Jon Garland (1-2, 3.81) vs. Chris Young (1-0, 1.88).
Before I get into this Game Thread, let me confess: growing up, I was never a fan of Thor. Struggling through the onerously difficult language was difficult enough (I felt at times I was reading a foreign language), but skirmishes among powerful Norse gods always failed to resonate with the day-to-day trappings of my mortal* life. It was easily my least favorite regular Marvel comic, and that includes Howard the Duck.
Back on this earth, the Dodgers look clearly mortal despite a day of rest to Norse their wounds. After last night's depressing game, in which the Dodgers had leads on three separate occasions, they'll have to see if they're going to come out energized and ready to hammer, or roll out yet another Loki performance. Heck, I can't even Sif through all the wreckage of this season, despite it being only May. In fact, if I had to guess, I'd say today's game stretches our current losing streak to Thor in a row.
(*) As far as I'll confess in this blog.
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When Dre's streak comes to an end, what then?
Brox and Blake have Thor Elbows.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LARGE CELL
Chewie now has a little more of Threepio back together. One
arm is connected, but the legs are yet to be attached. There
is one small problem, however. It seems the Wookiee has
managed to put the droid's head on backwards.
We'll be Loki to take 1 of 3.
If we can take just one, SoSG will be full Odin and noise.
Young is a late scratch. Dillon Gee will take the mound.
If attendance continues to sag, do you think we'll be Freya McCourt any sooner?
What rhymes with Yggdrasil?
Fuck you, Aaron Miles.
No what I had in mind, but I'll accept that answer.
They knew Dre kills Young and scratched him to fuck with the streak.
Are the Mets really that petty?
Yes. Yes, they are.
31 GAME ON-BASE STREAK
It's not the same.
RANCHO MONKEYENDO
You can't do much else to mess with the Dodgers.
Grundleplertz.
It's getting to the point where I'm not even getting mad anymore.
On-base streak, nice. You caught me there for a second.
Good thing Dioner has a lot of protection.
Loney batting second. Weird.
He singles. Weird.
We leave the bases loaded and waste two out. Not weird.
Oh no, you DO NOT hit the Dioner. We are pissed now!
Any non-fat guy would have scored from first on that.
It's hard to get Dioner to make a move toward an empty plate.
God, this baseball team is awful.
Oh good God.
1 for eleventy-billion with runners in scoring position.
At least Dre's getting one chance per inning to extend the streak.
Of fucking course.
Yeah, you always want to swing at the first pitch after a walk. WORKS EVERY TIME.
6 LOB after two. AFTER TWO.
27 LOB=Imperfect Game?
Why can't we do that?
Oh right, we suck.
BUT THEY SUCK TOO!!!
BUT WE SUCK WORSE!
Well, that was something at least.
I think there was a wee bit of editing trickery in that Loney commercial.
Nic's muppet reference has Tony Jackson ecstatic.
I thought Chad and Mike were the Statler and Waldorf of Twitter during Dodger games.
Did he honestly think that was the first ever Muppet Show reference on Twitter?
Lucky shot, fatso. I still hate you.
LOL WUT.
Well, he has been a bit behind the curve. When did he actually get a photo? Last month?
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wow, dioner feasted on that ball like it was an eclair
Daniel Murphy uses that god awful "This Town" song (from last year's Dodger recap videos) as his walk up music.
JAMEY CARROLL BADGE
Bring on the Wide Eyes!
At Angels Stadium, Vinny!
Beer status: obtained a Sapporo on draft for 7.75 US.
(cries)
(i already had Carroll's badge, but it's still cool)
congrats Justin Verlander on your no-hitter
Clarification: I'm crying bc DS doesn't have that beer at that price without a line. Not bc I have the beer.
Go to hell, Miles.
Fun fact: Gee shares a name with my least favorite member of Power Pack.
Hey look: Dusty is at a MLB stadium that has 3G access. Incredible.
@Josh, I can't even name any members of Power Pack. Except Franklin Richards, who I know doesn't really count.
who's betting we score? not me
Franklin counts! But only if you remember his Power Pack codename.
@Sax
I get 4 bars here.
There is also good 3G reception.
(sobs)
Loney serves a grounder to Jose Reyes on a fucking platter.
LOB up to 7
This. Team. Sucks.
@Josh S: Franklin's codename: "entitled one"?
"kid with hot mom"?
"Here, Reyes, don't even bother moving. I'll just hit it straight to you on the ground, nice and easy."
I'm more of a DC Comics person.
You can only get Pepsi at Citi Field? That's as much hell as watching the Mets.
Ryan Howard (PHI, HR) badge #76
That's the spirit
@Mr LA SC: I'm definitely a Marvel person.
I like Flash a lot (especially the Mark Waid run), and Batman's had some okay arcs. But I never got into Green Lantern despite multiple efforts (though I heard the Geoff Johns reboot is brilliant).
I think my big problem with DC is that the core characters are so un-everyman that they're less relatable than the Marvel core characters.
Le sigh.
Ethier flies out to lead the fifth. Pressure's on--he probably has two more ABs tops, right?
LOB: 9
You know there's going to be this game where we are 25-for-25 with RISP. And we'll win that game.
And then go back to our 0-for-XXXXX in RISP ways.
This team's code name is Suckbags.
Wha? Aaron Miles HR?
wow.
Is that a typo re Miles?
Aaron Miles RBI single, actually.
Nuts. The tie could buy Dre another at-bat. (He should get one more either way.)
BTW - I saw Thor. And I was not a fan of the comic as a kid. But the movie is pretty dang good. Funny. Well-acted. Much more from the Iron Man side of the comic movie world than Howard the Duck.
just watched that pickoff of Reyes by Navarro - man, I wouldn't want to play poker with him.
Watching Carlos Santana live.
(sobs uncontrollably)
You mean "ethier way" Josh?
Wow. Good thing Spank can't see this game.
@Dusty: Has he played Black Magic Woman yet?
Yea, and dedicated it to Kim Ng.
Oh well, there goes the streak.
Way to go, Andre.
30 is nothing about which to be ashamed!
His next at-bat would be in the 11th, 10th if he's lucky.
It's a cold night at the Yard in Anaheim. Luckily I have the opportunity to purchase a nice Guinness to keep me warm.
Time to score exactly 2 runs!
Can't remember the last time I hoped for that.
Le suck.
Whoa. DB in my backyard? I thought the dog was barking at the birds again.
I blame Mr. Customer's first post in this thread.
The streak now over, we have lost the only bright spot of the young season.
@Josh.
As do I.
It ain't over till it's over
Navarro base hit, then Carroll home run, oh yeah
eff you, Navarro
Dodgers went 13-19 during the streak (counting today and the game he didn't play). Maybe it's a good thing it's over.
Henry Winkler!
Fuck it, it's Paquiao time.
Damn. Ethier's streak is over and the Dodgers lost.
post-game thread up.
(cries)
(Sorry about that typo earlier re: Aaron Miles, who only singled for an RBI, not HR. I'm under a lot of meds right now.)
(Really.)
Willie Davis RIP. Fade back into the corn fields, 3-Dog - your record is safe.
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