Randy Wolf (3-3, 3.61) vs. Josh Geer (1-3, 5.68).
COMMENTS: At Petco Park. “Beat LA” ad on Twitpic (Diamond Notes)
Go ahead, Padres fans. Wave your stupid license plate beach towels. Remember that can of five-run whup-ass that we opened on you in the first inning yesterday? Well, we're coming back for more today, back again with Manny Ramirez. And do you think he's going to go 0-for-three again? Not likely. So have those towels at the ready, Padres fans; you'll need them to DRY YOUR TEARS.
(Post assist: Thanks, Sax!)
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At least with today's day game I don't have to mope around the house ALL day, nervous with anticipation. Only all morning. Chores? Pfffffttttt...
Furcal, SS
Martin, C
Ramirez, LF
Ethier, RF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Castro, 2B
Wolf, P
No O-Dog means Martin moves to the second slot. Interesting.
I would have put Ethier in the 2-hole. Martin didn't do well last season in front of Manny.
Good to hear - O needed a good sit to rest and recuperate. Much respect to our canine 2B, but he needs to hit reset.
Agreed. Andre needs to be in the 2 slot. But Joe has been doing this longer than I have.
Orel's bringing the THUNDER!
Saito blew it for the redsox
Dick Stockton's getting old.
goddamn Fox blackout
Eric Jarrod says Josh Geer has to keep the ball in the park.
No shit.
Martin grounds weakly.
baboom!
MANNY'S BACK, BITCH!
Dude!manny!
thank you for the cut-in, Fox
No fricken way - MAN RAM IN BACK!
Hey Sax did you see that?
A homer on national TV. It's his gift to America.
homerun by manny!!!!!!!!!
Stockton: Manny just dropped his glove. Let's go to the crowd for a reaction.
They interviewed the Padres fan who caught the ball, and asked him why he didn't throw it back. "because it's worth a lot of money."
yeah dude!
Manny picks his nose. Let's go to the crowd for a reaction.
Eric Karros' "Sprint Pitcher Profile" for Randy Wolf:
1. Get a Decision.
Thank you for that insight, EK.
MSB hits one deep to left, but Manny fields it easily.
You're no Manny, MSB.
how did Randy Wolf overrun that comebacker? Gonzo reaches on a cheapie.
Eckstein comes out to the d-generation x theme music. HAHA.
hey, is everyone else out at the barbecue grill? Save some hot dogs for me!
I'm gonna leave for a BBQ in a few minutes, but I saw the most important part.
Robothal is at the game, speaking of Mini Sirloin Burgers. I think he's hoping to interview David Eckstein.
Took me a few minutes to post after Manny's HR because I've been texting about 50 friends telling them to piss off - Manny is baaaaaack!
Here's to Steve Lyons, whining like a 6 year old girl on post-game last night about how rusty ManRam is. A hitter that good can't ever be that far off his form, Steve.
Manny just made a routine catch. Let's go to the crowd for a reaction.
Hey, did I miss anything?
why is casey blake crying in the dugout?
I'm heading out to a BBQ shortly, but I saw the homer.
And I also just saw the great defensive play from the Padres. Damn it.
That DP was purely luck.
Casey was touched by all the Lou Gehrig hoopla?
Time for a new sidebar poll.
MLSF, lucky that the shortstop was playing up the middle, but it still required a good play from him to get the ball, and a better one from Gonzalez to get the throw and get on the bag.
I'm always so sick of the hoopla over Rick Monday stopping the guy from burning the flag. Call me unpatriotic if you want, but it is far from a "heroic" moment. It's just a moment.
I am officially leaving.
Happy Independence Day!
First time through the Dodgers' lineup: All batters have made contact.
Holy smokes, Steve McNair has been murdered.
Just saw that, Orel. Shot in the head. Wow.
Baseball has a lot of causes this year. Not that I'm complaining.
Tie game.
Damn it, Wolf. These are the Padres!
"Royal blue"???
Siddown!
Jesus, Wolf. Just when I'd settled into some potato salad. I'm having to set my plate down and concentrate now.
Come on, Wolf. Settle down. 2-0 count.
Wolf needs to settle into some potato salad.
Erin, are you saying Rick Monday saved a flag from being burnt on the field when he was a player? Funny, I've never heard that story.
Wolf, meet potato salad!
BOOM down goes Headley
Manny to bat second in the fourth inning...stay tuned, Dodger fans!
Orel, your potato salad is pretty good
Wolf at 65 pitches through three. Hope the bullpen's ready.
I prefer macaroni salad.
HOU 0, SF 0, bot 4
"Robothal is at the game, speaking of Mini Sirloin Burgers. I think he's hoping to interview David Eckstein."
Well, he has always looked up to him.
Hey Orel, I tried to call you but I couldn't reach you; I hope you're okay with my adding to GameThread.
Luckily I have all bases covered: macaroni salad, potato salad, and the requisite Doritos.
Clearly my concentrating paid off and Wolf got out of the inning. If he keeps getting in jams, it's going to cause me to lose weight. The Wolf Diet...
The Major League Ban Against Banned Substances!
Why is Martin batting second, if at all???
Fox with the cut-in
Thanks, Sax. I added an acknowledgment at the end of the post.
Duncan saves Manny from getting thrown out...that was still a BAD CALL
and the Fox cut-away. was he safe?
Is Manny's batting helmet alive? It looks like it is oozing a substance.
Awful call. Ump almost got his head torn off and we almost lost Manny again.
Still no walks or Ks for Geer.
Nice 1-2-3 inning, Wolf!
Only Apple could make cut & paste seem like an innovation.
Well, the iPhone/iPod cut and paste is kind of a pain in the ass, so that's innovative, I guess.
Orel - Don't cut and paste too many times. you only have a couple hours battery life on that thing!
When is someone going to invent a solar-powered cell phone?
Kemp goes fishing.
Manny with the nice, if inelegant, catch!
Orel, they have been busy doing this with cell phones
Wolf Ks Gonzo!
Wolf at 85 pitches through five. The sixth will the be real test.
great inning, Randy
Wow, a bacon-cheese burrito from Taco Bell.
A single!
Another single! First and third for you-know-who!
Back yard full of kids and more coming over (we have a pool, think twice before putting one in if you like privacy).
This is my only chance to be on the thread.
Apodaca?
Rbn, I thought you were downing pulled pork sliders and Bud.
BULLSHIT
How about Ethier in the 3-hole and Manny batting clean-up tomorrow?
Just a thought.
Fox is effing me here - did we get jobbed again?
Really close, FB. Wide-angle replay seemed to support the ump's call.
Manny will always bat third.
Orel,
I was. Then the kids called and said the Transformers movie was over.
Thus, my blissful sports bar experience was over, and I returned to the family-oriented 4th of July festivities.
The Bud is on ice here at Casa de RBN.
Manny's out. Beast Mode in.
I thought all the close plays today were good calls by umps, but the Martin out at second play just now was garbage from the angle I saw. Home cookin'...
Alone-time is important for Daddy!
"Manny will always bat third."
Yeah, but a guy can dream, can't he? I do like the way he shakes up opposing pitchers just by being in the line-up.
BTW, I asked the Angels' fan I was with how their cheater was doing. He didn't answer.
reallY? 3 ABs is all he can do?
Just you watch. JP is going to hit one out.
GREAT sixth by Wolf. Nice to see him get over that hump.
This is totally a hitter's park tailormade for a JP home run to deep center.
I thought I was the one with the crazy predictions!
When did Josh Geer turn into freakin' Cy Young?
I want to see Juan do the Joe Morgan-esque elbow pump.
Blake single. Let's get Wolf the win here.
Geer hit 94 mph in the sixth?
First & third, one out!
Not sure why the ice is necessary in that Smirnoff commercial (other than to cool the drinks).
I'm sick with the flu so have to lay off the beer today. For the official record: This would be the point in the game where I would normally speed up my consumption, nervously gulping my Dos Equis drunk out of my tattered, yet serviceable beer cozie.
WP! 2-1 Dodgers!
Take a run any way we can get it!!!!!
Sorry to hear that, DB. Maybe you could chug some DayQuil.
Wild pitch on pitch #1
2-1 dodgers!
There it is - Dr. Orel's orders!
LMAO at Loney and Mariano.
SF up 8-0. Can't Houston help us out?
Ugh, Belisario. Leadoff walk.
Damn.
How big is Kyle Blanks? He looks like Shrek?
Alfonzo's slide! Helps me forget what predicament we're in.
So, Belisario doesn't have it today.
Randy going to be enrolling at Notre Dame in the fall? Or maybe the University of North Dakota?
Bummer.
No iDea, FB.
ND
crud
i guess Belli was due for a turd like this
I don't like Bob Dylan in those Pepsi commercials, but the baseball version is cool.
They are instructing the crowd to wave their beat LA towels.
Troy Aikman is part owner of the Padres? he threw out the first pitch apparently. one-hopped it too
"They are instructing the crowd to wave their beat LA towels."
There's true fan passion!
Blake saves a run. Damage is "limited" to three. 4-2 Padres.
Why do we seem to lose when we homer?
3-0 count to Raffy!
Four-pitch walk!
Anything but a DP, Russell.
I loved those commercials until the very end when it is revealed to be an ad for the dread Pepsi.
Raffy beats the throw! Nice! 1st & 2nd, no out!
Orel, this would be the time....
And Manny's up — oh wait, it's Juan Pierre.
Sac bunt. Well, Manny would have done the same thing.
Great, Heath Bell.
Manny would have had a sacrifice homer.
Heath is due to get lit up.
Excuse me, the Taco Bell bacon burrito also includes potato.
Hmmm, one run is in. 4-3 Padres.
Seemed a little outside.
shit
Heath Bell looks like Broxton's younger brother.
Why did they need to paint the place purple before having their rave?
Watch that fist pump, Heath. You still need to get three more outs.
Pitches like him, too.
Cops usually get suspicious of abandoned gas stations that have 50 cars parked out front and loud music pumping out of them when they are painted green
I'm not a violent man, but I want to strangle Chris Rose. What a freaking clown. Go make some sand angels and leave your mic in the booth.
Padres MVP: Juan Castro
Game over.
Embarrassing. Putrid relief pitching. Were these guys out partying all night?
Great, now the towels have an air of legitimacy.
Can we throw a fake mustache on Manny and have "Danny Ramirez" pinch hit in the ninth?
A bigger mustache than he already has, I mean.
2 hrs of a COPS marathon sounds like the only thing to do after a game like this.
So, do we need to trade for more pitching?
Nice one, Josh S.
wow - get it out of your systems, boys
Bills is gonna have to go pretty long tomorrow
Four-pitch walk to Loney to lead off the ninth.
"So, do we need to trade for more pitching?"
It's starting to look like it, though I can't for the life of me figure out who we can give up. Pierre alone is not going to get them anything.
Good point by Karros. Get Bell's pitch count up for tomorrow.
No one wants just prospects.
Kemp RBI! 7-4 Padres!
Redeem yourself, Castro.
O-Dog On-Deck!
Castro Ks on ball four.
It's time for you to retire and let Raul take over, Castro.
"Los Doyers" T-shirt in the crowd!
Hudson watches another meatball.
Sorry, O, but that was a strike.
He didn't look like he had a chance in hell to hit anything in that at bat.
Well, that sucked. PGT up.
I feel so...unrequited. Oh well, off to mope around the crib until tomorrow's rubber game.
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