Rubby De La Rosa (3-2, 5.26) vs. Scott Baker (5-5, 3.39).
"Good morning, baseball!" cried the mitt after waking up. "Good, morning baseball!" cried the Dodgers fan who can't wait to see the team play. It's not exactly a marquee matchup: the tied-for-last-place Dodgers conclude their brief Midwestern jaunt with a rubber match against the next-to-last-place Twins in a battle for your attention while you settle in for a day of work or a late breakfast. But baseball is baseball, so enjoy the early tilt.
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Full English! Hells yeah.
Gwynn
Blake
Ethier
Kemp
1B
Urine
Thames
Chicken and Dumplings
SpeeDee
Ruby P
Let's do this.
Alternatively: Let's get this over with.
I foresee that Scott Baker 5 strikeout badge happening.
It's Shurushosshi Nishioki time!
Oh my god, right after I posted that Rick pronounced it almost exactly correct.
Someone sat him down and took him through the pronunciation, methinks.
Loney Stolen Base?
Gwynn Home Run?
Go to hell, badge makers.
Meh, as long as he doesn't do that every inning.
hopefully the yakuza paid a visit to Monday to explain the pronunciation
"Loney has really turned things around," says Rick.
I feel like the announcers are forced to say this
and just like that, Loney reaches
here comes the Urine GIDP
"If you're Don Mattingly, where do you want to put Uribe in the lineup?"
THAT'S THE POINT, HE SHOULDN'T BE IN THE LINEUP
Loney is the new Ichiro
#singlesonly
Uribe, you suck so bad it hurts
Steal the base Loney, people need your badge
Our 6 and 7 hitters are batting at the mendoza line
what's worse, our 8 batter (navarro) is batting even worse, .167
thanks for nothing, dioner!
Because I think MLASC is busy today:
WE SUCK
MAPLE BAT CRUSADE~!
one out and men on first and second for the twins (B2)
already more than halfway toward my scott baker badge (needs 5 strikeouts; he already has 3)
Callin all the single hitters! Dodgers you know I am looking at you!
jeez, rubster
way to wriggle out, rubster
Morning all!
It should be noted that I got kicked out of the owner's suite last night at Safeco after my last post on the game thread. Good times!
Not Rubmeister? Or the Rubinator?
Dee with a leadoff single!
Steal all three bases, Dee!
Dee Gordon steals third, yay!
Casey Blake can't convert, boo.
Gordon took off from third and stole third, according to Monday.
Jason, you also lost your last name
what was with all the world peace tree hugging around here of late, btw?
Wotchale, y'all.
and why is Rick monday announcing solo on the web?
Il Ruberino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Fu-tility
@Sax: Charley's on a mini-vacation. If I remember correctly, he and Rick each take a series off around this time of year.
Baker now only one strikeout away from his badge (thanks a lot, Andre)
Why is 5 Ks an accomplishment worthy of a badge?
Especially against the Dodgers?
@Sax
The increase in world peace around here is an homage to Ron Artest and his slightly-higher-than-usual level of craziness.
Ron Artest: Call me Metta World Peace
Kemp K --> Baker Badge
ah yes, Ron Artest's latest. My bad.
Been caught up in the McCourt crap (btw, thanks for the late shoutout on the McCourt "letter", Dusty)
NOW Urine singles. Thanks.
Hey, didja know Rubby throws fast?
Did Lyons just say, "Uribe can run a little bit if you wants to"?
dodgers can't score through four
James Loney: a much slower, lower BA Ichiro. Who plays first base.
James Shields departs after seven innings in TB, keeping him from his fourth consecutive CG victory (which would have been the first since Halladay in 2003).
Reds up 4-3. bottom 8
Dammit Monday, you called that like Blake had an XBH in the bag. Quit picking up announcing skills from Steiner
Kemp with a gift double falling out of Revere's glove
MAKE IT COUNT, FJL
loney with two strikes was lucky to foul that pitch off, given where it was out of the zone (up and away)
(sorry, make that up and in since Loney is a lefty)
All we need is a single, Loney.
FJL will get an out since he's already gotten his hit for the day
Dodgers still outscoring the Twins 19-7 in this series
why would kemp steal third in this situation?
Son of a hur.
Loney out
(I guess Kemp just wanted to make something happen in his stats, before the inevitable automatic out)
Loney; slow roller to second base for the third out.
Thanks, James!
Reds win. Edinson Volquez badge achieved.
Rick Monday extolling FJL's virtues by nailing Mauer at third there (for the first out)
@Sax: Kemp was trying to steal home, since he knew he couldn't count on Loney to get a hit. Unfortunately, Loney made an out before Kemp had a chance.
Dinner loves his snap throws.
Why does it feel like we're losing 7-0?
navarro with what will prove to be a meaningless two-out single
Yup.
@Josh S 11:59a: because being down 1-0 is the same as being down 7-0 with this team
Come on Kemp! This is our last best chance.
We lose.
Way to waste Rubby's best start, buttholes.
Frank is my #1 sports villain of all time. He has passed every Giant and Yankee and even Fox. Although they might be 1.b cause they are still fucking with us.
I need the All-Star break even if the bench is full of Giants. At least I won't get angry about the home field advantage thing cause it won't matter to the Dodgers.
Georgia Frontiere will always be villain #1 to me. Frank is trying his hardest to take that title away from her though.
This will end poorly.
I'll be damned. I dare the offense to prove me wrong as well.
Well whaddayaknow.
One of these guys has to get on. It's not the 9th without Dinner.
Nor is it the 9th without crushing disappointment.
I suspect a connection.
Name the devil and he appears.
Toldja.
Balls.
Owwww, I get my hopes up with Olt, then I see Deck: Diner!
My eyes almost rolled back into my head....
I"m pretty sure Navarro gets up there every 9th inning so, at some point, we can all say, "we make Dinner party!"
I can't even blame interleague play. We just suck-diddly-uck.
Yes. Yes we do.
(cries)
PGT up
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