Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Rubby De La Rosa (3-4, 3.73) vs. Juan Nicasio (4-2, 3.88).
Last time the Dodgers faced Juan Nicasio, at Coors Field, they touched him for four runs over five innings. Matt Kemp did most of the damage with a solo homer and a two-RBI triple. But it gets better — Nicasio underperforms on the road, sporting a 9.00 ERA away from Coors. Kemp, who went 2 for 4 yesterday, could break out his supposed mini-slump (he's "only" slugging .486 since the All-Star break) and rock the Rox sox off tonight.
4/3 vs. SF (W, 5-4): Sax
4/15 vs. WSH (L, 4-6): Dusty, Orel, Sax
5/6 vs. MIA (W, 6-3): AC, Sax
5/16 vs. CIN (L, 2-7): AC, Sax
6/12 vs. TEX (L, 2-3): Sax
7/5 vs. MIL (W, 8-5): Sax
7/21 vs. BOS (W, 9-6): Sax
7/24 vs. SF (L, 3-8): Sax
8/24 vs. TB (L, 8-9 (10)): Sax
8/29 vs. BAL (W, 6-3): Orel, Sax
9/9 vs. CHC (L, 4-10): Sax
10/5 NLDS G1 vs. SD (W, 7-5): Sax
10/6 NLDS G2 vs. SD (L, 2-10): Orel, Sax
10/25 WS G1 vs. NYY (W, 6-3 (10)): Sax
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Miles - 3B
Ethier - RF
Kemp - CF
Rivera - LF
Loney - 1B
Navarro - C
Velez - 2B
De La Rosa - P
Anything Matt does offensively will be undone by Velez's "defense" at 2B.
Here's to Kemp cleaning the Rox clocks tonight.
Shouldn't the Dodgers be showcasing Carroll for potential trade partners? Since both teams have signaled their intent to sell at the deadline, I'd figure there would be scouts from half a dozen teams or more in the stands.
And, based on recent games, those scouts would make up approximately 15% of the crowd.
Can Matt rox out with his sox out? Wait that doesn't work either...
Autobots, rox out!
Ye gods, look at that lineup. Just look at it!
Tonight's drinking game: Take a swig of your vodka on the rocks every time Honeycutt picks up the call box.
Velez at 2B.
Rivera in left field.
Why not Navarro in center? Loney behind the plate? Miles pitching?
WTF???
this is a FMEKRLNVD lineup if I've ever seen one
i got eight windows open
i'm gonna get me some badges tonight
start of day: 216 badges
two strikeouts away from a dan haren badge
I'm badge-burnt-out.
No GT image? Is the McCourt bankruptcy effecting the SoSG bottom line so much that they can't afford to pay someone to post a pic? Do I have to call Selig?
I hate Brian Wilson with a passion.
@Spank: We had to fire the head of our graphics department, after we found him embroiled in an inappropriate relationship with Dinger.
Just updated the picture with an image.
@Spank 5:45p: affecting
Dan Haren badge achieved
Tonight's lineup is bullloney.
What's with the socks, who's sox are they? Rocks sox.
It's only a matter of time before Vin is forced to start each game with, "It's time for Dodger baseball! Brought to you by the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell."
On the sofa, Vinny!
Velez starting at second because Mattingly "wants to get a look at him."
I want to get a look at him, too... hitting the waiver wire.
Matt Kemp is good at baseball.
Juan Rivera is not good at baseball.
I keep trying to get a look at Velez but he's standing sideways and I can't make him out
Juan Rivera, ladies and gentlemen
K to end the first
0-0 through one
Dioner Navarro - Dropper
badge lovers, J-Mac on track for a win (if he can get through one more inning AND the Pirates, up 2-0 in the fourth, can hold on to the lead)
i don't get the navarro comment
i'm on gameday
see you on the other side
Lets not be giving any away.
Game over.
that AB is gonna need three wipes
Can we cut Vaginio already?
Ty Wigginton is like a white Juan Uribe at the plate.
meaning he kills us when we play him but otherwise sucks?
and we'll sign him in the offseason
@FB - I was thinking more along the lines of how he practically screws himself into the ground with each swing like a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Also, yes and obviously to your questions.
Miles!
W00t!
MSB power!
"The little guy has done it again" - Vin on Miles' RBI
Also, Josh re Luke's diapers.
Hey, we're not losing anymore!
Yet!
Dre!
Dre day!
Respect to Lil' Aaron
and Dre!
It has been a long time since I've seen one of those
We're winning!
Yet!
Winning, even!
I will never get tired of Vin referring to a ball as "she."
Ethier finds his stroke! That's what I'm talking about!
I have a theory: Kemp's recent sort-of-slump is a direct result of him being so good at baseball. He has decided he will only hit home runs directly to fans wearing his jersey (evidence here) and the lack of attendance at the Stadium is leaving him with no targets.
Someone needs to start handing out Kemp jerseys at the gate to everyone sitting in the pavilions.
@Jason
Did you get my msgs on Fbook? I keep getting a notification that you replied but when I look, there's only your original reply. I want to make sure I'm not missing any other questions you have.
i gotta give it to Aaron Miles - that little fucker has been halfway decent all year. I don't know how or why, but he has earned another contract next year. I just hope it's not the Dodgers who give it to him
@Dusty
I did get it, thanks. I got like 5 notifications about your original reply so something is wonky over in Zuckerberg-land.
My only followup would be, if we splurge for one game (of the two we are attending), should we go with club level or something more along the lines of a dugout box?
The ball boy down the right field line is sporting a pretty sweet mustache.
@Jason
I would aim for the seats directly behind the priciest of band of seats. It's a really good view - only mere feet back - but at a lower price point. I can't remember what they're called, though.
That ump has an evil delay on the called third strike. It's fun when you're winning, but terrible when you are behind
Thanks, Dusty. I'll check out the options for those on StubHub.
Velez shouldn't even get credit for an AB, it was so bad.
Rangers just finished demolishing the Twins, 20-6. A game featuring a combined 38 hits and 7 errors. Oh, and the pitching debut of one, Michael Cuddyer.
This book is my life right now.
Nice play James!
Just now saw that previously mentioned pornstache on the RF ballboy.
AC in tha house!
I just realized that I am still in the office. I'm out, boys and girls.
Watching game on ESPN, they are all old Dodgers. Ja McDonald pitching, Xavier Paul at left for the steelers. Atlanta has d ross catching and sherill pitching for Atlanta
That sounds like some really shitty baseball being played, then, FV.
Nice whack from Rivera brings in Ethier. 4-1
Good old Juannie.
I know some people have questioned the acquisition of John Riverbank, but I kinda like it given the circumstances (e.g., we're broke and we suck). Nice double.
What team did we trade with for juanes.
More runny goodness!
And I'm not talking about loose stools.
He was with Toronto, wasn't he?
Grrrrrr-rear is going to fuck this up, isn't he?
dammit, i forgot about the pirates game and JUST missed logging back in from home to get a James MacDonald badge. Shit.
Egads! They just showed a closeup shot of Carroll - took up my whole TV screen. One eye was on left side of the screen and the other eye was about 46 inches away on the right side. Scary.
Raffy's batting average is gonna be .200 by the end of the evening, at this rate
WATCH OUT, URINE! RAFFY'S COMING FOR YOU
Dusty: It's a trap!
davey lopes is going nuts tonight
that was not a good AB, Miles
Why am I still at work?
@ Saxy 6:32pm
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
holy cow, we're going to have two RISP with none out turn into a total clusterfuck waste here.
John Riverbank grand slam right here! I'm calling it.
@Spank: Solid grammar never goes out of fashion
Missed it by that much.
@Dusty 9:08p: I beg to differ. Juan Rivera sucks.
Riveradance sucked, too
Sold Us Down The Rivera
Amen on the grammar. I'm on the constant lookout for extraneous apostrophes!
cc: MB
Not taking today's game into account, Juan River has an OPS of .826 with the Dodgers.
He missed a grand slam by a few feet. He should have been up there swinging for the seats, and was. I can't hate on that. A few more feet - or a day game - and we'd be going nuts with joy.
Now we're just going nuts.
I'm over the Rivera (and through the woods)
"There's kinda people there" -Mrs Dusty upon seeing a crowd shot
Old Man Rivera
Way Down Upon The Sorry Rivera
Sax has finally snapped.
Dibs on his season tickets.
You're all mixed up like pasta prima vera
You why'd you throw that chair at Geraldo Rivera
100
DAMMIT
Moon Rivera
Hey how does the comment count look, Sax?
Hell yeah, MSB Jr
Yep..........!
Oh, never mind. I just did extensive research and noted the current count.
Dusty: 199,442 as of ten seconds ago
Mid to late week and we'll be hitting the 200k mark.
Just saw the video highlight of Rivera's RBI-double. Okay, that was pretty sweet, I admit.
Loney's defensive stop at first was a good highlight, too. Too bad he's frickin' 0-for-4.
A's threatening in the bottom of the seventh to spoil Jeremy Hellickson's badge
Apodaca.
Red Sox haven't beaten the Royals yet, 1-1 through 11 frames
I was expecting more futility, but I'll fucking take it.
I was all excited about getting a Wide Eyes badge then realized I already had one.
Rancho Ardiendo for Fookie!
Ackbar badge (2 hits)!
Fookie RBI!
6-1 Dodgers
@Mr.C
I have plenty of futility to spare.
Rancho Fukiendo!
There's always room for futility, Dusty.
I saw a Mexican with a tattoo on his neck behind the Dodger dugout. Arrest him!
Also Jell-o, but mostly futility.
we look good tonight...
NEVER COME BACK, URINE!
Woot!
8-1 and the route is on. Save some for tomorrow, lads!
BUY BUY BUY!!!
We're buyers!*
*Tonight
Rancho Beastiendo!
Jeremy Hellickson badge: evaporated
Conor Jackson badge (two hits, A's): achieved
A's lead TB 6-5 through seven
Rancho Aussiendo!
We all know how much I love, Vin. But Vin: please stop the "Good day, mate!" but whenever an Aussie is in the game.
TO non-grand slam right here. I'm calling it!
8-1. Wow.
Give him a break,DB. He's old.
In Australia, Grand slams are called cock-a-doodies.
What is this happy feeling in my soul?
@Dusty 10:05p: The Wide Eyes have it
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!! @ Saxy
@Dusty 10:08p: the "route" is on?
On a map?
Dodgers bat around in the eighth!
I'll take it
McCourt is a cock-a-doodie.
Do you have hope in your sole, Paul?
The root is on!
146
if Kuo strikes out the side we can get a Kuo badge
10.08? They accidentally added an extra 0 to Kuo no?
Yippet. Yippet.
Kuo's... not good right now.
^soul
I just realized that Mac OS X Lion has autocorrect the same way its mobile OS does. So now the same shitty autocorrect things that happen on my phone now happen on my laptop. Yea!
Smith advances to second.
I'm indifferent.
(but I'm not defensive)
That pitch was a tad wild.
Kuo is done. Finis.
Personally, I keep my hope in my palm.
Yippers.
Get the hook for Kuo, quickly. Slap him around, Honey.
Dusty, I'm gonna give you grief about the "route" in the PGT, just like you kill me about the lack of half-price beers.
(Assuming we win, of course. Kuo looks shaky to say the least.)
Now's a good a time as any for Kuo to work out issues.
Only he's not doing that.
now would be a good time to pull the yipster, Donnie
You're going to give grief to the most grammatically correct reader around?
Stewart vs Kuo. Ugly.
Grammar and spelling are not one in the same.
Kuo's arm is as twisted as a Red Vine.
We haven't earned the right to be defensively indifferent.
I'm going to "pull the yipster" now, too, since the game is pretty much out of reach. Then go to bed.
(bitchslaps MLASC)
(kicks Dusty in nads)
Actually that would be grammar because it involves word usage, not spelling. The word itself was spelled correctly.
And it was my friggin' autocorrect!
We're doomed.
(pokes MLASC in the eyes, Three Stooges style)
yip you next time Kuo.
But you spelled "rout" incorrectly. It'd be like saying "I herd you."
yeecch.
Did all the Dodgers get haircuts?
(leaves argumentative GT)
Excluding Hobo Miles.
We'd be better off with Marty Feldman pitching than these hacks.
(wins by default)
DE-FAULT! DE-FAULT!
K. I lost my soul again.
Dead souls keep callin me.
Night all.
When things go to shit, the REALLY go to shit, don't they?
HaHa! HaHa! Holy Shit!
SELL SELL SELL!!!
What did I miss and who am I supposed to be brow-beating?
This is not good, is it?
The plate is over here, asshole.
This is fucked.
when
is
mattingly
going
to
make
a
goddamn
move
i can't edit this PGT fast enough to capture all of the carnage in this train wreck
"the plate is over here, asshole"
I'll take things Juan Uribe has never had to be told for $800, Alex
This is a train wreck, I'm already in the fetal position!
Javy better have the next few nights off.
If you pitch strikes you can get people out.
that was a big out on Tulo there
Steiner of course called it like it was a grand slam
DSB in javy?
charley steiner is going to give me heart attacks
200
201
Seth Smith, bases loaded, two out, Guerra pitching
THANK GOD
Wildness spreads throughout the 'pen like goddamn mono once it gets started, doesn't it?
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