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Matt Kemp gets a rest - tonight he is not starting for the first time since June 30 (Jason Repko's big day). Kemp has started all but three games since May 18, and 124 out of 139 this season.
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It is a pet peeve that BP makes you work to hard to get information. They should spend a day playing with Baseball Reference and then get some interns who know how to build a baseball reference site that is useful.
Not sure why it would plummet so much (it was 24% two days ago) when we have been winning, but there you go, fwiw.
The Biggest craze to hit France. Boat Jousting. I expect to see this sport at London 2012.
13 Made it sound like the DBacks were winning their game tonight, then I realized it hadn't started yet.
>> Takashi Saito threw two-seam fastballs off a mound and will incorporate curveballs when he goes off a mound again on Thursday. If that goes, well, he'll throw a simulated game on Saturday, then another simulated game next week, then be activated. Torre said that when Saito is activated, he likely will make one appearance in an innocuous situation just to get used to competition again. But Torre seemed to say that after that, he would be perfectly comfortable with Saito closing again.<<
No doubt about that one, even Charley Steiner knew it right away I'd bet.
Manny gets revenge against the Padres for some perceived slight.
Hu's ears just perked up a bit.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glaustr01.shtml
That's a hit if Kent's playing there, eh?
Aaron 15
Bonds 14
Ruth 13
Schmidt 13
Manny 12
Foxx 12
A-Rod 12*
Thome 11*
Manny just hit his 30th of the season, and A-Rod hit #30 tonight as well. Thome is sitting on 29.
4-0 Cardinals Molina 2 run HR Top 4!
Weird hop + Baggy shirt.
That Aaron Boone sure was great.
Also, Blake DeWitt gets a hit.
79 I believe you, I just don't remember Glaus ever playing for the D'Backs, thought he went straight from the Angels to the Blue Jays.
And Berroa gets a hit.
Crazy game.
Nice hit, though. It's good that he's finally heating up.
Dodger Regulars Since ASB, Sorted By OPS
Manny 1.239
Loney .864
Ethier .846
Blake .840
Kemp .838
Kent .778
Martin .658
I only included Manny & Blake's Dodger numbers, entering tonight. And I didn't include a SS since Nomarroa has split time.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/berroan01.shtml
I absolutely adore Vin Scully's patented scullyisms!
Nice inning, Minotaur!
Of course I know Ned can pay quite a bit for a reliever, and many mil for a starter--ie. Schmidt.
lol, yes my favorite British slang.
How about a little Bob's your uncle.
Bud Black is not amused.
My nephews and nieces don't seem to think that the phrase is dirty.
Nice hustle by Andre X 2.
And bob's yer uncle!
Kemp, 19 games (July 9 - Aug 1)
Loney, 15 games (to start season)
Loney, 13 games (present)
Loney, 12 games (June 12-25)
Kemp, 12 games (Apr 25 - May 7)
Martin, 10 games (Apr 23 - May 3)
The Braves got 16 runs and 21 hits and Chipper Jones didn't play in the game.
He's not very good. Literally, an ape pitches better than him.
though he's tougher than David Schwimmer
Hey, underdog, salute the position; not the man.
Schwimmer was also a poor army officer.
A miniscule 39 pitches for Kershaw through 4.
I'm always skeptical of eating spaghetti since watching Band of Brothers.
Squee!
D's way, after watching every possible thing break against them for eight games.
Solved!
I think that is the most likely scenario.
ha, dewitt OPS'ing exactly .700
Why would DeJesus move off SS?
But not from playing baseball, from my dinner in particular.
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Well now they can't IBB Manny.
Maybe we will get new management that is pro-Mark Ellis.
"Saint☆Young Men is a comedy manga by Nakamura Hikaru about Jesus and Buddha are on a long vacation and they have come to the mortal world to live in a cheap apartment in Tokyo."
http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/08/29/manga-saint%e2%98%86young-men/#more-2283
Note: Link itself is SFW, but other stuff on the site may not be.
Ruined because of the eminent FA 3B signing?
this team reminds me of something my high school water polo coach said about our team one year: This team is schizophrenic.
I thought it was Mark Ellis love.
...and 50 Ks.
How many Dodgers get cheered after a strikeout?
Time for Loney to pick up the mood.
And Loney is the man.
He looked fine defensively when I saw him this year. I don't see him hitting enough to be anything but a SS.
Unless they develop into more offensively than I am expecting, I don't see there being room for Hu and DeJesus as starters. I think whoever turns out better wins the SS job.
I understand his defense is supposed to be great, but why should I want to sign him over the many young options we have in house for the position?
Brandon Webb remembers!!! :)
His power has disappeared lately though and he's replaced it with popups. That's a concern that wasn't there a month ago.
The main event is Rudy Seanez vs Kyle Farnsworth.
A Casey Blake / Furcal one-year deal steel cage match with Ned Colletti refereeing is the main event.
Don't you see his best skill eroding in the near future at his age, though?
Crowd gives a small applause to Kershaw.
Maddux was terrible in his 1st start, Kershaw followed with a shellacking.
Same thing after Maddux's 2nd start.
Maddux was good last night. Tonight...
I think we can cover that aspect when the Dodgers go on their yet unscheduled goodwill tour to Cuba, as Ned refs a taekwondo match.
I'm trying not to think of it through the filter of an idiot GM, though. In my universe, Casey Blake is not part of the equation.
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...would you believe in all these years I never realized the UK's BBC was a public broadcasting station? That sure explains a lot of things.
Not in modern times. Originally, yes. But now it just means idiot.
Not a bad idea. Kershaw is due up 3rd in the 5th.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=280902117
http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/prosports/mlb/dodgers/
Maybe the Dodgers didn't put him in any trades because they know he wouldn't pass any physicals? I hope Hu can fix his vision problems somehow.
British slang is so much better than ours, it is not fair.
Injury concealment should be a punishable offense, either via fine or suspension.
Eyeball twich, awww is one of the most annoying things ever.
Dre!
for example: "You little Ronnie" is rymhing slang with Ronnie Coote and Beaut (Beauty).
Reg Grundies is for undies (underwear)
"Harry Holt" for bolt (or run fast) is my favourite. Harold Holt himself was a Prime Minister of Australia who drowned, and his body was never recovered and so of course people speculated he'd run away; and so as slang for running away Harry Holt is a great piece of working man's humour.
excuse non-American spelling but I can't help it.
Um...he was quite hot to start the year, then got benched because Pierre cried to his parents.
Hard to stay hot when you aren't playing.
He was certainly not a second-half player in 2006.
http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/
My grandmother is Australian, but she never taught me any good Australian slang.
I have to try to figure out stuff from things like Chopper.
He didn't have that luxury earlier this season.
Also, Chris Carpenter has come in to pitch in relief for the Cardinals.
Yikes...
I'd realllly consider pulling Kershaw soon. Save these innings in the bank for later, eh?
And Blake DeWitt shows he has range again.
You have a better chance of seeing classified UFO video footage than finding MLB footage.
Just one more reason why kids can name a lot more NBA players than they can MLB players.
That and the tattoos.
Whatever it is good.
Not too shabby.
Torre disagrees and we shall see more Kershaw. Only at 84 pitches.
JP looks hurt.
Willie Davis is the only non-pitcher to do it.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/vnWt
Dreading it? Or does that ever even happen?
I would have DVRd it if I remembered it was tonight.
Aww, I did not realize that was on. It has some hot girls on it. I will check that out.
It has a girl from Degrassi: The Next Generation!
It's two hours tonight; you can still record the last 40 minutes. Hurry!
Oh, Icaros, you're just gonna watch 90210 ironically, right?
It's on again Thursday!
Can't say that I graduated college in fours years like they did, though. Kelly got her degree in four years despite having a raging coke addiction, almost burning to death, and joining a cult, to name a few.
I started watching it ironically twelve years ago, then got hooked. Just like heroin.
What's the point of September call-ups? McDonald to start the 8th with no one on made a ton of sense. Why let Kershaw enter the 8th? And I said that to myself in the 7th inning.
Stupid managing!
Kershaw should get credit for this win, at least.
What's the point of September call-ups? McDonald to start the 8th with no one on made a ton of sense. Why let Kershaw enter the 8th? And I said that to myself in the 7th inning.
Stupid managing!
lets keep this lead at 4 come on now
Please don't blow this game, or I shall be turning up my oven and then placing my head inside of said oven.
Sincerely,
Underdog
Can anyone think of any intelligent reason for allowing Kershaw to pitch the 8th much less the 7th? A 8-0 lead after 6 and a 8-1 lead after 7. Why send him out there?
Ummm.... OK.
But not a 20 year-old who they are supposedly watching his pitch counts and innings pitched.
The point is they didn't need to send him out there with a 8-0 lead and there were plenty of available pitchers to start the 7th or 8th inning.
I just feel that after 6 innings it was a perfect time to take him out and let him have the knowledge of a job well done with a real nice stat line. Instead they allowed him to reduce that by having him go out there and pitch further. At the very least, a real missed opportunity for Torre.
Jimmy Johnston 5/22/1922
Babe Herman 5/18/1931
Babe Herman 7/24/1931
Dixie Walker 9/2/1944
Jackie Robinson 8/29/1948
Gil Hodges 6/25/1949
Wes Parker 5/7/1970
Tomorrow, Cardinal pitcher Kyle Lohse will be going for his 14th win of the year against Doug Davis in a matinee game at Chase.
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417 Um, I hope if he gets another at bat it's only because the Dodgers batted around this inning.
I probably would have yanked him after one base runner instead of two (or just before the inning), but there's nothing wrong with showing confidence in a young pitcher when he hasn't thrown over 100 yet.
I just think a Manager can pick some spots especially early on in a career for a young picher to take the kid out and when he reflects back at that stat line, it perhaps provides more confidence then a stat line that gave up 3 earned runs. That's all.
Winning tomorrow is a must, too, before the AZ series.
"Timlin in the 8th, Williamson in the 9th!!"
And I think it shows that Torre has confidence in Kershaw that Torre allowed Kershaw to pitch into the 8th.
vr, Xei
I was in a bar about a mile away from Fenway at the time... and there were definitely a LOT of people groaning that Pedro was coming back out rather than going to the pen.
457 - Pedro was in such a state that I would have put myself in the game to pitch.
NPUT
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