Chris Capuano (1-0, 4.50) vs. Jair Jurrjens (0-1, 8.10).
The Dodgers return home after being thoroughly spanked by Houston at Minute Maid Park Sunday (the 12-0 defeat was the worst shutout loss in eight years). The Braves, 8-2 over their last 10, may indeed be hot. But the Dodgers are the only team in the majors to be undefeated at home (6-0)! Surely that streak won't stop tonight.
Matt Kemp is riding a one-game homerless streak (as is James Loney, I might add); Kemp's longest homerless streak this year is three games (April 10-12). Meanwhile, Jurrjens has failed to last longer than five innings in any of his three outings while surrendering five homers in 13 1/3 frames and allowing opponents to bat .362. I'm betting Kemp goes yard again this evening. (I'm not betting on Loney to go deep, however.)
UPDATE 7:35p: Here's a shot from the Stadium from SoSG Orel, framing Chavez Ravine at dusk:
photo swiped from this blog, who captioned this with more info than I needed to know.
199 comments:
Gordon 6
Mellis 4
Kemp 8
Ethier 9
Rivera 7
Loney 3
Uribe 5
Ajellis 2
Capuano 1
(pictured: DelinO in his "Sanford and Son" days)
Been feeling baseball grumpy since yesterday. I hope we start fielding better. We can't be giving away outs like that. With all of Hairston's fielding gems, I think we've forgotten we've been pretty bad out there lately
With the exception of Urine, I think the players' positions also roughly correlate to the order of their batting averages
fucking LOLMETS can't put up a fight against the Giants
Man I missed Vinny!
Man I really dislike Urine!
I was about to give an Epale y'all when i change the channel to the game and it's blacked out. WTF?
You mean What The Le Fuck?
Watching Brazil Butt Lift,Vinny!
On the sofa, Vinny!
Cmon, Cap, get out of this
cmon, Internet, stream better
Capu-ohno.
Whew!!!!
Whew!
WHAT UP SoSG?!
S'appenin', Alex!
I think we're developing hive mind.
chillaxin, yo! Ready to get back on the winning track!
@MLSC
as long as our cycles don't start syncing up...
Evenin' folks. Tuned in just in time to see Deee-lite slap a single up the middle. Good to hear Vinny's voice again.
Vinny, I love you, but the tomahawk chop wasn't that cool. In fact, many of us hated it and were fairly offended by it.
GoDeeGo!
Nothing like a good bases loaded jam to start the game.
^That comment brought to you by ten minutes ago, which is where I am on the DVR.
Isn't there some kind of law against having that many j's in one's name? Was there a surplus at one point?
go Dee go!
Veteran AB!
This is where it gets good.
Andre!
1-0, peeps!
Yup. 1-0. Let's go Juan not Uribe!
Nice, piece of hitting by Dre!
attaboy, Dre!
Fuck.
Did you read Jon Weisman's post today, Juan?
What is Jjjjjjjjurjjjjjens' middle name?
i'll email you the link...
balls. At least we got one...
post updated with a shot from the Stadium from SoSG Orel
Mr. Pink mention on the radio.
Ooof.
Sumbitch. David Ross? Really?
fiddlesticks...
@Dusty 7:39p: just tweeted out, it's Francoise
I hope Sax is enjoying this.
What sort of pansy-ass non-J having middle name is that?
Hey, good Dee showed up tonight!
NICE Deezer!
Nice play, Deee-lite!
Nice play Dee!
Dee? Dee.
Mrs Dusty just received her "Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles" t-shirt she ordered a ways back. I'm SO proud of her!
I was gonna guess his middle name was Jingleheimer.
Loney?
I was just gonna crack wise about Loney's suckiness and he shut me up mid-sentence. I'd be more excited it Urine weren't up next.
OK, I'm not crazy. Vin called David Ross Brian McCann when he tried to throw out Dee.
C'mon, Uribe! Don't fuck up!
WHAT IS GOING ONNNNNN?
What shenanigans are these?
B'waaaaah?
Damn, Loney makes it look so hard running the base paths...
More shenanigans!!!
HOLY SHIT! Did I just see Uribe score from second!?!
WTF is going on?!
Was there a cheeseburger at home plate?
Sorcery afoot.
Ajellis!
Bunts psssh.
Why did it look like Urine ran faster than lone6
how many times is he going to get thrown out? they can't all be perfect throws
Shit. That woulda scored another run.
Gordon need to watch that Uribe run the bases.
I need t see the Uribe 2B->home run again. I think it was Hollywood trickery - camera magic. Can't be for real.
That wasn't even close, either...he was out by a mile.
Industrial Lights and Fat-asses.
Wow. He smoked that one. Nice play by Gucci.
Feels like Matty's been pulling the ball a little more lately
damn - Dre nearly got that one
That would have gone out if it weren't 23 degrees and drizzly tonight in LA. Screw this weather.
Jurrrrrjens isn't fooling anyone tonight.
well that was boring
I think I might have to try and snag one of those Maury Wills/Big D bobbleheads.
I love the 570AM AAMCO commercial when they say, "Oh, the tranny. That's a complicated piece of equipment."
Hollywood johns, caveat emptor.
*throws strike*
Shoulda stuck with soccer, Wilson.
a wave in the 4th? I blame Orel
nice work, Cap
next time, how about a 1-2-3 inning?
@Marla:
'Yotes are on their way to the second round. Looks like we'll finally find out when the Kings start their series soon.
"If You Could Join Any Band" segment - funny!
Shenanigans!!
april 1st?
Am I high?
Orel is witnessing something even rarer than a perfect game.
Sonofabitch!
This one, two, three punch of Loney, Urine, and Ajellis is really powerful!
Where the hell is there a Blimpie in SoCal? Besides at third base?
What is this I don't even
Shhhhhit. Lighting is gonna hit the scoreboard next.
@DB
More like a schoolyard slap fight than a punch combination.
I guess we're all high...Uribe just scored standing up.
Was that the boulder from Raiders?
Come on, Ellis, everyone else that sucks on the team is hitting tonight.
Anybody want to go to Tacobell.
I just don't know anymore.
Things you never thought you'd hear in my household:
"Wow, Loney's doing better than Kemp today." -MDIL
Well, to be fair, Uribe has been working out lately. Here's video proof.
Uribe working out
Come on, Capuano. At least go 6.
So...I guess my buzz has worn off. That was ugly.
Kemp if you're going to do that, at least mow some mofo over at the plate.
Shades of Brooklyn indeed, Vinny.
Does Uribe have to do everything???
General mood of disbelief at the stadium.
General mood of Scotch at the pad.
That's going to hurt even more when Cap goes out and sucks it up in the bottom of the 6th.
#bizzaroworld
I could see Kemp injuring himself ala Russ Martin. Thank god that didn't happen.
*top
Mellis wouldn't screw up like that.
Mainly because he wouldn't be on base in the first place.
It was stupid, but at least it was funny.
I bet Paul Oberjuerge is furiously typing up an I told you so article about kemp.
What are the Stat Lickers saying on the Twitters now?
Livan belongs in a beer league.
Welcome to our league, Livan!
Who the hell is Paul Oberjuerge? Sound like how you say my name drunk or vice versa.
Why bat Livan? Is a four-run deficit that insurmountable?
Get Livan a SOSG shirt!
You're lucky you're at the stadium, you didn't almost spit take hearing Vin talk about Juan being a key player tonight!
He is a machine.
Urine 3-3. I need oxygen.
Dodgers are trolling Sax's Mendoza post.
The Dodgers are vacillating all over the place!
Urine's palms are hairy!
Vacillating in the dugout is against team rules, I think.
Urine is jolloping down to second.
There's the Uribe we know and love.
Vinny don't ever use Uribe and naked in the same sentence !!
"Uribe naked unto the world"
So much for my being able to vacillate ever again.
Donnie ran him three straight pitches, he must be trying to get him to pull a hammy.
Now it's genital disbelief.
Oberjuerge is the one who wrote that Matt kemp was tw dumbest player he ever saw
A few years back. Haven't heard from him recently. Can't imagine why.
Oberjuerge wrote an "I told you so, asswipes" piece in 2010 during Kemp's downslide.
That is even better than a certain LA Times hack who suggested Kemp should be traded for an "Ace".
It's a DeBarge!
Good outing for Cap, all things considered.
Don't remind me, Paul. I remember 2009 vividly, when every single hack said every single competent Dodger should be traded for Halladay.
Yup. Solid 7 after a quick travel day following a beat down. Just what they needed.
I'm so dead tired today. Couple slices of pizza and a couple of glasses of red, now I can barely stay awake. Dare I hit the sack - this one has the makings of something weird happening late.
And I don't want this one on my shoulders.
Why the hell is Lindy pitching?
STOOPID TINY SHIRT MAN
WHY, LINDBLOM, WHY?!?!
Dusty rests his eyelids and that happened...
STOOPID DUSTY
If Donnie Can't trust any of the scrubs in the bullpen with a 4 run lead we might as well dump them an bring up some of the minor leaguers.
And it begins...?
I guess Javy's going to get some work tonight.
At least we get to hear some Mariachi Vargas.
Don't do what Donnie Can't does!
No DSB. Such a relief.
Loney IBB
#apocalypse
I guess if you are gonna use Kennedy though, make his out count for something.
Well. Let's see.
Uribe grand slam and I streak naked outside
Holy shit, he's holding up on pitches outside the strike zone! Who the hell is this guy?
Take
Livan wants to eat Uribe. But Uribe wants to eat Livan.
What to do?!?!
TAKE THE PITCH URINE
Umm 86mph fastball blew by him.
Urine grand slam?
Livan hungry. Uribe hungry.
Only one will feast.
I love that Vin called Ethier and Kemp "The Left Hook and Roght Cross."
Between Hernandez and Uribe I think the average BMI is roughly about 55.
Seriously?!
Uritheotherway!!!
No Javy tonight!
Uribe's 4-4 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI. I say that's still grounds for nude streaking.
4 for 4???
4 for 4!
This game is going rather well.
Four-for-Fouribe
Our fat guy beats their fat guy!
*writes "I love Urine" on Dusty's forehead*
I suddenly want a Southwest Patty Melt.
And her.
Why the long face, Harang?
With that wrist injury, Urine's just kind of throwing the bat at the ball. But he's making contact.
PASTORNICKY
We make Urine party!
Quick, somebody stick Dusty's hand in a bucket of warm water before the PGT goes up!
whoop whoop
We win!
Hey Subway, I don't want to buy sandwiches that early!
200?
Loney sounds...off.
(sorry, no streaking--nude or otherwise--Cliff)
Someone check my work, but I think blogger's commenting problem over 200 comments has been fixed
You're correct,Saxy re:comments
Why am I covered in Urine?
*streaks*
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