Randy Wolf (7-6, 3.43) vs. Randy Wells (9-5, 3.01).
COMMENTS: Randy W. vs. Randy W.! Chicago's Randy W. is a rookie ground-ball pitcher, and his numbers certainly seem impressive. The Dodgers' Randy W. was a monster in his last start, and if Jeff Weaver is the pitching staff's unsung hero, then Wolf is becoming the rotation's anchor.
(Game Thread superstitions in play: 1. not referring to our opponents by their proper name, 2. posting the GT at one minute after the hour. Smells like another win!)
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Or is it possible t-storms with a chance of J MART!?!!?
Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Blake 3B
Loney 1B
Martin C
Hudson 2B
Wolf P
mmmmmmm smells good..........
Nice to see the Bison continuing to hit 2nd.
So is tonight going to be Loney's turn to wake up?
Also, game 1-2-3. Has to be a good thing, right?
@Dusty: thank you for posting the lineup for tonight's game!
It was my last official act at work before the weekend.
Randy W. vs. Randy W., so of course they will both get NDs.
sf 2 - col 0
sf 3 - col 0
Lets go giants?
best case scenario, we take care of some business tonight and giants beat the rockies
That was hard to type, wasn't it, Nic J?
I don't know if I'll ever be the same after typing that.
Those wounds run pretty deep.
sf 3 - col 1, E velez
Damn you, Eugene!
Can't they both lose?
I don't know what's stranger; pulling for a Giants' win, or the chance of a rain-out in August?
I'm thinking the former, not the latter.
Yeah, strange weather. I feel like I need to go down to the storm shelter or something.
Magic Number is 38...too early?
@Andrew never it's too early
Epale all!
Yanks have posted 15 on BoSox. They weren't all your runs, but nice start, Penny. *eye roll*
Penny is a disgrace. I was taking a nap during the beginning of that game, and I had a few nightmares.
Haha, loretta passing out the purell.
I noted that Loretta sanitary move. How funny.
Doesn't want to catch any of the cubbies loser germs I guess.
is it really worth booing milton bradley? i mean im not a huge fan of the guy, but he just seems so insignificant
1-2-3 down they go.
Cubbies = Cooties
aaron cook leaves the game after 3 innings, apparent injury.
I don't get the Loretta-Purell incident.
Nice, Master Randy!
Our eternal optimist is in the house!
Thanks to Erin's blog, I can't get the Kid Cudi song out of my head. Good thing I couldn't understand the lyrics. . .and I speak English regularly.
I'm liking the Bison in the 2 slot.
@rbnlaw
i agree just hoping he hits a few balls a little farther than that tonight.
Infield hit! We're off to a powerful start against a sinkerballer.
Looks like they're pitching Manny inside. Go figure.
giants cruising 6-1
6-1 Giants on a 3 run Rowand home run.
Wow. Is it bad to feel good about this?
Looks like you and me koufax.
one lawyer and one 3L a match made in heaven rbn
he has the hook working tonight
Epale peoples!
Looks like Avatar is going to be the real deal. That 15-minute IMAX 3D preview thingy that screened tonight was pretty awesome.
3L? It's not too late to consider culinary school.
I am now officially glad Soriano didn't want to play on the West Coast.
Thx, Josh. I had heard conflicting accounts of AVATAR previews. Not a big fanboy kind of guy, but this one seems intriguing.
squeeeeezed!
Wow, the crowd is really into Randy's curveball. Nice to see.
rbn my loan creditors may disagree with that.
havent hit one out of the infield yet.
@koufax:
Ha. Forgot about the intentional 3rd party beneficiary to your law school contract. Enjoy the free Westlaw while you can.
hey hey!
What did I say about Loney at the beginning of the thread?
my nickname for loney is the garbage man
u prolly know why
I'm going to fall off my chair if they have Russ bunt.
Leave King James alone! (just kidding)
Ken, why do you call King James "garbage man"?
Wondered what happened to you karina.
boot! nice baserunning russ
sorry karina
i know loney is ur boy
now we've hit one out of the infield.
Did Vinny say, "When that hoppens?"
ya wolf!
oh baby!
wolf is a stud!
WOLF POWER STRIKES AGAIN!!
is there such a thing as wolf mode?
Hahahahaha
wolf has been unreal.
Jedi master helps his own cause.
Got to find a way to get his bat in the line-up everyday.
Karina lies low until someone says something derogatory re Loney, then she pounces.
The force is strong in Wolf.
thats taking matters into ur own hands
other pitchers on the staff should take notes
hey karina do u live in socal?
loney is gonna be on melrose at crooks and castles
So your pitcher doubles in 2, and your lead-off K's? The world is turning in reverse.
I live in Maracaibo, Venezuela :)
You talk like i had some crush on King James, which is very untrue.
hate to beat a dead horse (pun intended) has anyone heard anything from jason schmidt since he got DL'd
Wolf = Owings?
Hi guys. I show up late and it's the same thing: Dodgers winning, Wolf mashing, and Ken trying to pick up karina.
Spake Karina, Ken, rbnlaw, Koufax, fanermam, dusty, and anyone I unintentionally missed!
"Spake" was supposed to have been "Epale"
everytime i ask karina a question
people always say i'm picking her up, actually only saxy boy says that
last night was amazing
sat with my chicago friend from college
Orel, I thought you were night shifting tonight! Epale to you too
Epale Sax!.
I didn't know Fuld was on the big leagues...
i think that is the definition of seeing eye ball
Well that's not good.
Welcome, Sax.
@Ken, I'm just overly protective of Karina, but it's all good. We're all friends at the SoSG bar!
That tag was high and the play closer than it should've been.
@Sax:
My compliments. The beer is especially cold tonight at the SoSG Bar.
nyy 20 - bos 7
@ Sax
Since you're at the bar, could you send a gin and tonic over...I'm empty. Tanqueray Ten if you have it.
6-1 Gnats over Rox; top of 6.
What's up with the Yanks? No pop in those billion dollar bats.
lovin the kemp in the 2 hole
has anyone else prepartied at shortstop on sunset?
Pisco, Tanqueray...a man of taste.
Wells must be elevating the ball slightly.
@Ken:
Did you say, "Shortstop?" Ask Dusty.
Bison steals!
someone should tell baker not to stand on the tracks when the train is coming in
I am, Sax. This is what happens when I turn my computer on.
Karina, did you do your interview yet?
shades of raul mondesi
100?
ouch funny bone
ouch off the elbow, blake is a man for shrugging that off
@ Karina
Yep, some good taste in booze I have. The kind you just can't at Short Stop. However, you can get cheap-ass retro beer like Pabst Blue Ribbon and have a hella time (@Ken). Sweet place to get in the mood for a game. I've always liked the idea of pre-game pub runs like you can do in Wrigleyville in Chicago or even in the bars around Camden Yards in Baltimore. This is the closest thing we have to such. At least until the McCourts build up that new area behind center field.
I did, Orel. I talked for almost 2 hours (they kept asking questions), it was sort of funny like the people making the documentary think i'm weird because i'm a young woman who loves baseball.
@ Karina re interviewer think it's weird
Keep being you!
Just hit me...we can root for Rockies to lose, not for Gnats to win. Problem solved.
@Dusty i can't because Aguilas star player is there and is in a hot streak right now.
DB: good thinkin.
Yanks 20 - BoSox 11. They're coming back, Erin!
haha lee's decal falling off his batting helmet
That's why we love ya, Karina!
@Dusty always be yourself!. They were sort of adorable, making jokes i should be the face of this, because they had to interview "bald, old or ugly guys".
I felt weird sitting in front of a camera, usually it's the other way around.
It's all over in boston. Ny Yankees 20, red sox 11. 4.0 IP for Penny with 8 ER.
That's not a bad outing for Penny these days.
The lazy fucker.
tonight is jason giambi bobblehead night in oakland, slightly ironic.
Padilla looking good (via Dodgers website):
LOS ANGELES -- It was only a bullpen session, but with Opening Day starter Hiroki Kuroda out indefinitely with post-concussion syndrome, Vicente Padilla's impressive Thursday workout eased at least one concern for pitching coach Rick Honeycutt.
"If you had any thought of him not being healthy, there was no sign of that," Honeycutt said Friday. "You could see he had good life, his arm strength was there. We wanted to make sure he had been throwing. He showed he had. He looks like he's ready to go."
Padilla, signed Wednesday after a messy departure from the Texas Rangers, is scheduled to start for Triple-A Albuquerque Saturday, and, barring something unforeseen, will be promoted to start for the Dodgers on Thursday in Colorado.
@Koufax
Cleveland should have saved the surplus V Mart bobbles and shipped them to Oakland for tonight.
Cubs may need to pitch around Wolf for this next @ bat!
if hudson actually gets contact i feel a dp coming on with those swings
I had to wait for a while and someone gave me a book about the history of baseball in the state i live. I started to browse and i found an interview to Maury Wills. it turns out he played in Maracaibo (when the city had 2 baseball teams) just before his first season at the MLB, he rocked the house that season!
So this someone asked what i was reading with so much interest and i said:"i didn't know Maury Wills played here"
Reply: who's Maury Wills?
I realized there's a parallel reality where people isn't aware of the Wills awesomeness.
great story, karina!
edit: aren't aware.
@karina
last time i was at chavez ravine, saw mr. wills walking and he stopped and talked to me for a while and signed my ticket stub. very nice guy.
I'm glad we dont' play a drinking game involving Vinny and his saying "little nubber."
RDub has hit safely in his last 4 at bats!
wolf has had some great swings, maybe he should teach manny how to hit
way to work the count, RDub!
randy not adept at baserunning.
where was mariano on that one?
Raffy's turn in the barrel.
Be right back, I have to call my brother.
wolf cruising along
Come on, Bison. Prove your 2-holeness.
Newly-clipped Beard Mode.
nice grab by "i dont know your name" in center field
wolf, 74 pitches through 6
wats the pitch count for wolf?
they might want to let him finish it off.
at least dun let broxton try...
Can someone describe the Furcsl/Maryin FLY-OUT dp? WTF?
@ koufax
u read my mind
Let's get some insurance runs.
(And for my sis-in-law, some runs just for fun).
That should have been Furcal Martin
At the game. Second row in right field next the cubs pen. The shortstop was awesome! Too many cubs fans around. Let's get them packing in the bottom of the 6th!!!
sax
wolf was on first, martin on second, wolf thought there were 2 outs ran all the way to second and kind of messed martin up. martin got tagged going into 2nd.
wolf through 7...again
Can I just say:
RDub!!!
i would have spun wolf out there again in the 8th
agree wholeheartedly, koufax.
although if juan scores that would be nice
and there you have it folks
Fack.
Yep, they shoulda left Wolfie in.
Why is Joe so hesitant to let his guys go the distance?
Well that really effed our inning.
I'll just go ahead and call a Bison homer here.
Or that. I'll take that.
center fielder was lucky, that had inside the parker written all over it
crap they are gonna put in broxton for the ninth >_<
here we go bullpen!
Flat Breezy in tha heezy!
i hope torre didnt make another mistake
we have to have the pound for pound heaviest 8th and 9th inning bullpen in the league now right?
hey walk the leadoff hitter who cant hit worth crap, that will end well
And if Bills starts a game for them, his thighs plus Flat and Brox's girth increase the pound for pound pitching ratio to astronomic proportions.
anyone notice the cubs only have 1 hit? i just saw that.
wat happens if brox blows it again
Can't reach my brother, he wants to know how i did :(
Go Flat Breezy.
ken lets keep those vibes a little more positive for now
koufax
i cant
the bullpen have made me hit the rolaids and pepto very often lately
I'm late on this, but I just wanted to tell rbnlaw that the only lyrics you need to understand in the Kid Cudi song are in the chorus. And when you know it's a parody of Lady GaGa's "Poker Face," it makes even more sense.
It's not the dirtiest song I've ever heard (that award might go to "Put It In My Mouth" by Akinyele, which is just so vulgar), but it's not exactly family friendly either.
I think Sam Fuld is Vinny's designated man-crush for the night.
ok one more
INNNNSSSSSUUUUURRRRRAAAANNNNCCCCEEEEE please
need some insurance here guys
@ koufax
we think alike
i think broxtons got it in the 9th tho
wow!
sucks for manny
No wonder Vin Scully has a man-crush on the guy. That was a homer!
weather held that one up.
i was about to ask if manny still hit home runs, guess not.
How dare you, Sam!!
Yep, now Vinny will never stop talking about him.
I think he had a ball in his glove already.
now loney
mr garbage man
hit one out
we should sneak manny back out there and let him have another chance - it was just too close.
we can use the "danny ramirez" guise once suggested by i think Josh S way back when.
It seems the vast majority of my hits today came from people who searched for pictures of Russell Martin's girlfriend. Did something happen with that woman today? I have no idea why I would suddenly get hits on that post, which I wrote at the end of June.
His GF was on the THINK CURE telethon right before gametime. She's pretty cute I have to say.
here we go big john
Alright kids, dig in tight and drink your nerve tonic of choice.
It's Broxton time!
by the way if anyone hasnt seen inglorious basterds yet, i recommend it
It looks like people are just sticking around my site long enough to drag and drop the picture on the desktop for later use.
i would like to see the link to the picture
I should also say she was very well spoken and seemingly dedicated to the THINK CURE cause, as was Eye Chart's wife. They were both very good on camera and smooth in their answers.
Thanks for the info, Dusty. I was really confused.
@ Josh
Switching from a quaint syrah to gin.
If you Google "Russell Martin girlfriend" the bikini picture in the "image results" that come up about halfway down the page leads you right to my page.
I've seen the woman at two Dodger game (including Wednesday night). She's cute enough in person. She was with kids from the children's hospital the first time I saw her, and she was really sweet with the kids.
Jesus, Vinny and Sam, get a room!
@Erin
I chalk it up to the masterful insight and keen wit you display on your website, not the promise of a bikini-clad J Mart honey.
give him the high cheese
thanks for listening john
Thanks Dusty.
Of course, it comes down to DLee.
it would josh
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