Charlie Haeger (0-4, 8.53) vs. Scott Kazmir (7-5, 5.08).
A phoenix, even one that's "falling falling falling falling" like the Dodgers (six-game losing streak; 2-9 record in interleague play so far), still can rise from the ashes, right? After last night's multiple bonehead debacle, it doesn't seem likely to happen tonight--and us trotting out a starting pitcher with an 8.53 ERA doesn't inspire any more confidence.
This Dodger team is obstinate in its refusal to beat the cross-town Angels, and given our ineffectiveness against Kazmir earlier this month, why should we expect anything different in tonight's series finale? Going into a "rivalry renewed" series with the Yankees with a seven-game losing streak seems highly plausible.
Oh, and here's a note for you stat-hounds: When Garret Anderson plays, the Dodgers are 26-31, including losses in the last eight games in which he's played. And he's batting .193, by the way. Coincidence? I think not.
art by Adam Hughes of course
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1 – 200 of 326 Newer› Newest»Padres and Giants both lost. If Haeger slacks again, I may just cry. (And I'm trying to save my tears for when I go see Toy Story 3.)
I've gone from cautiously optimistic to optimistically cautious.
Please,for the love of humanity,no GAARP today.
I am caustically omnipresent.
I am courteously omniscient.
I know what you're thinking, but I don't go blabbing it to everybody.
I am caustically pessimistic.
Jean Grey/Phoenix. Nice.
Curiously opportunistic?
Anyone?
Well I ruined that exchange.
I'm carefully claivoyant. This game doesn't bode well unless you have an A on your cap.
@MR.F
I continue to believe that the disjointed conversation style is more aesthetically pleasing. Much preferred to threaded comments.
Just wondering, is that video link working for anyone? If not I will find another...
@Neeebs
No sad trombone until we're actually getting our collective arses kicked. I intend on being miserable only as long as absolutely necessary.
But he's so veterany!
Veterany!
I hope this is GAARP's "farewell tour" to Anaheim and then he's gone from the team.
I am caustic.
I'm callously ostentatious.
Hey look at that, GAARP is out OPS+ing Andruw Jones's 2008 campaign.
I'm heading to Nashville on Friday to avoid the weekend series.
I am covertly ocular. I can't bear to watch this team. But I will shhhhh.
I wish GAARP would change his name to Candy Ortiz to fit this discussion.
I'm cantankerously obvious.
I'm clairvoyantly obtuse. In other words, I can see doom ahead; I just don't know who it involves.
Sort of like Sylvia Browne.
I thought the 1901 reference was to GAARP's birth year, but I'm actually older than he.
I am currently obscene. Win a fucking game already. SHIT!
The Dodgers last night were carelessly off-base.
@Josh S, I just recognized your "Haegar slacks" pun from 4:03p.
Even two hours later, I wanted to make sure I com-pleated the thought.
I wish I could say it was the first time I used that joke, but it seamed like the right time to bring it back.
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen!!
The Dodgers need a slump buster
I don't like the subject matter, but that recap package of last night's debacle the Dodgers Live just showed was EPIC.
Epale everyone!
I'm confidant optimistic.
Also, thanks to Karen,Steve Sax,Mr C, Dusty, Paul, Neeebs, Rbnlaw and anyone who wished me well. I don't have fever since this morning.
I also think I'm guilty of yesterday's loss because I didn't post on the GT or tweeted a meme about Ely.
Josh, I hemmed and hawed about extending the puns, as well.
I didn't want to profit at your ex-pants.
Stuck in traffic Vinny!
Glad to hear you're on the mend Karina.
Epale Karina!
Glad you're feeling better and are with us tonight, we need your positive energy
@Karen I'm reading last posts and I'm worried about the collective blood pressures and stomachs of the readers of this blog.
Karina, I've hired Shpunt to channel some V Energy your way.
Karina's feeling better. That means the Dodgers will be feeling better. I sense a connection.
No, wait, that's just my stomach. I need food.
Haeger may need to see a professional for that thing on his chin
I really don't care for Haeger.
Ugh. Not like everyone in front if us lost or is losing or anything.
worst center fielder in baseball so far this year.
statistically.
Bobby Abreu getting caught stealing off a knuckleballer is almost as embarrassing as Kemp doing the same thing. Almost.
Do you know Bobby Abreu was slumping since the celebration broken leg?
Bobby, you're one of my favorite ballplayers but I can't stand this. Why with the Dodgers? WHY?
thank you angels.
Martin having to pick up the slack for Haeger
The Russell Martin Atonement Tour.
And they call us ignorant and lazy on the basepaths.
When its the angels they are called "aggressive mistakes"
It compensates for Tuesday's 3-run HR.
@Steve Sax 7:14 I know you did, Sax.
Lead off walk!
Sacramento drafted cousins?
I know the guy is supposed to be a good player, but im a little leery of a guy who already has weight and conditioning issues in college.
Kazmir Ks Kemp.
Kemp is lost.
This a sad moment. The Bravo Channel is on in my household and I am not asking to change it. Not yet anyways. Nope can't bases loaded!!!
a bases clearing.....
strikeout?
Damn!!
Crap. Maybe I can get into the Bravo Channel.
well lets pick out of the positives of that inning.
We loaded the bases.
The dugout didn't catch on fire.
Thats about it.
oh come on blue that last one was totally a strike.
why do New York fans just go to the draft to boo all their selections.
I know most of the selections are terrible but it just seems like a waste of time.
I'm surprised Knicks fans even know who the hell Rautins and Fields are.
@Nic J I don't follow the NBA, but I'm proud a born and raised venezuelan got drafted in the first round.
Which player was that, Karina?
Greivis Vasquez, who just graduated from Maryland.
They know Rautins because he went to Syracuse.
I heard rumors Vasquez might drop to the Lakers. Too bad.
oh did he go in the first round? thats pretty shocking.
Congrats to him though.
Er, too bad he couldn't go to the Lakers.
Again, I'm surprised Knicks fans know who Rautins is.
Vasquez is a good energy player, but is way to slow to keep up with NBA PG's.
I see him as a decent bench player for the grizz. he can help with long range shooting too, something they were lacking.
@Mlasf, thats technically the lakers pick. i think that completes the gasol trade.
From what I read, he made a good impression everywhere he worked out for.
@Mr LASF if he had been drafted for the Lakers, it'd be perfect but I understand he was very good on college basketball. How good, Nic J and Mr LASF?
I know that was the Lakers' pick, but I heard somewhere that he would go to their 43rd pick.
lakers on the clock.
Vasquez averaged close to 20 points a game. That's very good.
Im not sure, he was a pretty good college player but that doesn't always translate to the NBA.
Im guessing a solid backup who will actually get a chance to play in Memphis, which is always the goal
On Tuesday night, because the rain delay of the Mets game, DirecTV never showed the Dodgers game.
Today, I have to wait the Australia-Venezuela female World Softball championship game ends. I intended to watch that game too but anything that interrupts Dodgers baseball somehow is very annoying.
DEVIN EBANKS!!!!!
i dont know who that is.
Devin Ebanks? Wasn't he a character on Fresh Prince?
why the hell are we drafting forwards?
A small forward. The one spot on the roster the Lakers don't have a hole in? Something's up.
RT @chadfordinsider: LA takes Ebanks. Great pick. Could be this year's Trevor Ariza. A lockdown perimeter defender.
im thinking he might not want to look up places to live in LA yet.
Maybe it speaks volumes about the teams' feelings toward Luke.
Ebanks lacks a shooting touch and is a good defender/ rebounder.
Or maybe Jerry West put in a good word for him.
This years trevor ariza. so we are trading him to houston?
Thanks, @MrLASF and @NicJ
p.s I love when you both talk about basketball
You want to know how bad of an outside shooter Ebanks was? He was 3-for-30 from beyond the arc last season. That's 10%.
fuck, loney down.
@MLASF, So he will fit right in with the lakers.
Charge him, Loney!
@Mr LASF since they can't win, they could still give a good punch, right?
why cant kemp do that?
Why is Hunter so good fielding?
@Karina - I'd say that Haeger should retaliate, but, y'know, the whole knuckleball thing.
It would be like getting hit with a pingpong ball.
Hey, Kemp tagged up on the play! That's some heads-up baserunning!
(curls into a ball and cries)
Well, Nic J, the Dodgers let Franklin Gutierrez go, I guess it produced bad karma.
Son, there's a lot to make up for
Rancho A-Reed-ando
reed johnson up with the bases loaded.
deja vu
Rancho Ardiendo!
was an optical illusion or King James was in hit and run mode?
Rancho OC
How many times can you load the bases without scoring?
Sacks juiced for Johnson again.
(Filthy.)
FInally, a break for us!!!!!!
Bases still ariendo!
HOLY HELL WE SCORED
YES! YES!! YES!!!
That is Dodger power baby!!
Reed Johnson > GAARP
@Paul that was very depressing.
The guys on tv are talking about the back off Dodgers outfielders with disappointment.
WOW! new game, still rancho Ardiendo and one out.
I think Reed did that just to stick it to Ken Levine.
In comes Loney. In comes Martin.
Way to go Raffy!
MOAR RUNZ
Good for Raffy!!
Raffy!!!!!
We have three times the amount of runs than our opposition!
Celtics select Luke Harangody from Notre Dame.
Scalabrine has been replaced as the token ginger on the team.
Johnson is home!
I can't believe Kempmade it all the way around the basepaths without a gaffe
I don't know how to handle this sudden influx of runs!!!
Hooray MSB!!
Another hit! The admiral saves the rebel alliance!!
I can't believe no one besides Josh S likes the pants puns
another baserunning Boo Boo.
3-1? We are going to lose.
We rally and still look stupid.
Well, we still have runs. I'll take it.
i cant even remember the last time we chased a starting pitcher.
Is there kryptonite on the bases or what?
I think Jamie thought it was illegal for the Dodgers to score more runs.
I think those puns are unseamly.
lakers on the clock again.
well almost on the clock.
will the pants puns never crease, i mean cease.
Haeger just couldn't stand having a 4 run lead
Wow, the Dodgers had nine men at the plate in the top of the fourth, and now lead 5-1...make that 5-2 on the Napoli homer.
Could you argue with that, Paul?
It's sad anytime someone hits a HR off a knuckleballer because it makes him to look very bad.
I'll cut Nic some slacks for that one.
Sure, now you make this GT theme relevant (10 games later).
Well rocked the Kazmir.
Pants puns? I will Levit alone.
Why is there a 5 next to the Dodgers in the score line?
DERRICK CARACTER.
another forward!!??!!??
I'm not understanding Mitch tonight.
Breaking News: Zack Greinke has a tiny head
Are the Dodgers going sans a belt?
@Steve Sax are you getting classes from Nostry?
Kemp with the good eye.
karina back in das haus.
Did you bring any mojo with you? So far, yes.
On the radio before the game Vin said the "auto park" was going to be open earlier than usual this weekend at the Yard. I feel like I need to wear an ascot and drive my Model T to the stadium.
@Rbnlaw I find your lack of faith disturbing
Ha. We're sending our three (healthy) best against the Yankees three best, but WOW did that graphic look like a hilarious mismatch.
Loney, you are a machine lately. FJL FTW!
joe must of flipped out on the team yesterday.
Tagging up on fly outs and now a hit and run play.
Activate Follicle Fury. Casey getting some hits.
Hey everyone!
I missed the big inning AND the pants puns?
It looks like you guys sewed them all up...
and now a SAC FLY!!!
I dont know what to do. Im hyperventilating.
Your (sac) fly is open.
...I may be able to come up with something off-the-cuff.
You were late to the pun party Mr. C.
This thread was tailored just for you.
The smartness is hurting my brain.
still with the crappy baserunning.
oh well, we got one so no complaints from me.
Well we have to do that once an inning now I guess.
Sweet mother of god - I just poured a glass of a 2004 Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc that I unearthed by accident this morning. This must be what it feels like to be Derek Jeter. I'm a little weepy.
According to Rivals.com, Caracter is unmotivated, lackadaisical, and a pretty big asshole.
Now THAT'S ironic!
This pun is taking over. Inseamed so harmless.
Hopefully we've ironed out all our baserunning woes.
@MLASF, HA!
Trivia guess: GA?
@Paul - I'm in stitches that you would even think a pun could be harmless.
I'm thinking Caracter and Artest will have some kind of battle over who can be the biggest nutjob. And by the end of it, Caracter will be curled up in the fetal position, crying for a return to UTEP.
We are scoring runs, situational hitting and Haegar is pitching relatively well.
Did i die and go to heaven?
Oh wait Troncoso is warming up. nope.
Torre does know Schlichting has not pitched since being called up, right?
well he is in triple A again, so that doesnt matter.
T-Slick's back in ABQ.
Oop, nevermind, he pitched in the first loss against Boston.
And he was demoted for Haeger.
Damn, I miss T-Slick.
And he pitched in Boston.
i heard somewhere he was demoted AND he pitched in boston.
get him charlie, get this win.
nope, not even close.
Well I'm certain there's a reliever available who hasn't had his arm reduced to two wet noodles connected by a staple.
COME ON JOE LET HIM GET THE MEANINGLESS STAT!
troncoso comes in.
So Charlie will finish with 4.2IP 4 ER.
He's a knuckleballer, he can throw 200 pitches and not get tired!
Metro PCS commercials: Proof racism is alive and well in this country.
Tron has more AB's against than Haeger. This is madness.
@Josh S
Somebody was PAID to write those things...
Alright, culotte with the base hits, already.
i think i trust sherrill just a tad bit more than tron at this point in the season.
Somebody WROTE those? I thought someone put those guys in in front of a camera and said "Do, you know, Indian stuff!"
One of my new year wishes will be a decent defensive left fielder for the Dodgers. When was the last time we had one?
jason repko?
i totally called it.
TRON SUCKS
karina,
What were you saying about my lack of faith? My former Saintly daughter just came in and said, "I hope they don't screw this up."
She's commonly oppressive.
(former Saintly as she no longer attends St. Anthony HS)
@Josh S
I try to imagine what the pitch was like. I can't.
Also, Ttron's got nothing.
Do we have any relievers that don't feel like giving up some runs?
And like that, I stole 200.
I think Andre played some left back when Fat Turd Bastard was our centerfielder.
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