Sons of Steve Garvey: Game 119 Thread: August 16 @ Braves, 4p

Monday, August 16, 2010

Game 119 Thread: August 16 @ Braves, 4p

Chad Billingsley (9-7, 3.78) vs. Tommy Hanson (8-8, 3.51).

photo by Richard Heeks

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NicJ said...: suchon getting angry on dodgertalk.; 8/16/2010 8:09 PM
Wesley Vento said...: My hopes are reduced to I better get the opportunity to sue the team for something on Friday night. I want my playoff ticket money back from Frank and Jaime. Maybe I'll be sexually assaulted by an usher or find a scrap of Manny dreadlock in my Dodger Dog.; 8/16/2010 8:10 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: I'm not listening Nic, could you fill me in? What has Suchon so mad?; 8/16/2010 8:11 PM
NicJ said...: he got very defensive because a caller said the dodgers are playing like they dont care because of the management situation.; 8/16/2010 8:16 PM
Kyle Baker said...: suchon acting every bit the house man tonight. sometimes he needs to call a spade a spade.; 8/16/2010 8:17 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Yeah, that's why they stink. It has nothing to do with dwindling hopes or a questionable ownership future. No, it's because Larry, Bob and Joe are just so darn mean.; 8/16/2010 8:17 PM
Kyle Baker said...: At least the Yankmes lost today. That's somethin'.; 8/16/2010 8:20 PM
NicJ said...: bastard giants fan on dodgertalk.; 8/16/2010 8:22 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Are you kidding Nic? A Dodgertalk troll?

What's he saying? (Assume it's a he); 8/16/2010 8:23 PM
Paul said...: @Nic

Ryan is a beast. The guy last year was pretty unstoppable. Health. Pray he can stay healthy. He should be okay with the touches in San Diego.; 8/16/2010 8:24 PM
NicJ said...: just that he loves how we are suckins, the fans suck (leave early, beach balls, arrive late)

now we have a philly fan on here saying that the phils are going to the world series but he loves kuo and broxton.; 8/16/2010 8:25 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Well, I agree re the beach balls. Mark it.; 8/16/2010 8:27 PM
NicJ said...: i just think its stupid for the jints fan to make fun of beach balls when there is a fucking dot race or shell game every half inning at ATT park.; 8/16/2010 8:29 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: I FUCKING STUMPED MSTI

MSTI: "It was a good throw, but I'm leaning towards "TOOTBLAN". Melky wasn't in good position and he still had Theriot out by 10 feet."

ME: "But if Bowa sent him, what can he do, besides run really fast?"

MSTI: "Fair. But, be faster."

MSTI on his blog after someone calls it a TOOTBLAN: "I mentioned that on Twitter, and the response was that Bowa sent him. I didn’t really have a good reply to that."; 8/16/2010 8:30 PM
NicJ said...: last three callers on dodgertalk where a giants fan, and phillies fan, and a braves fan sympathizing with the dodgers.

nice.

30 minutes for lee.; 8/16/2010 8:31 PM
NicJ said...: turns out the illness is a compulsive need to bitch about everything.; 8/16/2010 8:32 PM
Kyle Baker said...: @chadmoriyama Just blasted his own readership in a Tweet. God I hate these [some words I can't say on here].; 8/16/2010 8:32 PM
Paul said...: Giants fans proudly don Panda hats on their heads and have more merchandise with Dodgerd and LA on it than the Giants logo.; 8/16/2010 8:34 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: I not one for gimmicky sitcoms, but this "Shit My Dad Says" show looks very funny.; 8/16/2010 8:36 PM
NicJ said...: twitter rumors has the Z Lee offer at 4 mill. Just a rumor but man that is a lot if true.; 8/16/2010 8:37 PM
NicJ said...: how can you not love a sitcom based off a twitter account?; 8/16/2010 8:37 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: I just have a bad history when it comes to shows based on random as shit. Like Cavemen. Or Drew Carey's Green Screen show.; 8/16/2010 8:39 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: *ass; 8/16/2010 8:39 PM
Neeebs (The Original) said...: So I guess the predictions hold true. There WAS more carnage on the gamethread than there was in the AC today.; 8/16/2010 8:43 PM
NicJ said...: i cant wait for this to be over, LSU are idiots.

so many pleading for a 3rd string QB to stay.; 8/16/2010 8:46 PM
Neeebs (The Original) said...: If you guys need a good distraction I have a contest.

Describe in five words or less what you see at 2.19-2.20 on this video. If you blink you miss it.

http://tinyurl.com/24f59da; 8/16/2010 8:48 PM
NicJ said...: nipple?; 8/16/2010 8:50 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Can you imagine if Sax went on Twitter and talked about what fools Sons readers were?

You're a POS, Moriyama.; 8/16/2010 8:50 PM
NicJ said...: moriyama is a twitter dominatrix.; 8/16/2010 8:51 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Great. Now I'm imagining Patton Oswalt in S&M gear. Thanks a lot.; 8/16/2010 8:53 PM
NicJ said...: twitter just went completely silent on Lee for the past few minutes.

spooky.; 8/16/2010 8:55 PM
NicJ said...: lee just signed with the dodgers tweets starting to pop up; 8/16/2010 8:56 PM
NicJ said...: now several more, its like wild fire. still not verified.; 8/16/2010 8:57 PM
Neeebs (The Original) said...: I need distractions. Dodgers depress me.; 8/16/2010 8:57 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: The real question is if Lee will go with both LSU and the Dodgers.; 8/16/2010 8:57 PM
NicJ said...: alright looking like its a done deal.; 8/16/2010 8:57 PM
Kyle Baker said...: FUCK YEAH

LSU's Lee Signs With Dodgers

LSU coach Les Miles confirmed late Monday night that freshman quarterback Zach Lee signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Details of the contract were not immediately available.

“This was a very personal decision for Zach and his family,” Miles said. “This opportunity was just too difficult to pass up. We wish Zach and his family the very best. He’s an outstanding young man and we hope he develops into a great Major League pitcher.”

Lee was the 28th overall pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft over the summer.; 8/16/2010 8:58 PM
NicJ said...: We got a LEE!!!!; 8/16/2010 8:58 PM
Kyle Baker said...: ^ http://lsufootball.posterous.com/lsus-lee-signs-with-dodgers; 8/16/2010 8:59 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Dylan Hernandez says it, so it must be true.; 8/16/2010 8:59 PM
NicJ said...: FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

this guy is going to kick ass. (in like five years); 8/16/2010 9:00 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: MY GOD STEVE MASON WAS RIGHT; 8/16/2010 9:00 PM
spank said...: Considering it's the dodgers we are talking about, I'll wait until he is in uniform before I get excited; 8/16/2010 9:00 PM
NicJ said...: McCourt just made it rain. (probably defered rain but who cares); 8/16/2010 9:01 PM
NicJ said...: NOT COMPLETELY BROKE!!
NOT COMPLETELY BROKE!!
NOT COMPLETELY BROKE!!
NOT COMPLETELY BROKE!!; 8/16/2010 9:02 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: I'm stunned at how well the entire GM staff foresaw everything falling into place, like Lee being stuck at third on the depth chart at LSU until 2012.; 8/16/2010 9:03 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Now we can trade this kid away for a rent a vet to get us over the hump this season.; 8/16/2010 9:03 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Making it rain indeed

RT @kengurnick: Lee got $5.25 million over five years.; 8/16/2010 9:03 PM
NicJ said...: holy shit that is quite a rain cloud.; 8/16/2010 9:04 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Eminem was right. Money does by crazy-ass happiness.; 8/16/2010 9:04 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: *buy; 8/16/2010 9:05 PM
NicJ said...: McCourt just spent 5.25Mil on a pitcher, but the good PR will be priceless.; 8/16/2010 9:12 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Oh, if Frank would have just spent that money on a SP to begin the season.

Sorry, sorry, back to being happy about this.; 8/16/2010 9:14 PM
NicJ said...: he did DB, Padilla 5 mil. haha.; 8/16/2010 9:15 PM
Nostradamus said...: That amount of excitement over a draft pick actually made me a little more sad abount this season. Not anything against the kid, just "we might suck and be almost broke, but we're not TOTALLY screwed!" isn't all that inspiring.; 8/16/2010 9:16 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Don't mess with me, Nic, I'm fragile right now.; 8/16/2010 9:16 PM
Paul said...: So i want a Matt Kemp bobblehead doll as much as I want a Bud Light lime.; 8/16/2010 9:16 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Local kid Austin Wilson does not sign with Cardinals. Also, Padres cannot sign their first-rounder.; 8/16/2010 9:19 PM
NicJ said...: Pfff, have fun with your division title Pads, the dodgers are over here burning money on unknown players!!

suck it!!; 8/16/2010 9:21 PM
Paul said...: Is that football stadium up at the ravine Frank? You know the one you jacked up the prices to build? Or did it go to build all those little league baseball parks?; 8/16/2010 9:21 PM
rbnlaw said...: What the fuck happened in that game (not that I care)?

I was listening and they led 3-1. I go in, watch rbnIII at her basketball practice, and come out to a 4-3 loss.

Did Brox come in again?; 8/16/2010 9:21 PM
Kyle Baker said...: PAINS me that Zach Cox from UofA Fayetteville Diamond Hogs was drafted and now signed by those god-forsaken Shards.; 8/16/2010 9:22 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/16/2010 9:23 PM
Nostradamus said...: Ok, I'm done being a little bitch. Congrats to the front office for getting the deal done.; 8/16/2010 9:25 PM
NicJ said...: Good job conforming Mr. C.

You wouldn't want to get you LA (dodgers) privileges revoked.; 8/16/2010 9:26 PM
Nostradamus said...: @Nic

We get privileges?

Why wasn't I previously informed?; 8/16/2010 9:27 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: Lee quit football, per Steve Henderson. No baseball-by-summer/football-by-fall contract.; 8/16/2010 9:28 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: *Henson, dammit; 8/16/2010 9:28 PM
NicJ said...: nice, even better. thats probably why the deal was so high.; 8/16/2010 9:29 PM
NicJ said...: Zach Lee just leapfrogged Scott Pilgrim on LA TT's; 8/16/2010 9:32 PM
Kyle Baker said...: In an upset, Dodgers sign Zach Lee
Steve Henson

By Steve Henson, Yahoo! Sports 34 minutes ago

The supposedly unsignable player, drafted by the team that supposedly didn’t want to sign him, signed Monday night. Zach Lee won’t play quarterback for LSU and will pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers, agreeing to a contract worth $5.25 million over five years.
More From Steve Henson

Lee fell to the Dodgers at No. 28 in the first round of the June draft because of signability concerns. When the Dodgers didn’t contact him all summer, many observers concluded that financially strapped owner Frank McCourt had no intention of offering a lucrative contract and would take advantage of a compensation rule that would have given the Dodgers the No. 29 pick in the 2011 draft.

But the Dodgers’ strategy all along was to remain low-key until the last minute, then spring an offer on Lee that dwarfed the $1.2 million slot amount for a 28th overall pick. Lee, 18, had come to realize that the soonest he could compete for a starting job at LSU would be 2012. No college quarterback had ever become a successful major league pitcher, so turning down the Dodgers’ offer now could have meant an end to any dream he had of becoming one.

The signing bonus is by far the largest the Dodgers have ever paid. The previous high was $2.3 million in 2006 to Clayton Kershaw(notes), who like Lee is a flame-throwing high school pitcher from Texas.; 8/16/2010 9:32 PM
Paul said...: ala G. Marks I would never trust an organization that allows me to be a member.; 8/16/2010 9:32 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Mr. C!

I figured you were either being a little bitch or still lying in the tub with your dog next to you, I Am Legend-style.; 8/16/2010 9:33 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: So wait, is a major-league deal what I think it is? Players go straight to the bigs?; 8/16/2010 9:34 PM
Paul said...: Lee will be our Ryan Mathews!!; 8/16/2010 9:36 PM
Paul said...: Can he play tomorrow?; 8/16/2010 9:38 PM
Nostradamus said...: @dusty

"I Am Legend" style... No.

"Big Lebowski" style... Maybe.

Sans the marmot, though.; 8/16/2010 9:39 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Good signing tracker here: http://tinyurl.com/2e4opd8; 8/16/2010 9:39 PM
NicJ said...: i would imagine he has to be better than at least one of the guys in the bullpen.; 8/16/2010 9:40 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Hilarious, from official Nats twitter feed:

http://twitpic.com/2fi4wo - Nationals GM Mike Rizzo just whip creamed in the face by President Stan Kasten.; 8/16/2010 9:40 PM
Kyle Baker said...: i would imagine that I have to be better than at least one of the guys in the bullpen.; 8/16/2010 9:42 PM
NicJ said...: the dodgers twitter feed just had a pic of McCourt putting up our world championship trophies on Ebay to pay for Lee.; 8/16/2010 9:42 PM
Kyle Baker said...: @Nic

Maybe the Jints can successfully bid on one of those trophies...so they'll have one!; 8/16/2010 9:44 PM
Paul said...: and Tommy is being sold to the French to make high grade soap.; 8/16/2010 9:46 PM
Kyle Baker said...: I like how Sax did a drive-by in the AC today then sped off to his hideout in order to plot his next move.; 8/16/2010 9:49 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Dodgers already have an email out re the Lee signing:

"
Dodgers sign first-round pick Zach Lee
August 17, 2010 – The Los Angeles Dodgers signed right-handed pitcher Zach Lee, their first-round pick (28th overall) out of McKinney (Texas) High School, pending a physical.

Lee, a 6-foot-4, 195-pounder will leave Louisiana State University, where he was enrolled as a quarterback, and focus solely on baseball.

Earlier today, the Dodgers signed 11th-round selection Joc Pederson and 26th-round pick Scott Schebler to give them a total of 30 of their 50 selections from the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, including nine of their top 10 selections and 13 of their top 15."; 8/16/2010 9:50 PM
Josh S. said...: WE SIGNED ZACH GALIFIANAKIS? I LOVE THAT GUY!; 8/16/2010 9:53 PM
NicJ said...: Zach Lee gets top billing on Latimes.com, Gay Marriage pushback gets second banana. Suck it gay marriage.

(Not a negative view on gay marriage, just a harmless comment so please dont jump all over me.); 8/16/2010 9:55 PM
Kyle Baker said...: ZACH GALIFIANAKIS IS THE FUTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION!; 8/16/2010 9:57 PM
NicJ said...: I played with Galifinakis a while back, weird when i see him in movies now.; 8/16/2010 9:58 PM
Kyle Baker said...: That is pretty interesting, editorially speaking, Nic.; 8/16/2010 9:59 PM
Josh S. said...: 5.25 million dollars?!

HONEY, WAKE THE BABY! WE GOTTA WORK ON HIS MECHANICS!!!; 8/16/2010 10:00 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: If he's as good a pitcher as host of SNL, then we've a multiple Cy Young winner.

"I'm Greek, this isn't a beard, it's just part of my eyebrow."; 8/16/2010 10:03 PM
NicJ said...: tie down his right arm and force him to be a lefty josh!!; 8/16/2010 10:03 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Make sure you teach him a good changeup, Josh. See way too much fastball, curveball guys around here.; 8/16/2010 10:05 PM
MR.F said...: @NicJ: Agreed.; 8/16/2010 10:10 PM
MR.F said...: Oops. That was to some comment about the lack of PGT's.; 8/16/2010 10:11 PM
Josh S. said...: Nic, his left hand actually seems dominant already. His mom and I are both righties (even though I bat left, oddly enough) but his aunt and uncle are both lefties.; 8/16/2010 10:11 PM
NicJ said...: there is money in that thar baby, josh.

Hopefully he wont beat you up in the family lounge after a game when he gets older.; 8/16/2010 10:13 PM
NicJ said...: baseball tonight laughing at the dodgers, fuck them.

Fuck you and your rug Steve Berthiaume!!!; 8/16/2010 10:16 PM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: I look forward to tomorrow to see just what kind of reaction ensues as a result of this.; 8/16/2010 10:18 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Pretty respectable +300 comments for a Monday night after a devastating loss.; 8/16/2010 10:19 PM
NicJ said...: we lost tonight? i thought the game was called in the 8th and we won.; 8/16/2010 10:21 PM
Paul said...: So when do the Yanks come to town?; 8/16/2010 10:26 PM
Kyle Baker said...: We should draft this Jeter kid I keep hearing so much about.; 8/16/2010 10:29 PM
Paul said...: So the leader for my new jersey contest is Lee?! Second is Robin Ventura; 8/16/2010 10:33 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Looking back at old AC threads from last year. There's some funny shit in there.

At one point I said this:

Would someone end this so Neeebs can ditch his effeminate scarecrow/skeleton thingy avatar and go back to something more Spock-ish?; 8/16/2010 10:41 PM
Kyle Baker said...: Good article re America's oldest ballpark:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/sports/baseball/17field.html?_r=1&hp; 8/16/2010 11:13 PM
karina said...: @Mr LASF I love how you own MSTI.I have nothing agaisnt him,I think he's a funny guy (whether it's intentional or not)

@Dusty Baker I think the Sons deeply enjoy our high levels of dorkyness and sillyness, that's why Sax or either of them will ever blast their readers.

I gave up on sitcoms a while ago,but this show based on @s*&%mydadsays has my expectatives very high.; 8/17/2010 7:08 AM
rbnlaw said...: The Dodgers will be fine after the All-Star break. . .of 2014.; 8/17/2010 8:55 AM