Hiroki Kuroda (8-9, 3.53) vs. Clayton Richard (8-5, 3.48).
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COMMENTS: "Just lay back and let the warmth of fourth place embrace you," wrote NicJ in yesterday's Post-Mortem Thread, and I have to agree with that sentiment. There's a certain peace in accepting the inevitable; the hopes and fears which plague us suddenly become afterthoughts, and we learn to enjoy the process rather than the end result. Let's take this time to enjoy the camaraderie here, the subtleties of the game, the joy of having the privilege of following our favorite team together.
Ahhh, whatever. We suck.
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1 – 200 of 410 Newer› Newest»Podsednik LF
Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Ethier RF
Martin C
Theriot 2B
Kuroda P
Please, "Matt Kemp." He doesn't deserve even to becalled by just his last name. I'm really down on him today.
A tiny amount of credit to Torre for quickly figuring out Theriot doesn't belong anywhere near the top of the order.
I thought Torre was doing it just to be symmetrical with Joyce moving to 8th in the Cubs' lineup.
Why doesn't Torre flip Furcal and iPod? Or is this more of LH/RH matchup kind of shit that I refuse to acknowledge it exists.
I think the reasoning is: Pods can steal and Furcal can hit.
In theory, anyway.
And in magical fantasy world, they could both steal simultaneously.
I hope we win tonight
Hey! I've been quoted! I gotta call my mom.
Oh shit! Dan Uggla's gonna eat that mouse!
I'll tell Neeebs' mom, too, Nic.
But Raffy can both hit AND steal - wonder of wonders. Also, Pods presumably can bunt, so Raffy can get on, Pods can get him over, and...well, not sure who can actually get him in.
"...well, not sure who can actually get him in."
There's the rub. One of the few categories Raffy isn't leading all shortstops in is runs scored. Everybody hangs him out to dry.
Well....I'm out of ideas.
What is doing Hedwig there?old picture, I guess
In case we can't make it out tomorrow (stupid family obligations - pshaw why should we water your lawn Angel fan), Anyone intersted in our tickets? Field level Section 47 Row B
Operation: 45 begins tonight boys and girls.
It will be almost as exciting and important as that Yankees Dodgers series.
@Karina
Hedwig is about to chomp on David Eckstein in that photo.
I might stop off at a seedy corner store in Highland Park on the way home, and begin my own "Operation 45."
@Betsy
I am still under house arrest for dog eye drop duty through Tuesday night, so can't take advantage unfortunately. Damn mutt.
Drove to SF yesterday in the hopes of stopping a sweep. But alas... The drive home... The anguish....
I'm hoping we can shake this off and get back into fighting mode.
As Rocky said, "I still got something in the tank"
I hope we do too!
Feelin' like a little payback is due tonight.
That's admirable, CVF. Sobriety questions aside, I could not have driven home after a painful loss to the Jints.
I don't even care anymore...
Pulling up a chair and getting ready to watch the train wreck.
Why do I care? Oh, why do I care?
@Neeebs as NicJ said recently, we're in an abusive relationship with the Dodgers.
@karina Is that what this is, an abusive relationship? Does that mean I can't talk about people who stay in abusive relationships anymore?
funny
i still care
let's get a win tonight
Dusto has lost the will to say "LONEY SUCKS!!"
I care.
And eye care.
Oh, I kill me sometimes.
Per Jayson Stark:
"Rockies got 11 hits in a row Friday. Meanwhile, Dodgers haven't gotten 11 hits in a GAME since July 16."
It huuuuuuuurts...
time for some adorable mojo.
Dont make me bring out the kitten at gunpoint avatar again, dodgers.
stark is just pissed because the rockies are making all the pundits look like fools this season.
Is it time to go back to our loser names?
Buzz Killington would love this team.
Dodgers official lineup listing shows "A. Huff ANTHEM" at the end. Is Aubrey Huff going to show us up singing the anthem, too?
Krusty Baker is not far off, Paul.
Well you can fight or you can run,
Hide under a rock till the war is won,
Play it safe and don't make a sound,
But not us we won't back down
True believers all the way,
You and I...
Let's do this.
@karen you can pretend you're not in an abusive relationship and talk about other people's abusive relationships?
Hmmm, isn't self-denial asign of an abusive relationship?
I don't really know, I don't know anything about relationships.
Now...light our darkest hour!
I guess we wont have to hear anyone complain about carlos santana for a while. He looks pretty injured after that collision at the plate.
alright guys tonite will be different, I heard the DSB song pulling into union station and we've got all the pep from the gazillion teenagers on the field. ok who am I kidding...butt I cant help myself from having a little bit off hope for our hapless team. le sigh
Epale everyone! (my good mojo superstition)
Le sigh, indeed.
^to echo Betsy, not the Epale.
@Betsy tonight is a good night to reverse their (our) misfortunes
im with you Karina..hence the little flame of hope that refuses to die. BTW I hate al these puto gint fans that showed up tonite.
@karina I'm not good at relationships either. Just look at the one I chose with this (our) baseball team
On the sofa, Vinny!
Nice trash talkin', Betsy! I like it! represent!
For the record, I light up a candle to St Anthony for the Dodgers. My mom asked why there were 3 candles and I said: the one I light up everyday, the other for uncle and the other for the Dodgers.
She said it was shallow to ask for the Dodgers but I reminded her if they start winning, it's going to be good for a whole lot of people.
She didn't answer and that's good because she has an answer for everything.
@Betsy I like the way you talk, that's the adjective they deserve. They should be embarrassed since it's the first time they swept the Dodgers since 2004, por los clavos de Cristo!
I like that reasoning, Karina - greatest good for the greatest amount of people and all.
@Karina:
You forgot to light a candle for HC's ill health.
if the dodgers lose tonight i might light my house on fire... Kidding.
Is Jerry related to "Happy" Hairston?
Nice to see E back in there. Now to find out which one he's going to be tonight.
Joyce would have muffed one of those two chances
that works!
Theriot makes all three outs.
YAY 1-2-3!!
Theriot with an UZRriffic inning.
FB: You fixed your eyes.
@karina, I called my mom in mexico to ask her to put a couple of wins for the dodgers on her prayer group list. she thought it was a great idea..so I hope it works.
speaking of dewitt, the cubs are getting crushed right now.
MOKM thinks Furcal could have made all of those plays easily.
No, wait...
@Neeebs you mean Hugo Chavez?
@Neeebs I did. I decided it was time to stop feeling sorry for myself
im not really enjoying the podsednik trade.
@karen we're on the same page :)
@Betsy never understimate the power of praying
@Karina:
Yeah. Is that mal?
It would be for the good of the whole.
nice start, Matty!
HEY HE HIT THE BALL WITH THAT CLUB!!!
i think vin is going to cheer me up with a story of a team making up a huge deficit and he brings up the 1951 dodgers. Thanks Vin.
If matty gets thrown out on the bases, I'll poke out Spock's Eyes.
another one!!
FJL keeps us going!
two well-hit balls there
TWO OUT MADNESS
Vin's pep talk here needs to be replayed in the locker room later.
Vinny, talking me off the ledge.
swing if its a meatball, casey!
MEATBALLS!!!!
@Neeebs that's very wrong.I'm a strong antichavista.In fact, government knows, I'm on a list and I didn't/won't do anything to change my status, even if it reduces my chances at getting some work and they didn't allow me to vote for SIX years.
sorry - got a little excited there
According to Ben Maller, the Mannywod design in left is gone.
Sweet jeebus.
Barba!Barba!Barba!Barba!Barba!
YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can Loney outrun Kemp on that play????????????
AAAHHHHGGGG NOT AGAIN
BULLSHIT!!!
boooolSHIT!
That sucked.
just when you start to feel good this team slaps you in the face.
great question, Neeebs. Was Matty not running fast? I want to see that replay
three consecutive hits and no runs. How is that even possible?
@Karina: Sorry to wish for his ill health. But can I wish for a coup?
crap I missed it. was it a good call? Was Loney even out?
I'm supposed to get the game on TV but I have to wait the Yankees-Jays game ends. It's on the channel that only broadcasts games in English, so I'm crossing fingers I get Vin. If i get Vin, I'm pretty much set.
They had to go and get my least favorite Cardinal.
KEMP YOU BONEHEAD!!!
FB: It was a full count. He was running on the pitch. He must have slowed around third base.
Here's the replay. He was jogging in.
I'd like to see the bloggers defend Kemp on this. That was just stupid.
how many dumbass bullshit shitass fuckshit plays are going to happen to us? It has to even out at some point
FB: Kemp was jogging into home. Loney was DOA.
@Neeebs I didn't read the "ill". We pray for all of that and someday he and his people flew the country and never get back.
and now a bag aided double.
Im starting to think somebody wants us to lose.
FB, its payback for all the good luck we had last year.
@Karina: *wipes his brow*
I thought you and I agreed on Ven politics and that maybe you missed the "ill" part. My Maricaibo friend is suppose to come to LA in October again. We love talking South American politics. He's on your side.
@Nic i can believe that.
Part of me wonders if we are still paying for '88
I can't believe Yorvit is hitting better than my son, on a part time gig.
Mannywood section still available on the website.
I think the Big Dodger in the Sky has forsaken us- I'm looking for my Joe Voo doll...
Heading to Neeebs In-Law's house.
See you all on the flip side.
i don't like that. that's a give-up move
i dont see why everyone is making a big deal that it is gone.
somebody gave Dinorfia the short bat
Yay?
alright lets see if we can get five hits and no runs this inning.
It's not unlikely to assume that Manny is leaving after this season- so even the most diehard Manny fan must realize the next two months and change is prob it, sooner if you believe 'trade' rumors.
what are we gonna do with Hiro next year? I'd like him back on the team if he doesn't cost too much
well the whole mannywood thing has run its course. They have to update that section to more fit the current team.
How about Loserville?
Fuck I can't weed the garden for 20 minutes without Kemp screwing something.
I hate being a Kemp hater!!!
Welcome back daddy Dre!
I was just checking to see if they dumped the ticket offer in addition to the sign.
Look for Podsadena any day now.
four hits, no runs.
Four straight singles.
@Mr LASF yay! let's celebrate our minor triumphs.
Can we break a record for most consecutive hits without scoring?
One thing I've started to notice is the surprising lack of extra-base hits. Mostly singles, with the occasional solo-homer.
Or Podsedena.
I had to walk the dog and take care of his veterinary needs. I come back....and I don't even know where to start. Kemp was totally jogging. He should be running the bleachers are practice for that crap.
Five straight singles.
5 in a row!!! This might be the strangest season ever.
Well, here ends the hit streak.
@Josh
Don't disrespect Pasadena with that moniker!
I don't like looking at Clayton Richard. There's something funny about how he looks
what kind of dick highschool baseball coach tells a kid he is never going to make it to the majors?
Joyce would have got a hit.
WattsRiot showing his power.
I hate that I was right.
@Nic - The Jose Offerman kind?
your summer AAU coach who coaches for the rival school down the road?
Jane Seymour behind home plate.
Kuroda has not gotten hit so far this year.
He will hit a triple that will result in every runner on the bases to be tagged out at home.
Empty seats form a symmetrical pattern at DS tonight.
Boo-urns.
eff you, ump
Fuck!!!!! Please get a hit.
join the team, Scotty P!
FUCKITALL
Prom night all over again.
how is this even possible?
We have too many light hitting white guys.
i want lucas may back!!
Scotty P, you are cut
got Vin! got Vin!
on pace for 22 hits and no runs.
I know someone who hit a homerun off Lilly in high school. Cough cough.
Wait i might have been on something playing that game. I think I hit a Lilly pitching.
We've got too many not hitting guys in general. All the colors of the suck rainbow, so to speak.
I'll take it!
Yay!
@Paul Dock Ellis-style?
Aw dammit.
the fun doesn't stop.
can't stop, won't stop
Theriot guarding against the ball hitting first base again
hooray
ok time for some FB zzzzzs
keep fighting, everybody
OMG AN EXTRA-BASE HIT
That's the Bison we know and love!
I hope Loney won't hit a double and Kemp gets caught between third and home looking at it
am I allowed to call him Bison?
This is just setting us up for more failure.
here comes the doubleplay.
Only because a triple play would be overkill....
Of course. Of fucking course.
i cant take this anymore.
Damn it to Hades.
@karina
He's working his way back. I'm going to wait at least until he can make one full trip around the bases with screwing up.
seven hits in 3 IP and NO RUNS. how is this happening?
@NicJ even if Vin is narrating?
Vin just rubs it in.
He's a blue meanie
I'm breaking out the Ben & Jerrys
@Mr C I think it's gonna be sooner or later
@karen take it easy!
I HATE THIS FUCKING TEAM
Sure. Doesn't it just figure.
game OVER!!!!
I am trying the term "snake bit" on for size.
It's not over, it's on the 4th
Look at Hiro, he knows its over.
*crickets*
cant do anything right.
Mud would be an improvement Vin...
I don't even think Kuroda's trying anymore.
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