Chad Billingsley (9-7, 3.78) vs. Tommy Hanson (8-8, 3.51).
photo by Richard Heeks
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
4/3 vs. SF (W, 5-4): Sax
4/15 vs. WSH (L, 4-6): Dusty, Orel, Sax
5/6 vs. MIA (W, 6-3): AC, Sax
5/16 vs. CIN (L, 2-7): AC, Sax
6/12 vs. TEX (L, 2-3): Sax
7/5 vs. MIL (W, 8-5): Sax
7/21 vs. BOS (W, 9-6): Sax
7/24 vs. SF (L, 3-8): Sax
8/24 vs. TB (L, 8-9 (10)): Sax
8/29 vs. BAL (W, 6-3): Orel, Sax
9/9 vs. CHC (L, 4-10): Sax
10/5 NLDS G1 vs. SD (W, 7-5): Sax
10/6 NLDS G2 vs. SD (L, 2-10): Orel, Sax
10/25 WS G1 vs. NYY (W, 6-3 (10)): Sax
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KILL KILL KILL
Sorry, forgot I gave up on this season last week.
Rockies put Hawpe on waivers? Dodgers sure to claim their biggest nemesis.
If we got all the Dodger killers on our team, would the universe collapse on itself?
DB: The Dodgers would likely go 0-162, since many of the Dodger killers are completely ineffective against the rest of the league.
Oh Snap! There's a game today
Where could you find the list of players with the greatest BA against the Dodgers? I know one exists, since they use it every time David Wright comes to the plate.
A four-game series that ends on a Monday is about all the proof you need that the schedule makers have their heads up their asses.
I would have been fine with getting shut out, squeaking out a win, and getting obliterated, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT ONE MORE TIME.
Podsednik 7
Theriot 4
Ethier 9
Loney 3
Blake 5
Kemp 8
Carroll 6
Ausmus 2
Billingsley 1
Oh yeah, lineup. I've been hesitant. I think I'm like 0 for my last 7 or so that I've posted.
While monitoring the carnage on the AC thread, I flipped over to msn.com where they have an article on the 5 most disappointing teams this season. The Dodgers are listed at #3. Should this be any surprise?
@MB
No. No, it should not.
It's a surprise that we're not ranked higher.
Mr. C - I picture Homer Simpson somewhere screaming out D'OH!
In less than an hour the real bloodshed will start.
Agree w Josh. This reach-around game is strange and poorly scheduled. I fear we may get a shovel upside the head given current disarray.
steve garvey on petros and money this afternoon fyi
Murder by numbers. One..Two...Three. It's as easy to learn as your ABCs.
Your anti-stat-licker Tweets are cracking me up, MLASF.
@MLASF
Is their really any left to be spilled? This season is looking like Amenhotep after a coupla hours in the tanning booth.
@Neeebs
Once that you've decided on a killing
First you make a stone of your heart
And if you find that your hands are still willing
Then you can turn a murder into art
My assassin and mentor just wait until next year!
I think we could probably get some blood out of Reed Johnson. He hasn't done much.
I love the term stat-licker.
I guess I should just get it over with and start an account based solely on the mocking of statheads.
That's my formal recommendation, MLASF.
@MLASF: I must be done, but the username has to be just right.
Whoever that @dodger_GM is, he or she is funny.
Using passing rater to determine Cliff Lee's worth? Funny, and a shot at the stat-heads.
@DB: An actual shovel upside the head, as opposed to the metaphorical one in yesterday's final score?
Did the draft pick signing deadline pass?
Is Zach Lee still a Tiger? Anyone who'd choose to live in Red Stick needs to be judged accordingly.
Signing deadline is 6pm Pacific, I think.
@MB:
*singing loudly in my office. Office staff and office mates giving me funny looks. Asking me if I need Pepto Bismol or something.*
So what name then?
CollettiHater
TorreHater
STOOPIDCOLLETTI
I<3CSantana
HARHARHARXFIP
Mickey Hatcher's Miraculous Cure?
Ih8Santana4Blake?
@Neeebs - if you are belting out those lyrics they are probably concerned that you might go postal on them.
Memories of John Meloan?
"Fire Fire Joe Morgan" (kidding, Ken)
I have settled on this.
http://twitter.com/Ih8Colletti
I'm partial to:
STOOPIDCOLLETTI
I<3CSantana
Loved your first tweet,Mr LASF.
Already following you
Follow'd.
For the record, I'm somewhat stat-lick friendly. I'm anti-never-been-wrong-every-move-is-the-worst-ever.
I'm with you, Mr. C. I like stats, but I cannot stand the pretentious attitude of the bloggers who think anyone who disagrees is a moron unfit for human life.
We should run a pool on how long it would take for MOKM to find out about the feed.
Two actual quotes from a Dodger blogger in response to a commenter:
"HE WASN’T BEING LAZY, YOU IGNORANT FUCK NUGGET"
"God, just end yourself."
^ What MlASF said. There's both poetry and truth in stats, and I like that. Love that. But stats IMHO shouldn't dictate every decision nor prove every theory. And the way some bloggers use stats to try to show they are Abner Doubleday almighty and anyone else is a moron just gets more annoying with each Tweet or blog post.
(I am aware that the Doubleday claim has been roundly refuted, BTW)
I know exactly who said that and where, Josh.
Abner Doubleday just called. He asked what the hell wOBA was.
@DB
How dare you, sir!
@Josh S.
After 3rd order Pythagorean wins, they lost me.
So good news is the Giants go on brutal roadtrip. Bad news is we go on a brutal homestand. Well every time we play it is brutal.
Whooo! Get to watch the game at home because it's broadcast on KCAL! Although I almost don't want to watch because of the Dodgers recent "production" (or lack thereof)...
Oh shit! Game's on!
Steiner: "How 'bout Chipper Jones?"
Me: "How 'bout not?"
Yay! Early runs!
There's your run, Chad.
Don't give them 8 back.
Chipper Jones can go screw his grams already. Tired of hearing about him and especially tired of hearing about him from adoring Dodgers announcers.
#TalkAboutTheDamnedGame
I WANTED MOOOAAAR!!!
I think I'm starting w a surly factor of 4, and I'm still at work and dead sober. This could be a long night.
MOOOAAAR BBBRAAAAAAAAINNNNSSSS!
Steiner saying some jinxy shit about Chad's homers allowed total.
Burly factor: 5
Anyone else listening to the radio? That call of the Heyward fly ball out needs to go in the Steiner Hall of Fame.
After just seeing that long shot of Ethier with no sound, a random thought crossed my mind, do you think that he's growing his hair out because he knows he's going bald?
@Josh
The most classic Steiner calls are when he attempts to call it an out, a home run, and a double off the wall simultaneously.
I'm listening via radio on my iFizzle, Josh. Forgot my Mac laptop's charger today so I've had to do everything via smartphone, including taking out Greg No Photo.
Is Blogger dead, or is it just commute time coupled with the fact that we suck?
The latter.
quiet GT, as the Dodgers bats.
shhhhhhhh...
Hey I can meet "pitching sensation" Jonathan Broxton at the Pasadena ATT store later this week. Theoretically I could go and kill two birds with one stone: bitch to ATT about dropped calls and bitch at Brox re blown saves in big games.
I want to get the nod to post the lineup tomorrow.
Haven't done it this season.
*Tip-toes over to the AC thread to see if anyone is stirring there*
It's all you, K. Couldn't be more disastrous than Dittmore's lineup posting yesterday that was directly correlated to the lopsided scoreline in the game.
Game is kinda boring, no?
To those who are watching the game and can see the weather, Is the game going to get rained on?
RAIN!! GET THROUGH THE FIFTH-A!!!
I want my King Back :(
Good work, Matt. We need to get past the fifth for this game to be official. Way to speed things along.
Did someone say brains?
Oh, rain, sorry.
C'mon, just an inning and a half. You can do it.
DP! One more inning!
Steiner is on fire today.
"Matt Kemp has stolen second. No, he didn't!"
I don't like how you want them to play the game 'till the fifth.
It's like the Dodgers couln't hold a lead...
We want a rain out so we can be "deemed" winner and leave town to play at the Stadium tomorrow.
Just a half inning more, you guys! You can do it!
ONE MORE OUT
cmon bills one more out!!!
its pouring.
ONE MORE STRIKE!!!
IT'S OFFICIAL
On-field delay
now we wait...
Now you just drag the game out as long as possible.
@Mr LASF it's gonna be a quick win for the Dodgers,don't worry
a little while longer and it might be a quick loss.
eep.
damn Manning just got crushed.
Nice play by Andre, but it still ties the game. Damn.
meh, whatever. winning doesnt really do much for us anymore. Just worsens the draft spot.
It's my fault.
100!
Yeah, this was a much better idea than an off day, schedule makers.
The only baseball on TV is Little League.Is it too much to ask for some live MLB?
Little League? Are you sure you're not just watching the Dodgers, Karina?
No DB, little leaguers can score runs and play D.
Double for Carroll.
And Ausmus is batting. Well, there goes this opportunity.
Gameday made Ackbars double look like it hit the wall. Flashing lights everywhere.
i dont know whats worse. The fact that offensive production from the catchers spot has plummeted since Russ went on the DL or that i havent even noticed a difference.
I knew my comment about Little League would spark conversation.
At least, I watched "Hello Dolly" almost from the beginning.Not too bad for a no baseball night and a headache.
Sometimes Steiner leaves so much dead air that I swing over to my iFizzle across the way to see why I lost the feed, then his voice will scar me right when I start to retry tuning in the game.
He hit it right on the screws too.
Damn You! AusMoss Damn You!
RT @stevehenson333: The Dodgers are on the brink of signing the heretofore unsignable Zach Lee
I thought the deadline was 6 PDT?
What wld ih8colletti say about that news, MLASF?
11pm central
Bills deserves a standing ovation
i think i want Zach Lee more for the fact so say to everyone "See the dodgers arent poor" rather than his actual ability as a pitcher.
Holy Shit I just read IHates twitter and almost crapped my pants. The Josh Bell one was fucking classic
I imagine MOKM dancing in the streets naked, which has somewhat blinded me as I imagine him looking like Patton Oswalt from that movie "Big Fan."
smallballFAIL
ErrorballWIN!!
Chipper Jones disapproves.
Where's your Chipperlord now???
wait, what is this ih8colletti twitter?
2 runs score on a throwing error by the third baseman? where did he throw it..South Carolina
@NicJ a Twitter account Mr LASF has to put stat lickers on their rightful place.
He's on fire so I highly recommend it.
the ball roll under the tarp and heyward had trouble getting it.
ah i found it, funny.
the caps lock is a nice touch.
King James, stop hitting into double plays!
I guess Octavio will be the closer today.
is broxton the closer again or is kuo going two?
Late to the party tonight...
What was wrong with my lineup posting Dusty? First time I do it and the Dodgers suck (not like that was a first). Not my fault pre-rehab Belisario > post-rehab Belisario
i forgot about dotel.
I'll gtake the couple of unearned runs.It's weird when the other team is the one with the errors
*I'll take, i hate this stoopid keyboard
BOOOO! Dittmore's arrived.
Just kidding Prof.
Come on KKemp. Hit that ball like Brown hit Rhianna
BOOOOOOOO!
@Professor Dittmore we are superstitious like that, that's why we need more scientific and rational minds around.
Kuo to pitch two innings.
@SRM - when did I become Schleprock? (sp?)
@Dusty - Ark 3B and 1st round pick Zach Cox still has not signed with StL. Local media sees it as unlikely. Possible upside to crappy Dodger season would be to see him in draft next year.
I don't like HCK on these "long reliefs".
Funny Girl on TV, retro Streisand night,FTW!
and so begins the collapse.
@Karina - no kidding about the superstitions. You guys would make an an interesting sample for an ethnographic study of the interaction of fans on message boards to understand cult behavior. Maybe I should do that :)
Heeeeeeeere we gooooooooo!!!!!
I think it's time to pull Kuo.
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
If we're going to lose, we might as well screw Philly in the process.
torre just doesnt know when to pull a closer.
Twitter's being stupid. I swear I was following ih8colletti, but I have missed every tweet.
STOOPID TORRE'S FAULT
pretty good play by loney.
Let's see if this Brooks character is Chipper material.
i think at some point you have to pull kuo just based on the fact he is throwing too many pitches.
Well, Ih8 certainly has the "clog your Twitter feed during a game" thing down.
just make a list with him on it josh and check it when you feel like it. That way it doesnt clog up the timeline.
Octavio in the close/blow this one.
*to, not "the"
No, no, I'm actually cool with him clogging my feed, unlike other Dodger tweeters.
Okay, when did the Dodgers lose a getaway game against the Mets at home?
Rancho Ardiendo of the bad kind.
Just in case,there's sugar free,fat free,flavor free ice cream on the fridge
Ely's debut game.
im starting to think this whole "blowing big leads on the road" thing is a setup to get some kickbacks.
I seem to recall Ely's debut was the first game of the series. He is talking about the last games of series where the Dodgers have to leave immediately following, right?
I hate you Dotel.
can we just fire eric collins already?
This is obviously his fault.
Sweet mother of shit how hard is it to close out a game?
hahaha. whatever.
AHAHAHAHA KISS MY ASS PHILLY!!!!
How can you do anything but laugh?
MSTI jinx at it again.
MLB Network guys ripping Torre for not using Brox
funny that the program in progress was a woman on DR. Phil crying.
That was totally expected.
ive said it before and ill say it again. The season ended in SF like two weeks ago. No sense in crying over spilled milk, or Melk. :)
At least I don't have to hear Sterling after this "Melkman" winner. How I loathe Sterling.
@professor
Your schlep rock was correctly executed.
Yes, We lose again. Give it up for the men in Blue.
I still don't give up.Excuse me while I go to the fridge.Wyler and Babs are going to comfort me.
draft spot is getting better by the game.
This game seriously made me cry a little bit Out of shee frustration and futility. I'm past the point of being mad and am just sad. Baseball gods are angry at us I'm afraid.
11 games back. We've got everyone right where we want them!
I'm going to find comfort in the fridge, too.
I'm not even sure if I feel like killin' any more.
just think about it this way, is a 2-5 roadtrip really that much worse than a 3-4 roadtrip? Neither really help us out much.
187
Well no zombies but the buzzards are picking on the Dodgers dried up remains.F
Oh come on!!!!
hey Paul. Thanks for the heads up on Ryan Matthews a while back. Saw him play a few days back. Dude looks legit.
Oops. I thought the Pads score was a final. Still, it's not like they're going to lose.
the dodgers bullpen made a huge mistake.
going to to the wire for any word on Z.LEE
@Nic - I guess you could say it's the "final countdown."
the dodgers bullpen made a huge mistake by showing up at the ballpark.
if you call that showing up.
The bullpen has been on thin ice ever since it started dating the other Lucille.
Will this serve as our official Z. Lee Watch 2010 thread?
On the bright side the lakers are going on a european tour before the season forcing them to start training camp a few weeks early.
the thing i hate most about the dodgers suckage is the lack of PGT's.
found this while perusing for ZLee on twitter.
"dear zach lee, please join the dodgers.we have a long tradition of winning.Just not this year"
haha.
DeWitt just hit a 2 run HR against the Padres.
My hopes have gone from World series, to pennant, to division, to wild card, and now finally have lowered to winning season.
dewitt has wrigley HR power.
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