Clayton Kershaw (4-3, 2.90) vs. Jhoulys Chacin (3-2, 3.09).
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COMMENTS: Last time Chacin faced the Dodgers, we made fun of his name. He responded with 7 1/3 shutout innings. Touché. At least the Dodgers go into today's rubber match with growing confidence in the young Kershaw, who will have his string of four consecutive quality starts tested in the thin air of Coors Field. Speaking of which, how cool would it be if Kershaw were wiping his brow in the dry Denver heat and a silver train came slamming in from the bullpen? Clayton all over the mound, throw strikes, start a win streak, win streak. Sing it!
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Dating opportunity for Charlie Haeger?
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-femaleknuckleballer
Oh, shit, are we wearing those lame jingoistic caps today? I may have to just listen to the radio...can't stomach that crap.
Dusty, what happened to your last name?
Weird! I didn't do anything differently. Lemme check.
Test
RT @jonmorosi: #Dontrelle would "love to play on the West Coast," with #Arizona as his first choice, according to a friend. #Dbacks #Tigers #Dodgers #MLB
Blogger, why oh why do you challenge me so???
*ignore*
(more than usual, i mean)
Speaking of Haeger, I have devised a nickname for him: The Haebinger of Doom. I'm also tinkering with Haegerger of Doom.
Furcal
Martin
Kemp
Loney
Blake
Paul (RF)
Johnson
DeWitt
Kershaw
That's disrespectful to the great first-player shooter video game of the same name (Doom).
But not disrespectful to the film version. Good enough for me.
You're kidding me - they made a film version?
I was better off not knowing.
Hey Josh, be sure and post your "Sex and the City 2" review when you have the chance.
http://bit.ly/bb63rg
Starring The Rock. 'Nuff said.
Here are your Rox, per TBLA:
Gonzalez CF
Spilborghs LF
Giambi 1B
Tulowitzki SS
Hawpe RF
Iannetta C
Stewart 3B
Barmes 2B
Chacin P
@ DB "Hey Josh, be sure and post your 'Sex and the City 2' review when you have the chance."
The beauty of this comment is that it works whether Josh sees the movie or not.
Damn Summer started right on schedule. Now time for the Dodgers to take over the Pappis just like in 1985. Time to play some "I want to know what love is". Which according to wiki was #3 of top songs for 1985. Only we are the world and A Ha's "Take on me" placed ahead of this classic rock ballad.
So I am guessing if they had AB music in 1985 Dodger Stadium would go crazy when people heard the first chords of "take on me" as Pedro Guerrero walked to the plate. Scary and funny thought.
@Orel
Exactly. I used the "Have you stopped beating your wife?" model for that one. Which is, I guess, a bit of a sore subject given the VPad non-situation.
@Paul
Only Dodger Stadium would have to be in that pencil sketch format that the "Take on Me" video was in.
Per Dodger Thoughts:
"Joe Torre told reporters this morning that Haeger's foot isn't ready. Ely starts Tuesday, Monasterios Wednesday for Dodgers."
Now I need to write a check to those guys who I contracted with yesterday to get this foot thing taken care of.
I never even saw the first one.
All I can gather from the trailer is Owen Wilson dresses in drag and goes to the desert with his drag queen friends.
That plantar fascitis is a tough nut to crack.
XPaul in right at Coors. Someone get Sax a drink. Or three.
I hope Paul has the flip glasses, sun block strips one of those breathe right nose strips and water wings on.
XPaul in right? Will the misadventures continue?
And thanks for mentioning a drink, Josh; I will indeed break open a Heineken for the game...
On the patio, Vinny!
Happy 50th everyone. Time to playball!
Water wings...heh.
Hopefully XP's mom came down and smeared a lot of sunscreen on him and told him not to go in the water if he just ate.
I'm still in stitches over the "Owen Wilson in drag" comment.
And Happy Birthday, ManRam!
Let's get to making fun of Chacin's name, already!
I brought my Bose iPod dock thingy out to the patio, and put my iPhone on it. Tuned to MLB Game Day audio and now have Vinny booming across the whole place. Life is GOOD.
Loney trying to break a slump or something? What's with the high socks?
Well looks like the socks worked.
Socks worked!
Epale, everyone!
Just checking in, because there's a barbecue in this house and I gotta help.
Sax, I'll have a drink for you, ok?
Hooray! A run!
Go Dodgers, abuse the pitcher from Maracaibo!
I hate Carlos Gonzalez.
Damn, they're pulling circus catchs again
I want to hate him, but I can't hate anyone that plays CF that well. I also like his nickname :(.
Cargo is ball magnet in more ways than one.
I hate when Vinny piles praises on opposing players.
Feel the hate, man, feel the hate!
That's right, hit him for catching that ball.
Walk it off, sheesh drama queen.
Throw to first and hit him again!
This is awfully foreboding.
Hasn't had a first inning 1-2-3 all year. Wow.
if Tulo were a dodger he would gidp right now.
Kershaw's thrown 10 balls so far.
C'mon Kid settle down
All the misses have been high
HR coming up.
I guess for one weekend, we do not kick NL West ass.
That's only the 2nd out? Damn, this half inning is painful.
They catch everything, we lose pop ups in the sun
You are fucking kidding me.
Do the Lakers play again today? Please? Galaxy?
the dodgers have been having some terrible AB's so far.
why are we attempting to bunt so much?
KKKKershaW
5 Ks now. Hopefully Kid has righted his ship.
KKKKKKershaw
KKKKKKershaW.
6 strikeouts through 2 innings. Not too shabby.
Aight...we're only down a run. Let's knock this Cha-ching guy around and get out of town.
First hit for Kershaw this season.
Kershaw with his first hit of the year. Let's not squander it!
An infield single, a slap bunt, and all of a sudden it's two on and nobody out.
i love a raffy bunt!
Sweet! Now Martin, remember your glory days...the silver slugger award...go yard!
And Martin gets pegged to load the bases.
Jhlouys is having a Kershaw-in-the-first-esque inning.
Jeez, Bison.
Well crap.
now its time for a GIDP.
what do you know, productive out.
I'll take it.
at least we got 1 run.
I'll take the run, but disappointed in Bison. He's gotta step it up in that situation.
Well, we got something. That's...
something.
that was a mediocre inning.
Bases loaded, no outs, and we manage to squeak a solitary run out of it all. Wake the fuck up, bats.
Andre comes back tomorrow, right? Right? RIGHT?
i cant wait till dre comes back and Kemp can go back to hitting second. It seems like kemp just tries to do too much when he is hitting 3 or 4
darn, no K #7
dammit.
How do you just fucking forget how to throw the ball.
Alright I'm done with this game.
^ ? not .
gameday's freezing. What the heck happened?
Game Day is stunned by Bad News Bears-style defensive miscues.
I'm out too.
I'm off to the cantina to slake my thirst and to get my tacos on.
great. Now I'm stuck wondering what ghoulish horror just happened at Coors.
Wow, did everyone just leave?
I just got here!
well, aside from the first inning, KKKKKKKKKershaw's kicking butt today.
@Mr. Customer...everybody except for me left after Furcal made a horrendous throwing error.
Nice play by DeWitt.
Wow, seems like some of those strikes were generous.
Still, I'll take the out.
@David
Just missed the drama then. Game still tied, though.
Nice double Matty.
All right Matty...Timing could be better but we'll take it
DeWitt almost lost that one too
Oh dear.
Whoo! The Bison Roams!
Beautiful catch Matty!!
Whew.
Lead off bearded double!
How about that? We're actually winning.
XP isn't useless!
I gotta get myself to a TV.
Bottom of our line-up coming on strong
Come on Manny!
Kershaw's ERA is still below Lincecum's.
I gotta get myself away from a TV now. I tuned in in time to see Manny and Raffy strike out.
X-Man!!!!!
4-2! Nice!
Kuo looking sharp
Kuo has struck out 8 of the last 9 batters he has faced.
"So come by the gas station, fill 'er up. You're going to get gas here, for sure." — Vin, after Belisario struck out Tulowitzki
Solid turn by DeWitt.
Routine, but every one he does right has got to be good right?
A little bit of luck for Belly1, but i'm not complaining
I'm baaaack like a backloaded contract for Manny in Spring Training.
well snap.
Not good.
I'll take it!
Whew....that seemed a little low but...
Dinger deserves a beatin'.
Helton backwards K! Kind of a gift!
Damn, if I'd hit publish a few seconds earlier my setup would have been completed by Mr F.
This makes me nervous.
Right through Blake's wickets. 1st & 3rd, one out.
Paul wall?
We just hate DP this year.
Broxton must not be thrilled with the infield right now. Another DP opportunity missed, this one by Carroll.
Yeah DB, that would have been perfect. Ah well.
[phew]
W!
Phew!
Sometimes I think that Troncoso/Kuo/Belisario/Broxton are like the Ninja Turtles: all the good ones end in "o".
But oh well. Got the job done in the end...
pheW
We gutted out this series win, so I'll definitely take it. Liked our fightback after yesterday's drubbing.
Now let's give Dbags a drubbing while other NL West teams but each other up.
Grindey PGT up!
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