Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Game 44 Thread: May 18 vs. Giants, 7p

Clayton Kershaw (5-3, 2.75) vs. Matt Cain, (3-2, 3.22).

The second-place Giants drop by Dodger Stadium for a quick two-game jaunt before interleague play starts this weekend. The Dodgers will miss Tim Lincecum, who actually struggled in his last start, against the Rockies. They do get Matt Cain, who, having overcome his inability to beat the Dodgers last year, has beat them three times since. But the Dodgers counter with last night's bobbleboy Kershaw, who, if he can get any kind of run support (how about another dinger, Matt Kemp? Andre?), can retake the team lead in wins at six. Not that wins mean anything, except to agents trying to strike long-term deals for their pitcher clients.

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Kyle Baker said...

You should hang out on this blog more, Delino. Then you'd be use to this amount of hate and vitriol. And vice.

But enough about me.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I didn't even notice Delino was posting.

Steve Sax said...

Matt Cain has a ONE-HITTER!

Paul said...

Our offense is up.

karina said...

@Dusty why the weird looks?

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Overheard in the Delino house - "Does (anonymous friend) really live at Carlos Delgado drive?"

Paul said...

We need Mr. Fuji to throw salt in Cain's eyes.

Steve Sax said...

well, at least we've got that awesome Dodgers-White Sox rivalry this weekend, to which we can look forward

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

LA Sports Czar has such hate for all things me.

Kyle Baker said...

Sweet shit-suckin jesus. Sax has finally blown a gasket. When I saw him last night, he was fine. At least he didn't suffer.

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

About to lose the game to the TIVO's need to record Modern Family and Valley girl

spank said...

The Dodgers offense is to die for.

*jumps off rooftop*

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Offense = Death without Dying

Josh S. said...

At the very least, Kemp was able to tell Cain, "Fuck you, you don't get to enter the history books in OUR yard."

#thelittlethingsareallihave

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

There's no place like home
With your family around you you're never alone
When ya know that your loved
You don't need to roam
Cause there's no place like home

Time's are changing everyday
We won't get by with the same old ways
No-oooo pulling together will make it right
With help from are friends I know we can right

Cause there's no place like home
With your family around you you're never alone
When you know that your loved
You don't need to roam
Cause there ain't no place like
Better believe it
I said their no place like home
"I mean no place child"

Kyle Baker said...

@Karina

Because they weren't expecting me to bust out that phrase.

Paul said...

The Whitesox are gonna dry hump us all over the field.

karina said...

@Sax I'm actually pulling for that series, the White Sox is my second team...but they suck too this season

*cries*

karina said...

if you can't hit, you can catch

*cries*

Josh S. said...

Wait, so Javy Guerra wasn't in the LWO or the Mexicools?

Cc: Delino

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Not true, Delino. I like USC, remember?

spank said...

We have a Guerrier and a Guera.We truly are a team of white boys.

Steve Sax said...

hey, i've got a miguel tejada badge (single)

(cries)

spank said...

Excuse me. White folk.

Steve Sax said...

I don't know why I'm so down. We're only three runs back. We can so totally come back to win.

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

Nobody likes USC now.

Paul said...

Odale!!

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

If you get sick(er) of game, Valley Girl has not aged a second. It even has Nic Cage's original hair

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Well, you've got me there, Double-D.

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

"I don't want to go to the Valley."

spank said...

Gag me with a spoon. I'm sure.

Steve Sax said...

@Mr LA SC 8:55p: Oh sure, this is all Miles' fault. He lined out in the first inning. He popped out to third in the fourth inning. He struck out to lead off the sixth. He tried to stretch a single into a double last night and got nailed at second. He had three errors in one inning.

Oh wait, he did.

FUCK you, Miles.

Delino DeShields, Sr said...

@Dusty.

Three month old plus three year old equals reduced baseball time, blog time, and baseball blog time. But increased staring blankly at wall time

spank said...

we got Urine,Loney and Gibbons coming up.Get something started fools.

(cries)

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

You're too late, Sax. I already know my hatred of Miles borders on irrational.

Steve Sax said...

wow, I picked up a Chris Coghlan badge tonight too somehow

Steve Sax said...

Uribe K

Paul said...

Loney has nothing left.

karina said...

hey, I didn't get Tejada's badge! no badges for me tonight :(

Josh S. said...

@Delino: All that, and you have to make time to manage the Dayton Dragons, too.

Paul said...

Five more walks! Five more walks!

spank said...

Come on,Peeps. We don't want Gnat badges? Do we?

karen said...

WE SCORED!! WE SCORED!!

Josh S. said...

Signs o' life!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

We're not dead yet!

karina said...

we score, we score!

I have hope they'll win...

Josh S. said...

Never mind. Sloppy bitch is up to ruin the inning.

Steve Sax said...

hey, we scored again! how did that happen?!

Paul said...

Navarro!!! This reminds me of Castro's epic pinch hit!

karina said...

@karen we keep saying the same things, sister :)

Josh S. said...

I miss Huff in the outfield.

Steve Sax said...

@Spank 9:15p: But this is one of the big flaws about the mlb.com badge program. If you're "watching" gameday, you get all badges for that game, including your opponent.

And once you get it, like that crazy stalker girlfriend in college--YOU CAN'T GET RID OF IT.

I got Cody Ross staring at me like a rodeo clown.

spank said...

We can't sustain a damn thing.

Steve Sax said...

wait, Navarro and his .158 average couldn't come in as a PH with a RISP and score him?

WHAT A FUCKING SURPRISE

Steve Sax said...

@Dusty: I think the inebriation, plus the buzz of the Kershaw bobblehead, confused me into a state of bliss last night.

Plus, I saw the Kemp HR.

Tonight, I'm saltier than the Dead Sea

Steve Sax said...

we got TWO HITS, giants.

Take that.

Kyle Baker said...

@Delino

That wall staring bit site beats watching the Dodgers' offense.

Cheers, brother. Just yanking yer chains.

Steve Sax said...

@Spank 9:17p: speak for yourself.

And you should try cialis

spank said...

@ Saxy 9:17pm

I hear ya.That is why I'm not in the badge game.I'd throw my apple II out the do', fo' sho'.

Steve Sax said...

macdougal leadoff walk to the clown

Steve Sax said...

fo shizzle?

spank said...

@ Saxy 9:20pm

Thanx,but I'll stick to meth.

Paul said...

Opening day feels like three years ago.

karen said...

Saxy 9:24--I just can't get past the whole Cody Ross/rodeo clown thang either.

spank said...

Game over. I'm clad my homeboy Sunny Brook is here with me to ease the pain.

Paul said...

The Dodgers are the rodeo clowns of baseball.

karina said...

what?I just got the tejada single badge

spank said...

KEMP!!!!

Just realized I did not celebrate his homerun,

Steve Sax said...

three runs, five more outs. we can do this.

at least, the 2009 dodgers could do this. probably the 2008 dodgers, too.

Steve Sax said...

Aaron Miles, 0-for-4 tonight

Steve Sax said...

charley is calling out andre for his post-streak swoon

Steve Sax said...

A's lose

Ethier Ks

Sax cries in his Mighty Arrow Pale Ale

spank said...

Fuck Romo. Come on,Matty. Take it out,holmes.

spank said...

It's all up to Urine.

Orel said...

Googling "Smith Bros. cough drop box"....

Steve Sax said...

kemp single!

At least we're burning through their bullpen.

Steve Sax said...

URINE IS THE TYING RUN

Paul said...

If Urine jacks one out. He will officially be a non-Giant.

Orel said...

Smith Bros. Cough Drops

Paul said...

But he won't.

Steve Sax said...

2-1 to Urine

Paul said...

Giants channel showing Romo throw a tantrum.

That was ball four but glad Urine swung.

Paul said...

Urine!!!!

Orel said...

Uribe double off Wilson! Dodgers cut the lead to 5-4!

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

Steve Sax said...

In play, run(s)

Orel said...

Final score will be 5-4.

Steve Sax said...

oh man, this is going to make this loss even more depressing...

karina said...

UNBELIEVABLE! but I'll take it!

Steve Sax said...

at least Loney can't GIDP here

Paul said...

Please get hit Loney!

Orel said...

OMG!

Paul said...

Holy shit how did that get out of the infield???

karina said...

KING JAMES LADIES AND GENTS!

Orel said...

Huff could have gotten that.

Steve Sax said...

HO LEE SHIT LONEY

karina said...

I'll take it!

Steve Sax said...

Brian Wilson, Ladies And Gentlemen

spank said...

The droopy bastard came through.

Way to go 1B.

Steve Sax said...

Rick Monday pulls a vanessa williams reference

"The Dodgers, saving the best for last"

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

WHO ARE THESE COMPETENT BASTARDS AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH THE DODGERS?

Paul said...

Come on Jay.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

I still hate Loney.

Steve Sax said...

Will this be the James Loney that is finally freed?

Will TJ Simers come down to the locker room to interview James?

Will Plaschke keep asking questions to maintain the parallel structure?

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Fuck Page 2.

Steve Sax said...

Wow, Atlanta scores 1 in the top of the 11th to take the lead...and then the Snakes score 2 in the bottom to win it

Paul said...

TGJ in his head.

Steve Sax said...

@karina, I WILL TAKE IT TOO!

Paul said...

Well that was fun.

spank said...

For the Dodgers,scoring three runs in an inning is like a Vesuvius eruption.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Lance Cormier is our only hope.

Paul said...

@Sax

Having some of your favorite Vodka.

Paul said...

Giants are frazzled. Please let us win.

Orel said...

Didn't think Cormier was going to go 1-2-3 here.

Paul said...

What does he have Driefort's #?

I thought Darren was still on the DL.

Orel said...

Yup. Two on.

Paul said...

We aren't gonna win this are we?

spank said...

Fuck.

Orel said...

Got Sheer Hose, two out.

Steve Sax said...

lance cormier is going to break our heart here

Kyle Baker said...

When they showed the Loney AVG vs Wilson, which was .182, another patron of this establishment piped up and said that was also Loney's lifetime average. Wise guy.

Steve Sax said...

@Paul 10:05p: Russian standard platinum? Or Grey Goose?

Steve Sax said...

I find the former great for bloody marys, if straight from the freezer

The latter is better when out drinking, however

Orel said...

Beaten by Rodeo Boy. Good night.

Steve Sax said...

"the dodgers are running on guts and fumes at this point" --charley steiner

Steve Sax said...

FUCK

spank said...

S.H.I.T.

Mr. LA Sports Czar said...

Of course.

Steve Sax said...

and this, this sums up the season.

we suck.

Paul said...

I wasted the last 30 minutes for that.


@Sax

RSP

Alex Cora said...

Every single fucking time Cody fucking Ross kills. I'm so fucking mad right now.

Steve Sax said...

way to go, lance cormier

David said...

Back to square 1.

spank said...

S.H.I.T.

Paul said...

We won't be scorin. We won't be hittin. We won't be partyin.

NicJ said...

Donnie really blew this one.

Steve Sax said...

I'm putting the post-game thread up now.

Call my mobile phone if the outcome changes. I'll wake up; I'm just under the table drinking out of the vodka bottle.

karina said...

I HATE DARREN FORD,SUCKER WHO MADE THE AGUILAS LOSE A FEW GAMES!

Steve Sax said...

PGT up (even though the ninth inning is still in progress)

Jason said...

That ending sucked.

It sucked because I wasn't able to enjoy a win. And win is all we want from the Parking Lot Attendant.

That and a Major League payroll. Hey, Cuban, you hear that?

Mark Cuban made him money by selling his sit-com company, broadcast.com at the height of.the bubble.

A real Pittsburgh kid, made good.

I can respect that. No distractions.

Now to get us out of this quagmire. The. Commissioner of the great All-Star tie can force the issue.

Then we get the Dot Com era. The Grocery Bagger will tell me that the Dot Com era will end poorly.

He is an ungrateful prick that knows nothing.

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