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Is it a good thing when one of your divisional rivals fires a manager that annoys you? It depends on the situation. Is this Son still relieved not to be seeing Jim Tracy's ridiculous face on his tee-vee this evening? Absolutely.
Both pitchers are coming into tonight's game looking to notch their first decisions of the season, though they've gotten there through different circumstances. Chatwood had a shaky start against Atlanta, giving up four runs in six innings, but the Rox bullpen pulled out a win anyway. Lilly, on the other hand, only gave up a single run against the Mets, but the Dodgers managed to squander the advantage anyway.
The shine might be starting to come off of Colorado's hot start, and Tulo might be riding the bench with an injury, but it will still be up to the Dodgers to prove that they can hang with (or neutralize) the Rockies' firepower.
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Hoo boy. Tempting fate.
1. LF: Carl Crawford
2. C: A.J. Ellis
3. 1B: Adrian Gonzalez
4. CF: Matt Kemp
5. RF: Andre Ethier
6. 2B: Skip Schumaker
7. 3B: Luis Cruz
8. SS: Justin Sellers
9. SP: Ted Lilly
I like to live on the edge.
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers 37s
#Dodgers today placed Clayton Kershaw on the bereavement list and reinstated @HanleyRamirez from the 15-day disabled list.
Hanley!!!!
Also, best wishes to Kershaw.
That must have been why Kershaw left the locker room yesterday without addressing the media.
Thoughts are with you, Clayton!
Hanley will be there for his bobblehead night tomorrow.
I will be there, too.
So sorry to hear about Clayton. You have the thoughts and prayers of a bizillion Dodger Fans.
Epale Hanley. Welcome home.
@karen: how are you holding up? just checking in...
SF @ AZ, just about to start
SD tied with the Cubs at 3, in the fifth
For those of you out of market: COL @ LAD is today's MLB.com free game of the day! Enjoy!
AJ Ellis in the two-hole. That's interesting.
In 7 career games batting second in the lineup (six of them as a starter), AJ Ellis is batting .208 (well below his .268 average).
Wasn't he batting second just a couple of games ago?
@Saxy...I'm hanging in there. It's going to take awhile cause he was such a big part of my life for so long. But I can feel myself getting better each day. Thanks for asking, friend.
Erin: You're right, AJ batted second once this year as well.
I'm getting my Ellises mixed up
Serves me right for trying to horn in on Nomo's twitter brilliance
(AJ Ellis went 1-for-5 when he batted second this year)
Everyone's talking about how the Rox had airplane trouble and got in too late to have BP today
Suck it up, Rockies.
@Karen - did I miss something?
@Karen - did I miss something?
Lilly's serving up some pretty soft balls....and sure enough, Fowler with a leadoff HR
Good start Teddy
I KNEW Vin was tempting fate while talking about Fowler's homers in April.
Lilly's fastest pitch of the Fowler AB was his last: 87 mph
Helton looking ever more hobo.
This looks an awful lot like the awful Lilly of last year. He looks tentative.
Uh huh.
Why Sax, what happened?
Holy cow, Aston Villa 6, Sunderland 1? A short time ago, AVFC was on the brink of relegation! Looks like Wigan, QPR, and Reading are slated for relegation.
Speaking of relegation, Lilly sucks here.
Colorado may not have taken BP today, but they sure are taking it now
Actual boobs, guys. It's not complicated.
Poor Wiggum...
WHY ARE THE ROCKIES ALREADY — oh, it's Lilly.
HEY, FUCK OFF, THOSE ARE PERFECTLY GOOD KNOCKERS, DAMMIT.
I ain't gonna wear it if Teddy is toast.
Pull him.
Heh.
Lilly spots the Rockies with four runs before even getting one out.
That's okay, Ted! Cruz/Sellers should help you out.
@Stubbs.
Stubbs, Stubbs, Stubbs.
4-0 Rockies before Lilly records an out.
Hey, at least we've got all those extra pitchers, right?
Hmmm. What else is on tv now.
AN OUT!
Yeah, this blows somewhat.
This is a great start!!
@Meanie...I had to have my dog put to sleep a few days ago. I'm not handling it very well, in fact I'm acting like a big fat baby. He was 17 years old and I know it was time. But crap I miss him.
Wow, the rare EPL reference by Sax. I love it!
cc: Stubbs, RBN
I highly doubt anyone would define your behavior as "acting like a big fat baby," Karen, regardless of what you're doing. Such a loss is worthy of a proportionate response.
*deleted and edited to fix my asinine mistake.
Hey, that was awesome except for the part where we didn't score.
Three outs on nine pitches.
come on, schu, you gotta catch that one
especially with lilly on the mound
My MLB.tv feed is clearly behind the actual broadcast.
No, really, we're begging you.
Colorado has already gone through the lineup and it's the second inning.
With only one out.
I just read Saxy's post. Didn't know he'd even heard of Villa. Big Benteke fan now, I guess.
Nice knockers, Stubbs.
The Rockies' dugout is totally going to razz Fowler for striking out against Lilly.
Just spitballing here; can Hanley pitch?
Couldn't suck any more than Lilly.
Can we even manage to save some of the pen for the rest of the series?
What was Lilly saying about not needing any rehab starts?
Just sayin'
man, these lilly innings are bruuuuuuuuuuuuuutal
I am completely annoyed that the GT gods have spurned my offering.
Capricious deities, those.
In Detroit. Won't be able to watch the whole game. After the first inning, that might be a blessing. Will catch up tomorrow. Good luck. We're gonna need it.
@Karen - I'm so sorry about Dusty. I know how much he meant to you. I know our fur babies are like children. Sending a big hug your way.
The baseball gods are total horndogs. They hate bait and switch.
Just as I'm about to compliment Matt Kemp for not biting on that 2-2 pitch down and away...he bites on a 3-2 pitch down and away and grounds out, 5-3.
Sigh.
New "return of Hanley Ramirez" post up top.
For the GT, however, please stick to this one.
THERE GOES THE NO-HITTER
take that, Chatwood!
Ethier with a single up the middle.
And here's the skipperator
Dre shaved!
Skip comes out to Sister Christian?
Right back atcha, Chatwood!
Schumaker almost tkaes off Chatwood's head, single up the middle.
What hair metal song does Schu walk out
to?!
Cruz will hit a three-run HR right here
This is it, Luis. Hanley is sitting on the bench in the dugout. Two on, one out.
Whatcha got?
@Nomo
Good ears!
Cruz liked that 1-1 pitch, but he fouls it away.
1-2.
Chatwood's pitch speed range: 77 to 96 mph.
THE WORST.
Well the shit just keeps a'comin
Cruz line drives it right back to Chatwood, who throws it to second for the double play.
Sorry, Luis! Thanks for last year.
Sorry to hear about your pupp, Karen...
:'-(
(Pours drink out)
get your glove down, Lilly!
Does Lilly think he's still playing for the Cubbies?
RANCHO ARENADO
Geez, Cruz. If that ball had somehow hit third base, you would have been screwed there.
You passed it by awful casual. For a guy not batting .100.
first and second, two out for Lilly in the third.
He's gotta be at 254 pitches here
oh, only 58
"Are you all right, Ted? Because you're pitching like shit on a rock."
Anyone want to guess how long Donnie will leave Lilly in?
Meeting at the mound, to explain to Lilly that we can't load up any more bases here
Diggin' the purple streak, Sue...
But why not blue?
This will not end well, me thinks.
It's looking ugly.
Lilly walks in a fifth run.
Why we don't have someone warming in the bullpen yet, I don't get it.
Aaaand I was correct. Lilly's latest rehab assignment not going well.
Honeycutt stalling for time here. His last visit to the mound was for an injured player, so it doesn't count as a mound visit, apparently.
This one sure did.
Don and Sue probably wanted Ted to say, "Yes, I'm hurt," so they could give whoever's coming in as much time as possible to warm. Ted has nothing. This is absurd. And it could get much, much worse.
Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Venezuelan.
cc: karina
With this offense, though, five runs should be no problem.
By Wednesday that is
Not even real boobs could overcome the suck that is Ted Lilly...
The good news is, no lead is safe at Coors Field.....dammit, this is a home game. Oh, well.
Lilly comes out of all this looking like a selfish ass, not a "gamer."
Dancing hall days,Vinny!
5-0 through 2.5 innings.
I'm going to go get some grub.
@Erin: you watching this on mlb.tv, or did you buy DirecTV Extra Innings?
Rancho Cucamonga called; they want Hanley back and said keep Lilly. They only have so many baseballs.
MLB.tv for me. I don't have cable anymore.
Rainy Days and Mondays from @nancybea.
Especially Mondays with Lilly.
There's a sing title in there somewhere.
damn we suck
Padres lost, 5-3.
Arizona and SF tied at 4, top 5. Cain got hammered for four runs, and three HR, in a four-run fourth inning.
holy cow, I blinked and Sellers was already caught looking
Song title. My phone is killing me right now.
Not literally.
Urine PH. Lilly doesn't even get an AB in this game.
Uribe with a totally wasted AB. As usual.
Bochy just got tossed in the SF@AZ game. Still 4-4, bottom 5
Now here's hoping the Rockies don't hit the Wall.
Down 5? I am not confident that we will prevail.
Human surrender flag Josh Wall.
Oh down by 8. That doesn't help my confidence.
Time to read some Nietzsche to cheer me up.
This is what Hell must feel like.
10-0...IN THE FOURTH INNING
Get your rally caps on.
*puts on rally thong*
So...shitfest or total shitfest.
Remember that one game a few years ago when the Dodgers whipped the Rox by a lot. That was cool.
I guess this means Magill will stick around for a while in the rotation and take Lilly's spot. I hope and pray.
Josh Wall's line in the box score makes Lilly look like a freaking ace. Holy cow!
@Dusty Baker's Toothpick, you mean that game where Loney had nine RBI or something? Ah, the good old days.
12-0. Glad I got home to see the end of this.
@erin those were the days!
So that's what crooked numbers look like...
12-2, fuckers. Five more innings, and we might be tied.
It's the bottom of the fifth....of Jack Daniels for me.
We better post the biggest fucking set of tee-eye-tee-ess anyone has ever seen for tomorrow's GT, just to get the mojo/juju back.
Skip pitching! Better than Wall or Lilly!
Right on Skip! Mad love t this utility infielder/outfielder/pitcher!
#BetterThanThePen
I wonder if the ushers have started moving people down to make it look fuller for TV?
@Dong Pride
I'm sitting closer to my TV to make it look like more.
I guess this one was over before it began.
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