Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Game 14 Thread: April 21 @ Reds, 4p

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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Nostradamus said...

This thread has that new Bellisario smell

Nostradamus said...

Damn, I always forget. Only one "L". Bad dyslexic self!

NicJ said...

Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
DeWitt 2B
Martin C
Kuroda P

Kyle Baker said...

Alright, let's get it done Hiroki!

NicJ said...

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.

Paul said...

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

Paul said...

I heard that on my old jukebox and I think Torre might have dedicated it to R. Belly.

Josh S. said...

Welcome back, Belly. I hope we don't have to see you tonight.

DodgerBlue said...

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.

Nostradamus said...

@dodgerblue

Loney trade talk now seems like worrying over a hang nail while you're being mauled by a baboon.

NicJ said...

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.

Josh S. said...

@Mr. C: Excellent point, seeing as we got beat by a bunch of Red asses yesterday.

Josh S. said...

@Nic: To be fair, that's all we can manage to say lately too.

NicJ said...

And i was red-faced.

NicJ said...

At least i got to see multiple look ins on the red sox batting practice.

Paul said...

I hope the Dodgers quit the monkey business today.

MR.F said...

I hope we can beat these communists.

NicJ said...

Everyone knows Harang is a chim-pansy. So lets beat him.

Kyle Baker said...

WTF in Cincy...love that.

Josh S. said...

I thought he was a Harangutan.

Kyle Baker said...

Catching up on the flow of today's GT so far:

Loney>baboon danger>Red asses

Nice.

NicJ said...

SOSG is going apeshit with the pregame puns.

Kyle Baker said...

I feel like I got molested by a full-grown mountain gorilla after last night's debacle.

Josh S. said...

Was it the gorilla your dreams, Dusty?

NicJ said...

Im just hoping chad gets his shit together and goes (silver)back to pitching the way we know he can.

Josh S. said...

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.

Nostradamus said...

Sifaka-ing? I'm not gibbon you that one, Josh.

NicJ said...

Lemur tell you something, Go Dodgers.

Nostradamus said...

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.

NicJ said...

Plus, primate puns are easier.

Im not Lion.

Paul said...

Mr. C

your just a chimp off the old block.

NicJ said...

Finally its 4pm and i can Marmoset down and watch the dodger game.

alright im done.

spank said...

Jennifer was hot but I always felt like Bailey would be crazier in the sack.

Kyle Baker said...

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.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

I'm wondering what to do with my hangnail.

Any suggestions?

NicJ said...

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.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Let's hope today's game is a howler.

I mean laugher.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

But what if my hangnail looks like James Loney. Then what do I do?

NicJ said...

Keep wishing that it develops like everyone says it will.

Unknown said...

Bottom of the first over in petco...Padres up 1-0 on the Giants on a A Gonzalez home run.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Offense hasn't been a problem. No surprise here.

NicJ said...

1-0 lead, i never know if thats good or bad anymore.

Josh S. said...

C'mon guys, we can't even celebrate scoring anymore?

WOOOOOO!!!!
ONE TA NUFFIN'!!!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

At least we tagged Harang for 20 pitches.

Oh, and we also scored a run.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

One pitch, one out.

I expect that to be the norm.

Fred's Brim said...

this picture of Harang on Yahoo is awesome. I think he's wearing a bikini bottom on his chin

NicJ said...

4 pitch walk from kuroda? WTF!?!

NicJ said...

well, this blows.

Unknown said...

fun fact: Dodgers are second in all of baseball for runs scored, and fourth in all of baseball for runs against.

Josh S. said...

Ohhhhhhh...THAT'S why you guys didn't get excited about a 1-0 lead.

Unknown said...

Kuroda's getting gutsy, waiting until the first inning for his meltdown.

Fred's Brim said...

dammitalltohell

Steve Sax said...

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.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

I thought this was a pessimists' blog.

NicJ said...

all need is 15 runs.

Wesley Vento said...

Don't the Dodgers usually dominate the Reds?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

We really do suck.

Josh S. said...

OK, distraction time:

Have you guys seen the My Town shirt for Empire Strikes Back night?

I gots ta get that.

JESUS, HIROKI!

Unknown said...

oh mothereffer

Orel said...

Rolen HR. 3-1 Reds

Casey Lombardo said...

God damn it, how many home runs is enough?!

NicJ said...

Really!?!

Wesley Vento said...

Todd Wellemeyer is doing his part for us today. Come on Blue Crew.

Steve Sax said...

Kuroda, doing his best Billingsley impression

Dodgers down 3-1 and we don't have our third out of the game

Fred's Brim said...

i dont understand any of this

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

What's the point of scoring first if the opposition scores three times that number?

Neeebs (The Original) said...

OK, I'm off to my Kings blog.

Betsy said...

It's only fitting that it would start to rain as i leave the office and head home as the second homerun is hit.

Unknown said...

And a K to end the crappy inning.

Steve Sax said...

btw all those chimp jokes I missed were awesome. well done, guys

Fred's Brim said...

are we playing in Colorado, 1999?

Steve Sax said...

first-place Ecksteins continue to roll, up 2-0 on the giants

rbnlaw said...

Just checking in from the Simeon center.

It's official: We suck!
Now back to this one.

Unknown said...

I'd rather it be the padres than the giants.

Casey Lombardo said...

The worst part is that they're fairly likely to tie it up or take the lead only to blow it again later.

rbnlaw said...

Is it time to start the Rick Honeycutt fire watch? Can't be long before Colletti needs a scapegoat.

Wesley Vento said...

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.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I'm starting to think Honey might take the fall.

Orel said...

Nice catch on the T-shirt, Josh.

Steve Sax said...

DeWitt actually gets on base, wow

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

walk walk walk walk walk

MR.F said...

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.

Orel said...

Hit & run works! Martin on 1st, DeWitt on 3rd.

Steve Sax said...

well done russell

Unknown said...

If loney and dewitt can get a hit or two more, we'll have 8 hitters batting .300 in our lineup.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

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.

Orel said...

DeWitt coulda taken home on that PB.

Unknown said...

gotta love those passed balls.

Steve Sax said...

3-run HR here, Hiro

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I can't tell if the ump is calling a strike.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Harang's past 40 already.

Nostradamus said...

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.

Unknown said...

Kuroda doing another Kershaw-esque at-bat.

rbnlaw said...

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.

Wesley Vento said...

raffy time

Josh S. said...

Third base is turning into the Dodger equivalent of a roach motel.

Josh S. said...

Woo. Reverse juju!

Orel said...

Waffy! 3-3 tie!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Seriously, this ump needs to speak up. I really can't tell if it's a strike.

RAFFY!!

Unknown said...

Yawn...typical Coors Field game.

Unknown said...

RBI #19 right here, Kemp.

Steve Sax said...

FUR



CAL


ROCKS

3-3 dudes

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

We just tied the game and Fangraphs still has Cincy favored.

Steve Sax said...

@David 4:41p: If Loney could get one more hit, yesterday never would have happened.

And if Woody had gone to the police,...

Fred's Brim said...

I don't know if I like it that we're the Rangers now

rbnlaw said...

Name change mojo works on run scoring? Wait, we were already good at that.

Steve Sax said...

@Mr C, I have to think that the visiting team / team with worse record always has a sub-50% chance in a tie, right?

Unknown said...

oh well. At least we tied it up.

Steve Sax said...

Dammit, Kemp is awful. Trade him.

Just kidding, of course.

Wesley Vento said...

MrLASF, probably b/c of our craptastical bullpen and they've got the last AB.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I still dislike it.

Unknown said...

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.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Plus side: Harang is +50.

Steve Sax said...

one pitch one out

this is how you do it

Unknown said...

*opportunities left to score during the remainder of the game.

Steve Sax said...

five pitches second out

this is how you do it

Josh S. said...

It's Bizarro Yesterday!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

KKKuroda

Steve Sax said...

three pitches third out swinging

this is how we do it

Orel said...

9-pitch inning for Kuroda, 2 K's.

Steve Sax said...

shout out to Montell Jordan

this is how we do it

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

NOW it's 50%

Steve Sax said...

more montell infects sosg

this is how we do it

Unknown said...

Kuroda>Harang

Steve Sax said...

the joke goes on much too long at SoSG

this is how we do it

NicJ said...

almost everyone > Harang

Orel said...

ETHIEHR

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

ANDRE!!!

NicJ said...

Dre beat that one like a dead horse.

Unknown said...

Hell yeah!

Orel said...

Aaron Burr > Aaron Harang

this is how we duel it

MR.F said...

DRE DAY!!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Well obviously. Burr actually has good aim.

NicJ said...

Blake is how we Dewitt.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Manny single.

Casey Lombardo said...

Manny batting .417?

NicJ said...

loney blows.

Nostradamus said...

That Andre Ethier is alright by me.

Unknown said...

0-for-7 in the series. Darnit, Loney.

Steve Sax said...

Loney one-pitch GIDP?

Come on, James. This is starting to piss me off.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Well, Harang is nearing 70 pitches.

rbnlaw said...

Hey, just found out the game is being televised!

Unknown said...

At least our games aren't the low-scoring snoozefests the Giants have to suffer through.

rbnlaw said...

Last night's song:
This is how we blew it.

NicJ said...

Yeah that giants game last night was pretty funny. Give up only 1 hit and lose.

NicJ said...

Im not liking this umpires strikezone.

rbnlaw said...

Did Juan Valdez play MLB?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Kuroda's settling down.

NicJ said...

hope Hiro didnt pull an oblique on that play.

rbnlaw said...

Votto you know? He can get out!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

A word to DeWitt: YOU DON'T SWING ON THE FIRST PITCH WHEN THE GUY'S PLUS-70

rbnlaw said...

Did someone tell the line up to not let Harrang waste pitches?

NicJ said...

Harang settling down too,

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

We're going to make this inning easy on him.

NicJ said...

kuroda with the longest at bat of the inning.

Fred's Brim said...

how was that not strike?

Steve Sax said...

We held a lead through the bottom of an inning

this is how we (should) do it

Steve Sax said...

Loney is now 1-for-his-last-10

NicJ said...

Loney looking homely

Fred's Brim said...

this ump's strike zone is rotten

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This is how we glue it.

Fred's Brim said...

the Reds announcers have some Irish lasses in the booth

NicJ said...

FB, i agree. Kuroda is going to keep getting hammered if he isnt getting corners.

Then the rest of us will be getting hammered.

Fred's Brim said...

lord
it was the announcer's daughter and her irish drinking buddy

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This is how we flew it.

NicJ said...

Dewitt, is how we blew it.

Unknown said...

snap.

Unknown said...

"In play, no out" is staring at me. I can feel it penetrating my soul.

Steve Sax said...

this DeWitt experiment is also getting old

Fred's Brim said...

sweet jesus we are not very good

O-dog is giggling somewhere

rbnlaw said...

I need someone to put up a link for "This is how we shrew it."

Hey, look, a pop-up.

NicJ said...

this guy is batting .194 and im terrified.

rbnlaw said...

"Harrang is one of the worst hitting pitchers of all time. . .and this one is gone!"

Just wait.

Fred's Brim said...

that was a gift.

now finish the fucking inning!

Casey Lombardo said...

Following on Gamecast--how did that work out?

Steve Sax said...

Loney and DeWitt may change places this game as the 7th and 8th batting average in the lineup

Steve Sax said...

my gamecast is still on ramon hernandez. updates, anyone?

NicJ said...

still batting

Fred's Brim said...

that was a strike!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This is how we booed it.

Unknown said...

If Harang doesn't get out I'll be pissed.

NicJ said...

walk bases loaded.

Harang with the grand slam here.

MR.F said...

Rancho ardiendo... eesh.

Fred's Brim said...

god i hate this

NicJ said...

one more strike

Fred's Brim said...

letting them clear the pitcher should be part of the non-hustle stats

Steve Sax said...

come on, hiro

NicJ said...

hahahahahaha

that was a trap.

Unknown said...

inning over, thank god.

rbnlaw said...

Ethier saves Kiroda's sushi!

Steve Sax said...

Man, I can't take this.

In play, out(s)

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Holee shit.

NicJ said...

ehhh maybe it was a catch

Steve Sax said...

Okay, guys...hold down the fort

MR.F said...

AHHHH. Need updates!

Casey Lombardo said...

Unfortunately, that inning pretty much killed any chance of Hiroki going 7 or more deep.

rbnlaw said...

>Kuroda.

Fred's Brim said...

what do we call the non-hustle stats? Offermans? Offermen?

giving up a hit to the pitcher with 2 strikes counts

NicJ said...

complete BS, how can you overturn a call like that?

rbnlaw said...

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU OVERTURN A JUDGEMENT CALL????????

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