John Ely (3-2, 2.54) vs. Tim Hudson (6-1, 2.30).
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COMMENTS: What's this, a BABIP reference at Dodgers.com?
The opposition has a .267 batting average on balls put in play [against Ely], the lowest BABIP against any Dodgers starter aside from Carlos Monasterios, who's more of a fill-in anyway. So there could be some luck involved for Ely -- but it hasn't run out yet.
I want to like John Ely so much — and his performance has given us a lot to like — that I'm trying to convince myself that three years of Juan Pierre was worth his arrival in L.A. Everybody loves a rookie sensation story, and while injury concerns and BABIP could be red flags, we might as well enjoy this kid's talent while we can.
And the Dodgers will need plenty of it to salvage a split against Atlanta, as the effective Hudson, who has a career 3.90 ERA against them, looks like he might have his way with the struggling Dodgers offense. Things don't get any easier with the Cardinals coming into town tomorrow. How about a win to prepare for the arrival of Mr. Pujols & Co.?
Elsewhere: When Los Angeles met John Ely (Jon Weisman reveals his romantic side)
P.S.: A separate Lakers Game Thread will go up later today.
170 comments:
Furcal 6
Carroll 5
Ethier 9
Loney 3
Kemp 8
Anderson 7
DeWitt 4
Ellis 2
Ely 1
Making the trek from OC to the Ravine today with daughter in tow. Loge 143, row K.
I'll be the guy in the blue cap.
That is one wacky lineup.
Pods already up 2-0.
Lovely. My first game of the year, and it's senior citizen day in left field.
Watch out for fights!
Happy Ely day, everybody!
Phils/Pods knotted at 5 in the 6th.
I will likely be missing most of today's game. Somebody pick up my snark slack.
Quick, activate the Dustysignal!
I'm here for ya, Josh!
Wow, that worked.
I felt a disturbance in the SoSG Force.
Mmmmmmmm, SoSG force...
Timmeh exits with the game at 3-3 in the 8th, presumbaly to wash his nasty hair.
On the sofa, Vinny!
Also, on the patio some of the time.
Reporter Jimmy Bramlett just told me that "[Lima Jr]...threw a strike to Manny Ramirez who did the catching honors."
How flippin' cool. What a moment.
1st pitch strike from Ely. Can we just call them game now?
DeWitt could have had a play on that stop. BABIP rearing its head alreadY?
Two hits by the Braves to start the game. Do we have a bad feeling about this yet?
I know, Orel. He bobbled it slightly but still had plenty of time to throw it.
I think I just saw this first inning movie yesterday.
Inning-ending DP!
Only one out recorded and I'm already having to crack open the cold ones.
Double play!
I'm still opening that beer, though.
Eyes on the prize!
Vin w his D-Day lesson for the kids.
DAMMIT
Frisco just went up a run.
Mission accomplished, Vin. I hadn't realized it was D-Day today.
Hi everyone!
I love it that Vinny commemorates D-Day every year
Epale, Karen!
True story re D-Day remembrances:
I was working as a jr aide at the Clinton White House. Got a call over the weekend from the WH Mil Office saying the President needed to issue a statement on the 50th anniversary of D-Day. I said WTF, why did they wait til the last second - they only had 49 years and 364 days and some hours to plan for such a request. WH Mil Office isn't very humorous.
So there I was late Saturday night writing a message that the President could issue. I was not happy. Luckily I had some help from a colleague and we ended up getting the job done well.
That colleague is now running for Senate in Pennsylvania, and neither one of us ever forgets that D-Day is coming up.
Now let's get back to this one.
Delwyn Young 2-run bomb in bottom 9th to tie game up w Gnats. 2 outs, 3-2 pitch was taken yard.
Off Brian Wilson, even.
Johnny is making me nervous again
Gnats go back up 6-0.
Pod Rays and Phiwwies are tied at 5 in bottom of ninth with Phiws threatening.
DeWitt was there by a mile!
#JimJoyce
Nice story, Dusty!
Currently transcribing Vin's D-Day remembrance.
I really want to whine about the ump screwing us out of a run that inning, but it would seem small compared to the Impefect Game, so I'll pipe down.
Unless we lose by one.
@Dusty
I'll whine for both of us
Frisco just won.
I love calling that city Frisco cause its inhabitants hate that phrase.
Frisco
Frisco
Frisco
Ok Matty! See what happens when you hit the ball!
And the Pod Rays just won.
Frisco
Frisco
Frisco
Ohman blew a save for Os vs. RedSox
Everybody's safe!
Sax, are you still standing in the beer line from last night?
We're up 2-1!*
*In my book. I'm watching this game under protest.
This Ellis kid just canNOT hit to save his life.
Why hold up kemp at third when you know Ellis is up next?
That tie didn't last long
Well. Maybe this is a good sign for the lakers. The teams don't seen to win on the same days.
I've been waiting for the league to catch up to ely.
I knew that pitch to McCann was leaving the Yard before it even got half way to the plate.
Joe needs to get off his butt about now
god I hate it when we are playing like this. it feels like we have absolutely no control over anything
I jsut saw Tron warming up. Hitting the gin now! (Me, not him...but if it would help him...)
Epale, everyone!
I guess this is one of those late inning wins.
"The law firm of Prado and McCann..." - Vin
Heh.
Epale, Karina!
Let me catch you up, Karina:
Ely came down to earth
Still no offense
Playing our B team today
RB is at the Yard
I have already switched from beer to gin
Sax may still be in the beer line from last night
Epale Karina
You're right, we're going to need some late inning heroics to get this one
Yay! Raffy has started our comeback!
Epale, Karina! Raffy says hello with a solo HR. 4-2 Braves
And Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Omar Baby can't make the play! Safe at first!
Come on, E. Let's tie this one up.
Ethier double! Men @ 2nd & 3rd, 1 out.
Karina, you brought the rally with you!
Andre's coming back!
Loney 2-RBI single! Tie game!
Hooray! We're alive!
"In comes Carroll...in comes Ethier to tie it up." -Vin's singsong call of that play
Middle inning heroics will do just fine
OT: Will there be some kind of draft thread tomorrow?
King James 2 RBI single, still one out!
No throw on Loney's SB!
C'mon GAARP we won't have Hudson to kick around much longer
I was at the next to last game Raffy homered in. It was a leadoff, then the team did nothing else and we lost the game. I sat behind the 3rd-baseline foul pole in what was the worst seat I've ever sat in Dodger Stadium.
"OT: Will there be some kind of draft thread tomorrow?"
What do you guys think? Who wants one?
Does this tie mean Lakers have less of a chance of winning, Nic? Maybe FanGraphs will plot the chances of both LA teams for us.
@Dusty Baker good vibes help!
@Orel Omar Baby, very nice!
I really loathe GAARP.
Miller the Tattooed Lady sighting.
Loney has as many SB as Kemp. Embarrassing for Bison.
@Dusty Baker or King James is improving his base running skills
I keep thinking "Omar Baby" to the tune of "Santa Baby." Someone help me.
Wow. Ellis relegated to sac-bunt status. When does Ausmus return, again?
Manny, make him pay!
Manny really stinks.
@Karina
Or Kemp has regressed.
@Dusty Baker the point is to see the best side!
The point for me is to see the truth, though. Kemp is way below his norm. It can't be a fact that both are doing well, and Loney is doing well at SB, so logic says that the remaining option is that Kemp is not as good.
One might argue that Kemp can and will do better, and I'll root for him to do so, but as for now he's clearly having a problem with stealing at a point in his career that should be well past the learning stages.
Loney, on the other hand, is really stepping up his game this season in all aspects.
Video of Jose Lima singing GBA. Has this been an emotional couple of weeks or what?
Lima Time with GBA from 2004. Moving!
I just poured out some gin and tonic for Lima.
Talking about an emotional few weeks...wow:
Former UCLA Bruins @kaj33 & Bill Walton will speak before a moment of silence for John Wooden tonight. http://twitpic.com/1ulu0p
Wow, Lima Time really made me tear up.
Not a dry eye in the Dustyhold.
I'm on Gameday and the just the mention of Lima Time...
DreamWeaver's got this one.
How did radio handle it, Karina? I'd be interested to know.
Next Sunday is This is My Town: Fernando Valley.
HO.LY.SHIT.
I can see a monitor but no sound; can one of you guys watching the game tell me what's going on?
Well whatever it was, it flustered the Braves pitcher
Some odl lady had a hang nail or something that was bothering Hudson. I turned and told MDIl that if something - whatever it was - that small was bugging Hudson, Kemp was surely going to hit the next thrown ball well.
Check.
Chalk one up to Dusty.
go to hell, melky.
Damn Melky
how many dodgers are looking up at the clock right now thinking they have laker tickets at 5.
Im guessing Torre and Kemp are going at the very least.
@Dusty 1:40p: that story is brilliant, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to meeting you again
another crash at the poconos race of big fast cars WHO CARES
maybe broxton has tickets, too.
This ninth is not starting well for us
Back home for an inning of snark. Thanks, Dusty!
I haven't totally caught up, but the game looks like a bit of mess. A winnable mess, though.
As I type that, some dude with no batting gloves hits a double. Dammit.
Hudson was blinded by the afternoon sunlight twinkling off all our WS trophies.
Josh S, has anyone ever told you your avatar looks like Dan Quisenberry? Haha.
Cheers, Sax.
Ubaldo actually gave up 2ER toaday, and his ERA is still under 1.00
Say K, Kid!
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!
This series will not be on his highlight reel if Heyward does win ROTY.
Hey kids!
Hopefully in won't jinx the double-comeback walk off by showing up for the last inning.
Johnson will bang one out here.
oh come on, they owed us a call from earlier.
That was a quick strikeout.
Broxton now has an utterly ridiculous 13.3/1 K/BB ratio, along with a 13.7 K/9 mark.
CRAP.
seems like its protocol for the offense to go down 123 after a tough fought battle on the defensive end a half inning earlier.
so our middle infielders HR total just doubled today from 1 to 2.
nice play by dewitt.
Gregor Samsa?
Dusty, you are hilarious referencing me this GT. I am not in the beer line. A generous man gave me a swiv from his flask and I made it to the front of the line for sustenance.
I don't get your kafkian reference, Orel.
stupid TBS creating a national fanbase for the braves.
Belisario is Spanish for "bloom is off the rose."
Karina, Belisario just walked Gregor Blanco.
Frickin a, what is going on here in the tenth
Deuces wild!
Phew!
NOW SCORE!
Belli1! Manned up liked Brox did. Let's get out of here w a win.
Did Cabrera swing at ball four?
Orel: i'm not at my quickest today. It's a disgrace he walked him, they were teammates for a while, he should know him better!
Seeing Troy Glaus made me think of how i really didnt like anyone on the 2002 Angels team. I wanted to find out what darin erstad was doing now so i went to google and typed in "What happened to" and the first entry for the auto-fill's suggestion was "Seal's Face?"
I literally LOL'd
i love google.
Walkoffs are still on the DL.
Tron is warming. Get this done or we'll be derezzed.
WOW, that was embarrassing, Loney.
KKemp
This is the 7th game of the homestand and the Dodgers have only once had a lead going into the ninth.
Belly is barely passing the smell test
yeahhhh Chavez
Their bad reliever
About to go out of contact, so it would be nice to win this game quickly...
My browser just took me to joeely.com. I don't think it's a virus.
Laker GT is going up in 15 minutes....
seems like Ellis has come up in this situation a lot today. Has to get a hit eventually, right?
Cather on, catcher up.
And Vin says it as I type it.
^catcher
Hey look at that!!!
WALKOFFELLIS
AJ!!!!!!!!!
Oy. That took awhile.
Welcome to the pantheon of unlikely heroes.
That would indeed count as quickly! Thanks AJ!
Split with the Braves!!!!!!
Walkoffy goodness!
Oh my sweet Lord, Ellis!
woohoo!
Ellis with a Anderson-like day at the plate, messes up big time in the early innings but drives in the winning run in extras to be the hero!
A.J. Ellis comes through with the hit!! Who'd have thought it
@ 4.44 Sax-
Took care of that for you. You owe me one.
First GA, then Ellis, wow
I'm just ecstatic Bowa didn't put up the stop sign for once.
amazing! Feels like we stole a split there
It's AJ Ellis, you tool. Not CJ Ellis.
Yeah, I'm thilled to get the split after yesterday.
PGT up!
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