Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Game 46 Thread: May 26 @ Cubs, 5p

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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Josh S. said...

Furcal 6
Martin 2
Kemp 8
Ramirez 7
Loney 3
Blake 5
Johnson 9
DeWitt 4
Billingsley 1

Josh S. said...

Does the ex-player curse work in the other direction?

Fred's Brim said...

Hey there, sailorboys!

Jason said...

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.

Steve Sax said...

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.

Josh S. said...

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

Kyle Baker said...

You said "I'm sensing the balls"

Kyle Baker said...

Two people between Loney and Johnson? Where's the symmetry, Joe?

MR.F said...

I think women and seamen don't mix.

Small Sample Size said...

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!

Kyle Baker said...

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.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

If we don't win, I'm going to punch a preexisting hole in my wall.

Nostradamus said...

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.

Nostradamus said...

@MLASF

There is NO excuse for domestic violence.

Kyle Baker said...

@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...

Nostradamus said...

For his own sake, I hope MLASF isn't this guy

Nostradamus said...

@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.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

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.

Nostradamus said...

@Neeebs

Come on. Everyone knows Vulcans have green blood, dude.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Raffy's back.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

We've got something here.

Kyle Baker said...

@Neeebs

You will be a cheap drunk tonight, then.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I'll take it. More than yesterday.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

IN BEARD WE TRUST

Unknown said...

Never shave the beard again!!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Where the hell was this yesterday?

Nostradamus said...

That was fast.

MR.F said...

Hey that's not too bad.

Unknown said...

Soriano coming up empty big time in this series so far.

Josh S. said...

Nice recovery, Chadley.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

That could have been ugly.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Gorzelanny is not long for this game.

Kyle Baker said...

We have more runs than our opponent!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I'll take it.

Nostradamus said...

Ok, then!

Unknown said...

this is a rear-whoopin' night

MR.F said...

I'll take it!

Kyle Baker said...

runs Runs RUNS!

(In a baseball sense)

Kyle Baker said...

@Mr C

"Ok, then"

Was that a purposeful or accidental Raising Arizona reference?

Nostradamus said...

@dusty

Purposeful, but that's in my usual lexicon

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

More trouble for Chad.

Kyle Baker said...

Ray on ray crime:

http://tinyurl.com/3yqg6z2

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Hoo boy.

Kyle Baker said...

That's good to hear. There are too few RA references here lately for my taste.

Kyle Baker said...

Or my name ain't Nathan Arizona.

NicJ said...

Speaking of rodriguez, i bet the Angels are having remorse on that deal. Should have sent Wood over there.

Steve Sax said...

Can somebody run the stats on this: it seems like Blake DeWitt swings incredibly early in the count each time. And gets out.

Steve Sax said...

fuKudome

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Let's get out of this.

Kyle Baker said...

The riot is quelled.

Steve Sax said...

We got a baby now HI! Everything's CHANGED!

Steve Sax said...

Gorzellany's already got 54 pitches through two

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers 5, Cubs 1 after two innings

Unknown said...

time for MOER RAUNZ

Steve Sax said...

Error by (Jim) Starlin (Fidel) Castro lets Beard on to leadoff the third

Steve Sax said...

come on, Lones, don't start GIDPing again

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

GIDP Loney.

MR.F said...

Vintage.

NicJ said...

the way bills has been pitching so far 4 runs isnt safe.
Lets hope he settles down.

Kyle Baker said...

Nice almost Haiku, Nic!

Steve Sax said...

Reed Ks. End of two and a half, 5-1 LA.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I hate Derrek Lee.

Steve Sax said...

leadoff single for Derrek Lee

NicJ said...

6 hits in 2+ innings for bills

Kyle Baker said...

Let's get out of the third so I can go home.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Jeez, what the hell happened to Raffy's defense?

NicJ said...

this feels like a loss for some reason.

NicJ said...

raffys defense is on the 60 day DL

Unknown said...

FREE JAMEY CARROLL

Kyle Baker said...

Free Jamie Carroll?

Steve Sax said...

yet ANOTHER error by Furcal? What the f is going on here, Raffy?

Or should I say, Raff-EEEEEEEE

Kyle Baker said...

I meant free this guy:

http://www.musicofjamiecarroll.com/

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This does not feel good.

Steve Sax said...

Bases loaded with none out.

This is bad.

Nostradamus said...

DP would be heaven here

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@Mr. C - As long as one of those two outs is recorded at home.

MR.F said...

Chad's walked a tight rope
Shakey through 2-plus innings
Can we get more runs?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Blegh.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

What DB said.

Fred's Brim said...

lord

if you are going to hit somebody, throw at Raffy

NicJ said...

nice.

NicJ said...

castro grand slam here.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

This does feel like a loss.

NicJ said...

i guess plaschke can dust off that "Chad is not an ace" article he has been saving.

Fred's Brim said...

how many foul balls have they hit so far. seems like a lot

nice work Casey

Steve Sax said...

Chad, focus

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

@Nic - There's no dust on it. He sleeps with it every night.

NicJ said...

Ex-dodger alert.

Unknown said...

Well, I'm glad as hell that this is the game where we have run support. Still at 57% on fangraphs

Betsy said...

Cigar and rum have been placed on Jobu's altar.

NicJ said...

just give him the heat, chad.

Fred's Brim said...

Chad called that pitch

Fred's Brim said...

and it worked!

NicJ said...

or that.

Fred's Brim said...

OK you HAVE to get the next out

NicJ said...

wow, only one run. crazy.

Nostradamus said...

I can live with that!

karina said...

Epale everyone!

Blogger is not working very well for me tonight

MR.F said...

Bases still loaded
But only one run has scored
Please get one more out

NicJ said...

already at 61 pitches.

Steve Sax said...

Chad escapes with only a run of damage! Wow.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Aren't we the ones who usually load the bases with nobody out and end up empty-handed?

Josh S. said...

Ugly, but jam escaped.

Unknown said...

Bills = Houdini

NicJ said...

nobody sucker punch bills in the stomach.

karina said...

@Betsy Jobu?

Steve Sax said...

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.

Josh S. said...

If Chad gets a nice rest here, he'll pull it together.

Oh, he's batting this inning.

Fred's Brim said...

uhoh power outage!

Josh S. said...

Now PT is dead.

Steve Sax said...

Mr. F is now
Writing haiku poetry
He needs some more beer

Fred's Brim said...

this is why they should have only day games at Wrigley!

Steve Sax said...

blake dewitt walks, rendering my "dewitt swings too early" theory useless

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Power went oiut at Wrigley

Betsy said...

Anyone else lose signal? WTF

Matt said...

The Cubs are so bad that Wrigley Field doesn't even want to watch them!

Fred's Brim said...

MLB.tv still has the picture but no sound

karina said...

Lead off walk, that's a pretty cool way to start an inning

chexxum said...

Looks like there's a blackout at Wrigley?

Matt said...

I'm watching on WGN, they are having a blackout in the stadium...

karina said...

@Steve Sax it might an anomaly of the sample :)

Fred's Brim said...

there are toothsome coeds getting groped in the bleachers right now

Steve Sax said...

"Delayed: Power"? What?

Steve Sax said...

Is Blogger running Wrigley Field now?

karina said...

It's Chicago, no Venezuela...

Unknown said...

@SS...maybe a 1916 generator?

Steve Sax said...

COL 1, AZ 0, bottom 3
WASH 0 / SF 0
STL 0 / SD 0

Josh S. said...

Lightning strike maybe?

Unknown said...

Damn, not even to 5 innings yet.

Steve Sax said...

Old Style for everyone!!!

Steve Sax said...

on this note, I'm hitting the road

NicJ said...

ill remember this the next time a cubs fan makes cracks about the ravine.

Steve Sax said...

see you on the other side guys

Fred's Brim said...

rats - i was just about to get a screenshot when MLB.tv cut to it's commercial screen

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Damn Blackhawk fans.

Bryan said...

umpires standing around eating sunflower seeds, haha

Nostradamus said...

@FB

I've been to Wrigley. That's the norm, not the exception.

MR.F said...

Not sure about this...
Can one sentence span two lines?
It seems like bad form

Betsy said...

@Karina-Epale! Jobu is from the movie major league, once the man is done w/computer i'll send u a link :)

Fred's Brim said...

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?

NicJ said...

you would expect that the dodgers would be the ones having trouble paying the electricity bill.

Matt said...

The Cubbies are saying it will be at least 15 mins to revive the gerbils that run the generator.

chexxum said...

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...

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I always thought the history and tradition of Wrigley provided the stadium with electricity. Apparently not.

NicJ said...

Eric Collins bored the lights, they fell asleep.

Steve Sax said...

Blake DeWitt finally gets a walk, and all of Wrigley shuts down

koufax said...

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

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Steve Lyons is disappointed in the electricity's lack of hustle.

Fred's Brim said...

They should put up a still of a billygoat chewing on a power cord

Josh S. said...

In other news, MLB At Bat is using a picture of John Ely for a story about the White Sox game.

Fred's Brim said...

Sorry we are experiencing Technical Difficulties

Unknown said...

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.

Josh S. said...

Neither pitcher is lights out tonight, and yet, here we are.

Kyle Baker said...

@Koufax

Did he get any phone numbers?

Fred's Brim said...

The Mets (or Citifield) have shut down the Phils for 7 more innings tonight

Kyle Baker said...

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.

koufax said...

Dusty - haha, not to my knowledge

karina said...

@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).

Kyle Baker said...

I wish I was in Tijuana eating BBQ iguana.

Unknown said...

lol, the old fashioned way where games were called on account of dark

Fred's Brim said...

@karina - was the iguana running his dryer and microwave at the same time?

MR.F said...

Update on Yahoo
Chadley struck out bunting foul
Power is restored?

Fred's Brim said...

hey we're back!

Steve Sax said...

Tv truck still blacked out

Steiner is stoked

Josh S. said...

Not back here yet.

Fred's Brim said...

that was low, blue

chexxum said...

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!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Maybe Gorzelanny siphoned the energy to rejuvenate himself.

Fred's Brim said...

WGN truck working, but Bob Brenly isn't better than no sound

Fred's Brim said...

this ump is still in the dark

karina said...

@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".

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

RT @PONealFSWest: OMF, Lyons isn't kidding. Eric Collins is calling the game on his blackberry! Awesome. Just not for our guys in truck.

Neeebs (The Original) said...

Cubs strike out Bills, Furcal, and Martin

karina said...

We're still winning, let's cross fingers they ride this game without any pitcher's meltdown.

MR.F said...

Promising inning
Black out followed by strike outs
Hitting in the dark?

chexxum said...

WGN now has video!

Fred's Brim said...

does the Collins curse work when he's in the stadium or just when he's broadcasting the game?

Fred's Brim said...

no walks, Chad

Steve Sax said...

FuKKodome

Fred's Brim said...

thank you

Fred's Brim said...

Jamey Carroll would have almost touched that one

Betsy said...

To heck w/the technical difficulties and lack of defense.

Josh S. said...

So this is what Collins would be like on radio.

No better.

Fred's Brim said...

oh no - WGN was just showed Curse Collins and it cursed the Cubs into hitting into a double play!

Betsy said...

Bills likes to live on the edge!

Josh S. said...

This Collins play by play is
coming via cellphone apparently.

Fred's Brim said...

keep taking pitches, guys

Nostradamus said...

Internet is super-patchy here in the House of Customer

Steve Sax said...

Quick work for Gorz in the fifth

Steve Sax said...

You guys have tv yet?

Fred's Brim said...

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

Fred's Brim said...

MLB.tv is working ok

Fred's Brim said...

as I say that, it goes green screen

Josh S. said...

Collins earns points for carrying on by any means necessary, but loses them again for saying, "We're going old school."

Betsy said...

WGN looks good

Fred's Brim said...

Bills at 74 pitches before this inning. If he can go Gorzelanny, he can get into the 7th

Fred's Brim said...

@Josh - old school, because he's calling on a Blackberry 5810?

Fred's Brim said...

oof just out of the reach of FJL, Fontenot at second with 2 outs

Fred's Brim said...

no HR, Bills

Steve Sax said...

Ugh, two out double

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