Clayton Kershaw Dustin May vs. Johnny Cueto.
Holy shit, it's actually BASEBALL AGAIN!!! And though all respect goes to Clayton Kershaw for making his ninth Opening Day start, Kerhsaw scratched with back stiffness and hits the IL; Dustin May recalled and will make the start (3.30p) the biggest news will be seeing our own Mookie Betts play his first regular-season game in a Dodger uniform...his first of many games lasting through 2032. What a rush, what a day, what an incredibly hopeful day for Dodger fans.
It's a little bit of a bummer that Gavin Lux won't be on the Opening Day roster (to be fair, he reported late and he did look shaky, notwithstanding any service time conspiracy theories floating around). But it's all Mookie Mookie Mookie here. How I would love to see him hit a leadoff HR today. I would probably burst into flames right then and there.
We're posting this Game Thread incredibly early because there's no better time to say: IT'S TIME FOR DODGER BASEBALL!!!
Update from SoSG Nomo, 9:50a:
Here's the Dodgers' Opening Day 30(!)-man roster:
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30 players!
On the sofa, Vinny!!!
Damn, that felt good.
There are four pitchers on this "roster" I've never heard of.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIE
MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE I think that's one for every year
Who will be the first non-Son to comment?
(hopefully not a spambot)
Quad of course
What about that crazy woman who thought I was the real Steve Sax
Got my Bellinger t-shirt jersey on and I’m ready to go!
See I had your back there, 7777!
Thanks Dusty! I've been ready for today all week. Been doing all my video calls in a Dodgers hat.
Kershaw to IL with back stiffness. May called up to take his place
Not the way I envisioned May getting an opening day start. Damn.
GT updated. Damn
Damn
You know the old saying, "Kershaw farts bring May starts"
Muncy 1B
Betts RF
Bellinger CF
Turner 3B
Seager SS
Hernandez 2B
Pederson LF
Pollock DH (ugh I don't like writing that)
Barnes C
May P
@Quad I've been doing all my video calls in a Dodgers hat since March
Mookie already out of the leadoff spot. Man, that guy had better get this shit together. I'm sure he's on a short leash
20 Comments! It's an explosion
If only we could link Blogger to WhatsApp
Opening of Nats v Yankmes now.
I'm so glad I'm not a Yankees fan
^Evergreen
Stanton hits a monster HR to make it 2-0 over Nats in the 1st.
Bellinger/Betts > Judge/Stanton...?
Haha, Cole taken deep!
@Dusty 3:52pm
Nice. I haven't had any video calls except for this week.
17 minutes until we can MPQ again!
The Basilica awaits!
Waxing eloquent about the universal DH in the Nats/Yanks booth. The season is 5 innings old and I want to slap A Rod with a halibut.
I finally move back to LA and get season tickets just in time to be blacked out by the unholy alliance of SNLA and COVID. Can't believe I have to be thankful for ESPN tonight.
^ that was me. Work computers are a pain.
Whew, I was worried we were going to have to act civilized for the normies.
Admittedly, I did no reading, but there are no byes in the expanded playoffs, right? Everybody plays the 3-game wild card round with the higher seeds hosting all three? That’s fucking wacky.
I’m pretty annoyed with the playoff thing. If they want to do NBA style everybody-in, who cares about winning the division?
Beer check: Stone Buenaveza. Happy Opening Day in July!
Let's doooooo this
Leave it to ESPN to make us all miss 1st pitch
Applause for Mookie making that catch!
Pablo hits yaz. And espn can only say yaz did that on purpose. Screw them
Five up, three down
Is that a Mike Brito cutout in the first row behind home?
(Six if you count both of Pablo)
Karl Ravech is very excited for Johnny Cueto. And Tim Kurkjian agrees
Mookie Ks in his first Dodger AB.
Dodgers go in order. 0-0 through 1
Cueto balked twice on one pitch. Impressive!
Wow, Tim: the Giants are using interchangable pieces in their lineup?! What a frickin' revelation! Wonder who else does that?
Kike with a sweet play! 0-0 through 1.5
that is a GREAT dogs and MLB gear commercial
G&T and listing to the booth describe how abysmal the Giants are going to be, and it’s the first time I can believe that the order of the world will be eventually be restored.
love the welcome back kotter themed ad! WELCOME BACK
Turner pulling an Utley, leadoff HBP
Seager with a first pitch GIDP. Shit, Corey.
Kike breaks up the no-hitter!
Pederson grounds out on the shift. We didn't take many pitches from Cueto that inning. 0-0 through 2
It's like the ESPN "booth" has never announced a game before. This is painful. And I'm use to Charlie Steiner!
Went to pick up food and the radio broadcast sounds weirdly normal with the fake crowd noise.
Leadoff bunt single for the Giants, T3
Yikes... bases full giants and fat panda hungry at the bat
More like Designated Sitter! Amirite?
Where is this high powered offense?
we are not doing well so far.
Lead-off double. Do not squander.
Seager double, but I'm sure we'll strand him.
Hey stubbs, that ain't leadoff
unless my feed is really slow
Empatado
@Sax
You are correct and I have been drinking. Not an excuse, just laying out the situation.
Joc moves Kiké to third with a single to right!
@Stubbs... same
Pollock takes a walk, so the bases are JUICED
RANCHO ARDIENDO
I just realized what the booth over-talking and silence reminds me of... Assassin's Circle!
RANCHO ARDIENDO
@Stubbs, I'm drinking as well. Just finished that Golden Road Blonde Ale that I'd been saving.
Which is good, because Austin Barnes still is HORRIBLE from the plate
HOLY SHIT IT'S JASON
Austin is deemed a Kershaw specialist. Will should have started.
AND DBT IT'S A REUNION BABY
We're gettin' the band back together
NEEEBS
Not even Mookie Betts can prevent the Dodgers from being themselves
OREL....bang
Jason: Welcome back!
DBT: Love the Skechers hate!
Neeebs: Warm up your arm!
When did the Giants re-sign Pence? They sure love their old friends
May leaves after 60 pitches. Given he learned about the opening day start about 5 hours ago, totally respectable. Here's Caleb Ferguson.
Karl Ravech just did the worst possible job at explaining that three-batter-minimum rule.
I agree, it's ridiculous.
Kung Fat Panda is hacking up there. If he gets on contact with one, that ball is gone
Dodgers get a bad-baserunning gift to end the inning
Threaded the needle out if that one
Very Gnats with that rundown
BOOM! Bad baserunning by Heineman! Love it
I'll take it.
I love how Tyler Heineman just stood there as Corey charged.
I'm looking at a AAA commercial.
I'm not a AAA member. And I'm not driving a car much these days.
Seems like a waste of money
Of course the YankMes invite Trump to throw out the first pitch.
Cool Dick's Sporting Goods ad, to sweeeeeeeeeeet emoooooooootion
Why are we talking to an Oakland Athletic?
Mookie's first hit or an error?
Dieter playing the Weeknd
MOOKIE
my feed is clearly delayed. that's the price i pay for finally getting cable
E6
Seager is hacking away on the sliders again
I’m back. What did I miss?
Goddammit Corey
And, Seager Ks with a RISP.
Feels like last year again.
We tied it up Quad but also wasted a lot of opportunities. Business as usual
Business as usual would imply Baez would be in... DAMMIT!
And some terrible announcing. These ESPN broadcasts are always hard to listen to.
To be fair, they just discovered the NL West exists
Let’s get some damn runs before the cutouts start leaving early to beat traffic!
Love the loud F bomb echoing in the stadium by Joc.
Peterson gets bleeped
Dieter playing Cum on feel the noize. Nice
"You like that? You like that???"
Dodgers are the kings of 2 out hits this season
Pollock with a hit! Unbelievable.
Oh, here's Barnes.
First pitch ground out directly to short. Nice job, Austin.
1-1 through 6
Nice breaking ball by Peaty!
Wait, how exactly does Kershaw change cars in that Hankook commercial?
MOOKIE! single to left. first hit, he wants the ball
"As a right handed hitter, you have to drive that ball to right center field!"
(Mookie immediately drives the ball to left)
@Sax
Standards and Practices made them cut the carjacking sequence.
Back to back hits for the MVP duo.
"The Killer Bs"
Mookie first Dodger hit & RBI!
I'm waiting for some idiot to look at a crowd shot and say "the LA fans left early"
MOOKIE!
MOOKIE!
That's not an RBI though, Orel
Hang that fucking phone up asshole in Gnats dugout
MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE
That run cost $365M
Stellar baserunning tonight
MOOKIE MOOKIE MOOKIE
Bellinger did well to get Turner all the way to third, though
Hi DBT! Been too long!
Kiké!
First thought: what the hell Belli?
Then I realized the Giants could have easily had a double play and been out of the inning if Cody doesn't get that throw home.
MORE RUNS!
Maybe if Seager could hit the ball out of the goddamn infield, Cody wouldn't have had to do that
KIKE!!!
Dodgers up 4-1
Mustache power!
In the Hankook commercial, Kershaw also steals a car. that's grand theft auto
@Quad: PORNstache power
Dee Gordon on the mount
^ mound.
STOOPID WORK LAPTOP KEYBOARD!
@DBT
Sam Adams Summer->Dos XX lager->2X G/T->CA red blend wine
Gabe Kapler: "This team sucks. Except Longoria, but that's relative"
the giants are not social distancing there in their dugout
great color commentary there: the dodgers appear happier in the dugout when they are winning by three runs.
NO SHIT
7th inning and the cutouts are still there.
@Sax You’re so right on Kiké’s mustache!
@DB - sounds like you're in midseason form already
AHAHAHAHAHA
all right barnes, prove me wrong
holy shit, barnes BARELY proves me wrong
why didn't he go to first base?! sloppy play by the giants
Jason must be at the Stadium, his feed is much better
RANCHO MOOKIENDO
Now Karl Ravech is defending the misplay because he's a natural center fielder playing shortstop.
DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL US THE GIANTS HAVE INTERCHANGABLE PARTS?! ESPN broadcasters are horrible
I'll take it!
why are the giants leaving this pitcher in? they're breaking him
Man these guys are uncomfortably into Brandon Crawford
6-1 LA, RANCHO ARDIENDO, Mookie mookie mookie at the plate
@Stubbs: they haven't yet mentioned Crawford's flowing locks of hair
Mookie Ks with the bases juiced, he's a bust
Oh Mookie...
They haven't mentioned shadows yet either. That would be ESPN bingo
How long are we stuck with this mookie guy
i want to call the dodgers' abusive fan hotline and throw out one of those cardboard cutouts
They need to have stickers of hot dogs and beers on some of those cut outs.
wow, very favorable call there for Kolarek to get that K
Barnes earning his keep with the framing?
Belli & Mookie frolicking in the outfield warms my cold, dead heart
I mean, we don't need Barnes to hit
MLB / BLM
@Orel, we gotta be able to find a guy who can frame and still hit .200
Birthday balloon on the field? That’s gotta be a first.
balloon on the field, and dieter is playing nena. nice
99 luftbaloons by Dieter. Nice!
wow, turner fouled that back and the cutouts didn't even flinch
will they change the all-star game logo in the next two years?
The All Start game IS being played in Los Angeles! Have you SEEN this roster?
Turner with a "double"!
Oh wow, the replay showed that the Giants' McCarthy had a glove on that one but missed it. ouch
(Barnes not withstanding)
Seager smoked it. but still an out
"You can't help but remember Yasmani Grandal with the Dodgers"--Karl Ravech
Nah, I've forgotten that guy.
Kiké!
Listening to these ESPN broadcasters is like listening to a bad international conference call. So much delay
KIKE INTO MANNYWOOD!
PORNSTACHE!!
KIKE HR!!!
3B coach Ebel with a fake low five. Love it
"the mustache is the MVP"
holy shit we are over 200 comments
Why oh why did Clayton sell out to Skechers
DB missed his customary "42" by a LOT tonight
Clay is in several commercials and previously he hadn't been in many at all. I don't care either way, just interesting.
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