Randy Wolf vs. Joe Blanton.
COMMENTS: See those numbers atop the post, and how some of them have a strike line through them, and some of them don't? Math geniuses might have gleaned that it marks how many wins we have to achieve this postseason to claim the ultimate title. And we've got just about the same amount of marks now as we had last year, after sweeping another NL Central team in the first round (the Cubs), only to hit a roadblock against the Phillies.
In fact, there's a lot of parallels to where we were last year at this time. Down two games to one, we were coasting along with a 5-3 lead in 2008 NLCS Game 4, having scored five runs off of the same Philly starter we'll face tonight, Joe Blanton (5 ER in 7 IP in 2008 NLCS Game 4; 12-8 with a 4.05 ERA in 2009). We then met up against Shane Victorino and Matt Stairs, both of whom hit two-run home runs in the eighth to put the Phillies ahead for good. Game 4 was the backbreaker last year, and this year's Game 4 looks to be the series fulcrum again.
This time around, however, things will be different. For one thing, we've got Randy Wolf going for us; Wolf was yanked early (after 3.2 IP, with the lead) in Game 1 of the NLDS, and hasn't pitched in 12 days. He may be rusty, but he'll be rested and ready to go deep; his 2.78 road ERA, fifth in the league, also bodes well. And even Philly fans love and respect Randy Wolf, even though he's a Dodger now.
For another thing, we've got karma on our side (not to mention Fox, who would love a Dodgers-Yankees World Series). And karma will take down reliable, trusted players just the same as anyone else in its wake. Matt Holliday? Bonk. Chase Utley? Bonk. The Phillies might have slept well last night, but the karma police will come, and that fridge-buzzing is about to become a detuned radio.
And finally, they've got Chan Ho Park on their this time around, unlike last year. That alone may be keeping our playoff odds at 33% for this series, even down 2-1 and playing the next two on the road (we were at 57% for the NLCS prior to last night's aberration).
We can strike out the "7" after tonight's game. We can bring the series back to Los Angeles. We can win this series. We can do it. I believe.
LET'S GO, DODGERS!
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This beard is weird.
You may call me a dreamer...
Craptacular swing.
Shyte
Biggest inning of the game. Who is going to pitch?
fudge
top of the lineup again? are they up every inning?
@Paul "Is there a rule that Casey starts out 0-2?"
Yes, we call it "Manny's Rule."
@Orel but i'm not the only one...
The Beard is weird.
His swing is trash.
No, that doesn't work...
Breezy has been flat. Top of the order. This is going to be tough.
Man what happened to the NLDS Dodgers. One little letter makes a big difference I guess.
Hmmm, their bullpen has held us scoreless so far.
Casey should shave off his beard and throw the Phillies into confusion since they won't know who he is to pitch to him properly.
I fear what will happen in the NLBS.
If Casey shaved his beard, the Dodger blogosphere would implode.
Here is where I just might throw up a bit.
That DirecTV blimp screen looks almost as bad as DiamondVision.
An inspirational song to start off the bottom of the 8th?
How lame.
Time for redemption, Brim Reaper!
I hate all these highlights of Phillies home runs.
i am scared
Don't even try framing it, Russell. You've got no credit there.
The TBS strike zone along with the calls the umpire makes for a comical juxtaposition.
This ump is a bigger fraud than the balloon boy.
Fanerman, I changed the channel for the highlights.
Okay, Sherrill. Please don't do this again. Walks killed you before.
Wow, looked like Rollins went around there for strike two, on the third pitch of that at bat. And now it's 3-1.
Nice play by the beard.
I like this Beard.
One out! Nice pick by the Beard.
Great play Blake!
Wow, that ball left the bat and I closed my eyes, I was so scared.
One down. Nice play!!
Sorry, I'm asking because I'm coming in late: when they show the line of a Dodger who's come around to score, is the diamond shaded blue?
Sax, I had my eyes closed until I heard the ball hit the bat.
Suh-wing!
Victorino went around on that one as far as Rollins did in the previous at-bat.
The problem with this strike zone is that if you need to throw it over the middle of the plate to get the damn strike, it totally plays to the power hitter heavy Phils-
Why couldn't we get the umpiring crews that worked the corners like mad for the Braves? Back then, they used to call the black... :(
Sax, we were too busy jumping up and down to notice.
Reason alone to re-sign Maddux, Eric.
Oh fuck.
Argh.
DAMNDAMNDAMN
Dammit, FB!
What the hell happened to Sherrill's command?
What? Cheapie HBP!
Uh oh.
Well there it goes. Just bring out Matt stairs.
Finally someone plunked Victorino.
He had Victorino too.
Crap crap crap
Don't fuck with me Jorge.
If you were going to hit him, put him on his ass.
Maybe Sherrill isn't getting enough work.
well this is why we got George Sherrill
Nice strike...
I cannot take this tension
What do you think Corey Wade is doing right about now?
Stay cool.
I'm dying here.
I can't take this.
This is Sherrill's last batter.
I think my playoff beard is all gray now.
All too familiar.
For the love of Christ. THROW STRIKES!!!!
Me too... so nervous.
Can a brotha get a DP here?
Strike zone shrank again.
If Utley gets on, walk Howard. Load the bases. I'm serious.
Not that I'm necessarily a brotha, but still
Damn Victorino.
Breezy - get this guy now!
This sucks. Focus breezy.
Sax, nope. Not conventionally, anyway.
Maybe FB should start looking at the plate before he throws it instead of staring out to CF.
Martin needs to block those!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I'm running out of curse words.
Gotta go to broxton, no doubt.
I want Josh bell back.
Here comes Brox...maybe?
ARGHAHAGAA
This feels like Game 2 in reverse.
I do not want Howard to see a pitch to it. From anyone.
Sherrill is not evoking confidence here
No Broxton. Wow.
Oh man, they are LEAVING Sherrill in!!! What????
I'm very afraid.
This is our season right here.
Well, we'll get 1K yet.
I'm scared!!!!
Oh god. Please don't let this be one of those moments we'll have to go over again and again for years to come.
Unless it's for a good reason, of course.
Okay. I'm over it. We got this, right Brim?
Torre's decision can make him a hero or goat. Which is it going to be?
I had a heart attack on that swing and miss.
Breezy is flat. This feels bad.
I need some adult diapers.
And there's only one out. Shee-it.
I'm hyperventilating.
No 0-2 meatballs please.
Sherrill, please
Did Sherrill pick a great time to implode or what?
Cmon!!
Ryan, I know you've got some whiffs in that bat.
This game could make a lot of Dodger Blue go Code Blue...
Miss it, used-to-be fat boy!
WHEW
No
Way.
SIDDOWN, PIG SNOUT!
I had my eyes closed that entire at-bat.
Standing ovation in my room for Flat Brim Reaper
It doesn't get much easier....
Nice K!!
BROX!
Well that was unexpecred. Nice K, Brim Reaper!
But we are not out of this hole yet.
I'm still afraid.
JB for 4 hopefully quick ones
Double switcheroo!
Me too, Karina. Please, Broxton. Just get this out. Then we'll score a State Farm Insurance Run in the top of the ninth to make it a little easier on you.
Oh lord. Help me. Come on Brox.
I hope David Hockney (who recently left LA btw) gets a royalty for that EOS commercial.
On the bright side, Broxton did not pitch yesterday.
We will smash 1,000 comments.
The HBP is the real problem here.
Now O-Dog should carry on a long conversation with Victorino, distracting him from rudely trying to make for third.
Werth is taking. 1-1.
Just two more strikes.
Stay on target.
O + Victorino conversation could signal the discovery of a new type of thermal energy, as yet untapped.
ONE MORE STRIKE
One more Brox.
Stike time.
I have a bad feeling about this man with an extra Y (and i'm not talking chromosone)
I did not need to see that graphic.
C'mon
tense tense tense
Orel, what is our comment all-time high? Are we at it already?
101 on the non-Dodger-rigged gun.
Almost there
Werth is pesky.
Why do the Phillies need to have their numbers on their sleeves as well?
C'mon, just one more.
I'm pretty sure we've never broken a thousand, Sax.
Oh, I don't like this
Werth's bat looks like a giant Pocky.
YES!!!
YES!!!
Mercy!!!
YYYYEEEEESSSS!!!
Taste disappointment, Philadelphia!
When you're not looking, Caray's call on a routine fly is downright frightening.
Nice work Jon!
Am I dead?
Psh. We'll breeze by 1000.
Wow. Same number of exclamation points and everything.
Ain't no thang- tres mas!
May I resume breathing?
I'll tell you what bush league is, your non-MLB uniform
hehe good one, Orel RE Pocky
Okay, some Geico here and then face the bottom of their lineup. We can do this.
Is this heaven?
This is going to be wild.
Four of us simultaneously wrote some derivation of "YES!", in all caps, with varying degrees of exclamation points.
We've gotta stop hanging out together all the time.
lets get 3 back this inning
Kevin Costner: Nope, it's Philly *sounding downcast*
In honor of Caray, I'm two-fisting it with my Sam Adams.
I am betting tbs is getting slightly better ratings than they did for the 11-0 game. Even though this is on a weekday.
That's why he flew out, FB. Cookie isn't hard enough.
We're gonna start getting our periods together.
Who wants to reach uncharted territory?
Hit for the cycle, O-Dog!
Not me, MLASF. THe world is flat.
At the end of the 11-0 game last night, Christine and I were out walking the dog. We heard some Philly fans scream like crazy from a nearby building when the game ended, and we were so annoyed by that. The final out is what makes you go crazy after the game was over in the first?
Come on O-Dawg! Show them why you should be starting!
Question for the group: I have not opened up a beer yet tonight. But the kids have been put to bed, I've sitting in front of my tv in my living room...
Do I risk it now? Or stay sober? Would opening a beer screw up the Dodgers' karma?
1001
Didn't Lidge get back his much-depleted mojo? Manuel doesn't use him in relevant situations any more.
Fanerman gets #1,000!
DAMMIT
Sax, i think you should have your beer after the game, to celebrate
Well, at least I can say I helped reach 1000
I just read Dusty's 8:21p comment, so I am guessing how he will vote...
SAXY, STAY SOBER!!!!
i will never recommend that in any situation, except situations like these
Keep the karma in the can, until the game is in the can. It'll taste sweeter-
Sax, NEVER quote me on this, but I recommend sobriety until this one is in the bag.
@Mr LASF hahahahahaha somehow your comment broke my tension! thank you!
I would love to touch up Lidge right here. Set him up for the rest of the series.
Oh, Hudson.
Ugh. Damnit Werth.
Mr LA SF, even on 1001 you are missing and have to post the subsequent "dammit". LOL.
Disappointing, but not surprising from O-Dog.
Stupid Werth
haha Mrs Fred's Brim, re: Jayson Werth's catch: "fucking show-off"
Hopefully brox can make due with a one run lead because our offense sucks.
Sax, consider that I'm drinking one for you and one for me.
Okay, sobriety it is. Thanks, gents.
Didn't Eyre use to suck when he was a Giant.
And ladies.
Remember when Raffy hit that game-tying HR against Philly?
Oh, that's Eyre. My bad.
Hey, the Yankees have scored four runs in five of their six postseason games. And everyone knows the Yankees are the anointed ones. So, four runs ain't so bad.
Make him throw a lot of pitches, Furcal
Everybody sucks when they're a giant.
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