Are we missing Paul Quantrill?

(The latter nickname borrowed from Jim Caple, I believe.)

They haven't had one since the Dodgers were fortunate enough to face Paul Wilson in Cincinnati.

And 2 walks!

I don't get it...is this article of Thompson or Dreifort? Although, it seems like he's not really a AA pitcher since his career was set back with those injuries.

Red Sox club record is 28 hits. They just got their 27th, and the 15 runs so far is the most they've ever scored against the Yanks.

HR: Renteria (3, 5th inning off Quantrill, 3 on, 1 out), Nixon (7, 5th inning off Quantrill, 2 on, 1 out), Payton (3, 7th inning off Quantrill, 1 on, 0 out).

#12, I dunno. Foulke has really, really been awful. Like, Erickson awful.

I don't know if he was named Scooter, but I think that Fox is using the same voice actor.

May 28, 1901

Coming off a National League pennant the year before, Brooklyn stumbled out of the gate in 1901 and were able to balance their record at 13-13 with a come from behind 8-7 win over the Pittsburg (no h at the time) Pirates at Washington Park.

Brooklyn spotted the Pirates a 5-0 before rallying for five runs in the fifth and then added single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth and survived an error by shortstop Bill Dahlen that allowed the Pirates to close the gap to 8-7, but pitcher Bill Donovan, who had replaced ineffective starter Frank Kitson in the fifth, was able to get the last out.

The 1901 Brooklyn squad was definitely star-studded. It was managed by Hall of Famer Ned Hanlon. Other Hall of Famers on the squad were outfielder Willie Keeler and first baseman Joe Kelley. Catcher Deacon McGuire, who would play his last game when he was 48, was a relatively young 37 in 1901 and in his sixteenth season in the majors. The Dodgers big hitting star that year was 22-year old Jimmy Sheckard, who batted .354 and hit 11 home runs and 19 triples and led the NL in slugging at .534, totals that Sheckard would never again reach in a 17-year career. 35-year old second baseman Tom Daly led the NL in doubles with 38.

Brooklyn had a good August and September to finish with a 79-57 record, but it was only good for third place, 9 ½ games behind first place Pittsburg. 1901 started a stretch when the Pirates, Cubs, and Giants won all the NL pennants until 1914. The National League was dividing into Haves and Have Nots.

And of course, one of the biggest changes in baseball in 1901 was the establishment of a second major league to compete with the National League. That of course was the American League, which declared itself to be a major league in 1901. The American League was a big hit at the box office and featured some great offensive stars, especially Philadelphia's Nap Lajoie who batted .426 with 14 HRs and 126 RBI, which would have been a Triple Crown if anyone had officially kept track of RBI at the time. Lajoie and others had their batting averages helped out by the fact that the American League did not adopt the National League's new foul strike rule. Starting in 1901, National League hitters would be charged a strike for their first two foul balls (except for bunts). The American League did not charge a strike on foul balls until 1903.

One of the managers in the new American League was John McGraw, who managed the new Baltimore Orioles team. McGraw would change jobs in 1902, an event that would be part of the Dodgers' reason for residence in the second division for many years.

Thanks to the Washington Post, BaseballReference.com and Retrosheet

Did anyone hear the incognito Dodger employee call Ross Porter yesterday and complain about what the McCourts have done to the morale among the Dodger workforce? Imagine being nostalgic for Fox, but apparently that's what it's like among those who work at the Stadium behind the scenes...

I didn't get a response. Those marketing people didn't want me showing them up!

Very cool action scenes, but in some sense, the drama is blunted because you know how the story has to end. Don't expect anyone from that film to get nominated for an acting Oscar.

Except for the little kids in the theater who were wondering what was going to happen in the "next one".

So, it likely wasn't me.

I did learn that my car is really blue! I always thought it was gray.

Really? Shows how much I paid attention during spring training.

In my youth, it was KCOP, a Chris Craft Station. That was back in the day when those stations ran nothing but "Get Smart" and "Gilligan's Island" and heavily edited movies to fit into weird time slots.

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Clayton
Gonzalez
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Snyder
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ECR is the "home" team.

LA City High School baseball championship.

It's 5-1 ECR going to the 7th.

No, Chatsworth is not #1, they lost three times this year, twice (and likely three times) to ECR and once to Hart.

I did a Google search on KCOP Copely and found this:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/TVstudios/KCOP.shtml

Channel 13 first began broadcasting over 50 years ago, in 1948, as KLAC-TV. In 1953, it was sold to Copley Press, who renamed it KCOP. Just a month later, Copley sold the station to a group of investors that included Bing Crosby. Crosby's group owned the station until 1960, when it was sold to Chris Craft Industries.

Man, the great B. Mitchell Reed. Saw him open an Emerson, Lake, And Palmer show with "Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends..."

Anyhow, I find this pretty amusing:

http://tinyurl.com/763hn

I don't know from Indy, let alone NASCAR, and I have no clue who Robby ("not Jeff") Gordon is, but isn't this sort of whining against various codes of honor/manliness/whatever?

That's pretty whiny for a big tough NASCAR driver, but then Vijay Singh got all huffy about Annika Sorenstam playing the same tournament too.

Sexism lives. Regrettably.

Chatsworth's string of city titles ends at 2. The only school to win 3 straight is Fremont from 1946-48.

Interesting tidbit about Dodger Stadium today. parking was free! The food was cheaper. And Tommy Lasorda stuck around and gave a speach after the game.

"I told my wife I had to go to Dodger Stadium to make a speech at the game. She said to me 'Tommy, you love baseball and the Dodgers more than me.' I replied 'Yeah but I love you more than I love Basketball and Football.'"

Tommy was great today.

Otherwise, you're better off hoping that the bad hitter can get lucky than giving up an out. You're more likely to have the bad hitter strike out than hit into a DP.

Perez couldn't barehand the ball.

I see "In play, run scoring play." Crap.

We wait. Then, I see that no one's on base, thinking, "Oh God, a three-run bomb." Double crap.

Then, Gameday gives me the news that Green scored on a double play. Half a crap.

I hear you... that is my life since I was exiled to the East coast and can no longer see any games on TV or in person. Though, it does create a sort of mystery around the game...

He's under the category of players who were bad on the Dodgers but good for other teams.

Fewer shots of the parents. More shots of the Girlfriend.

Thanks.

He is showing skills that he did not display in Los Angeles.

Nice inning by the kid. Let's hope he goes 5+ and we get some runs.

But he still makes a good play and looks completely catatonic. No emotion at all.A little nod or smile might be nice.

I know Ventura must have had the most of any Dodger player, but probably not the most with the Dodgers.

But I believe in the magical power of the Goggles!

Greg Maddux has the NL record and he ended it on an intentional walk.

Greg Maddux - 72 1/2 IP without a walk for ATL in 2001.

84 innings is a very long time to go. It's over 9 games.

The last guy Fischer walked before he started his streak was named Bubba (Phillips) and the guy he ended the streak against was also named Bubba (Morton).

During the streak, he went 2-8.

Although in fairness to Fischer, the 1962 Kansas City A's weren't very good, 72-90.

Not that Robles is the second coming of Luis Aparicio.

I like this kid. Let's give him some omre starts.

You're always making some tasty sounding dishes. It's kind of painful to read your posts. Feel free to invite us to dinner anytime.

I was told he developed a healthy dislike for Douglas MacArthur. My mom also told me that he told her before he died (in 1942) that Corregidor would never be taken by the Japanese.

Dumb move by Duaner. Now we're in trouble.

But it wasn't, so Terrero gets a free pass to 3rd.

Pozole (or posole) is an easy dish if you have a crock pot or dutch oven. It's basically Menudo but with pork instead. 2 lbs. of cubed, browned pork ribs, then a can of whole tomatoes, 2 cans of hominy and onion, garlic, anchiote, and chile powder and whatever spices you want to add. I'm hoping it's dinner for the whole week.

At least Duaner's not in line for the undeserving W.

No doubt the official scorer can't either.

I know, but my question is whether or not it is related to the Altadena dairy empire.

Is Sanchez charged with an error? If so, are the runs unearned, or would Terrero have been safe regardless?

But can someone tell me why in the world Vazquez was hitting there if they were going to take him out?

I was at that one!

Because Melvin knew that the worthless moron on the mound would groove him one.

Gameday's box score has it as a hit for Terrero, and an error (interference) for Sanchez.

And since the rule says you get three bases, plus the ball is still in play and you can try to score, that has to be the reason.

This seems to be the relevant rule for officials scorers:
Award an error ... (f) When an umpire awards the batter or any runner or runners one or more bases because of interference or obstruction, charge the fielder who committed the interference or obstruction with one error, no matter how many bases the batter, or runner or runners, may be advanced. NOTE: Do not charge an error if obstruction does not change the play in the opinion of the scorer.

So the scorer thought Terrero would have been safe at first anyway.

I'll never tell!!

Would've loved to have heard the ATC radio traffic on that one.

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Why was Glaus ejected?

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Name the last Dodgers starting pitcher to finish in the top 3 of the Cy Young voting.

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Why is Gagne not in???

A) Fire Jim Tracy.
B) Fire the first base umpire.

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Bleah.

How great would three wins in a row at this point in the season have been?

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Seriously, I think Tracy wrote this game off anyway, what with the rookie throwing. I like the way he pitched. It's better than Erickson, so I'm encouraged.

I've never been this mad about a Dodger loss before.

We don't deserve to win anything until we have a competent manager. This is just unbelievable.

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Jim Tracy has cost us more games than I can count. Every game Weaver starts post-120 pitches, for example.

In the umpire's opinion, Terrero's position on the base path didn't affect Kent's ability to field the ball.

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Thanks. Quit trying to calm me down with logic and reasoning. It's just not going to work. I'm too mad at this loss. :)

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Still - I can't remember off-hand a game where it looked like we were doing our best to lose. This game looked like that.

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I would think it would, but the throw was very catchable.

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Anybody else of the opinion that our bullpen pretty much sucks?

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Consider the things we did to blow it:

1. Duaner's one-in-a-million stunt with the glove.
2. Giving up a HR to Vazquez.
3. Not getting a bunt down from the leadoff hitter.
4. Next guy GIDP.
5. Bringing Carrara in.
6. Leaving Carrara in with runners on base, while Gagne sits.

I've even left things out, I'm sure.

I guess you can say #s 1-4 "just happen" sometimes. But #5-6 are entirely Tracy's fault. Losing this game is Tracy's fault. This is becoming a trend.

Bad call imho.

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re #3. It's of my opinion that Izturis NEVER should've been bunting. He is our best hitter and he's fast, so he's not too likely to hit into a DP. Werth's at bat following Izturis was pretty pathetic though. So it might not have mattered???

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I agree Izzy shouldn't have been bunting. Add that to the list of Tracy's mistakes, assuming he called for the bunt.

But, if the bunt is on, you have to get it down.

Sorry for being so negative about this game. I still can't believe it.

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Thompson's WHIP is 1.20. Not bad for a game with such a weird strike zone being called by the umps.

Anyone think that Tracy has a mandate from DePodesta to keep Gagne out of bleak situations, in order to keep his value up?

Yes, it's Tracy's fault for having Izturis bunting, and Izturis' fault for not getting it down. To compound an already bad decision, he still had him bunting with two strikes. As soon as Izturis came up, I said don't bunt, don't have him bunt Tracy, oh well. I know you are playing for one run, but it's your best hitter. It's very likely he will get a single or maybe more, and move the lead runner to 2nd or 3rd. If he gets out, oh well atleast you have two more outs to score with.

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The Sanchez Principle? The Tracy Principle?

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Steve's principle states, in a nutshell, that the pitcher is removed after making the inexcusable pitch. I don't think throwing the glove at the ball qualifies - and Sanchez was removed after giving up the HR to the pitcher.

Regarding #300 - last paragraph - if anything, the opposite. I bet DePo would rather see Gagne in there than Carrara with the game on the line.

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Game on the line, Gagne comes in and gives up the loss, lowers his value at the trading deadline, no?

Using that logic, Jim Tracy doesn't have a shred of trade value. :)

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Putting Gagne into situations in which he has a comfortable cushion, and only has to get 3 outs = gaudy stats for Eric.

This is off topic but we need to go back to the old save rule. Coming in to a 3-run game and getting 3 outs should not earn you a "save."

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Second, Tracy has zero confidence in Erickson. Why are they allowing him to take up a spot in the bullpen when he will never see the mound unless the Dodgers are up by ten? I know people have stated this time and time again, but what is the reason for keeping him on the roster?

haha! Nice post. The Grabowski Principle will go down with famous measurements like The Mendoza Line.

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Steve would be a good replacement. If he's busy my neighbors dog has plenty of time on his hands.

Why is Erickson still on the roster? Got me on that one. Maybe Tracy has a crush on him?

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Again: we need to adjust the save rule!

Definitely.

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I get the pun, but doesn't it also sound like all the Red Sox players stopped having their way with Clement in some bizarre ritual to stop their losing streak?

1. Keeping Erickson on the team.

2. Letting Carrara pitch the 9th tonight (especially after getting into trouble).

3. Keeping Tracy as our manager.

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It would be easier to prove the earth is flat.

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1. Erickson seems to do okay the first time through a lineup, so he might make a decent middle relief guy. I'm just going through the motions here, though.

2. Only a Sophist would attempt this.

3. Decent track record. Apparently outperforms his Pythagorean record. Some immunity for making the playoffs last year. Excellent penmanship on his lineup cards.

I think the market, seeing Gagne at, let's say 3-1 with 20 saves, versus 0-1 with 25 saves, would value him higher in the latter case.

1. Lisa G.

2. Tracy expected to lose this game, and wanted to conserve Gagne for getting Weaver the win tomorrow (which would build up Weaver's confidence).

3. Until the Dodgers are more than 10 games out of first place, I don't think you can shake up management. Tracy has had a modicum of success in the past, luck or no, so I just don't see yanking him this early in the season.

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Cora would have made the catch on the bunt play.

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Assuming that you get Gagne up and moving to warm up at the first sign of trouble (the double to center), he still won't be ready at the very least until two batters later. Two batters after the double, the bases were loaded with 0 out. That's a no win situation, to me.

The real debate is why Carrara pitches the ninth at all. Again, maybe Tracy is trying to conserve/rest Gagne, maybe he's trying to just put him in for save opps because of whatever reason, I don't think we'll ever know.

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