Hiroki Kuroda (5-3, 3.55) vs. Kris Medlen (2-1, 2.85).
COMMENTS: The streaking Braves roll into town for a four-game series, and despite our own three-game walk-off win streak and four-game win streak, we should be worried. Atlanta, with an identical 31-22 record and first place in the NL East, has won its last eight games (including sweeping the Phillies and Pirates), as well as seven of its last ten road games. Oh yeah, and the Dodgers are 2-7 against the NL East this year.
Can we keep our perfect homestand alive with a win in today's game? Well if it weren't for this Medlen kid, we might get away with it. So you know who has to take the mound for us tonight in relief, right?
This is indeed also the acting Lakers* thread (6p PT tipoff). Go Lakers! And I good luck to the ten SoSG readers vying for a shirt!
side-by-side photo comparison courtesy of Dodger Blues. (*) And speaking of "acting Lakers", was there anyone better than Vlade Divac, the king of flop?
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Ruh-roh!
The Haebinger of Doom has been recalled.
Yep, MLASF.
Thanks for nothing, T-Slick!
"Today the #Dodgers optioned RHP Travis Schlichting to Triple-A Albuquerque and reinstated RHP Charlie Haeger from the DL"
Dodgertown Rewards Club: Earn a free flight to Albuquerque after just four scoreless innings!
@MLASF
Miller or Schilchtling demoted?
something good is coming out of that line-up tonight.
Ah, Schlichtling it is. Heaven forbid we DFA a replacement-level veteran.
I'm ready for Joyce DeWitt to really bust out.
They probably gave Schlichting a nice parting gift.
"I was on a big-league team for a week and all I got was this lousy win thanks to Garret Anderson"
It'll make all the guys green with envy. Especially Hu.
Garret Anderson also gave Travis Schlichting a half-used tube of Ben-Gay.
Sax, this is for the Medlen kid pun. Well done.
This is also the acting Lakers thread, right?
@Mr. LA SF: Your wish is my command. See the original post, amended.
Son has soccer today, so I'm out for most of this one.
Birthday, burgers, and baseball.
Bitchin'.
@ Josh
But what happened to the pizza?
Boboli.
John Wooden in grave condition now...jeesh, the sports world is having quite the week.
"2 player apperances this Sat: Broxton,12-1 @MetroPCS, 68 Rio Rancho Rd, Pomona // C.Blake, 12-1 @VerizonWireless, 368 S Lake Ave, Pasadena"
JIm Joyce, there is no crying in baseball.
@Dusty: I'm calling an audible on dinner.
What happened to the Ely appearance?
Not that I was going.
i think there is a chad billingsley appearance at the ATT store in my city, west covina.
Maybe ill go there and ask him why he isnt an ace.
Casey Blake scratched.
Beards are itchy, after all.
nervous time.
lakers look pissed, i hope thats a good sign.
Please let me know if Vin talks about John Wooden tonight. Thanks.
Mark Jackson: This team (Boston) has never lost when they have been together.
THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR ONE YEAR
terrible news about Wooden, BTW.
the lakers have never lost a playoff series in the ron artest era.
Wooden passed? That's just awful. A dark cloud over Los Angeles today.
oh crap, lost the tip.
PIERCE WAS LAYING ONTOP OF RON
haha, fighta already.
dont get tossed ron ron.
"@SethDavisHoops: John Wooden has not passed away but he is hospitalized and unlikely to leave the hospital."
Oh. Well, nevermind.
Time of first Game 6 mention: 1 min, 33 sec.
fish out already.
come on sasha
Ron was out of rhythm. Good thing Pau was there to clean the glass.
rondo already burning kobes free saftey defense
Ray Allen out now.
Bynum looks great on the defensive glass. Perkins is just overmatched there. No chance.
celtics doing a pretty good job of clogging paint, but lakers doing good job of finding second option.
i just hope bynum can stay in the game.
I'll only be happy when he leaves if it's because of a double-tech on him and Perkins.
too many ticky tack fould being called
another one.
are the lakers ever going to shoot more FT's then the other team in these playoffs?
Today's been an emotionally crazy day. I think I'd have a heart attack if I watched the Laker game...
Gasol sure is screamy
My thoughts are with John Wooden and his family...get well soon, Wizard!
agressiveness pays off.
ahh Tony Allen, I didn't realize you were a Laker
What was Garnett saying again? Finesse?
$50 for Pau.
Gasol just pocketed $50.
Michael Finley looks more like Lil Penny than Penny Hardaway ever did
Lil Penny
seriously, enough with the fouls.
Paul Pierce is such a great actor. Give that man an Oscar.
uhoh no Kobe for the last shot
almost all of our starters in foul trouble.
farmar coming up BIG!!!
So many fouls. Maybe it's not just the Lakers and Celtics trying to impose their game, but the referees too?
oops - first half, not first quarter
Rondo elbows Farmar and no refs see it? What the hell?
either way good first Q by lakers.
Really Clippers? An ad during the NBA Finals? WITH THE LAKERS?
haha clippers commercial showing blake griffin rehabbing.
"Hey? Remember how we marketed the hell out of Blake Griffen? Well guess what? We can still do that!"
My idea of what some guy said to DTS.
theres walton and his IQ
Ok, I'm in the house.
Observations: At the collectible stand you can but a signed Garret Anderson ball for $219.00. Really.
somebody box out rondo please.
seriously, too many fouls.
I really don't care for Rasheed Wallace.
@Neeebs, how many did you get?
2 or 3?
i don't think anybody cares for Rasheed
wrap him up if you are gonna foul sasha
That was just a stupid move by Sasha.
Perkins is a lot less doughy than in seasons past
Ben Davis, just as doughy
heh heh this jump should be good
gasol has not really done much to help his "soft" Moniker.
that's why the Knicks dumped you, Nate
Bynum is a monster tonight.
@FB
Tommy John ball was only $199.00. But I forgot my wallet
A-team movie: not interested
9 TO's for the lakers already. Celtics live off of points off TO's
@Neeebs - $20 less than GA? Don't tell Tommy
I went to college with his daughter, Tamara. He would come to baseball games sometimes
It wouldn't kill ABC to show a bit of the plot in their commercials.
somebody please lock Mark Jackson and Van Gundy in the press room at halftime
Even though Chinface is scratched, no complaints having our MSB playing for us :)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie: not interested
On the sofa, Vinny!
what's the reason for the scratch? I mean besides the beard
it does in my book, thats a good idea MLASF
Epale everyone!
awesome pic, DB. Where is that from?
@FB - that was the rookie hazing from two years ago.
I'm going to order the pizza Josh didn't order now.
turned on spero and the lakers go on a run.
3 fouls for Ray Allen.
Jeff Van Gundy is such a moron. Two weaknesses. A PF as old as dust isn't a weakness?
That was just one helluva layup by Fish.
Fish over KG!!!! I just wet myself.
Mary Hart makes the statement that she prefers the Dodgers over the Lakers
I hate that dopey "Who, me?" look guys have after being called for a foul. Own up to it like a man, Perkins.
Hiro in early trouble.
kobe out for the half, he aint getting the last shot.
farmar on the floor though.
cmon, Hiro, throw strikes
Do the Pau FTs count as him taking the last shot if Boston gets an offensive board/steal?
what the fuck was that?!?
at least it was a two.
Up by 9 at the half. I'll take it for sure.
crap
what the hell's gotten into Troy Glaus?
OK Hiro, shut this down now
Back to baseball.
What exactly has happened to Hiro, anyway? He's lost something.
Everyone on my block just went out their doors to walk their dogs. Clearly timing doing so based on Lakers halftime.
Get on this shakey first inning stuff, Honeycutt. Make everyone runs laps, haha.
Looks like it was Fish with the last shot
Good evening boys and girls! I can live with the one run in the first as long as it's just the first. The bullpen would love Hiro to go deep, though.
When is Raffy gonna go on his tear?
do the braves still want raffy? they can have him.
howdy, Mr C
wow what a snag
Damn, nice play
So it's Fish if we don't count free throws and Pau if we do?
E coming around?
Dre with the double!
he's been making good contact since he's been back but seems to be a bit unlucky
ha! Vin quoted me!
just a single, Manny
technically a free throw isnt a shot.
im guessing the rules werent thought out this far.
Everyone gets a shred of laker tshirt.
that's not a single
So it's either me and Q7 or nobody. I can live with that.
Free throws aren't shots! Everybody should lose!
unacceptable, Hiro
someone get david stern on the phone
haha, some jackass by the field mic is really pissing off the guy on the censor button right now.
Is the Laker shirt asbestos free? Call me a greenie but I am concerned about that stuff.
what's up with my son and the King? back to back Ks?
By the way, is blogger and Gameday working for everyone?. I just missed an entire inning.
We still looking a little lost at the plate. Someone somewhere in the lineup needs to heat up
You don't decide the rules, Mr. F! That's for a predesignated Son to decide!
Four on Ray Allen.
Both gameday and blogger seem to be ok at my end, karina.
Catching up: So, Dre's hitting again but no one else is. Do I have that right?
I say put the shirt on the monkey! Double or nothing!!!
On the nose, Josh
Paul, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that exact phrase on college...
keep taking pitches
I like what I'm seeing!
Troy Glaus is only 33?
Sheeet.
what the eff, Jamey?
Fish getting his props. Little Rock represent!
Where the hell is my radio?
this feels like it's gonna be a long game
Gah.
I am going to be the first to say I was against the gameplan to hold the Braves scoreless for 14 innings and then pounce.
I forgot how much I hated the Braves of the early 90s with their wide ass strike zone and every team laying down for them in Sept1991.
I won't forget you Lenny Harris!!
Well this game is going to crap.
Seriously FB. Troy Glaus? 33? Really?
Looks like I bet on the right horse. #Lakers
Let's see the birth certificate!
Another foul on Ray Allen!
Retro Kemp.
Whoo Lakers!
And does it look like Andre has found his stroke again?
Ethier's back! :D
Bad luck double play?
On the Braves station they had Andre in Center field in their all-star voting update. Werth and Braun on the corners.
Andre in CF and Werth at a corner makes absolutely no sense.
So, when Dre hits anyone else can't hit?
Vin just did a piece on umpire situation. I tivoed it and will go back and listen again to see if it's something that would be good to transcribe
Ugh. Not a good start to the 4th.
Thank you, Coors. I would have no idea my beer was cold without your blue mountains. Finally, all that time spent trying to determine the temperature of my beverage is no longer necessary.
@Paul I want to forget that but my brother wouldn't let me. In fact, he called my mom today and then he wanted to talk to me, just to brag about the winning streak and the bad defensive moment of the Dodgers. I just said saying "three walkoffs in a row" , but he said it wasn't good enough. I don't want him to be right.
There's a good start.
Okay. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
im starting to feel sick.
Not liking that one bit.
And here I thought Boston was the good defensive team.
nevermind, pau gave me a breakaway dunk of pepto.
dodger bats are slumping.
How bad is the Braves bullpen? Please say really bad.
man, KG aint got no hops anymore. At least not when he doesnt get a running start
We. Can't. Score. WTF???
hows that for double negatives?
Oh bloody fucking hell.
Cue the Plaschke article.
If you had told me at the end of April that by June 3rd, Ely would be our ace and Kuroda would be the struggling one, I'd have thought you were on shrooms
God I hate these Braves announcers. Why does extra innings do this to me???
Pitcher doubled?
The sad thing is, we're paying Kuroda almost as much as the Giants are paying Zito
Even if we lose I just want to see some of these swings get better. Something to build out of this offensive slump.
cue the Ethier grand slam later this inning
200
DAMMIT
It's the 6th inning , which means the Dodgers have 12 outs to score enough runs to win this game.
GA. Joe loves him now.
Man this offense is sad.
One down, three to go!!!
Lawler's Law! It's the Law!
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