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.
Aaron Harang (4-3, 3.90) vs. Cole Hamels (8-2, 2.81).
Breakfast baseball! According to @truebluela, "The Dodgers have never swept a 4-game series in Philadelphia. Ever." If the Dodgers are to make history today, they're going to have to earn it. Aaron Harang may have ended the Dodgers' five-game losing streak in his last start, but he'll have to put the Phillies on lockdown today because Cole Hamels doesn't figure to allow the Dodgers too many runs. Let the sweep begin!
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
173 comments:
I'm just stumbling home and it's already GT time?
UhOh - Orel missed the :01 GT posting memo...
Orel, WTF?!?!
There goes the streak
repost at 9:01am.
I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
We are at war with Eurasia. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
I am also confused.
It's game time, yo!
Dee Gordon strikes out to open the game.
Herrera grounds out to third.
battered up! play balls!
Juan Rivera breaks up the no-no! With a single!
Since no one has done it yet:
D. Gordon SS
E. Herrera 3B
J. Rivera LF
J. Hairston Jr. 2B
J. Loney 1B
A. Castellanos RF
T. Gwynn Jr. CF
M. Treanor C
A. Harang P
where's the lineup? Am i supposed to look it up myself? what's going on around here?
Hairston flies out to end the inning.
Ah, there it is! Thanks Mr F!
De nada
Jimmy Rollins leads off for the Phillies with a single.
Juan Pierre grounds into a fielder's choice. At least some things are still right with the world.
Wow, Juan Pierre is hitting .327 on the season.
Harang ain't exactly quick to the plate, is he?
Juan steals second and moves to third on a Hunter Pence ground out. 2 outs. How did Hunter Pence get on the Phillies?
Harang strikes out Wigginton to prevent Juan Pierre from scoring.
James Loney grounds out to pitcher. I'm disappointed, but not surprised.
Alexis Castle flies out to deep center.
I like the play-by-play, Mr. F! It's no Empire Strikes Back, but I'll take it!
Gwynn flies out to left. Oh well.
I would finish ESB, but it upset too many people =(.
S. Victorino singled to second. I feel like he always does well against us.
Get it together, Harang. We can't give up a ton of runs today...
Fontenot singles and moves Victorino to 3rd. I don't like Fontenot and his Giants Yahoo boxscore picture.
Mr. Misty Treanor, ladies and gentlemen!
That was TOOTBLAN-esque.
I missed the end of the inning because I went to the bathroom. Looks like Harang got out of it.
^
strike em out, throw em out to get out the jam
Mr. May and Harang make 2 quick outs. Dee Gordon up now.
Nice, Alex. Nice work Mr. May.
Dee Gordon also K's. Cole Hamels seems to be on a roll.
Hamels singles. Back at Dodger Thoughts, this was knows as the Grabowski Principle.
chances Hamels is still with philly at the end of the trade deadline?
known*
Harang resumes exactly where he left off.
A single plus an error means runners on 2nd and 3rd.
Luckily we can count on Juan Pierre to be Juan Pierre. 1 out, still runners at 2nd and 3rd.
Pence safe on an error by Mr. May, allowing Hamels to score. Rollins goes to 3rd, still one out.
Wigginton sac flies to get Rollins home.
Phils putting together a Dodger-like offense... errors, sac flies, runs
Victorino walks. Still not out of it.
There goes the sweep.
I blame the Kings...
Fontenot singles to score another run before Mayberry lines out. 3-0 Phillies.
I would call that a Harangesque inning, but I see the "defense" contributed two errors to the cause.
Doesn't matter if they score 1 or 3 or 47 if we can't score runs.
I think that Harang is suffering from Loser's Lurgy, possibly brought on by Nargles.
Herrera on board due to a Wigginton error.
Two batters and no outs. That's a start.
...and we're on the board!
Rivera on board due to a Wigginton error.
Hairston sac fly. Now up to "please don't screw up" James Loney.
He didn't screw up! Runners on 1st and 2nd.
Loney fails to screw up to extend the inning!
Come, on let's get at least 1 more run back this inning, guys.
balls - we had a nice shot there
Fielder's choice and a K and the Dodgers only get one.
ok now let's throw and catch the ball better
Yes, let's keep the up-fuckery to an absolute minimum.
We got one run out of all that?
B....2...(3) Schneider
flies out.
Then Cole Hamels grounds out.
Rollins also flies out. Quick inning for Harang.
Harang doesn't make things easy on himself, does he?
But he gets out of it
I was doing work so I couldn't commentate much.
He certainly doesn't make it easy on all of US.
What is this "work" you speak of, Mr. F?
I wouldn't go so far as to say that Harang is anti-American.
Herrera walks.
Rivera singles. Runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.
MR F, shame on you doing work!
I blame the Nargles.
I don't think Hamels will be around much longer. Bring us the 'pen, por favor.
Hairston pops out. Once again, "please don't screw up."
Please don't AWO this
Loney!
James!
He seems to do well when you least expect him to.
He doesn't screw up! 3-2 Phillies.
Road Loney RBI makes it 3-2 Phils!
Haha, FB. It's funny because it's true.
@FB
Contempt is to Loney as a G-class star is to Superman.
I think Castellanos' rookie is showing a bit.
yeesh - I see ABQ in Alexis' near future
yeesh - I see ABQ in Alexis' near future
Tony! New ballgame, kids!
Go Tony!
TONY
Mr. May!
the TONY awards are this weekend
Mr. May, ladies and gentlemen!
Dusty said this a month or more ago but it's still true: we don't do a good job of getting guys home from third with less than two outs
holy shit - we just prefer to do it with two outs!
I enjoy the rare occasion that 2-Out-Madness works in our favor.
shittyshitshit - gotta go to a meeting. Mr F, can you call me in 5 minutes to get me out of it?
Gwynn tries to steal and overreaches. Inning over.
I would, but I really do hate phone calls. =/
If they were going to do that, why did they let Harang bat in the first place?
Well, it worked out for the best, it seems.
Is there a better bullpen name in baseball than Savery?
Mr. F, we should really talk about your hatred of phone calls. Is 3PM good for you?
Whoa, TGJ caught stealing home? Busted squeeze?
@Orel
With 2 outs and Harang up? I don't know what would possess them to do that.
Seriously, I don't know what the hell was SUPPOSED to be happening on that play, but it didn't.
I dunno, Orel. I might be running errands at that time.
So, who gets the call in the bullpen?
J. Wright gets the call.
With each groundout he makes, I love even more how Juan Pierre is on the Phillies.
It is strangely relieving to see Juan Pierre start, expect him to go 0-4, and not be frustrated to see him go 0-4.
Is this Loney's 2nd groundout to pitcher today?
Come on get us an insurance run.
No Geico.
We leave the runner at 3rd.
3 more outs. Let's do this.
insurence runs por favor!
That makes 2 scoreless innings for Jamey Wright.
damnit...
sorry for my spelling gaffe
hope the Sons dont find out...
@alex
Fetch me my paddle.
Thank you sir, may I have another?!
Kudos to Wright for two solid innings of relief.
Who's warming up in the bullpen?
Misspelling words on an internet blog?
That's a paddlin'.
Abreu up. In play, no out!
More bunt attempts from Dee, this time with men on 1st & 2nd, no out.
Rancho Elianendo, none out.
ALMUERZO RANCHO ARDIENDO
Dee singles! Rancho Ardiendo, no out! Prime AWO situation!
@MR. F 12:47
Jasper!
RUN(S)!!!!
All of the sudden, we've got this.
AWO avg. going way down, guys.
5-3!
Andre! In play, run(s)!
It's bugging me a little that all these runs are unearned.
7-3!
8-3!
The AWO pustule has been popped!
@dylano: "Scoring change. Ethier now credited with a 2B."
Kenley's arm let out a sigh of relief after that inning
Giving the kid a shot, it seems.
Finish this, Tolle!
cmon, kid, throw strikes
Walks the first batter. Okay, no problem. We still got this.
Go Scott Tolleson!
Walks the second batter. Okay, no problem. We still got this.
Captain Hook
Gameday say Tolleson is pitching but looks more like Troncoso
Donnie's seen enough. Tolle out, Belli in.
christ - calm down, Scotty
that's not how you want to start your major league career
Bad first impression by Tolleson
Cmon Belli, throw strikes
I hope to god my bosses don't look at my work calendar, see the day game AND see me calling in sick and put 2 and 2 together...
WE MAKE SWEEP PARTY!!!
Yahoo still has Belli in his Pirates uniform
I bet Tolleson could have gotten Juan Pierre out.
Sweep partay, bishes!
WOOHOO! SWEEPARAMA!!!
Great work, fellas!
Get swept? Then sweep!
They didn't until you posted that, ES.
Hey that was Harang's 100th win? Congrats!
Push brooms in Philly!!! I make party later!
Hmmm, maybe Eric Stephen missed this? @BillShaikin: "#Dodgers finish first four-game sweep in Philadelphia since 1946, the year before Jackie Robinson joined the team."
I can't believe what these boys just did. I couldn't be more proud. This is Dodger baseball!
(cries)
(dry humps surprised colleague)
(makes party)
(runs nekkid with an Atlantic Cod)
(arm falls off)
(sends answer)
do it to it, Dusty!
(humps Dusty)
(humps party)
(humps Atlantic Cod)
(humps arm)
PGT up!
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