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Bring back the pillbox hat already. It's time! |
The Dodgers are in Pittsburgh today for the second leg of their east coast road trip. When we faced the Pirates in April, it was a 3-game sweep, but that was back when the Dodgers were on their season-opening tear. When the Dodgers took their June nosedive, however, they raced past the Bucs on their way down, so we now trail them by 3 games in the loss column. Barring the ideal outcome of winning the division, in the race for the at a wild card slots this year, a series victory here would be an enormous boon.
The last time we saw Karstens, Capuano out-dueled him for a 3-2 victory (and SoSG Stubbs' inaugural victory of the season), but he draws Harang's spot in the rotation this time around. Judging by his MLB.com profile photo, he appears to have been working on his intimidation factor for just this occasion.
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I call this one "The Rocky II" |
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If only!
I'm willing to overlook their years of sporting the vest jersey if they bring back that hat in all of its cylindrical glory.
Pit them against the Padres in their mustard-yellows and you got a game!
The ones with "padres" all lowercase? God, I do love those.
Maybe Peter O'Malley will punk the Padres and make that their regular uniform.
Does he bleed Dodger Blue? We'll find out.
JHJ to DL, Herrera up. Welcome back, Elian!
Sitting on a plane. Just put up a post on the Elian-for-Jerry swap. Yay, in-flight wifi!
What time is this game, anyway? What happened to our headline editor?
I'm going to use the inflight wifi to comment from the air. This could be fun.
YankMes sign Derek Lowe? Booooooooooo
I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what you're talking about, Sax.
@Stubbs: look, you can't keep covering for your summer intern's editorial transgressions. I don't care if she's hot. You gotta draw the line.
(ps, thanks)
*fires self*
Is it baseball time yet?
Ten inutes to show time
That's great as ESPN satellite tv is getting old
And, all they want to plug is YankMes-Rangers
Chuy hates the Yankees.
Too bad the Dodgers don't see J-Mac while in Pittsburgh
Karstens' Gameday pic looks like Fire Marshall Bill.
Game on! And Victorino grounds out on the fourth pitch.
The mini-pretzels on this flight are not as good as the mini- sirloin burgers I've eaten once
Ellis called K. Two out.
I think Charley said the Pirates are the best team in the NL at home
Kemp gets a gift double!
Dammit Andre! Fly to left for the third out.
Ok, gotta eat this fine airline food
K
Starling Marte swinging K for out one
Neil Walker foul out to third (AK)
Holy shot, we at playing Kennedy AND Loney? What the fuck?
McCutchen grounds to short.
Scoreless through one.
Harang goes 1-2-3!
I have run out of pepper in th shaker to try and make this meal palatable
In-air alcoholic beverage count: working on #4 (Heineken)
Hanley K, denying FJL the opportunity for a GIDP
I seriously fucking hate Loney.
Are you having the kosher meal,Saxy?
Dodgers go 1-2-3-4-5-6!
Kirsten's with three Ks through two innings. Given this lineup, why am I not surprised?
I just heard the radio commercial for the mystery dodger, and I couldn't tell what his name was as it was mumbled.
@Spank: not tonight. All gluten-free for me, baby
Lead off single for the Pirates
Harang induces GIDP!
Gaby Sanchez GIDP!
@Orel: nice use of the word "induces" right there
Sanchez induces Orel's use of "induces"!
Kennedy blows the play!
Monday says it was the wrong call, but what the hell does he know
OB/GYN induces labor!
Lyons said it was the wrong call too.
Shake it off, Kerrang!
Scoreless after two.
Harang gets out of it. 0-0 through two full innings.
Drink #4 down. Going for another.
Ajellis leadoff double!
Wotcher, y'all.
Don't stop 'til you get enough, Sax!
Last I checked, winning the CA lottery does not result in a change in wardrobe.
Wotcher, Herr F!
Charley called that lead off double like it was a root canal
Shit, Charley, show some fucking excitement on the call (except for the warning track fly balls you mistakenly call like a HR)
What's up fanermannnnnnnn
How is smonk?
Harang bunt: SUCCESSFUL
Sax, be sure to give your flight attendant a hug.
Harang with a good bunt. Get him home, Shane!
All we need is a sac fly, Shanetorino.
Even better! RBI-double!
Victorinooooooooo RBI 2B, hitting streak grows to seven games!
@Orel 4:45p: define "hug" please
Miller lite for drink #5
@Sax, 4:49p: describe your flight attendant, please
Smonk is chillaxin
Charley getting off on using the word "confluence" here.
Monongahela and Allegheny. We get it.
Calm down.
epale everyone!
Well that's royally fucked up. If I plug my iPad into the AC jack here on flight, I get a buzzing sound over my noise-canceling headphones. I have to listen without the noise-canceling function.
I know, I'm not trying to be Marie Antoinette here, but this is still lame.
Maybe Rick induced Charley to use "confluence."
Epale karina! Less than one month until you're out here, right?
EPALEKARINA
The latest SoSG softball team member is in the house!
Mr F, we're you able to get that "suntan lotion" off of Smonk?
KEMPBI! 2-0 Dodgers!
I'm conflating a lot of words today.
2-0!
Go get 'em, Kemp! RBI single
Damn you, Mr. Jones.
Kemp with 47 RBI on the year.
2-0 LA
Neither I, nor Smonk, think that the sun tan lotion is a problem.
Ethier robbed, Kemp doubled up at first. Boooo
@Orel 4:51p: you are trying to get me in trouble. Not biting.
And not biting the flight attendant, either.
Yet.
@Sax one month and two days for LA! however in a month from today, i should be having some fun in Miami :)
Lyons tweeting during the game. Don't tell Nomo.
@fanerman: got it. It's all natural, I'm sure.
In all seriousness, I'm still cracking up that you brought smonk with you to the Dodgers@Giants game. Nice.
@karina 5:02p: let me recommend the Fontainebleu. Good times, great nightlife. Nice pools too
Harang playing with fire. Two on, two out.
Yup. Tie game.
That wasn't good.
Fucking A. With two out, Pirates score and Ellis throws wild.
Gotta commute. I predict the game will not be tied when I return.
Make of it what you will.
2-2 thanks to Mellis' error
Just saw the Garrett Jones highlight, that was indeed a pretty good catch
Here comes Loney for a go-ahead HR
Oh, Rick Monday is now saying that Mellis made an error because FJl was standing in the way. Innnnnnteresting.
Loney with a groundout. What a surprise!
Stubbster with the commute!
AK with the weak pop out!
Charley saying momentum has shifted to the home team!
Sax with thousands of miles left to fly!
Exclamation points used with reckless abandon!
I'm watching ESPN preseason football. BORRRRRRRRINNNNGGGG
The raiders are playing the game on a baseball field. How positively 1970s.
Block
Just crossing into Kansas right now
Michael McKendry sounds like a musician. He gets a walk anyway. One out, B4
Rob Ryan of the Cowboys has some serious Jesus hair going on
Marla, what's up with the block?
My iPad is charging so slowly, I'm wondering if it's worth this buzzing sound
I've got the punch top Lite beer can for #6. I don't see any meaningful difference in the pour speed.
#gimmick
Why is Harang laboring here?
All you need are some cans with good isolation sax, "noise canceling" is generally a bad idea in headphones. Sennheiser HD-25 II are supposed to be really good. Or you can pick up some Ultrasones like i have for a bit less.
lol i could never even get the top punched, too much trouble!
Two out,bottom 4. 2-2
Dallas and Oakland, scoreless in preseason ballet
Loney leaps, gets the third out.
2-2 through four.
Harang at 77 pitches, Karstens at 62
Harang with a one-out single!
Harang = extra lead-off hitter!
Matt Leinart Rocks!
If I've looked all over the world
And there's every type of girl
Victorino 2-run HR! 4-2 Dodgers!
it's hard to root for Victorino, but I'll take it
But your empty eyes seem to pass me by
And I'm commenting to myself
SHANE-O-JACK!
SHANE! Now WE have a friend in the home run business!
(that's for you, fanerman)
I like Shane.
Victorino!
Dodgers lead 4-2. Sax needs another beer
The Petros commercials for mr pink ginseng drink scare me. I don't want someone yelling at me to shrink a goddamn ginseng drink.
Checking in from Denver.
How's my boyfriend doing? OH! Nice.
I am going through a decent amount of turbulence for this flight
@Dusty: I don't get it
@Dusty: Rox hosting Brewers right now. Arent you going? I expect you to represent!
Harang has a nice fifth. 4-2 LA through five
Vicky!
@Mr. f: no Shane company love?
@Spank, that's a pretty funny avatar
Ethier up. Show me show me show me
(with all due respect to the Cure)
@sax
Spanky thinks I have a crush on Crown Vic.
He may be right.
James Loney always looks so depressed after he flies out. It's like he's Short-Term Memory Man.
@Sax
Yeah my brother and I are here for a couple of games. Not going tonight but going tomorrow night and for the Wednesday day game.
Just for the sake of argument, I'm wondering: how hard would it be to tamper with a airplane lavatory smoke detector? I mean, I'm not a smoker, but if I was desperate, wouldn't there be an internet site that told me how t do this so I could get some puffs in?
Loney fly out, then AK ground out to first? No way. What a fucking surprise!
IT'S SEATTLE'S BEST COFFEE AT CHEVRON EXTRA MILE!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
Charley has to make the Three Dog Night reference about Bark in the Park. Calm down, Charley.
GIDP #2 induced!
One day Matt Kemp will be induced into the Hall of Fame.
GIDP for Sanchez again!
Saxy and I are brothers in radio ad hatred.
I had no idea Leinart was on the Raiders. I find that funny.
@Sax
I alway wondered why they cared so much about the tampering part and not the subsequent action (e.g., illegally smoking on a flight). Is it because they couldn't outlaw smoking outright, so they had to criminalize the operationalization of attempting to circumvent smoking detection methods?
Cause sometimes I just want to tamper, even if I'm not a smoker.
ps- I am a cigar smoker and I'm going to have a nice one tonight.
@Dusty 5:47: I'm cool with Vic now. It took a while, but I've embraced him.
@Dusty 5:48p, have a great time @Coors Field! Remember that it isn't a successful trip unless you get into a fight with Dinger.
@Sax
Wait, you're hugging on my man?
@nomo 5:56p: I have two words for you.
Now batting...Juan Uribe!
@nomo, continued: ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
As you know Sax, MDIL is obsessed with Dinger while I hate him. I'm walking a tedious line here.
Ks on four pitches.
@dusty 5:58: totally agree. I'm not a smoker at all, but I kinda want to tamper just for the rush
ANKLEBITER SPONDYLITIS
@Dusty: MDIL might not be a fan, but I have to think that mrs. dusty is a fan of Dinger.
So to speak.
It could be ME!
@Orel: what abut Ankylwinning Spondylitis? Any love for that disease?
Lack of tie correctly called.
ANKIELRICK SPONDYLITIS?
Dallas-Oakland, still scoreless with 5:30 left in the first half.
Preseason football fever. Dont really catch it. Because they aren't, either.
Good job, Stubbs!
Radi show segues back in with Like a G6. Nice.
By the way, Juan Uribe came and went before I could even mock his fat ass. Even for mockery, he is worthless.
^Radio
That's why I get paid the big bucks, Orel.
I do t think these two "NFL" teams have gotten out of the area where the A's baseball diamond is
Guy next to me is typing on his iPad for Facebook entries
Don't fuck with me man, I'm wicked fast at iPad typing
Not as fast as Erin could type, however.
I do miss Erin.
@Dusty: if Diner had been just a bit earlier on his Cretaceous period, would she have been ok?
I mean, Mrs. dusty is known for her punctuality.
I havea bad feeling about guerra here
Guys, if any of you understand any Spanish, please follow @JaimeJarrinHOF and @PepeYniguez on twiter (though Pepe tweets in English too)
*twitter
Choate got a Gold Glove play there!
Just as you sent that, Jaime tweeted in English...to bash Dylan Hernandez.
That's gotta be a sign.
Great call by Donnie to pull Guerra there.
Why can't Guerra get the third out anymore?
@Nomo just saw that: HILARIOUS!
@Gnomes, what did Jaime say? I like Dylan
though he wrote a wrong apostrophe, don't tell Dusty!
This cowboys - raiders "game" is going to end the half scoreless
#nflYawn
"A warm welcome to LA Time's Jim Peltz. No bat writer takes more vacations than Dylan Hernandez."
-Sr Jarrin
200!
Kemp with a BB
201
DAMMIT
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