Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Charlie Haeger (0-0, -.--) vs. Anibal Sanchez (0-0, -.--).
COMMENTS: Last night. At a bar. Dodgers highlights come on the TV. "I wonder if they came back from 4-3?" Then: Ethier RBIs! Bison HR! Woo hoo! But...Sherrill...cue the theme from "Jaws." Oh no. DAMMIT. "Bartender!"
Incredibly, the Dodgers still have a chance to salvage a 3-3 road trip if Haeger's knuckleball can dance in the Florida humidity. Scoring runs doesn't seem to be the problem — it's like the opposite of 2003.
4/3 vs. SF (W, 5-4): Sax
4/15 vs. WSH (L, 4-6): Dusty, Orel, Sax
5/6 vs. MIA (W, 6-3): AC, Sax
5/16 vs. CIN (L, 2-7): AC, Sax
6/12 vs. TEX (L, 2-3): Sax
7/5 vs. MIL (W, 8-5): Sax
7/21 vs. BOS (W, 9-6): Sax
7/24 vs. SF (L, 3-8): Sax
8/24 vs. TB (L, 8-9 (10)): Sax
8/29 vs. BAL (W, 6-3): Orel, Sax
9/9 vs. CHC (L, 4-10): Sax
10/5 NLDS G1 vs. SD (W, 7-5): Sax
10/6 NLDS G2 vs. SD (L, 2-10): Orel, Sax
10/25 WS G1 vs. NYY (W, 6-3 (10)): Sax
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Furcal SS
Anderson LF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Belliard 3B
DeWitt 2B
Johnson RF
Ellis C
Haeger P
Hangover thread 2 in effect.
Coffee on board.
Don't mind me; I'm just cleaning up after last night...taking out the empties.
Bloodys anyone?
Fuck yeah B-Team!
It's only happened twice, but I'm already sick of getting walked-off on. At least it can't happen all next week.
I'm still a little foggy as to why Loney, the man with the lowest average of the entire starting eight, is batting cleanup.
I'm still just a little foggy.
Is this how I want to spend my relaxing Sunday morning? Yes
will I end up cursing at the tv and be anything but relaxed.
Probably.
Ellis and Haeger now that is not the triple aaa battery that I was looking for to get my remote to work this stormy morning.
Dodgers...Masters...Lakers...ManU loss...Shaping up to be quite the sports day/day of me sitting on my ass watching events I have no control over.*
*-Other than changing avatars
I think Ellis and Chuck will be just fine. They were together in AAA, perhaps AJ will be his catcher and we can get Martin a day off every week.
Can someone pls start harping on Anibal Sanchez' name? Maybe note that it sounds more similar to what a female might be named?
Looks like the DOdger offense has a hangover.
Thanks Marlins. Now I am going to have "return to sender" stuck in my head all day.
Anibal Sanchez has a perfect game going! Did you hear? A PERFECT GAME!
Haeger's really hitting the spots with the knuckler.
Thanks, Sons. Now I'm going to have "Fins" stuck in my head all day.
Rancho Ardiendo for the Nats already.
vs. J. Santana
BELLY tooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Best part of a knuckleball pitcher: He could have thrown 30 pitches that inning and he could still give you six more frames.
BELLY tooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
There goes the perfecto
Belly 2's on fire.
Josh Willingham grand slam - 4-0 Nats in the first.
Sanchez seriously thinks Belliard might be running?
That Sanchez has some dirty stuff sometimes.
I was really hoping that reference would not be made, Dusty.
I was hoping so, too, MLASF. Alas, it wasn't to be.
I haven't heard a George " Highpockets" Kelly reference in a while.
Uggla looked ugly with that swing.
That knuckler is freaky today. Good thing, too.
U-gg-l-a you ain't gonna hit that way
You Uggla
I was just thinking that when I hit refresh, Dusty.
You got the assist and provided the inspiration, MLASF.
Sanchez, uggla, the only thing left is obligatory Cantu joke.
Cantu CAN'T do!
Raffy's cold today. Maybe it's the humidity.
Not GA's day either.
Siddown, Ross.
Is Cody Ross in blackface today??
Haeger's sharp!
Wow Chuck has the right stuff so far.
Haeger the not so terrible.
Damn. The pitcher breaks up the perfecto.
Haeger making them look foolish! K's the side, and that's 7 K's so far.
Career high in Ks for Haeger.
He hasn't even broken a sweat yet.Unlike VPad, who somewhere is drenched.
Yeah, and that was during warm ups.
@DB
Toads always look sweaty.
showing promise
Are the Marlins wearing t-shirts today?
Hooray for defensive miscues! 2-0 Dodgers!
Belly!
Belly does it again!
Johnson triple!
Suicide squeeze works!
Squeeze
I love the squeeze play
Don't squeeze the Charmin! Heall yeah!
Now Charlie can throw a CGSO and we'll finally take a series for once this season.
What's over/under on how many times Lyons is going to tell us that Ellis' glvoe looks like a first baseman's glove?
and then there's the other side of the knuckleball coin.
Aw dammit.
Coaching visit to the mound? What's he going to tell him?
well, crap.
No lead is safe so far this season
Greetings from Venice!
My favorite part of today's broadcast so far as been Steve Lyons commenting on how he loves the sound when "a guy just stands up there and rips one."
Not loving this inning so far, though.
THe honeycutt curse continues.
Man we have been giving up a ton of three run homers this year.
Well that vibe changed dramatically.
He is still doing better than Padilla.
@Erin
Buon viaggio a Venezia!
The important thing is to keep him going. No point in taking Charlie out.
Jesus H, he has absolutely no idea where it's going.
Wait, Venice, Italy, or Venice, CA?
Venice, Italy.
Venice, Italy is much more awesome.
I'm sure there's a way we can make fun of this pitcher using Poe's "Annabel Lee".
So far, yes, I would have to agree. My plane landed here at about one am L.A. time, so I haven't been here too long. But I've seen a lot of the city, and it's pretty cool. Now I'm just trying to stay awake a few more hours so I can attempt to sleep normally. Thank god for MLB.tv working in foreign countries.
It was many and many an inning ago,
In a stadium by the sea,
That a pitcher there lived whom you may know
By the name of Anibal, see;
And this pitcher he lived with no other thought
Than to strike out and be be struck out by Charlie.
Excellent
I have a bad feeling about this...
Just need to hold lead till 5th and hope for rain.
Oh come on, another K-Wild Pitch! I haven't seen one in ages and suddenly there's two in one game.
We might see the first 35k game.
Maybe we should just set up one of the outfielders on the backstop.
Nice pickoff! KKarma.
There's got to be a record for most K-WP's in a game somewhere.
11 K's through five, and he could still have 2-3 frames left in him.
This Marlin defense stinks.
Cody!!!
If there was any doubt that Ross played for the dodgers.
lol cody ross. I'm always like drop it drop it drop it and it's never worked till now. Oh and Haeger is awesome
Lyons is right Dodge stadium will be rockin it will be bitchin.
The ball is in permanent knucleball mode.
in before ellis walk
Insurance!
@Damon
Yeah I was yelling "Noonan!" to try to get Ross to drop it and it worked (presumably in conjunction with your "Drop it!" calls).
hooray for scrubs!
Nice cut from Haeger.
Hah. Ellis has three PAs but no ABs.
Dodger stadium. Not sure where Dodge stadium is located.
Haeger has a nice swing. I think he used to be an outfielder
I'd like to send a shoutout to Reed Johnson for wearing his uni the old way - the right way.
@Paul
Not to be confused with Doges stadium.
lyons trying to say we should pitch hit for haeger. does he not remember that our bullpen is sucking ass
I think Dodge Stadium is on the outskirts of a ghost town somewhere in Arizona. After the silver mine went bust, the team moved to St. Louis.
Doges Stadium being right down the street from where Erin is now.
Holy crap, how much of this are we going to see?
That's 12 the hard way.
@Dusty
Doge's Stadium gift shop.
Best. Hats. Ever.
Man that last strikeout knuckleball looked like a whiffleball
Oh for the love of crap.
MATTHEW!!!
Uggh
Aw dammit. Fucking Ross, I knew it was a matter of time.
All the runs for both teams are being scored in the same innings.
Not to get all Joe West, but let's finish (win) this damn game so I can concentrate on golf.
Aw crap.
What the hell now charlies getting squeezed.
Now we're into their bullpen.
That's good.
But now they're probably into ours as well.
That's bad.
Two men on base. Surprisingly no three run bomb.
Nice play Chuck. Good grief Matt!
5-4 Dodgers, we'll need at least two more runs
Dusty
it would be hard to get all Joe West. He is a large man.
It sure is breezy out there. But I hope not Flat Breezy.
Don't look now but Fred Couples just two off the lead (-9). Shaping up to be a great day of golf. And a great day of gin.
Anibal out. He 'ates it when a plan doesn't come together.
Surprised all the padding didn't fall out when Ross ran into the wall.
And Cody Ross makes the defensive play, too. Bastard.
Get back that run you gave us, Matt.
That's a start.
Damnit MATTHEW!
Kemp is putting on a show today. A bad one.
Light the incense Jeff is pitching. FSU in the house.
Not a good way to start Weaver
Jeff is taking this pitching from the stretch a little to far.
Marlins fans so sparse and lame that it doesn't even boo on opposing pitchers' throws to first.
At first I thought there was indeed some booing, but then noted it was just the wind whistling through a nearly empty stadium.
*tumbleweeds*
edge of my seat, here.
Just walk Cantu so you can feel comfortable Jeff.
Bring the RAIN!!
Quick someone rip the padding down in the outfield. Maybe the rain will come in during the delay.
FUCKIIEIGAKASJFLKAHJF
I hate the Marlins.
Shit. I feel sick.
There is no way we get through a full season with this bargain basement pitching staff. Or, we get through the season with this staff, but poorly.
I have very little faith I the dodgers ability to bounce back from this.
@Nic
Oh, I think the can scratch out a couple more runs.
Sadly, I think the fish probably can as well.
Remember when we led this game 4-0? Good times.
Those of you in the greater LA area may have just noted a large sound emanating from the San Gabriel Valley. That was me screaming at the telly.
You will now hear me opening my first beer of the day.
Marlins bullpen should give us a chance.
^they
Belly and Kuo are coming back soon, so I'm not too worried.
Loney provides hope.
Loney's keeping that flicker of hope alive.
the sound didn't make it toculver city. Watching the game on the mlb at bat on ny droid makes it less frustrating
Keep hope alive!
DeWitt homer. Right here.
Well there are a lot of good hitters on the bench.
DeWhiff
Well our hope is waning fast.
Reed Johnson homrun right here.
Looping liner from Johnson. Ethier batting for Ellis.
I will take it!
Okay we're in business. Come on Andre!
Andre Ethier: HR right here
Andre's batting .429 against Hensley.
*le sigh*
Sigh.
Man I am depressed.
This is the worst week ever. We should be 5-1, not 2-4.
I miss Kuo and Bellisario.
Yeah Belly looked like me running out of the bar the other night. Nice play though
Belly is awesome today
Time to nut up, boys
Rally time!!!
Man the HR is killing us this year. I'm tired of teams getting more runs than hits while we have to get 10+ hits to scratch out 5 runs.
Count runs full. C'mon Russell, don't try to be a hero.
Whew. Martin walks.
Good AB, Russ.
Good at-bat.
Again with the bunting.
2-0. Come on fookie!
Son of a bitch.
Funny. I thought I saw Furcal strikeout on that pitch a couple innings ago.
Wow that was disappointing.
YES! GA KEEPS HOPE ALIVE!!
Why isn't Manny in for GA?
GA where have you been all my life?!?
Little late on that call, Mr. C
Because GA keeps the inning going!
C'mon Kemp, just a fly ball to score Martin. That's all. Tie this bitch up.
Kemp can't handle sliders.
Redemption time, please.
You suck, goddammit.
Matt, you're pissing me off today.
All around bad day for Kemp.
Pls no Rihanna references.
Man kemp gets the L for today.
Awful at-bat. Today's not his day...
This week fucking sucks.
What a steaming pile
I knew it. This sucks.
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