Maybe the only good thing about the Cardinals? Maybe.
Dan Haren (8-6, 4.23) vs. Lance Lynn, Secret Chimp (10-6, 3.14)
Ah, the Cardinals. The Hanley-hurtin', Mickey Mouse-complainin', All-Star Game-blowin', "best" fans-havin' Cardinals. They sure seem to have shot up the ranks of Dodger fans' most hated teams lately, haven't they? And, like, didn't we JUST take three out of four from them? Why won't they just GO AWAY?
The Dodgers start their second "half" (technically, 60% of the season is gone) with Dan Haren on the mound. Not a huge amount of hope for this one, but maybe Danny got some nice rest over his six days off.
Dodger baseball is back! Let's get at it!
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Gordon 2B
Puig RF
Ramirez SS
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp LF
Ethier CF
Uribe 3B
Ellis C
Haren P
Didn't we just have to live through a Haren outing??
Kemp playing everyday! At he is today!
Hump the Cardinals!
Maybe Kemp wanted to play every day during the All-Star break.
The next 26 games are against teams with records over .500. We gotta get the juju flowing people!! I don't care if it's booze, wiccan spells, voodoo or anything else...if you got it use it!!
MLB schedulers don't work very hard, do they? Once again, we start with STL right after the All Star Break, 4 times in 12 years, 3 of them in STL. And were on a string of 8 of 12 on the road. And in 2002, we played in STL just before the ASB. Fuck that shit! mix it up a little, MLB!
2003 STL
2004 @ARI
2005 SFG
2006 @STL
2007 @SFG
2008 @ARI
2009 HOU
2010 @STL
2011 @ARI
2012 SD
2013 @WAS
2014 @STL
@karen I am shooting to go .500 in those 26 games. If we can stay in it and stay healthy in that time, I think we'll have a good shot
Okay, we all know that along with being our resident MKW, I am also our designated boob (calm down guys, not that kind). Pregame show is showing when Dee got the word that he'd made the ASG and I am just tearing up all over the darn place. It is so nice to see how very much this young man appreciated what he had just accomplished.
that's awesome, karen. I bet at some point in the last few seasons, he wondered if he'd make it at all in the league. To turn it around this much must be a great feeling
The Dodgers' batting ranks near the top in several key areas. Why doesn't it feel that way?
Paco's back up. I hope they only use him vs lefties, or never.
Justin Turner has been activated as well
Dee finds out he made the All-Star team. Pretty awesome video
Charley with the weather lesson. Sorry, Charley, but 100% humidity is fog. I don't recall it being foggy in St Louis
STOP BUNTING, DEE!
Hanley with a 2-out double
Not sure Haren can make 0 runs stand up. We may have to score a few more runs
2 straight doubles to the wall, 1-0 Cards
Holliday tags from second to third on a fly to center. The Cards have been coached to run on anything to Matt and Dre
Nice play by Uribe on a chopper down the line to save a run
When Uribe makes plays like that one it makes me feel bad for all the times I accused him of secretly wearing orange and black underneath his uniform.
Forgive me Juan???
Does Adams have a tattoo of a Johnny Depp-esque leather wrist band?
Dre walks on 4 pitches
Adams with a nice play to get Uribe, Dre running on the play makes it to second with 2 outs, AJ up
Did Charley just say FH have a 9 run lead in the 5th inning or was I hallucinating??
AJ flies to right
Jay with a bloop single after Craig grounds out
wow, nearly turned the DP, Dee stayed with it really well with the runner taking him out
@karen, I heard it too. did we eat the same mushrooms?
Lynn grounds right at AG, Haren to lead off the 3rd
Dee draws a 6-pitch walk without taking the bat off his shoulder
Puig pokes the first pitch into right, Dee scoots to third
ugh, Hanley with an awful K, two runners about to be stranded
Puig nearly picked off first, lucky that Adams was too worried about Dee at 3rd
Adrian walks to ardiend the rancho
MKWs, get excited!
Matty with a pathetic K, 11-64 with the bases loaded
^the team, not Matty, although he's been awful too
this feels like the inning where it all gets away from us. After wasting that opportunity, it's time to give up 5 runs
Haren fights back from 3-0 to K Holliday
Dre Ks for the first out, 5 Ks so far as a team
at least we're seeing a lot of pitches? I dunno
AJ flies out, easy inning for Lynn
"At least we're seeing a lot of pitches? I dunno".
FB...We gotta chase the dream wherever the hell it takes us.
sombody in the lineup has to get going, Hanley, Adrian, Kemp? Somebody
You're right, FB. Somebody needs to take charge. But right now, this 1 run lead feels like Everest.
ground rule double saves the boys for a batter. Not sure what Matty was trying there.
walking Cruz to get to Lynn with 2 outs
and he grounds to short, Haren out of trouble
Haren leads off another inning
and he Ks
Dee Ks on 3 pitches after fouling strike 2 on a bunt into the stands
it's been a week and half since we've hit a homer. Puig couldn't even hit a homer in the HR derby!
there goes the first homer of the game, there goes the game
Bean bag balls hits a 2 run homer. Should I even try to act surprised? I didn't think so either.
Mothballs with a two-run HR. 3-0 Cards
Fuck Heads winning by 8. We may as well be down by 23.
another double, this time for Jhohnhnhy Peralta
towel time: Haren on the mound, Perez in the pen
I'm thinking that maybe Droppy should start taking Haren's turn in the rotation. What do we have to lose? Except maybe another Haren loss.
Haren folding faster than Superman on laundry day
Perez doesn't need much warmup to stink
We haven't hit the ball since we scored those 5 runs in the first inning against Detroit last Tuesday
Perez gets the grounder to second for the 3rd out
Charley and Hersch trying to figure out what is wrong with Haren. How difficult is it to just say DUDE SUCKS. There GuggaBros I figured it out and you don't have to pay me 7 figures.
we're gonna score 3 runs tonight but only after going down 6-0
ha, Mike Trout is younger than 14 players that played in the Futures game the other night
Charley: The Dodgers have had real difficulty scoring runs
Perez still in. Here's where it gets sad
we're gonna have to find our bats if we're gonna go .500 against the good teams
even the Mets can score runs, and they've done it in SD
Nice inning for Perez
Uribe starts us off with a double!
AJ yokes one into the gap! Uribe scores, AJ to second!
and that's it for Lynn
Turner grounds out, AJ to third with less than 2 outs. Get him home, Dee!
wild pitch scores AJ! 3-2
Dee flies to center, probably wouldnt have gotten AJ home
now's a good time for the first homer since the Johnson administration
or a grounder to short
can the bullpen keep it close?
Paco in, Donnie determined to blow this. Hopefully it's just to face the lefties
I'm on mommy duty and missed all the excitement!! C'mon Paco...show us you belong in the Show!!
3 fly outs for Paco, 2 of them hit hard though
@karen, Uribe hit a double down the left field line and AJ got him home with a double into the left field gap. He then scored easily on a wild pitch after a Justin Turner grounder got him to third
will they give us the awesome payoff or is this just a tease?
Thanks FB!!
Hanley battling vs Neshek
but fouls out to first
Adrian shoots one the other way for a single
What's our record when behind after 7 innings? 0-33? If we talk about it, does the jinx rule apply??
Matty works the walk, first and second with 1 out
Rojas in to PR for Adrian
Uribe pops up to end the inning
will we give up a few more runs in the bottom of the 8th or will we be teased with a couple more baserunners in the 9th?
SVS in for Adrian
we have been awful at batting in general it feels like we've been extra terrible when we have guys on and less than 2 outs. It probably isn't worse than we are with 2 outs, but it's the smelly Ks and inability to cash in on opportunities
fuck, stupid HBP from League
100hundy
then Jay steals second
this is when cruz singles in the insurance run
"Smelly K's"...My vote for tonights Most Valuable Comment.
but he Ks him instead, nice work, Brandon
thrilling win or w-tease?
Here we go all...This is where all the voodoo and wiccan spells come in handy!!
just get on base, AJ
AJ flies out to right
CC up to pinch hit
CC Ks on ball 4
Dee lines sharply to third for the last out
wack
gnite all
Well Shit.
Nite FB.
I always hate to lose, but this one really sucked.
Looks like i'm late to bring the Kajajuju. I was just too shy.
Hush hush. PGTUP
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