Post-Game 38 Thread: Laying Another Egg On National Television

From the Topps 2016 Series 1 set. How perfect.

CARDINALS 5, DODGERS 2

Dodgers are once again on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball this evening, coming off of two decent wins against St. Louis and looking for the sweep...and this time, it was late inning bullpen choices which did them in.

Joe Fucking Blanton. That was Dave Roberts' choice late in the game, after Alex Wood skated through six innings (including a very perilous sixth inning: two on and none out, and he escaped without the Cardinals scoring a run) into a 1-1 tie through six full. We aren't going to see Alex Wood make this good of a start again, so we sure as hell shouldn't waste it.

But after Louis Coleman recorded the first out, and J.P. Howell gave up a single and then got the second out (man on second), Roberts went with Joe Blanton, who has been largely useless all year. Sure enough, Blanton proceeded to give up three runs in the seventh, and then put a cherry on top by giving up another run in the top of the eighth.

Corey Seager hit a second home run in the bottom of the eighth to make it 5-2, but what the hell, Roberts? After making good bullpen calls all series, this was a horrible, horrible call. And on national television, no less. Great.

Dodgers slip out of first place thanks to the Diamondbacks rolling over and playing dead for the Giants' four-game sweep.

Post-Game 21 Thread: Koehler Beats Kershaw, Inexplicably

The leaky faucet prevailed.

MARLINS 6, DODGERS 3

Clayton Kershaw was cruising through five scoreless innings. Tom Koehler was okay, but passed balls and errors had given the Dodgers two runs in the first, and Kershaw added to that with an RBI double in the fourth. This was just how you'd expect a Kershaw start to go.

The sixth inning...was not. Kershaw gave up five consecutive hits (Miguel Rojas double, Dee Gordon single, Martin Prado RBI single, Christian Yelich RBI single, and then a mammoth Giancarlo Stanton three-run HR) which threw this game to the shitter. Koehler, who had been pulled from the game for PH Rojas, got the victory. Kershaw was tagged with the loss. JP Howell let aboard a single which came around to score (partially because Yasiel Puig cavalierly played a fly out in right that I think he thought was the third out, allowing Yelich on second to advance to third, and later score on a bloop ball to shallow center).

This game was unwatchable in the second half, but I stuck with it because I wanted to hear Vin Scully's voice. But there were injustices all around in this game, including Carl Crawford's horrible routes in left field. It was like watching Adventures in Little League Play out there. Come on, Carl: if you're only going to play fifteen games a year, the least you can do is play well in the field. (Crawford did go 1-for-3 with a run scored.)

Post-Game 45 Thread: Kershaw Fans 10

DODGERS 8, BRAVES 0

Clayton Kershaw may be a pedestrian 3-3, but he is still far from mortal, as he showed many a Brave today. Freddie Freeman alone had 4 Ks (one to J.P. Howell in the eighth), but Jace Freeman and Jonny Gomes each contributed two Ks. The Braves totaled 11 Ks in the game.

The Dodgers opened up a six-spot in the fourth inning, putting this game away:

• Joc Pederson single
• Jimmy Rollins forceout
• Howie Kendrick double, scoring Rollins
• Adrian Gonzalez IBB
• Justin Turner single, scoring Kendrick
• Andre Ethier double, scoring Gonzalez and Turner
• Alex Guerrero walk
• A.J. Ellis double, scoring Ethier but nailing Guerrero at the plate
• Clayton Kershaw single, scoring Ellis
• Pederson ground out

Not a bad outing! And good to see Kershaw, who went seven strong innings, get the win.

Post-Game 14 Thread: Panik Anxiety

GIANTS 3, DODGERS 2

Joe Panik didn't do much in tonight's game, having taken a walk for Joaquin Arias in the seventh inning after the Dodgers had tied the game in the beginning of that frame (a two-run Alex Guerrero HR, scoring A.J. Ellis, chasing Madison Bumgarner). But with Chris Hatcher loading two runners on the basepaths in the bottom of the ninth (one on a HBP), and J.P. Howell allowing a one-out single to load the bases, all Panik had to do was hit a sacrifice fly to win the game.

There was controversy, in that the single Brandon Belt hit off of Howell would have scored Gregor Blanco from second, had Giants third base coach Roberto Kelly not physically stopped Blanco (thereby interfering with the runner, causing an automatic out). The homer umpiring crew gave it to the Giants, however, and we lost 3-2 in a walkoff. Surely this can't happen again, right?

Post-Game 53 Thread: Hard Target

ROCKIES 7, DODGERS 6

Shouldn't have stopped the Van Damme references, obviously. With the Dodgers having clawed back from a 4-2 deficit to go up 6-4 into the ninth inning, Adam Liberatore couldn't get either of his two batters out; Yimi Garcia walked two people (and obviously walked a run in); J.P. Howell gave a passed ball to tie the game up, then ended up intentionally walking CarGo; and finally, Nolan Arenado sacrificed in the winning run. We got an out! We lost the game anyway!

Clearly, that ninth-inning strike zone was a hard target. A split at the hands of the Rockies is pretty mediocre, but luckily, the Giants' sweepage at the hand of the Pirates keeps us two games up in the West.

Oh, and Joc Pederson tied a Dodgers record by hitting a HR in his fifth straight game. Pederson joins Roy Campanella, Shawn Green, and some guy who plays for the Padres I think.

Post-Game 24 Thread: Lucky 13, Yet Again

Yet another Lucky 13 bar (see links below)

DODGERS 1, D'BACKS 0 (13)

The 13th inning usually wouldn't be thought of as "lucky" (at least, most of the time). But after watching an unexpected pitching duel between two Andersons, and then wasting opportunities in the ninth and tenth innings (more on that later), the Dodgers prevailed in the 13th, again off of some pretty fortunate--dare I say, "lucky"--plays.

Not that the Dodgers deserved luck here, after serving to anger the baseball gods earlier in the game. A one-out double by Howie Kendrick in the bottom of the ninth would have been great...if Kendrick hadn't have tried to stretch for three when Mark Trumbo bobbled the ball, quickly recovering to start the relay that threw Kendrick out at third. Then in the tenth, Andre Ethier opens the frame with a double, but Don Mattingly inexplicably tells Juan Uribe to bunt (before Uribe swings and misses on a slider), and Scott Van Slyke and Joc Pederson fail to score the run.

In the 13th, the Dodgers got two strokes of fate. In the top of the frame Cliff Pennington had Jordan Pacheco at third base with two out. J.P. Howell's pitch was wild and he raced home while Yasmani Grandal went to retrieve the ball; Grandal's throw met a sliding Howell at the plate while Howell made an amazing no-look, behind-the-back tag to nail Pacheco and end the inning. Grandal promptly came up to leadoff the bottom of the 13th and hit a walkoff HR to end the game.

[Man, I wish mlb.com was better at letting people embed videos (see links above). Watching Ethier try and dance at home plate is hysterical. Take a look at the end of the video, at the catch in the bleachers as well; nice grab, dude!]

Dodgers sweep the Snakes and stay three up on the Padres. LA has won four in a row and has the second-best record in the National League. Now let's go get some brews...in Milwaukee, that is.

UPDATE (5/5 12.55p): Thanks, mlb.com's Earl Bloom, for riffing on our headline.

Post-Games 4 and 5 Thread: Ugly Moments

D'BACKS 4, DODGERS 3 (10)
D'BACKS 6, DODGERS 0

Friday night in Arizona, the Dodgers battled all the way back from a 3-0 deficit with a Yasmani Grandal HR and Jimmy Rollins 2-run double. And then, they lost it when J.P. Howell let Ender Inciarte hit a walk-off single in the 10th with one out (Cliff Pennington walked, advanced on a wild pitch, stole third, and then scored when Howell finished his immolation). Good times.

Worse times on Saturday night, when Clayton Kershaw got hit for six runs (five ER) over 6.1 IP, while rookie Archie Bradley kept the Dodgers scoreless through six innings. Two series into the season, the Dodgers have dropped their first series of the season. Not a good start to 2015, boys; that's a couple of ugly moments that my OCD is forcing me to recap right here. (I was out of town for these games and didn't have to see the carnage either night.)

Lucky for us, we got the win Sunday--but even that wasn't easy.

Post-Game 3 Thread: Gonzalez' 3 HR Make History

Not sure why the link to the video of Gonzalez' three HRs is failing, but you should listen to hear Charley Steiner incorrectly use "further" when referring to distance.

DODGERS 7, PADRES 4

Adrian Gonzalez hit three HR tonight, going 4-for-4 with 4 RBI. As per MLB.com, Gonzalez becomes the first player in MLB history to hit five home runs in the first three games of the season. He is batting .769 this year, with a 2.077 slugging average and a 2.846 OPS. Adrian Gonzalez is on pace to hit 270 home runs this season.

All three of A-Gon's HRs went to right field over Padres RF Matt Kemp, and the second one was definitely catchable (bouncing off the top of the wall).

Meanwhile, #3 starter Brandon McCarthy has as many Ks (9) as Clayton Kershaw, and over twice as many as #2 Zack Greinke. His line wasn't great tonight: 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 9 Ks and 2 HR), but it was effective enough. And, unlike last night, Mattingly's relief choices fared better: Paco Rodriguez rescued a struggling McCarthy to strike out Clint Barmes; Pedro Baez went a clean 1.2 innings; J.P. Howell had a one-hit eighth inning, and Joel Peralta punctuated his one-hit ninth with a Kemp strikeout (Kemp was 5-for-13 in the series).

Yasiel Puig went 0-for-5 with 5 LOB and is batting .083. He did get an RBI on a botched double play that ended up being a double play either when Jimmy Rollins forgot to run to third, or Puig ran too far around first, or whatever. Juan Uribe went 1-for-3 and is batting .111.

Dodgers get a much-needed day of rest before meeting Arizona in the desert on Friday. But what will we do without baseball Thursday? ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!

Post-Game 2 Thread: Mattingly And Choices

PADRES 7, DODGERS 3

When you make three errors in the game, including two late in the game (Jimmy Rollins' second error of the game in the seventh, allowing the Padres to tie the game; Yasmani Grandal in the ninth, allowing the Padres to take the lead), you're probably going to lose the game anyway. But what's striking about tonight's debacle against the Padres is, as Don Mattingly opts not to ride his starting pitchers until their arms fall off each game, what does that mean for our late-game chances?

Yesterday, Mattingly pulled Clayton Kershaw after six innings and made some decent bullpen choices, allowing Rollins to win the game with his eighth-inning three-run HR. Tonight, Mattingly's bullpen choices were frequent, and unfortunately, usually pretty bad. Pedro Baez relieved Zack Greinke in the seventh, and got two Ks but allowed a single. So Mattingly went with Paco Rodriguez, who promptly gave up a single. So Mattingly went with Yimi Garcia, who got snakebit by Rollins' error to have the Padres tie the game.

Yimi Garcia kept going in the eighth inning and had men at the corners with two outs. Mattingly chose to go with J.P. Howell, who promptly gave up a single and gave up the lead. Another bad decision.

Finally, in the ninth inning, Mattingly went with Chris Hatcher, who gave up three runs; and then Juan Nicasio, who gave up a fourth run. Dodgers go down 7-3 and the game is effectively over.

Six bullpen choices, with each of them giving up at least one hit (Greinke only gave up two hits in his six-inning stretch). Do we want Don Mattingly to be making these types of choices? Or are all of the possible bullpen choices just bad options in the first place? (And who in the bullpen is "milk," anyway?)

Adrian Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with a HR and a double and 2 RBI. So at least that choice is a good one.

And, the Giants lost (Vogelsong got shelled).

Post-Game 155 Thread: Dodgers Choke, But Giants Fall Too

CUBS 8, DODGERS 7

How does one reward Adrian Gonzalez for two home runs, putting him ahead of all others in the major leagues for RBI (with 111)? Certainly not by collapsing up and down the bullpen (thanks to another ineffective start by Roberto Hernandez), most notably by J.P. Howell (0.2 IP, 4 ER) and Brian Wilson (0.2 IP, 2 ER). A 6-1 lead evaporated in the seventh and eighth innings in Wrigley Field, and the Dodgers lost a chance to gain ground on the Giants.

On the positive side, however, there was this Yasiel Puig highlight:

So that was pretty cool. Cooler than the bullpen.

Meanwhile, we found out later tonight that the Giants fell short in their ninth-inning rally, falling 3-2 to the Padres. So the lead stretches back to 3.5 games, and the magic number diminishes to 5 with seven to play (eight to play for Giants). Let's take the finale tomorrow and worry about the rest back at home.

Post-Game 146 Thread: Who's Your Crawdaddy

This photo does not scream, "sweet stroke, Carl!". But hey, if it works, it works.

DODGERS 4, PADRES 0

Carl Crawford had a field day in the rubber match of this series, going 4-for-4 with three doubles and 2 RBI, leading the Dodgers to a 4-0 victory. Crawford went 9-for-12 in the series and has lifted his average from .230 to .289 by batting .434 the past month. Those hits and RBI make up for a lot of noodle-armed throws from left field, which makes Crawford a premium over Juan Pierre.

Also contributing RBI were Hanley Ramirez (who was sadly picked off first right thereafter) and Juan Uribe. Yasiel Puig batted leadoff tonight in Don Mattingly's attempt to jumpstart the slumping player; Puig went 0-for-4 with 5 LOB.

Dan Haren also continued his late-season rejuvenation: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, with 1 BB and 5 Ks. J.P. Howell and Kenley Jansen had a scoreless inning each.

With the Dodgers' victory, the magic number shrinks to 15 to win the NL West, as we retain a 2.5 game lead. Off-day tomorrow means we get to watch the Giants (who will likely sweep the Snakes tomorrow, and drop the lead to two games, with 16 to play), before heading into Phone Park for a key weekend series. Remember, Sunday is SoSG Fest 2014! Check the sidebar for details.

photo swiped from mlb.com

Post-Game 135/136 Thread: Serious Friars

That's a serious fryer.
PADRES 3, DODGERS 2 (12)
PADRES 2, DODGERS 1 (10)

We may have entered Petco Park like a lion (having beaten the Snakes twice in Arizona), but we're looking like a bag of dog food after two Padres extra-inning, walk-off victories (as opposed to those home extra-inning, non-walk-off victories, I suppose). Tonight's disaster felt a little bit more painful than last night's, as Alexi Amarista's one-out single off of Jamey Wright in the tenth not only wasted a great effort from Zack Greinke (8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER 2 BB and 8 Ks), but it also came after the Dodgers wasted scoring opportunities in the eighth (first and third, two out; Carl Crawford lines to second), the ninth (one-out man on first, and Andre Ethier forces Drew Butera, and Dee Gordon (now 0-for-11 in the series) lined to left), and the tenth (two-out Matt Kemp double, but Yasiel Puig strands him). Meanwhile, on defense, we were getting very lucky: Butera and Hanley Ramirez pulled out a sweet pickoff play at second in the eighth; and in the ninth, J.P. Howell escaped a jam by spearing a comebacker and doubling off the runner at second.

And yet, we can't beat the damn Padres. Not Saturday, nor on Friday, when Kevin Correia shit the bed in the twelfth inning by allowing a leadoff single and two one-out walks; he got a gift force at home but then gave up the walkoff single to right. The Dodgers are a combined 1-for-15 with RISP in the two games, and the Giants' five-game win streak has them only 2.5 GB. It's sphincter-tightening time, boys and girls--time to wake this lineup up. Don't make me pour a vat of boiling hot oil on you.

Post-Game 111 Thread: Gordon, Ramsie Cook Up A Storm

No, not this Gordon Ramsay.

DODGERS 5, CUBS 2 (12)

With the exception of Matt Kemp's two-run HR in the fourth, the Dodgers looked pretty weak offensively tonight: 0-for-13 with RISP going into the pivotal 12th inning. But with two out, Dee Gordon singled to center (off the glove of Cubs SS Starlin Castro, if I recall correctly), then stole second base. Justin Turner worked a full count and walked anyway, leading to Hanley Ramirez--who nailed a line drive HR to left field, winning the game 5-2.

It would have been great to have seen this highlight, but my f'ing internet feed dropped right as HanRam started his at bat. But enough about me. (Just saw the highlight, which I've conveniently embedded below, because I'm a giver (unlike mlb.tv). Why the Cubs' Blake Parker hung a curve up there for Hanley, who was waiting for it on a 1-0 count; I don't know. It was cool to see the ball go into the left-field Dodgers' bullpen, and see Chris Perez in there with his arms raised up. According to Vin, that was HanRam's first career walkoff HR.)

Hyun-Jin Ryu went 7.0 IP and had 9 H but only 2 ER, with 1 BB and 6 Ks. The Dodgers trotted out everyone after that (Brandon League, J.P. Howell, Kenley Jansen, Brian Wilson (who had an impressive business-like tenth inning)), but capped it with Jamey Wright, who had a very nice 2.0 IP with 2 hits but 2 Ks, most notably on Justin Ruggiano with two on and two out in the 12th. Thankfully, we didn't have to go to Chris Perez (who was next in, given Adrian Gonzalez PH for Wright in the 12th, striking out).

But it was a long, strange, rainy evening at the Stadium. As for a gutty win that barely gets us over a weak Cubs team? I'll take it.

Post-Game 107 Thread: Matt Kemp Would Indeed Like Fries With That

Kemp is walking on air.

DODGERS 8, BRAVES 4

Matt Kemp is either not listening to the noise about trade talks. Or maybe he is? Either way, Kemp powered the Dodgers to a series-opening victory against the Braves, knocking a two-run HR in the second inning off of ex-Dodger Aaron Harang, and then another two-run HR in the seventh off of Anthony Varvaro, who took the loss. The latter broke open a back and forth game that was settled in a 4-4 tie; Carl Crawford (1-for-3 with 2 RBI and a run) started the scoring that inning by grounding to second, scoring Yasiel Puig, but then Kemp's HR to center scored Adrian Gonzalez and made the score 7-4.

The Dodgers tacked on another run in the eighth when Adrian Gonzalez (3-for-5 with 2 RBI and 2 runs) doubled in Dee Gordon from second.

The other offensive power in the Dodgers lineup was Yasiel Puig, who went 4-for-5 with 2 runs, but massively failed in the seventh inning by striking out only a home run away from the cycle. Clearly, Puig needs more practice, certainly if he wants to improve his team-leading batting average from .317. Said Harang, "I made some bad pitches over the middle of the plate that he could hit." Uh, yeah.

Josh Beckett was once again not great, lasting only 4.1 IP and giving up 9 H and 4 ER, with 4 BB and 2 Ks. But Jamey Wright, Brandon League (who got the win), J.P. Howell, and Kenley Jansen combined for a scoreless 4.2 innings to preserve the win. Dodgers move to three games up on the Giants, who lost again.

UPDATE: And holy smokes, how could I forget this? The Dodgers just won four games in a row for the first time all year! In honor of this feat, a picture of an In-N-Out 4x4:

Kemp photo: Jae C. Hong / AP

Post-Game 106 Thread: Burger Time!

DODGERS 4, GIANTS 3

You would always hate to drop the last game of a three-game series, when said last game is on national television (versus the first two games, in which the Dodgers outscored the Giants by 12 runs to regain possession of first place in the NL West). With ESPN pundits like Buster Olney pontificating from the sidelines, this game held relevance even though the Dodgers had already secured the series. In fact, the Giants (and ESPN) would have liked nothing more than the narrative of newly acquired Jake Peavy, serving as the white knight to save the orange and black.

Alas, the power of Dodger burgers was just too much for the Giants to resist. The Dodgers went in-n-out of the Bay Area storming away, sweeping the Giants out of first place, and, more importantly, showing some offensive power that demonstrated well-sequenced barrages of hits in each of the three games.

Today's breakthrough game in the fifth inning, when (after trading runs with the Giants for three frames), the Dodgers broke the game open on the back of Oyster Pubes' defensive missteps. First, Dee Gordon Kd for what should have been the second out, but reached first safely on the wild pitch. Yasiel Puig then walked and both runners advanced on another Peavy WP. Adrian Gonzalez than fanned for the second out, but the ball squirted free from Pubes yet again, and instead of checking Gordon back at third, Pubes threw to first, allowing the fleet-footed Gordon to charge home ahead of a Peavy tag for the tying run.

With Peavy rattled and Pubes in another world, Hanley Ramirez singled to center to score Puig; Carl Crawford tripled to right to score Ramirez from first; and Matt Kemp had a shot at prolonging the barrage but flied out to right (Kemp went 2-for-3 tonight, with two singles and a walk; and aside from that AB, looked pretty good from the plate tonight). A 2-1 Giants lead turned into a 4-2 Dodgers lead, and though Oyster Pubes hit a solo HR in the bottom of that frame, that concluded the game's scoring.

Hyun-Jin Ryu wasn't spectacular tonight, but he was fine, going 6.0 IP with 6 H and 3 ER (7 Ks and 1 BB). J.P. Howell gave up a leadoff single but escaped the inning with only five total pitches: Brian Wilson walked one but had a scoreless eighth with one K; and Kenley Jansen dutifully struck out the side in the ninth to preserve the victory. Dodgers are now 1.5 games up (having entered the weekend 1.5 games back) and are tied with the Brewers for the second-best record in baseball (behind Washington).

Jake Peavy drops to 1-10 on the year, and is 0-1 as a Giant. Dan Uggla, the Giants' other recent pickup, went 0-for-3 with 2 Ks and is batting .152 on the year. Uggla, a three-time All-Star, was batting .162 with a miniscule OPS+ of 33. He is now 0-for-8 as a Giant. And he does not get fries with that order.

Post-Game 46 Thread: Beckett Streaks, Gonzalez Strokes

Streaks and strokes.

DODGERS 9, METS 4

Sure, it's only the Mets. But with SoSG mainstay Fred's Brim wnjoying the antispetic sterility of Citi Field, the Dodgers showed some of the vibrant signs of life that we'd been expecting of them all year:

• Starting pitcher Josh Beckett got his second consecutive win, going the minimum 5.0 IP of 8 H, 4 ER ball (2 BB, 6 Ks);
• Adrian Gonzalez went 3-for-4 including a double and a fifth-inning, two-run HR that opened up a four-run inning and broke open the game;
• Yasiel Puig also had a 3-for-4 night with a double and RBI;
• Carl Crawford had two hits and a walk, and scored three runs;
• The Dodgers' bullpen, of J.P. Howell, Chris Withrow, Brian Wilson, and Kenley Jansen, shut down the Mets with four scoreless innings.

With San Francisco's heartbreaking 5-4 walkoff loss to the Rockies, the Dodgers move to four games out of first. There's no way the Giants could rebound from such a loss, so they may as well pack it in from here.

In bad news (because it can't be all good, the way this year has gone), Juan Uribe looks like he may have re-injured his hamstring, pulling into second gingerly during the ninth inning, on a double down the left-field line. Paging Justin Turner! The Big Apple beckons!

Post-Game 36 Thread: Deflated

GIANTS 3, DODGERS 1 (10)

Another extra-inning game. Another poor offensive showing (Hanley Ramirez and Adrian Gonzalez each 0-for-4; Matt Kemp 1-for-4 with 2 Ks; Juan Uribe 0-for-3 and leaves early with an injury). Another poor bullpen showing (J.P. Howell and Jamey Wright team up for 2 ER and 3 BB in the 10th inning). And another loss, dropping the Dodgers 3.5 games back.

Lost in tonight's debacle was a pretty good showing by Josh Beckett (6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB and 4 Ks). It still goes up in the L column, however.

Post-Game 8 Thread: Kemp and Hanley Restore Order To The Ravine

DODGERS 6, GIANTS 2

After watching the Giants spoil the other two games of our opening homestand, Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez came out slugging, both knocking two HR each to drive the Dodgers to victory. Three of those four HR came at the hand of Matt Cain, who lasted only six innings and gave up five ER, raising his ERA to 5.73 on the season. Andre Ethier (0-for-2) added a sacrifice fly and the Dodgers rolled to a 6-2 win.

Zack Greinke was dealing for the Dodgers, lasting six innings in kind and giving up solo shots to Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt in the sixth. Chris Withrow, JP Howell, Chris Perez, and Kenley Jansen came in to nail down the final three innings (yielding two hits in aggregate), and the Dodgers narrow the gap to a half-game behind the Giants, who get the soft fleshy Diamondbacks on Wednesday while we host the AL-leading Detroit Tigers. Let's hope Yasiel Puig (scratched from Sunday's game) and his thumb get a clean MRI report (and stop diving headfirst into first, dammit! who do you think you are, Nick Punto?).

photos: Victor Decolongon / Getty Images

Vin Scully, Righteous Dude

At some point in last night's broadcast, legendary voice of the Dodgers Vin Scully uttered the words, "It's my bad, dude!"

Now, I don't have SportsNet LA yet, so I have no idea what the context of the quote was. If someone could fill us in, so we can get it properly transcribed for the Vin Scully Repository, that would be fantastic.

In the meantime, super-cool friend of the blog Sarah Wexler (of Korean Baseball Translations fame) captured the key moment and shared it on Soundcloud. And thus, a million new text tones were born.



No, Vin. It is NEVER your bad, dude.

UPDATE: Sarah was nice enough to upload the full context.

Ball one.

J.P. Howell tells a little story: The first lesson that he learned from his Double-A Wichita manager. He'd been there, he said, about three days, and he passed by the manager. And the manager said, "How ya doin'?" and Howell said, "Yeah, great, dude!"

Well (laughs), later he was called into the office by the manager, who explained it wasn't best to call your manager "dude." (Chuckles) And then, he said, "OK, it's my bad, dude...OH! Oh no, I said it again!" (Laughs)

Insanely awesome GIF by SBNation.

Who Knew We'd Be Thrilled with a Juan Uribe Re-signing?

Sources: Uribe to return to #Dodgers for two years.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 14, 2013

[And multiple other sources]

Alas, most of us are elated with this signing. Third base was threatening to go uncovered this season, but it looks like Uribe (nee Urine) will be back on a two-year deal. This passes for much better news than the noise we heard earlier today regarding Ned kicking the (albeit them flat) tires of Michael Young. Though Ned at that point was threatening to shit in our Christmas stockings, apparently talks with Uribe progressed quickly and he has agreed to a deal.

Fine. Let's hope Uribe can pick up where he left off last season: playing a surprisingly strong defensive 3B, hitting well, and providing a good fatherly presence for Yasiel Puig. This concretizes Uribe at 3B, HanRam at SS, and Guerrero at 2B.

Let's get Kershaw and Hanley extended, J.P. Howell back and we'll be well on our way to making another strong run at it.