

NicJ said...

bring them in matty.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

200

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