Randy Wolf vs. Chris Carpenter.
COMMENTS: Not to say this first game is huge, but we're going up against a heavily-hyped powerhouse in Carpenter that really needs no other introduction; his league-leading ERA speaks for itself. And Carpenter goes deep, as well--not only as a pitcher (in his two games against the Dodgers this year, he went seven and eight innings, winning both), but also as a hitter (one grand slam this season). This will be quite a test; even AccuScore has us at only a 42% chance of winning (for reference, we had a 46% chance of winning 2008 NLDS Game 1 vs. the Cubs).
But the Divisional Series are crapshoots, gentlemen; anything can happen. Goliaths can be toppled.
Meanwhile, if there was ever a time to give Wolf a reward for a season full of No Decisions, this would be it. Wolf is 0-1 against the Cardinals this year, but can be counted on to go equally deep into games and is quite durable (leading the NL in starts with 34, and leading the Dodgers with 214.1 IP). Tonight is Wolf's first career playoff appearance. Let's win one for the Wolfer, Dodgers!
I will be at the game today and hope to see you all there. I'll be the one in the Dodgers road jersey and cap.
Go Dodgers!
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 612 Newer› Newest»Don't worry, Karina! You're carrying the optimism torch!
Nice fake, Loney!
That must be so hard to lay off of.
Miller ain't given it any gas.
Full count to the Hammer!
COUNT ARDIENDO
ARGAHAAH
Dammit. These LOB better not come back to bite us in the ass.
I'm proud of the crowd at Dodger Stadium tonight.
Me too, Karina. Way to represent, fans!
DAMN that looked hittable too
Dude...it's been one of those games. Gonna have to grind this sucker out.
@Chris - we gotta grind'em all out - there are no points for style at this point
ahhhh Vin is back
It's very, very quiet....
Ah, Vin's voice is like a cold drink on a hot summer's day.
@Fred's Brim So true...at least Vin will be taking us home and keeping us sane
I like splitting up Pujols and Holliday.
Let's go kuo!
@Orel it feels like a deeper October crowd, so East Coast people can't argue the Dodgers don't have a great fanbase.
Sigh, that's the eternal argument, Karina. Still, who cares? We love our team and that's all that matters.
damn that looked good
Holliday, meet GAS
K for Kuo! Siddown, Chrome Dome.
Hasn't Kuo had two Tommy John surgeries? This kid has some grit.
MLASF I actually LOLed at "Chrome Dome"
Yadier kissing his jewelry - NSFW!
Then my work here is done.
Molina single. Squash it, Kuo.
Come on get that first strike!
Kuo keeps going to that spot
Hope he doesn't plunk him a la Holliday.
Damn all these two-strike singles!
I don't like back to back singles after two outs.
crap
cmon HCK - get us out of this
The tension continues....
i like 2 out singles more than 2 out runs
C'mon Kuo, don't pull a Carpenter here and load the bases after getting the first two outs.
Stay on target kid.
Kuo's got a favorite spot
Crowd needs to get louder.
One more strike.
that was meatier...
Aside from two sliders thrown to Ludwick, Kuo has been using the four-seamer the entire inning.
K for Kuo! Siddown, Mr. World Series MVP.
YES!!
Big whiffa, no hitta!
6.5 feels like 12.5
"Doctor, is my heart healthy enough for sex?"
"It isn't if you have to ask."
Baseball has brought me lots of stress today: first, i don't have my season tickets yet and season starts next Friday on Maracaibo, secondly: Dodgers and Cards and Carpenter....
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!"
Same could be said of baseball?
What's a Hawksworth?
Hopefully not much.
(rimshot)
Damn, Raffy is on fire.
Raffy!
What's a Tim Conway?
Oh, about 180 lbs.
Raffys been stupid good tonight
There's a 9 foot Christmas light on the field!
@Mr. C - As opposed to being just plain stupid, which is what he has been up until September.
Tip your waitress, folks!
I realized it's actually Vin's slow, deliberate delivery that keeps the radio and TV close to synced.
The difference was more noticeable with Charley in there.
It's a damn good thing Kemp had that home run, or else he'd be worthless right now.
Vinny recounting Lima-time.
Kemp was out of sync that whole bat.
dang, Matty
I'm feeling like my MOJO is off with the Dodgers right now. I go to the game before they clinch. I get tickets for Game 2 - the one game I wind up not being able to make. I ordered a new old school Brooklyn Dodgers cap, and it's one quarter size too big.
Fortunately, the Dodgers seem to be doing okay despite my being in what David Ives calls a "Philadelphia"
I wonder if Fernando and Orel were starting this series, would the media still consider the rotation to be "in shambles?"
Molina too short!
On World Peace:
“The whole world is three drinks behind. If everyone in the world would take three drinks, we would have no trouble.”
-Humphrey Bogart
I didn't need to see that close-up of Molina's crotch.
DD you should double up your hats like Juan Pierre!
@karina - I bet Dusty isn't three drinks behind :)
Where's the Manny Magic?
And while we're at it, where's the beef?
dang those pitches look hittable (to a Manny anyway)
Delino: Headband!
crud
Ugh, Manny!
I wager Dusty hasn't been posting because he either has a drink in each hand or he dropped his phone in his drink.
Here lies WC Fields: I'd rather be in Philadelphia
wow it's 1am EST. What inning is this? the 12th?
Haha. The people in St. Louis have to stay up past midnight to see their boys lose.
@Fred's Brim @Josh S That's one of the reasons we like Dusty, right?
He tweeted something like 20 minutes ago.
ahhhch stop doing that!
Oh, c'mon Breezy. Don't hit guys.
Flat Brim Reaper!
that's why The Short Stop likes Dusty :)
Gotcha, Socks.
Uh oh.
Four-out saves scare the piss out of me.
Ugh, not feeling comfortable with that move.
me too, and why did JB grab his hip after that last warmup pitch?
Let's go you big ox!
Wow. Can't even escape Bon Jovi on the radio.
Not sure I like this move...
Probably the greatest pitcher/hitter matchup possible in baseball. The hardest throwing closer vs. the hardest hitting slugger.
Tony Stark!
Karina, "pujols" isn't Spanish for "stairs", is it?
Brox is going to walk him.
PUT IT IN THE ZONE, BROXTON
Shit come on throw strikes.
stop talking about the homer drought!
Whew!
whew!!
that better be the last time we see him bat tonight!
*wipes brow*
If I wasn't currently on baby duty I'd take a big drink.
Yeeehaw!
Almost there, but let's pad the score.
Is Sherrill okay?
Just one more inning...
@Josh S no, it isn't and i'm pretty sure it doesn't mean anything
OMG that guy in the hair dye commercial is so totally going to get laid
@Josh S i'm convinced Lucas has brought the Dodgers good mojo.
Man, if you're gonna have a name that doesn't mean anything, why have one that rhymes with poo holes?
@karina He's asleep on my chest at the moment. He's missing all the fun.
I don't like "Stop Believing", never have, never will...
why do they keep using that song if the majority don't like it?
Speaking of odd fitting hats - Sherrill's in the game!
Didn't we hit the crap out of Boggs?
I'm snacking on Chocolate Goldfish, and find them to be neither goldfishy enough nor chocolatey enough.
I wonder what Casey thinks of these Cardinals pitchers' beards.
@Josh S awwwwwwww but he's listening unconsciously!
@Karina - It has more to do with DSB Guy
Dude - I was twenty minutes behind in the game and had no idea. Curse you DVR.
Speaking of Cardinal facial hair, I'm praying for us to sweep so I don't have to keep looking at Ryan's stupid mustache. He looks like a sex offender.
@Fanerman most beards look amateurish compared to the Beard's.
Two free passes! Let's convert!
A four-pitch walk to Belly2? That's unpossible!
O-Dog sighting!
Wade is struggling. He needs more chicken and beer.
O-Dizzle to run!
wow, lets put this away
do it now, Russ
Barring a Russell Martin DP, Broxton will bat this inning.
Damn. That better not be the play of the game.
damn
nice play
Broxton homer right here.
I know he has batted before, but I don't think I've seen it,
Broxton with the Gaedel-esque strike zone.
It's not much to write home about, Josh.
I don't think I've ever seen Broxton wear a batting helmet.
agreed, Orel
I dont want to hear "the runs he saved..." blah blah blah
Wow. 16 LOB.
Brox didn't look like he had any intention at all on swinging
I bet they told Broxton not to swing.
Broxton bat is as loud as his voice.
Nervous.
me too
I think I remember Brox getting on base against the Brewers last year and Vin was making cracks about the tonnage on 1st base with Brox and Fielder.
Me three.
Josh S., that's hilarious.
Again with splitting up Pujols and Holliday. Love it.
Same here
One out.
OK, somebody smack the PA guy. It was fine when they did the Iron Man riff after every out, but not after every strike.
Just two more outs.
Uh-oh. Ludwick single. Stay calm.
Now they're playing it after each breath.
TV radar says 98 mph. That should help.
One more out!
Two out!
They're playing the Iron Man riff after every Iron Man riff.
There we go! One more out...
GET ON YOUR FEET!
(I can't 'cuz I'll drop my son.)
crap!
no home runs, JB!
I'm dyin' here.
Eek. Just ignore that. No problem.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Why Matt, Why????
Gold Glove!!
goddamit not Ankiel!
Steady as she goes.
C'mon. One more strike.
One more!
I hope Gold Glove voting has closed already.
F the people that left early, btw.
WE WIN!
I wish they varied the Ozzy songs based on number of outs. "I Don't Want Much, I Just Want You" = Perfect Badass Closer Tune.
YES!!!!!
RIGHT DOWN THE PIPE!!!!!
G'night and goodbye
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZOMGWEWIN!!!!!
What was Ankiel looking for there?
YES!!! Dodgers up 1-0. WHEW!
that wasn't pretty but I will take two more of those, no questions asked!
Take that, ESPN!
You see Blake yelling at Kemp? Sweet.
Going literary
HALF a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Charge," was the captain's cry;
Their's not to reason why,
Their's not to make reply,
Their's but to do and die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
I need a drink!
I need a HFYPGT!
Matty was holding his right arm during that interview. anything going on there?
It'll take a few minutes, I didn't want to jinx by doing any pre-writing....
and thanks for dressing up, Boomer
Game over. Time for Some GLEEE
Nah, just nervousness, FB.
GLEE RULES
Kemp looked pretty pissed at himself.
Matt looked nervous.
FB, it looked more like an awkward "I don't want to be interviewed" stance to me.
Oh yeah and we can't win without a ace and manny has to get hot and we can only win after Guinness milkshakes???? I think not!
@dd
Charge of the light brigade to the stadium exits?
New Bee EYE pee tickess ad!
It will take another listen to decipher it, though.
I head "pleyeffs". Might be "playoffs".
Orel and Josh, I like your answers better :)
Customer knows his Tennyson. Perfect for post number 600
Matty makes the Pantheon, yes? And maybe Raffy?
Lima time!!
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