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Re Ticker Sales: I put four tickets, field level, behid home plate on EBay and am getting no action. These are scary economic times.
TMI.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8658944/FOX-FEEDS
Vigilance! - that's perfect.
Stubhub now only has 3496 tickets available for Sunday. They started at 6000 and dropped to 4800 so they are being purchased.
I got laid off from my job the other day, was bummed because I still have to work till Tuesday. But then I got offa work early today. So wooo! And bring on the World Series because I'll be unemployed and have all the time in the world!
Great job Dre!
No, I'm not going to say anything nasty here -- I'm here with an offer for Dodgers fans.
Back in September, when I thought the Cubs would be playing the Mets in the division series, I bought some tickets for the Dodgers NLCS games. Now, I have some available.
They are in section 304, row O, in the All You Can Eat Pavilion, for game 4 on Monday, October 13.
I've sent the tickets to a friend of mine in Manhattan Beach, so they will be available for pickup in the LA area tomorrow afternoon. I paid $90 each for them (including all the TM fees), so that's what I'd like back.
Email al (at) bleedcubbieblue (dot) com if you are interested.
Good luck to the Dodgers in the NLCS.
Wait, that didn't go out??
Wow.
Well, I'll take it.
Fudge yeah!
See if you can find a setting on your box for a widescreen setting. On my set there are no bars.
Manny!!!
1) because you are watching on the NTSC feed.
2) because your TV company (cable/satellite) is distributing it in the wrong format.
1-0! Great start!
Do the same Matt
If Werth doesn't make that catch, the Dodgers score 2 more runs.
Harry Kalas's voice sounds really familiar.
NFL Films and commercials.
Yeah, with Steve Sabol or whatever his name was.
That's not even factoring in Victorino.... which leads me to wonder, is Victorino our worst rule 5 loss in recent history?
http://6-4-2.blogspot.com/2008/10/si-cover-jinx-phillies-in-world-series.html
And the Dodgers would gladly let him do that every time.
He almost lost it, but it wouldve been ruled a catch still if he had dropped it, because he clearly had it caught for the moment
He was pretty good with the astros this year. It's easier to give up a middle reliever than Shane who plays everday, play an excellent OF and would have allowed us to NOT sign Slappy.
I also miss Carlos Santana.
It's my running joke around here. Many said that no one would miss him if we made it into the postseason.
THAT STRIKE 3 CALL TO BLAKE WAS....COME ON!
Are you kidding? The catcher framed it well, but it was no where close. That inning was way to quick for Hamels.
Got to say Lowe looking good baby!
23 year old getting his first taste of the big leagues, pitching in that ballpark, a 2.14 BAA, and tough on lefties... I don't think his statistics tell the whole story, especially when you are dealing with the sample sizes of relievers.
It looks as if he's toying with the hitters before he eventually throws it
Whooohooooo DP!
attaboy Dewitt.
Ethier doubled, and Manny doubled off the wall in CF. Barely missed going out.
thanks much Who Is Karim Garcia. :o)
Is there no part of Mannymania that will go unexploited?
I think on the bottle it says 9IX. Whether this says "99" is in the eye of the beholder.
it's Jay-z's perfume
Agreed. Hamels has made 55 pitches. Lowe only 35, of course, Lowe needs to get through his half of the inning.
Lowe doing his best to make 'ya proud
Which ones do I stick on the back of my car?
I was under the impression that when you break your arm the bone actually GETS STRONGER. am I wrong to assume this?
Thanks Jon!
But Bob can tell us, I'm sure.
OH --- BISON POWER!!!
Go Bison!
Thank you Bob. I wanted to comment on that stupidity, but only you could word it so beautifully. I'm now glad I refrained
2-0, good guys.
Atta boy LaR...er DeWitt!
Especially after he bought into Torre's team-work mantra and stopped trying for selfish hits and stuff.
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SportsNation Rob Neyer: (9:16 PM ET ) For the record? I'm sticking with the Phillies. Off the record, though? Completely off the record? Dodgers in 6.
I've decided to stop following the narratives.
Yeah, like that little boomerang kid from The Road Warrior.
I've had nightmares about that kid. Especially when he gets all excited by the music box.
BLAKE!
Okay guys, off to my own game. I shall catch up to y'all later tonight, hoping to watch the Dodgers hold on {knock on wood} in this one.
Go Blue!
presidential debate sketch
murray: "the cubs were swept in the national league divisional series. what will you do to ensure this never happens again"
mccain: "THE CUBS WILL NEVER WIN THE PENNANT"
A giant pyre where everyone was paid based upon how nice they were to other people.
He made Hamels make 8 pitches there. Did a good job nonetheless.
he wasn't mad
84 pitches though.
The worst part was that Manny Ramirez called the traveling secretary a "purple monkey dishwasher."
Branch Rickey is right! They're really making this travelling secretary out to be a saint. Nobody just gets into fisticuffs out of the blue.
It's in the past, whatever happened. Man both pitchers are ON tonight!
Man he is on tonight... (so far)
Torre: "No. We'll play game 4 when we come to it."
Torre's thought: "And that's why I'm in the dugout and you're in the booth."
Get this man and get back to the dugout, Derek.
Signed,
The Karim Garcia Family.
Thanks guys!
He was worried about the catcher on second relaying the pitches or location to Rollins.
Condrey = righty mop-up man, nothing special
Durbin = demoted setup righty, charlie used him waaaaay too much in aug/sept
Eyre = second lefty, beimel w/o the hair
Happ = lefty rookie long reliever, kershaw without the velocity
Madson = tall righty setup man, pitching better this last month than we've ever seen
Romero = different pitcher since he came to the NL. thanks red sox/angels!
Lidge = lights. out.
And he's obviously remained objective about Manny since he's complimented his play more than once tonight. Contrary to what a previous poster said, that at least makes him "a man".
I think McCarver's brain just shut off for half a second.
That's the day the MLB Network debuts.
And the best part about it, was that you could hear McCarver realizing his stupidity mid-way throughout the story, but he had to finish it.
Really? Drool. I wonder who we'll steal from ESPN to be the host.
The hosts haven't been hired. The only people who are known to be working for the MLB Network are Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds.
Calm. Throw strikes.
I was interested to talk to a major league player about their signs, and they are complicated, and get changed fairly often during the season.
I keed I keed
(!!!)
don't worry, i shut it off.
:(
SIKE!
Well said, I must say.
Is Vinny coming back on radio or is he doing TV the rest of the game, as usual back west?
i hate fox.
And this Park.
Whiffs on the next one.
Is that an inside reference kind of thing?
Sorry, I'll try to pay attention to the game now.
Just sayin.
LoL!!!
I did the same thing!
That series turned out fairly well.
That series turned out fairly well.
Besides, Kate Smith just wasn't big enough to be the Fat Lady Singing. It aint over...
RUIZ beats one out, wow!
But the Yankees will do it forever. Unless the Steinbrenners do something like sell the team to Noam Chomsky.
I just wanted to say that.
Funny. I know what you mean.
This is our inning!
Telephone call for James Loney. James Loney, destiny is calling, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Your projected outcomes?
yes, I'm serious
I went to an Angels playoff game last year, and in the 7th, we were told to stand for God Bless America. Whatever. So I did. Some guy behind me starts drunkenly yelling about taking off my hat and being unpatriotic, and I had to restrain myself from yelling back about being patriotic enough to know that God Bless America isn't the national anthem. I took it off pregame for the anthem, as I've always been told to.
I may very well have been wrong, but it got me very riled up.
What's the consensus here? GBA gets the same hat treatment as the anthem? I lean toward no, but like I said, maybe I'm wrong.
Let's see it.
But I don't want to flirt with Rule 5, so.
If he has no pain tomorrow, that will be a great sign.
Then when they played Take Me Out To The Ballgame I stood. Screw the revisionists!
missing with the high sliders = not so awesome.
But I'd have another exclamation if I had a serious rooting interest.
I knew those other guys at Bronx Banter were lying when they said there was no more baseball this year.
Here's hoping tomorrow's game is even better (especially in its outcome). Cheers, DT.
that's the great thing about it, fresh start tomorrow.
as in life & I LOVE IT!!
We'll get 'em tomorrow.
If Lowe gets Ruiz out, then its 9, 1, 2 and if he could have made through that in the 6th you bring in Kuo in the 7th to pitch to the lefties and go from there.
I bet Lowe will tell you that later.
Like Eric, I thought both teams played a good game tonight. I can't think of any egregious errors other than the Furcal "error" which could have been scored a hit anyhow.
Hamels was dynamite! As a matter of fact, so was Lowe. This was a game Philly needed and they got it, but for the Dodgers, it's still only one game.
This is the most even keel I've ever felt in any playoff series, including the Lakers. Still got one more shot for the split tomorrow.
I'll hang out here while I wait for Molly to get back to DT and bring us her account of the experience today. I can't say I'm disappointed tonight per se, especially since LA held the Phils to 3 runs. That's not easy to do! I was impressed by our staff tonight.
Actually, I didn't know how I would feel when the Dodgers lost a game, but I feel pretty confident with Chad pitching tomorrow.
Tomorrows a must game.
Winning 4 of 5 would be quite difficult, especially if Hamels pitches 2 of those games.
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