Chad Billingsley (5-2, 3.66) vs Tom Gorzelanny (2-4, 3.09).
COMMENTS: Fine. I hereby banish the 1980s music references, as the last two GameThreads both resulted in defeats for our Dodgers. Or was that our Dodgers playing at all yesterday? I thought Rafael Furcal was making his return appearance to the starting lineup, but with an 0-for-4, 2K performance in the leadoff spot, coupled with a two defensive errors (fielding AND throwing), I'm sensing the balls yesterday must have been "wriggly" indeed.
So today we go at it again, the Dodgers starting the eleven-letter Billingsley (coming off a big win vs. Dontrelle Willis; however, winless (0-2) lifetime at Wrigley Field), vs. the Cubs' ten-letter Gorzelanny, who was hit on the left hand in his last start vs. the Phillies (he still got the win, with 6.2 IP of shutout ball). Accuscore in today's WSJ says we're going to lose today, 4.7 runs to 4.2 runs, but given yesterday's blanking, I'd almost take it just to see a number other than "0" in our box score line. And how about we make fewer than three errors this time? And try and overcome the Collins Curse?
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1 – 200 of 331 Newer› Newest»Furcal 6
Martin 2
Kemp 8
Ramirez 7
Loney 3
Blake 5
Johnson 9
DeWitt 4
Billingsley 1
Does the ex-player curse work in the other direction?
Hey there, sailorboys!
The 6-lettered Furcal was creating 6 outs for his opponent yesterday (0-4 at the plate plus the two errors). Stretching this flimsy logic, 11-lettered Billingsley should be ready to strike out 11 today as karmic retribution on the Cubs.
I confess that I tried to figure out Billingsley's record against ten-letter last named starters, but got tired of going through b-r.com game logs one by one.
Late revision. Torre's messing with my lineup mojo.
Furcal 6
Martin 2
Kemp 8
Ramirez 7
Blake 5
Loney 3
Johnson 9
DeWitt 4
Billingsley 1
You said "I'm sensing the balls"
Two people between Loney and Johnson? Where's the symmetry, Joe?
I think women and seamen don't mix.
If we don't win tonight, I swear I will do nothing out of the ordinary! I really do want us to play well. I actually get to watch tonight. Not live, but I will get to watch it later tonight!
You know that post around 2 weeks ago where some of us shared Fernando memories? I mentioned I still had the stub from the game I saw him pitch on August 5, 1983. Here's a photo of the stub (it was in an old scrapbook where we even saved the parking receipt, which is also in the picture):
http://yfrog.com/6pr7fj
$3.00 for LFP. Wish the parking receipt had a price on it so we could compare and contrast.
If we don't win, I'm going to punch a preexisting hole in my wall.
I wish I still had some of those old stubs from my early days as a Dodger fan, but I fear that they have perished in one of my many moves over the years.
@MLASF
There is NO excuse for domestic violence.
@Mr C
One thing that brings a brotha down now is that so many of the tickets I have to get in the Yard these days are pieces of paper I've printed out from Ticketmaster or Stub Hub (ironically) so there are fewer and fewer opportunities to save special stubs. Taping a piece of paper with a bar code into a scrapbook just doesn't have the same pop...
For his own sake, I hope MLASF isn't this guy
@Dusty
I still have a few memorable ones from my season-ticket-holder days, plus the 3 from last year's playoffs, which are glossy and neat.
The Stubhub printouts, not so much.
I just finished donating blood at the Red Cross. Funny thing. The RN asked if I was a Dodger fan. I asked how she knew. She said because my blood was BLUE.
@Neeebs
Come on. Everyone knows Vulcans have green blood, dude.
Raffy's back.
We've got something here.
@Neeebs
You will be a cheap drunk tonight, then.
I'll take it. More than yesterday.
IN BEARD WE TRUST
Never shave the beard again!!
Where the hell was this yesterday?
That was fast.
Hey that's not too bad.
Soriano coming up empty big time in this series so far.
Nice recovery, Chadley.
That could have been ugly.
Gorzelanny is not long for this game.
We have more runs than our opponent!
I'll take it.
Ok, then!
this is a rear-whoopin' night
I'll take it!
runs Runs RUNS!
(In a baseball sense)
@Mr C
"Ok, then"
Was that a purposeful or accidental Raising Arizona reference?
@dusty
Purposeful, but that's in my usual lexicon
More trouble for Chad.
Ray on ray crime:
http://tinyurl.com/3yqg6z2
Hoo boy.
That's good to hear. There are too few RA references here lately for my taste.
Or my name ain't Nathan Arizona.
Speaking of rodriguez, i bet the Angels are having remorse on that deal. Should have sent Wood over there.
Can somebody run the stats on this: it seems like Blake DeWitt swings incredibly early in the count each time. And gets out.
fuKudome
Let's get out of this.
The riot is quelled.
We got a baby now HI! Everything's CHANGED!
Gorzellany's already got 54 pitches through two
Dodgers 5, Cubs 1 after two innings
time for MOER RAUNZ
Error by (Jim) Starlin (Fidel) Castro lets Beard on to leadoff the third
come on, Lones, don't start GIDPing again
GIDP Loney.
Vintage.
the way bills has been pitching so far 4 runs isnt safe.
Lets hope he settles down.
Nice almost Haiku, Nic!
Reed Ks. End of two and a half, 5-1 LA.
I hate Derrek Lee.
leadoff single for Derrek Lee
6 hits in 2+ innings for bills
Let's get out of the third so I can go home.
Jeez, what the hell happened to Raffy's defense?
this feels like a loss for some reason.
raffys defense is on the 60 day DL
FREE JAMEY CARROLL
Free Jamie Carroll?
yet ANOTHER error by Furcal? What the f is going on here, Raffy?
Or should I say, Raff-EEEEEEEE
I meant free this guy:
http://www.musicofjamiecarroll.com/
This does not feel good.
Bases loaded with none out.
This is bad.
DP would be heaven here
@Mr. C - As long as one of those two outs is recorded at home.
Chad's walked a tight rope
Shakey through 2-plus innings
Can we get more runs?
Blegh.
What DB said.
lord
if you are going to hit somebody, throw at Raffy
nice.
castro grand slam here.
This does feel like a loss.
i guess plaschke can dust off that "Chad is not an ace" article he has been saving.
how many foul balls have they hit so far. seems like a lot
nice work Casey
Chad, focus
@Nic - There's no dust on it. He sleeps with it every night.
Ex-dodger alert.
Well, I'm glad as hell that this is the game where we have run support. Still at 57% on fangraphs
Cigar and rum have been placed on Jobu's altar.
just give him the heat, chad.
Chad called that pitch
and it worked!
or that.
OK you HAVE to get the next out
wow, only one run. crazy.
I can live with that!
Epale everyone!
Blogger is not working very well for me tonight
Bases still loaded
But only one run has scored
Please get one more out
already at 61 pitches.
Chad escapes with only a run of damage! Wow.
Aren't we the ones who usually load the bases with nobody out and end up empty-handed?
Ugly, but jam escaped.
Bills = Houdini
nobody sucker punch bills in the stomach.
@Betsy Jobu?
Chad's third K, a strikeout of Koyie Hill to make the second out of the inning, was critical.
5-2 after three innings. We'll need some more runs.
If Chad gets a nice rest here, he'll pull it together.
Oh, he's batting this inning.
uhoh power outage!
Now PT is dead.
Mr. F is now
Writing haiku poetry
He needs some more beer
this is why they should have only day games at Wrigley!
blake dewitt walks, rendering my "dewitt swings too early" theory useless
Power went oiut at Wrigley
Anyone else lose signal? WTF
The Cubs are so bad that Wrigley Field doesn't even want to watch them!
MLB.tv still has the picture but no sound
Lead off walk, that's a pretty cool way to start an inning
Looks like there's a blackout at Wrigley?
I'm watching on WGN, they are having a blackout in the stadium...
@Steve Sax it might an anomaly of the sample :)
there are toothsome coeds getting groped in the bleachers right now
"Delayed: Power"? What?
Is Blogger running Wrigley Field now?
It's Chicago, no Venezuela...
@SS...maybe a 1916 generator?
COL 1, AZ 0, bottom 3
WASH 0 / SF 0
STL 0 / SD 0
Lightning strike maybe?
Damn, not even to 5 innings yet.
Old Style for everyone!!!
on this note, I'm hitting the road
ill remember this the next time a cubs fan makes cracks about the ravine.
see you on the other side guys
rats - i was just about to get a screenshot when MLB.tv cut to it's commercial screen
Damn Blackhawk fans.
umpires standing around eating sunflower seeds, haha
@FB
I've been to Wrigley. That's the norm, not the exception.
Not sure about this...
Can one sentence span two lines?
It seems like bad form
@Karina-Epale! Jobu is from the movie major league, once the man is done w/computer i'll send u a link :)
if they can't resume it tonight, is it like a rain delay where they start over? or would they resume it tomorrow in the 4th?
you would expect that the dodgers would be the ones having trouble paying the electricity bill.
The Cubbies are saying it will be at least 15 mins to revive the gerbils that run the generator.
Can we file this one under "The Curse of Eric Collins"? I think he was talking about how the Cubs always played day games at Wrigley due to not having lights...
I always thought the history and tradition of Wrigley provided the stadium with electricity. Apparently not.
Eric Collins bored the lights, they fell asleep.
Blake DeWitt finally gets a walk, and all of Wrigley shuts down
my girlfriends father is at the game, was in the bathroom, lights go out and it was pitch black for a minute before the emergency lights came on
Steve Lyons is disappointed in the electricity's lack of hustle.
They should put up a still of a billygoat chewing on a power cord
In other news, MLB At Bat is using a picture of John Ely for a story about the White Sox game.
Sorry we are experiencing Technical Difficulties
I remember a similar game like this last year. Both starters had to be replaced because the delay was too long.
Brilliant, a 3-inning start for Bills.
Neither pitcher is lights out tonight, and yet, here we are.
@Koufax
Did he get any phone numbers?
The Mets (or Citifield) have shut down the Phils for 7 more innings tonight
Baseball gods clearly angry at night games at Wrigley. The gods have spoken. Take down those silly lights and play the game the way it was meant to be played in that Yard.
Dusty - haha, not to my knowledge
@Matt believe it or not, a couple of months ago, an iguana provoked a 20 hour blackout in the western part of Venezuela (or that's what they said).
I wish I was in Tijuana eating BBQ iguana.
lol, the old fashioned way where games were called on account of dark
@karina - was the iguana running his dryer and microwave at the same time?
Update on Yahoo
Chadley struck out bunting foul
Power is restored?
hey we're back!
Tv truck still blacked out
Steiner is stoked
Not back here yet.
that was low, blue
Apparently the Dodgers broadcast booth is without power. The WGN broadcast booth was fine throughout the blackout but it just died right now. WGN is now airing the Cub's radio broadcast. Awesome!
Maybe Gorzelanny siphoned the energy to rejuvenate himself.
WGN truck working, but Bob Brenly isn't better than no sound
this ump is still in the dark
@Fred's Brim hahahahahahaha, that explanation could be more logical than the one they gave: the iguana chewed some wires.
Venezuela is the country that redefines the literary trend of "magic realism".
RT @PONealFSWest: OMF, Lyons isn't kidding. Eric Collins is calling the game on his blackberry! Awesome. Just not for our guys in truck.
Cubs strike out Bills, Furcal, and Martin
We're still winning, let's cross fingers they ride this game without any pitcher's meltdown.
Promising inning
Black out followed by strike outs
Hitting in the dark?
WGN now has video!
does the Collins curse work when he's in the stadium or just when he's broadcasting the game?
no walks, Chad
FuKKodome
thank you
Jamey Carroll would have almost touched that one
To heck w/the technical difficulties and lack of defense.
So this is what Collins would be like on radio.
No better.
oh no - WGN was just showed Curse Collins and it cursed the Cubs into hitting into a double play!
Bills likes to live on the edge!
This Collins play by play is
coming via cellphone apparently.
keep taking pitches, guys
Internet is super-patchy here in the House of Customer
Quick work for Gorz in the fifth
You guys have tv yet?
Gorzelanenannney with another good inning. we're swinging like we've got to get back to the hotel before the food in the minibar spoils
MLB.tv is working ok
as I say that, it goes green screen
Collins earns points for carrying on by any means necessary, but loses them again for saying, "We're going old school."
WGN looks good
Bills at 74 pitches before this inning. If he can go Gorzelanny, he can get into the 7th
@Josh - old school, because he's calling on a Blackberry 5810?
oof just out of the reach of FJL, Fontenot at second with 2 outs
no HR, Bills
Ugh, two out double
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