The Dodgers were in this game until the seventh inning, and then *SNAP!* they were out of it. Joey Votto provided the dagger off of Matt Guerrier in the seventh, after Guerrier replaced Hiroki Kuroda with a man on first and a 3-2 deficit--which became a 6-2 Cincinnati lead after Votto's three-run homer.
That's a big enough lead that even Dusty Baker's bullpen mismanagement can't overcome, so even when the Dodgers got two back in the eighth off a Dee Gordon triple (scoring Tony Gwynn) and an Aaron Miles sacrifice fly (scoring Gordon), it seemed closer than it really was. Matt Kemp's leadoff walk in the ninth also raised false hope, which was quickly dashed when James Loney Kd on a weak-sauced, one-knee swing; Rod Barajas tried to PH but Kd, and Dioner Navarro was simply overmatched in his strikeout. Reds take the first game of the series.
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Round of hard liquor for everyone, on the house!
Rod Barajas - Pinch K'er
*steals two bottles of hard liquor and hides behind the couch*
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(cries)
(drinks)
(scrotches)
(cries)
I love it how Jason said in the GT that he was out of here, but he comes back for hard liquor theft.
Nothings pulls me back in more reliably than booze. You all should know that by now.
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btw, Jason has a sweet guest post later on this week--I think on Wednesday morning
Balls! I have to wait that long for his article?
Before I forget (or pass out from this pinched hooch), I'll use this platform to send out a congratulations to Roberto of Vin Scully is My Homeboy on the birth of his son today.
This whole watching the Dodgers sober is horrible.
@Marla
Spoiler alert: it briefly touches on alcohol.
I heard there was hard liquor.
There aren't many of us that briefly touch on alcohol.
@Jason
So would you say "Cowering behind the sofa, Vinny!"
@Mr LA SC: if we didn't resort to doing lowbrow methods like teasing upcoming content, we'd be afraid you wouldn't ever come back
Fuck Loney.
There, I said it.
We definitely respond to lowbrow. And Lowenbrau.
Loney's fucked.
Said it there.
@Josh
The alcohol only briefly touches my glass. Does that count?
*tosses glass, drinks straight from the liquor bottle*
Here's to good friends, tonight is kinda special
*hides behind a bottle of hard liquor*
Lowenbrau (sort of)
(joins Jason behind sofa after watching that shitty Lowenbrau vid)
I'm pretty sure I've worn at least half of those sweaters to various ugly sweater parties (read: cheap excuses to get plastered).
*hands Dusty the second bottle I stole when I got here*
Those Christmas sweaters are horrific!
Tonight's movie sucked!
cc:Dusty
(bogarts the bottle)
slave
GuhRear's ERA of 4.5 isn't great but it only works for a reliever when you are perfect for eight of the innings and blow up in the ninth. Giving up runs every third outing they way he does doesn't work. He's allowed runs or at least 2 baserunners in almost half of his 33 appearances. Maybe I expected too much of him
^^ when I say innings above, I mean appearances/outings
8 outings with no runs and 1 with 4 runs is the same as 5 outings with no runs and 4 outings with 1 run. The latter isn't acceptable to me
@FB: what about six outings with no runs, two outings with one run, and one outing with two runs, plus free super-sizing of the fries and coke? Is that acceptable?
@Sax are those curly fries?
Mmmmmm...
Curly Fries...
Hey, I know you found Jason and me asleep spooning behind the couch with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label clutched in our hands. But we can explain.
Actually, I think that explains it.
@Dusty: I didn't want to interrupt your embrace (and I'm not talking of the bottle)
@Dusty
Where is your other hand?
For the record, the LA Times ran the same headline idea, riffing off the seventh inning. (sigh)
@Jason 12:05p: Those aren't pillows!
(wakes up, acts overly manly, changes the oil and talks about the Bears)
@FB 6:44a: I've got you to thank / blame for researching Matt Guerrier this afternoon over lunch... see post up top.
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