Clayton Kershaw (20-3, 1.80) vs. Tim Hudson (9-12, 3.52).
There are rumors buzzing that Tim Hudson, coming off of three straight losses and wielding the highest ERA (9.92) this month among any pitcher with 15+ innings, will be replaced at the last second with Tim Lincecum. It won't matter. Clayton Kershaw is positioned to have the Dodgers clinch the 2014 NL West tonight, and if there's ever a time to deal an ace, it's now.
How great would it be to have the Dodgers celebrate at home in front of their arch-rival? How fitting would it be to have our franchise face, en route to his third Cy Young Award and possibly a NL MVP award, earn the clinching victory? How premature are all of these visions, now that we've just evidenced that aces are far from infallible?
Who knows. Look, there's a chance that the Giants could be celebrating this evening as well, if the Brewers lose in Cincinnati, thereby giving San Francisco a back-door entrance to the Wild Card. Perhaps we'll have a joint party involving both teams!
On second thought, this just looks way too confusing. Let's just focus on getting our party set, okay?
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Funny, I was listening to KNBR (the Giants' radio station) today, and all they could play was tape of the few Giants highlights from last night (one of Ashley's strikeouts, or Sandoval's defense at third, etc.). Pretty pathetic. You never would have known THE DODGERS WON.
To be fair, when talk came of Kershaw, the hosts were summarily deferential. "I want to hate him, being a Dodger and all," said one host, "but on top of being he most dominant pitcher of his generation, he's a nice guy and a charitable person as well!"
We are lucky to have Kershaw.
Things have worked out beautifully. A chance to clinch in Dodger Stadium with Vinny in the booth and Kid K on the mound AND on the telly for all to behold.
Does life get any better??
Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox: ends the season with a 2.17 ERA (6.0 IP today, 1 ER).
And he's second to Kershaw and his 1.80 ERA.
Brewers up 5-0 in the ninth, so it's either SF celebrates tonight, or we celebrate tonight.
oh jeez, Saxy, we can't let that happen
FB nervous again
No way that's going to happen! We are celebrating a Kershaw win and NL West pennant tonight!
FuckHeads not winning in our house. No way. No how.
"Tonights it's a little bit different" - Vinny
Making dinner, Vinny.
Wait. I can hear Vin and see images. I must be dreaming.
Ha ha. Guess I won't need these clothes!
frisco 3 up 3 down in first.
That looked easy.
(says the naked man at his kitchen table)
great start, Clayton
I might be opening my Ballast Point Sculpin before too long.
Clothed, or unclothed.
Beer check: Sam Octoberfest
What's up all? Let us make some party tonight.
Beer check in Anaheim:
Diet Mt. Dew.
It's how I rock this shit.
STOP BUNTING, DEE!
No cake for Puig.
Puig looks bad.
jesus, that looked ugly
I wonder if his ankle still hurting him from that terrible slide vs the Cubs
Gonzales is still in Wrigley mode. Easy Gonzo.
Heh, Buster Olney is live tweeting this game.
#EastCoastBias
Double no-hitter alert.
More gray hairs tonight for me.
Well that wasn't 6 runs
@Paul I feel like we've been homerhappy since Chicago.
Great inning, Clayton
At game with the wife on our mini plan tix. She bought this year. Keshaw looking great so far. Home team too anxious at the plate perhaps.
There we go.
Attaboy, CC!
Gotta get Hanley home
Come on Uribear!!
Have fun Greg! Hope you get to celebrate!
Thanks FB. I hope we all do!
I was gonna make the road trip tonight but for some reason my son's preschool frowns on all nighters.
@paul I frown on your son's preschool
Damn. Hanley really looks old out there.
@Paul Jeterish?
I think Pagan rubbed his magic hair grease on Blanco
oh man this feels like trouble
Jeterachtric
My stomach hurts.
jesus, a balk?
Amazing.
are you kidding me? that was crazy!
That was awesome!
MART HART
Fuck shit dammit!
fuck, Uribe comes home but can't get Arias
did Arias touch the plate?
We aren't facing Kershaw. Need to get the easy out Uribe.
Balls.
damm, getting nickle and dimed here
I wish Hanley had made the initial play this inning
OK good, let's get it back
Wow, that was lucky to get Oyster Pubes fro the GIDP.
Let's support Clayton, guys.
Out cheaply enough. Now get to this old man.
Hanley's double-clutches are going to kill us this postseason
Fuck Buster Pubes and his 713 rule. I say break the bastards leg again.
Ellis works a leadoff walk, atta boy AJ!
(Now watch Mattingly pinch run for him)
Kershaw HR here.
Or not.
Slap a single Dee. Then slap Posey.
Remember when Dee Gordon could hit? What happened to that guy?
Calm down Puig. calm calm calmmmmmm
That was ball four!!
Booze status: coffee at 11:10pm
Cmon, Clayton, find it!
Don't know how you do it FB. I'm hurting when games last past 11 over here.
Come on Gonzo.
Fuck Kemp smashed that.
Matty with no luck
@Pauly I made it to 2am on Monday before bailing (thankfully missing Correia's inning) and 1:00am+ last night. I intend on riding this one out too. I hope it'll be worth it
how is this the same Hudson who has sucked ass all September? Did he steal some of Haren's magic hair grease?
holy fuck that curve was na-na-na-na-nasty
Clayton thought about trying the backhand again on that one
good inning, Clayton
gotta start grinding, fellas
dammit, it's tim hudson for god's sake
redeem thyself, uribe!
CC gets us started with a HBP, I hope Carl's toe is OK
CC baited them with his limp and steals second
CC scoots to third on the Uribe fly out to right
jesus AJ! why the hell are you swinging at the first pitch this time?
thank god for kershaw
1-1 good guys!
that was one of those triples you used to see on astroturf from time to time where a hard grounder could get to the wall as it skipped on the turf
Goddammit ump! call that both ways
The triple also kind of reminded me of how most little league homeruns turn out.
Vin with a great story of the organist at the sad last Dodgers game at Ebbets Field. Here is the sad song that Vin mentioned: My Buddy
At a bar in Seattle. Turns out, Seattle is pretty much San Francisco lite. As if I didn't hate it here enough already.
You're my only friend, booze.
dammit, unlucky
@Cliffy have you located Jason? He should be there somewhere drinking and hating
jesus, BABIPed to death
man, 88 pitches and not through the 6th
shitshitshit, WP doesn't come up at all for AJ
Cmon Clayton, you can get this guy
phew! bouncer back to Clayton to get out it
just a good AB, Yas, don't worry about the results
CUBANOOOOOO!
YES!!!
PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIG!!!
2-1 good guys!
PWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG!
Shee-it. That's nice to see!
PUIG HOMERS!!!
ESPN ANNOUNCERS ARE PISSED
I have no idea why they called for that pitch up after him swinging over everything below his knees
One Flap Up
@spank, what were they saying? Was it your boy Kruk again?
Nice at bat for Kemp. Laid off a couple low and away pitches, then hits a gapper for a double.
Matty making the MKWs weak in the knees with the double to the gap
why is there a pile of dirt against the wall? do we have gophers?
@Q7 he's been ripping them into bad luck so far. Good to see his luck turning
Very good point FB.
@ FB
their tone changed and they started bitching about how Hudson owned Puig til that homerun pitch. Pathetic.
Never understood the IBB to the first batter a reliever faces
YEAH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHUCKLES!
HELLLLLLL YEESSSSSSSSSSSSS! Double C's!
4-1 good guys!
I am rolling.
@FB, I was wondering the same thing...it's like we have an anthill in right/center.
@Cliffy - the grounds crew was probably like "Fire ants, man, we ain't fucking with those dudes, they'll mess you up!"
I almost took my clothes off
oh man, so close
Start up the merry go round!
Crawdude runs around Whittier to score on the Urine single.
attaboy URIBE! 5-1 good guys!
spank usually has his zipper down and buttons undone for quick access to nekkidness
Great inning fellas! Make it stand!
This is fun. Keep it up!
My throat is sore, but it's a good sore.
5-1 good guys. Kershaw has a pretty good record when he gets 4 runs. Lets keep it together now boys.
Sweeeeeeeeeet
5-1 good guys
66-0 to be exact for Kershaw. Wow!
Cmon Clayton, make this one a quick one
wow, did Vin call Q7 to get that stat?
Clayton left that one up for Blanco
OK, I'm back. What'd I miss?
PINCHE PUIG!!!
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Puig baby!!!
do not run on Puig, repeat, DO NOT run on Puig
Hey, that Puig guy can throw.
Stoopid Blanco.
PWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
holy moly, when will they learn?
Fuck yeah Puig!!
"Watch Tim flannery right there, he is not part of this play." Giants 3b coach abandons Gregor blanco as he tries to stretch from first to third
@FB I've seen that stat a few times this year.
clean it up, fellas
Damn, he brought the cannon this series.
Look, this game is far from over. Stay on target boys.
Nice job AJ
Puig did a pirouette on that throw.
not the prettiest of innings but it's a clean one
Somewhere Mark Ellis is thinking, "I thought he could've made it, too."
MVP Kershaw.
@Saxy you said it. Clayton can't go 9 tonight although I think he'll come out for the 8th. Hopefully that'll be clean and fast.
YOU GUYS YOU GUYS YOU GUYS WE'RE WINNING AND I LITERALLY MISSED ALL OF THE SCORING IN THE SIXTH WHILE READING MY KID A BEDTIME STORY BUT I DON'T CARE CUZ FUCK YEAH!!!!
Harsh swing call.
Giants douche bags comparing Affeldt curveball to Kershaw's. God I hate thes idiots.
@rbnlaw 7:18p: please tell me you've moved to beer by now
I'm on Kona Coffee Pipleine Porter
when is dee going to get hits again?
Get Nomes a beer. I was actually out walking the dog and listening to the inning.
Looking like a celebratory beer very soon.
MART HART Second row?
Oh. Beer. Good call. I went ice cream sandwich first.
Saxy,
I will open it once Kersh is done in the 8th.
Maybe sooner.
OK, sooner.
5-1 LA through seven innings.
I'd like to invite you to the pants party.
Let's get it!
@Saxy Dee had an 8-game streak of multi-hit games. I think it ended on Sunday.
I'm not sure he's had a hit since then though and does seem off, especially in the field
Upon further review, Kershaw is god.
Please tell Wilson to take a seat.
Far away.
Another K for the Kid.
I hope we have 2013 Dee now. Or 2012 or 2011...
Our bullpen looks like the Amish fire squad.
Twin MART HARTS
My TV is emitting the most fascinating array of lights. It's resembling a Dodgers game. But it can't be that. It's just the memory of years gone by.
Fuck. yes.
sit down, panda!
11 Ks
M V P
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
Spells MVP
Is the crowd chanting "Where is Neeebs?"
11 K's for a guy without his best stuff.
Reeeedickulous!
Attaboy Clayton!!!
Or MVP. Both are possible.
THE CROWD SHOUTING MVP GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS. WOW.
Pitching triple crown for Kid K...again.
unreal - we are so goddamn lucky he is on our side
DO NOT OPEN UNTIL COMMENT 227
(D-Line Jr is demanding I put him to bed)
There's no place like home
With your family around you you're never alone
When ya know that your loved
You don't need to roam
Cause there's no place like home
Time's are changing everyday
We won't get by with the same old ways
No-oooo pulling together will make it right
With help from are friends I know we can right
Cause there's no place like home
With your family around you you're never alone
When you know that your loved
You don't need to roam
Cause there ain't no place like
Better believe it
I said their no place like home
"I mean no place child" .
how is the 9th gonna work? JP and Wilson to team up like an 8th inning?
Let's score 6 more here.
oh no, why is Kenley up?!? Please don't do this, Donnie
Matty looking to add those all-important "Wilson insurance runs."
why is Matty limping?
Hope that was an innocent ankle roll.
I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH LARRY KING PITCHING THAN WILSON
Ballast Point Sculpin now open and being enjoyed.
Hmmm. Citrusy
goddammit please just be a tweak and not the old injury
Although if somehow Wilson got 3 outs that would kill Giants fans. Not worth the risk.
Gnats doing their level best to entertain.
I need word on Mattycakes.
CC is gonna jack one.
This Cordier dude can really rush it up there
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