Jason Schmidt (back from the dead) vs. Micah Owings (6-9, 4.94).
COMMENTS: This is it, the day for which we've been waiting, when a pitcher makes his much-anticipated season debut at Dodger Stadium, where he did not pitch for all of last year and all of this year. Press coverage promises to be scrutinizing as Micah Owings takes the mound for the vaunted Cincinnati Reds, three games below .500 and in fifth place in the NL Central. Owings, who beat the Dodgers April 9 last year as a Diamondback, is 1-1 lifetime against LA with one no decision in four total appearances.
On the flipside, I'd love to talk about the Dodgers' starter a little bit, but frankly I don't know who the heck he is. Some guy from the minors, I suppose, whom I know worked really hard to get back up to the Show. Good luck tonight, "'rook"!
(Can't wait until the Dodgers' gametime? Giants' no-hitter thrower Jonathan Sanchez takes on Tommy Hanson in Atlanta, with the first pitch being thrown...right about now (the funk soul brother).)
UPDATE 6p: From the WSJ: "Among teams [Schmidt has] faced more than five times, Mr. Schmidt's ERA is the worst (5.27) against the Reds." And yet, AccuScore gives us a 68% chance of winning!
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That sucks about Jay Bruce.
Dammit Furcal. Hold on to the ball.
Dammit, Furcal. Great throw by Martin.
god damn it!! he had him
Dammit Forkal.
Schmitty in line for the W.
(Applauds)
Just a little suspense...it should have a happy ending.
Is Audrina Partridge narrating the Flex Your Power commercial?
now can the pen hold on to a three run lead.
Funny, 4 of us posted something like "Dammit Furcal" at the same time. I got the mysterious "conflicting edits" screen.
Great minds and all that.
People at Dodger Stadium should be giving a lot of applause.
If Jason Schimdt can give the team quality starts, they could aspire to big things in the postseason, after all, this team needs another reliable starter.
@karina (from up top)
What a woman does with her avatar in the privacy of her own home isn't for me to say!
Technically I was first, so all of you copied me.
ANDRE!
ANDRE!
Dre goes yard!
'DRE!
Dick Pole!
Batting practice continues. Gotta love them Reds.
While Andre is stinking up average-wise, he can be the first guy to hit more than 20 homers since 2005.
Dick Pole?
hahahaha
Is this an Apodaca-thing now?
Damn Irishman.
Hanigan's got a cannon.
all right, no more SB attempts.
Apodaca?
i finally found out what happened to Xpaul, he was rehabbing in AZ and he ran into a fence and they found microfractures in his ankle.
Did i miss that?
I was beginning to think that they just wrote him off the dodgers with no explanation, like Judy Winslow.
I remember when Mr. Pole was with the Angels.
Funny then; funny now.
Let's go j mac
Hooray for James!
The Lone Gloveman.
Up the ladder! And the stadium P.A. operator ready with Van Halen's "Jump"!
My god Nic. You are one esoteric sonofagun.
Judy Winslow? I thought they just sent her to camp.
Good job, J-Mac.
Loney with a great defensive play. Take that, UZR!
1-2-3 for J Mac. Noice!
I had to Google Judy Winslow.
"Loney with a great defensive play. Take that, UZR!"
Amen, though i didn't see the play. :)
XP's ankle injury didn't get much press.
Maybe, i dont remember an explanation. What about Chuck Cunningham from happy days.
I'm looking at a restaurant named "Thai foon". That is so wrong.
"I had to Google Judy Winslow"
Does Mrs. Orel know?
West Covina represent!
haha, That community college is like a mile from my house.
Haha, and the nudie videos come full circle.
I probably would have gone with Chuck from Happy Days.
Poor Chuck went to the UW to play basketball and was drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers.
He was later traded for a young guard out of West Virginia and subsequently dropped out of the game.
He was later spotted pumping gas at Fonzerelli's Service Station in suburban Milwaukee.
i would of, but im only 24 so Family Matters is a little more in my time frame
Wasn't Jerry hairston in the talking heads?
Jerry Harrison was the guy in The Talking Heads.
the game is going on autopilot
Tomorrow, i'm so listening "Speaking in Tongues".
SoSG, where bands from the 80's get stuck in the head.
From kellie-williams.com:
Judy Winslow:
Talk about a disappearing act. At the end of the show's fourth season, the youngest of the three Winslow children walked upstairs to her room...and was never seen again!
Sounds like a decent horror movie set up.
Sax,
I guess he was just mostly dead.
Karina,
Stop making sense.
President David Palmer at the game!
"Stop making sense"
Why? are you in fear of music?
"Does Mrs. Orel know?"
We have an understanding.
I'd do anything to replace 'God Bless America' with 'this land is your land'. It has California in it, it's by Woody Guthrie, and its just a better song.
Russell is 3-for-3!
plus even atheists can get behind it. Win Win!
Mike Sharperson, you make me think of "I Remember California" by R.E.M.
"What, are you in fear of music?"
Since '77. I will now sing more songs about buildings and food.
When will people learn. Stolen bases simply don't work.
russ, he has got you beat. Give it up.
Perhaps we should observe the arm of Mike Hanigan.
“Since '77. I will now sing more songs about buildings and food.”
At the end, those are he true stories.
Are you a fan of the Talking Heads?
Hanigan is on the majors due to injuries. Maybe he'll stay there.
Yes, for a long time. Saw them in a Hollywood roller rink and about 3 times after that. Awesome band live.
. . .and that Jerry Hairston rocks.
Wow, Rbnlaw! that's a privilege!
It's Torre running them into outs with all these poor hit-and-runs.
Jmac has lost the strike zone.
J Mac has quietly been dealing. . .up to now.
Those were the two best hitters in the lineup.
im getting an uneasy feeling.
Dammit Castro.
Relax, Nic j.
Nice job, Castro. 7-4 Dodgers.
Castro, you should have had that!
in play, runs...
This time the get it right, but the run still scores.
DP, but thats still a run.
all of a sudden we are no longer cruising.
Who will close? I don't want Broxton in after pitching back2back days.
Take notes, that's how to turn a do
we may need more than 7 to win tonight
broxton isnt available, mota probably.
three more outs, and up by at least two.
Okay, out of the eighth thanks to Tron Tron
Boy, I wish the Dodgers had another closer-type in the bullpen (cough, trade for George Sherrill, cough).
If we call for insurance runs, they will come
Insurance, please!
More insurance
Please don't be hurt, O-Dog.
I love this oompaloompa pitcher. 5'8" my ass.
jeeze.
that was pretty pathetic.
Four-out inning!
Votto BIFF
Vin Scully loves him that Hanigan guy for his arm. No mention of his 0-for-2 night.
Guess Broxton is available.
thanks alot guys, fail to score some runs amd now we have to send Brox out there.
Raffy ends 1-for-5 with a bad K, leaving two on. Yucch.
Let's go, Brox!
Hanigan was starring in "How I Met Your Baserunner" tonight.
they just replayed Kemp's amazing second-inning grab. Wow, that Kemp is a keeper.
I thought Hanigan was a brand of scotch that made George sleep with the cleaning lady.
Vin is a big Black Sabbath fan, apparently.
did Brox change his lame intro music finally?
Juan Castro redeems himself!
MR LA SF, no, Hannigan is the worst actor in the ensemble of How I Met Your Mother.
okay, that made up for the error.
Okay Juan, that was admittedly a good play.
One out.
Nevermind. It was Hennigen's, I think.
see ya
wouldn't want to be ya
two outs
3-0 for Hanigan. However, he made great damage with his arm tonight.
The Dodgers win it for Schmidt!
Willy Tavares up with two outs in the ninth.
Broxton goes right down the middle for a strike. 0-1.
Ethier snags a fly out for the final out!
WHO THE F*^&K LEFT THE CAP OFF MY GLISTEN!!
I love winning.
Eight pitches for Broxton.
hmmmm, i like Russ in front of manny
I never would've guessed this result after listening to the 1st inning.
Good for Schmitty, good for J Mac, good for Manny, good for Dre, good for all.
i should change my name to Jason'sWorthPayin lol
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