
Vicente Padilla (11-6, 4.52) vs. J.D. Martin (5-4, 4.21).
DODGERS' MAGIC NUMBERS: 2 to make playoffs; 5 to win NL West
COMMENTS: This is a pretty important start for Padilla--not the point of no return, but still critical if he wants to be considered for the postseason roster--as he looks to rebound from his last crappy start against the Giants, his first loss since joining the Dodgers. And while Padilla/Martin sounds like a normal battery, this Padilla/Martin matchup is quite different. Montreal starts a pitcher whom mlb.com says "is...the second best pitcher in the Expos' rotation. Last Friday, he pitched 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs on seven hits against the Mets. Martin is second on the team in wins with five."
FIVE? Five measly wins gets you second place and a set of steak knives? Let me be the one to tell you, when you only have 52 total wins on the team, it's mathematically plausible, but I wouldn't go around trumpeting a win total smaller than that of Jeff Weaver; Martin would be the Expos' equivalent of Matt Cain, Adam Wainwright, and Cliff Lee. Wow. Tell you what, Torre, let's just make this interesting, and throw out there whomever the hell you want for this lineup!
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is that Alexis Arquette in the middle?
beard's hurt again right?
he's getting hurt every two weeks
Per TBLA:
"Casey Blake will likely sit tonight with a sore left hamstring, which he re-injured running the bases on his home run Tuesday."
It's pretty interesting that Furcal is the leadoff hitter, and the first five players in the lineup are initialled F-E-R-K-L. Too bad Ausmus isn't batting fifth, I guess.
how do you injure a hamstring on a home run trot?
they;re probably playing it safe
im glad to see DeWitt
Yeah, DeWitt needs some at bats, anyway, to stay in tune for playoffs.
good question, Saxy.
I missed it - did he do a Dave Henderson jump after he hit it?
Don't we always end up being embarassed when the GT makes light of a scrub opposing pitcher?
Remember Leblanc?
The reference to "Montreal"...intentional?
I could interpret it either way.
Nice catch Saxy.
ahh Montreal - my dad and I caught the boys up there in 2003 and I got a foul ball hit by Jolbert Cabrera. This was because there was nobody in the entire field level behind us, just the lower half of the field level.
Later that day (it was an afternoon game) we saw Cabrera, Cesar Isturis and Adrian Beltre anonymously riding the train and then hitting on a girl at a restaurant
i want some poutine now
Was Expose (accent on the last syllable) a group of cross-dressers? Sure looks that way.
The GT is channelling my thoughts.
Dave Stewart was on backup vocals I believe....
RB-
At first glance I thought that was Lincecum in drag in the middle.
May this evening conclude with the Giants being mathematically eliminated. That is all.
if that happens, I will say Youppi!
@FB
Just so long as it wont make Youppi! yourself.
Have we sufficiently made fun of this Dodgers fantasy cruise with Steve Garvey yet? I just another email advert about it. Otherwise known as the Cougar Cruise. Seems like a bad idea from the outset, given those dynamics.
Josh-
At least this didn't happen:
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93042?fp=1
@db
Either that or the best idea ever.
Mr C, I will ask you to leave my personal life out of this, thank you!
Does Papa Garvey screen the headshots of potential cruisers?
Heh, look for the print to see if this is actually Garvey's own idea and is "not associated in any way with the Los Angeles Dodgers or Major League Baseball."
I thought the Garv'e cruise was the all-important SoSG annual reunion with dad.
and the cruise is a trip to Catalina on his SeaRay
do you guys believe the dodgers have the 8th best starting rotation of the payoff teams?
ESPN's Jayson Stark thinks so
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings090924
he doesnt mention the fact that we have the 2nd most k's from this group behind the yanks, lowest starters ERA in all MLB, least runs allowed in all MLB, lowest BA against
whatever
If we lose this game, then we lose the season series with NL Canada. Think about that.
We'll need another good start from Vicente
@JuanLove, we posted on the JaYson Stark article earlier today...
As Ken Levine reminded us on last night's post-game funeral wake, the Dodgers are 1-4 alltime in Nationals Park.
Mr LA SF, I get it, but I gotta tell you I almost deleted your crazy-long post there. Luckily, I like minimalist art!
What post? What are you talking about? There is no post.
Pretty sneaky, Sis.
Sax, drink for the Connect Four reference.
Please do something, Manny.
Manny: I'll do it, but only for MLASF
BISON-CRUSH
WHOO
HOOO
Matty!!
and mlb.tv works at work!
and Dibble made some dumb comment about Vicente Padilla not being able to finish games
damn nice play, and that wasn't even Guzman!
Hopefully can get on a HR roll and hit 30 by end of the season.
^ "Kemp" ^
Rob Dibble probably thinks he is better than Padilla right now
Was that really a 96mph fastball from Vicente?
that was a strike! cmon, blue!
and so was that! Look, a Dodger pitcher who can get Dunn out!
Very nice!
Russ with the WTP.
So close
Okay, I've got to say something. What the hell happened to Furcal? His stats are so incredibly freakish, it's not even funny. Other than right now, the only month he has put up these numbers was July. The other four months were shit.
I like the new Raffy, kinda like Coke going back to the original formula.
Dibble's talking about the 19 pound baby now
cmon, V, tighten it up
whew that was lucky
Dammit Padilla, you've got a four-run lead and IT'S THE EXPOS!!!!!'
crud
cmon V! get an out!
I hope the dodgers offense hasn't gone into coast mode. It looks like we are going to need it tonight
jeez Dibble, why don't you just cheer out loud?
Well that nice big lead was sweet and short.
I really don't want to see Weaver tonight
Please tell me you can get Willie Harris out.
OK lets get some more runs
Criminy.
Watching a game like this from work and not being able to cuss or drink is...difficult.
Bison making it easier, though.
rancho rancho
please keep taking pitches against this guy
Is Padilla getting squeezed or is he just missing the plate? because according to gameday he is getting squeezed.
Rancho you better fucking score with no outs and bases loaded.
ok no outs, bases juiced. I expect to see "in play: run (or runs)
Come on, Beard Lite!
now that we "need" Belliard is he going to become David Eckstein with the bat?
great job, Joyce!
and good job moving up by Matt and FJL
atta beard lite.
This is where I wanna see Thome.
Looked like he was getting squeezed early in that inning to me dusto.
Dusto, a little of both - there have been a couple of missed calls that seemed very strikey
Radio with 25 or 6 to 4 as the song before Charley and Rick came back on - nice!
damn i dont like walks
Just home, did i miss something interesting?
No V, no more of those!!
Please stop walking guys.
At least this clears up a playoff roster spot.
hi karina! we got off to a good start with a 3R homer by Matty, then Padilla gave up some runs to make it 4-3, then we loaded the bases and scored a run on a sac fly, now Vicente is playing with danger again (2 2-out walks)
oof that was lucky...
@karina - I meant we scored 4 in the first with the help of Matty's 3R homer
and V just got out of the 3rd inning!
new 'spos pitcher!
Just got out of the last mtg of the week. Are these sons of bitches still in striking distance? What gives?
Snoopy says, "Let's get some runs!"
Thank you very much, Fred's Brim!
Pretty soon I'm going to have my playoff bobblehead placement set.
@Dusty Baker love that point, if the world actually listened to Charles Schulz, we all would be much better people :)
Let's not let Eric Estrada dominate us, come on. This has a 9.64 ERA.
What was andre waiting for there?
hmm i didn't like that half-inning
Let's not get shut down by the worst bullpen in baseball please.
I'm worried this Estrada guy stroke out 3 Dodgers, including Manny.
Why does my GameDay still say 5 runs? Surely we have 8 or 9 by now? I keep hitting refresh, but...
Damn, Vicente, you need to be better than that
harris will steal now, then another single
Nice play Martin.
nice - they threw Harris out!
Got to be a bit more optimistic on the Harris steal, there FB
Vicente has a 9.0 ERA this game.
gotta head home - please be leading when I get there!
will do, karina
Dusty, you've been hijacked.
Neeebs - Don't make me sick Reggie on you! Irona can't help you then!
No need to swing for fences, Belly#2. Let's just manufacture some runs.
Work some magic, Beard Lite.
boom, suck it, expos
Dewitt: in play, run(s)
peter griffin is a red sox fan
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Jailed-fan-gets-conjugal-visit-with-Red-Sox-in-K?urn=mlb,191789
JOYCE!!!
COL already up 3-nil.
Of course, Fred's Brim, i'll keep you posted.
I'm outta here. Back in a flash!
@JL:
Man, that dude's a dead ringer for Peter Griffin.
Dunn works VPad for 10 pitches before flying out.
vicente is really laboring here
Rox already up on the Pads 3-0
I like the September Furcal.
I love Raffy's cybernetic upgrades.
"Andre Ethier pops out". Don't strand Furcal...
Belly to Belly!
Belly#1 on a 1.88 ERA. Nice, very nice.
Venezuela pwns!
I knew belli was in for a shakey inning when the announcers mentioned how good the pen was.
NicJ
And when I bragged about his ERA?
I think i jinxed Belly...Gonzalez is from Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Two songs heard in the background on the telecast:
Tarzan Boy by Baltimora
Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes
Interesting to say the least.
WTF?
@Karina:
My friend from Maricaibo is coming to LA in two weeks. :-)
That was a play that should have been made.
Why do we want to give the Nats another win?
Since I just came back to the thread, I'll try to stay positive.
Hey, we still have the lead!
We just can't win in DC.
OK, at least it's still tied.
WTF is going on? What happened to the team that played Tuesday night?
We need some better clutch hitting. We are only 2-9 with risp and those two were in the first inning.
Go Tron!
OK, going to catch the game in the car, and the thread on the other side of home.
@Neeebs very cool! :)
Not sure what's worse; 8th inning "Don't Stop Believing," or the "Sweet Caroline" sing along.
It's close, but I'm pretty sure Neil Diamond is a Dodger fan.
Headed for the car and for AM 790 instead of GameDay.
Hope that will change the mojo, as I drive by Chavez Ravine on the way home.
Can we beat the nats in a 3 inning game? I hope so.
Padilla didn't reallly deserve that win anyways.
The official scorer is smoking crack with Marion Berry.
Meanwhile: BISON POWER!
Haha, I think that sums up the nats season right there.
Lead-off triple; can we push it across?
I'm not hopeful.
Lousy ground ball, right side, scores Kemp. Ya think we could get one of those?
Lousy squeeze attempt.
C'mon this ain't playoffs just Pitch the ball.
De Witt not looking forward to the play-offs.
is Matt the only one trying tonight?
The Nats were re-creating the mound conference scene from Bull Durham.
"OK, we need a chicken to sacrifice. . ."
@FB
Just what I was thinking.
Russ, you dont have to swing at the pitches about to hit your knees
ri-gawddamned-diculous
we sure are pressing tonight, and i don't like it
A lead off triple with a fast runner, stranded is such a loss and a waste.
Phils winning 8-1 and they have a super easy schedule for the rest of the year.
Ours is pretty easy too but we still have to play the rox.
Tron, don't lose it... if i'm rooting for a Dodger, it's you!
karina,
stay positive.
they stayed out of the double play, now can we please get an out of this without giving up a 2-out run?
yay
Furcal, I've missed you so.
Raffy's trying too
Rbnlaw, unfortunately on my local newspaper, Tron made it to the gossip section and it looks like his heart is broken by the runner up at this year's Miss Universe.
If that news broke in Venezuela, it should be mediatic mayhem in Dominican Republic. She was super cruel, she said she dumped him after 3 years because she doesn't have time for him anymore. Isn't it ruthless cruelty?
Wriggleman really doesn't want this 100th loss.
How i found out? my mother asked me if i knew a ballplayer by the name of Ramon Troncoso, while i was reading the sports section, after the baseball news. I just had to ask her why she was asking, i'd wish i hadn't :(
I hope Furcal keeps hitting like that 'till late October :)
Kemp needs a double for the cycle.
oh no poor Tronny! what is wrong with that woman?!?
Well, he has something to work for in the future.
Cheer up, Matty. You guys could bat around in the 9th.
Tron doesn't want a loser anyways, runner up, pffff.
Let her date Eugenio Velez or something.
Yeah, I hear he's eugenerous.
yay they caught it!
@Nic j exactly! do you know the best part? the venezuelan girl owned her!
Tron, do you know what's a cool way to impress girls?showing them World Series rings.
ooh another one!
Breezy, you own lefties, what are you doing?
that was too easy, guys
HO LEE CRAP!
wooop!!! great throw Dre!!!
oh dear lord, this shouldn't be this tense.
How the hell did he not score on that one? I'm glad he didn't though.
LOL I guess they knew what they were doing when they let him take that base.
Was the Ethier throw as awesome as i read it?
Looks like Ethier want to win this game.
@karina:
No, it was better.
@karina it was really good and beat the runner by a couple of steps. the ball got to him quickly otherwise he wouldnt have had a play
the way this game is going, i think we need some insurance runs :/
@karina,
Just read the post about Tron. That's incredible. I hope the girl gets acne.
Eye Chart on deck!
The premium was too high for insurance that inning.
Blake DeWitt, ladies and gentlemen.
@Rbnlaw @Fred's Brim: thanks :)
@Rbnlaw acne is not cruel enough, how about cellulite? ;)
hoo mama! that was a hard-earned series win vs a crappy opponent
And my condolences to Tron :(.
PodPeople tied with the Stones in the 7th, Cubs and vaGiants, no score in the 2nd
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