Chad Billingsley (1-0, 5.73) vs. Homer Bailey (0-1, 6.97).
COMMENTS: We don't much like this Homer Bailey fellow. First, in July of last year, he ceded the game to the Dodgers yet plunked Manny Ramirez in the hand with a fastball, which many believe led to Manny's diminished output in the second half of the year. Bailey also ended up on the better end of a Bills-Bails head-to-head matchup in late August out at the Great American Ballpark. So is tonight the night (afternoon?) when we can beat ol' Bailey? (Add another year in purgatory for that one, I know.)
The good news: The second-place Dodgers have now won two series in a row and sent the division-leading Giants away with their tails between their legs. The bad news: the Dodgers haven't won a road series all year, while the Reds have a penchant for the dramatics (all five of the Reds' wins have come in their final at bat). In those rare occasions when they win, that is; the Reds are currently riding a five-game losing streak (tied with the Snakes and Red Sox for the longest active losing streak in MLB). At least the Reds have Hayley Watson, the Slash of Cincinnati, singing the national anthem today. Get fired up, Reds fans.
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Oh wait.
I use to hate Chris Sabo as a kid.
i hate him as an adult
Joe Oliver can go to hell, too
And the Dodgers fell into third after Eckstein's final career home run last night
Mini Sirloin Burgers!
Weaver just has to make an appearance today. Right? Right?
That damned commercial.
How much more productive time do I have to burn before first pitch?
Homers middle name is Dewitt. Two Dewitts in the park!
At least the Reds' very own old MSB Ryan Freel isn't around abuse us on the basepaths any more.
Two Blakes in the park, too
Only 90 minutes left to first pitch
If Casey Blake scored on a Blake DeWitt homer hit off Homer DeWitt Bailey, would the the game have to be called on account of Armageddon?
@Mr C: Only if this guy caught the ball in the stands.
And if Bill Homer Plaschke wrote an at game recap of it.
...in which he quoted William Blake.
What if Blake Griffin was in the stands? Would they pan back and forth between the game and him since the Clippers are done?
Beast Mode update, as linked from Dodger Thoughts:
http://tinyurl.com/yyauq6l
"Juan Pierre leads off for the 2010 White Sox, clearly too valuable to ever be considered anyone's second choice. The South Siders gave up two solid pitching prospects in John Ely and Jon Link to obtain a player from the Dodgers in December whom they had coveted for years."
Casey Blake is actually William Casey Blake.
Jamey Carroll's middle name is Blake.
I can't blake any more of this.
Or...you can't blake this stuff up.
@FB
what about the nasty boys? Three tools in the pen. God the only thing worse would Brian Wilson Heath Bell and Satan in the Giants bullpen today.
Josh
Who is chocolate Blake? Oh Just Dewitt yourself Homer.
I can't believe no one has given me grief on the Beetle Bailey stretch pun.
Frankly, I'm Mort-ified.
Dusty Baker already nailed this in a prior comment thread, but here's the lineup:
Furcal, SS
Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
DeWitt, 2B
Martin, C
Billingsley, P
When Blake comes before DeWitt I always get freaked out a bit while reading the lineup.
Sax
I would but my family is like a circus right now.
@Sax
I didn't let it slide completely.
Typically, I'm the only one amused, because my references are further out in left field than the original stretch.
AHHH. My co-workers are wondering who the hell Justin Bieber is. AHHHHHHHH.
Sargent Snorkel and his faithful dog Otto.
Ah...the memories of reading the daily comics as a kid. I miss those days.
BTW, GO KINGS!
Sorry for pimping my "other" team.
@Mr. F
Justin Bieber is the anti-christ.
FWIW, Orel (strangely silent today) is a big For Better or Worse fan.
Seriously. It's a sign of the apocalypse. 2012. Whatever.
1) Earthquakes
2) Volcanoes
3) Justin Bieber
Finally this fetid meeting ended so I can get back to the real work at hand.
1) Let's beat these fucking commie bastards!
2) I so would have said what FB said @2:01 re: hating Sabo as an adult.
3) @Josh - Weaver will only make an appearance if the bases are ardiendo or we are otherwise in a jam.
4) Did the MSB commercial just re-air? Or were the comments just misty-eyed nostalgia?
5) Casey's name is really William Casey Blake? *shivers* I like him a little less for reminding me of Bill Casey, the swine.
6) @Sax- Actually I like the Beetle Bailey bit. Fond memories or my grandfather reading them to me when I was but a wee lad, during a time when life was so simple that I actually found that drivel amusing.
I think I'm caught up now.
Orel has not been very oral lately, indeed.
He probably has his nose buried in the latest Kathy comic.
"Orel (strangely silent today) is a big For Better or Worse fan."
And judging from the number of comments on that post, he's the only one.
Holy spit I just re-read the GT post.
"Hayley Watson, the Slash of Cincinnati"
What a great line, Sax.
current guilty pleasure comic strip: The Meaning of Lila
Making that puzzle took all the comment out of me.
Hello, Orel!
@DB 3:49p (point #4): David Eckstein = MSB. Credit to Booger, last year.
I thought the blog was going to change to the Son of Steve Garvey. (reference to a few thousand who have made that joke)
Wait, just found the exact Eckstein / MSB comment here.
I remember losing it when I first read that.
Paul: i don't get it
it's 4.10p! where the hell is the first pitch???
Furcal single!
You're on your iPhone, aren't you, Sax?
woohoo baseball
Josh: Yes. F' the iPhone and the Gameday delays.
Furkey leadoff single. Let's go, Dodgers!
take this downtown, Kempy
Furcal seems to be doing much better this year.
1-6 in our lineup, all batting above .300
Martin at .290 in the 8-hole
Bills has a better batting average than Joyce DeWitt
fiddlesticks.
Ugh. Kemp. I'll pretend it was a sacrifice.
shoot, Kemp, that pitch was like neck-high
Josh S: You're right, with Raffy stealing, it's as good as a sac
let's try and get on the board quickly here, okay guys?
Josh S: Who is that avatar, btw?
ethier should take this pitch as well with a 3-1 count
what did I tell you, Ethier BB
lets go manny
Okay Homer, I know you're wild but keep these pitches the hell away from Manny's hands
snap.
It's Betty White, at the opening of Pink's on Citiwalk yesterday. The pic cracked me up.
Oh, I don't think this is going to end well.
I thought it was Betty White. I like Betty White.
But that is not a flattering picture.
Pink's will do that to you.
This pitcher isn't a terminator. They should just swing the bat, man.
Reasons Why Josh is Lame #327: I've never had Pink's.
Homer's racking up his pitch count quickly.
SHAVED MODE!
now that's a start!
heck yeah.
if you are going to go out of the zone on a 3-2 you better hit it like that, yeah blake
YES!
All right, CASEY!
In play, run(s)
I've had Pink's once. It was hiiiiiiiighly over-rated. That said, I'm glad it's a great local cultural touchstone.
I'm calling it.
End of the world right here.
Come on, Blake #2, keep the rally going
3-0 Dodgers, Casey Blake on second with two out
reds announcers just pointed out that homer bailey's middle name is Dewitt...
Joyce spoils the party.
Wow, you guys are right: that Casey Blake double wasn't even close to the strike zone, acc. to Gameday. How bad did it look on TV?
Bill Casey! I forgive you for Iran-Contra!
the ball was neck level in the middle of the plate
Yay, DeWitt. End of inning.
Dodgers 3, Reds 0 after a half-inning. Homer's got 31 pitches. Let's get 27 runs, since Chad may need all of them.
Paul - I couldn't stand them either, especially Dibble. Charlton scared me and I was pretty "meh" about Myers. The 1990 season was such a battle, chasing those bastards
I am not a big fan of Pink's, except at 2am. I don't really get the length of those lines sometimes.
I was in line once and saw the rising steam collecting on the wire bars protecting one from the whirring blades of an oscillating fan. And this steam was collecting, and then dripping globs of water + oil + rust + who the hell knows, all down into the chili and hot dogs and everything. That experience pretty much soured me on the whole Pink's thing.
I'm with you, Dusty. I'm cool with the cultural reference, but I'm not going to make a point to eat there myself too often.
On the flipside, I just had a Tommy's chiliburger last week, at 1am on a Saturday night. It was glorious.
Good to know about Pink's. Thanks, gents.
Sax, it was a pretty good meatball, on the corner or an inch wide and probably 2-3 inches high, plus flat and not very fast
Reds don't have anyone in their lineup batting over .300...except the pitcher, Homer Bailey
90 comments through one inning. not bad.
3-0 Dodgers through 1
Hands Down you guys have to head to the Valley and try a Fab's Hot Dog. Many styles to choose.
Simply unFNbelievable.
Run don't walk.
You'll never be the same again.
Tommy's - now you're talking! Do they even open before 11 PM?
Yep, always swing at the first pitch when the pitcher can't find the strike zone.
A dog place I like is Rutt's Hut in Clifton, NJ. They deep fry the dogs until they rip (they are called rippers). Pretty tasty doggies.
gift strike on 3-0
good effort, Chad.
Well, that wasn't so good.
Fred - rutts hut is a good experience, cant go there all the time tho
Goddammit, now I want a hot dog.
Thanks a pantload, Betty White.
Same here.
I could realllly go for a hot dog right now...
(looks around for Homer Simpson-stalking hot dog vendor)
Chad not waiting until the 5th to melt down?
flat fastball
What the shit, thunder thighs?!
Keep it together!!!
Sigh. The meltdown inning just keeps coming earlier. What do you know, maybe next game the guy will pull a Marquis.
Not from those parts or anything, but if you ever find yourself in Sherman Oaks, The Infield has an insane hot dog menu! Lots of great stuff, and you can sit in some old Dodger Stadium seats (plus other old ballpark seats) while you eat.
bye bye lead
Next outing I expect Bills to have his meltdown during warmup, then after that on the team plane.
all gone!
In the time it took me to write that, Bills coughed up two runs, dammit.
*stares dumbfounded*
Jesus H! Grab a bucket!
Make that three.
JFC, Bills, this is weak. At some point you're going to have to come correct - we're almost out of excuses.
Chad's fastball isn't very fast, is it?
fricking frick. I just realized that if we have a day where our pitcher just looses it and can't go more than 3 innings, we're frickin screwed.
=(
Bring me a bucket.
Bills not very encouraging
He's Marquis-ing!
HOOK.
NOW.
miserable
Listening to Collins and Lyons, I still feel like I am watching the opponent's broadcast
bills just cannot hold a lead. maybe next time we shouldnt score until he is out of the game.
meatball after meatball
slow, flat fastballs
shit, what can Torre do? We don't have 8 innings of bullpen pitchers.
"Let's take a break from this disaster to tell you that if you want to see the Yankees, you have to sell your first born."
*punches Rick Monday*
five batters, none out--WHAT THE FUCK, BILLINGSLEY???
oh my god
just walk back home bills. and by home i mean defiance.
Homer gets a RBI, Chad gives up the lead
Bills is coming undone
hayley watson has just vomited with excitement
Haeger was just overheard saying "man, this guy sucks."
is he tipping his pitches or something? there has to be a reason for this besides Bills being terrible
The dreadful "In play, run(s)" of GameDay is going to infest my nightmares.
This would be a nice time to offer that Lincecum-for-Billingsley trade, Colletti.
I wish his leg was still broken.
time to shave the junior goatee, Bills
Bills with the Dodgers' 3,000th error of the season.
19 pitches and no outs
20 pitches...
Throwing error by Chad Billingsley? What the hell?
will Cincy get a fifth run before the first out of the second inning?
holy cow, chadley got an out
Omg he got a strikeout! Man, this guy is nails!
Conflicting edits...must mean Bills gave up another run.
Yep!
damn it damn it son of a bitch
keep it at 5-3 we can come back, come on chad
STOP TORMENTING ME, CURSED "In play, run(s)"
Drew Stubbs, Chad OWNS YOUR ASS
As for the rest of you, please don't tee off on Chad too hard
five runs for cincy in this nightmare inning
Time to drive home.
You know, like everyone wearing a Reds uniform is doing right now.
billingsley planning on using up all of his pitches in this inning
We are McCovey Chronicles in disguise.
unreal
of course that falls in
this has got to be deflating for the offense.
It just never ends...
Bills will be good when we trade him to a team we play 18 times per season - he will own us.
its ok, we got ramon ortiz backing him up
billingsley doing his best russ ortiz impression
Joe giving up already, the remaining Ortiz is up in the pen
I'm sad. I'm afraid everybody's gonna be hating on Chad, so I may not refresh for awhile...
"Homer Bailey scores"
I mean..fuck...just...fuck.
If this doesn't shatter Billingsley's confidence once and for all, I don't know what does.
We need to get this kid a shrink. It's all in his head.
down by three, we were just leading by that much!
I haven't decided on whether Bills sucks or blows. Either way, these have been 49 minutes that have ruined a perfectly good day.
THE NATIONAL (league) NIGHTMARE IS OVER
Another nail in the Billingsley coffin.
sorry Collins, i dont really count 6 runs in an inning as "getting out of it" unless he means the game.
Can we trade Bills for Eckstein? Or Pierre?
Not that it excuses anything, but according to GameCast, Bills is getting a raw deal on high strikes...like not even close
In other news, the 10-batter half-inning allowed us to keep pace, 181 comments through two innings
Reds 6. Dodgers 3. SoSG sad.
fuck shit balls ass bitch
At least with the error he figured out a neat way to damage control his ERA. Only four of those runs were earned!
Kemp better hit a three-run leadoff home run here
im not even really mad at chad anymore. Im just starting to feel bad for him.
Billingsley needs to throw a damn off speed pitch for a strike. Unless you are a complete hack (Drew Stubbs), you just wait for dead red...high school kids could hit Bills right now. And I reiterate, Fire Honeycutt.
Homer Bailey's GameDay avatar seems to be smiling a little bit too broadly after that inning.
I'm not giving up on Chad.
In play, no out
That's a promising start to the third.
Casey - thats probably what he was thinking when he threw the ball into the stands
now's when Manny's other calf starts to hurt
I think Chad's got the stuff, he just doesn't have the confidence. We should be trying hypnosis or breathing exercises or something.
WTF was that kemp!!!
Slide, moron!
kemp forgot to slide
sweet mary mother of god. i need to stop watching this
what the hell was that?
time to stop run Matt so much, before he ruins more innings or gets hurt
200
double play ball anyway
OH COME ON
How about those KINGS?
*tempted to turn the game off*
Is it too soon to turn this into a Laker thread?
well that's depressing.
reds announcers - the left field section at dodger stadium dubbd 'mannyworld' in honor of ramirez
christ, Homer must have it out for Manny.
Clearly, opposing catchers do not believe he is a 40/40 threat.
They want retribution for the bobbleslam.
@FB (from awhile ago):
The hot dog place in the Valley is a take off of the east coast place you mentioned. In fact, their signature dog is called the RIPPER. Same style, deep fried. I prefer the pastrami dog or the philly cheesesteak dog
This is better than talking Dodger baseball right now.
FJL HR here, perhaps?
i like it when Manny draws walks
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