Hiroki Kuroda (1-0, 1.20) vs. Aaron Harang (0-2, 7.88).
COMMENTS: Yesterday's game was so emotionally draining, I can't tell WTF is going on in Cincinnati. We take a three-run lead. We go down 9-3. We awaken from somnambulating and tie it at 9. Then in the same frickin' frame, we take our eyes off the ball again and lose 11-9. WTF, 3.0 IP / 7 R Chad Billingsley? WTF, 0-for-4 / 5 LOB James Loney? WTF, Dodgers?
I'm counting on Kuroda to even this series up. I'm confident the bats will be there today. I hope the arms can hold up, as well.
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Damn, I always forget. Only one "L". Bad dyslexic self!
Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
DeWitt 2B
Martin C
Kuroda P
Alright, let's get it done Hiroki!
ugh, only get to watch a little bit of the game tonight.
Gotta go behind the red curtain and watch the Angel game. Maybe ill get lucky and it will get rained out.
You've got a fire in your belly
And swollen eyes staring back at me
Still got my car parked in the alley
In the garage
You look much older when you're mad
Your heart starts beating like a discotheque
Got no regrets, except I wish you were here with me
And on my own, I try so hard just to be content
Got no regrets, except I wish you were here with me
I heard that on my old jukebox and I think Torre might have dedicated it to R. Belly.
Welcome back, Belly. I hope we don't have to see you tonight.
Im Happy belly is back. But im sad John left. I liked the way the guy pitched. Why didnt the other ortiz get sent down?
Also loney will lose his job or will get traded by the deadline.
@dodgerblue
Loney trade talk now seems like worrying over a hang nail while you're being mauled by a baboon.
been watching MLB network and it took them 2 hours to say anything about the dodgers. All they said was basically that matt kemp is good.
@Mr. C: Excellent point, seeing as we got beat by a bunch of Red asses yesterday.
@Nic: To be fair, that's all we can manage to say lately too.
And i was red-faced.
At least i got to see multiple look ins on the red sox batting practice.
I hope the Dodgers quit the monkey business today.
I hope we can beat these communists.
Everyone knows Harang is a chim-pansy. So lets beat him.
WTF in Cincy...love that.
I thought he was a Harangutan.
Catching up on the flow of today's GT so far:
Loney>baboon danger>Red asses
Nice.
SOSG is going apeshit with the pregame puns.
I feel like I got molested by a full-grown mountain gorilla after last night's debacle.
Was it the gorilla your dreams, Dusty?
Im just hoping chad gets his shit together and goes (silver)back to pitching the way we know he can.
Dammit. I'm wasting all this clever here instead of channeling it into my puzzle. EK's gonna be sifaka-ing mad if I don't make my deadline.
Sifaka-ing? I'm not gibbon you that one, Josh.
Lemur tell you something, Go Dodgers.
To think all this might have been different. I just chose the baboon because it didn't seem like he'd stop wailing on you after you were dead. Also, baboons are funnier than sharks or lions.
Plus, primate puns are easier.
Im not Lion.
Mr. C
your just a chimp off the old block.
Finally its 4pm and i can Marmoset down and watch the dodger game.
alright im done.
Jennifer was hot but I always felt like Bailey would be crazier in the sack.
No one has been able to use bonobo in a pun, and I'm frankly disappointed.
The word just came down from on high that I'm to avoid the scoreline so the household can all watch DVR'd broadcast later on this evening. So I'll check you apes in the PGT later on.
Pete Rose will be taking side bets on whether I can keep from peeking.
I'm wondering what to do with my hangnail.
Any suggestions?
soak in warm water and clip it off.
Also, i like to use superglue as a protective layer over it to prevent it from tearing.
Let's hope today's game is a howler.
I mean laugher.
But what if my hangnail looks like James Loney. Then what do I do?
Keep wishing that it develops like everyone says it will.
Bottom of the first over in petco...Padres up 1-0 on the Giants on a A Gonzalez home run.
Offense hasn't been a problem. No surprise here.
1-0 lead, i never know if thats good or bad anymore.
C'mon guys, we can't even celebrate scoring anymore?
WOOOOOO!!!!
ONE TA NUFFIN'!!!
At least we tagged Harang for 20 pitches.
Oh, and we also scored a run.
One pitch, one out.
I expect that to be the norm.
this picture of Harang on Yahoo is awesome. I think he's wearing a bikini bottom on his chin
4 pitch walk from kuroda? WTF!?!
well, this blows.
fun fact: Dodgers are second in all of baseball for runs scored, and fourth in all of baseball for runs against.
Ohhhhhhh...THAT'S why you guys didn't get excited about a 1-0 lead.
Kuroda's getting gutsy, waiting until the first inning for his meltdown.
dammitalltohell
already down 2-1 before I can even fire up gameday (or we could get our second out of the game). Unbelievable.
Votto is teeing off on us.
I thought this was a pessimists' blog.
all need is 15 runs.
Don't the Dodgers usually dominate the Reds?
We really do suck.
OK, distraction time:
Have you guys seen the My Town shirt for Empire Strikes Back night?
I gots ta get that.
JESUS, HIROKI!
oh mothereffer
Rolen HR. 3-1 Reds
God damn it, how many home runs is enough?!
Really!?!
Todd Wellemeyer is doing his part for us today. Come on Blue Crew.
Kuroda, doing his best Billingsley impression
Dodgers down 3-1 and we don't have our third out of the game
i dont understand any of this
What's the point of scoring first if the opposition scores three times that number?
OK, I'm off to my Kings blog.
It's only fitting that it would start to rain as i leave the office and head home as the second homerun is hit.
And a K to end the crappy inning.
btw all those chimp jokes I missed were awesome. well done, guys
are we playing in Colorado, 1999?
first-place Ecksteins continue to roll, up 2-0 on the giants
Just checking in from the Simeon center.
It's official: We suck!
Now back to this one.
I'd rather it be the padres than the giants.
The worst part is that they're fairly likely to tie it up or take the lead only to blow it again later.
Is it time to start the Rick Honeycutt fire watch? Can't be long before Colletti needs a scapegoat.
You see, the thing is, Aaron Harang really sucks right now. The Dodgers should score a crapload of runs today. I'd like to think that Kuroda can keep them from scoring a crap load + 2 runs.
I'm starting to think Honey might take the fall.
Nice catch on the T-shirt, Josh.
DeWitt actually gets on base, wow
walk walk walk walk walk
Would it be unfair for Honeycutt to take the fall? I suppose it's not his fault we've been trotting out R. Ortizes left and right to start the season.
Hit & run works! Martin on 1st, DeWitt on 3rd.
well done russell
If loney and dewitt can get a hit or two more, we'll have 8 hitters batting .300 in our lineup.
I'm not saying Honey should take the fall. I'm just saying that he's the likely target. I think he's a fantastic pitching coach who's been asked to do too much this season.
DeWitt coulda taken home on that PB.
gotta love those passed balls.
3-run HR here, Hiro
I can't tell if the ump is calling a strike.
Harang's past 40 already.
In business. Hopefully Hiro will have only a Wolfish early stumble and then be nails, rather than a Billsish early stumble and then getting nailed.
Kuroda doing another Kershaw-esque at-bat.
1. Avitar change to bring in the pitching mojo.
2. Name change to bring in the pitching mojo.
3. I'm not saying blame Honey as pitchers throwing flat and signing a bunch of washed out arms for the pen are beyond his control.
Well, the throwing flat thing he could probably help, but it's looking more and more like Bills is screwed in the helmet.
raffy time
Third base is turning into the Dodger equivalent of a roach motel.
Woo. Reverse juju!
Waffy! 3-3 tie!
Seriously, this ump needs to speak up. I really can't tell if it's a strike.
RAFFY!!
Yawn...typical Coors Field game.
RBI #19 right here, Kemp.
FUR
CAL
ROCKS
3-3 dudes
We just tied the game and Fangraphs still has Cincy favored.
@David 4:41p: If Loney could get one more hit, yesterday never would have happened.
And if Woody had gone to the police,...
I don't know if I like it that we're the Rangers now
Name change mojo works on run scoring? Wait, we were already good at that.
@Mr C, I have to think that the visiting team / team with worse record always has a sub-50% chance in a tie, right?
oh well. At least we tied it up.
Dammit, Kemp is awful. Trade him.
Just kidding, of course.
MrLASF, probably b/c of our craptastical bullpen and they've got the last AB.
I still dislike it.
The reason fangraphs favored the Reds in a tie was because they had more opportunities to score. The Dodgers only had 7 1/3 innings left in the 9-inning game, the Reds had a full 8.
Plus side: Harang is +50.
one pitch one out
this is how you do it
*opportunities left to score during the remainder of the game.
five pitches second out
this is how you do it
It's Bizarro Yesterday!
KKKuroda
three pitches third out swinging
this is how we do it
9-pitch inning for Kuroda, 2 K's.
shout out to Montell Jordan
this is how we do it
NOW it's 50%
more montell infects sosg
this is how we do it
Kuroda>Harang
the joke goes on much too long at SoSG
this is how we do it
almost everyone > Harang
ETHIEHR
ANDRE!!!
Dre beat that one like a dead horse.
Hell yeah!
Aaron Burr > Aaron Harang
this is how we duel it
DRE DAY!!
Well obviously. Burr actually has good aim.
Blake is how we Dewitt.
Manny single.
Manny batting .417?
loney blows.
That Andre Ethier is alright by me.
0-for-7 in the series. Darnit, Loney.
Loney one-pitch GIDP?
Come on, James. This is starting to piss me off.
Well, Harang is nearing 70 pitches.
Hey, just found out the game is being televised!
At least our games aren't the low-scoring snoozefests the Giants have to suffer through.
Last night's song:
This is how we blew it.
Yeah that giants game last night was pretty funny. Give up only 1 hit and lose.
Im not liking this umpires strikezone.
Did Juan Valdez play MLB?
Kuroda's settling down.
hope Hiro didnt pull an oblique on that play.
Votto you know? He can get out!
A word to DeWitt: YOU DON'T SWING ON THE FIRST PITCH WHEN THE GUY'S PLUS-70
Did someone tell the line up to not let Harrang waste pitches?
Harang settling down too,
We're going to make this inning easy on him.
kuroda with the longest at bat of the inning.
how was that not strike?
We held a lead through the bottom of an inning
this is how we (should) do it
Loney is now 1-for-his-last-10
Loney looking homely
this ump's strike zone is rotten
This is how we glue it.
the Reds announcers have some Irish lasses in the booth
FB, i agree. Kuroda is going to keep getting hammered if he isnt getting corners.
Then the rest of us will be getting hammered.
lord
it was the announcer's daughter and her irish drinking buddy
This is how we flew it.
Dewitt, is how we blew it.
snap.
"In play, no out" is staring at me. I can feel it penetrating my soul.
this DeWitt experiment is also getting old
sweet jesus we are not very good
O-dog is giggling somewhere
I need someone to put up a link for "This is how we shrew it."
Hey, look, a pop-up.
this guy is batting .194 and im terrified.
"Harrang is one of the worst hitting pitchers of all time. . .and this one is gone!"
Just wait.
that was a gift.
now finish the fucking inning!
Following on Gamecast--how did that work out?
Loney and DeWitt may change places this game as the 7th and 8th batting average in the lineup
my gamecast is still on ramon hernandez. updates, anyone?
still batting
that was a strike!
This is how we booed it.
If Harang doesn't get out I'll be pissed.
walk bases loaded.
Harang with the grand slam here.
Rancho ardiendo... eesh.
god i hate this
one more strike
letting them clear the pitcher should be part of the non-hustle stats
come on, hiro
hahahahahaha
that was a trap.
inning over, thank god.
Ethier saves Kiroda's sushi!
Man, I can't take this.
In play, out(s)
Holee shit.
ehhh maybe it was a catch
Okay, guys...hold down the fort
AHHHH. Need updates!
Unfortunately, that inning pretty much killed any chance of Hiroki going 7 or more deep.
>Kuroda.
what do we call the non-hustle stats? Offermans? Offermen?
giving up a hit to the pitcher with 2 strikes counts
complete BS, how can you overturn a call like that?
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU OVERTURN A JUDGEMENT CALL????????
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