Hiroki Kuroda (6-5, 3.06) vs. A.J. Burnett (6-6, 4.83).
COMMENTS: It's starting to feel like Groundhog Day with the Dodgers and interleague play, as we carry our 3-10 record into what is thankfully the first of our final two interleague games of the year. Remember, we were in first place on June 11, when we started our second tour of interleague duty, and then dropped back to second as the Angels swept us. We got a respite against Cincinnati while the 28 other teams dueled interleague-style, which got us back to first place. And since then, our next seven interleague games have yielded one dismal win, dropping us back to fourth place in the division. It seems like the AL brings out the worst in the Dodgers--offensive impotence (like last night's game, where we were shutout for the last eight innings), baserunning blunders (in Wednesday's and Thursday's Angels games), and absences from Matt Kemp and Russell Martin (whose 0-fers last night have them batting .257 and .245, respectively).
Someone has got to tell the Dodgers that "interleague" does not mean "exhibition". These games count, and if Erin's transcontinental return to Dodger Stadium (see comments from last night's GameThread) isn't enough to inspire you, we'll have to resort to more destructive means, like punching holes in walls (not that we haven't already tried that (repeatedly)). Until then, I feel like I'm watching the same disastrous day over and over again. Someone run me a bath while I hold this toaster.
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Yankmes:
Jeter SS
Jeter CF
Jeter 1B
Jeter 3B
Jeter 2B
Jeter C
Jeter RF
Jeter LF
Jeter P
3 RS
Row V
Seats 21-23
Dusty, Mrs Dusty, MDIL
Go Blue!
Nice seats Dusty!
Just had brunch hosting some Bay Area friends who are Yank-Me fans, down here for the game. They're sitting on the first-base side in the Baseline Club.
Dusty, can you hit them with a water balloon from your seat? Bring a funnel and some surgical tubing.
No joke: he'll be wearing a Jeter jersey.
How original.
I have called upon the Sith for mojo.
The good side of the force has not been working. I've turned to the dark side. Please do not judge me.
Your hate will make you powerful.
Cervelli and his giant helmet are playing today, so at least I'll get some laughs out of the game.
Crap. I lost track of time. The game is in 10 minutes?
20 til first pitch.
Yeah.
Oh great headed to the bar to see the game and realized it will be Sox v. Giants. Well still drinking damn it. Great job MLB.
Why are they showing that game?
Kevin Millar is an idiot. What the hell is that, "find an identity?" What is that?
Mr. F.
I am considered No Cal market even though I am 3 hours away.
Sox vs Giants? Can we pray for a nuclear attack?
Johan Santana has looked awful, but he's also an ace. How does that work, exaclty?
That sucks, Paul.
McCarver almost said "That does not make Joe horny."
Hey Kids!
We're playing the yankmes on national tv
Might be a problem
Someone should nuke Buck and McCarver. I'm already pissed.
Might?
Karen, did you read the GT. I'm about to drop my toaster.
@Spanky Save some of the hate for the evil doer's
Take one day at a time
Everything else you can leave behind
Only one thing at a time
Anything more really hurts your mind
Wait, more than one game with the Yanks? Really, the Dodger PR dept. should be ashamed.
The lack of publicity is appalling.
As the line in "Tommy Boy" goes, "Who's your favorite team, the Yank-eees?"
@Sax I was trying to be charitable
I remember when I lived in Fresno a couple years ago and all I got were Giant,Sac Queens and Niner games.Hell
That was a bad AB for Kuroda, but a fantastic one for Jeter.
Jeter doesnt chase pitches, only women.
At the Yard, Vinny!
Sax if I do anything with a funnel, it will involve beer and gravity.
Or possibly a makeshift antenna #ATTFail
Kemp never backs up the throw.
Crap.
I'm going shopping.
Why can't Kemp back up a throw? Seriously, that's bush league.
Well this is fun so far
We will be swept in the most hyped series of the decade.
I'm not trying to forget you
I just like to be alone
Come and give me the space I need
And you may and may and may
Find that we're alright
Kemp was taught poorly when he came up.
Im looking at you Grady Little.
that was quick.
Dear Mr. Kemp:
I mean no offense
To you but grow up
Can't you just grow up?
When are you going to
Give it your own go?
Give it your own go
just one more game of this interleague garbage.
Did Honeycutt come out there and I missed it?
I'm going to be hearing Sterling's call of that homer every time I put on ESPN radio. I really hate Sterling.
Pedroia out with a broken foot?
that cheers me up a bit.
well, at the very least we have a full nine innings to make up a three run lead.
prediction, we lose 3-2
Here we go with the Yankee oogling
At least Burnett's been awful lately.
Thought that likely means he will throw a CGSO.
the dodgers are hitting .242 in interleague this year?
im actually shocked its that high.
Buck already with the barbs at the dodgers.
Hm. It took that long for Buck to start his barbs?
Burnett gives up hit, Buck says he is pitching confident though.
I really hate you right now, Kemp.
I think Kemp needs some booty.
I'm not
Ready
For it
But then ever I could be
i love how they just gloss over the fact that Jeter is struggling through the worst stretch in his career at the moment and we have been hearing about how much the dodgers hitting sucks for about 5 straight minutes now.
Turn on the TV are we're down 3-0 in the first. Yay!
damn ground rule double.
Ground rule double! I'll take it!
Oh, this game is starting well.
For the second time today, the good guys give up the early lead.
Yay, but I hate GRDs.
We've been reduced to cheering for ground rule doubles.
Productive out!
sac fly will work.
NicJ you are like Nostadamus. 3-2
jokes on you yankees, our pitching is equally as crappy but at a fraction of the price.
So far, I'm liking AJ Burnet
Manny almost hung out to dry
He was out, but I don't care.
I hope I don't offend anyone but the Dodgers look retarded on the base paths
Tony Pena did a lot of things from his knees, McCarver
hi, everybody!
Im pretty sure even the mentally handicapped would be offend by the baserunning as of late, spanky.
the blue with the slight edge in HOF players!
that helmet is too much.
Why doesn't McCarver just come out and say he thinks the Yankees are better than the Dodgers? There's not much journalistic integrity left for him, he can't lose much.
Cervelli is having trouble with that bucket he wears on his head. He has to take it off after every pitch
Epale,everyone!
@JoshS 3:48 You have to be scared of Cervelli if he bats with men on base, specially if they are in scoring position.
@Mr LASF 4:05 Bills is trying to do that...
Gardner has three HR?!?
Im gonna take a wild guess as say they were all hit at yankee stadium.
Kuroda settling down
@Mr F how was the Pavement concert? I'm jealous
Thats a shame
Bucholz injured now too?
this feels like christmas.
Except all these injuries take place right when they play the Giants.
good bunt, Hiro
Ohhh it was really awesome! Thanks for asking. They're a great live band. And the lead singer (Malkmus is his name?) was in good form. The back-up singer guy yelled too much for my taste, but it was alright. I guess at some point they ended up inviting their original drummer, Gary, (who has a reputation for being... sloppy) on-stage with them. They messed up one of the songs when he was playing, but it was okay. Kinda funny actually. Otherwise it was a great show.
Is Buck saying the crowd has life because there are yankee fans there??
the crowd has life because they are celebrating Jeter's b-day.
Jeter's birthday is everyone's birthday
maybe try pitching jeter inside from now on.
two on, no outs and tex up.
ive seen this one already
I don't pull out, but my couch does
yeesh where was that throw going?
HOORAY FOR LOOKING STUPID ON NATIONAL TV!
Why DeError?
100!
Dammit DeWitt!
What are the odds that we lose 4-3?
no errors on DP's
At the Farmers Market. About to get a beer.
Throwing like Joyce
regardless of the score, the odds are high we will lose.
man they are just really working the dodgers over today.
The announcers, not the yankees
@Sax do any of the farmers sell moonshine? we need some
Do you think we've been playing sloppy? Tim McCarver thinks we've been playing sloppy. When have we been playing sloppy?
How many times is McCarver going to say "wretched"?
Hiro the victim of more bad fielding. He pitched well in Boston but the fielding there screwed him again
We had a really bad game Wednesday, and play hasn't exactly been perfect today, but we haven't really been that bad, have we?
Never forget that Buck and McCarver are Cardinals
@Mr F "And the lead singer (Malkmus is his name?)"
Hahahahahahaha, I love Pavement. OMG Gary Young performed!.I also have a huge crush on Stephen Malkmus since I was a teenager.
Btw, you made me smile with your review.
Kemp excluded.
good job, Matty
kemp is always excluded
McCarver thinks leaving off Strasburg would be an injustice to America.
Having McCarver do baseball on a national stage is already an injustice to America.
ive heard more nice things said about Strasburg today than the dodgers.
did you see Stephen Malkmus?
Dre's gonna have a big day
I ask in all seriousness, what the hell was the point of showing that replay of the Angel game? Other than to bury the Dodgers? Can't they just CALL. THE. DAMN. GAME?!
Why not also show the Yanks getting lit up by the D-Backs?
@karina Oh that's awesome. Yeah I'm not quite a... die hard. That is, I don't know the band members' names.... =(. But they're a really awesome band.
The Dodgers aren't getting good hits, the Yankees are just playing like shit, I bet.
Strasburg IS like Lebron.
Tons of hype and hasnt won anything yet.
Let's make this happen now boys
I hope Strasburg loses a few before the all-star break so we dont have to listen to this crap anymore
Strasburg does have a win. In fact he has two!
Rancho Ardiendo, no outs!
Go King James!
Come on! Liberate that ball!
What are the odds that we don't score anything.
Nice, FB.
Free James!
tie game
Tie game!
Thank you very much, King James!
New game, ladies and gents!
That's why you always have to believe.
always believe in the suckitude of AJ Burnett
Yay
Warm up Chan Ho!!
Buck and Suck are just blaming Burnett for this inning. It's not like the Dodgers did anything to get two runs.
or Boone Logan, whatever.
keep taking
its still a run, AND A LEAD!!
I will take the RBI of shame.
Jeter didnt try to turn the triple play on that?
Jeter likes doing things the hard way, both in baseball and in bed.
I'll take that productive DPm, but try better next time, son.
take 4 pitches
ok blue, fine, but give Hiro those strikes too
ok Hiro, let's lock this down
@MLASF
Thx for pointing out to D Hernandez that he need a new schtick. Seriously...he's turning into Plaschke lite w this schpunt schtick.
@Mr F it's ok, I suck when trying to remember musicians' names buy I did have a Pavement phase when I was in high school, but I don't consider myself a die hard either. Besides they are such R.E.M. fanboys and I did love Scott Kannberg foreword to New Adventures in Hi-FI: the Complete R.E.M.
@Fred's Brim that was an awesome cartoon. I hate hipsters.
nice camerawork, Fox
I'm crossing fingers Swisher doesn't score
One more random Pavement comment for karina.
So I listen to my iPod in my car. I make "playlists" of songs that I'm currently listening to so I don't have to fumble through the iPod while driving. I randomize them to introduce the "random" element of the radio while keeping it to just songs I like.
Anyway, Pavement's set list last night ended (maybe unsurprisingly) with "Summer Babe" and "Here." I got in my car today and the first two songs that pop up happened to be.... "Summer Babe" and "Here." Pretty cool.
dagnabbit
Hiro unlucky again
I really don't understand Suck's logic behind letting Burnett bat.
ok here's your chance to get out of it
It's a jeter of an opportunity for Jeter here.
stay in on him, Hiro
nice work, kid!
Reading comments... God damn I'm mad at mccarver and I haven't even heard a word he's said. What an asshole.
although Jeter is just setting us up for later torture
we gotta keep after Burnett if they want to trot him back out there
Boy, a Jeter strikeout feels good
Jeter failed. Has the world exploded yet?
@DB - once a Cardinal, always a Cardinal
I'm sure that this is all part of Jeter's grand scheme to destroy the Dodgers.
that'll work. nice work, Raffy!
shut
the
fuck
up
McCarver
Why do you always have to look at the negative side of things?
@Mr F it's ok, I suck when trying to remember musicians' names buy I did have a Pavement phase when I was in high school. Besides they are such R.E.M. fanboys and I did love Scott Kannberg foreword to New Adventures in Hi-FI: the Complete R.E.M.
I think you iPod is very smart.
@Fred's Brim that's a great cartoon, thanks!
We are crushing the ball this inning.
There's that "check up from the neck up" line we love so much.
Has anyone else told McCarver to shut the fuck up?
great work, Matty
Dre or Manny (or both) are going to abuse this bum coming in
Now that we're talking about indie music, does anybody know if Pepsi is using Apples in Stereo's Energy on their ads?
@rbnlaw, I think I read that somewhere else on here...
Rancho Ardiendo again!
Jeez. It hasn't even been four innings and we're approaching the two hour mark. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Joe West wants us all to die.
Free James!
And Matty is out on the basepaths yet again
*sigh*Kemp...you are literally killing me
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Another King James RBI anyway
Not much Kemp could do there. If he was sent, he was sent. It's only his fault if he ignored a stop sign.
@Karina - You do know what "literally" means, right?
I can't speak for karina, but everytime Matt Kemp makes an out on the basepaths, I feel seconds being shaved off of my life.
Casey!
THE BEARD IS ALIVE!!!!
That "shaved" the line!
Get it? Huh? Huh? Okay, I'll shut up.
This is a poor IBB choice.
ok Joyce, all we want is a walk or hit
Loney=awesome
Kemp, not so much.
Hey, look what's coming to my hood:
www.anaheimbrew.com
My new favorite place, and it's not even opened yet. Check them on faceplace: Anaheim Brewery.
Buck, a man who loves to hear himself talk, is complaining about the length of the game.
Is that irony?
Yes, I do. As Mr. F says his baserunning blunders are taking little bits of my soul.
This strategy looks like it might pay off.
Or a good choice, I guess.
Damn, jinx didn't work.
Tommy holds a grudge like no other.
199
200
Steve Garvey still hates Reggie.
I still hate Reggie
Nice work, Fox. This is going reallllllly well
finish him, Hiro, so we don't have to listen to this anymore
When is Reggie going to try to kill the queen?
I'm confused. I just want the inning to end.
Will this game end before tomorrow's starts?
INNING OVER!
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