Chad Billingsley (1-0, 4.50) vs. Jason Hammel (0-0, -.--)
The Dodgers have one more chance in this series to wake up and realize they're in Coors Field--where offense lives, right? Not for the Dodgers, whose five scattered hits yesterday almost matched the Rockies' hit output, except the Rockies knew either how to mash (two solo HR) or how to make a leadoff double register a run. The Dodgers didn't have many opportunities, but still managed to go 0-for-4 with RISP.
But it's a new day, with a new day game, and our big-contract and big-thigh pitcher Billingsley on the mound. Oh, and Casey "Beard" Blake makes his 2011 debut, coming off the DL two days early! So who says the more hirsute Dodgers can't goatee off offensively today against Hammel? Heck, even in a close shave of a game, where Rafael Furcal mustache home and stubble across the plate with the winning run, I'd be satisfied. After all, a win would preserve our season-long streak of non-losing series, before we whiskers-selves off to San Diego for the weekend series.
photo by Jeff Gross / Getty Images North America
428 comments:
1 – 200 of 428 Newer› Newest»I hope Jason Hammel pitches like Cole Hamels did yesterday
When I simmed this game yesterday on The Show, we won 4-3 in 12 innings. Marcus Thames had a two-run home run.
I still can't figure out how to configure the rosters, though.
@Josh S: Based on your intel, Mattingly chooses to start Gibbons in left.
I played the first 5 innings before simming the rest. Chadley had a no-hitter through 4.1, but The Beard had 3 Ks and 2 errors. EERILY REALISTIC.
When I simmed this on my copy of MLB Slugfest 2003, we won 23-17.
Dammit. Forgot to change the avatar again.
I anticipate a victory.
GameThread Comment High Scores, 2011
364 (opening day)
213 (yesterday)
We can beat this, guys. Day game, all of us at our desks during lunch...come on!
@Josh S 9:18a: I'll take the over on Es, the under on Ks
Furcal 6
Blake 5
Ethier 9
Kemp 8
Loney 3
Uribe 4
Paul 7
Barajas 2
Billingsley 1
There's your Thames 2-run HR right there, Josh S
Can't believe no one is picking up the hair-themed puns in this GT.
Do I have toupee you guys as incentive?
Why does Yahoo run a feature on Matt Kemp after he goes 0-4 and we lose?
@Sax I am an heir to a huge pumpkin fortune
@FB: shouldn't you call it a Great Pumpkin fortune?
@Sax 9:46 - Sorry, I was too busy trying to come up with an excuse to sneak out of the office to get a buzz on. My boss is giving me the brush off so far. He is way too clipper this morning and thinks we can all work barber than ever.
Also, I'm still in the office from last night's game thread.
(cries)
@Sax eh, it's ok, I wouldn't call it great
but the pumpkins are huge
@Jason: nice work.
Re: the all-nighter: seriously? Isn't your product out yet?
I don't know about you guys but I'm enjoying the Scooby-Doo morning.
Now, I'm scheming.
Speaking of hair, I heard Jamie McCourt has gone "full brazilian"!
mmm roast beef sandwich
@Sax what's the story on "Scooby Doo"? I have seen it here a few times but missed the original SOSG reference
@Sax - Yes, the main product is out and apparently everyone under the age of 10 has already gotten their hands on one (I'm sure Merritt's was just off-camera). What should be the good parts launch over the next few months. Plus, Mariners opening day is Friday so I have to get the mobile ordering system we run up and running. Good times!
I really wish I kept a 'stache of whiskey at my desk for weeks like these.
@FB: When multiple posts go up on SoSG within a small timeframe, we commenters tend to pop in and out of each one, trying to figure out where most people are "hanging out." Someone (Mr. C? Dusty?) once remarked that the phenomenon is very similar to when the Scooby gang would run in and out of different doors while chasing/being chased by the monster of the week.
Such a n00b question FB! :P
Jk, I was wondering the same!
@Josh S, you are the historian of SoSG. I may have to use this for a Glossary post--thank you.
BTW, Josh, did you ever finish the full end-to-end read?
@Sax: I got as far as early to mid- '09, I think. I had started at a downtime at work, and then I just couldn't see it though.
I knew there was an awesome answer to this - thanks, Josh!
This calls for an avatar change
Willawaw ANGRY!
Gotta watch out for those damn owl men!
http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/129284.jpg
SKRAWK!
Anyone going to watch the Champion League matches in a few minutes? I'll be tuning into the Chelsea v ManU game. Pretty convenient that my two favorite teams are blue!
Here is a stream if anyone is interested about the soccer game.
http://www.streamhub.tv/ch/V4.php
I had to google "Wotcher!"
Epale Everyone!
Vinny was right, the weather looks cold and gloomy. Hope we get this one in.
Wotchale!
@Orel did you see this:
"An English colloquial greeting that perplexed thousands of Americans upon reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Tonks uses it as a greeting, obviously requesting a sexual favor that will take place in the 6th book.
"Wotcher, Harry!"
it is pronounced "watch-uh"
according to urban dictionary
Epale, K-Ladies!
Thanks, Karina! Love the new avatar.
@Josh love it! how do we pronounce it so it sounds more anglophile?
that's funny, the mlb.com GameDay field looks like only slight clouds
That's what happens when you play the game in the Matrix.
Juan Pierre is a potential badge for the CWS game (if he triples)
LA Dodgers potential badges for today's game
Uribe double
Loney double
Kemp HR
@Orel 12:03p: that's why I took the Go Blue! pill
I am so down with "Wotchale"!!
Wotchale Karina and Mr F!
Snakes up 2-0 on the Cubbies after three innings
@Orel thanks Orel! it is the most recent photo I have wearing a Dodgers hat. We were scouting locations that day :)
The Willawaw's favorite food is Dinger meat, and he is verrrry hungry
Rockies potential badges for today's game:
Helton double
Fowler single
Tulo HR
add'l badge: bean Dinger
In the Herman Miller, Vin!
55 comments before first pitch, I like it
Karina, is scouting locations like scouting baseball players?
It's pretty sweet how the "Field View" icon at the bottom of the mlb.com GameDay screen also will change to display men on base at the time. Nice touch, mlb.com.
What is Casey supposed to do when he's not bunting?
We'll take it, Casey
DAMMIT ANDRE
The Willawaw doesn't like that
you hit Blake in his first AB this year? You PUNK-ASS
Orel, you're ahead of my feed.
Oh, DAMMIT
Andre GIDP
If the Dodgers get shut out again, do we win "stinking badges" for the whole team?
Wotchale,holmes.You almost sat on my sombrero.
Dive for it Dre.DIVE!
I'm not exactly sure how this badge thing works, but I "own" two badges, none of which are Dodgers
There are a couple of good things about my life right now:
1. My job as a content creator for a website publishing group is completely a "work from home" position.
2. I own two computers. I am working on the laptop. On the desktop, I have MLB.tv up and running.
That's it. Not good? That double by the Rockies.
Smith with a long one-out double. Greaaaat.
Hey, I just picked up an Aramis Ramirez badge from the Cubs game (HR)!
Even better, the Cubs have tied the Snakes at 2
yeesh
why can't we do that?
Crapola
SHIT, back-do-back doubles and we're down 1-0 already
Well, fart.
After a 3-1 start, we're barreling quickly toward .500.
Not a single ball in the zone to TODD HELTON?
Helton walk. Billinglsey's at 20+ pitches already and he's not out of the first
Not good.
Willawaw no likey
C'mon Bills! Knock this shit off
and it's 2-0. yay.
The opening homestand honeymoon is ending quite quickly.
Guys, I'm worried about how pessimistic most of you are :(
I'm not a huge fan of accountants.
(no offense to anyone here who is an accountant)
did vin just lose track of the outs there?
I think Vin was confused about the number of outs there. He was talking about all the runners advancing, even while the music played and the graphics indicated commercial. He saved it nicely, though.
Thank God that's over. Now we just need to score a run or two in the top of the second to give Bills some encouragement to help him settle down.
Come on, Blue! Win us some BADGES~!
Exactly, Sax.
matt has come out swinging
so have we, with 94 comments after one inning
shit Matt, that pitch was way out of the zone
Loney's gonna mash right here
There we go!
Look what happens when Loney Fan shows up!
Nice call, Sax!
King James is alive!
KING JAMES CONNECTS!!!
Nice call, Sax!
I did not see that coming.
FJL, your Dodger leader in home runs, ladies and gentlemen!
I CALLED IT!!!!!
Wow. My naked eye says Uribe was safe.
Troy "Jeter" Tulowitzki
Suck it doubters.
Tell your eye to put some clothes on, Erin!
pessimism!!!!!
I still think he looked safe in the replay.
That's the King James I know and love :)
nice call, Sax!
Vin almost missed the call on that Tulo out, too. Maybe it's the altitude at Coors Field.
Or maybe they're keeping Vin in the humidor between innings.
Loney?
@Erin, please don't use "naked" and "Uribe" in the same sentence again, especially over lunch hour...
2-1 after 1.5 innings
Well we did score.
how can I suppose to get anything done if there's a Dodgers game and Star Wars IV: A New Hope is on tv?
I'm with Erin. He was safe.
@LoneyFan, I like the avatar. Is that the same woman as your last avatar (which I also liked)?
@Spank always the tone of the surprise when it comes about King James' power
McDonald's Iced Coffee guy, totally unflustered by the exploding copier on the radio. Man, how suave is he?
@karina: Obi-Wan dies (hope I didn't spoil anything)
Kemp Kannon!
That is one of the longest singles I have ever seen.
ha ha, no HR for you Iannetta
Epale Y'all
Hammel at 20 pitches through two; Bills at 33 pitches through four outs
@MB! Your barstool is waiting!
We've got a full bar today guys. This round is on me!
Loney is now tied for the lead in home runs amongst NL first basemen.
(Small sample sizes rule.)
@ Karina
haha! I diss because I care.
47 degrees out there and overcast. yikes.
@Sax - Thanks for saving me a stool. MB is taking it easy today. She is trying to get over one helluva hangover.
fowler K
@MB: Hair of the dog, milady.
Boooooooooo! Wait.
Hooray!!!!!
Nice comeback from a 3-0 count
@Saxy, yes it would help but I just can't go there right now :(
@Sax NO WAY! I just witnessed how Han Solo shot Greedo
Bills! down 3-0 in the count he comes back to get the K on Seth Smith. Nicely done, Your Royal Thighness.
@Meanie epale sister!
Epale MB!!
Hey all! Get to watch this game and listen to the sweet sounds of Vin calling the game. Don't want to already start thinking about him leaving the mic.
Through two innings, 2-1 Rox, and 140 comments
fuck, it's that stupid iced coffee guy again
@Karen, Karina - epale my sweet sisters. It's been way too long!
Sounds like MB needs some Menudo quick. And not the flaming kind.
Fukudome badge in the house!
(However the D'backs are up 5-2 on the Cubs after five)
BAJAJAS!
GONE!!!!!!
@Sax - The pictures used to be of my wife at various Dodger games. While de-Jimbo-ing I couldn't find any of the previous pictures. This picture is of a close friend who passed away in November and his fiancée. I thought I would try it out.
AC, quit hogging the tv screen and let the rest of us in the bar see
WOOHOO!!! RB with the HR!!! I know none of you will believe it, but I actually thought he was going to hit it out when he came to the plate.
Epale, MB!
BARAJAS HR! TIE GAME
Hey, the game is tied!
Cora and Sax, precognitive HRs!
BARAJOFFENSE!
Epale Orel - drink of choice today?
@Spank - this girl does not do menudo. You're determined to push me over the edge ;~))
@LoneyFan: Oh man, that is tragic about your friend. Sorry to hear it.
Also sorry to hear we lost your great avatar...
Sorry, my big fat head and gut are in the way. I'll move to the right - man this barstool is small.
COLE Hamel is losing it.
You know what was dope about Loney's homer? It wasn't a wall scraper. It was about 10 rows up.
Thanks Sax. The avatar is sure to come back soon.
BEARD MODE!!!
SEND HIM WALLY!!!!
COme on Blake, give us a 4-2 lead
Well, well. Blake with a triple?
BEARD TIME!!!!
God I can't wait to yell that at Wallach this year.
The Beard with a .750 slugging percentage.
i'll take the triple, though. DODGERS LEAD 3-2
Our first baseman and third baseman are getting extra base hits and our lead off man is drawing walks!!
I like this!!
Whoo hoo, things are looking good!
Blake batting 1.000 this year
It's an offensive explosion!
Is this the Dodgers?
Another run! Bloop single by Andre.
Dio mio, you guys have been busy.
Blake with a 4.000 OPS
Ethier singles home Blake! 4-2
I'm loving Hammel about now.
C'mon Matty!
^ Uh, Beard slugging 3.000 this year. I have been awake for 31 hours, the last 29 of which have been spent in my cubicle. Math is not a strong suit at the moment.
Look who's on the mound APODACA!!!
Just green tea for now, MB. Gonna be a long day.
Apodaca?
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Epale, y'all!
Jason, may I suggest some green tea?
for somewhat reason Depeche Mode's "just can't get enough" is stuck on my mind
Take a bird bath,Jason.
Epale, Mr. C! Wotcher! Apodaca!
Hey Mr. C, welcome to the melee!
Kemp with a walk!?! Holy crap.
A lead? Inconceivable!
What's the opposite of a home run, Loney?
That's the Loney I've grown to love.
dammit James. Oh well, at least we're in the lead.
Greetings Mr. C!!
Jim Tracy bought a house when he was manager of the Pirates??
Who the hell is his financial advisor?
Katie just called to let me know she ran into a guy wearing a Dodgers hat and jersey at Whole Foods. She asked him if he would like to know the score. He looked at her and said, "Oh, are they playing right now?"
She wanted to demand that he remove the gear.
Anyone else watching this on prime ticket? What is up with the guy in the stands - Is that a maroon lap tray?
Thanks for letting me get excited about you for one inning Loney! I like to keep my excitement at a minimum.
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