Chad Billingsley (0-0, -.--) vs. Cory Luebke (0-0, -.--).
What do you mean the season isn't one game long? Dammit! And here I was ready to buy playoff tickets.
The Dodgers look to double their win total today as a hopefully vomit-free Chad Billingsley takes the mound. Thunder Thighs had a pretty rough spring (5.91 ERA, for what it's worth) and was reportedly working on his pitch selection until the end.
Then again, Matt Kemp showed us yesterday that spring training is just that. Chad's slate is clean until he throws his first pitch. Then we can pile on him.
The Padres are starting Cory "Jiffy" Luebke, who they liked enough to sign to a deal potentially worth $27.75 million through 2017. It's exactly the kind of move that's become the specialty of small- to mid-market teams. Which, thanks to Magic, we're no longer in danger of becoming. Thanks, Magic!*
* This emotion-induced blindness brought to you by Jiffy Lube.
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MEllis 2B
@TheRealMattKemp CF
Rivera 1B
Ethier RF
Hairston LF
Uribe 3B
@AJEllis17 C
Billingsley P
nice lineup.
*rolls eyes*
D'backs just took a 5-3 lead against Lincecum and the Giants in the 6th.
tim-meh
WASH YO HAIR TIMMEH
Don't think we're going to beat 442 comments tonight.
Up in dis bish. Yes siree. Go blueski.
Ready for some J(err)y Hairston, Jr. action!
Trying to get my son to put some pants on, Vinny!
Trying to get Neeebs to put some pants on Vinny!
Stupid sexy cool ocean air.
DRE!!!!!!!!
Nice hit Dre!
Andre Ethier can't hit lefties.
Me and Hideo on the same page.
Public enemy number one from Chadley.
2 batters: 2K's for Chadley.
Brad Ausmus on KPCC right now, per Mrs Dusty.
Andre with two RBI in the first!
DVRing the game until MDIL gets home from work, Vinny!
Trying to keep my pants off Vinny.
And Chadley gets Hedley to K.
World Series, here we come.
Dodgers-Padres, MLB.tv free game of the day
+ Sax out of market, not subject to blackout
= VIN SCULLY!!!!!
Everyday Im shufflin.
Great start by Bills!
OMG Urine Ks!
Credit Urine for taking 3 pitches before striking out swinging.
We've got half the SoSG softball team in here!
Why is Urine still with this team again?
I can't believe they did away with badges. Terrible decision by MLB. They were probably tired of Sax writing them letters about the system.
@Orel the better half, I'd say.
Namaste, rbn.
Urine: 3 years, $21 million.
No KCAL up in my bish again. I guess I'll get drunk and annoy my neighbors.
What light through yonder window breaks?
Epale, bishes!
Hey, Giants lost!
Shouldn't have touched that, Kemp.
Stubbs! Another softballer!
Jerry Hilariouston.
The toppings contains potassium benzoate.
^ contain
Half the SoSG softball team is here to watch Hairston disgrace our jersey number.
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Vin says Jerry Meals has "quite an active strike zone." A very nice way of saying it's wider than a barn door.
KKKKhadley. Doesn't quite work for him.
@Orel: Damn you Ned.
Yvonne Carrasco tweets: "My mom's favorite Dodger is Billingsley, except she thinks his name is Billingsby. Cut her slack though, English is her second language!"
Hey, we're winning!
Urine is so much dead weight. Completely untradeable...except maybe to the Giants?
What up Sons! 2 fer 2 in GTs this season!
How's thunder thighs doin?
Dee-ouble play!
Marla! Alex! It's a pahty!
ujtd!
Luebke gave up two in the first, Marla.
I just got back from the D-Backs' home opener.
Evenin' ya'll.
Sonofabitch, how sad is it that Thunder Thigh's swing is so much better than lard-ass Uribe's?
Sweet job Dee!!!
2-0 LA through two
The bearded baby commercial is horrifying
Using a baby to sell Just for Men. I don't get it.
In other news, Dee Gordon did not strike out.
Beer status: Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye.
Cc: WBT
Mellisandre?
We are painting the foul lines!
2bagger for Mellis.
Cliffy! Yet another softballa!
It's weird, I've been lurking for 2+ seasons now - I feel like I know y'all but u have no idea who I am :-)
Mellis! I'll take it!
Wine status: something red.
Mark Ellis for MVP.
Ellis is hitting way better than I expected. Hope he keeps it up.
This is an incredible turnout for a Friday night.
(cries)
Slow roller for Kemp! Mellis scores!
GIFT RUN!
Heads up base running!!!
LOPES!!!
DAMN YOU CONFLICTING EDIT
Oh, we know who you are, Alex. You're someone in a GT on a Friday night. You're one of us!
"The natives are restless here in San Diego."
@Alex
Glad you're joining in! You will learn a lot here.
Not.
Another free base! The Padres sure are generous this year.
In-game update on the main page. An important, breaking news story.
@MLSC
I'm passing up laser tag for Vinny, my boys in blue and Sons!
@Orel 7:45: Heh.
Maybe Ethier can bat after Mark Ellis sometime this season to throw a bone to the fantasy nerds.
Stubbs: 11-8. That is all.
Terrible defense is terrible.
Man, the Padres are a mess. 4-0 Dodgers.
Cool, they show baseball bloopers on TV now.
Nice post, Dusty. Can't believe you beat Roberto to that one.
Vin says Ethier's double was his first XBH against a lefty in 47 ABs.
@Orel: I just said the same thing here, they just look awful. I almost feel bad for them. Almost.
If Cory Luebke went against Kyle Lohse, who would win?
Agree, almost. Let's not lose our minds here.
I know it was outside, but shut up, Andre.
How fucking wide is the strike zone?
And Vin with the hanging participles.
"...hang a participle, split an infinitive..." —Vin, on Ethier cussing from the dugout
Hey, two runs, I'll take it.
Like I said, wider than a barn door. Let's take advantage of it.
I <3 Vin
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Guiness on the table, Prog rock on stage, Dodger game on the bar. Weekend starts.
Can we play every game against the Padres?
Congrats to Alex for his first 100 and not even knowing it.
11 strikeouts cause his strikezone is everywhere...
Neeebs doin' it in style!
@rbnlaw
THANKS! hahah
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Two three-K innings for the Chadmeister.
Chadley is on fire. Strike zone or not.
What sort of utter gibberish and borderline terrorism must a two-year lurker like Alex have absorbed in this space? Scary.
4-0 LA through three
Ha, Urine can't buy a hit.
Uribe made contact. Incredible.
@Orel, Im in Reseda so its ot much style points
Did Dre get a nose job? His nose looks smaller. I couldn't put my finger on it last night when I saw him; I thought he might have put on weight in his face. But now our household is guessing a nose job.
ps- Humpty just called and said no nose jobs!
I think this is my 3rd season on the threads. A lot of that gibberish was mine.
And I was probably drunk.
Ethier needs a nose job like Kemp needs to win the lottery.
@RBN
At least one of those assertions is true.
Tell me Dre doesn't look somewhat different in the face.
Whoa, Pick Your Part lady.
Chad will get a hit sometime tonight. You have to figure he and Kershaw have their personal contest going again, and Chad's already down a hit.
We need Karina and/or MB to chime in on Andre's alleged rhinoplasty.
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Dopplepost!
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Should I post it again?
I read that as "Dee got a nose job".
Chad holds the runner to second.
We don't beat dead horses around here.
We don't beat dead horses around here.
We don't beat dead horses around here.
scary? Maybe. But I feel safe enough to come out the shadows...
Orel, you just want to increase the thread count.
Nasty stuff, Chad.
How is Kershaw's hat already so skanky?
Another scoreless frame for Bills.
For the record, I think Dre just lost weight in the face.
Then Uribe found it.
Kershaw's Skanky Hat will be a Sons spin-off project in 2013.
Those Friar shoulder patches look like Nomo's kid drew them.
Kershaw barfed on his hat.
I do enjoy a high thread count.
Is a rabbit loose?
See Dee run.
@Orel
No, but I think I just stepped on a frog.
bullshit blue!
now that i think about i started lurking around when Torre came in sipping bigelow green tea
Dee: 0 for 1 in SB.
He was safe.
Kershaw's Skanky Hat opening for Radiohead at Coachella this year.
Dee should be on Third...
For the record, I am sipping Bigelow Green Tea this very moment!
I wish Torre had been sponsored by Yamamotoyama green tea.
i'll be at Coachella next weekend!!!!!!!!!
Kemp is picking up where he left off.
Ok, I came out of the commenting closet on opening day when Hudson hit for the cycle against the Gnats.
Is Radiohead indeed playing Coachella?
Really, rbn? That seems so...recent.
I can't recall when I started commenting.
That pickoff move does not appear particularly deceptive.
@Alex; be sure to catch Broxton's Sweaty Undies in the Sahara tent. Their set is right before LMFAO.
1 down, 49 to go.
@orel
they are headlining the 2nd night! should be epic!
THAT'S how you steal a base!
I was in tha house when O-dog hit for that cycle, sitting in infield reserve above third base, so I had a clear view of when he hit a triple to make the cycle.
39 of each left to go, Matty
My name is Matt Kemp, and I do everything.
#MVP
Jim Rivera HBP. Two on, two out.
Triple Dre!
Andre put some nasty on it!
@rbnlaw
hahaha love the brox snark - keep it comming
Andre is a giant tonight
Nice triple
@Orel, I know what you mean. I think that was 2009, same year we got Manny.
And then there's this:
My name is Andre Ethier, and I want a new contract.
#canthitlefties?
@Alex 8:21p: I will not be at Coachella this weekend! I will be enjoying hot showers!
Micah Owings? He's still pitching? I thought someone would have converted him to a batter by now.
So that's where Owings has ended up! SD.
As for Coachella, I have no clue about the line up.
And good luck to Brox tonight in Anaheim tonight.
Sax it's my first year going but i've heard the stories - luckily im going with friends who have a time share in the area!
Come on Jerry, knock in Dre
Weeeeeeee!
Jerry Hairston, walk machine.
And Uribe kills the inning.
Juan Uribe, wet blanket.
Nose job or not? You decide.
Of course Uribe sucks it up, popping out to Hudson
Vin: "Going back to his familiar ways of swinging at the first pitch."
Broxton is still wearing blue and facing teams I don't like. He's OK in my book.
Checking in from the road in the middle of bum fuck Washington. Stuck with Charlie and Rick on the mlb app audio feed and desperate for a beer at the end if this interminable road trip.
By the way, I stole Neeebs' pants. You can find them somewhere on the side of Mt Adams.
I hate Juan Uribe
6-0 Dodgers through 4.5 innings
His nose looks the same to me.
Jason: go get a beer, it makes Charley and Rick more tolerable
@Jason, why are you on the road this weekend?
If I could make Vin and a beer appear for you, Jason, I would.
The O-Dog with a backwards K.
His nose looks very different to me looking at that pic Orel posted. It now looks smaller and straighter.
hairston sucks.
I think Chad struck me out tonight.
Gordon couldn't get to that foul ball, clearly he is too slow
Another K for Chadley
anyone else playing MLB's Beat The Streak?
I still love O-Dog's spin move when he realizes he's been struck out looking.
[comment push]
Chad has 70 pitches through five innings.
Why does Hairston suck? He's the least of our problems
What is that game Alex? I noted it but didn't dig into it.
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