Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Game 140 Thread: September 3 vs. Nationals, 12p

Breakfast baseball! (Well, a late breakfast.)

Carlos Frias (0-0, 5.65) vs. Jordan Zimmermann (10-5, 2.93).

Jordan Zimmermann is a two-time All-Star who led the league in wins last year (19), when he finished seventh in Cy Young Award voting. His ERA+ of 128 is the second-best across his six-year career.

Carlos Frias is making his first major league start today (filling in for Dan Haren). He was sent down to the minors earlier this week, but is back with expanded rosters. He's facing the NL West's best team (and the only team with a better record than the Dodgers in the NL), with a chance to take a critical series in this, the rubber match. You think Frias might be a bit nervous?

Nope, probably not.

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87 comments:

Hideo Nomo said...

Gordon 2B
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Ramirez SS
Crawford LF
Turner 3B
Pederson CF
Federowicz C
Frias P

Hideo Nomo said...

I'm mere minutes from the yard, but couldn't get over there today. Looks like I would have had my choice of seat.

Hideo Nomo said...

Dee's bunting. Don't tell Sax.

Steve Sax said...

Blame Charley Steiner. He kept saying "the Dodgers are going to find themselves up a full game soon" and kept stating statistics about how the Dodgers are awesome when winning through 7, and the Nationals suck when losing through 7.

DAMMIT CHARLEY

Fred's Brim said...

Fuck this horseshit, what a goddamn waste. This one is on you, Donnie

Fred's Brim said...

and you Charlie

Fred's Brim said...

Adrian rips one but right at Werth

Fred's Brim said...

Even Vin is talking about Kenley being brought in for the 4-out save

Fred's Brim said...

and blame me for listening to the game, that never seems to go well

Fred's Brim said...

Dre works the walk

Fred's Brim said...

Carl strikes out after a battle

Fred's Brim said...

HOLY SHIT%$@#^&$%^$^

Werth drops Turner's fly in the right field corner, Dre scores from first! 3-3 good guys!

Fred's Brim said...

Werth tried to kind of basket-catch it, he may have been battling the sun

Fred's Brim said...

Joc strikes out for a third time but we are going to extras

Fred's Brim said...

uhoh Turner at short. That can't be good

Fred's Brim said...

yeesh, we are 5-10 in extras. Jahbless our bullpen

Fred's Brim said...

Werth flies to center

Hideo Nomo said...

SoSG Fest has started early.

Fred's Brim said...

Baez gets Desmond swinging

Steve Sax said...

Wow, Werth gives us a lease on life in the ninth!

Steve Sax said...

sorry i am catching up on highlights

Fred's Brim said...

Baez gets Harper looking

Fred's Brim said...

2 Dos Equis on the bench, 2 Bud Lights under it? Must have been early in the day, before they sung the anthem

Fred's Brim said...

AJ works a 1-out walk

Fred's Brim said...

Dee rips one that gets over Cabrera's glove, AJ to second

Fred's Brim said...

fuck, Yasiel singles but AJ stops at third

Fred's Brim said...

Now you PR for Ellis?

Fred's Brim said...

I guess Donnie is playing for the sac fly

Steve Sax said...

Dammit! That was our chance, in the tenth

Fred's Brim said...

dammit, Wright, get it together

Fred's Brim said...

Wright gets out of it

Fred's Brim said...

League in to calm my nerves

Fred's Brim said...

Of course he walks the leadoff guy

Fred's Brim said...

Werth with a single, runners at 1st and 2nd, no outs, we doomed

Fred's Brim said...

Desmond strikes out. Now would be a good time for one of your double play balls

Fred's Brim said...

Harper with a hard single to center, Rendon has to hold at third

Fred's Brim said...

fuck fuck fuckfuckfuck

Fred's Brim said...

League, you tire me

Fred's Brim said...

god damn, that Butera AB in the 11th killed me. How did we not score? what a bunch of assholes

Fred's Brim said...

Puig flied to short left

Fred's Brim said...

Adrian's strikeout in the 10th was absolutely pathetic too

Fred's Brim said...

Gonzales grounds to the pitcher

Fred's Brim said...

Uribe extends the pain with a single to right

Steve Sax said...

Five minutes ago, I was on the balcony ledge crying

Now I am running around the room screaming with joy

Fred's Brim said...

Turner a foot from a double down the line

Fred's Brim said...

then Ks
on to the 13th

Fred's Brim said...

@Saxy I don't understand anything anymore

Fred's Brim said...

oh jesus, Correia in

Fred's Brim said...

Fister pinch hitting

Steve Sax said...

Now we have to go through the Correia enema part of the physical

Fred's Brim said...

Great inning for Correia

Steve Sax said...

It's such a long game, Doug Fister is a PH for Washington

Fred's Brim said...

Joc with a leadoff single

Fred's Brim said...

worthless AB from Correia trying to bunt

Fred's Brim said...

wild pickoff throw lets Joc go down to second

Fred's Brim said...

Joc to third on the slow Butera grounder

Fred's Brim said...

Dee tries to drag bunt his way on, of course he's out

Fred's Brim said...

dammitall Turner!
Maybe we shouldn't play him at short anymore

Fred's Brim said...

fuck, now Harper walks

Fred's Brim said...

LaRoche up to kill us again

Fred's Brim said...

fuck, Correia bounces a pitch that gets away from Butera, Desmond to third with less than 2 outs

Steve Sax said...

This game is a fucking heart attack

Fred's Brim said...

slow tapper to short, Desmond scores when they can't turn the DP

Fred's Brim said...

idiots

Fred's Brim said...

stupid error, stupid wild pitch

Steve Sax said...

Stop bunting, dee

Fred's Brim said...

Correia, you ass

Fred's Brim said...

what a waste of a fucking game

Fred's Brim said...

Puig grounds out

Fred's Brim said...

Adrian with a single up the middle

Fred's Brim said...

Uribe Ks badly

Fred's Brim said...

Carl grounds to short, we lose

Fred's Brim said...

assholes

spank said...

Never had a reading a GT made me want to punch someone in the face. I feel like kicking some ass. Damn Bums.

Steve Sax said...

I am still not over this game

Fred's Brim said...

@Saxy me neither. It reminds me of the 4+1 game except instead of winning in dramatic fashion, we are forced to smell Jayson Werth's beard until he tells us to stop

Hideo Nomo said...

I want to do a PGT, but I'm not sure there are words and images that can properly convey our collective anguish.

Steve Sax said...

@fb, gnomes: good to know you guys feel as empty as I do. What a train wreck of a hangover.

Franklin Stubbs said...

Saw this gem on the internets today. I think we can safely assume the same percentages also apply for the rest of the fan base.

How can a team that is arguably "good" by objective measures feel so subjectively bad?

Fred's Brim said...

That's a great find, Stubbsy!
One day we'll play like damn hell ass kings

Neeebs (The Original) said...

I blame McCourt

QuadSevens said...

We're number one! F*** yeah!

Hideo Nomo said...

I'm declaring that this game doesn't deserve a PGT. Let the would remain open forever!

Fred's Brim said...

it could use a dash of salt, too

Franklin Stubbs said...

I dunno, it seems plenty salty in here to me...

Steve Sax said...

Giants already up 6-0 but there's a delay in Detroit. Hopefully they have to start the game all over again

Fred's Brim said...

I think the salt was for the slugs that make up our bullpen