Chad Billingsley (1-0, 7.07) vs. Scott Olsen (0-1, 11.74).
COMMENTS: Casey Blake and Carlos Monasterios stepped up for the Dodgers yesterday. Who will step up today? I'll tell you who it won't be: Vicente Padilla, who was placed on the 15-day DL for sorearm foreness. Or forearm soreness. Whatever. Anyway, a win today would mean a series win against the Nationals, which would go a long way to making Dodger fans feel better about our next series against the equally mediocre Mets.
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Who is up? Let's go Dodgers!
RT @NatsTownNews : Revised Lineup for #Nats ... Morgan 8, Kennedy 5, Guzman 4, Dunn 3, Willingham 7, Pudge 2, Desmond 6, Maxwell 8, Olsen 1
i'm up
looks like we had quite the night last night - it smells like a frat house in here! Who's gonna clean up all these beer cans and cigarette butts?
*touches nose*
Furcal ss
Martin c
Kemp cf
Loney 1b
Blake 3b
Belliard 2b
Anderson lf
Johnson rf
Billingsley p
Ooooh...potential Ethier pinch-hitty goodness.
Why is Ethier sitting? Is he too afraid of having his picture taken with Nats fans? Or is he dining through DC?
Sax- Lefty for the Nats, just getting Dre a day off I guess. The ankle is probably still not 100%.
It's quiet in here. Too quiet...
Rob Dibble, take a healthy bite of wiener sandwich
AAAAHHHHHHHHH!
I don't know what we're yelling about!
Is the latest in the season the Nats have been at the .500 line?
Paul- I seem to remember they were pretty good through the ALL-Star break the first season after they moved to D.C.
Russ gets us going!
I read this AM that this is Vin's final season. Has anyone else heard anything about this?
Matty keeps it going, 1st and 2nd, 1 out
Bases juiced for Chinface. Let's hope he still has a homer left in the tank.
Casey with a terrible strikeout
Now it's Belly 2's turn.
We suck.
I didn't hear anything or see anything about Vinny. But my news exposure had been limited this morning.
Belli2 can't come through - i hope this isnt a sign of things to come
Chad picks up where he left off in Cincinnati
Great. Now we have to deal with Nyjer Morgan on base. Fantastic.
This can't end well.
Three hits, not a run?
Crap.
Chad gets an out by throwing a ball underhanded. He he been working with Rick Barry?
Steve Lyons is really combative today.
Shut up Steve Lyons.
Nice play from Belly2.
great play from Belli2 to save a run
1 run in, 2 outs
Bills with a big (for him) fastball to get Willingham. I didnt think he could crank it up like that anymore
make him throw some extra pitches, Chadwick
Chad's making him work.
As opposed to the other way around.
I'm surprised by how few pitches we made Olson throw in the first.
Chad looked great that inning.
Good inning Bills
Russ gets one!!!
Anderson is this year's Mark Loretta.
Belliard has built-in padding.
wow Chad dialed it up again!
I'm just hoping he'll get through the 5th and 6th without a meltdown.
Olsen sounds like a real gem
@ Karen - i had the same thought!
Billingsley produces better at-bats than Johnson.
Great pitching back on track, now time for the hitting to disappear into the night...or day.
Not scoring in the first is gonna come back to bite the Dodgers in the butt.
Seems like the Dodgers of old today
dangit.
next inning, the triple whammy of sucky batting due up. Great.
26% on FanGraphs and we're only 1 run behind.
Kemps really starting to piss me off with the glove.
Hopefully bills can get out of this jam.
One strike away...
Woo, good job bills.
In a day of the improbable, the impossible has happened! Bills has made it through 6 innings without a meltdown!
Bills pitching out of it nicely
Come on boys, get Chad a win!
Come on Dodgers, Bills needs to get this win
BIlls out of the game already? Well I guess you wanna let him off on a high note.
Come on Andre
No win for bills. In line for the loss. Thanks offense.
We're being dominated by an 8 year old
Damn you Willingham
Come on Dodgers.
This game has gone fast
Good morning! What time is today's game?
Ballsy catch by Maxwell.
It's down to GA.
First-pitch swinging. Game over.
Fuck.
That is all.
@Josh S.
What you said
christonacracker
how are we losing series after series to these shitass teams? are we a shitass team too?
We are legitimately an awful team.
@FB: the funny thing is, I answered your question without having read your prior post.
We suck. I need a drink.
the weather for tomorrow in New York already looks bad. I think a rainout, especially if they can call the game early, could be a good thing for the boys
The bullpen could certainly use a rainout. Where's Crash Davis when you need him?
I am happy we are in the NL West though. Lots of Joe's Yankees teams got off to underwhelming starts, as did the Yanks and Phils last year (Yanks 9-8, Phils 8-8 on last April 25th)
I don't think we are as talented as either of those teams, but I think we are playing way below our potential. Joe's Yankees teams always seemed to eventually play to their potential. I think the Pads are playing way out of their gourds and the Snakes and VaGiants are playing how we expected. Colorado may turn things on at some point, but I think Jim Tracy won't let them do that
Fuck me In the armpit!
As appealing as that sounds, I'm gonna pass DB.
Giants and Pads lose, yay. I guess....
I just got back from the store. Was buying milk when I saw a picture of our offense on the back of the carton.
I called John Walsh to see if there were any sightings.
@DB:
Did we ever get those buttons from Erin that said that?
Yeah, hey Erin- Can you take some time away from your cappucinos and your vino by the Rialto Bridge to make us some lewd buttons that go back to last season? ;-)
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