Clayton Kershaw (5-3, 2.95) vs. Kenshin Kawakami (0-7, 4.66).
COMMENTS: Is it premature to call Clayton Kershaw a stopper? Because of the seven games this season the Dodgers have won when he's started, six have come after a loss. Of course, yesterday's defeat to the streaking Braves wasn't too much of a surprise, given that the Dodgers had swept the last-place D'backs by a series score of 7-4.
Don't let Kawakami's 0-7 record fool you. "In his past three starts, the right-hander has completed 18 2/3 innings with a 2.41 ERA," MLB.com tells us, and with Manny off-kilter, Ethier still trying to find his rhythm and everybody but Jamey Carroll swinging toothpicks, Kawakami might feel right as rain against this poorly made-up offense.
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Kawa kawa kawa kawa kawakami-leon
You come and go, you come and go
Merge to become Klayshon Kershawakami!!!
Sax that's an 80s song. It's 70s night at the Yard.
DiamondVision has old TV frame graphic (like w knobs and stuf - I expect to hear my deceased father's voice any minute to boom out and say "god dammit son!" which will be my cue to hit the side of the TV so the tube will refocus).
Shockingly celly reception is bad. It's easier to Tweet than post here unfortunately. @dustybkrdodgr
@Steve Sax aren't you afraid of the terrible power of 80's songs on GTs?
3-2 Phila on the 9th. Brad Lidge's back is pitching, so look for the Padres to win.
That should read "Phils in."
So, the Minotaur starts with a strike.
game on tv, folks!
Venezuelans, no problem! good Kershaw!
Russell pulls a Jim Joyce on Clay's first 123 first inning.
4-out first. Minotaur looks good, though.
KKKershaw!
Dre RBI sac fly! baby steps and i'll take it!
After 4 straight gems from our opponents, it's nice to see a pitcher that can't find the plate.
Is Blogger broken or is it just you and me in here, karina?
We're ahead in the first!
Intentional walk for Loney and then Belliard doubles.When strategy doesn't work...
Strangely, blogger is working fine to me tonight.
I guess this game thread is a 3 people party.
By the way, I forgot
Epale, everyone! (big hello for you karen)
Karina, time for a chat with your son.
Kershaw got through the first inning unscathed. Is that possible?
darn it Ross get out already
Hey everybody!
DP here and start the 3rd with the pitcher, Kid K!
C'mon Kid settle down.
Epale back at you Karina!
...and sorry I'm late.
RIP Wizard.
Go Dodgers!
Go get 'em Admiral Ackbar!
There goes our little MSB again!!
"We have no choice, General Calrissian! Our cruisers can't repel firepower of that magnitude!"
RIP Wiz Wooden.
Ouch. That hurt.
Oops--spoke to soon
NEVER ever the first or the last out of an inning can be at third base.
If Carroll can hit for average, that's fine by me, even if he has no power
Raffy!
Thanks, Furcal
Carroll is obsessed with getting erased from the basepaths.
@Josh my son needs to stir some things a little bit
Hopefully that first to home sprint didn't tire clay out.
4-run lead, our ace on the mound...I'm feeling good.
Hope the offense isn't done for the night. Kershaws fighting it today.
I think I much rather prefer Clayton struggling in the first and cruising for the rest rather than the viceversa we are getting tonight.
Oh Manny...What's wrong with you??
Manny looks terrible. He has been swinging at junk.
RIP, Coach Wooden.
@Josh Martin's lead off double! he listens!
RIP Wooden.
Great tribute by Vinny. I am going to take a moment to really appreciate Vinny right now. He is the best and I am glad I can appreciate it to the point of I am actually living in a nostalgic bliss.
Album covers bt innings. Dre on Saturday Night Fever w Dodger cap.
Van Morrison and Ramones among others featured.
Karina's son leads off with a double and we leave him there.
We play bad defense and crappy situational hitting. How are we above .500?
Kersh is handling the heart of their order pretty well.
That's a start, Manny
Paul fact: Bobby Cox grew 10 minutes down the road from my family's ranch and we both picked grapes as our first job.
Kershaw and Kawakami have been virtually identical in pitch count for the past 3 innings.
well, we better hold them to just 2 runs.
However no truth to the rumor I had an illegal keger on his family's property.
Kershaw looked like he was rushing his delivery a bit.
Kershaw making up for all the walks he hasnt given up in the past few weeks.
Fuck a walk and a leadoff bunt. Bad juju
Russ!!!
Stay on target.
Nice.
The Dodgers did not appreciate Paul criticizing their defense.
that has to be frustrating.
Let's see if they can get some clutch hits to really shut me up.
when did Jmart stop taking pitches? he has been quite the free swinger lately.
who's pinch-hitting for Kershaw?
Wow!
I am writing in Carroll on the all-star ballot. Don't judge me the fuckin Phils fans are voting in Lenny Dykstra.
you can keep talking, paul.
You guys can't hit a bullseye on a womp rat!!!!
They just had Vinny on DodgerVision doing a live tribute to J Wooden. Crowd rose and gave standing O. Lasting memory.
Kershaw strikes out Heyward for the 4th time.
One golden sombrero for the rook, courtesy of Mr. Clayton Kershaw.
0-2, put him away, clay!
Come Give him the Kershlash!!
when i said put him away i didnt mean walk him.
stupid pirates, cant hold a four run lead against the giants.
stupid pirates, cant hold a four run lead against the giants.
Status: Krap.
no win for kershaw.
possibly no win for dodgers.
Oh CRAP
I really cant be too mad at Kuo, Clayton had an 0-2 count to Glaus and lost him.
no QS for clay either.
Is that Greg Brady?
Too bad AZ did leave their pen for the Braves
Greg Brady singing GBA
whats with the playoff beard on barry williams
Yup (Greg Brady)
Thanks Karen for the confirmation.
Kemp gets schooled again.
kawakami might get his win yet, our offense has little to say about it.
anybody else feeling a schneid coming on? we gotta battle out of it and soon
Attaway Dre
Guess who's back? Back again. Dre is back. Tell a friend.
cmon Free James. Battle this lefty
Hello again Dre's swing. How I've missed you.
Steiner jinxed Kuo, btw.
Bells are ringing in the Village square for the Dodgers on the run!
Free James Lefty!
way to take a pitch!
Loney aint no phony.
Hey, we're winning!
YES!!(think Marv Albert)
Reed has clearly become a disciple of The Beard.
James Lefty is from Jersey.
@Josh - what did Charley say?
"Kuo has never, ever given up a game tying double in the 7th inning when he's gotten 2 strikes on an Atlanta shortstop... and here's the pitch..."
@FB - That is exactly what he said, minus the part about the double.
Torre has been using Kuo a lot in split innings lately.
O Flaherty didn't get a single pitch over the plate when he warmed up & he bounced 2 pitches. #Loney #Dodgers
woop! generous strike zone!
Greg Brady sang Nat Anthem too.
Boy, McLouth has just been awful this year.
Does anyone else see the guy with the really bad hair/tupee two rows behind home plate with What I assume is a call girl?
State Farm, AFLAC, Hartford runs, please!
oooh I want that Dodgertown shirt!
Did someone say they are having a free, James Loney t shirt night as oppose to "free James loney"
GA is up.
Seriously GA your hitting .155 and you swing at that 2-0 pitch???
ok lets finish this off
I wonder what would happen if I called DodgerTalk to complain about GA? Would they brush me off, citing his walkoff, or would they concede the merits of my argument?
@FB: Something along the lines of "Kuo has just been LIGHTS OUT. Simply electric!"
how about we make this a nice 123 innings.
MLASF
you would have to call in really drunk and suggest the Dodgers sign Ken Griffey Jr at the end of your call to fit in.
I was thinking more along the lines of saying we should trade GA for Jason Heyward and prospects.
get up - it wasnt that close
that was a nasty one to get Prado
On Twitter, I told Dylan Hernandez to hit Torre every night about GA's presence on the team. He ignored me. (On Twitter, at least.)
uhoh - i was hoping it wouldn't come to this
Or you could say trade Jamey Carroll for a starting pitcher.
One more out and We. Make. Party!!!
im happy Kershaw struck out Heyward 4 times tonight, but that worries me about this at bat.
You have to admit, those strums of Iron Man after each out are just awesome.
Platinum Sombrero!!
We win! Take that, San Diego!
WOOOP!
Good win!
Done!!!!
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!
NOW we make party!
Damn, Brox was brutal on them tonight.
I can't believe Heyward struck out 5 times tonight
He may be great, but he still is a rookie.
rox blow save, all tied up in AZ
and now they lose, dbacks win.
And it's all over in AZ. Big fat choke for the Rox
Rockies lose! Suck it, Rosenthal!
I loved Vin's comment about Heyward doing battle with Clay and Brox for at least the next decade.
Anyone know the status of the beard?
Steve Hartman on KTLA: "Braves come into town tonight winners of 9 straight."
*facepalm*
What, exactly, is wrong with Steve Hartman, anyway?
Behaviorally, I mean.
Blogger working?
Or are my comments just utterly inane and being ignored?
Or both?
Dusty, to me it looks like that's your only comment since 9:45.
Wow,
I don't see any of the wit and wisdom of DB after 9:45. That can't be right...
Damn, that shit ain't right.
@Orel
You get the Vin tribute transcript? If not I have it on Tivo and can work on it.
Torre visited w Wooden earlier this week, per DodgersLive postgame show. Wow.
@Paul
Dodgers website:
"LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake missed his second game and underwent an MRI exam on his sore lower back on Friday, but he believes the injury is relatively minor.
"No, I'm not worried," said Blake. "I think it will be a couple of days. Either it'll be a lot better in 48 to 72 hours, or it might be a lot slower. We should know a lot in the next day or so."
Blake said he had not yet received results of the MRI, but doctors were encouraged that he had no leg symptoms, which often is a sign of a disk problem.
"But it's also something you can't really play through, because it can get worse," he said.
Blake said he felt a grabbing after fielding a ground ball and preparing to throw during infield drills before Thursday night's game. He said he's never had a serious back injury.
Meanwhile, reliever Jeff Weaver said he was taken out of Thursday night's game after warming up on the mound because the skin had separated beneath the corner of his middle fingernail while warming up on Wednesday and Dodgers manager Joe Torre didn't like the way Weaver was warming up.
"It's something I could pitch with, but it's very tender and kind of burns a bit when I throw," said Weaver. "I was fine, but obviously they didn't like what they saw in warmups. I feel I can deal with things other people can't. I had no problems going out there throwing. If I have a chance to not pick up a ball, it's something that will heal quickly.""
I don't think there's a Son on staff tonight. Sax is out, Orel's been away, Delino's trying to be coaxed off a greased-up lightpole by Philly PD.
Sweet!
I'm drinking all their liquor.
I just found some of AC's porn!
No Parents???? Who is brining over the Keg?
Whoa.....AC...whatever you're into, I guess.
Cohibas! Super nice!
Don't worry if they come home early party at the moon tower guys.
I call shotgun for joyriding in the Garveymobile!
The good stuff's in the closet
I swear Sax wouldn't mind
We'll just shoot the lock off
I do it all the time
I think I'm losing my balance - whoa!!
(riiiiiiiippp)
Well, there goes Orel's Van Gogh.
*makes beer-a-mid with empty milwaukee's best cans*
Wow Delino actually has Macho Man Randy Savage kidnapped in the basement!
Man judging by the bar contents someone really likes sour apple martinis.
sour apple martinis? bet that was left over from Pedro.
Maybe they just pour a bit out in his memory.....
*to all the fallen homiez*
Anyone have a beer funnel?
Uh, what should I use to get a mixture of motor oil, grape soda, and nutella out of upholstery?
Hypothetically speaking.
@Mr C
A pair of pliers and a blowtorch, of course!
Mr. C,
bleach it out.
I just puked a little in that Glass Vase....I am good get me another one!
Oh SHIT! Everyone be quiet...the phone is ringing.
Meanwhile Neeebs sleeps soundly in his room upstairs...
Let's go write dirty words and embarrassing images on Neeebs.
Okay who got the dog high???
Can't we leave you guys alone for even a couple of hours?
@DB "You get the Vin tribute transcript? If not I have it on Tivo and can work on it."
Where he quoted Shakespeare? I got it, thanks.
@ Orel
*looks downward, sheepishly...shuffles from one foot to another*
*hopes Orel doesn't look through ashtray*
For the record, Orel, I was not the one who emptied the bong water in the fish tank...
...first.
Mr C, I kid you not, but I was JUST ABOUT to type a post about bongwater.
*psst, it was Dusty.*
Nooooo...THE GUPPIES!
Hmmm. What is the is the rule for writing something said sotto voce, anyway?
(sotto voce)
Script style.
See guys I told you they would be home before FB could bring over the kegs and women.
Change of plans. Party at the moon tower.
Good to know, and now I have another excuse to write sotto voce.
I'm pretty sure I'm grounded until the Royals have their next winning season, so I'll just go to my room.
Mr. C.
I'll sneek you out later. No one is home at the McCovey residence. We can tp the house!!!
I'm still awake and ready for a TP run. Or we can go yard farming in Delino's on jeep he keeps around back.
I think Mr C passed out.
200...bottles of beer on the wall.
Okay Dusty.
Just let's take out the Wings 8-track when Mr. C gets in the Chevelle.
KKKKKKKK tonight for the Kid, no?
He seemed to really have his stuff tonight where he hadn't in the last couple of outings. Didn't get the W but solid.
And 5 were against the J-Hey Kid. More like J-K kid tonight. Of course, he'll hit 5 grand slams off Bills tomorrow now that I say that.
Don't look now...I'm 7-1 in games attended this season.
Wake n bake.
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