Literally minutes after finding out the Giants had been shutout by the Cubs in Chicago, the Dodgers decided to stick it to their NoCal rivals by having Rafael Furcal and James Loney commit consecutive errors on the same play (turning a 1-0 lead over the Padres into a 1-1 tie with the Padres). Without missing a beat, Ted Lilly then got into the act, allowing Miguel Tejada to hit his 300th career home run to score MSB Eckstein and give the Padres a 3-1 lead. Lilly had a decent night--7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 Ks--but that third-inning lapse was all it took to tip the scales the Padres' way.
Not that others on the team didn't try to contribute, that is. Besides 0-fers from Loney and Furcal, we also had fruitless nights from Jamey Carroll, Jay Gibbons, and Casey Blake. So it was a team effort of sorts to lose tonight, and let San Diego sneak back into first place in the NL West by a half game. Way to go, Dodgers!
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Another game, another loss.
Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue
How the hell does an entire team decide to collectively stop hitting for two and one half months?
HOW????????????????
Neeebs said...
@MLASF:
lix on me. You'll have to fend for parking and food.
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Some people will do anything for hockey tickets!
@Dusty:
And he blew off the invite. Center ice 17 rows up so you can see the corners. $150 each.
I saw that too DB
I couldn't let that one go, Spank. I can't believe you left it sitting out there so long. My excuse is that I had to mix a gin and tonic; trying to get in as many as I can as the gin/tonic season is coming to a close.
@Neeebs, DB
MLASF is a man of shadowy agendas and mysterious purposes, I'll give him that.
I've been off my game. I think I'm coming up Karina's son syndrome and reached my peak already.
@Neeebs, etc.
I need to get out to a hockey game soon. Not the biggest enthusiast, but do like it and think hockey is one of best sports to watch live. I would go out to watch the Caps when I lived in DC and had a great time.
Sorry for ignorance, but how are Kings slated to fare this season?
MLASF is like the god damned Jack Bristow of this space.
^with
you see. can't even spell
Well, if you guys want to catch an ice game, let me know.
^ That is a compliment, BTW.
@Spanky
SLIDE!!!
MY HIP! MY HIP!
Kings are slated to have a very good year. They toiled while building through the draft. They have a deep squad. Probably one sniper away from a true contender. Arguably the best d-corps in the league.
I think Doughty gets the Norris trophy this year. I can feel it.
@Neeebs
I hear they have beer. Where do I sign up?
So they sound like the Dodgers, eh Neeebs? Just one piece missing, and it will all be good.
Overpriced beer at that.
Sign up via secret email.
SECRET email.
Kings need a left wing.
Dodgers need a left fielder.
SAX got it right.
Kovalchuk was the NHL's answer to Manny. Imagine if the Dodgers did not sign Manny, but rather someone like Adam Dunn or Bobby Abreu. That's a crude comparison of what the Kings did this offseason. That said, Ponikarovsky is no Dunn.
Post Game thread turned to Kings talk.
MMMMmmmm....over-priced beer.
That has never stopped me.
Kings are like Obama - both need to get their left wing back.
"over-priced beer"
As a Dodger fan and Peoples Republic of Santa Monica resident, that constitutes my natural habitat.
@Neeebs, MLASF
Thx for the rundown on Kings. Very helpful.
@Mr C
Yeah, I'm not really sure what regular priced beer is any more, so I'm so de-sensitized to the over-priced stuff.
But that's what tha terrorists want us to think, right?
hey Neeebs, what's that secret email address again?
What else are we going to talk about, the Dodgers?
@Dusty
If we let the price deter us from drinking, the terrorists have already won.
@Sax
I tried the secret decoder ring, but all the letters on it are Es
@ Mr C
They hate our hops!
I opened a wine that was too young to open and I knew it. But I felt it would be okay. Now I am tasting and thinking too young.
I knew this!! Classic rookie mistake.
I need to make the trip to a King game. I have some Dodger money stashed away since I stopped going in June. Ironically after the Yankees series.
@Paul: so what you're saying is, after the Yankees series, there was nothing left on the Dodgers schedule that interested you?
You're making the Dodger marketing geniuses smile. "Rivalry Renewed" winner!
@Paul
That's not irony. It's defeat.
Come down for a Kings game and we can all hit the town.
Schoolboy error on the young wine. It happens to the best of us.
@Paul:
That never happens when you drink Boones Farm.
@Sax:
you are the keeper of the secret.
yeah i planned to go but nothing else was advertised every 5 seconds to make me feel inadequate if I didn't go.
I am down for a Hockey road trip.
Neeebs likes his wine like his women, young and cheap.
What did MRLASF do to earn Jack Bristow status?
@Mr F
Mr C said re MLASF:
"MLASF is a man of shadowy agendas and mysterious purposes, I'll give him that."
Jack Bristow territory right there.
I'm hoping the Giants lose today, so we can win tonight without knocking the Pods out of first. As it stands now, if the Dodgers don't win another game this season, they'll end up tied for third worst record in the 162-game era (after '92 and '05).
^Their own third worst record, not third worst in baseball.
why don't you leave Neeebs alone? :(
@Karina:
Thanks for the support. I know you have my back here.
But...I can handle these guys.
It's all in good fun.
We tease because we love.
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