Chad Billingsley (9-7, 3.66) vs Johnny Cueto (11-3, 3.38).
The Reds are rolling, riding a seven-game winning streak (and a 4.5 game lead in the Central), after last night's 3-1 win. Meanwhile, the Dodgers have floundered since the All-Star Break, driven partially by Vicente Padilla, Manny Ramirez, Jeff Weaver, and Rafael Furcal all sitting on the DL, all having trouble holding back the years. And Joe Torre has to play with the few cards he's been dealt; we're not getting any 11th hour waiver-wire help, since money’s too tight (to mention).
I’d love to think we could hold the Cincinnati “juggernaut” back, but I have a feeling we will be the ones ending up simply red. Hey, if you don’t know this team by now, you will never ever ever know them.
186 comments:
Guess who is baaaaaack?
Also Gibbons went from certain departure to hitting clean-up.
Well at least the front office keeps me entertained (in a sick sorta way)
Man-E-Faces the Reds!
Manny back up in dis bish! Bring it!
As soon as I landed I checked this site instead of checking for baggage claim info or calling my mom. It's a sickness.
Theriot 4
Ethier 9
Ramirez 7
Gibbons 3
Kemp 8
Blake 5
Carroll 6
Ausmus 2
Billingsley 1
I'm feelin this one!
"I'm feelin this one!"
What Arnold Schwarzenegger said to Joy Browne.
Dusty Baker, please pick up your baggage on carousel 3.
Manny's back
we're going 38-0 from here on out
I secretly want this lineup to fail just to piss off MSTI and MOKM.
Man-E-Faces? I hope we get the animal or robot face, because that normal face looks like a weak hitter. At least he could go Beast mode...
..any word who got DFA'ed? Gibbons is still here according to ESPN, but no info on who had to go.
@Eric - Juan Castro is getting the boot.
I like the lineup but don't worry Torre won't do something to anger the blogs.
Like not argue balls and strikes to not get him certainly thrown out.
@MLASF Thanks- never even saw him play this last time around, not sure if that's a GOOD thing
This lineup really is many kinds of wrong...
Manny kinds of wrong?
@Paul Maybe Torre will send Don Mattingly to argue for him so he gets managerial ejection practice.
If Andre goes wild in this game I am gonna change my blogger name to Jeff Kent.
Mattingly will go argue with the third base ump by mistake.
Ausmus is going 4-for-4 with 3 RBI tonight
I wonder how long we are shopping Manny? Smart bet is his current stint is just to interest a playoff contender.
If you buy Manny now the Dodgers will throw in four bobble head dolls and four cokes!
Epale everyone!
a) I share Mr LASF's opinion: I want this lineup to smash the league to piss the same people.
b) In the other hand, I'm afraid of the dark power of eighties music on Dodgers baseball
c) Angry Eric, that's a great avatar
no King James tonight but he deserves some rest.
@Karina Rally Gnomes!~ ^_^
Dodgers Post-season - Livin' on a Prayer- Jon Bon Jovi
I'll probably switch to Battle Armor Skeletor if Bills gets beaten around tonight tho...
Manny will have no positive or negative effect on the rest of this lineup.
@Angry Eric this evening already has a good start: Cards are up by 3 against Timmah and Giants.I'm half-watching it,
I believe in the gnome.
Padres/Brewers tied at three in the fifth
Giants down 4-0 to STL
Hi-diddly-ho neighborinos!
Manny: A New Flame?
Juan Castro was not given a fair shake.
Jeff Kent, turn down your fucking radio. We're trying to get ready for a game here.
DB: Arsenal looked awfully good today, but it was Blackpool.
Chelsea looked good as well, but it was Wigan (who I call Wiggum. . .yeah, poor Wiggum).
There is no other way to listen to Snow's Informer. I have to pump up the volume.
Wash yer hair Timmeh!!!
Just got to the stadium, sitting field level..watching the "Bark in the park" parade pass by....Steve Garvey just passed by!!! He's leading the parade!!!
Dysfunktional BBQ going on
Drunk and Surliness Level in EPIC proportions as of this moment
Check back in a few
On may parents' sofa in Conway, Vinny!
Padres losing in the eighth!
Giants already lost!
Listening to the Reds cast and they think Homer Bailey was the reason why the Dodgers couldn't score last night. Ha!
Surly factor: 1
Beer status: Sam Summer
Humidity: 732%
I suppose that's technically true. I do not, however, think that is as significant an accomplishment as they may suspect.
@Paul I got the Reds broadcast and thought the same thing that Mr C
Welcome back Manny! Now go away!
Showing bobbleslam le sigh.
Manny joins the party!
Ain't no party lke a Manny party cause a Manny party don't hit.
Can I get a report on the dogs in the park gig tonight?
Kemp hitting .327 with 2 outs and RISP.
I feel for Vin- he has nothing good to say about us that he has to build up Homer and Playdoh.
Wow this guy is all over the place.
*uses Stank Eye of Broxton to bend Cueto's fastballs outside*
(Casey might just swing anyway tho)
Walking the dodgers night!
BBB! Beard Base on Balls!
Rancho Can'tfindthestrikezonewithamapiendo
"Gibbons can't handle it"
In the bench King James thinks "that's why I can't get a day off" :)
There's a Riot going on!!!
STOOPID THERIOT IS THE FUTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION
Love the use of the Stank Eye gambit, AE. Good work.
Manny is the new lucky gnome.
Whoooo!!! Theriot AND Ethier Homers!!!
I can get used to this.
Gibbons!!! (Insert Gibbon monkey pic here)
Nice!
And that is why Gibbons needs more at bats!
Hmmm, I thot Manny was supposed to provide the power...
THIS IS NUCKING FUTS
Mattycakes!!!!
Curse you, Manny. If you had gone yard, that would be 5 consecutive home runs.
NUCKING FUTS!!!
The hell is going on here?
This was obviously the result of more batting practice and nothing else.
Whoa, Josh...whoa. When I read your last comment, I thought it said "FUCKING NUTS" and went the other way with my comment.
Dyslexics of the world untie!
Now we have used all our HR's for the rest of the year... >.<
wild animals are wild!
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...
This is not my Batman glass.
Manny is like the merlot I am drinking, not doing
much but I still somehow feel good.
Computer fudged up, so watching from my iPhone. Crowded around it in the old Baker home place. I guess I'm supposed to be re-connecting with family, but...hey, how 'bout those home runs!!
Oh shit, Leake is pitching? Well, that's all we're getting tonight.
Meltdowns-1
Surliness-Undetectable
Uncontrollable Hatred-Maxed
Is there a game going on?
Leake wearing #44 obviously in honor of the Straw.
Went and had pizza, wings, and beer at Mikey's in Fullerton (great place, but no game on).
Got in the car to get home and the first thing we hear is Vinny's call of Kemp's dinger.
There is nothing better in broadcasting than Vin Scully calling a Dodger home run. Sheer poetry.
The kind of poetry I like.
And: STOOPID TORRE. KEMP HAVE FIVE RUNS ON THAT HOMER IF YOU PUT GOODER HITTERS UP BEFORE HIM. IDIOT. xFIP (whatever the hell that is)
Kemp only hit that 402 feet instead of 440. Not your year dude.
Humidity 723%?
Swamp ass in effect, eh DB?
Arsenal 6
Blackpool 0
Son's soccer team is 2-0 in their tournament. Good weekend so far.
Manny may have to stay but we can put the rest of the team on waivers.
Nice Jay!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
WTF is going on?
Gonna fix myself an old school Scorpion mainline to go with my brew and the dodger lead.
Bad Boy's are Running Wild
Kemp swung realllly hard but the ball just moved. Man those are the breaks.
Nice beard!
Kemp's ineptitude has infected this inning.
Epa, Ramón! cómo está la cosa?
Vin will announce his future plans tomorrow.
BRB, CRYING AND PRAYING
Someone needs to stand outside Vinny's house and play steiner from a boom box.
Can I just say I will sleep with the top MLB Network person who is allowing me to watch this game on MLBN bonus coverage with Vinny's call of the game. *blows kiss*
I didn't see the last couple of comments re Vin until I posted comment re Vin, ironically. What is the story? He's announcing his future plans? Good lord, please don't put this on me now.
Aw, fuck, I just read the Simers piece (DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT!).
*buys tix for last day of the season*
Vinny's announcement on future plans:
he will have a steak dinner tomorrow night.
He won't leave us. He knows....he knows.....he knows right!?!!
@Josh S @Dusty Baker if we don't sleep again, is there no tomorrow?
I don't want tomorrow to come :_(
Manny out. Offense back to normal.
This will ruin my trip if he announces retirement. I have to admit on the plane I read (finally) the article I'd been saving re Vin that was in NYTimes in June. It made me tear up and Mrs Dusty had to ask what the hell was wrong. Hope that wasn't a sign...
We'll find some way to blow this.
Workin on it right now, in fact, MLASF.
I don't understand the tweets about the fans. If your going to do that then you better tweet about the beach balls all the time.
I miss the days when everyone just bagged on plashcke.
Runners at the corners. Quick somone rub Manny's stomach!
We're finding a way to unblow this!
What would that be? Suck? We're finding a way to suck this?
I'm confused now.
Too bad about Timmeh today.
#Not
Really bad Loney.
Volek to Ajirotutu for a 60 yard strike down to the 2!
#FresnoStateSouth.
KILL KILL KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
R WII Winng
Beer status: Firestone DBA in a chilled pint glass
Surly factor: 4 and rising, thanks to a cricket that somehow snuck into Luke's room and has thusfar evaded me
Indiana Jones/Han Solo is in Dodger Stadium!
Han Solo is at the stadium!
No Billy Dee.
Strange how the two players who have served 50-game suspensions both suck today.
/KARMA
Trying to stay awake...theunderstorm lulling me to sleep. But I don't have that cricket keeping me up.
DIE DIE DIE CRICKET
You'd think that Ford would have bought his own tickets, but it was really the one-armed man.
11 Icehouses Down 1 to go
6 steel reserve after that
Tall cans All of them
Surly Factor- Beyond Mad
MANNY RULZ!!!!!!!!!!
Harrison is REALLY late for ESB night.
Broxton no longer the closer warming up to close.
Wow this team is fucked up.
Damn, I kinda miss Midwest thunderstorms. Wouldn't trade Cali weather, but they're damn cool.
FEAR THE UNDERSTORM
Brox is warming, gents.
I demand insurance runs
The Understorm sounds kinda cool now that I go back and edit that crappy comment.
Spanky Going the distance.
The Understorm would make a great name for a wrestler.
Patent pending.
That's a strong and/or dumb move, Spanky. Godspeed!
Stupid fans not cheering Harrison Ford.
Understorm vs Undertaker in Australia!!
How do I know you're a nerd? you get excited by the mere sight of Harrison Ford
The Undertaker mixed with an X-Man.
Please, Pray for Me and the DOYERS!!
GOD BLESS TO ALL!!
"Blowing Kisses Vlade Styles"
HAN SOLO IS AT THE PARK? FUCK YEAH!!!!
2 outs to go, go Brox!
How do I know I'm a nerd? Because I'm awake.
there's more love to Han Solo than Indiana Jones here!
Where's my beer?
Sittdown! That was a nasty strike. Suck it up and take it like a man, Phillips.
Looks like Phillips is going for the Pierre look on his Gameday pic.
DUSTY BAKER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT PHILLIPS HE IS A PIECE OF SHIT MANAGER
Brox used to throw strikes that simply overpowered people. Now he throws balls and the occasional reduced-velocity strike.
I'll take it, though.
Party songs, then!
FOR ALL MY HOMIEZ!!
YOU TOO KARINA
B52's-Roam
Reunited- Peaches and Herb.
(I couldn't even type that without laughing)
@Paul a part of me wants to know why it is so funny and other part of me feels like ignorance is a bliss
@Spanky hmmm, thanks (I guess)
Bitter Sweet-King's X
Where the fuck is that beer?
@Karina
I wish I didn't know so go with your gut.
BOB- Outkast.
Back in the High Life Again-Steve Windwood
[apologize in advance for this but...it is what it is]
Ghetto Supastar (that is what you are) Pras featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mya
Roam if you want to, Karina!
Nice one.
RIP to ODB. Gone but not forgotten. *pours some out*
We are very adult contemporary tonight.
Props to momma Dusty for clearing the evening calendar b/c she knew Mrs Dusty and I would want to watch the game at the end of a long day.
Except for the Wu-Tang part, Paul.
To quote Vin, goodnight everybody.
ODB Died? Pouring some out
Eric Clapton-Bad Love-Live from 24 Nights
Sorry Karina. No Disrespect
@Paul ignorance is a bliss
Also, we ARE "contemporary adults"
@Spanky why are you sorry?
ODB died in 2004. Wu-Tang forever.
For Spanky:
Bootylicious-Destiny's Child
for me, the B52's cover of "Meet the Flintstones"
@ Karina
For My B&B Post/Avatar. I meant Well.
@ DB
Part of My lost years. Working graveyard and partying like a Rock Star took it's toll dem years.
I think I Better cut out. Took me 10 minutes to type my last posT.
@Spanky I know you meant well, I'm used to that since I've always been one of the guys :)
Night,snarkies.
Let's cross fingers tomorrow's not so bad.
CRICKET: ELIMINATED
(Not dead, just no longer in my apartment.)
My wife is the Cricket Whisperer.
Oh yeah, a song!
"Four Sticks" - Led Zeppelin
@ Karina
Right On
It's So Easy-Buddy Holly Y Los Gryllo's
Josh,the Cricket Whisperer is a great name.
Spanky :)
still around because my scan doesn't want to scan.I should drop it for tonight
@ Karina
Let It be-The Beatles
Gonna listen to some Slayer and Bid everyone adieu.
Watching Quick Pitch:
In the Royals/ChiSox doubleheader, BOTH teams wore completely different uniforms for each game. Game 1: Royals in blue, Sox in black. Game 2: Royals in white, Sox in gray.
That, my friends, is some buuuulllllSHIT.
Good times. Can we make it two in a row?
Is this it?- The Strokes
@ Paul
Only Time Will Tell-Asia
Well right now we gotta make teams in the race hurt cause it is all we got.
Nothing better- Postal Service.
Amen!!
Headhunter-Krokus
Rush Blasting from the speakers
Last drink from 211 can tasted like fabric softener's scent.
One of two eye's meekly open
2112 time! See ya if i wake up from the awaiting coma
MANUELA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck That! Not going to stop till i Get a reply:
Lasorda Where Art Thou!
Worried about your announcement, Vinny!
Kept me awake all night.
Vinny is comming back!!! So is Rod Barajas!!!!
I think I had Rod Barajas on my fantasy football team. He missed 3 field goals in one game! Another bad Colletti move.
VINNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MADE MY WEEK.
Paul: For some reason, my brain read Rod Barajas as "Victor Rojas". I was unsettled for a second.
VINNNNNNNNYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
VINNY UP IN DIS BISH!
Yeah I guess this better than a deal for Rick Moranis.
Damn, someone was adding Bombs Over Baghdad to the playlist?
Strong.
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