Clayton Kershaw (10-5, 2.96) vs. Matt Cain (8-8, 3.14).
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COMMENTS: I'm not gonna lie — it's kinda bleak in Dodgertown right now. The Boys in Blue have reversed their kick-only-NL West-ass policy, and the organization just traded a big bunch of young guys for a smaller bunch of older guys.
On the bright side — and there's always a bright side, even if you have to look under the table to find it — Chadley proved himself a warrior yesterday and Kershaw is back from his suspension today...right in time to face the team he was pitching against when he got suspended. How meta!
Somehow, Cain has never beaten the Dodgers in 14 tries, which is pretty amazing if you think about it. (Go ahead, I'll give you a second.) Today would be a great day for that streak to continue, if only as a nice welcome to Messrs. Lilly, Theriot and Dotel.
264 comments:
1 – 200 of 264 Newer› Newest»I'm just going to sit around and type random shit in here for the next 3 hours until the game starts.
Then I'm going to continue to type random shit during the game, as usual.
Per D. Hernandez:
Ted Lilly will wear No. 29, Ryan Theriot No. 13 and Octavio Dotel No. 26.
He also reports that Gnats beat writer Hank Schulman is fat and lazy.
The only good part of Dylan ripping on Hank Schulman is that he's not making V Energy or Dr. Neal El Attrache jokes anymore.
You are so, so right, JSchippe.
Meanwhile, here's the Jints' lineup:
Torres RF
Sanchez 2B
Huff 1B
Posey C
Burrell LF
Sandoval 3B
Rowand CF
Renteria SS
Cain P
We just optioned T-Slick.
Dodgers haven't scored in double digits since July 3 against DBags.
Podsednik, LF
TheLAriot, 2B
Furcal, SS
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Paul, RF
Martin, C
Kershaw, P
I'm hungry and need more beer.
Feeling the surliness once again.
Feel the surly, brother!
2:15 to gametime
still 3:10 to Yuma, however
10 seconds to love, as well.
#MotleyCrue
It's also half past the monkey's ass, quarter to his balls.
What's the reference in your avatar, Josh? When you first met Neeebs' mom?
It's Ted and Lily, from How I Met Your Mother.
Pod Rays losing 3-2 zin the 6th. Wearing hideous camo shirts so they deserve a cruel fate.
Ah. That's a TV show I'm assuming.
That's a long way to go for that gag, Josh.
^in
I assume they are not losing zinfandel.
Not sure what riles my surly more; losing 2 in a row to that hideous bunch of Bonds-loving Gnats, or the fact that we could've gained 2 games in the standings to the hideos bunch of camo-wearing missionaries.
I know, working on my last beer in the fridge. That makes me surly. The sun in Santiago made me swarthy.
You're both surly AND swarthy? Wow. I can usually only achieve one at a time, and usually just the surly.
As I said in other threads that shall remain nameless, lots of people south of San Clemente wear hats and shirts with an interlocking "SD" on them.
Why?
Saw a guy with a Trevor Hoffman shirt. I was going to ask if he was a Brewers fan.
Or a fan of ineefective outings and blown saves.
DB,
It's the (alleged) Indian blood in me. My dad's side told tales of a great-grandmother who was a full blood Choctaw. I can find no evidence of this outside my inability to grow facial hair.
So swarthy and surly it is for this Swede/Scott/Brit/Native. About to resort to the vodka stores in the house.
The vodka is Absolut, by the way.
Have to stay true to the Swede in me.
@RB
"About to resort to the vodka stores in the house."
Not sure of that's the Native or Scot or Swede or Brit talking.
Absolutely.
DB,
Har! Guess my genealogy has doomed me to this.
Dewitt had three hits today for the cubbies.
Theriot prediction: 0-4 with 2 K's
Fish and Pods tied at 3.
@Nic
Think Joyce was picturing Colletti's face on that ball as he was swinging through?
im rooting for the pods now, dont want the giants to catch them.
Raffy's batting third? Our offense does suck.
5-3 Pods. Ludwick already helping.
TheLARiot better go 4-4 w 2 HRs and 5 RBI or I'm going to be surlier than normal. And Lilly better get a PH grand slam.
I hope ryan howard is injured enough to miss the first series we play the phils.
And that Oswalt pitches as shitty as he did the other day.
Cubbies coming back on Rox. 8-7 in the ninth. DFowler made great catch to prevent tying run, but looks like he broke 63 ribs in doing so.
2 outs. Jeff Baker up next, then DeWitt if Baker gets on.
quite a catch by dexter fowler.
Huston nearly passed out again, haha.
Baker struck out...game over.
Only other game going on is Pod Rays v Fish.
"Baker struck out...game over."
But enough about prom night.
Seems like we should try to fit Despair into the cleanup spot today.
Random shit.
Hopelessness making a spot start.
@RB
Random shit.
Random shit's already batting second.
Had to switch to some sort of Mike's Hard Lemonade margarita thingy until Mrs. rbn gets back from the store with my cache of beer.
Making carne asada tacos for dinner to celebrate my Swedish heritage. Listening to my Pandora radio station based on the Sonics as well.
So far, it's been a real good day (son's team won their last game in the SD tourney, posting the second consecutive clean sheet. . .a goalie's dad couldn't be prouder).
I thought Random Shit was our manager. Guess not.
It's the snarky exchanges like this that really make me sorry I missed the SOSG fest.
Did Mr. C end up with the Aussie barkeep?
Padres win 5-4. F'ing fish.
The Aussie barkeep was married, I believe.
To a Dodger fan, no less.
Fifty comments before gametime. Pretty strong work for a bunch of hungover gents.
@sax
No one we know, I'm sure...
Who you calling hungover?
Sorry to hear the bad news, Mr. C. Looks like Mrs. C will have to wait.
Switched to Cheap Trick radio station on Pandora.
Fits the afternoon much better.
@rbnlaw
My interests were directed towards obtaining another pint of fine ale, so I'd call that an unqualified success.
Hello everyone!!
Dusty--I loved your "Frankie being Frankie" on earlier post. I have a Pug too, but no dreds!
man im bored, when does this demoralizing loss start?
Mr. C:
I have done far worse, for far less.
Busted out the Dodgers beer cozy to break the bad mojo. We can raise some Cain tonight.
Fuck Jon Miller. . .because I won't.
I am so not looking forward to Jon Miller and Joe Morgan tonite
John G., from an earlier thread:
"Now I just need to talk someone into getting rid of her red #5 jersey..."
Let us know if you need any help!
Don't think I can stomach the the worldwide leader. I may just opt for the radio.
Hell, I'm just going to follow the game on Gameday. Maybe if something exciting happens I'll put on the TV, but I'm not banking on it.
see, Miller called Clayton an ACE!
I predict all armpits will be safe tonight. Call it karina optimism.
Just want to say before the game starts
FUCK YOU JOHN MILLER
FUCK YOU JOE MORGAN
Y TU TAMBIEN BULLDOG just for being there
FUCK.
That's great, Karen! Pugs rule! Except for frequent eye injuries.
Welcome Ryan Theriot.
Put Raffy back on top, now!
That was familiar.
Mr C and I both hooked up with Jamesons. It was a 3-way.
Very kinky Dusty
@dusty
Filthy Irish lass, that one.
Let's go CK. Shut these fucks down
Theriot grounded out? Good, I was tired of just being pissed on paper.
Did we tell you re the AUS barkeep and the Yankmes fan? If not: This Jersey Shore trash dude showed up wearing some lame tee saying something about Red Sox sucking. Sat down. Ordered beer. Barkeep went nuts and told him off. She's hardcore Red Sox. It went on and on and I think the manager had to overrule her and tell her to get his order. He order a Bud Light, shocking no one.
That's our Fooky!
Choke on it Miller
Just what Jon Miller needs...more food
The Riot is anything but.
Kershaw will never have a 123 first.
876-5309
Kemp with the Darryl Thomas catch
Man, we really picked up some playoff caliber dudes.
Wish I had stuck around to witness that, Dusty.
I enjoyed Theriot's "FUCK!" in his first Dodgers AB. Welcome to the Blue!
Jon Miller is licking his chops ready to butcher Theriot's name
Lame
Theriot was quoting blog reaction to his trade.
Kemp better be in motion.
"They just destroy it by rubbing it out."
Oh Joe Morgan.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT DAMMIT
very lame
Now even Joe west is making us looking like punks on TV
Kemp with the Theriot move on the bases.
why do i put myself through this?
Oh we are sooooo fucked. They made a BIG deal about Cain never beating the Dodgers. He may finally do it.
Kemp is steadily turning into the Lamar Odom of baseball.
Good thing I've got the Xanax on board
Kemp scored a better worthless celebrity than Lamar.
Does Rihanna have some kind of affiliation with Bruce Jenner?
GOD DAMMIT, YOU BLUES. SON OF A BITCH, PLEASE GIVE US SOMETHING HERE. ROUTINE GOD DAMNED PLAY!!!!!!!!!
Thats My Boys
Settle down Kid
I don't know what's more embarrassing: the error, or the fact that it's Fatso McFatty who gets aboard.
I'm glad ESPN is not sensationalizing the HBP story.
Hit Him Again. Fuckit
Joe West needs to be reprimanded by the front office. His theater served to demean and degrade Blake needlessly. It's the equivalent of calling him son. He didn't need to take his bat and that kind of shit. Reprehensible. Umps are not supposed to be a part of the game.
My son is getting angry at a water bottle. It's way more entertaining than this game.
At least Tubby Tubberson is holding Rowand back.
I'm just going to spend the rest of the thread demeaning Sandoval's weight problem. It's all I have left.
Fatty. He's a fatty.
Boooo
BOOOOOO
Moved on to Ramones Radio.
The bats are like Tubbs in a vegan market: completely lost.
Hey fatty, you sure are fat.
Heh, heh.
-Hank Hill
The natives are fucking restless.
Making breakfast for dinner. This is what happens when Mrs. Orel is out of town.
Breakfast for dinner, or as Lardo McLardy calls it, Wednesday.
@Orel
When Mrs Dusty is out of town, I just go out for dinner. Why even bother with making anything? Because then you actually have to clean up after yourself.
Making fun of KFP's weight is fun. Don't stop on my account.
Breakfast for dinner is always a strong choice.
Now that the ledge has collapsed where have we collectively fallen to?
for anyone who has an Iphone, just tried jailbreakme.com on my 3G running iOS 4 and it worked like a charm.
can theriot bunt?
God dang, Nic...I JUST did jailbreakme.com about 20 minutes ago. Nerdy minds!
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: must-see?
Pods gets a single. MOKM dies a little. Ginormous loses a couple of calories.
These guys get PAID to do this bullshit "announcing."
What's the first thing you do with a jailbroken iPhone? Not a joke, BTW.
Orel: I've never read the comics, but the trailer sure makes me want to. I'll see it if I ever get to a theater again.
@orel, well i enabled background applications and changed my text ringtone so its not the same as everyone elses for a start.
I jailbroke my Touch before I got my iPhone. I found it frustrating and not worth the effort to do it.
jailbreakme.com just does it all for you and then sets up a little app store for you. Its really easy.
First thing i did was to enable a theme. I picked one that made everything blue. Go figure!
here is comes, low and away.
And if you brick the iPhone, you can just restore it, right?
Cat in lap. Can't move for the next hour.
all these trade are working out sooooooo well.
Josh, did you see INCEPTION? Dusty, I already know what you think about it.
Still scoreless after 3.5.
If Theriot keeps this up, he'll never pass Greg Gagne on the all time French 2b list.
Does Kemp even remember how to hit? Real household conversations:
My father-in-law: Kemp is doing a little better.
Dusty: What the f...he's hitting .262.
FIL: Oh, well that's actually gone up a bit.
Dusty: What...what sort of fucked up math is that?
FIL: [admitting math defeat] Kemp stinks.
Our bats are as quiet as...
I cannot envision any scenario where Size 72 Waist is silent.
yes, i believe so. As long as you dont go into major changes you shouldnt have a problem with bricking it.
I saw SALT last weekend. Really liked it.
Go Away TORRE For The Love of Gawd
@MLASF:
Elvis?
SALT was entertaining...a bit silly at the end.
@Orel
I liked Jolie's antics on the stairwell toward the end (not giving anything away). Cool scene.
How long is Ethier going to be out? It's just a new baby, for Pete's sake. Right, Josh?
you are killing me raffy.
Thats My Boys
That was indeed an entertaining scene.
Again, Lardo blocks Rowand.
IBB to load the bases with two out and the pitcher coming to bat.
Cain bases clearing double.
phew
Orel: Andre's being a wuss. He should be in the batter's box with the kid strapped to him in a Baby Bjorn.
And no, I haven't seen Inception yet, dammit. Last time we got to the theater was for The Losers.
Joe Morgan not trying to hide his anti-Dodger bias.
Oh, we still have a few bad words for you down here, Joe.
Hitting the mute button NOW!
SHOW STEVE FINLEY, YOU FUCKSTICKS!
Baby Bjorn it, Andre!
Inception definitely worth seeing in the theaters.
This game is starting to feel uncomfortably like yesterday's.
now we cant even hit Cain.
At least Kid K looks competent.
Isn't it nice to have such a well-rounded group of broadcasters calling the game, none of whom have any connections with the Giants whatsoever?
Nice inning, Kershaw.
I think Jon Miller has some kind of shadow fetish.
Neutrality is a thing of the past. Vin is the last living example.
all three have worked for the giants.
I want to stab Jon Miller and let the blubber just drain out of him Penis head looking asshole.
i never want to see this lineup again.
Wow, dusty. Just...wow.
You should totally go after Morgan first. Priorities, man!
Great point from Morgan about catchers tipping pitches.
Nothing falling. Feels like a loss.
Jon Miller sounded a tinsy bit too excited after that catch.
Morgan is already dead and rotting in my basement.
The Dropkick Murphys are solid, and so is Pandora.
@RB
I wish VIn would do an in-between inning vignette that says exactly that. Can you imagine the geezer saying what you just said?
So wait, Joe Morgan is taking credit for the Rooney Rule?
ive lost the will to curse the other team.
Meh.
Dammit. Modest Mouse is just not a good follow up.
BTW, have I mentioned that I believe Furcal should be back on top of this order, and that Kemp should go back and watch some video of him from last year? Well, there it is.
Also, re; Ethier: Dude. When rbnlaw III was born, I suited up and played in my team's championship game, and that was in December (Fountain Valley city softball league, December 1999). Went 2 for 3 with a run saving catch).
A man must have priorities.
I am not classy. I hate the Giants. I want Pat Burrell to get injured in a car wreck. Heck, I want them all to get hurt in a bus accident.
Oh, DB, how I could've entertained with my Vin imitations at the Fest.
"Bacon, bacon, bacon. There's nothing like the sound and smell of bacon cooking in the morning. And what better bacon than Farmer John. . ."
Is this an IBB? Cause it looks like a bad game of catch.
HLACK: Solid!
Just like The Jam singing "Going Underground" on my Pandora right now.
My armpits are not happy.
Fuckity.
hate hate hate hate hate hate hate
Uncle.
do we still have time to trade the new guys? please?
2-0 SF. Gaaaaame overrrrr
He look like a broke ass hong chih kuo!
our bats will heat up when we are about 10 games out of the WC.
Think 1982.
200
A hollow victory.
This current line-up inspires fear in the heart of every single A pitcher
I do like the anger, immediately followed by 100ss delivery.
Pitiful, kemp.
remember earlier in the year when people were comparing the dodgers lineup to an AL lineup? Unfortunately it turned out to be the mariners.
We are an awful, awful baseball team.
I sure as hell hope Lilly and Dotel can hit.
Already with the postseason being all but over, Go Padres/any other WC team that's not the giants.
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