Forever dreamy...
(Thanks again to @ThkBleu for capturing the defining image of this season.)
Donald Zachary "Spongeworthy" Greinke (19-3, 1.66) vs. Jacob "Cut yer hair, hippie!" deGrom (14-8, 2.54)
🎶 They're Greinke and deGrom,
Yes, Greinke and deGrom,
One is a genius,
The other's deGrom! 🎶 https://t.co/Tr9qbfor73
— Sons of Steve Garvey (@sosgsosg) October 14, 2015Well, everyone, we made it through Game 4. Rallying cries were answered, narratives were destroyed, pants were shat. But guess what? We get to do it allllll over again tonight.
Last time, we turned to The Bard for some inspiration. This time, we turn to the man who carries our hopes and dreams with him to the mound, Mr. Zack Greinke. I combed through Molly Knight's excellent tale of the last two Dodgers seasons, "The Best Team Money Can Buy", to find a moving and powerful quote from our beloved co-ace:
“Some of you guys have been doing the number two and not washing your hands. It’s not good. I noticed it even happening earlier today. So if you guys could just be better about it, that would be great.”Thank you, sir! A more rousing speech has never been uttered anywhere. Victory is within our reach. Let's make sure we have clean hands when we grab it.
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OK, OK, if you're in need of genuine inspiration, you might want to note that today is the 27th anniversary of something pretty good...
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I'll end this GT with a brief personal aside. On Tuesday night, after the Dodgers survived to fight another day, my wife and I were listening to songs by the seminal '70s/'80s L.A. band Sparks. Their song "All You Ever Think About is Sex" came on, and I screamed when I heard the following verse:
Dodgers and the Mets? 50,000 people? Turned red? Like Red Turn? Justin Turner? Huh? Huh?Say, do you remember
The Dodgers and the Mets?
Fifty thousand people
Saw us and turned red
I don't really believe in signs, but if I did...
172 comments:
Kendrick 2B
Seager SS
Gonzalez 1B
Turner 3B
Ethier RF
Grandal C
Hernandez LF
Pederson CF
Greinke P
NOBODY DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT
In my increasingly difficult effort to stay humble I actually had a conversation with a mets fan at the gym today. (Saxy, you would have been so proud of me...no potty mouth words or nothin'!!!) I was absolutely delightful if I do say so myself...
cc: baseball gods
Extra karma for you, Karen
Watching the Metropolitans take BP.
DBT in the yard. loge 158. look the guy in the sosg tshurt
Bulldog throwing out the first pitch tonight.....
(Original) Orel and Alanna saying they think Kid K is available out of bullpen tonight.
Still at work here. I've got my radio set to MLB Network in my car so I can get right into the action as soon as I'm out of here.
Greg & DBT at the game. SoSG Dusty there too!
Karen @4:19: Protection for Grandal?
I'm surprised Grandal is playing. Thought he was hurt and Ellis has been hot.
I'm with Q7s...Why not AJ????
Not in our seats yet. Sitting with a friend before game in Resv 1.
Muttingly is the worst interview ever. can't wait til he gets fired
same reason Grandal doesn't catch Kershaw.
Spanky...I'm hoping the rally thong is out in full force...doing whatever it is you do with it to bring home the W...
Hey Mr. F...You here for the game or just driving by???
HI MR.F
just ran around the apartment complex wearing nothing but rally thong yelling out "GREINKE!!"
I have a piece of confetti I saved from the 2013 NLDS when Uribe hit that HR against the Barves.
For luck.
http://imgur.com/GWCds3y
I'll try to be here. Not sure how long I can stay though.
I am wearing the same Kershaw tank that I wore Tuesday, my daughter isn't here to wear my Vin tshirt so my dog is decked out in it. And btw she looks very cool in it...sitting in same uncomfortable chair as Tuesday and will make NO potty visits...Everyone else do whatever you did Tuesday...LET'S DO THIS!!!
Joc's brother gave the pregame pep talk in the clubhouse...the kid rocked it!!!!
let's do this y'all. good luck my peeps!!
Grandal?!?!
HERE WE GO
Heading to the car. Let's go Dodgers!
Zanky layout!
looked safe
greinKe
get some. Greinke K
Shit. 1-0 Mets
Sponge Worthy is a STUD...he's just having a small attack of the yips...
greinKKe
Grandal really set up inside on Duda
In all three LDS deciding games, the team that scored first LOST the game.
greinKK Ke
GREAT STAT SAX....I didn't realize that...
ice cold blooded Greinke. my boy.
Also, MLB would want a West Coast team in the playoffs. Toronto-KC is already going to be a TV ratings dog
#conspiracytheory
Spank is right. SW has ice water in his veins...
when did Gavin Rossdale start pitching for the Mets?
Dodgers at least making contact. Howie line out, Corey single
Seager showing off his night moves
AGon single! 1st & 3rd!
first and turd. just do it motherfuckers!
justaflyball
justaflyball
justaflyball
justaflyball
justaflyball
Tight strike zone tonight
calmate JT. calm down
yeah!
JT single! Tie game!
JTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
BOOM!!!
FUCK YOU ETHIER!! YOU PIECE OF CRAP!!
Ethier for the lead!
I SCREAMED SO LOUD MY DEAF DOG JUMPED...HONEST TO GOD!!!!
2-1 BLUE...
Wooooooooooooo
my pops asked "now where's the camera on the New York peeps?"
Full count to Yaz
Muttingly praying for his job
Am I the only one getting the game interrupted with Severe Weather Alerts???
greinKKKKe
You're not alone per the Twitters, Karen
greinKKKKe!
holy shit Orel!!
ETHIER DIVING CATCH!
greinKKKKKe
ELECTRICITY
fucking Greinke. you bad ass mofo
So one of the Mets had the audacity to make an out that wasn't a strikeout.
i don't want to move.haha
Orel, do u have my cell #? send it to sosg dusty tell em next round is on me
You keep your ass planted where it is Spank!!!
Joc?? Walked??
SOMEBODY GET ME A BEER
JOC WOC
hit that fucking ball Hollywood Knight!!
Message relayed, DBT!
AWO
too many pitches to demutt. he's still a pitcher. make him hit
Thanks buddy Orel
Fuck you Delino and your dirty looking Mets.
Glad U got rhat off my chest.
K #6
greinKKKKKKe
Neeebs with the driveeeby!
Justin Turner, what are you on??????
JT steals third! Sweet!
GRITTY Turner
bring it Banana Mang!!!
JT steals third! Yas walks!
Gotta cash in, boys
What's Ethier all hopped up about?
FUCK
WTF is Dre bitching at Mutt about in the dugout???
Shoulda squeeze bunted. I knew it.
goddamnit we should have scored some fucking runs. shit
Deng
fucking hell. dumb ass shift. never liked that shit
STOOPID
D.U.M.B.
Tie game
FIRE MUTTINGLY
Damn
FIRE MUTTINGLY
I am humble.
I am one with the universe.
Ommmm..................
This game better not go into extras
JOC WOC
AWO. How many times will I type this tonight
Fuck
greinKKKKKKKe
Dodgers. You made Mr. F cuss.
LET'S HEAR SOME NOISE
FUCK YOU ETHIER AND MUTTINGLY
Double switch for Ajellis when Greinke is done.
Squandering too many chances this game should be well in hand. :(
Kershaw not in dugout.
looks like Gandalf picked the wrong time to stop taking steroids
GOD WE SUCK
Why is Baez standing in the bullpen? send him Home.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
PANIC STATIONS
Schizophrenia in the yard. I'm not sure what's going on
So it makes sense that we'll lose by one run, which scored due to not paying attention
I hate this fucking sport.
3 Inn to save the season, come on boys!
Kershaw back in dugout.
I hate everything.
God speed Zach. Please don't sign with an NL team.
another head shot puhleeze
I can't leave my office to go home, too afraid to miss a second
TBS and the world wants the Mets to win so bad. Fuck them. i wants my Dodgers to piss in their punch bowl.
Let's get the hit parade going!
God I'm so sad right now
Are you fucking nuts, Mattingly?
meh Dre but we all know that ol' chestnut
hahaha. say sayonara Muttingly
Gibby ain't walking through that door.
"sending out an S.O.S."
Obviously me being nice is nothing but shit. C'mon you fuckers...the mets?? Are you mofos really going to lose to this fucking team???
Dear Karen,
Yes.
Love,
Dodgers
that's right,karen! fuck these mutts! bring it y'all!!
and fuck the scared peeps in the front rows. i know they are going crazy in the cheap seats. my homiez
Utley in for Pederson.
Hit it hard, but it's a fly out.
If I see that mets fan at the gym tomorrow I'm sticking my foot so far off his fat ass his teeth are going to chip...
and why did we want Ajellis in instead of Gandalf?
let's go Lakers!!
"Good News" in defeat:
1) We won't be the team that sends the Cubs to the WS.
2) Donnie is going to be sacked.
Goodnight boys and girls...
Well fuck.
what was so great about Ellis? i still don't get it.
Ellis had a 12 game postseason hitting streak. Grandal was hurt and couldn't swing really. Just seemed like a better choice.
then Muttingly out managed himself again with his baseball knowledge of lefties against lefties and righties against righties bullshit. then again Gandalf is Greinke's man just like Ellis is Kershaw's. that fucking stoopid shift killed us.
We may not root for the best team but we have the best readers. Thank you to everyone in this thread for showing up and chiming in!
I blame me too, Karen. By staying home i lifted the hex I've put on the mets dating back to game 7 nlcs. I love all (or some) of you. I wish the Dodgers were playing any other team. SOSG forever
Mets for now
I mean, when you get out-managed by Terry fuckin' Collins...
Here's hoping the Cubbies finally take it.
I don't really blame you, Delino. I was just throwing a tantrum. If there is anyone to truly blame it is Don Mattingly. He has made questionable managerial calls all season long, I can't believe he has been left in this managerial position for so long...he must know where the bodies are buried and has blackmailed his way to keeping his job. It's the only thing that makes sense at this point.) I am sick about another loss in postseason play. I think most of us knew the team wouldn't go deep into the playoffs given the way they walked like zombies through the last several weeks of the season but even more then that, how could they overcome what is quite possibly the worst manager in baseball.
So here we are relegated to another long, cold winter waiting for the green grass of spring and a hope, as Vin always reminds us, that burns eternal.
i just want to say things change but things stay the same because at the end of the day we are all Dodgers fans to the core. peace,y'all
@Orel, Sax, Nomo, Dusty, Cora, Stubbs(wherever he may be), and Delino: Nope. Thank YOU all.
I'd blame me. :-)
It's the weird irony of having two teams in baseball you adore. 15 Years of Adulthood in LA also means I've attended way more Dodgers game than Mets games. And have more Dodgers swag. But first loves are just that...
I'm just glad I made it through Game 2 at the stadium - wearing Mets gear - without getting pummeled.
Mattingly's managerial choices were odd at best. And odd at worst.
It took me this long to recover.
Thank you all for a fun season and accepting me, apparently based on my knowledge of the infield fly rule, and because my wife coined the nickname, "Curly Fries" for Frias. Hope to see you all at the Dodger blogger softball game next year.
P.S. I wouldn't be surprised if McGwire's job was on the line as well.
maybe i should have stuck with the Kim Kardashian avi from a few years ago. nah..i'd probably be dead by now.
what...too soon
Looks like I'm not the only one who can't sleep. I love this team, as we all do and I'm not ready for our season to be over. I miss you all during the off-season...our little group here has become part of my family. Ok, I'm shutting up now before before I get all mushy and say something stupid about how much I love you all...
P.S. Can I have that picture of Sponge Worthy for my ceiling...
Thanks for checking in, Greg.
Hope to see both you and Curly Fries next season!
(updates SoSG record)
(cries)
In honor of Gnomes beautiful prose in Game 4 thread:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The Dodgers lost
fuck
Fiddlesticks.
GO AMERICAN LEAGUE
I thought it'd be easier to watch LCS games, but nope. It's still a hell of a lot better than last year when you knew it was going to be either the turds or gnats winning another World Series. I'll watch the WS. I want the Cubs to take it, just to shut them up, then they can go through another 100-year drought.
I didn't watch any LCS games yesterday.
Too hard
...and too soon
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