Saturday, April 10, 2010

Game 5 Thread: April 10 @ Mermaids, 4p

A school of Marlins Mermaids before yesterday's game.


The 2010 Mermaids team photo. Can you spot SoSG favorite Glenda? (Click on picture for larger version.)


The 2010 Marlins Manatees...those wannabes.

Vicente Padilla (0-1, 14.54) vs. Josh Johnson (0-1, 7.20).

Gameday

COMMENTS: .500, baby! A strong outing by Billingsley and a stellar one by Kuroda have brought the Dodgers back to sea level, and Padilla can amend for his awful Opening Day start by keeping the Dodgers in today's game.

THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT

REASONS TO BELIEVE

  • it's early, but Furcal, Martin and DeWitt each have an OBP of .500
  • speed on the basepaths (James Loney?)
  • Colletti's bench strategy may be paying off: Belliard, GA and Johnson are off to strong starts at the plate
  • a win today would give the Dodgers at least a break-even road trip going into Tuesday's home opener

OH, AND

1: Doug Benc/Getty Images

370 comments:

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Ken said...

there needs to be dodger girls

Kyle Baker said...

Furcal 6, Anderson 9, Kemp 8, Manny 7, Loney 3, Blake 5, DeWitt 4, Martin 2, Padilla 1

Kyle Baker said...

Ken! Where you been?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Dance Crews? In baseball? What is this, the Inland Empire?

rbnlaw said...

Ken,
See April 1.

I miss Darby. . .Darla. . .Darcy?

MR.F said...

And Vma!

rbnlaw said...

Yes, Vma.

Paul said...

I just saw the disturbing cartoon rendition of Dodger stadium. It looks like a Jimmy Buffet concert and where is the Dodger fan with the pistola and the chalk outline of a Giants fan?

Paul said...

Never been a big Seirra Nevada fan...but I purchased a sixer of the Glissade Golden Bock because I was feeling CRAZY!

Kyle Baker said...

Paul you crazy!

How is that swill? Rockin the Sam Summer right now with some Peruvian beer to come into play later on.

rbnlaw said...

@Paul:
The Glissade is solid. As good as the Pale.

Paul said...

Dusty and Buck,

Cool, I will give my review later on but first time to change my avatar to saturday night Dodger party mode!

Kyle Baker said...

No one touch Paul; he's on fire!

Nostradamus said...

Paul, that satin jacket is unbelievably rad.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

That cross up of the normal intro and "Beautiful Day for a Ballgame" did not work out well.

Nostradamus said...

*sigh*

When will baseball occur?

Paul said...

As you can see Orel is in the background diggin it. I didn't let this picture surface during the SOSG elections.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Isn't it a tinsy-bit early to start explaining position in the standings?

Paul said...

Do they have magic numbers out already?

Kyle Baker said...

@MLASF-

HAH! I just Tweeted that I did like the intro. To each his/her own IU guess...

Kyle Baker said...

^I

Paul said...

Since I am not local I get the Marlins feed. So I am watching a very interesting peace on Dan Uggla.

I have it on mute and listening to the Black Crows. This game will probably be called by my ipod.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

The song just didn't mix well with the intro. Too dramatic of images to go with a song so upbeat.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

A battle of opening day starters looking for redemption.

Kyle Baker said...

I hear ya brother. (re intro)

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Raffy's on fire!

Nostradamus said...

Raffy seems spry.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Johnson's throwing smoke out there.

Kyle Baker said...

Kemp looks the opposite of Raffy. Sluggish at least. Disinterested almost.

Nostradamus said...

Furcal should just be taking his glove with him.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Dodgers are 0-for-3 with RISP.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Did Vicente just come out of the shower?

Kyle Baker said...

Dusty is 2-2 in getting up off the sofa to get beer.

Paul said...

Shit!

Did he touch third?

Kyle Baker said...

That's the way to take HanRam out of the game!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Well, resigning V-Pad has not worked out well so far.

NicJ said...

Man now raffys beanIng people?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Lucky it's not 2-0 nothing. Coghlan swung on an outside pitch.

Paul said...

Come on Padilla, don't shoot yourself in the foot already.

Kyle Baker said...

Yeah I would say it was already time for VPad to hit the showers but it looks like he already has.

He's not fooling anyone with his pitches.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Padilla doesn't have it. None of his pitches are hitting the spots. Two lucky strike outs.

Josh S. said...

He fooled Ned with his pitches, Dusty.

Josh S. said...

Uggla is Swedish for owl.

Kyle Baker said...

Josh displays his wit and uncanny timing!

Kyle Baker said...

Bring back Mini Sirloin Burgers ads!

Nostradamus said...

well, his ERA is going down. I would hope that we could get it below 9.00, however.

Josh S. said...

Jack changed their fries AGAIN?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

The Jack in the Box around the corner is going to packed Friday.

Paul said...

I don't know but Beck's "loser" was on when Padilla was pitching.

NicJ said...

Is Jack in the box changing fries again? Good those natural cut ones suck.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I don't know about that, Mr. C. Those 13.50 ERA's are tough to lower.

Kyle Baker said...

If an established fast food chain has to change their fries, chances are that their fries are less than desirable. #BadMarketingIdeas

Kyle Baker said...

Larry Bowa looks like he was in a drinking contest last night and slept under a park bench.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Chinface single!

Nostradamus said...

@Dusty

That is not outside the realm of possibility.

Paul said...

nice swing by Casey, especially after that heater blew a hole in his bat.

Kyle Baker said...

Chin mode gets something started. Although he grimaced after arriving at first. Cue 15 days out with sore hammy.

Josh S. said...

Nic, I think they already got rid of the natural cut, but didn't publicize it. Now this is yet another change.

Nostradamus said...

The dreaded RiSP

Kyle Baker said...

Can the ump take longer to call a ball/strike?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Joe West thinks this ump is a disgrace.

Kyle Baker said...

Let's just go ahead and start a Jack in the Box fries blog now. I could also post timely advertising campaign strategy on that blog.

Kyle Baker said...

Two Blakes on!

Paul said...

Mr. Heater having a little trouble with his control.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

DeWitt is really showing great patience. Power's not his game, so he's got to get on base to counteract the negatives, i.e. the Beane Theory.

Paul said...

Ducks on the pond boys!

Kyle Baker said...

That was a very mature, disciplined at bat by DeHitt.

Nostradamus said...

Rancho Battletoadendo

Paul said...

What. The. Hell?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Well that sucked balls.

Kyle Baker said...

Was the squeeze on? Blake is a better baserunner than that, so a sign must've been missed.

Kyle Baker said...

three on and one out > none on and all out. blech.

NicJ said...

Padilla fucking us in both halves of the inning.

Paul said...

Dodgers screw that up and the Dead Kennedys are not happy about it.

Kyle Baker said...

Padilla Uber Alles?

Nostradamus said...

I both love and hate Nic's avatar, because it's true.

Kyle Baker said...

"Been Caught Stealing" - Jane's Addiction

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Hey, Manny makes a catch.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Dusty, they're talking about you on the television!

Kyle Baker said...

Apparently I ran Mark Prior's arm into the ground. Had nothing to do with the fact that his arm is made of glass.

Paul said...

Padilla would make a good Dracula.

Kyle Baker said...

VPad ERA down to 11.37.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I'm having flashbacks to April of 2008. Hopefully they don't become flashbacks to the rest of that year.

Paul said...

Furcal!!! Someone knock that man in! He is hotter than a pink satin jacket.

Kyle Baker said...

GA!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Nice double!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

A hit with RISP!

NicJ said...

Nice at bat from the bison.

Paul said...

The smashing pumpkins are having flashbacks to 1979.

We have a rally in the making.

Paul said...

Manny's hair is very pippy longstockingish tonight.

NicJ said...

Hooray for productive outs!!!!!

Kyle Baker said...

Nice sac, Manny. Just what was needed.

Nostradamus said...

Two RISP, two runs. Whaddaya know?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Manny sac!

Kyle Baker said...

@Paul

Psychic - Powerless - Another Man's Sac (Butthole Surfers)

NicJ said...

@MLASF, that would be the worst giveaway ever

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@Nic - Especially with the fertility drugs and all.

Paul said...

Nice Dusty!

Mannywood is enough we don't need a Manny Sac.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

CHINFACE DOUBLE

Kyle Baker said...

CHINFACE!

Nostradamus said...

Blake!

Kyle Baker said...

Conflicting Edits! You know we're doing really well or really bad if that happens.

Nostradamus said...

useful inning, that.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Let's hope Battletoad can hold a lead for once this season.

Paul said...

Hey they are giving out Marlins thundersticks when they play the Nationals.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Orel said...

BREAKING NEWS: Nelly concert after the game at Sun Life Stadium.

Paul said...

Why would Nelly be there....must be the money.

Kyle Baker said...

Ole Miss not Old Miss

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

That was a loooow throw.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Maybin probably didn't notice that the ball got away until it was too late to try for second.

Kyle Baker said...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and posit that Padilla is not very good at fielding.

Steve Sax said...

3-1 Dodgers. I'll take it!

Paul said...

Daft punk is playing in my house my house...well not really but LCD soundsytem is playing.

Come on Padilla just focus on the hitter.

Kyle Baker said...

I jsut got this message with an unsuccessful email:

"qmail-spawn unable to create pipe"

That sounds like something from one of them video games Josh likes to play.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I don't know if V-Pad is too focused on the runner or just being himself.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Callback to Slappy Alert.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This is one tight zone.

karen said...

Jerry Lane is squeezing the pitchers.

Paul said...

The ump is not wanting the Dodgers to delay his delayed calls.

Kyle Baker said...

That strike zone is shrinking more than the ice caps. Jeez, man, let's call some strikes and keep the game moving; make 'em swing.

Nostradamus said...

Yeah, ball 4 seemed pretty marginal. 'Course one doesn't get the benefit of the doubt when fighting it

Paul said...

If the ice caps are gone the Artic Monkeys will just be the Monkeys.

Nostradamus said...

I hope the pen enjoyed a light day of work yesterday. V ain't going 8 tonight.

Kyle Baker said...

First single of season for JMart. He almost has a season cycle!

Paul said...

Russell's swing is looking very good...I lika da swing.

Nostradamus said...

leadoff runner - check!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

V-Pad =/= Hitter

Nostradamus said...

Sorry, not the answer we were looking for.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

C'mon, Raffy.

Steve Dittmore said...

Okay, I'm impressed as hell with you guys who can watch the game, comment on Twitter, comment on SoSG GT, and have time to get a beer.

Clearly, I'm in low A ball.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@SD - I'm also writing some stuff to! Cheers to multitasking!

Kyle Baker said...

@Professor-

Not only that, but I'm also GameDaying the Red Sox/Royals game. Earlier I had Masters streaming on internet, too. Finally, keeping track of El Clasico in the futbol world.

#MessiIsSick

Nostradamus said...

@Steve Dittmore

Would it shock you to know I'm working on a side-project concurrently as well?

Nostradamus said...

^Yup, those are the prime offenders for sure

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

So GA's 1-for-3 with a double. I'll take it.

Paul said...

you guys are on twitter too?

Nostradamus said...

Paul

Yes. @mistercustomer

Some Russian guy has the abbv.

Kyle Baker said...

@dustybkrdodgr

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@mrlasportsfan

Steve Dittmore said...

@Dusty - Not the result for El Clasico I was hoping. After going to the match at Bernabeu in Feb., I've been a closet Real fan. Got the little one a black Ronaldo jersey (only one in his size...)

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I probably should've taken @mlasf, but it's too late now.

Kyle Baker said...

Some call it multitasking. Mrs. Dusty calls it ADD.

Nostradamus said...

@Dusty

Kudos to you. I can't stomach either Real or Barca, despite the fact that incredible football is being played.

Steve Dittmore said...

@SteveDittmore

creative, huh?

Kyle Baker said...

Get back in the closet, Dittmore!

Kyle Baker said...

Nice Hogs win today, BTW.

Steve Dittmore said...

@Mr C ... I'm impressed. I'm fixin (as they say in the south) to finish my taxes tonight as well.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

At first glance he was out.

Nostradamus said...

Gameday does not know what to do with the eephus.

Kyle Baker said...

MrC-

I'm not a big fan of either side or of Spanish football, but felt I couldn't miss it. I just root for a lot of red cards and winging to the officials so I can taunt those ESP pansies a second time.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

A piece of the wall just fell off? Are you serious?

Fucking cookie-cutters.

Kyle Baker said...

This place is falling apart (xxx Stadium).

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Joe West thinks this stadium is a disgrace to baseball.

Kyle Baker said...

I'd like to officially apologize for turning GameDay into a verb in a previous post.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Now that the Metrodome lost the Minnesota Mauers, only two football/baseball stadiums remain: Whatever the hell people call the Marlins' place, and whatever the hell people call Oakland's place. Marlins are leaving soon. When the hell are the A's going to get a new place?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I wouldn't be surprised if Padilla dropped off because of that delay.

NicJ said...

God damn shitty falling apart stadium cooled off our pitcher.

Nostradamus said...

"Fuck the Fish"

Eewww, clammy!

Nostradamus said...

shite shite shite

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I believe that was the subject of an episode of South Park.

I knew Padilla would drop.

MR.F said...

You're kidding. I just got back home. First pitch I see is a 3-run homer.

Kyle Baker said...

GODDAMMIT! I KNEW VPad was going to fall apart after that delay.

NicJ said...

I so knew that was gonna happen.

Paul said...

Don't get me started again Mr. C

karen said...

SHIT

Paul said...

k trying to follow you guys on twitter and the game day thread is making my head spin.

Kyle Baker said...

I am not fucking happy and I am not clapping my god damned hands.

Paul said...

I didn't even notice Padilla blew the shit out of our lead.

Kyle Baker said...

@Paul

Better try harder. You CANNOT miss any of our masterful insight.

MR.F said...

There was a delay?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Let's try for the first comeback win of the year, since Wednesday ended in failure.

rbnlaw said...

Fucking right field padding.

Paul said...

So how do you decide if a comment should go on the gameday thread or twitter?

rbnlaw said...

If we say it, it should go on Twitter.

Just sayin'.

NicJ said...

Manny with the English!

Nostradamus said...

Totally fair.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

That WAS fair. Happy 2500 hit, Manny.

Paul said...

Manny crushed that one.

Nostradamus said...

Awesome that #2500 for one of the best hitters in the game would travel about 20 feet

Kyle Baker said...

Manny's 2500th hit may have been his shortest.

Kyle Baker said...

@Paul-

Actually I usually dont' comment all that much during the game on Twitter and instead stay in this space. But since it's the weekend and I don't have anything else to do, my masteful insight is bleeding over to the Twitter feed.

Sometimes I post the same thing but I try not to.

Kyle Baker said...

So Raffy gets his 1500th hit and Manny gets his 2500th in the same game? Cool.

Paul said...

This whole hidden twitter world is weirder than the my Bencio Del Toro dream last night.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I cannot imagine Casey Blake in high school.

Kyle Baker said...

Johnson is going limp.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

It's been two hours and we're only halfway through the game. Joe West would be appalled.

I'm going to run that reference into the ground even if it kills me.

Kyle Baker said...

Sons on Twitter:

@sosgsosg

Nostradamus said...

Cowboy Joe is about as close to being perpetually pissed off as a human being other than Jeff Kent can be.

Kyle Baker said...

It's a good, timely reference, MLASF - run with it.

(No time pun intended)

Kyle Baker said...

@Mr.C-

Normally I admire that in a person.

rbnlaw said...

199

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Hanley Ramirez trying to look like Manny Ramirez.

Kyle Baker said...

Well shit, there was one sporting event I was missing following: LA Galaxy.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Say it with me, Buck

DAMMIT

Steve Dittmore said...

@MLASFN Wasn't last night a comeback win?

Also, true story, when Blake was in HS in Indianola, Iowa, I was interning for WHO-TV while going to school. I covered one of his basketball games. He was the man in Indianola.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I think yesterday we scored first.

Nostradamus said...

Is Jeff Weaver ever not loose?

karen said...

VPad running outta gas.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Nevermind, Marlins scored first. You're right, SD.

Paul said...

*running to put on dream weaver on the ipod*

Fresno State in the dog house.

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