DODGERS' RECORD WITHOUT MANNY: 26-17
Chad Billingsley (9-3, 2.83) vs. Clayton Richard (2-1, 4.03).
COMMENTS: New pitcher alert! This is Richard's first game against the Dodgers — which of course gives him the advantage. But the second-year pitcher struggled in his last start, against the Reds, lasting only three innings. Hopefully the Dodgers can treat Richard a little more Dankfully and avoid the Floyd treatment.
In the other dugout, Billingsley has to contend with not only a White Sox team that caught the home run bug last night, but also a Dodgers team that is looking for him to protect their series winning streak against AL teams. And he'll have to do it sans Loney. Momentum is not on Chadley's side; can he be the stopper the Dodgers need?
Now, who else is thirsty?
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It's Bills & The B-Team today!
So, I've got about two hours to get some work done before I flip on Gameday Audio and pretend I'm working for three hours.
afternoon game - yes! that will make the day cruise. i hope they finish (or have it well in hand) before it's time to leave.
and I think we have a fair bit of momentum from last night. our bats were working the last four innings while the sox bats were on cruise control. quite often, you see that carry over to the next game. either way, Bills still needs to keep the ball down and throw good strikes to these guys
Yes! Day Game!
No Boomerang for me today!
Early game. Fun.
Today's lineup:
Pierre - LF
Martin - DH
Hudson - 2B
Blake - 3B
Kemp -CF
Loretta - 1B
Jones - RF
Ausmus - C
Castro - SS
HBP=OBP
Two batters in and you already can see that Richard attacks the corners.
Blargh. GIDP.
Quick out for Bills.
Good inning for Bills, even with the walk.
Beard works a leadoff walk.
Monday said the Sox are wearing 1959 retro uniforms. I think the Dodgers were supposed to do that back on May 7th, but something else happened that day (I'm forgetting what that was exactly...) and they didn't end up doing it.
Silly Beard, steals are for Kemp.
Joe Torre bats Matt Kemp low in the order...because it's the right thing to do! Oh wait, that was drinking Bigelow Green Tea.
Sure, Mr. Never-Throws-Anyone-Out throws us out.
Mmmmmm, frosting. Skipped lunch to enjoy the game, now i'm hungry. Let's hope the Bison do something about the Beard on first.
He struck out.
May 7th was the retro-radio giveaway. It was also the day Manny was suspended.
Epale, all! White Sox wearing their throwbacks, Dodgers not taking advantage on the basepaths. To be fair, the Sox made a bang-bang play to nail Blake at second.
Konerko, our nightmare on the series, K him Bills, please!
Jones's first putout!
Mitch Jones makes the putout!
Matt Cain has a better record than Tim Lincecum?
Bills K's A.J.
Bills K for out number two.
1-2-3 for Bills!
20 pitches through 2 innings. Pretty good.
Didja know: Bill enjoys pitching in a soaking wet jersey.
Thanks, Rick Monday!
Better than Lyons.
"That soaked jersey tells me that Billingsley is a great player."
"Matt Cain has a better record than Tim Lincecum?"
He does indeed. I'm just hoping Bills gets to 10 wins before he does.
We're all hoping for that, Josh, we're all hoping for that.
yikes our lineup today looks very un-BEASTly (apart from BEAST MODE of course). It still looks better than a typical Padres lineup, but still...
Nah. That soaking wet jersey means Billingsley doesn't stay calm in pressure situations. He's not a gamer!
Ausmus, like Loretta, is struggling in the month of June.
KABC feed went dead.
Richard is an eager beaver. Works fast.
"Who needs ERA or RA? They're stupid."
Lyons reminds of Putty from "Seinfeld" in that conversation.
Cain might not be as flashy and spectacular as Lincecum, but he's a great pitcher too. He's wasting his potential in that team of underperformers.
Damn Dye.
Ausmus hits a sinking liner to right but Dye came over and backhanded it. Two out.
But if Bills fell down and got dirt on his jersey, he would be a gamer again
Had to switch to Chicago feed, but it's all stuttery. Great.
C'mon, Castro. Work the walk.
Damn.
Richard's cruising.
If anything they're making him throw pitches.
If you just died of anal cancer, as Farrah Fawcett did, would you want it splashed on CNN's main page? Why couldn't they just say she died of cancer?
Yahoo's post is a lot more respectable.
Richard at 46 pitches.
reminds me of when they were reporting Kaz Matsui going to the DL with "anal fissures"
*shudder*
Damn Fields.
Charlie Steiner freaked me out.
TGIMK!
At least Matsui's condition was medically relevant.
Anal fissures? I hope they have their licenses!
or Alex Pie's twisted testicle - just say groin pull!
*shudders again*
Chad gets ahead in the count then starts to nibble.
He had Fields 1-2 and ended up walking him.
Whew, pitch out works.
jeez - no need to nibble!
It's hard to tell there's a game going on on this WSCR feed. I'm going to lunch. Harumph!
Pitchout! You don't run on the Ausmus!
Caught Stealing!!!
food will do you good Josh. we'll be up 4-0 when you get back!
Aflac: Can you name the five players in White Sox history with 40 HR in a season?
You and your promises, FB.
Pierre gets hit again. Coincidence? I think not!
Aflac answer: No
I bet Dye and Konerko are two.
Pierre plunked again! Glancing blow on a 79-mph pitch. Sox are arguing he didn't try to get out of the way, and they have a point.
"Aflac answer: No"
You are correct!
hehe sorry Orel - i'm just a blind squirrel who knows he's gonna stumble upon a pile of acorns one of these days!
Have you noticed how the White Sox are going for in-game organ music on throwback day? Nice.
Martin pops up, but Pierre tags up.
Yo Neeebs!
Tagging up to second. Nice.
Beast Mode makin' it happen by himself! Steals third!
Ruff Ruff
Pierre takes third, and O-Dog singles to send Juanie home!
1-0 Dodgers.
O-Dog RBI! Wow, that was manufactured-run magic.
thank you 'lando!
Beard singles. Two on and one out for Kemp.
Blake singles!
The Dodgers have figured out that Richard paints the corners.
Score!
This is great and all, but I still can't wait until Manny returns.
DAMN DYE
Damn Dye, robbing the Bison like that.
That was a great pitch to hit too. Kemp won't see another one like that again today.
Blake takes second! Now it's up to Loretta.
Blake steals second without a slide.
I don't know what the hell happened.
Steiner is SO BAD!
Loretta two-run double! Torre looks like a genius again!
Fred's Brim is just a single away from upholding his promise.
3-0!
Podsednik took a bad route to the ball, which bounced off the wall.
Do it for Fred, boys!
yes - 2-out lightnin!
Do it for Josh!
Jones gets plunked.
Looks like Josh was right.
That was the farthest Loretta has hit a ball this year.
Richard is getting hurt by plunking people.
Mitch Jones may not be able to hit the curveball, but he can get hit by a pitch.
"Richard is getting hurt by plunking people."
So are the Dodgers.
2-0 to Ausmus.
Gameday says Richard at 71 pitches.
Now that that's over with, I'm going for lunch.
Ausmus making him throw pitches.
Yeah, Ausmus worked a solid count at least.
Russian first name + Latin surname:
Vladimir Guerrero
Alexei Ramirez
Beautiful running barehanded pick and throw by Blake!
Aflac: Frank Thomas, Albert Belle, Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome
Last night Lyons said Ramirez's children are named Alexa, Alexia and Alexei, Jr.
How about that play from Casey Blake?
Hello everyone.
Another nice 1-2-3 by Bills.
Hey Erin!
Your boyfriend Steve Lyons is broadcasting today.
Orel: Imagine if the Cubans were more prevalent in the MLB. Alot of Russian influence on that island.
good stuff - keep it going, Bills
Oh, I'm listening to him Orel. Listening with my heart.
Even Castro's getting in on the action.
Neeebs: Interesting.
Erin: Never underestimate the power of Steve Lyons!
WooooooOOOOoooooo Erin's got a boyyy-friend!
Dodger blue Isotopes hat in the stands!
Collins & Lyons need to give Ken Levine props here!
Another Russell single!
woah they have those?
i saw a guy in a Dukes hat a couple of weeks ago.
Ruff, Ruff, Ruff
Another Hudson RBI! 4-0 Dodgers!
Okay, now you can come back, FB!
We get to the bullpen in the fifth. Nice.
They got some coll Iso hats on the Iso website. Thinking about picking up one, but I can't decide which color. I don't like the look of the blue one.
Productive out.
i just hope Josh appreciates what I did for him :)
Carasco is probably having daymares about yesterday right now.
Keep it coming!
Carrasco won the battle that time.
That's gone.
The Kurse of Konerko.
Well, that's one way to break up the no-hitter.
Solo shots we can handle!
Only 1 K for Bills so far?
Why Konerko? haven't you had enough?
A 69 mph curve from Bills. That is interesting.
Here we go again.
As Erin's boyfriend is pointing out, Billingsley doesn't have his best stuff today but is still getting it done.
would you say he's a "gamer"?
Actually, I think Billingsley's stuff is looking good today. He isn't striking people out, but he is killing a lot of worms.
Fred's Brim - Sure Bills is a gamer. A game with a metric fuckton of talent.
He doesn't have to strike out 8 or 9 batters every outing, but keeping his team on the game is the real duty of an ace.
Matt Kemp tried to make a amazing catch there, but it didn't work. Come on, Bills. Don't blow another lead.
Looks like a repeat of the Angels game. Does Torre come in with the early hook this time? Doubtful.
Ugh! RBI Triple.
That one was a hanging Chad.
crap - stay tough, Bills!
Its Podsednik Chad. Just dial it up to 95 and blow it down the middle
Damage contained. 4-2 Dodgers.
Nice work, FB! I should have come back just a bit earlier.
Should I leave again?
All good all good. Just need more insurance runs.
Loretta doubles! And Loney rests! Win-win!
I'm liking the Loretta we've seen in the last week.
Come on Dodgers. Think of the CHILDREN!!!
Mark Loretta, muscling up
Good time for his first Major League HR.
Lets see Mitch show the Dodgers how to really hit for power.
(and yes, I'm aware the promo is only for home games)
Anyone have a list of who Jones hit his HRs in the Spring off of?
Sweet Loretta! Get Back home!
hehe no problem, Josh. you are free to stay, unless you want to go get us some beers :)
aww Mitch - stay after it, man, you'll get it!
Bills at 78 pitches.
Words to die by - Juan Castro, 2 outs, runner in scoring position.
Yeah. He's still Juan Castro.
Important inning for Chad. One out.
Wow, Mitch Jones looks like he has an arm.
Two of them, in fact!
This is troubling.
stop letting these guys off the hook!
Oh boy. Double, walk/WP has Sox on first and third with one out.
And Chad threw that WP sidearm. Wha?
And of course Konerko is up, with the chance to give the South Siders the lead.
Keep it down, Chadley!
Orel - Jones is a bit like Pat Burrell. Power and an arm. Not much else.
BTW, that was scored a PB for Ausmus.
If Konerko K's in here would be a sweet revenge.
Stay on target!
Stay on target!
Ks Konerko!
Nice call, karina!
I like that Chad is pitching inside more.
I hope the official scorer thinks to change that one. Chad never throws sidearm, he chose to there, and the ball was way the hell outside. No way is that a passed ball.
Okay, one more out.
Burrell beat the Phillies the other day. That was sweet.
Maybe Chad has been taking hints from Weaver. Probably not a good thing, given that Chad is far better than Weaver could ever dream of.
Come on ace. K the little rat.
Bills at 100 pitches.
Angels repeat. Shit.
Does A.J. have a propensity to swing at the high pitch or something?
Wow. I can't believe that just happened. I don't think Chad should have been pitching to that batter. Any batter, for that matter. Shit.
Again?!?
200!
Orel - This is worse, because Chad gave up the lead not the tie.
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