Stephen Fife (3-3, 2.76) vs. Carlos Villanueva (2-7, 4.33).
Did you hear Charley Steiner on the radio the other day when Kevin Kennedy told him Fife might be starting today? Charley just about lost his shit imagining the fun he would have announcing a (Darwin) Barney-Fife matchup. Rick Monday even got a zinger in, saying, "You can spend the next two days rehearsing your ad-libs."
Announcer heaven aside, the Dodgers can execute a four-game sweep of the Cubs by battering Villanueva. "The right-hander has a 6.04 ERA in five starts since rejoining the rotation July 7 and an 8.22 ERA in his last three," ESPN tells us. The only question is whether Yasiel Puig gets the day off to rest his tender wrist.
142 comments:
Barney not in Cubs lineup. Steiner disconsolate.
Gotta keep pitching. Complete the sweep, Fife Dawg!
Who got DL DFA sent down?
Give Puig the day off...not needed as we've broken the Cubs...they'll go down without a fight.
The game should be over just in time for the Dolphins/Cowboys HOF matchup at 5 pm!
SVS optioned as Fife came off the DL. Puig not in lineup today.
Crawford LF
M Ellis 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Ramirez SS
Ethier CF
A Ellis C
Schumaker RF
Uribe 3B
Fife P
Think Uribe is due for a few doubles.
you mean a few double doubles?
I think he messed around and got a triple double.
#IceCube
Puig available today if needed, per Donnie on Dodgers Live.
Just saw that Dad tweeted us yesterday:
"@sosgsosg You Boys need to do a road trip to Chcago next summer! All die-hard B Fans have 2 spend 1 day of summer @wrigleyfield."
Heh...HanRam clowning behind Steve Lyons during the piece on how small the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field is.
Lyons is the real clown.
Diamondbacks didn't score against Boston in the top of the first
Giants have two on with one out vs the rays in the top of the first
Brandon McCarthy on the mound for D'bags. I expect BoSox to tee off on that little bitch.
We've got Mariners @ Orioles playing on one of our laptops
Giants score 1. Two out, "men" at corners
Saunders on for Baltimore. See Dusty's comment earlier
AGon rockin a sweet bowling shirt in that piece on the annual bowling charity event.
Victorino w a shitty AB. I remember when he did that for us, but briefly.
Fife's beard is fuckin tight.
Parra error in RF! Eat it D'bag.
Uribe is all animal style
Eric Collins: buzzkill
Or rather, a reason to obtain a buzz.
@dusty. Awesome tweet from dad. Can you ask him if we will go can sit with him? Even better, he buying? Maybe take HIM for Father's Day.
I can picture all the Sons in the back seat of a station wagon while Dad drives us to Wrigley.
Rays take a 2-1 lead after 1. Moscoso pitching for SF. He's got a 9.82 era.
Dbacks and Red Sox, scoreless through two
I know Dad meant to include all daughters as well. He's to awesome to forget us.
Boring-ass Red Sox game. I want to see D'bags pummeled.
@Karen
You get the little seat in the back of the station wagon that faces backward!
Looks like a nice day there @ Wrigley
Who is this Carl Newhouse punk pitcher? We got this.
Villanueva vs Dodgers: 11.45 ERA
@Dusty...I know exactly which one you're talking about. I remember it from my mom and dad's '72 Torino station wagon!
Crawford should have taken that meatball into lake Michigan.
Two bad swings for Crawford there
2-2 count
Don't make me turn this car around, Karen!
Crawford just fouling 'em off
Nice AB for Carl there, even though he flies out to left
Strike called 5 seconds after the pitch.
This whole Dusty and Karen in the backseat thing has me a little weirded out.
@Sax
But you're not weirded out by the idea of a road trip with Dad?
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Scott Van Slyke was the guy sent down to make room for Fife. Make it happen, Fife.
Mellis starts 0-2, has an 8-pitch AB, but Ks
Shalamar
AGon grounds to first. 1-2-3 first inning
From 9:54am to 11:28am - I need a DAMMIT from you, Sax.
Fife tha didawg is in tha house.
cc: Fred's Brim
Collins and Lyons, you are just terrible. You didn't even get the Barney-Fife matchup and you STILL tried to make the joke. Just turn off your mics, jackasses.
Surly factor: 6.5
I don't mind the walls at Wrigley. It's all part of the fun, except for when the Dodgers are there. Then they scare the crap out of me.
A Martinez: get a real fucking first name, man.
A Martinez is not looking good. Must be that Take 2 debacle on NPR
Whoa, Dinner broke HanRam's bat after that walk. Hanley's lucky Dinner didn't eat him.
Belated DAMMIT
I'm thankful there isn't a reading comprehension exam on this GT
I just caught the end of that. Did lazy Navarro break HanRam's bat??
I always did well on the analogy section, however
As long as there isn't a match section, Sax.
Just saw Dusty's post. Are we gonna kick someone's ass...I hope.
Don't be stirring up shit Navarro
Jamey Carroll : Mini-Sirloin Burger : : Juan Uribe : Double Double
Two walks. Now let's take Newhouse out of the Yard and be done with it.
Up tours Navarro
@Sax: leave Jamey alone!
Navarro is a punk
Adam Dunn hit a ball far today.
AJ Ellis RBI single. Suck that, Dioner
Yours not tours! Damnyouautocorrect.com
OfJesus muffs the ball and HanRam scores. Wonder if he said some shit to Dinner?
Take on out, Skip.
Good call Sax!!!!
Sax: did you call that or are you listening to the radio and its that far ahead of TV?
Time for one of those corkscrew swings resulting in a HR, Uribe.
Does Fife have the balls to throw at someone??
Sure is a sad little SF flag there at the bottom of the NL West flagpole.
@Dusty...Those poor gnats. It just breaks my heart.
Fast inning for Fife.
Dammit. Gnats up 3-2.
The Dodgefather is at the Yard.
Seems like I might have an early tv feed? 2-2 count to agon
AGon fly out
To hear Collins call that fly ball, you'd think it was headed into Canada. Jesus Colorado, man.
BoSox up 2-0.
Rizzo where are the rest of the Pink Ladies?
It is weird, indeed, how baseball players play for various teams, isn't it Collins?
Fuck, Stockard Channing takes a two-strike pitch to CF to extend the inning.
Dammit I wanted to be able to throw at this tub of shit.
Out of the inning!
Fuck yeah! Tommy taking a nap like it's nobody's business.
Need some splainin'. So Dodgers call up Fife as a sixth starter JUST so we get a pitching match-up in St. Louis?
@Neeebs: I think they wanted to save Greinke for the Cards rather than the Cubbies
TB ties it at 3
Red Sox up 4-0 on AZ
@DB 12:10p: exactly, Collins' HR calls are almost as bad as Steiner's
Top 7 in Boston, Red Sox up 4-0 on AZ
Giants and Rays are tied at 3, B6
1-0 LA, start of the bottom of the fifth
DeJesus hits one over the mound, Ramirez with a nice play to get the 6-3 out
Dugout shots of clayton flicking sunflower seeds
Skipster with a great catch on a foul ball in right. Has to step over the uneven ground of the bullpen, plus make the catch before the padding in the wall.
Nice job!
Shumy is channeling Puig!
Fife with the called strike 3 on Rizzo for the third out in the fifth. Nice job.
Mellis with the leadoff walk in the sixth.
What happened to the comments here? Wake up, people!
Lyons, on a deep fly ball by A-Gon: "This ball's going to be in the air."
Thank you, Oracle at Lyons
One out. Here's HanRam
Two more fly outs and the leadoff walk is wasted.
TB takes a 4-3 lead on the Giants.
AZ still down 4-0. Colorado down 5-1 to Pittsburgh.
I still think we need to nail lazy ass Navarro. Losing Fife to a 2 game suspension would be worth it.
That was a little scary,
Now the lazy ass is stealing signs?? We REALLY need to fuck with him.
Wrigley Field is stupid.
Hanley holding his right shoulder after going into the stands. No DL baseball gods.
*Quickly starts praying*
Watching in a place w sound down. What is speculation on HanRam? Thought he broke his fall ok so not sure what happened.
I agree w Karen. Need to throw at Dinner. And others just for good measure incl Pink Ladies.
LOLZ.
RIZZO U SUCK.
D-D-DOUBLE KILL!!!
@Dusty...It looked like he was slowing his momentum going in, but he came out bending over, obviously hurt. No word yet on how bad.
Throw at either Howell or Dinner. Both seem like assholes. And FUCK Wrigley Field.
oh shit just got in, hanram went down
was it bad?
@Alex...It looked like it could be bad, but no word yet.
1-0 through eight
Karen, just saw the replay - f the friendly confines
Oh no. If Hanley has hurt that shoulder...
Shredder with the lead off walk, let get some runs boys
Is Kemp still on track to be back soon?
Howell?! I meant Ransom...throw at Ransom or Dinner.
El Cubano rustlin around in th dugout...
Come on, Uribe.
Let's finish this and get outta Dodge before anyone else goes down
Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson 8m
Dodger Nation: I hope that @HanleyRamirez is not seriously hurt.
Didn't know KJ's middle name is Geronimo!
Whiff
5.5 up. Now, we wait to hear about HanRam.
ONWARD.
hope hanram's iiite.
later yall
almsot forgot...
Cubs suck.
That is all.
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers 1m
A jammed shoulder for Hanley Ramirez. We will know more information tomorrow.
Ken Gurnick @kengurnick 6m
Ramirez in a sling, MRI tomorrow. Didn" t feel anything pop, Mattingly said.
Keep the HanRam news coming.
Chelsea!
Post-game thread up, with HanRam news (from ESPN).
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