Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Dodgers get eleven hits today — all singles — but hit into three double plays, and Manny swings at the first pitch with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the sixth, grounding out to third. After this morning's bad news, a tough day all around. Vin Scully's words on Jose Lima's passing coming soon.
4/3 vs. SF (W, 5-4): Sax
4/15 vs. WSH (L, 4-6): Dusty, Orel, Sax
5/6 vs. MIA (W, 6-3): AC, Sax
5/16 vs. CIN (L, 2-7): AC, Sax
6/12 vs. TEX (L, 2-3): Sax
7/5 vs. MIL (W, 8-5): Sax
7/21 vs. BOS (W, 9-6): Sax
7/24 vs. SF (L, 3-8): Sax
8/24 vs. TB (L, 8-9 (10)): Sax
8/29 vs. BAL (W, 6-3): Orel, Sax
9/9 vs. CHC (L, 4-10): Sax
10/5 NLDS G1 vs. SD (W, 7-5): Sax
10/6 NLDS G2 vs. SD (L, 2-10): Orel, Sax
162 comments:
1 game out of first with 3 Eric Collins games up next.
I expect a road trip similar to the last one. I'll settle for 5-1 though.
Eric Collins is going to be tough to beat.
Why the hell does prime ticket take the time to put up frank mccourts full statement on Jose Lima and let Meyers just give you the summary of it.
Good perspective on this PGT. Today's loss seems small comapared to the loss of Lima Time.
Will this serve as our Los Lakers GT?
lets go lakers!
@DB "Will this serve as our Los Lakers GT?"
Sure, let's do that.
Right on!
Fisher, Bryant, Artest, Gasol & Bynum
vs.
Nash, Richardson, Hill, Stoudemire & Lopez.
Fisher PG
Bryant SG
Artest SF
Gasol PF
Bynum C
lakers cant come out slow tonight.
before the series started i picked the lakers to lose this game, but im not so sure anymore.
I expect the Suns to come on hard at the beginning. Lakers just have to hold them off
spanky right so far.
swish the fish
Fish opens the scoring.
suns doing a good job of attacking basket and getting bigs in foul trouble.
but now it LO time.
Amar'e is pissed since Lamar Odom misspelled his name in revenge.
your western all star center, no rebounds yet.
lotta fouls being called or is it me
suns on pace to shoot 70+ freethrows.
Kareem is doing a live UStream with Cooper and David Letterman.
No wait, that's Flea.
thanks for the runout on richardsons three pau.
need to slow this game down.
This is the exact style of basketball Phoenix loves to play. Lakers need to slow down.
@ NicJ true:pace is too wild
hopefully kobe doesnt leave dudley wide open all game again.
Pau throws it down!!
brown almost hit that shot, pretty nice.
After watching that first Q i have an itch to play some NBA JAM.
Agree that Lakers need to slow down the pace, but on the other hand they've been aggressive on D and have not been afraid to take the open shot, and it's paid off.
After watching that first Q i have an itch to get another XX.
I was worried of the first quarter. Now I'm more confident than ever
nice way to start the Q, post play and a SHANNON DUNK!
Oh Snap Shannon
suns throw some zone at lakers, its working.
phil needs to call a timeout, bench cant figure out the zone.
there goes the lead.
come on phil
We need to utilize the triangle
Maybe Frye's pissed that he can't watch the Lost finale.
Frye's shot is Lost.
starters doing better with zone.
well they were at least.
The defense just disappeared.
TNT put in a call; their advertisers were worried.
lakers finally get some FT's
and miss both.
lakers defense has suffered with all the foul trouble.
i have a feeling the zone wont work as well in the next half.
only down 7 with the adjustments at the half it is there for the taking
That could have gone better.
well zone still effective in first poss, of new Q
bynum already another bad foul
suns to the line again.
what the hell just happened?
God damn I hate Marv Albert. Grant Hill picks his nose merits a resounding "YES." Fish can hit one from the locker room, and it barely merits notice.
offense is back, but defense is MIA.
Muting sound in 3.2.1.....
Game's still close enough that every mess-up really pisses me off.
Nice three for Fish.
How many times has Fish hit those swing 3s that changed the momentum?
Gasol
Defense is slowly returning, but they just cannot stop fouling.
shannon with a nice defensive spark.
The line disparity is just unbelievable. That should shut the mouths of those clowns who harp about how games are fixed.
i hate when people bring up the Gasol trade.
Why dont i hear about the KG boston trade.
That was a sweet 3 from Kobe.
Oh look, Amare's shooting free throws, that's new.
I mean boston got more in the trade, but nobody panned out besides Jefferson and he hasnt been great.
lakers are attacking, just not getting calls.
@Nic - Besides, nobody talks about how good Marc has become.
exacly, Marc is a very good player. Cheaper too.
Wow. Place erupts when Kobe draws the foul. YOU HAVE 20+ FTs, SHUT UP.
kobe gets his first two FT's, Phoenix crowd is outraged.
suns finally in penalty, with 3 seconds left in the Q
we all know McHale did not want to trade KG to the lakers
haha, give it right back though.
what foul? damn the lakers look at the suns funny and they call a foul
Yeah, everyone brings up Jerry West was a Laker but it slips their mind that McHale played for the celtics.
Well, a two-point deficit is definitely manageable.
now that the lakers solved the weak zone, i think we are in good shape to take it.
The Phoenix Suns Gorilla: Making fans unsure of why this strange animal is the team mascot since the retirement of the San Diego Chicken.
i expect the foul disparity to even out a little in this final Q
Excellent ball movement there.
lamaar sighting
farmar with a sweet assist, something bad will follow.
there it is, bad three attempt.
Farmars the new smush parker.
I really hate Dragic.
dude why did you mention smush. the name brings me nightmares and cold sweats
Announcers always make a big deal out of Kobe's lack of rest. He gets plenty of rest at game breaks, fouls, free throws, etc.
i just checked the NBA rulebook, apparently it's a foul to touch Amar'e at any point in the game.
bad turnover by kobe.
Fuckity fuck fuck.
either way, the suns arent winning the series. Id just like to make it as short as possible.
Uh oh. Here comes the BLA chant. You're down 2-0 with 7 minutes left, morons.
Fuck man. someone needs to spike the lakers gatorade with cocaine or something. all lackadaisacal
IT'S A TWO-POSSESSION GAME MORONS
man this game is BS.
Pau doesn't even want to go near Amare.
paus defense against Amare has been terrible tonight.
lakers looked tired
finally pau plays some D
Kobe has really made some bad decisions this Q.
Lakers down 8 with 4:55 left, struggling this quarter. Does anyone see them pulling this out?
he is sitting on the bench thinking about his gameplan for the celtics.
jacking up 3's
why are lakers shooting threes?!? theres 4 minutes left!!
in the penalty, attack the basket.
Foul away from the ball. Basically, Kobe looked at Amare.
Lakers are in the penalty now.
3:51 left, down 4
i cant remember the last time ive seen so many fouls that we not called in the act of shooting. Normally in the NBA they give you the benefit of the doubt, not tonight.
I don't think I'd mind Odom fouling out.
I thought Amar'e's mom was still in jail
That was fast, down 8 again.
Odom leaves game, never was really in it though.
any chance this goes back to LA tied up?
Artest looked like he was trying to make the ball stick between the hoop and backboard there.
Who told them they could shot threes with the Suns? Why would you think that?
I think the Lakers would be able to adjust to Phoenix. Or at the very least, learn how to cover Amare without getting called for a foul.
Breaking Bad time. We'll get em tuesday fellas
*By game 4
They fell into the same trap as with OKC
if the free throw attempts were reversed between teams people would be writing letters to the NBA's home office right now.
It's possible it goes back tied, but the Suns had not played the Lakers well at home during the season, either.
amare almost has as many FT's as the lakers.
amare almost has as many FT's as the lakers.
OMG AMARE DIDN'T GET A CALL IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD
Yeah, don't complain too much about the charge.
Exhibiting why I don't follow NBA as closely as baseball. Home cooking on calls is so overt that it degrades the believability of the game itself. Why is so acceptable and so built into the game, where in, say, baseball or football, it would be an outrage if the home team got so many more calls its way?
Big 3 there.
Stop here
down by 6
Or not
amare getting whatever he wants tonight.
thats the game.
Gasol could breath on Amare and he'd get hit with a foul.
that's game
how did amare answer the critics? his defense still wasnt very good tonight. I dont think anyone was saying he couldnt score.
Done. Sportswriters warming up to opine why LA won't beat the Celtics
Amare just drew fouls. Everything else fell into the place. If the refs called every touch on Adam Morrison a foul, he'd be looking pretty damn good as well.
Well at least we will be getting the standard "why (fill in the blank) cant cut it" article rather than some bullshit about the kisscam at laker games.
Hey, Bynum was at the game?
Aw, Amare has a booboo. How cute.
(steps away and vomits)
Doug Collins really likes the zone defense. Im gonna take a wild guess and say the 76ers arent going to be good for a while.
LA Times writers are salivating to think of new ways - or recycle old ways - of maligning the Lakers instead of maligning the SHITTIEST Craig Sager outfit ever assembled. Watching NBA playoffs on TNT is almost impossible for me, and ruins my enjoyment.
Los Angeles voted to boycott defense in arizona for one game.
Has anyone ever asked Sager why he wears these weird suits? I mean, is he advertising for his tailor or something? Makes no sense.
Plaschke: Lakers Collapse When It Matters
Like a star that was too bright to shine, the Lakers' run through the playoffs would not last long.
They collapsed on themselves, turning into a black hole that sucked in fouls and Amare Stoudemire buckets with ease...
Well shit this was a crappy or well crap that was shitty.
haha predictable.
I swear he has these prewritten and when the team wins he has to hurry up and write a puff peice about the kisscam, or a lifelong employee, or juan pierre.
I just made that up. It's not a real article.
well, not yet. lets wait to see what he writes.
i should have known that wasnt his article, the paragraphs were too long.
Man. I hate Sundays that end on a losing note.
The official losing note is the D note btw.
Curiously, the losing chord is the D7 diminished.
Great Mr. C. Now I am on a smiths listening binge.
Didn't mean to be a thorn in you side, Paul
Ramon Ortiz. This joke isn't funny anymore.
I feel like I need to put on some Bauhaus now.
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