Hiroki Kuroda (6-4, 3.10) vs. Clay Buchholz (9-4, 2.67).
COMMENTS: Tony Jackson is right: The Dodgers just can't seem to hang with the big boys in the AL. If they can't beat the young (Felix Doubront) or the old (Tim Wakefield), what chance do they have against Clay Buchholz? Facing a sweep without even having faced Jon Lester or John Lackey reminds you how tough it is in the AL East. But hey, we only have to win our division to make the playoffs, so one step at a time. Salvaging a game in Boston would be a good start, but the odds look kinda crappy (even if Accuscore is mysteriously giving the Red Sox only a 51% chance to win). And if anyone on the Dodgers' staff can handle the pressure of Fenway, it's Kuroda. Another nationally televised game, boys — do us proud!
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Word that it's raining in Boston....
Raining Dodger beat downs on the Red Sux?
Sitting in Landsdowne Pub. Rain is confirmed. Supposed to clear by 7, per masshole weatherman.
My pics from the Father's Day catch.
Rain, rain, go away!
We wanna beat the Sox today!
Stupid worthless Orioles. I was so happy when I saw they were up 4-0.
Great pics Josh.
I couldn't tell but there appeared to be a giant rodent on Dodger Vision?
Mr. C your killin me.
I hope you are having a great time.
Anyone going to Giants Dodgers at the Phone end of this month or next July?
GA getting some major ABs.
I think I am standing directly above VSIMHB Roberto right now.
Latest weather report? If game is delayed I will have to find worthwhile pursuits for my family/in-laws since our whole afternoon consists of watching the Dodgers game.
Looking good here Dusty. It's broken up.
Heading off to a Fathers' Day BBQ and swim-along down the street. Hope to get some of the hair of that dog that bit me last night.
Mr. C: Give those Sawks fans a wicked headache, and be careful when you drink from the bubblers.
Park your caaaaaah side by each, RB!
Thanks Mr C. Welcome news. I didn't want to have to bust out the expensive Scotch or the Uno deck.
@Mr C Say Roberto hi from me, please (if you can and want)! (he knows)
The thing about Vinny...today our extended family is sitting around after our Father's Day lunch, and as we wait for the Dodgers game to start, we're talking about Vin's call of the game on Friday, and how he did, and what he talked about. We'd probably be hard-pressed to remember in much detail what happened in the game but we can quote Vin's every word.
Vin Scully is our homeboy.
@Josh S Luke is beyond words cute. You were wearing the most awesome shirt ever. Happy First Father's Day to you!
Jon Miller is really ugly.
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen
Happy Father's Day to all of you dads!!
I love how Miller and Morgan are talking about the crowd reaction to Manny like it's a fresh topic.
Rancho Bucholziendo!
Rancho Ardiendo for Blahderson
GAAARP:(
Lousy GAARP.
this will end annoyingly.
i knew it.
That was a letdown. Fucking AL.
Well, um, we made Buttholes work, I guess.
so how many runs will the sox score in the first?
casey is just awesome tonight.
GODDAMN YOU, ALMSB
seriously, i hate when we play on national tv.
We are playing fast and loose here
WHY COULDN'T WE PLAY THE ORIOLES???
WHYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ARE THE FUTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION!
Breathe, here it comes the double play
How bad was Martin's throwing error?
any chance of a rainout?
Could we get shittier breaks in this series?
@sax, not too bad. no one was covering third on the shift. so pedroia just strolled on in to third.
Martin's throw wasn't the problem. He was errant but the backup was right there. The problem was that there was no one covering 3B so the runner just took off for the bag.
im pretty close to turning this off.
Patience, it's just one run in the first inning.
I'm aware it is one out left to end this nightmare inning.
@Nic - Did you hear about the radio show in Boston hanging up on Bill Walton?
Former Dodger up, so I'm penciling in three runs already.
Hmm. Good thing I'm not watching this right now.
Now back to this one.
Only 1 run given up . Now we take a deep breath and settle down
@mlasf, no what happened?
does JMart have a hitler mustache?
A show in Boston called "Toucher and Rich" had Bill Walton on, and Walton started talking about how proud he was of Luke winning another championship, and that even though he considers himself a Celtic, he is a dad first. Then one of the guys hangs up on him, saying you don't come on the show and celebrate the Lakers' victory.
Hmm, that's kind of a dick move.
Stay classy, Boston!
why have Bill Walton on at all? what is he going to say "My son sucks"
Here's the audio:
http://bit.ly/b5CERS
i consider Bill a blazer anyway.
Apparently, this is a guy who compared Tim Tebow's draft party to a Nazi rally.
Very classy.
Buchholz is pretty craptacular without giving up any runs so far.
I love SoCal...we took my father in law out to eat for Father's Day at our local MEX place. Got home, watched some golf, walked the dogs, etc. Before you know it, more guacamole has been produced for consumption, seemingly out of nowhere.
Can never get enough!
Son of a nutcracker.
i just want to get the hell out of boston.
This is not our night. Hell, it's not our series.
Too bad Ethier didn't sneak around and cut ALMSB's achilles tendons in his sleep when the two were playing together at ASU. He could have changed history.
if anything maybe this will discourage the red sox from throwing a ton of money at our young superstars when free agency rolls around.
Are the Red Sox still trying to trade for Adrian Gonzalez?
Pedroia is going to have trouble getting that nasty red wine stain out of his uniform.
Epale everyone
Just got home from Boston and fuckity fuck, am I mega-krusty about baseball right now
finally got some good D in that inning.
Well, you came to the right place FB. We're all really crusty right now.
Russ looks defeated, even when he does something good. What's wrong with him?
Did Russ break up with Marikym?
just listened to the clip, yeah that was pretty lame.
I thought it was funny how they knew who vic the brick was though.
oh just what i want to hear, Schilling.
I hope so. As far as I can tell, only Kurt Warner's wife has been a positive influence on any athlete's career
I guess that throw to second was good. Can someone tell?
I hate ESPN, they advertise today's game non-stop from a week, reminded it a lot last Friday and what happens today?
Blacked out 'till the US opens ends for today. They even had the courage to post on their Twitter account the game would be broadcasted live in its entirety in South America.
I'm very annoyed.
@karina, It looked like a hit and run and the runner wasnt really close to stealing it. It was a good throw, but it wasnt a good steal either
also, please ignore my krustiness. you are always so positive and I don't mean to bother you with my anger
@Fred's Brim you have good reasons to be bitter so far. Let's see what this game brings to the table.
Thanks for your description.
Hah. Buttholes crapped his pants at the sight of Manny.
thanks karina
I know our collective krustiness will be soothed (maybe cured) with a simple victory
Someone needs to blow a vuvuzela while Curt's talking.
I have an air conditioner buzzing behind my head. It nicely drowns out Shilling, Morgan and Miller. I wish I could hear Orel, but I am not willing to put up with the other three to make a change
double plays do nothing to cure krustiness, I know that for a fact
ARGAAHAFHHAHFHAF
Breathe, it's still a close game
woah Hiroki must have had flashbacks with that hit
SHUT UP AND CALL THE GAME ASSHOLES. THIS ISN'T 60 MINUTES.
I'm a tad Krusty, myself.
@Josh - your father's day pics are awesome. What is going on in pic 16? His hands are gigantic!
I quit. No more for me.
boy i sure cant wait to play the yankees.
@Nic - at least the yankees games are at home
which it will make it more embarrassing when they sweep us
@karen - any time spent with Shilling seems too long
is it seriously only the 4th inning?
I thought Curt Shilling was a Yankee fan.
Why do you assume they're going to be embarrassed when they play the Yankees? where do the Yankees play? in the MLB, where do the Dodgers play? in the MLB.
In theory, they can beat them.
did martinez drop his glove and put it back on before catching that popup?
100!
I want to see Fernando and Orel playing hackysack
@FB 6:24
The soft baseballs they gave out at the stadium were the size of raquetballs.
arent you required to try and get out of the way of a hit by pitch?
that shouldnt be a HBP, he didnt even move.
@karina, I know they *can* beat them (we did when there came to LA a few years ago), and we could sweep the Angels before the Yanks come in.
But I am feeling cranky and snark is my therapy
Mike Cameron stinks. He has been barely adequate all of his career and he gets so much credit. I will agree he's a good fielder but he's rotten at the plate. That SOB could have 4 awful Ks during a game but with that fifth AB, he would hit a go-ahead homer. For that he can go to hell
what the hell was that dewitt?
did you hear that? it was whatever left of my heart broken by Adrian Beltre.
Matty needs new contacts again
what is kemps deal, i thought he learned to lay off the slider last year?
i hate it when the GT is ahead of my DVR version of the game,and I can already tell it's going to be a rough patch coming up.
oh, it was a changeup. it was clearly in the dirt though.
don't worry, KB, it's just more of the same
hey we caught a break!
maybe our luck is changing
oh shut up francona, you have gotten every bounce in this series.
"Donny Ballgame"--Jon Miller
we have 2 hits so far
cmon Dre! Get us going!
christ - i guess that play at 1st was all we are allowed in terms of breaks
we havent held a lead in an interleague game since the second game of the detroit series.
I'm very sleepy but I can't go to bed before the game ends. Do I have a problem?
Youkilis has no idea what he's doing against Kuroda, which means he'll hammer one of our relievers later
You should have "GONE" there, Orel, not "went."
Beltre on his knee again
thanks a lot Miller, you fucking jynx.
Thanks Miller
^Orel from the broadcast not from the Sons.
id like to see Beltre try to run out a DP ball doing that.
The drop to a knee thing is fucking dumb, no matter how
many times it works for him.
Beltre can play 3B on his knees, too. Man is a machine.
But: no beard!
Could we pick someone off at second just once before I die?
Good outing by Hiro.
Something is missing though. Oh yeah, run support.
Sit down, white boy!
Jesus, GA is creepin' up on the Mendoza line.
Can we trade GA to Boston?
russ almost got a cheap homerun out of that.
thats the best hit we have had all night.
Um, yay?
crap, in comes HU
I wonder if Miller & Co. will engage in "Hu's on first" jokes.
@Josh, the way things are going in this series Dewitt would probably lose that fight.
I want to cry right now.
Well, Boston isnt having a parade tomorrow but they sure are walking all over the dodgers.
Hiro is still pitching?
Nothing like national television to show ones offensive impotence.
I would be willing to bet money that the red sox sign Hiro in the offseason. Or at least attempt to.
Me, too, MRLASF. Me, too.
Cheer up, Mr. F. Just look on the bright side of life.
@Mr LASF ESPNlatino people were "who's Hu?" but I don't think it was intentional. I smiled because I'm sleepy numb.
The only smiles I've had this weekend were when I'd watch or re-watch various Lakers/Ron Artest related videos.
Kemp's BA is now officially starting with .28
I wanna get sleepy numb.
Were only 2 runs down but it feels like 10
at least they are making Frank McCourt look like an ass in his hometown.
What would happen if our entire team was just Manny and GA this weekend? Aside from playing piss-poor defense, we'd have 15 runs a game.
that was quick
I meant .25, but you get the idea. He sucks.
the dodgers picked a horrible time to start sucking. I have nothing else to watch.
Oh no, Sherrill's pitching, that means Torre's waving the white flag.
Joe has thrown in the towel
i seriously hate pedroia.
We can always count on George Sherrill
Ming is useless.
Why do we have such bad luck with MSB's?
he stole reed johnson's crazy beard
and then Joe signs the surrender statement, brings in Miller
This is when I don't want to see Miller the Tattooed Lady.
i keep telling myself that this would have been a different series if raffy was in the lineup. We probably would have won a game.
we are TWENTY-FUCKING-SEVEN under 500 in interleague play. How is that even possible?!
Sure, Miller. The Giants were in contention with the Dodgers last year, keep telling yourself that.
I hate the Red Sox
I hate smug AL geeks
I hate MSBs
And Dodger losing streaks
I hate the Green Monster,
Lack of run support, too!
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda
Miller's just pissed that we kick NL West ass.
just hit your homer already, Youk.
Nice block by Mawwwtin.
Orel digging in on Russ, second time tonight
Speaking of kicking NL West ass, we play Miller's Jints next week starting Monday. Oh how a sweep would be good, especially in Frisco.
What? We want Beltre?
That's it. Walk the catcher so we can pitch to the guy batting .337.
Wait, what?
brace for a one legged homerun.
how is that not a strike?
everybody got tricked on that one
Woohoo. Now we lose.
@FB, its fenway. Called third strikes with RISP dont exist.
wouldnt it be nice to beat on Paplesmear here and escape town with a win?
I want to see Cinnamon-Applebon turned into a sniveling little girl after this inning.
Bonita Papelbon you gotta put me on.
C´mon Anderson, you need a hit of this guy
Gee and no Eric Collins to count down the outs for us
Please, Casey, please. Dooooooooooo something.
38-24-37?
work the walk, Casey
I guess I should have been more specific.
playing like we want to go home
No one taking smart ABs any more.
Except GA.
I hate Boston.
Russ to take two, swing at the 3rd
or ground out
Goodnight everybody.
*hangs self*
shit sucks right now
SD plays TB next and wouldnt you know it TB is slumping.
Thanks for showing up Dodgers
time to take a day off
see you all on Tuesday night
The parade tomorrow should cheer me up.
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