Say hello to DJ Houlton:

http://tinyurl.com/32qnvl

yesterdays game was ours but K/Guo simply had a horrible outing hopefully DJ Houlton will be serviceable.

If he's hurt, why not DL him instead of sending him down to inevitably get more hurt?

If he's hurt, why not DL him instead of sending him down to inevitably get more hurt?

this one should be good.

Houlton did ok in 05 until latter in the year when he started giving up home runs.

no, that's pretty much his comfort zone although he hits 95-97 later on during the game at times.

6/29 at SD (L 6-7): 3.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

6/24 at TB (L 4-9): 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

6/20 TOR (L 1-12): 1.2 IP, 6 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

6/12 NYM (W 4-1): 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

6/7 at SD (L 5-6): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 8 K

6/2 at PIT (L 1-3): 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

5/18 at LAA (L 1-9): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SS

5/15 STL (W 9-7): 0.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

One great game. Flashes of brilliance.

Peavy throws harder than that.

30 I see two bad starts in there. His other outings were in relief, and it's becoming more and more apparent the man can not pitch out of the bullpen.

Peavy is legally blind from what i understand.

Bad example...I know...

as long as the chick tells me she's hot i'm all for it. "Lie to me!!!" Chris Rock quote.

God I hate the Padres....

Any white guy named Reggie...Willits for example...

Did Vinny ever finish that story about Towers and (unidentified but predictable) Peavy?

41 Yikes, trying to scare off our women posters here are you?

Of course, vs. Peavy there could be a lot of them today.

by Vin Scully.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QPx327SbBQ05

Sigh. I'm going to watch a DVD for awhile. Will check back here later, though I probably should do that in about 40 minutes at the rate this is going.

i got "The url contained a malformed video id."

Go to youtube and type in Lasorda...then click on the one title Tommy Lasorda Audio Stew.....might be the greatest thing ever.....

[chuckling]

Go to youtube and type in Lasorda...then click on the one titled "Tommy Lasorda Audio Stew".....might be the greatest thing ever.....

NOMAR!!

Nomar!

Or Olmedo threatened to eat his children.

Now, can they get a second run off Peavy is the question.

And Nomar shall hit a home run. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

Brock Remedial Institute of Total Obviousness.

I obliged.

Well, anyway.

Just shoot me.

what have you done for me lately syndrome.

His older brother went missing last year and was presumed dead. He was involved in drugs. And his younger brother who was the good high school baseball player, has already finished his college career at Rice (winning a NC in 2003) and is in the minors some where (too lazy to look, but its enrique if you are so inclined).

143 Yep, except for a few mistakes. Both pitchers have been mostly terrific.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Enrique-Cruz.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no

Oh well, credit to Peavy for rearing back to end that.

Saenz vs righthanders is not a favorable matchup.

Carry on.

also, he was definitely at Rice in '03 as a junior, so this can't be him.

Check this out:
http://tinyurl.com/2wet4p

it looks even worse live Kady, they look like jammies.

Strike this chump out!

C'mon Otto!

so far it looks like your olfactory receptor neurons were correct Kady.

nice....

Pitch-out. Neener, neener.

Maybe both.

it's his birthday non the less, Vinnie mentioned it earlier

I opt for the Nomar WOHR cause Nomaris already solidifed as far as Ned/Grady are concerned.

Maybe ben Sheets comes up from the rear to take it away from both of them.

Little too close.

If anyone is in the Venice/Fairfax area of LA and wants two free tickets to tomorrow's game, let me know. I won't be able to make it and rather have a DT'er have them then have let them rot.

(LF pavillion, third row up in 307)

I get a little irritated with fans who don't let their own team's fielder make a try at a foul ball (referring to previous batter), but whatever, it all worked out.

Fixed.

I would pay a pretty penny to hear him say "hats for bats"

Nice. Comes back from 3-0

It can't be Famine, because the entire leagues feeds on him.

Sherman Hensely would definitely give me some hope.

Book it.

Someone needs to sacrifice a chicken...

Inexcusable

Eight guys have to bat before Kemp can come to the plate, assuming he even stays in the game?

This is an extra inning home game, Grady. Go get some coffee, you're losing it.

This game is being decided by morons. Nobody should win.

324 yes.

... I don't care if the ball beat him. Why have umpires out there, then? For aesthetic reasons?

Not Really.

Pretty much

Can Martin stay in as a DH and have Lieberthal catch? Can't the Dodgers call "temporary AL rules"?

Grady isn't a moron. Black isn't a moron. Russ isn't a moron. But there is some baffling stuff going on here.

Okay, night everyone! (Heh.)

But, hey, we have Tomko. Clearly we're better off.

Nice try by Ethier at least.

The sad thing is, everyone KNEW that this would happen with Tomko.

The last 15 minutes are the most negative I've ever been on DT. I'm going to go look at some lolcats or something for awhile. Sorry, folks.

Colletti mistakes charm for character.

http://tinyurl.com/2gcwzz

One of these years, the Dodgers are actually going to win a big game once again. I hope I'm alive to see it.

Actually this loss is all on Ned. Kent and Tomko. Please.

Plus Milton Bradley, if he can stay healthy, this team could be a World Series contender. The Dodgers are a second place team.

i'm gonna choose seeing it threw your eyes JT Dutch it somewhat makes sense except the bottom part, they had plenty of opportunities but failed & they loosed because of it.

And yes, Kent needs to rest. The Dodgers need him to start contributing again. At least Nomar did something productive tonight, which is more than Kent could say.

Houlton is the new long man and hopefully Bombko gets DFA'd to make room for Jon "Mailman" Meloan.

Being Eric Gagne in the minors doesn't really help.

Either way.

Yah, tomorrow's game is fairly big, considering the All-Star break then follows. Would be nice to at least be close and leave with a win before the break.

Okay, hope tomorrow's better. Night all.

I doubt Little even had any confidence in him. I imagine him being like "oh no, Tomko is the only guy we have left."

"He [Tomko] didn't get the job done tonight. Maybe he will next time."

If there is a next time, I won't blame Tomko.

'night people....

Brett Tomko: And that's why, I should never pitch again.

This game is being decided by morons. Nobody should win.

This has to be the dumbest move I've seen in quite some time. Since Abreu is going to have to replace Kent if we don't score why not have Abreu pinch run for Kent. You can still have the pitcher go in LuGo's spot and Kemp bat 9th (and up third in the next inning). Now the Dodgers will have to almost bat around before Kemp comes up. What in the world is Grady thinking.

DFA TOMKO

The Big Lebowski

Knitting and eating light.
I'll go to sleep laughing tonight.

That's a lot of DFA money down the toilet. I think the 4.1 price tag will keep Ned from releasing him.

Futurama cured what was ailing me.

Too brain dead to finish editing script, must... resist...more...TV... most... not... dream of... Tomko. {unhh}

No stupid cartoon should be so moving. Saddest. Episode. Ever.

I had to re-watch the Henry Aaron episode twice to wash the sad out.

472. I could never get into that show. don't know why.

Well, you can't get everything.

I was worried. Wear Team Tablecloth next time, so we can make sure you are OK.

And they do. They always do.

474 Oh well, we still like you, forgiving souls that we are.

475 Oh well, Jackson's wrong sometimes, right? Though, frankly, Hendrickson actually gives me more confidence than Kuo right now, which is scary.

Okay, officially outta here.

And I meant Justice League above, not Hanna Barbera. I quit. Night.

Some real comedy was lost tonight, boys.

in my four trips to Dodger Stadium this year.

It was the first extra-inning game for my scorebook. I had to use the AB column.

My most prescient moment was when I turned to my girlfriend after Tomko entered and said, "This will be the last inning."

And mistakes character for value.

I recently watched the episode where Frye's dog waits for him outside the pizza stand

My wife and I were appalled by the ending. We hold out hope that Seymour will be brought back to life in one of the new episodes.

The 3-1 loss now makes the score:
Opponents 29
Dodgers 9

IIRC, you've been to 4 games. Pythagoras tells me the Dodgers's record in those games should have been roughly 0.35-3.65. Is that correct...?

(LF pavillion, third row up in 307)

Last 5 relief appearances: 9.2 IP, 7 hits, 1 run, 9:3 K:BB

Who are you to resist this?