Chad Billingsley (12-9, 3.86) vs. Billy Buckner (2-6, 8.29).
COMMENTS: When Billingsley last pitched on Wednesday vs. the Diamondbacks, he went through four scoreless innings before giving up four runs in the fifth inning, which stuck him with the loss when the Dodgers' offense could only muster one run in "support". Joe Torre was nonplussed, however, telling the press afterwards that he wasn't worried because he thought Billingsley had improved mechanics.
Despite Torre's explanation, Billingsley's third straight loss and tenth straight start in which he didn't make it to the seventh inning was enough to get all the local colmunists frothing at the mouth again about how ace-less the Dodgers are. The team could easily give those pundits a much-needed tune-up by firing up their offensive engines and taking Buckner for a spin, letting Bills focus on firing all of his pistons and maintaining top speed.
And that's about all the automobile references I've got, since I don't know cars very well, but I encourage you guys to go with this while I'm idling. (Speaking of idling, AccuScore has both the Rockies (Jason Marquis) beating the Reds (5.2 projected runs to 4.2) and the Giants (Timmah Lincecum) beating the Padres (4.8 to 3.1). We'd better come through today with a win.)
UPDATE 4:40p: Thanks to Eric Stephen of TBLA for the headsup that Lincecum is scratched with back spasms; Madison Bumgarner gets the start for the Giants. Take that, AccuScore!
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Hudson 2B
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I thought Wolf was the ace? To be honest, if he were the "ace" of the staff heading into the postseason, that wouldn't concern me too much. He's got a lot of experience and knows the game well. Plus if he's facing the Phillies, even better to have him start Game 1.
It took me a bit to get why that picture was used, but well played, Sax.
Also, it appears Lincecum may have been scratched tonight for SF (sore back) and 20-year old Madison Bumgarner has been recalled to start in his place.
http://twitter.com/timkawakami/statuses/3850404482
Excellent info. Thanks, Eric Stephen.
Also, Tulo and Ian Stewart have been scratched as well.
The NL West, where they're dropping like flies!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4456427
Gentlemen, start your engines!
Madison Bumgarner already?
they're rushing him arent they?
@Eric Stephen as long there are not Dodgers flies dropping...
I'm so tired of hearing the word Ace.
Besides we probably have like three kings and a couple of jacks, a full house ain't a bad hand right?
As long as we don't have any queens.
I hear a some antibiotics and cortizone cream will clear up Madison Bumgarner in about a week.
"Madison to the main stage! Madison, up next on the main stage!"
@Eric Stephen, thanks for the scratchy Lincecum info!
With the mention of an "Ace" and Nic J's comment about us having a "full house" how can I not leave a comment on this thread?
With Billingsly, Kershaw, Broxton, and Kemp we've got Quad Kings for future use. These guys will pull through.
It worked yesterday, so here I go:
Just win baby, just win.
And will you guys finish up the assassin game so I can get Spock back to his rightful place.
neeebs, do you have a realtime update of who died in AC today? I did a quick scan but only found Orel's corpse.
I think Orel was the lone man down.
If I have a scratchy Lincecum, can I just take some of the stuff that gets rid of a Madison Bumgarner?
Here's a recap:
FB sticks his neck out and prays for cover from RBN. RBN obliges and FB, practicing the "honor code" does not double cross RBN and lets his comment float.
In the meantime, Orel crawls out from under the rock right at the bewitching hour of 3:00pm, only to have GLG pierce his heart before the door shut down at 3:01.
You have been updated.
Didn't know you guys were big fans of the Imagination Movers.
vr, Xei
Xei: Don't tell anyone, but the SOSG are the Imagination Movers. I think Sax is Scott.
@XF, those guys do look a lot like the Imagination Movers! Nice call.
But no, they're the guys from Brampton Auto Repair in Ontario, Canada: Carmen, Sebastian, and Mario!
@Neeebs, I want to be the dorky guy on the right with the cowboy hat (of the Imagination Movers, that is). Which one is that? And why would you know, anyway?
Neeebs,
Excellent recap. Accurate and insightful.
And don't think I didn't get the Genesis reference, either.
OK, who came up with Madison Bumgarner? Tomorrow, starting for J. Sanchez will be Oliver Clothesoff?
Why do the Imagination Movers remind me of The Wiggles?
And damn me for knowing who the friggin Wiggles are.
Hey RB, it could be down to you and me after tomorrow...just sayin'
Blake is out another game, it looks like that Belliard pick up is genius and Blake's "strain" is a little more serious
I need Amanda Hugginkiss!
Could well be just us cold blooded killahs, GLG.
Nice snipe today. Just as I predicted.
Hey, take that Nostradamus!
RB, the way Blogger spaced your phrase:
"Could well be just us cold blooded killahs, GLG.
Nice snipe today. Just as I predicted."
Either sounds like a Nostradamus quatrain or a really weird haiku.
@RB - I work in Orange...we should grab a drink after work sometime
And here I thought I was the lone survivor behind the Curtain (Orange).
@DB:
I'm very lyrical, like Vin.
RB, the lyrical gangsta.
(I tried that sentence substituting in "Vin" but just couldn't make it work.)
Yeah, there are a couple of us left to fight the disease that is Angels fans here in the OC
i thought Bills pitched well last time out but was unlucky more than anything. He gave up the double and then either missed to or lost a challenge to a relatively unknown hitter. The other two runs were crap, some wimpy ground balls combined with bad fielding. If he pitches that way again, I think we have a really good chance tonight
Colorado already has a 1-0 lead thanks to a EYoungJr double and Helton sac fly in the bottom of the first.
Rox Marquis has 5 Ks through three frames, but the Reds' Maloney is holding his own with only three hits and 1 ER with 1K (and 37 pitches to Marquis' 42).
Top 4 in Colorado: Joey Votto walks with one out, then is sacrificed to second. But Scott Rolen fans to end the threat.
Mid-4, Rox up 1-0. And it's almost time for Dodger baseball!
Furcal grounds out AGAI...
WHAAAAAAAAAAT?
top 5, still 1-0 Rox
I don't know why I keep kidding myself into thinking the Reds can actually beat the Rockies.
I feel like the guy who watches King Kong vs. Godzilla 14 times, but still thinks Godzilla could pull of an upset the next visit to the theatre.
man i can't stand the DeeBax announcers. Grace is just another small market schlub color man
damn that was hit well
Was that Kemp fly out as deep as Gameday said it was (at the wall)?
i was a Godzilla fan when I was a kid and it always made me sad when he lost to Mothra and King Kong :(
just about, to the deepest part of the field, near that weird overhang
HOLY CRAP WE SCORED IN THE FIRST!!!!
93!
attaboy Dre! another one clubbed, this one found the gap! 1-0 good guys!
Buckner got lucky on that one
damn, Loney hit that one pretty well too
damn 2nd and 3rd, nobody out
Bills' fastballs are up so far
Is it the sixth inning already?
Well, this sure is a good start.
Second and third with no outs. Oh, this is not good.
Somewhere, Plaschke cackles.
Ball doesn't look that deep on Gameday; why couldn't Ethier nail the man at home?
sac fly from Upton, 1-1, runner tags up to 3rd, Mark Reynolds with another sac fly, 2-1 bad guys :/
Damn those dbacks are the efficient sac flys.
f'ing a, yet another sacrifice to Andre.
I blink my eyes, it's 2-1 Snakes.
Saxy, they were near the warning track, plenty deep
Come on, Chad, show some goddamn umph from those thighs
Damn iPhone auto correct
d-backs definitely like the sack
@Fred's Brim, thanks for the update. Gameday is not so precise, i would say.
crap, another hit
cmon Bills, finish this off
y kant chad get an out
halle frickin lujah
2-1 after 1
i'm going to the other side. Lates.
there's the popup from Young and Bills is out of it. go to the next inning with a clean slate
Saxy, i hear yeah, but it's almost preferable to listing to the snakes announcers
I guess it's good to get his bad inning out of the way early.
keep taking against this bum
i dont want to be senile or anything, but i kinda wish Chad was the one to run into a wall rather than Kershaw
o.O
O with the broken bat hit!
Bills is starting to freak me out, I don't think he's going to turn it around.
who didnt see that coming?
dangit Russ with the DP
Russ is trying to catch andre for most gidp's on the team.
GIDP
Buzz killer, Russ.
shite - Matt made a nice try, but it's a bloop leadoff double
i am still with Bills. When I see him as our starter vs most other pitchers, I think Win
Awesome
That wasn't interference?
Allen came with the trow and would have score anyway :/
Buckner made a good bunt but was inside the baseline, should have been called out
3-1 snakes, rox up 2-0.
tough luck inning there
so Bills gave up his hits, then had his bad luck inning, so he should settle in and cruise for a while now.
the bats just have to get in gear and get him a lead
thanks, bucky
Furcal you are almost as bad as Martin
shitshitshit another DP, this time from Raffy
what the hell? getting no luck tonight
Well if we continue our pattern and lose today, that means we will beat Haren to tomorrow.
giants scored
now bumgarner can throw a no no vs SD
great DP, Bills
time to get you some runs
haha Anquan Boldin at the game in the front row, wearing a Dodger hat
Fly-by: Bills looks like crapola.
Would you please, for the love of god, start the god damned scoring?
Kouz homered
1-1
SD just equalised.
unreal
FMD
Christ, are we going for the dp record?
^(my Dodgers)
keep it going, Bills
i said Kouz homered, my bad it was Headley.
Rowand just went deep, 2-1 SF
Good thinking o dog. No more dp's
Giants and Rockies now both up 2-1
That would of been a dp ball.
*sigh*
arrrgh! i can't listen to the dbacks announcers any more
There must be a contest fof which Dodgers can compete to see who can hit into the most double plays.
During this game alone.
There's more DP mentioned in this thread than in a Vivid Video catalog.
hehe
Rox are gonna win. It's kinda sad when I can look at Marquis and chock up the win, then look at Bills and hope for the best.
Bills, throw a goddam strike to these bums
way to stem the tide, Bills
we havent had a late inning comeback in a while
Kouz has tied it up for SF
shite
Was watching earlier on GameDay, so just now Tivoing thru the video. Was Bills throwing BP in the first inning or what? That's what it looked like in fast forward. Our SPs just don't do the first inning well.
for SD I mean
I'm starting to pick up a pattern.
JuanLove at 7:48 PM:
Now you're correct.
What is that pattern, NicJ?
Or were you quoting an old Star Trek, NicJ?
A walk, double play.
O dog broke that pattern by stealing second.
Another pattern is alternating wins and losses. When is the last time we went on a winning or losing streak.
BTW, Star Trek ep #1 aired on this date, Sept. 8, 1966.
Monday is picking up Bills' curveball delivery from the booth
Chad almost had a 123 inning. Let's see how he reacts.
no pitcher hits please
Cards won, Phils won.
or walks
unbelievable
i hate this so much
Bills just can't get out of the 6th without giving up a run.
When does the comeback begin, again?
Easy there, FB.
sorry
You have to feel sorry for manny after watching that at bat. I have never seen him look that frustrated.
Hey gang, it's official.
Our men in Blue suck. This could be the low point of the season. A dude who shares a name with a former, albeit infamous for other reasons, Dodger, is making our once-feared line-up look like any team facing the Chula Vista all-stars.
Double plays. Thou art our bane.
AZ broadcast is showing Buckner getting his grip on his knuckle curve, he wasnt even hiding it
Loney gets a single. Can anyone guess what's gonna happen now?
It ain't over 'till is over, gentlemen.
If i leave you alone, you start getting pessimistic and using foul language.
a DP in 5 of the 7 innings
are we cursed?
call me Nicstradamus
@ Karina
"If i leave you alone, you start getting pessimistic and using foul language."
Mrs. Dusty says that to me at least twice a day.
thanks, Karina
It was almost 6 dp's
keep us close, James
i miss the free swinging dbacks
Outstanding Mr. McDonald.
Before the season started, I presciently said to Mrs. Dusty and sis-in-law: The thing to watch this season is whether we can LIFT the ball. GIDP is one of our achilles heels. We have to learn to lift the ball out of the infield. If we fly out, we fly out. Or of the sac fly, even better. But over the season, we can't ground weakly to an infielder for a DP.
Oh, how I wish I would have been way off base with that masterful insight.
Crap a single! Here we go again folks.
haha so close
there's still a chance though :)
You think if furcal ground out they will try to turn two out of habit now?
Why are they teasing us into thinking we will rally and win here
It's cruel
Madson had to clean up a mess for Lidge in the 9th inning of the Phils win
Thank God Raffy didn't K there
we got some action!
Why do they do this crap to me.
Vinny puts it all in perspective:
"You didn't think it would be easy, did you? Not knowing the Dodgers history."
M.Kemp, in play (runs)
tell me it's a HR.
I'll take this RBI single. Lift your spirits, here comes Ethier.
Well it's like Vin was reading my mind when he said ... "You didn't think it was gonna be easy, did you??? You know the history of this team. It's never easy."
So true, so true.
karina, no HR. Matt wants Andre to hit the homer
I was thinking about that quote too josh. It's like he already knows how the story ends.
attaboy Dre
How did that ball make it through?! It was slow as hell.
Looks like Josh beat me to it.
Hopefully manny doesn't try to
do to much here.
Can loney rediscover his clutchabilty?
LoneyFan, this is your time.
Yes he can!!!
Now let's go for the lead!!!!
woah loney with the slice!
Rancho Ardiendo for King James: in play (runs)
one time, Ronnie, one time....
Still Rancho Ardiendo, go boys!
Hi fives all! And now I am enjoying listening to these crap Arizona announcers.
wooopwoop!!
How fucking lucky was that!!!
Can I get a wooopwoop?
Oh, thanks FB.
cmon bullpen, shut these guys down
DB, you can always count on me for a woop or two
Hopefully the dbacks are demoralized and just roll over.
Crap! Guess not.
Is it me or Miguel Montero does well against the Dodgers?. He does well with Aguilas too.
throw strikes, HCK
Former Aguilas player who did well pinch running. Hate when my teams collide in this way.
oh no not Byrnsie
cmon guys, hold this
Come on, HCK. Let's get these blankety-blanks out.
Does Roberts play for the Denver Nuggets in the winter?
SD ties it up at 3.
Pads just tied it up.
2 quick 4 me db
Kuo going all the way here with Ryan Roberts
woah mama way to stay with it, Belli2!
Belliard using his Belly for the stop!!!
Exhale.
I want to see that play.
Jackie Johnson sighting!
And the Dodgers are surprisingly up 5-4. I should turn off the tv in disgust more often!
Let's turn to the next page.
I hope this was the low point and then the turning point of this funk that seems to have been going on since 1979.
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