Hyun-Jin Ryu (14-7, 2.97) vs. Jeff Francis (2-5, 6.61).
With Clayton Kershaw getting his proper tuneup and Zack Greinke right behind Kershaw in sharpness, today we let Ryu take the mound and bring this season to a close.
Today is also the Dodgers' Fan Appreciation Day, which means all fans in attendance are eligible for outstanding prices like a Hello Kitty Themed Party at Your Home for 20. Hold on a second, is this Fan Punishment Day? (Actually, there are some cool prizes (including a Vin Scully outgoing voicemail message!); full prize list details here.) Following the game, there's a postseason rally hosted by Arsenio Hall.
The Rockies wanted to start Tyler Chatwood in their final 2013 game, since Francis hasn't started since June 18. However, Chatwood is dealing with right elbow soreness, so Francis gets the nod. Or, in other words, the guy that's restin' ain't Francis.
Thank you, Rancho Cucamonga! Good night!
UPDATE 10:28a: There's also a bevy of games going on this morning with playoff and/or playoff pairing implications: Rays @ Blue Jays, Phillies @ Braves; Indians @ Twins, Cubs @ Cardinals, and Angels @ Rangers: all of which have first pitches prior to 1p PT. Please feel free to make this a Scoreboard Watching thread as well!
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Puig RF
Crawford LF
Young SS
Gonzalez 1B
M Ellis 2B
Uribe 3B
AJ Ellis C
Schumaker CF
Ryu P
Too late to sign Mariano Rivera to play CF for us today?
Rays jump out to a crazy 6-0 lead in the first inning on Toronto. Rays are tied with Texas for the second AL WC spot, and both are one game behind Cleveland.
No Ethier or Kemp...
Just checking with you braniacs: we don't have to worry that Pittsburgh is ahead of us by record, even if we meet in the NLCS, right? Because the Wild Card team doesn't get home-field advantage no matter what, right?
Free live streaming of TB @ TOR on MLB At Bat
If we do this right, boys and girls, this could be a crazy single-GT scooby doo event.
(Not to mention the NFL games.)
And Lane Kiffin's firing? Good stuff today
I went to bed when USC had 3 interceptions and was getting blown out in the third. Woke up to Kiffin getting shitcanned. Fun times in Pac-12 land!
Not sure, Sax. I want to say that the WC, even if has better record, would never trump division winner for home field. But not sure I've ever seen it written.
Barves underway already. Shards get into action within half an hour. Great sports drama! Thank you, Baseball Gods!
Braves up 3-0 in the bottom of the first. Phillies suck.
Barves up 3-0 already, bottom 1st.
DAMMIT!
Per B Shaikin, "Vin Scully has narrated a #Dodgers pregame tribute to Todd Helton, to be played before Helton's final game today in LA."
Oracle at Wikipedia says that in a LCS, division winner automatically trumps wild-card team:
"Until 1998, the LCS alternated home-field advantage with a 2-3 format in the best-of-5 era (1969–84) and a 2-3-2 format when it went to best-of-7 (1985–present). Now home-field advantage goes to the team with the best record, or in the case of a wild card team vs. divisional winner, the divisional winner would receive home-field advantage."
In that case, pirates and reds can beat the crap out of each other, it doesn't matter
Waiting to get in the parking lot. Too excited. Hello kitty prize if we win can be a sosg giveaway, however, we will keep the trip to Australia!
BJ: check your email
@BJ
Yell some rude things out during the game on my behalf!
@Dusty: You still sick?
7-0 Rays, bottom 4
Indians up 2-0 on the Twins, T2
Braves up 4-0 on the Phils, B3 (and threatening for more with two RISP and 1 out)
Cubs and Cards scoreless in the second.
@Sax
Feeling a little better after about 13 hours of sleep.
Jesus, just read the Bill Shaikin piece from today. Cried like a schoolgirl. Don't do that to me, Bill! But, great piece.
(Cries)
Tigers being no hit in the ninth. By Miami.
And, why are the Tigers finishing the season at Miami?
(still crying) Bill, are you happy now?
Great article. I know dad will be with me next Sunday. Just don't know if it will be his jersey or his worn down Brooklyn hat he use to wear proudly as he work 12 hour days in the Bay Area but he will be with me. Connect with the past to dream of the future. Hope the boys make it a fun ride.
Dammit paul, now you got me crying all over again brother.
Eating D dogs in the prime ticket club. Waay better than at the fair! Dusty, I'll be so obscene they'll kick me out!
RIP to my old man who lived and died and never got to see his beloved Red Sox win the WS. And who also took me to my first Dodgers game and never tried to steer me away because he knew I was hooked. #Fernando
Shards up 1-0 bottom 4.
Nice Dusty.
ATL 7, Philly 4 in the fifth.
Blue Jays making a run here, 7-4 now
Maddon ejected. This is getting interesting
Oh wow, thx for heads up Sax. Switching. Over now.
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Adam Lind sucks! GIDP with the bases loaded and one out ends the threat. 7-4 through 7.
Now in the bottom of the eighth, leadoff walk for Ryan Langerhans (Jays).
Braves go up 10-4. Over and out.
Inidians up 4-0 in the sixth, but the Twins have two on and two out.
Cards are up 3-0 in the sixth
Rangers are losing 1-0 to the Angels. Could Ron Washington be odd man out, again?!?!?!
Dodger game about to get under way, and we're at 50 comments
@Sax re Ron Washington
Who nose?
#cokepun
Jose Reyes as the tying run with two on, two out, down 7-4, bottom 8
@Dusty: nice
"Inidians" - love it. We shall use that in e future.
Reyes single to left scores Langerhans. 7-5
Field level 10 Vin, any sosger on field level, come say hi, or I'll come up and visit the plebs when I get my loaded dogs!
Represent, Dong!
7-6 before the Jays' raly stalls. Going to the ninth!
Ryu already in a heap of trouble in the first inning
Ryu gets out cheaply enough, 1-0 Rox
Crawford's walk up song is the theme from Sanford and Son! Bwahahaha
Pride of dong. Section 27 prime ticket, row 5. 7&8 come say hi to team Killeen!
Rays hold on for the 7-6 win
Aaaaaaaand we're going to GA to play the Barves. I totally feel better about that for the first round of the playoffs.
Cleveland winning. TB won. Texas tied in the sixth
BJ, I'll be there after the effects of the Doyer dog wears off!
Jesus fucking Colorado, Ryu! Do you even care? Doesn't look like it. Embarrassing.
@Dong and BJ
So, in about 213 million years (half life)?
A Doyer dog and a coo la cool back to back is no bueno!
Vinny doesn't get that the tomahawk chop chant is not only not cool but largely offensive.
Rangers take a 4-2 lead
We have something going here. First and third, nobody out in the fifth.
Jeff Francis = Bob Gibson
runz
SVS tries hard to both tie it and end the inning with a double play, but does neither
Puig doesn't swing at the first pitch as often
and hi everybody
that was pathetic, Alex
Please let the Castellanos experiment be over. Terrible AB with rancho ardiendo.
DAMMIT!
Tommy signing autographs for some lady in an Atlanta hat. I hope he gave her the maloiks
what's wrong with our lefties lately?
Cap wriggles off the hood with a K and a grounder to third
That was almost you BJ!!!
i don't like it when we are reliant on homers to score runs
Oswalt pitching to get a job next season
We are sucking hind tit. Outside of that 11-0 explosion, we haven't been able to score consistently in quite some time. I'm getting belligerent now. Or, well, I have been but it's been latent.
Throw strikes, Chris
nice recovery, Chris
United tickets. Winners were 3 seats away. Sux
Founders Dirty Bastard to Magic Hat Seance
Cmon, boys, let's finish this with a win
Uribe trying to hurt himself on that K
I hurt myself on all these Ks.
stupid wave
and the Barves have a better bullpen than the Rockies, right?
Skip doesn't strike out at least
3 goddamn hits
now even Wilson is stinking it up
JP Howell in to make me even less confident in our lefty releivers
or he can induce a 2-pitch double play
@Dusty who is your NFL team? Is it Dallas?
Drew Butera will save us all!
Need Rox to get 1 hit so Helton can come up 1 more time
Helton gonna get one more AB in the 9th.
I respect that dude as a player but I will happy to never face him again
@FB grew up Dallas but now mostly like Raiders. Dallas' franchise past mid-90s embarrassing, so....wait, so has been Raiders. My old man taught me football on classic Raiders, and Im big proponent of them moving back to LA, so that's pretty much where things stand.
3,743,527
Mary Hart staying into the 8th!
@DB gotcha. Think they'll come back?
awful
Pacheco's arm was hanging by a sinew but he still managed to throw out SVS trying to steal second.
heh booing a playoff team on the last game of the year. Are we spoiled?
Helton came off three seconds early but they still give it to him
Fan appreciation day? This is how you say thank you? I'm going to be really surly and belligerent going into the post season.
closers in non-closer situations - always a good time
@FB
Still not convinced the local politics will allow any team in, but if it happens, I think Raiders stand a good chance.
sharpen that edge, Dusty. Be ready to jam some Ds in some As come Thursday!
Top class reception for Helton's last AB from Dodgers fans.
Sittdown, asshole!
Jesus fucking Colorado, Vinny, he's an opposing player. Stop the Heltongasm.
Attaboy, KJ
KJ avoiding Tulo
great recovery, Kenley
Rex Brothers to clown us again?
Young still looks like he's 4 inches too far from the plate
Young draws a walk to lead off the inning, Dee up to make a frustrating bunt
frustrating bunt attempt #1: popup behind the plate, luckily far enough away to not be caught
Dee, that was pathetic
Dammit Dee! Do your fucking job!
MEllis follows Dee's waste of an AB with a single
PB moves both runners up!
Buss hit(?) by pitch, Rancho Federendo
Bases loaded, Tim Federowicz up, one out, bottom 9. Dodgers down 2-1.
Double play time?
News flash: Dee Gordon still sucks. And he can't bunt.
FedEx Ks. Nice.
that was awful
Deuces wild.
Whatcha got, Schu?
I know it was Fan Appreciation Day and everything, but it's nice to see all the fans staying.
Schumaker Ks on a weak breaking ball.
Height of frustration. Way to back into the playoffs, light hitting backups.
the wasted ABs by Dee and FedEx make me very surly
so annoying
USC band is on the field. They have more runs in September than we do. And play better defense than the Trojans football team.
laters, everyone
I am going to go let this surl fester for a few days
Sunglasses! What a fresh new idea to make a marching band look and feel cool!
Great, Matty comes out on crutches.
fuck, why did I check back here? Matty's done, isn't he?
Either it's the best gamesmanship of all time, or Matty is done.
@truebluela: Dodgers announce Matt Kemp is done for the season
I do not have confidence Kemp could finish a complete season from here on out.
Puig, Crawford, Skip, 1/2 Ethier, SVS - this is our outfield for the post season.
I really didn't want to fill up on Dodger dogs for the month of October anyways!
*cries*
Story gets worse. Kemp's ankle is jacked the fuck up. Bone swelling on weight-bearing bone, likely arthroscopy, has progressive arthritis in the ankle that will definitely require surgery. No weight on it for at least a month. As Paul said, we may have seen the best, or at least healthiest, of Kemp.
Throw shit at me, but I still say post-steroidal related health issues.
:(
Fuckin sucks in so many ways. I realize Donnie has to say what he says but I'm tired of the pointing to the incredible summer run they had. That seems like a long time ago. I'm still holding out hope this team is similar to the 1990 Reds. They had an incredible start and the coasted for the rest of the season until the playoffs came around and they put it back into 5th gear.
I hope you are right, Paully
Maybe we can play with less pressure as underdogs
Wait, sorry, it gets worse. There is the ankle issue, but the AC joint issue is back to the now referred to as degenerating joint in shoulder issue. Not exactly same place as before, but...that shoulder doesn't just take a turn for the better as he rounds into 30 years old.
And the ankle.
I'm shocked he hit so well with all that shit going on
Per Steve Mason:
"No Kemp 4 the #Dodgers playoff run. Ethier only available to pinch hit in NLDS."
Crawdaddy, Skip, Puig are your starting OFers, with SVS: Special Victims Unit off the bench.
We still have great starting pitching and that was how the loons from up north won last year.
Paully, I appreciate you keeping the proper perspective, because I am not right now
time to reset, gonna buzz my hair and shave off this 2 weeks of beard
Mrs Dusty is trying to be all positive and shit, and it's pissing me off.
Any word on the game times.
It's been a roller coaster season. One more dip till we rise to the top. Oh wait coasters don't usually end that way.
PGT up.
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