Clayton Kershaw (9-5, 3.15) vs. R.A. Dickey (6-4, 2.73 ERA).
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COMMENTS: Who is R.A. Dickey? Short answer: He's the Mets' Charlie Haeger. Long answer: Read this article — it contains the phrase "missing the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow."
Who is Clayton Kershaw? Just the latest Dodgers starter, who will hopefully continue/improve upon these preceding performances:
- 7/21 Chad Billingsley: CGSO
- 7/22 Hiroki Kuroda: 8.0 scoreless
- 7/23 Vicente Padilla: 7.0 IP, 1 ER
- 7/24 Carlos Monasterios: 5.0 scoreless
Now if the offense can only score more than two runs during regulation, Kershaw might actually get a chance at a victory. Has James Loney's walkoff energy infused the Dodger bats? Or will the Dodgers end up eating a knuckle sandwich?
photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images
161 comments:
Why must games I attend be so dire?
Ah, MLASF: Our Little Mister Sunshine.
Secret to continuing Dodger success?
Keep J Mac off the mound when the opposition is batting. He can be on the mound any other time he wants to be.
Paul 7
Carroll 6
Loney 3
Kemp 8
Ethier 9
Blake 5
DeWitt 4
Martin 2
Kershaw 1
Young Mc's body language leads me to believe that he doesn't have a clue as to how to get batters out. He looks like I look if someone asks me something about quadratic equations.
And, who is John Galt?
@DB:
*shrugs*
As for today's lineup, I especially like the continuing absence of a particular Mr. Anderson.
Just saw the movie SALT. Pretty good stuff. Now it's almost game time!
Per TBLA:
"Kuo, Weaver unavailable today. Broxton (2 IP, 28 pitches Sat) is "wait & see"; Torre "wouldn't be afraid" to close w/ Jansen"
Hopefully R.A. doesn't make us look like a bunch of Dickeys this afternoon.
Why does it always seem like the padres are playing an easier team?
Did the Pod Rays get to design their own schedule this season?
Padres up 6-3 in the ninth at Pittsburgh
Thanks a ton blue.
When do we get to play Pittsburgh? Oh yeah, that's right...
Dana DeMutt
Beltran didn't even put up a fight on that at-bat
Epale everyone!
couldn't watch the game yesterday, in spite it was on TV, but that King James walk off gave a boost to my optimism!
Go Blue!
Keep in mind we haven't played Philly once yet and they are a team that tends to make their push right about now.
Lotta empty seats there today. I should be there.
WooooHoooo! YEAH!!!!!!
a single
Seriously what the fuck is andre doing. Give the guy a chance to steal a base!!
Officially getting embarrassed.
Damn the offense is horrendous right now
looks like our batters will be dealing with a wiiide strikezone today. I hope Clayton gets those same strikes
nice work, X
Generally I have pretty good reading comprehension. However, just now, I clearly failed in that regard. THis is evidenced by the fact that I began making a Bloody Mary with Mr and Mrs T Bold and Spicy Bloody Mary Mix, then proceeded to add lots of spicy ingredients as if I were starting with a mix that had no spiciness to begin with. I am now paying the consequences of my reading comprehension failure.
Remember when Charlie pitched this well...
For that one game.
This guy has only thrown like 36 pitches.
Not like Running up the pitch count does much good with a knuckleballer. Just have to wait until he loses it.
@Nic
Which guy? I'm not sure his name or any information about him. I wish Vin would spend more time discussing him.
uhoh who got hit?
oh no it was Monstercheerios, heading to the clubhouse now
Kid K is especially nasty today.
Mannywood is more barren than Meredith Baxter's womb.
in that Wheaties Fuel ad with Albert Pujols, is he wearing Dockers?
That was fucked up.
Funny but fucked up. HaHa
Gary Cohen dissing the Dodger Dog on the Mets broadcast
haha nice, DB
dickey
4th inning wave? yikes
The dd is at the game...another barn burner. Dd jr enjoying the wave. Camachos is closed...on viva los dodgers day. So confused. Spilled a little beer on dd jr...he didn't mind
DD
Didn't you have a spilled beer incident last year that you wrote about in a post?
Why is everyone swinging at the first pitch?
Yeah...this one was just a drop. I stopped him before he coujld taste it.
I am learning
DD, he didn't mind because he knows that it's customary to buy the victim a beer to square things
He did heckle a girl already. At age 2. I want him streaking the field by kindergarten
damn you ump, that first one was a strike, you called that earlier
@DD
Teach him to yell "Wash your hair, Timmeh!"
@TheDoubleD my better half is scanning the Field Level with binoculars trying to find you. If you're wearing Mets hat she plans to hiss loudly in your general direction.
Matty ain't happy
A mets baesrunner provides zero tension
go Dre go!
just a single, Casey
go Dre go!
just a fly ball, Casey
Come on, Casey....you know how to sac a run in. Let's take some baby steps at running up the score.
dammit
They just showed cSey blakes childhyood pic. No beard. Shocking
God damn, Blake. Start cheating on pitches at this point. Your swing was about 13 seconds too late.
No, YOU are a dickey!
Woo-hoo Dre!
crud
Son of a crackwhore.
Dammit. By the time I got my phone to post that, the inning was over.
Ground out which resulted in end of inning resulted in wild yet misguided applause from my section. I offered to buy them a book on baseball
Tim Pitcher, quite a belcher.
getting squeezed never felt so bad
nice pickoff!!
thank fudge for that pickoff
nice work, Dre!
BEARD CATCH POWER!!
Santana-baiters take note: THAT is why some of us feel the trade was worth it.
looked like Dickey tweaked his "region"
or his knee
Grounds crew FTW!!
Dickey tweaked his Dickey.
Looks like we're keeping the Kid in so we can send him out to plunk someone in the 7th.
Mets relievers are doing Iroquois twists in the bullpen
Dickey is yelling at Manuel
"I'm not going"
J Manuel just made about 5 trips to the mound. Where's that call?
RA was trying to get the ump to let him stay in
Did dickey look hurt? All I could tell from my seats was that dickey was royally pissed
Cats and dogs preview on jumbotron made dd very angry
jesus christ, Vin, why don't you just move to taxachusetts and marry RA Dickey already.
@DD
Maybe Dickey saw that Cats and Dogs advert?
Dude needs to get off the mound. He is gonna hurt himself more.
DD, he teaked his knee when he slipped on the mound and then looked limpy when fielding Clayton's dribbler
Sometimes Ethier is so slow it seems like he's moving backward.
little high there, Clayton
Joe scared of Frenchy?
Potsy in the house
Seventh inning stretch before 3pm. Crazy fast game.
More potsy
Get the spelling right, DD!
Guys, I'm heading to church. I don't think I can make it to the end of the game, but I'll pray for the Dodgers too.
I've been watching the game on TV (got glimpses of Vinny underneath the Spanish commentary) and lurking in the GT (I've been so quiet since Thrusday night, I'm agraid I'm gonna lose my voice)
Go Blue!
Monstercheerios is apparently fine (no concussion) after getting bonked by a foul ball
Sacrifice a chicken for the Dodgers, Karina!
Monstercheerios probably looks like your avatar now, FB.
hi karina! have a good afternoon!
can you give a special message to the patron saint of bats for me?
agreed, DB
that said, if we somehow win this, it will be like a steak on my black eye
My god, Vin STILL talking about Dickey. Seriously, are they an item?
crap - Wright does his best Beard impression
@FB
Got a steak on my head cause I got into a fist-fight
son of a gun, son of a bish
that applies to X's near-chatch too
Gotta make them plays XP. He meant well anyways
now he gets the low strike
nice railslide by Russ!
looked like Reyes was going to do a Willie Mays Hayes pushup after that knockdown
That was a railslide into frontside grind, no?
Ouch. If they said 39k are in attendance, that means no more than 25k showed up.
I tried to get a beer right before the cutoff. Was in line..next up.....then inning ended. No beer for me
I am FURIOUS
i don't think Casey gets to that
it doesn't feel good though. I am worried about Wright in this situation
wow Dre positioned perfectly there
This home improvement crap will never end. When I get one thing done another thing opens up and needs to be fixed.
Plus I have to listen to 10 second delay Steiner. I just love when he watches the game and forgets he is doin play by play.
the Mets guys were just talking about how far over Dre was. He wasn't even on the screen when they showed the defense
Clayton has given us a gift performance.
Now can we frickin' score?!?!
cmon lets get Clayton this win!!!
Did they do some new thing where you can't roam around the field section in between 1st and 3rd unless you have seats in those sections?
Dad was saying something like that but I don't think I understood him.
Vin just said "RA Dickey" and "spread those legs" in the same sentence. This is getting really weird.
you SOB that was SO LOW!
be ready Dre, he's gonna give you one
Lame Dre
We have an off day tomorrow bur we probably can't win another extra inning game.
Raffy's got his gear on
attaboy, Casey!
Aw man, I wanted GAARP to pinch hit.
wow nice play
Per Victor Rojas:
[Joe] Saunders plus 3 to #dbacks for Dan Haren.
RUSS!!!
FINALLY!!!!!!!!
i have no doubt that karina had something to do with that
Fuck yeah! Beard Hustle Action
Woooooo! Alright, Kenley, shut this shit down and let's go home!
"Heeeere comes Casey!"
That woke Mrs Dusty up.
Way to ruin the fun torre. BOOO Belliard!!!
Thank jeebus they're walking Belly2.
No, leave Kershaw in you Fuck
looks like it'll be Kenley FTW...
@Karina
One chicken down, but it was for a good cause! 1-0 Dodgers.
just put it somewhere, X
i don't know about that
Let's go Agent Oranje!!!
I need to start stocking Oranjeboom beer for when he comes in.
FB nervous
Lets see if this guy is for real
Battletoad up in the bullpen
No pressure, kid.
I can hear DD and DD Jr's "Let's Go Mets" chant
Totally blew him away.
Kid K with his hat turned at a jaunty angle. Love it.
POW!
Mission complete, Agent Oranje.
This kid is NAILS.
Kershaw may start humping Jansen like Kemp on Loney.
Devastating.
I am making sweet, sweet love to Kenley Jansen. Raffy is jealous, but understanding.
so that's 4 of 5
now let's stick it to SD
Raffy's just waiting for his turn
Ok, Raffy. Your turn.
PGT up baybee!
DB is going to make Kemp jealous if he keeps it up with the sweet, sweet lovemaking to recent Dodger heroes.
Heh, heh. I said "keep it up."
Heh, heh.
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