DODGERS' RECORD WITHOUT MR. RAMIREZ: 25-16
Hiroki Kuroda (1-3, 3.86) vs. John Danks (5-5, 4.48).
COMMENTS: The Dodgers may be in Chicago, but tonight all eyes will be on Albuquerque as Manny Ramirez begins his rehab assignment with the triple-A Isotopes. Do you think the 'Topes will welcome Mr. Ramirez? From the Wall Street Journal:
The team averages about 7,000 fans per game who pay on average $11 for a ticket. After news of Mr. Ramirez's arrival broke Thursday night, an Isotope official said the team sold nearly 11,000 extra tickets in two days. Mr. Ramirez has 533 Major League home runs and 1,745 RBI. The 13 hitters on the Isotopes have a combined 67 big-league homers and 377 RBI.
Free audio of the game, which starts at 6 p.m., will be available at the team's official website. The boys at True Blue LA indicate that ESPN will be showing all of Mr. Ramirez's plate appearances live as well (probably because he used to be on the Red Sox).
The official start time of the Dodgers-White Sox undercard is actually 5:11 p.m. (7:11 CT), thanks to a 2006 sponsorship deal the White Sox signed with 7-Eleven. Doesn't do us much good in the PDT — 5:11 doesn't quite have that pizazz.
Mr. Kuroda is still searching for that elusive second win after getting bit by the home run bug in his last start, against the A's. The good news is that he didn't walk any batters over six innings, and his fastball reached 95 mph. It's kind of like he's still in spring training.
Don't let Mr. Danks' numbers fool you; in his last start, against the Cubs, he threw 71 of his 99 pitches for strikes. If that isn't some kind of record, it should be. Dayum.
(Thanks to SoSG Sax for the WSJ tip!)
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MLB Network will also be showing Manny's at-bats.
I think ESPN News will be showing the at bats instead of ESPN or ESPN2. Should be interesting. Anyone predicting what he will do? Ground out, Fly out, K, Home run?
Manny is the biggest thing to happen to Albuquerque since Bugs Bunny should of maid a left turn there.
I just heard on espn that manny is batting leadoff tonight to get him the most at bats and he is playing LF.
First at bat I'm guessing he walks.
espn just reported manny took southwest airlines to new mexico and had a middle seat because he didnt print his boarding pass in time...
What!?! Manny on Isotopes now? He should be tested for radioactivity before being cleared for MLB! :D
Want to get away?
"koufax said...
espn just reported manny took southwest airlines to new mexico and had a middle seat because he didnt print his boarding pass in time..."
Seriously!?
I can see the new tag line now on his return to LA: "Manny Ramirez! He's just like you!"
The commercial will feature Manny doing things us regular Joes do everyday, from begrudgingly clipping toenails to waiting an additional five minutes for the microwave dinner to heat up.
How many times do you think Manny said "It's on!" while on the Southwest flight to Albuquerque?
I wanna know who sat next to Manny, and how they reacted when they saw him.
ESPN just reported that Manny tried to take the elevator down to the Topes clubhouse, but an Asian woman kept preventing him from pushing the button for his floor.
ESPN just reported that ESPN reports on Manny too much.
Lineup!
Juan Pierre, LF
Rafael Furcal, SS
Orlando Hudson, 2B
Casey Blake, 3B
Andre Ethier, RF
Russell Martin, C
Matt Kemp, CF
James Loney, 1B
Mitch Jones, DH
The Mitch is back!
Manny Craze is also on ESPN Deportes:
http://tinyurl.com/mfeqdc
Most interesting bit in the story: Manny Mota will be alongside Manny while his rehabilitation on the minors. Oh! and there is a 30% of rain tonight.
JoshS:
Classic reference to the SWA elevator commercial. LOL.
There's a great interview with Rafael Furcal, Mariano Duncan and Juan Rivera, in Spanish:
http://tinyurl.com/l5dkay
The interview with Mota was the longest one and the most interesting by far. Among other things,he said Belisario and Troncoso have made an extraordinary job coming out of the bullpen and nobody thought they could do that.
Damn ChiSox and their exploding scoreboard.
Way to make 'em work, Juanie.
I'll enjoy these games a lot. Dodgers-White Sox is a dream for me anytime.I'm very disappointed i won't be able to watch any game on tv.
Dodgers jump ahead 1-0, but leave two.
Good job Raffy.
They really don't have a lot to talk about. Collins just said that Kemp is from the same timezone.
Kemp got the lead off walk.
Loney loves Chicago!
Loney is en fuego!!!!!
BIG-GAME JAMES
Geoffrey with the bomb!
LONEY!!! Has the man finally found his power stroke??
loney power!!!
this place is kind of a launching pad when the weather warms up.
Love speaking in Spanglish.
Mitch with the deep drive, but just not enough.
Jmac looked a little girly trying to dodge the ball.
Seems like Jones just got under that one. Too bad.
Bison Patience!
pre warning track power
Angry Face James!!!
Big Game King James! 3 home runs in 5 days?
Seems like you're a bit behind Fanerman.
Forkal grounds out to end the inning.
Let's go Manny, let's go!
Yahoo is slow. Switching to fangraphs.
Heh I know Erin. Just realized it =P.
man, it seems like forever since we have had three runs this early.
I like it!
Konerko, of course
D'oh.
More evidence of the ignorant FOX empire.
The Ex-Dodger Curse is LEGIT.
He still hit more homeruns with the dodgers than Andruw Jones.
minus that one mistake Hiro has looked great tonight.
so far.
nice shirt on Steve Stone tonight
C'mon, Casey, get back to .300
Blake was too late on that one.
man, danks is trying to throw the ball way to hard.
Danks has passed the 50-pitch mark.
Danks and lefties dont get along do they?
jeez what was that?
That was not smart, Ethier.
just a little off there 'dre
Good pitch from Hiro.
wooo, that was a gift strike.
they are not picking up that low fastball are they?
Matty got fooled on that one and almost hit it out
Every long fly ball seems like a HR the way Steiner announces the game.
Two long flyouts and a K end the inning.
manny looks weird in a topes uni.
The last two sounded like homers if you listened to what's-his-face with Steve Lyons, too. But they were also hit pretty well, so I'll forgive it.
Manny's gonna hit a homer, trust me, for I AM THE MAYOR OF ALBUQUERQUE.
i like this 'topes radio announcer - he gives a full description of the uniforms "...and he swings a two-tone bat"
i like him better than collins.
man this topes pitcher sucks, its gonna take forever to get to manny.
Mitch is gonna hit one tonight
Remember, this guy throwing for the 'Topes is our stuff.
Aw, Mitch.
poor mitch.
hmmm, danks seems to have gotten better.
Pierre almost got that.
alright three outs, its manny time.
yeah he's not overthrowing anymore
Inning over. Manny's coming up!
what the hell is orbit? a bear?
mannnnnny time!
strike
Fans are a little unsure exactly what Orbit is. Some feel he's part alien and part dog. Others feel he's an astro bear or a cross between Big Bird and Elmo.
Regardless what he is, he remains the big huggable, orange creature you see supporting the Isotopes at the Isotopes Park
strike
ball
2-2
Foul.
strike out.
K for Manny
You can tell the guy narrating the game, is excited to describe Manny's at bat.
oh god what are we going to do!!!!! he cant hit anymore!!!!
ahhhhhh!!!!
alright now that manny is done i can listen to HU bat.
Pierre would have at least put the ball in play
HOW DID HE CATCH THAT!?!?!
Obviusly, i was behind all of you.
what an effed up catch by Matty!
I thought he dropped it!
*Obviously
dewitt hit a double.
How am I getting the 100's when I don't even try, but when I do try I always fail?
Can someone give a short description of Kemp's play, please?
it bounced out of his glove and he bobbled it a few times and held onto it.
he made it harder than it had to be.
damn o dog almost beheaded danks.
You could hear fans screaming for Danks to hit him.
Wow, but at least he got the out. Thanks, Nic j.
"You could hear fans screaming for Danks to hit him."
it might of been Pierzynski.
how is danks going to go 7 innings after that horrible start. That seems to happen to us alot.
Both pitchers are cruising.
Hiro has only thrown 63 pitches!
So how 'bout that NBA, huh? All those wacky trades.
danks is overthrowing again.
So much for Martin streaking.
have the spurs just given up on defense?
I thought it was a steal, since I never heard of the players SA sent to Minnesota.
and why are the celtics trying to trade the only young player they have on the team.
Whoops, that was Milwaukee.
This game is just flying by.
I've heard differing opinions on the Celtics-Pistons. On the one hand, Rondo and Allen are very good, and Rondo is young.
Bruce Bowen was a major part of the spurs championship runs. he is getting old but still, jefferson isnt going to make them anymore of a contender than they were this year.
It didn't make much sense for the Celtics since they have a plethora of big-men (KG, Perkins, Davis, Powe)
To me it seems like two old teams grasping at a last chance before completely rebuilding.
I think the Pistons Celtics trade would of been good for the Celts, but i would not give up rondo.
Davis is a free agent this year.
I spoke with a friend about it. He likes Bowan, and thought the Celtics' attempt was a joke.
Furcal is busy tonight.
Boy, Kuroda must really want to see Jeff Kent on ABC's "The Superstars"
the wiz and the wolves just set up a trade too, it wasnt anything big though.
Seriously, cuz he is serving.
The Wolves got the fifth pick though.
I just got home. Is ESPN showing Manny's ABs?
ESPNEWS I heard.
I stopped paying attention when he struck out.
Here he comes to bat .
yeah, the wolves are need way more than that to be a playoff team though. A decent coach for one.
Yes ESPNews
MLB network is. Just grounded out to short.
Another perfect frame for Hiro.
Manny grounds out. 0 for 2.
hiro is at 78 pitches!
Hiro is serving tonight. Better than his last outing!
MITCH JONES!
MITCH!
meeeEeeeEeeeEeE and Mitchy, Mitchy Jones.
nice hit.
Mitch Jones!
juan pierre cant even bunt anymore.
Bend it like Beckham
And...Juan Pierre.
BTW, why the hell was David Beckham on the laker parade buses.
Anybody who's still torn about starting Manny in for Juan hasn't been watching a lot of baseball lately.
Because Beckham is a media douche.
So is his wife (see: NBC Reality show)
The south-siders whine about calls more than anyother fanbase.
who got tossed?
Na na na na,
na na na na,
Hey Hey Hey
Good Bye.
Ozzie's tossed.
This reminds me of when Beard was tossed in the dugout. I was at that game, and nobody had a clue what happened.
now it time for the bench coach to shine.
when did that happen?
Last year against the Giants. Beard was struck out by the 3rd base ump on a check-swing, and apparantly did something in the bullpen, and the ump threw him out of the game.
woo, more runs.
BEARD-MODE!
His Beardness gives us a four-run lead. Nice.
Blake, in play (runs)!
AC, your bro is the new White Sox manager!
Orel, i love "His Beardness". It's a very good one.
I love Ozzie's tantrums.
Second walk of the game for Ethier. Go Russ!
The boo-birds are out.
Rancho Ardiendo, no hay donde ponerlos!
Aw, Bison.
a lady came into my work today, shes a regular customer. She knows im a dodger fan and she told me "your dodger fans are the most horrible drunken people" I guess she went to the angel dodger game and there were some rowdy dodger fans there. My reply was "at least no one has been killed at Dodger stadium this year"
Angel fans are a little smug.
awwww come on bison.
Looks like someone step on the cranks.
*stepped on
Uh, Nic, I hate to break it to ya, but someone was killed at Chavez Ravine. That's why the sauce is banned in the parking lot.
stabbed, not killed. there is a difference.
and i said THIS year.
that wasnt a swing?
the beer is cheaper at angel stadium, and there is way less security. thats asking for trouble.
Still, the only difference is the occurence of death.
This is a great outing by Hiro. The pen needed this.
Kuroda is on fire. Almost perfect.
The only thing standing between Hiro and a CG shutout is a Konerko homer.
they should give a breathalyzer before you enter the stadium.
wow he sure is. that fastball is fast and low
You know what's more lovely about Kuroda's performance? the extra day of rest for the bullpen.
Isn't anyone else worried they might burn out by late August?
The ChiSox had a baserunner last in the fourth inning. Two hits, no walks, this is by far the best outing Kuroda has had this season.
I'd be freaking out if this were the best start of his career. I think we all know what went down against the Braves.
i wouldnt expect the bullpen to look the same by that time, im sure we will get some help via trade of some sort.
Eric Karros is worried, Karina. The real EK, not SoSG EK.
haha the topes announcer just said so-and-so "makes the catch in the gloaming"
it is crazy that loney hits so much better on the road than at home.
Back2Back dunkers.
looks like State Farm will be paying a few bucks after tonight!
i hope the dodgers dont drive my rates up.
ESPN says Obama will toss the first pitch at the All-Star Game.
So does Yahoo.
better watch out, he's a southpaw.
Dammit, Loney.
heh maybe not
SLoney.
How dreadful was Pierre's grounder?
sorry - i should have kept my mouth shut :/
So is anyone gonna watch Jeff Kent on the Superstars tonight?
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