A big tip o' the fitted cap to Erin at Robots Took My Medicine for those kickass buttons pictured above, as well as her piece, "A Home Away from Home", which could also be called "Your Guide to SoSG Game Threads."
Vicente Padilla (0-0, 1.23) vs. Cole Hamels (1-0, 6.75).
What? Another Game Thread? That's right, the season didn't end Monday night — it just felt like it. There's at least nine more innings of baseball left in the Dodgers' season, and so SoSG presents:
NINE REASONS DODGER FANS SHOULDN'T STOP BELIEVIN' 1. The "Don't Stop Believin' " Guy hasn't stopped believing. Hence his name. |
 2. This could be the last time. It's Splitsville for Mom & Dad. Kim Ng could be hitting the 5 South. Donnie Baseball could be headed to Cleveland or D.C. O-Dog and the Wolfman will probably be signing long-term deals elsewhere. If you like this year's edition of the Dodgers, you'll want to watch every moment they have left together.
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 3. If you don't watch, then the Phillie Phanatic will have won. And then Tommy would be sad.
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 4. We still have to hold up our end of the Freeway Series. Screw the TV ratings. Another East Coast World Series? Yawn.
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 5. Who has Game 6 tickets? 'Nuff said.
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 6. It's another chance to listen to Vin. Keep delaying that radio feed, KABC!
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 7. Everybody hurts. Especially Jonathan Broxton. Whatever you feel about him — and there's a lot of feelings about him out there — he needs the support of Dodger fans as long as there's still baseball to play (see Holliday, Matt).
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 8. What else are you going to do? Work? Spend time with the family? You're not going to check TBS just once? You're going to stay away from Gameday altogether? Yeah right.
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 9. Sí, se puede! Remember 1988? Get in on the ground floor. Remember the 4+1 game? Don't be the guy in his car way in the background whose taillights light up after the rally starts. Don't be that guy.
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GO DODGERS!
DSBG: Orel/SoSG; Broxton: David J. Phillip/AP
1. The "Don't Stop Believin' " Guy hasn't stopped believing. Hence his name.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 775 Newer› Newest»Yes, please, with Billingsley. That's who I want here. But now he's sitting down. So, great. Kershaw? Fine. Whatever.
Now it's Kershaw and Tron.
@Orel
No there's not. And there's also so way to prevent torturous emails from my girlfriend showing up through Outlook.
"I am listening to the game on my way home, and i am in hell. Phillies just hit another 3 run homer.
Wait...loney just hit a homer..."
It was Bills and Troncoso. Now it's Kershaw and Troncoso.
Did you see that ump's strikeout call?
In all seriousness, with it all on the line, don't we recognize that VPad ain't foolin' anyone and put in another SP? At least they won't have already seen him once or twice. We can't really wait for VPad to "settle in" at this point. It's the kitchen sink strategy that has to prevail, I would think.
Ump bringing the drama tonight.
This is gonna be a war if we want to win it.
We need to tag Hamels for another run in the next inning, so that the Phillies have to consider going to their own bullpen.
Blinders, Todd!
Over 200 comments, and roughly half of them using the word "fuck."
Wow, an off-speed pitch!
Todd-
You don't HAVE to read email from your girlfriend.
I mean, I filter her email out all the time.
*kidding* ;-)
It's a good thing there's no rule against cursing here, Orel.
Orel, is there a way for you to track "fuck" in comments on the server side?
Could you imagine, Erin? I'd spend more timing moderating than blogging.
I wonder if we could install a filter to turn curse words into fluffy nice words, like at Fark.
I love that the Fathead commercials have the nerve to tell me that posters are tacky.
maybe this will turn into that 15-14 game from the 93 world series
@ Dusty Baker
You and Delino both.
Not that I know of, DB. I'd have to do a manual count.
And I'd like to think I have better things to do.
Which I probably don't.
Or the opposite. A filter could turn "No! A double" to "Get Kuroda out of the fucking game, god dammit!"
Another 0-2 count for us.
Furcal continues to be cold as ice.
Not loving the automatic out(s) at the top of our lineup.
i want to face Pedro again
What a great leadoff hitter
Orel-
Sounds like a good off-season project for me to undertake. Manually counting cuss words and mapping the relationship between their increased usage and runs scored for opposing team.
What a great pitch to swing at, Belliard.
Two out magic?
We are hacking. Something's gotta fall.
DB: In graph form, of course.
Orel-
I think it would just end up looking like Karina's map of sticky notes stitched together.
Have we lost our chance to get to Hamels?
Full count to Andre.
swing and run!
Do it again 'Dre!
Nevermind.
You're still mediocre, Hammels
I hate these guys. I hate them so much.
So if Padilla still pitching?
Silver lining: Hamels at 54 pitches.
(yes, I assume he reads SoSG between innings)
*is Padilla still pitching
Until this game, I thought we got a different Padilla off the scrap heap. If nothing else, my confusion on this topic has been lifted.
So ballsy to continue to advertise season tickets for next year.
I am tired already. They need a quick inning here.
last night i went to drink away Monday (and see a Zeppelin cover band). One of the drinks I enjoyed was a Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55. I also had all I could do to not bottle a dude who was smugly wearing a phillies hat
Yup, still Pads.
Pop foul for out #1.
PLUNK HIM
That's amazing restraint you showed there, FB. FB not smash bar patron!
strike him out Padilla
Nice pitch, Padilla.
Hmmm, Utley caught looking.
The third inning is scoreless. Alert the media.
Good inning. Now let's get some back.
Please??
That is what we needed.
Does anyone have Derek Jeter update?
JETER COUGHS ON OFF-DAY; STILL A GAMER
DB, I was waiting for the band to play Going to California so I didn't want to get kicked out right away
I mean — who?
Rick and Charley. Whoopee.
Erin, asking for some runs back never works for me - I know you'll have better luck!
The thing is, if you watch Jeter play all year (and I definitely see a lot of his game), you'll notice he does a coughing thing in almost every at-bat. He backs out, coughs, gets back in the batter's box. I've always thought it was some weird nervous tic thing.
I'm listening to the TBS crew. I don't know why. I just didn't turn on the radio in time, and now I feel weird changing it.
Let's go, Manny!
c'mon, Shower Boy
It seems like forever since we had a big inning.
"Dodgers, of course, cannot afford another loss."
Thank you, Walter Cronkite.
That's not how we have a big inning.
These guys need to start believin'.
Manny doesn't strike out. So that's something.
phillies have done a nice job of getting Manny to lead off innings. We can't seem to do that with Howard. We were so good at that with Pujols and Scrotum McBallsmash
did some fan just yell out "Fuck that".. only to be quickly cut off by the sound mixer?
That did seem to happen, Delino.
Scrotum McBallsmash
Just beautiful.
I hate this jackknifing business.
They're making us look bad. Hamels seems to have figured it out. I hope it's not too late.
Kemp has been very consistent in the post-season, save for those two little blips.
He's only at 65 pitches right now. If we keep going like this, it will be a long time before we see the bullpen.
I think we need those 7 and 8 hitters to get hot. I am not that confident that will happen.
DB--consistently bad?
We're not making him work anymore.
There we go! Road Loney walk!
Well, Loney made it possible for Martin to ground into a force out. So that's nice.
We've been complaining about this jackknifing business all season, and it never gets old with me because it's so annoying that it deserves pointing out. To me, it is a negative for the batter and signals impatience, lack of confidence, and a visible sign that the batter doesn't know what he wants to do with the particular AB. Cut the shit out, already. Stay in your stance and cede nothing.
Come on Rus!
Again, more two-out action.
Bills warming up.
Erin-
Exactly.
I swear if Martin grounds out weakly to the right side.
Jackknifing for batters is like framing the ball for catchers.
Then what, Paul? Please don't hurt yourself.
a James McDonald sighting!
Martin stings one foul.
I mean left. Either side!
Young Mc?
Don't just stand there, bust a 4-pitch walk!
Martin hanging tough. Camels at 73 pitches.
WEAK
please get us some Phillies bullpen action
"Don't just stand there, bust a 4-pitch walk!"
No matter what happens, I'll always have this FB line to chuckle about later.
A pop-out. How...unexpected.
DB, one day we should have a hip hop conversation. Maybe the Sons can create a thread for it
I wish we didn't have to say things like, "well, at least he's thrown a bunch of pitches."
I was going to say I don't think Martin is fighting those pitches off but that is the best he can do. I was right. Well I don't have to hurt myself he didn't ground out.
That arbitration with Rus will be a breeze. Forget Kim Ng, I could have my cat represent the team. (My lovable but stupid male cat, not my stand-offish but brilliant female cat).
Little victories, big defeats.
I think the brilliant female cat could also do a good job.
how bummed were the astro boy people that houston didn't make it to the playoffs
Gotta pull Padilla at the first sign of trouble.
FB-
Yeah, maybe there need to be some sticky posts somewhere with "Early hip-hop" and "80s and early 90s wrestling" as thread themes. That's what winter is for.
First sign of trouble?
Werth singles. Let's see Chad.
I don't want to see Troncoso. I'm sorry. I want Chad.
Mrs Fred's Brim, RE Vicente: "He really does look like a googly eyed toad"
Come on, Torre. Let's see Chad. This isn't Florida in 2000, come on.
Perhaps we can create a hip-hop/wrestling SuperThread™.
Victorino does look that way. He looks like those little rubber dolls you squeeze and their eyes and ears pop out.
Don't mince words, Mrs. FB!
@Orel-
Then I'd never leave the house.
Ibanez smokes one barely foul. What more do you need to see, Torre?
Trouble!!!
FUCKITY FUCK FUCK
Awesome.
Great job, Torre. Tell me why Padilla was still in the game.
That's it, I'm starting the Post-Game Thread.
that play felt like it went in slow motion
Nice work, Torre. God damn it.
Ibanez is too old and been crappy too long to be this good now...
We wouldn't be in this position if we had Derek Jeter.
thank you Vicente. if this is it, i want to say thank you for your efforts this season - you really helped us when we needed it and you were, until tonight, awesome in the playoffs
(whistling the theme to the old school tron video game,)
This is painful. I'm getting salty. Make the salt go away. We can still do this!!
That's it, boys: spot them several runs in a must-win game. That way, the comeback win becomes all the more dramatic. For effect, Torre should pull Manny and send him to the showers. Just to give the writers something to take up column inches with tomorrow.
i bet Jeter's cough is a symptom of some rare, terminal disease that they will name Derek Jeter disease, so his name will live forever
Torre with pitching changes is like the grandpa who didn't understand what cool toy you wanted.
"These are Go-Bots, Grandpa! It's NOT the same!"
How would Joe Torre wear a rally cap (e.g., inside out) in his trademark old man style? Trying to picture it.
One benefit of losing pathetically is the high grade of bitter humor it wrings from you guys.
BREEZY warming already?!
And me too. Not sure about the grade, though.
Flat Breezy warming up.
Is it the eighth already?
Feels like it.
Love seeing Hamels getting buzzed like that.
The sad part is that we exhibit the same bitter humor when we're 50-30 at all-star break.
I don't get it. As soon as this series began, all of the Dodgers strengths (relief pitching, the reliable starting pitchers, Matt Kemp, etc.) became weaknesses.
I thought we might lose this series but not like this
I wonder how long it will take me to get over this. I mean, if we lose, there are many months until baseball starts again. Will I be over it by spring training? Probably not.
NO MORE RUNS
Pathetic.
Good thing "Glee" is on tonight.
I hate to say it, but if there's anything I hate more than a 'homer' game announcer, it's an anti-homer. Charlie and Rick seem to be Phillies announcers tonight.
Fuck they are playing scared.
perfect time for a Victorino bases-clearing triple
Go American League!
I'll start believin' when they stop suckin'.
when was the last time Breezy came in during the 4th inning? pony league?
Well Breezy began this bullpen meltdown. He can finish it
can we bring Vicente back in later to go plunk crazy?
Nuuuu, Erin has caught a mild case of Jim Traceyitis...
Do I like answering my own rhetorical questions? People have said I do... >.<
So, my vote is for the Dodgers' offense to be NLCS MVP.
Just checking in for the first time and it looks likes padilla finally turned back into a pumpkin.
After watching the yanks steamroll the angels last night it sort of clicked that no one is beating them anyways.
It was a fun season though.
i think people forget that when he was with B'more, Breezy used to get in all kinds of trouble, especially with walks
I hate the excuse that an umpire won't call a strike just because a catcher has to reach across his body. Watch the ball, dumbass. Not the catcher.
So, do we get permission to stop watching now?
Come on Dodgers!!!! WTF
we sure do hit a lot of batters
So embarrassing.
Christine is insisting we turn this off, so you know it's bad. So, I'll catch you guys later.
So do you think the front office will finally make starting pitching a priority this offseason?
do people really hate LA, i mean enough for the Beat LA chant? I got it when it was Lakers-Celtics: Celtics fans honestly hated LA and the Lakers.
lets get a couple back this inning. it's only the 5th
Well if I ever was more sure of a loss down by four I can't remeber. So mayb a 8 run inning here.
(laughing and crying....craughing?)
Oh, Dog!
Goodbye Orlando Hudson. Thanks for all the great stuff you did as a dodger. I hope some team gives you a nice big contract, cause your worth it.
Hey! Thanks for that too!
thank you Orlando!
O-Dog thanks for everything.
Aw, we lost Erin.
That had to be satisfying for Hudson. "Eat that, Torre!"
haha Nic I was in the middle of a thank you to Orlando as well
Hudson just put the O back in O Dog.
Solo shots alone ain't gonna cut it, though.
Yeah. Sorry you got thrown under the bus, Orlando.
jeez Charley, relax for fuck's sake!
Furcal double. Dare they get our hopes up?
Hamels is done
Here we go 7 more runs.
PULL HIM CHARLIE
O-Dog should so go hit the showers now, just to piss off Plaschke
Haha hamels not getting a win will be funny at least.
"We can get out of this!" —Mrs. Orel
Very nice, Sax.
Gooodbye Cole hamels. Your gonna get eaten alive by the Yankees!
Time to feast on the meaty underbelly that is the Phillies bullpen.
Let's face it: Either one of these teams would get eaten alive by the Yankees.
Somebody woke up Raffy.
Does it seem weird to anyone else that he and Jimmy Rollins were once pretty much the same player?
What's the Happs? Let's pound this fucker!
@Orel. Yup, they seem pretty unstoppable at the moment.
3-0 to Bellitoo!
@mr c. Aren't they still pretty much the same player?
After last night's game, it seems surprising the Angels won a game at all.
Token 3-0 strike call.
They were before Monday night, Nic.
Belliwalk!
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