Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Game 85 Thread: July 7 vs. Phillies, 7p

(thighs)

Brett Anderson (5-4, 3.00) vs. Chad Billingsley (0-2, 7.71).

Old friend alert! And not just any old friend but Billingsley — Chadley, His Royal Thighness, Billz, member of the famed "Jacksonville Five" (along with Jonathan Broxton, Joel Guzman, Andy LaRoche and Russell Martin) — that guy, who gave us eight fine years with the Dodgers.

Now, as his old team is oh, about two starters short, Bills has the chance to make us regret letting him go in the first place (also Dan Haren, who the Marlins could trade, so we may face him soon enough).

Going against Chad is Anderson, who has been a real lifesaver. He's coming off consecutive wins over the Giants, Marlins and Snakes. Let's add Philly to that junk heap.

57 comments:

Orel said...

Pederson CF
Kendrick 2B
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Grandal C
Puig RF
Ethier LF
Rollins SS
Anderson P

Orel said...

Puig has yet to find his groove. He'll probably lock in...right around the playoffs.

spank said...

the Rollins batting 9th experiment seems to be over after one game. that's a shame. he did good yesterday....well maybe not good but he did better.

Orel said...

Did you hear? He's a second-half kinda guy

Hideo Nomo said...

Well, every time he murdered us, it was in October, so...

Orel said...

Dylan Hernandez ‏@dylanohernandez 12m

Chad Billingsley starting for Phillies at Dodger Stadium today. Nervous about fan reception? "I’m interested to see what it’s going to be."

spank said...

Cardinals had their rookies get them Starbucks at Wrigley just like Dodgers. watch them take credit for doing it first

Orel said...

They did it the right way

karen said...

I hope the crowd is kind to Chadley tonight

Orel said...

If they showed Kemp some love, Chad'll be all right

karen said...

Me and the Kemp love is a whole other conversation!! I was thinking like the love they showed Dee.

Orel said...

I can't remember. Did Dee get the love?

spank said...

i'm sure they will. Chadley was a cool dude.

karen said...

Dee got a great ovation. He was interviewed before the game and was hoping the fans would be happy to see him.

Orel said...

Dee got the love!

Orel said...

K

karen said...

Revere gets on his horse and steals 2nd

Orel said...

Ruf walks

Orel said...

Frenchy's batting 5th? Wow

karen said...

RA for the bad guys

Orel said...

So this is a nightmare 1st

karen said...

Crap.

Orel said...

Are we playing the Giants?

karen said...

God help us when we play a team that is actually good

Orel said...

Dylan Hernandez ‏@dylanohernandez 3m

Billingsley welcomed by PA announcer as he takes the mound. Fans applauded. "Thanks, Chad," flashed on the video scoreboards.

Orel said...

Chad hit Howie?

karen said...

JT didn't look out on that

karen said...

I don't think there was any intent on that HBP

karen said...

Telecast flashed the THANKS CHAD as he came up to bat.

karen said...

JT going through it so far tonight

karen said...

Vinny was talking about Billz being from Defiance, Ohio...Wasn't Darren Driefort from there?

Fred's Brim said...

we are playing like a couple of monkeys fucking a football

karen said...

Shit. Frenchy doubles in 2. 3-0 Bad People

karen said...

FB...I was looking for just the right way to describe this game. You beat me to it...

Fred's Brim said...

Jeff Francour strikes out more than Joc Pederson blindfolded yet he hits a 2R double

Fred's Brim said...

Even the Phillies can get a guy home from third with less than 2 outs

karen said...

The hole is getting deeper. 4-0 Philadelphia

Fred's Brim said...

I need to stop watching these games. We play better when I am sleeping

karen said...

UJTD

spank said...

ahh fuck. was about to stream the game. fuck this. man, and i went through all kinds of shit and updates to set up the apple II. takes fucking forever

Fred's Brim said...

like bad christmas presents with receipts taped to them, the gifts are quickly returned

Fred's Brim said...

@spank you should save yourself the time and just kick yourself in the nuts. It'll produce the same results as watching this game but you'll have the evening back for better things, like plotting Dre's kidnapping

Fred's Brim said...

10 fucking road wins

Fred's Brim said...

Hard shot by Yaz off Bills' ankle

spank said...

for realz,FB. that's what i'll do from now on

karen said...

Wow, that was really close

Fred's Brim said...

of course we lose the challenge
Anderson donezo

Fred's Brim said...

Is this what our team is? Or are we better than this?
I used to think we were underperforming but I dunno anymore

spank said...

the offense should be way better than this. the pitching is currently over performing.

karen said...

I'm with you. I used to think we were just off to a slow start but we're halfway through so I guess I need to come up with a new excuse

Fred's Brim said...

good night

spank said...

thst's a wrap.

karen said...

Me too guys. I'm done.

Orel said...

So, what'd I miss?

QuadSevens said...

Anderson had 4 quality starts in a row before this one. I liked seeing him slam his bat and helmet when he got pulled for a PH while losing 4-0. I hope he has that same fire in his next start and gets back on track.

Hideo Nomo said...

Need to win tonight, since we'll be tempting fate with four Sons at the game on Thursday.

spank said...

Kershaw pitches tonight


le sigh