Monday, September 07, 2009

Game 139 Thread: Sept 7 vs. Rattlers, 12:40p

Vicente Padilla (9-6, 4.72) vs. Max Scherzer (9-8, 4.10).

COMMENTS: So much for the soft part of the schedule. While the Rockies are beating the teams they're supposed to beat, the Dodgers are alternating wins and losses like a three-card Monte dealer on meth. What was supposed to be a September cakewalk has turned into the pie-eating contest scene from Stand by Me. Although SoSG Sax tells us the Dodgers still have a 99% chance of making the playoffs, time is running out for the bats to awaken from their hibernation. This limp to the finish line could be curdling a sweet season. Bah.

130 comments:

Kyle Baker said...

Bacon: cooking

Breakfast scramble with tomatoes, avocado, cheese, and salsa: on its way

Mr. and Mrs. T Bold and Spicy Bloody Mary Mix: at the ready

Mrs. Dusty's tolerance for another entire day spent watching, listening, or talking about Dodgers: waning

Potential for smack talk from Dusty whether we win or lose: exponentially high

Let's get some runs up in dis bish!

Kyle Baker said...

Just noted the GT pic. Are you implying that lately our offense has been a complete and total barf-o-rama?

Green Lantern JBJ of Sector 1138 said...

rofl @pic

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Just win baby, just win.

PenosCabell said...

Dusty - that all sounds so familiar.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Stand by Me? Isn't that the one where the kids go looking for a dead body?

Steve Sax said...

Corey Feldman is a jerk, FWIW.

Bloody Mary! Great idea, Dusty!

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers will break out for seven runs today.

Fred's Brim said...

agreed Neeebs - we have gotten to the point in the season where you have to grind out the wins and not care so much how they come. the 2-1 win where you score your runs on a wild pitch or a GIDP should be appreciated just as much as a 9-1 win where everybody gets a hit, scores a run or gets an RBI

Kyle Baker said...

STAND BY ME is one of my favorites. I challenge all comers to a quotation contest involving the movie. *puffs chest*

Is Lard-ass a metaphor for Broxton?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I thought Corey Feldman was in the Goonies.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Whoops, I guess he's in both.

Kyle Baker said...

Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Manny LF
Loney 1B
Belliard 3B
Hudson 2B
Martin C
Padilla P

Per True Blue LA. Blake possible at third, jury still out apparently.

Would have thought Ausmus would catch today.

rbnlaw said...

Re; The GT Pic:
Just what a half-hungover man needs to see when he goes to his favorite Dodger Blog site.

Let's puke all over the Snakes.

Hey, DB: Wanna see a dead body?

Kyle Baker said...

Here's hoping we don't lose, giving the PGT author the possibility of using the phrase "You're making me fuck up the Snake part" in the post's title.

Kyle Baker said...

@RB

Well, I was under the porch digging...

Steve Sax said...

@Rbnlaw: you're hungover, too?

Were we at the same party last night? I had to pray to the porcelain gods at the end...

Kyle Baker said...

For Sunday day games, or for holiday day games, we should have a SoSG Hangover Brunch.

rbnlaw said...

Sax, that was you in the bathroom?
I was at the HG casino until 1 am playing poker and having a few pops. Before that, it was the family BBQ and a boatload of good wine.

Just now listened to Vin's call of Gibby's HR from the 88 Series. Got the chills

Kyle Baker said...

Vinny just said Kershaw hurt his shoulder in practice and will definitely miss his upcoming start.

God friggin shit dammit.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@Dusty - All of a sudden the Garland pickup looks pretty damn good.

Kyle Baker said...

"Six-man rotation? I meant five."

Kyle Baker said...

More on Kershaw: Bruised his RIGHT shoulder, not left, so that's initial good news.

Raffy leads off the traditional way.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Furcal doesn't want to wait to suck. He's got to do it right away.

Gagne's lucky glasses said...

Great lead off job there Furcal

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

It's gonna be one of those games, isn't it?

karina said...

It's not fair i'm working with flu traces and you're talking about Bloody Marys and hangovers (though i've only had a hangover in my life). Guess revenge will serve on the weekend.

Crossing fingers they'll kim las culebras.

Gagne's lucky glasses said...

@Dusty - "Come on guys lets get moving". "Yeah by the time we get there the kid won't even be dead anymore"

Kyle Baker said...

@ GLG:

"...goin' to see a dead kid—maybe it shouldn't be a party."

karina said...

Dodgers, learn about Neville:

"The slash of the silver blade could not be heard over the roar of the oncoming crowd or the sounds of the clashing giants or the stampeding "rockies", and yet it seemed to draw every eye. With a single stroke Neville sliced off the great snake's head, which spun high into the air...and the snake's body thudded to the ground"

Kyle Baker said...

Niiiiiice!!!! Snakes running bases like...us!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

The base coaches want out I guess.

Kyle Baker said...

@ Karina

Just what the doctor ordered on the quote and avatar. I thought that was either Neville or Ethier when he was 11.

Gagne's lucky glasses said...

Geez, Gordie. Why couldn't you have gotten breakfast stuff? Like Twinkies and Pez and Root Beer?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

About damn time, Manny!

karina said...

Go Manny!

Kyle Baker said...

Man-nee! Man-nee! Man-nee!

Kyle Baker said...

GLG:

If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy. Pez. Cherry flavored Pez. No question about it.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

WTF!?!? MANNY-LONEY B2B!?

Kyle Baker said...

Back-2-back, like a Lakers dynasty!

Kyle Baker said...

Did we go back in time? Is this April 19th?

karina said...

It is JK Rowling magic through Neville...

I edited some parts of it, it wasn't Rockies but centaurs and cut Voldemort's reaction.

Believe in magic, gents.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Scherzer's lost it.

karina said...

King James is back :)

Kyle Baker said...

I'll believe in magic, voodoo, unicorns, or any damn thing if it will help us get through this bad patch!

Kyle Baker said...

Leave Scherzer in!

MR.F said...

That home run should put Loney's slugging percentage ahead of the power bat Beast that is Juan Pierre.

Kyle Baker said...

Big Russ gets in on the action!

Read some more Harry Potter, Karina!

karina said...

Fanerman, of all people on this blog, i thought you believed in magic.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Three runs are better than none.

karina said...

@Dusty Baker if i come up with some magic., i'll post it.

Steve Sax said...

You just keep those wild pitches coming, Max!

3-0 Good Guys.

karina said...

@Mr LASF don't wanna get excited so you don't get disappointed?

Steve Sax said...

Just saw the video of the two snacks getting nailed on the basepaths. Hilarious!

Kyle Baker said...

Two snacks on the basepath? I think Broxton gobbled them up.

Kyle Baker said...

Nice throw, JMart!

Steve Sax said...

Reds just took the lead on the Rockies 3-1 in the
fourth.

The Giants' Brad Penny is pitching , top 1 no score

Kyle Baker said...

Tons of Doyers fans at the game today. Love how a guy wearing a Manny t-shirt ran down the tunnel and got Manny's HR ball.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

There goes Manny.

Kyle Baker said...

Manny, you dumbass.

Erin said...

I'm not a Manny apologist, but that did seem like an unreasonably quick trigger from the ump. I just have a feeling that sort of thing happens because of who he is, not just what he does.

Kyle Baker said...

Not that you can let your emotions go like that and let your teammates and fans down, but Manny was dead right about that 2nd called strike - it was not a strike.

Erin said...

A lot of guys toss their helmets toward the dugout after a strikeout. They don't all get thrown out of the game. He didn't even toss them particularly hard.

Kyle Baker said...

Baseball umps should not start acting like NBA refs, and making calls strictly based on reputation.

Erin said...

Exactly, DB.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

The D-Backs have two hits and a walk, yet they have been retired in order.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

BELLY 2.0!

Kyle Baker said...

Why was Kershaw shagging fly balls in the outfield?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I want blood.

karina said...

Thanks for the insight, Erin and Dusty.

By the way Erin, i met a man last Friday who is a fan of the Dodgers and the Red Sox and he's against all things Yankees. He asked if i thought it was weird, i said "not at all" and thought about you.

Kyle Baker said...

This one could ugly before it gets pretty. I hope so. Time for Padilla to start plunking!*

*But wait until 7th inning after he's ready to leave.

karina said...

@Mr LASF me too, in the gore films kind.

Kyle Baker said...

There is no question that he threw at JMart.

karina said...

Parra's great catch?

Kyle Baker said...

It was a great catch, Karina. It will make the highlight reels.

Erin said...

Karina, that sounds like the perfect man. You should have married him immediately.

Kyle Baker said...

I want to go to the Lone Butte Casino.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

There went that opportunity.

karina said...

@Erin i don't think so, he was introduced to me by my ex-boyfriend's father, he looks like very married and has grandchildren.

karina said...

Gerardo Parra is one of my favorite players these days...he and Carlos Gonzalez, i know it's bad...

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Aw dammit

Erin said...

Weird that Belliard just let that ball go. Sure looked like he backed off because he thought Furcal would get it, but then Furcal didn't.

And now the Dodgers pay the price with a two-run homer.

NicJ said...

Young saves all his HR's for the end of the year.

Kyle Baker said...

@ Erin

That's exactly what I noted, that Belly #3 backed off and surprised Furcal.

Mini-Manny, indeed.

NicJ said...

Homeruns are nice, but we are still only 1-5 with RISP, let's improve that guys.

Erin said...

Giants are managing to score some runs against San Diego. 6-0 right now.

karina said...

@Nic j remember Fred's Brim wise words "we have gotten to the point in the season where you have to grind out the wins and not care so much how they com"

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Two away

karina said...

*we need a double play*

Kyle Baker said...

Just had to run to the bathroom. Told the fam to keep the game going (not pause it) and I'd catch up. It was right when Padilla had allowed 2 runners with no outs. Bullpen was getting ready.

From the bathroom down the hall, I could hear Mrs. Dusty and sis-in-law yelling "Noooo! Not Elbert!"

I hurried up and returned to make sure that Torre hadn't lost his mind. Thankfully he had not.

Come on Padilla, get us out of this. I believe in you.

Kyle Baker said...

Deuces wild, Vinny, deuces wild.

karina said...

Anything new on Kershaw?

Kyle Baker said...

@ Karina

The fine people at SoSG have a post now:

http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/09/kershaw-to-miss-next-start.html

Erin said...

It's funny, I would have had a scoop on the Kershaw thing if I had paid more attention. We were by the bullpen at yesterday's game, and Christine heard Flippo, the bullpen catcher, telling a friend of his that someone had hurt his right shoulder. Christine didn't hear the name, and I didn't hear any of the exchange at all.

NicJ said...

Rox tie it up at 3

Kyle Baker said...

@ Erin-

How did the Japanese good luck shouted at Hiro go yesterday?

karina said...

@Dusty i'm working so i just refresh the GT page.

Erin said...

Christine was too embarrassed to do it. By the time I realized she wasn't going to, he was too far away for me to give it a shot.

Kyle Baker said...

@ Karina

I wasn't giving you any grief about not look at the main page, by the way! Just pointing it out. :-) Sadly, I usually keep both the GT and the main page open in two different tabs, in case I might miss something life changing.

karina said...

Gotta go, i have to pick up Coper, if i have to leave him home and going to the printer, i think the game will be over by the time i come back.

Enjoy Labor Day! Go Blue!

Kyle Baker said...

Time to bust this oldie out:

I used to run base like Juan Pierre/
Now I run the bass hi hat and the snare

NicJ said...

Alright now steal home!

Erin said...

I, too, am leaving. Gotta go to a (lame) BBQ. I'll be checking in to see if the Dodgers hold on to the lead.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Yes! Upton is stinking it up just in time!

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Belli one shy of the cycle.

Erin said...

Right before I turned off the TV, Scully gives me something to chuckle about for the rest of the afternoon. Regarding Upton's failed attempt at that catch:

"...a diving, rolling failure."

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Russell Martin redemption at bat.

Kyle Baker said...

Ah, I hadn't noted that re Belli #3, Neeebs. Thx.

Russ, you have a chance (again) to really show up Sherzher. Make it work!

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Why would anyone slide head first into home?

I'll take the run, though.

Kyle Baker said...

I will take the run. But man, Loney has to be the slowest professional ball player I've ever seen. The camera caught him starting his run from 3rd to home, and it looked like in Scooby Doo where Scooby runs in place for awhile before he actually gets going forward.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Base hit here would be sweet.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

New nick for Loney, Scooby Dooooooo

Kyle Baker said...

Loney actually kinda resembles Scooby if you look at them a certain way.

PhotoShop opportunity!

Kyle Baker said...

Flat Breezy in tha heezy!

NicJ said...

Rox take a late lead 4-3

Kyle Baker said...

This was Loney's head-first slide:

http://tinyurl.com/nc4rt8

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Sherrill's in some trouble.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

How did they get a photo of the headfirst slide on the net so quickly?

Kyle Baker said...

Nice K from John Mower, and nice pitch calling from JMart.

NicJ said...

Reds just ran themselves out of a ninth inning rally. Rox win.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I hate the Reds so much.

NicJ said...

Good to see kemp get a hit, his avg has been in a freefall since September started.

And he steals a bag!

Kyle Baker said...

31 steals for Bison. Lovin' it.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Just two more outs to go.

Steve Sax said...

Rockies won, Giants romping in the seventh

Orlando Zepeda said...

vin scully > scoreboard

Kyle Baker said...

Pausing from snark and smack talk for a moment...

What a beautiful story from Vinny as Pierre stepped up to bat. He started with a re-cap of the fact that JP had stolen 2nd and 3rd in his last sequence, and was reminded of Jackie Robinson. Then Vinny went into a little vignette about how in Jackie's early days, "in Pittsburgh if I remember," and the fans "were all over him." Vinny was classy enough not to bring up the fact that "all over him" meant yelling racial taunts at #42. He went on to say that despite those taunts, Jackie stole 2nd, stole 3rd, then he stole home.

I treasure every call of the game by Vinny. He is such a bridge between the then and the now.

Hats off to Vinny, to Jackie, and to JP.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

That's your ballgame

Kyle Baker said...

To end the GT STAND BY ME theme, and I paraphrase:

"I never had any broadcaster later on like the one I had when I had Vinny. Jesus, does anyone?"

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers score seven runs, which I called at 10:54am.

Who needs Sax in Vegas this week?