Chad Billingsley (6-2, 3.63) vs. Rodrigo Lopez (2-3, 4.57).
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COMMENTS: Does anyone actually read these things? Let's find out. The Dodgers return from their six-parsec intergalactic Kessel Run, having dropped two of three to the Jupiter Cubs but taking two of three from the Venusian Rockies. Although pitcher Vicente Padilla was alleged to have had a run-in with Eccentrica Gallumbits, the Triple-Breasted Whore of Eroticon Six, no files were charged. Meanwhile, Chad Billingsley prepared for today's start by pitching a simulated game of Blernsball, striking out Turanga Leela a record 16 times. And Manny Ramirez fulfilled a lifelong dream by auditioning for and getting a role in the next Predator movie. Multipass!
UPDATE: Today's hats, via @DodgertownUSA:
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The frak you say!
Hopefully this Andy Eether kid they called up from AAA can do something. It'll be tough to replace Xavier Paul.
If Ethier rolls around in right field chasing errant balls, he'll be picking up where Paul left off.
Hitchhiker's Guide.
Well done.
I've done my best to catch up to Sax in the MD drinking derby. 3 beers in; grilling done; kids in and out and back in the pool.
Neighbors BBQing now.
Meanwhile, I can't get my water heater to drain. Need a pangalactic gargleblaster.
Oh, and my friend who went to the game last Sunday said they're practically giving the red holiday hats away at the Dodger stores at El Stadium.
It'll take more than six parsecs to make that intergalactic. The nearest is 50,000 parsecs away (and that's only a dwarf galaxy, too).
MLB says Timmah was chased after 5 2/3. I still say he's hurt.
WTF with those Rockies' hats?
5 to 1 odds, Timmeh is replicant
I say Timmeh needs to wash his nasty hair.
What do you mean does anybody read these GT posts? Of course I do, religiously. It's the only thing close to religion I endorse.
One of my other favorite things in life is anything related to Hitchhiker's Guide, so I am particularly pleased today.
BenMo takes a 95mph fastball 399 ft.
He needed 400.
U baldy still dealing.
Gnats resemble a teamful of Kurt Bevaquas.
Ooh. KLOS is playing Radar Love by Golden Earring. Love that song.
BenMo is only one letter off from the store I just returned from.
Mrs Dusty in the mood for some Manhattans so I snagged some Maker's Mark. Also snagged about 35 other items she did not send me to the boozer to pick up, including an $8 Sam Adams 25th anniversary glass.
Go Nats!
And let me again endorse M. Brown's LFP and its tribute to the wit and wisdom of Tommy Lasorda.
http://thelfp.com/tommy.php
Would it be too much to ask that the Mets lay the same kind of beat down on the Pods as they did on us?
Bottom of the 9th in the township near water.
Dusty,
I love BevMo. BenMo, not so much.
One of the best tirades is when Tommy goes off on a certain reporter named "T.J." Wonder who that guy is?
KPP with a 2 out double to the corner. Some lady named Aubrey up.
Huff walks. 2 on, 2 out for the Gnats.
Ubaldo stays in to try for the last out.
I really dont miss the dodger days of jim tracy leaving in the starting pitchers a few batters too many.
Didnt hurt him today but oh well.
Been driving all night with both hands on the wheel.
All over at the Phone.
Rox over Gnats 4-0. Ubaldy goes all the way.
And the newsman sang his theme song.
One more radar lover gone.
Love that song, too.
Between multiple spinnings of The Chronic, I'm jamming Orleans' Still the One. Reminds me of the local NBC station in Little Rock doing their community interest, beginning of summer ad campaign from when I was but a wee lad.
cc Dittmore, SSS
Leaving for the Ravine. Going with the bros-in-law and my nephews. Not sure if anyone else is going, but if you want to say hi, I'll be in Reserve 28 Row C.
Send some snark from the Yard, Josh!
As long as the 3G snark filters don't stop me, I will!
Is it Dre? Is it Dre? That's what they say.
Swing down, sweet chariot stop & let me ride/w all the Dodgerz sayin/Swing down, sweet chariot stop and, let me ride #Ethier #Dre #Dodgers
Pujols seems to be warming up.
Man the lineup looks beautiful tonight.
Post updated with white Dodger hat.
As is Dusty's profile.
Windows XP rebooted to AAA.
Glad I could help.
Neighbor's BBQ:
Ribs; check
hot dogs; check
salads; check
beer; beer; beer;
WTF? No beer. Had to come home and refill.
Times Chronic played in Baker household so far: 7.5
Times Mrs Dusty rolled her eyes: 775
Times busted LA-centric rap this afternoon: [sideways 8]
California knows how to party!
Finally the lineup I've been waiting for
Approximately 1 hour until Ethier's return to the dish commences.
Approximately 1 hour until this NT strip the size of my arm goes on the grill.
^NY^
watching the astros game the white hats looked pretty nice with their white home uni's
should look great on dodger blue and wedding gown white.
Checking in from above the Dbags dugout. Look for me. I'm wearing blue.
@Josh
Throw us a *West Coast* when you think the camera is on ya.
On the patio, Vinny!
Camera panned to GA during National Anthem. He was there when it was penned.
I saw Josh. No wait. . .
great start, chad.
These ridiculous hats forced Bills to spot AZ a leadoff double.
Come on Chadley
shit
even better.
this is the worst team in our division, right?
Fantastic start!
This is no way to ruin my beer buzz.
Hoo boy.
at least i can pay attention to the grill now.
what the hell?
Does anyone have the number for Dontrelle Willis? Anyone?
What kind of bipolar shit is this?
That didn't look like a swing.
This shit of spotting the other team a couple of runs in the first inning is getting old very quickly.
posted that on the wrong thread.
This is reminding me of Kershaw's start.
That was a weird inning.
a leadoff double and a 2 run HR takes a little shine off of striking out the side.
Chad Billingsley the pitcher extraordinaire strikes out the side!
Oh, and he also gave up a double and a home run.
Ok, ok. Our bully is at least three runs better than theirs, amiright?
Word.
Why couldn't Chad switch the double and homer around?
hi everybody, happy Memorial Day!
and happy Dre Day!
what the hell, bills was throwing those same pitches to a lefthander and not one strike called.
@MLASF,
I say the same thing about murder/suicides.
haha, after all this talk about getting our full lineup back it would be fitting for us to get shutout.
123 inning.
Matty seemed to be very close to the plate in his first at bat. He even scooted up to it at one point. Maybe he thinks Lopez wont pitch him inside
@nic
Well, we wouldn't have to worry about the order or the double and HR then.
even with the 2-0 deficit, I am very happy to be watching this game on real tv
im starting to think we arent getting this one back from the bullpen.
Shit.
Jaysus.
extended batting practice?
what the f? I turned away to manage some recordings and they get another?
HR, k k k, HR, k
I don't like the pattern here.
unreal
what's wrong with him?
that was a meatball
Christ. As bad as it looks on tv, it looks worse here.
Wow. A double and three dingers in 1 1/3 innings.
Pattern broken.
Oh for the love of god, what the fuck.
Bills is just trying to catch Haren for most HR's by a pitcher.
THIS is why we play games at 7 when the air is heavier.
Two true outcomes?
i guess this is what you get when everybody yells at you to throw strikes
Josh,
We need a diversion. . .fast!
HR K K K HR K HR K
I love the way Vin commemorates Veteran holidays
This is a weird-ass game.
Watch out, Max Scherzer
Six Ks, 3 taters. Could be a long afternoon.
@rbnlaw: I'm trying to talk my nephews into doing the truffle shuffle next time we get in a jam.
damn lakers, if they would have lost i could have been watching that game right now instead of bills going for the single game HR K record.
bills on pace to pitch a CG, 27K, 18HR loss.
there we go
finally one for us.
Manny gets one back!
since when did we play in Yankee stadium?
ManRam!
the great american ravine.
That's one.
Welcome to the All-Homers Club.
that would have been a popout to the catcher on a normal night
Josh was that Blake foul ball at you?!
we need to buy a humidor.
When did Russ lose his beard?
Nope. And I got fooled on the Beard flyout.
This seems like it might digress into one of them crazy ass games. Hope so because if it progresses as a normal one we won't fare well.
Josh went to a baseball game and a HR derby broke out.
Unfortunately were down 3-1
@DB it feels like a crazy one to me too. Lopez's change seems to be working well right now but I wonder how long that will last. We need to stay patient.
And Bills needs to keep them in the park
Since when could you strikeout to the centerfielder?
Hey Nic
how many did we give up that inning? 2 or 3?
The scoreboard operators have been having problems this season.
What
the
Eff?
Connection slowing. Back later.
take the walk, Blakey D
Bills with a soulpatch? Has that been there the whole time, hidden it its blondeness?
Take a pitch, Raffy
what the hell how did dewitt not get home?
Got ourselves a game here.
wow DeWitt didn't score
Time for glory, matty.
nice, Matty!
I hope he can get going again
Ethier looming on deck. He's saving his hits for when they are needed.
Gonna be a roller-coaster.
the dodgers need to return the helping hand and hit paul pierce in the back of the knee with a bat.
damnation
ah thats BS
I guess Andre's not fully back.
that was a hit too
I was hoping for more from that inning. Let's just not give up any more
Breaking news: Jamey Carroll plays Bejeweled.
Also, Blake DeWitt is a moron.
nice work, Matty
cram it with walnuts, Ned!
That was a hit, but played great by Matt.
Chris Young took 5 years to get back to the plate.
that one would have gone out in the first inning.
Bills seems wild as fuck.
there we go!
crapshit
nice catch by Upton
this damn ump is losing his strikezone
I don't like this game.
Justin Upton can still kiss my ass.
If Bills settles in (fingers crossed), I like our chances in this game vs. the D-bags bully.
Which HOF pitcher was the first MLB player to enlist for WWII? Good trivia question tonight.
I'm down to the last beer.
Not sure how they look on TV, but the white hats look sharp from the Reserve.
Bob Feller?
Sitting in front of two insufferable fucktards that think they're God's gift to comedy.
FB,
Good call.
I was going to say Walter Johnson, but he would be too old by then.
Note: Walter "Big Train" Johnson was from Fullerton.
@Josh - they look OK, but they have the red, white and blue (plus stars) on the logo. I've never really like that
FB
Yup, Feller
@Josh,
Please inform said fucktards that the distinction belongs to DB and me.
@FB,
What, you want a hammer and sickle?
I kid.
@rb - Fullerton? that's amazing - his family could have been some of the originals
@rb - haha maybe some red stars?
@rbn
Ha! I was just about to say that if I were at the game, I'd be worried he was talking about me.
KKKKKKKK
Ok, enough foolin' around. Time for runs.
I deal with two miserable fucktards everyday.
But enough about the Times' main sports columnists.
is that Jane Seymour in the Mary Hart seats?
@Josh - the Sklar brothers are back?
woohoo! Bob Feller, the racist strikeout king!
@FB,
Yup. I believe he went to Fullerton HS.
My son plays soccer at the Brea Sports Park where there is a display about the exhibition game Johnson played against Babe Ruth and a bunch of local players in Brea back in the 20's. Amazing to think back then, baseball on the West Coast was reserved for minor leagues and barnstormers.
And FB wins the trivia contest.
Orel, tell him what he's won.
DeWitt becoming Slappy minus the popup part.
at least we cleared the pitcher
I had to check myself to make sure I was at home and not sitting in front of Josh.
Rick Monday gets the Dodgers Legends montage tonight. Appropriate for Memorial Day and because he was #16.
@FB Slappy van der Meek, to stick with his Dutch name?
^^^^^^ @ DB I mean ^^^^
I am FB
@DB,
DeWitt doesn't have the sourpuss.
FB with ID confusion.
nice inning
can we score some runs, please? top of the lineup up. Get us going Raffy!
Nice cleanup by Chad, but we still need some offense.
Come on guys, we're running out of time
The snakes' bullpen still lurks
Bison wid da hit.
If Dre doesn't start hitting soon, I say he goes back on the DL.
Kemp almost overslides.
Come on, Dodgers! We should be able to beat these guys...
I expected so much more out of Ethier.
Epale, everyone!
Ethier is due with a RBI
Dre only get paid by the walkoff.
just a single, Manny
I just hit a beachball. I feel so dirty.
200!
200
200
and a one, and a two, and a...
DAMMIT
karina snaked us for 200.
Dammit Manny!
We're letting Lopez get to far into this game.
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