One is reminded of Buster Poindexter today: hot hot hot. The day game today should be miserably hot with the temperatures expected to reach well over a hundred. Feels like it's 145 already. And Hanley Ramirez; since coming back from the DL, he's hot hot hot, including dropping a 3-run bomb last night estimated at 441 feet and seeming to get a hit every time he's up.
You know who else is hot hot hot? The new pre-game ceremonies co-host at Dodger Stadium.
Unnamed onfield co-host photo courtesy SoSG Orel
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Per @billplunkettocr: Matt Guerrier just left #Dodgers clubhouse in street clothes. Something is up.
Schumaker 2B
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Ramirez SS
Ethier LF
Kemp CF
AJ Ellis C
Hairston 3B
Fife P
Matt Gurrier DFA'd. He stormed out really pissed off. Chris Withrow recalled to take his spot. Hopefully he will only take his spot, not his pitching ability.
Wow! Big news... Thanks Dusty...today may be the only day I'm glad I'm not there...prefer the coolness of our air-conditioned house!
Big scoop, Dusty...not even on the D.com site..
Just heard Spanky left the house in no clothes.
Bullpen needed a kick in the pants. Hopefully these new guys can pick it up.
Out on yer rear, Guerrier!
wow on the Guerrier news
What are the chances he's picked up by another team like Arizona or the Gnats and ends up being a pain in our ass later this season?
@fred chances are really good. Isn't that how it always plays out!
Gurrier apparently has a contract situation where it would be awfully expensive for a new team to pick up a really shitty expensive.
Padres lost. Diamondbacks are losing.
^pitcher, I meant.
@FB & Dusty's Toothpick...Chances are huge that garear will come back to haunt us. It truly does always seem to happen.
Read Cody Ross, just for starters.
Ya beat me to the post Paul!
On the sofa now, Vinny!
Lead off double by the Phillies in the first, but they don't score. We are lucky
Sweatin' my balls off, Vinny.
Naw, Sax, we're good.
Well, actually, you're probably right. We're lucky.
throw strikes, stupid!
Was Ruiz on the 'roids? What the hell did he get suspended 25 games for?
great throw and tag!
@Cliff
I was just wondering the same thing. Where did I miss that?
April 28, 2013:
"NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Ruiz set out from Pennsylvania on Saturday night for a 125-mile drive to New York City, where he could finally rejoin the Philadelphia Phillies.
A long trip, sure, but one he had been waiting all month to make.
"I was real happy on the way," Ruiz said. "It was a nice feeling that everything was over."
Philadelphia's steady catcher returned to the lineup Sunday after serving a 25-game suspension for using a banned amphetamine.
Ruiz, an All-Star last season, batted fifth as the Phillies tried for a three-game sweep of the New York Mets. He said he was glad to be back with the team and had put the penalty behind him, though it was hard to watch his teammates play without him because he felt as though he wasn't doing anything to help.
Philadelphia opened 11-14 minus Ruiz, who said supportive teammates kept in touch with text messages throughout his suspension.
Affectionately known as "Chooch," the 34-year-old Ruiz had a career year in 2012 when he batted .325 with 16 home runs and 68 RBIs in 114 games. He missed a little more than a month with a foot injury.
Ruiz's suspension was announced on Nov. 27 following his second positive test. An initial positive for a stimulant does not trigger a suspension, only that the player must undergo follow-up testing.
The catcher apologized in a statement, saying he was "sincerely regretful" for his mistake "in taking a prohibited stimulant." He apologized to teammates and fans again at spring training.
Ruiz reportedly tested positive for Adderall, an amphetamine commonly used to control attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Asked on Sunday whether he took any steps with Major League Baseball to get an exemption for his medicine, Ruiz said: "I don't know, man. I don't have anything to say about that.""
@Dusties he was using amphetamines
D'bags lose. :-)
so annoying
Sorry, it's hot here and I'm feeling surly.
Surly factor: 7.25
Wow it is hot out there
Dbags lost again, so Dodgers would be 4 games back with a win today.
We were 9.5 games back just 8 days ago!
But we need to win today, so let's get back to this one.
@Sax
Are you "out there" or are you just noting the temp?
Got him! Sittdown, Chase!
Fife the di-dawg gets something started with a single!
cripes - why is he at the top of our lineup?
Aw hell, Fife.
yeesh that's stupid
at least Puig gets to lead off next inning
That's funny, gameday says "pick off attempt." Isn't Fife on 1b? Silly gameday.
oh blue! where was that pitch?
good inning
Puig has been abusing Young today
Young having trouble holding on to Puig's balls. Hehe.
hmmm
Puig on second, one out... Come on blue!
Per Bill Shaikin, "Puig now at .429, needs 1 H to tie Steve Sax's monthly rookie record (43) for #Dodgers."
@Dusty: I thought about going to today's game on the fly, but the 900-degree temps dissuaded me. Just went out of the house to run an errand and almost melted. Glad I'm not at the stadium today...
Puig is trying to break my monthly record?!
Puig hit, Puig steal, HanRam blast to left...I could get used to this.
Hanley!
Puig scores! 1-0 LA
FUCK! Do NOT hurt yourself, Hanley!
Looks like Hanley almost broke his left leg off on that steal. Jesus, guys, stay healthy out there.
Hanley rakes.
Is he okay?
please don't be hurt
He seems ok, but maybe grimacing a bit taking his lead at second.
maybe cool it on the stealing, mmkay, Donnie?
Looks like Hanley's grabbing his upper groiney region
take your time, Matty
swat one the other way
Per Dodgers PR:
"Yasiel Puig's 42 hits are tied w/ Bob Elliott (1939) for the 2nd-most all-time in the 1st month of a career"
Kemped! Finally an RBI.
YES - attaboy, Matty!
"Yasiel Puig's 42 hits are tied w/ Bob Elliott (1939) for the 2nd-most all-time in the 1st month of a career"
He's an all-star, Bochy! You twat.
I thought thought was going to K. Nice hit on 1-2 count , and shitty pitch by Kendrick!
bawk bawk!
way to keep us going, AJ
Hit(s)! Run(s)!
Jerry!
OK didawg, another good inning please
3 is good. 6 would be better!
Fife should have Tribe as his walkup music, no?
Epale y'all. I was looking at the roster around 10 this morning and was wondering why Guerrier wasn't listed. I thought I missed a DFA news blurb during my work induced blackout of the past several months. Looks like I emerged from said blackout at just the right time.
Ah crap, the Mariners are reairing the no-hitter against the Dodgers from last season. I was at that game which was painful enough. Way to ruin my Sunday afternoon Seattle Root Sports!
That's a pretty good fourth inning there
3-0 LA through four
Revere on his little horsey.
Jason, good to hear from you, man. I was beginning to think you and Stubbs were stuck in the transit zone of the Moscow airport.
Ecuador has refused Stubbs' entry even though he never asked
that'll work!
Stubbs didn't stand a chance for Ecuadorian entry after that botched salamander heist when he tried to smuggle out the slimy amphibians in a drum set during a particularly unsuccessful Flaming Menudos tour stop there in 1978.
@Dusty - Butter?
4-finger ring just so Fifer could score
Pweeeeeeg!
triple! holy damn
Even Gonzalez can make to second on that double.
Just your average pop fly triple for Puig. Nothing to see.
I mean everyone knows how Ecuadorians feel about salamanders. And now Stubbs knows too
AG!
Not no Parkay, not no margarine. Simply buttah.
Come on, Ethier. Ratchet up your trade value.
OK kid, how about another clean inning
I'd heard Stubbs was trying to leak info to the press about the Sons and the Menudos, but found no takers.
@Cliff
I'm pretty sure NSA already has all the information they need about the Sons and FMs.
excellent stuff, kid!
go the other way, Matty
attaboy, AJ
Is Fife becoming our #4 pitcher?
The Phils are really sticking with Kendrick. I guess their 'pen really is that bad.
nice work, Jerry
cmon, kid, get the bunt down
Nice to see Fife say something to Kendrick on the way back to the dugout.
He is our #25 bunter
Skip has got to stop this one-pitch-AB crap
BRA up 1-0 early over ESP.
but Saxy, he's the gritty, speedy guy that you need at the top of your lineup!
I prefer BRAs off, not up
OK kid, one more good one
Howard went from Howard to not Howard fairly quickly, didn't he?
I know as soon as I saw that he'll take one out now.
@FB: ...and unlike Brandon League, Skip can pitch too
The Dodger bullpen has those landscaping stones behind it that resemble tombstones, like the graves of so many failed Dodger relievers. #RIPGurrier
There's no doubt a tombstone in there for Broxton in game 4 of the '09 LCS.
Have we ID'd the unnamed co-hostess yet?
Strike em out throw em out! Nice DP there dodgers!
Shitty day for Rollins. Doesn't get the call when Puig left the bag after his steal, and now gets CS to end the inning.
I FUCKING LOVE STRIKE HIM OUT THROW HIM OUTS!!!
@Cliff
There are two tombstones right next to each other for Broxton.
Another great start by the Fifester.
Puig a HR short of the cycle. This MUST happen.
Amazing.
Dammit!
I'm more interested in Lady Luck from the other night.
damn
he had no lead from second
Making outs are not helping you get a chance at that cycle, Yasiel.
ok fellas, how about another clean inning?
OK Jose, throw strikes
I like his Labradoodle hair
i never knew Fiona Apple was a Dodgers fan.
whoooosh!
101!
nice inning, kiddo!
GET ME A DOMINGUEZ SHIRT! I DON'T CARE IF THEY AREN'T MAKING THEM YET! JUST GET ME A SHIRT THAT SAYS DOMINGUEZ ON IT!
I remember Lady Luck!
It's gettin' hot in here! #Dominguez
I miss Guerrier.
Ethier 0 for 4 but seems like -4 for 189.
AJEllis!
I like how Vin has no problem interrupting himself when he's telling a story and something exciting happens.
Holy cats! I hope this continues on the road.
I'm going to need a cigarette after this game.
AJ Ellis looks like he's finding his groove, as well. Double makes it 5-0 LA
RIP Jim Kelly
Too bad the Giants are winning. If they lose and we can hold on to win, we are tied for fourth place
Wasn't there some stat earlier about how Ajellis hits much better during day games?
6-0! Van Slyke RBI
MEllis pinch hitting. Means Cuban Jesus is on deck.
Charlie Manuel has kind of a Humpty Dumpty body.
@Orel: I thought you meant the Bills QB
Jim Kelly bought the farm? Sorry to hear. He had jaw cancer or something like that, no?
#LifeIsFragile
Ah, so you didn't mean the Bills QB.
You realize more than one personn has a fairly common name, right, Orel?
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9417376/jim-kelly-no-cancer-2-weeks-surgery
Whoops, sorry. QB Jim Kelly is still alive. Badass martial artist Jim Kelly has passed.
DeFratus gave up the game last night, and hit Quentin in their previous series against the Padres. I'm starting to like this guy.
DeFratus gave up the game last night, and hit Quentin in their previous series against the Padres. I'm starting to like this guy.
Puig needs a HR for the cycle!
Someone tell him.
@Dusty
No, it was the martial arts guy. He was in 'Enter the Dragon' with Bruce Lee.
Bill Shaikin @BillShaikin 19s
And there is no joy in Mudville, the mighty Puig strikes out ... wait, and he still gets a standing ovation.
Leaving non-cycle-sigh
This is why you don't trade for relievers.
that's all right, just keep throwing strikes, kid, finish this off
Nice! 3 of 4 from the Phils.
Who hoo!
This is getting fun!!
4 games back. :)
I'll take it!
attaboy, Pac!
Great win, great series!
Switched over to the Giants game and it looks like Sandoval gained 20 pounds since last week. Also: fantastic stirrups on the Rockies pitcher.
PGT Up!
(Puig GT)
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