Ramon Ortiz (1-1, 5.40) vs. Jon Garland (4-2, 1.88).
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COMMENTS: Nine-game winning streak, meet Ramon Ortiz. It's true, last time I doubted Ortiz, the Dodgers still won. But can lightning strike twice? The Dodgers are suddenly on the heels of the Giants and Padres, and a win tonight could put the Dodgers in first place. But a lot of good pitching — okay, decent pitching from Ortiz and good pitching from the bullpen — will have to happen tonight for the Dodgers to taste the sweet nectar of crawling out of third place. Aim high, boys!
Also, go Lakers!
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Johnson RF
Manny LF
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Loney 1B
Blake 3B
DeWitt 2B
Carroll SS
Ortiz P
If doubting Ramon Ortiz's competence is what it takes to get the win streaks to double digits, I'm willing to do it.
Not to be Debbie Downer, but the Giants also need to lose to put us in first.
And feline AIDS is the number one killer of domestic cats.
Knowing is half the battle, Josh.
Indeed it is, Dusty.
I lol'd!
Damn your interweb skillz, Josh.
That was good, Josh.
@RBN
Love the retro Claude Osteen.
And loving the damning of Josh's computer/technical skills.
I'm a tech moron myself.
Anyone going to the YARD on Saturday?
It'll be my first visit to DS this year.
I think the mere fact that Ralph Lawler is attending tonight's game is a bad omen.
go blue!
Wrong thread MRLASF.
Excellent, Josh! I'd never seen that.
@Neeebs-
I'll be in the Yard on Saturday.
I like the "The PTA Has Disbanded" episode more than the Cecil episode (can't remember the name).
Though I do often make references to the exchange:
"Lisa, too?"
"ESPECIALLY Lisa. But ESPECIALLY Bart."
Where will you be sitting at on Saturday, DB?
Is this the 40 year celebration?
@MR F:
My favorite remains the Monorail Episode
lamar played 21 seconds and has already outboarded amare.
The PTA Disbands is an underrated episode that receives little love. So many great lines. I also love "Brother From Another Series" as I also like Frasier and the references to that series (like Maris).
@Nic - You know LO is just lucky.
@Neeebs-
Yep, commiserating my 40th, which is actually Friday but observed internationally on Saturday.
I'm at:
Field Box MVP 20
Row: A
Seats: 5,6,7,8
monorail Monorail MONORAIL!!
Lucky number 7
The "MVP" stands for "Most Valuable Pimp" by the way.
OT, does the Nets new owner frighten anyone? He scares the hell out of me for some reason.
Frighten you in a "build the Nets into a contender" kind of way? Or in an "eat your children" kind of way?
In a "who the fuck thought buying the Nets was a good business move" kind of way.
He's Russian-Mark Cuban, only he doesn't look like Frankenstein.
On their feet for the Lakers' first period effort, closing w Artest's three.
Shit is ON.
He frightens me in a "I must break you" way.
Also, its not that hard to build the nets into a contender, they play in the east.
Wow, Kobe already with 6 dimes
I think it's how closely his accent mirror's that of Mickey Rourke's character in that movie. What was it called? Oh yeah, The Wrestler.
isnt farmar supposed to playing for a contract? wtf?
now would be a good time for a timeout
thanks for nothing phil.
the one game the lakers lost dudley was on fire, and look whos heating up.
Epale, everyone!
I invite you to see a catch that Juan Pierre did tonight, he robbed Juan Rivera smoothly.
Can anyone remember a similar catch when he played for the Dodgers? because I can't.
Might be at the park on Saturday, as well.
Epale, Karina!
Is it me or is everyone on the Dodgers growing a beard now? It seemed like Loney, Carroll, Kemp, DeWitt and Blake (obv.) all have some sort of fuzz.
Did we move to the NHL and I miss it? Who would look the oddest with a beard? I'm thinking Kuo.
Epale!
@DB 6.15
I'm in Loge.Let's see if we can hook
Fisher > Bynum
Not the way the play was meant to develop but a result of hustle.
Epale, karina!
manny out again?! damn.
Yeah what happened to Manny? Late scratch.
lakers up 9 at half, ehhh.
this lineup is really going to test the win streak.
And the crappy pitcher.
Not auspicious
Well, crap.
i would trade a loss for an Ortiz DFA.
Not a good start for Voldemortiz.
Manny hurt his foot during warmup, per Vin.
BREAKING NEWS:
RaOrtiz still sucks.
In order for HWSNBN to get DFA'd after one game, I feel like he'd have to have a really bad outing. His ERA is "only" 5.27.
Stairs does Ortiz a favor by swinging.
maybe if we got him really drunk and convinced him it would be a good idea to ride torre's horse around the field.
Oh wait, that was an episode of MASH.
Oh wait, I did that last night.
JMart!
EPL
Is this gonna be a see-saw scoring game?
Bison! And just like that, it's tied.
@Neeebs Cerati :(
NO MORE PRE-GAME ACTIVITIES FOR DODGER SLUGGERS.
Put them in a bubble till the first pitch
hi all
@neebs. I might make the trail of tears down on Sat.
Casey's beard has grown two inches during this AB
@Karina:
I know. My la chilena called me with the bad news. I hope he recovers well. That's way too young for that kind of stuff.
@Paul:
Come on down, counselor.
Has this game hit the two hour mark yet? Sure seems like it.
Well at least we cleared the ....you know.
Where is the Lakers D?
Has blogger gone Billy Idol again?
lakers not looking to hot.
richardson just passed the 20 point mark. Suns rarely lose when he does.
So, are they going to spot us second all game?
I can live with that.
I really hate Blogger right now.
Does Stairs have a disease? He looks absolutely gaunt.
And he can't play LF.
Alert: DeWitt lead off double!
So, is blogger broken again, or am I the only one here?
Son, get DeWitt home, please!
grant hill playing like its 98
tie game after three.
Ruh Roh.
"Live by the sword, die by the sword." -Vin re Garland
2-1!
FREE RUNS
That's one way to get the run in...
Fakers tied at 90 after 3.
Come on, fellas, put the sword to them.
Yup, definitely dead.
What say I just carry on amusing myself.
XP with the XB
3-1!
XMan brings in JMart.
Paul > Anderson
BDW, J-MART, XP!!
@Neeebs I really feel sad about it. I bought a ticket for his concert at Saturday, in the first day available (3 months ago), it was going to be my first Cerati concert. It turned out i couldn't make it to Caracas because I'm way too busy in Maracaibo.
So last Saturday night, while commenting here, my friend was calling me so I could hear something :(
He has to get better
This is too perfect. What on earth is the Padres bullpen going to send at us?
Keeping track of the game on gamecast, it seems to be a pretty damn slow game.
And Kemp ends the inning.
Purple monkey dishwasher.
In basketball news, Kobe needs to seriously guard SOMEbody.
At least our offense is getting whatever it wants.
Okay. There isn't a new thread. I thought I might have made a bunch of posts in a row when everybody was chatting on another thread. Guess not.
Come on, Lakers...I had too long of a day to be nervous about this one.
Back-to-back cycles.
You give up a hit to the SP then balk him to 2B? God friggin shit.
Maybe the Lakers can get Dudley to foul out...
Voldemortiz balks...
Oh. I see there are actually 100 comments in this thread. Maybe I just can't see anybody else's...
Don Newcombe looks younger than RaOrtiz fer cryin out loud. So does Greg Odin.
Vin just called MSB "David the Pest."
Epale peeps! Just back from the Kogi truck. Good stuff.
Ortiz us consistently inconsistent, ain't he?
So Ortiz allows back to back single and double, no outs.
Let's cross fingers for a DP that involves an out at home.
Is, that is.
i cant decide which performance is worse, Ortiz or blogger.com's
Rancho Ardiendo for the Pods, DP, DP, DP, DP....
It's inexcusable that the world can't share in my frustration at this situation.
I'm out for awhile. This Blogger crap is for the birds.
Rancho Ardiendo...
bases loaded, no outs. Darn you, Ortiz.
Aw man, Blogger's borked again? I thought it was weird no one had said anything for a while.
Adrian Gonzalez...Ortiz, you can do it!
sigh.
Why the eff are they walking Mr. .148 BA?
I think Monasterios would do way much better
I'm with you, Karina.
Disastrous inning averted. Damage still done, though.
That could have been waaaaaaayyyy worse.
Ok, it's a tied game. They'll turn tables soon.
Pitch count is Joe's reason for not using Monasterios? PITCH COUNT? But...you set the pitch count, Joe!
Shit Joe, of course he gives you more innings, you've only started Monster once! That doesn't mean it should be so.
Mr. C and I have adjacent padded cells.
Snakes doing there part. 5-1 AZ, but their bullpen looms
I'm so freaking pissed with Blogger that I don't feel like commenting.
Dear Mr Jose Paul Torre:
It's pointless you keep Ortiz on the mound. To start with, these Ortizes weren't a good idea.
Give Carlos Monasterios a chance.
Thanks
"Ramon Ortiz pitching a very shaky game." To quote Homer, in other news, I like beer.
It feels like that Will Smith movie where he's the last man alive. What was it called. Oh yeah, "Hitch."
I really hope this is going to be the last start for Ortiz this year.
I don't have a good feeling about this.
ps to the open letter of Joe Torre
Troncoso's arm is not made of rubber. If so,let us know.
I hate the original MSB
Lightning just struck. Right in the nuts.
Son of a hur.
no one to hear me scream.
Speaking of that body part, Megan Fox just got booted from Transformers 3. I love her performance as an alien hooker in the first two flicks.
Anyone else want a home run?
game over.
No Andre, No Manny, No Blogger, Ortiz on the mound....it was bound to fall apart.
Lakers vs Celtics again?
(yawn)
Game is over at the out number 27, ok?
This is Torre's and Ortiz's fault.
I did not have a good feeling about that.
If they get two more homers in a row, does that negate 9/18/06?
Okay, seriously, how the fuck does Stairs steal second? HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT HAPPEN?
I leave for a few minutes, then come back to this shit. Matt Stairs stole a base? What the hell?
Dodgers hitters got some shiz to do.
Weaver is my goddamn hero.
Torre is on my shit list.
Weaver single?
Maybe this game will still be interesting.
I sit down to a 3-3 game. Maybe it's my fault
Rancho Ardiendo, no outs!
But this bases loaded stuff I dig
Give Ethier a robotic hand and put him out there. We need him right now!
Go Bison, go!
damndamndamn!!!
I'm getting tired of Veneable
Yeah. HWMNBN/HWSNBN/Voldemortiz really needs to go.
why the delay?
Lot of innings left. And what's with blogger tonight ? Seems to be all buggy
Manny Mia!
Time for a new bobbleslam
One bad inning has doomed us?
Manny! Manny! Manny!
Manny on for Shaggy.
Hey, WTF with that Ortiz fella? Time for a DFA.
Blogger ruined my night.
Meanwhile:
Brewers LHP Randy Wolf, now 3-4, 5.10: "I'm concerned about the fact that I suck. I'm not going to candy coat it. It's beyond frustrating."
@Seth_Everett retweeting @Haudricourt
@Rbnlaw it's still a ball game, they are not doomed and they're the home club.
Eek.
A strike out bobblehead not as interesting.
And that sucked.
Everyone watching the Lakers? Everyone, except me.
garland in line for a very undeserved win.
Whole grain Monasterios on for Shaggy.
I had forgotten the taste of defeat. It tastes like pure gasoline. I hate it.
@karina. I certainly hope it hasn't doomed us for sure.
Hey, WTF with Blogger tonight?
At least the Lakers won. That perks me up a bit.
Somehow, Tron's 3 ER's should be charged to HWSNBN.
Tron's runs should be charged to Torre.
Also, Russ is Voldemortiz. I don't know what to call Ramon. Maybe Wormtiz. The Dark Lord is gone, but Ramon is still running around doing evil in his name.
@Josh Bellatrix Lestrange? Macnair? Malfoy? Avery?
Man this feels like April.
XP is playing the "Manny wants out of boston" defense.
Paul that looked ugly.
Monster jam.
WTF dudes? 8-4?!?!?!
sax, check the sons email.
thanks.
While no game is out of reach as long as Casey Blake has facial hair, I do think this is just one of those nights where nothing is working right:
-Manny's foot
-Ramon Ortiz
-Torre's decision-making
-XPaul's depth perception
-Manny's swing
-Blogger
See, Monasterios is the only one tonight to strike out Venable
The Montessori School District is proud of their pitcher tonight
WHAT DID I SAY?!!
Could the Dodgers be Ortiz free? Unless Tito's looking for a gig.
Somewhere, a rally monkey just died
Gawddammit Joyce.
The Admiral let us down as well.
i really hope heath bell can get a save tonight
Headline on MLB.com:
With Ethier's absence, Dodgers cannot muster pitching.
One frickin bad inning.
Sheesh.
Thank god for the Beard.
Monasterios HBP MSB, that's good.
It was in the beginning of the inning, that's bad.
According to Gameday, Monasterios is throwing at my head.
Blogger fixed?
200.
Checkity check.
Watching AI on the DVR. One question: Who the hell is running audio on that show?
Blogger alive...No disassemble.
Beard's homer fixed Blogger.
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