Starting for your first place Los Angeles Dodgers, Number 22, Clayton Kershaw.

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Boo Notre Dame! :)

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Can we just not count the Big Ten, Big East, and ACC this year?

did anybody just absolutely loathe the announcer? How much unwarranted credit must they attribute to Angel Berroa, Joe Torre, and Ned? They all but attributed Manny's HR to Torre's genius hit and run. where were they when we losing 7 in a row? they even praised Jeff Kent's take-no-guff attitude. yikes

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wait, i am home.

Frankly, the only reason to hate Notre Dame anymore is the fact that they still pollute the TV screen even though with the long grass, lack of speed and lack of skill, I could swear I was watching my junior high football team out there.

Has a bit of a problem with that ; )

I love Notre Dame, but this game, although a victory, is not making me happy.

But i will endure another year of mediocrity from ND to see the Dodgers in the playoffs this year.

P.S. Bob, I was at the UCLA game in South bend, and it is one of my favorite sports memories. Sorry.

/We will rebuild.

Has anyone heard his new album? Is it any good? I mean, I'm gonna get it whether it's good or not -- this is Randy Newman we're talking about -- but I'll feel better about the purchase if it's good.

"The thing that scares you the most is that the guy who made that decision has the right to vote."

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Colorado-Houston game starts at 5:05 Pacific, by the way.

Washington got hosed.

My day was made a little more interesting becasue this person was sitting two rows in front of us with a few of her friends. I could not believe how many people recognized her and wanted their picture with her. Literally she had celeb status. I guess more people follow CA politics than I thought.

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A) A very mild and usual celebration was dinked for a specific, lame, ticky tack part of the new celebration rule.

B) The kick was blocked.

I understand UW fans being extremely frustrated, but it seems sort of silly to blame the specific ref not only when, from what I can tell, he followed the letter of the law but the biggest part of the whole story--the blocked kick--gets muted out.

Darron Thomas is the Duck's QB of the future (he originally committed to LSU).

Did you go to UO?

And then a win today makes 7-2.

Soriano has THREE HR's so far in Cincinnati.

That kid was not a very good thief.

How does Manny inside-out a pitch 400 feet the opposite way?

Which is usually not a good sign for the Angels.

But he still he has to get by Brian McCann . . .

Konerko up with runners on 1st and 3rd with one out.

I don't know if I've ever seen that particular play.

The last Dodger to have as many as 34 RBI, and at least as many RBI as games played, was Oyster Burns, with 128 RBI in 119 games in 1890.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-shaikin7-2008sep07,0,6243246,full.story

(Thanks to all who kept the faith--I can't say I did.)

Really happy they won the two, obviously ;-)

Hahahahahahaha. Coach.

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That doesn't seem how it should be.

I bet that one-in-a-thousand simulation would be very entertaining.

Manny Being Manny!

Dodgers in first!

WooHoo!

Even if the Dodgers lose tomorrow, I still like their odds at this point, though it's going to be close. But right now, over this past week anyway, they look the better team all around, and that's not counting the possible reinforcements who may be coming. But we know how fast things can turn back around again, and how streaky they are, so I'm not gonna get carried away.

But anyway, was nice to watch the tape of the game and be able to fast forward through some of it. And at least the Fox crew finally called out Bills as a great, "under the radar" pitcher, and talk to Torre about him.

The Scher-shaw matchup tomorrow should be interesting.

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"It's to a point he's been away from competition so long I think basically he's going to have to just ease his way into that just being able to trust himself and allow himself to do all the things that he normally does when he plays this game," Torre said. "A couple different times it looked like he was close, and things went bad for him, so I could see where he would be hesitant. I'm not saying he's going to be, but I'm guessing that's something he's going to have to figure out."

Oyster Burns, with 128 RBI in 119 games in 1890.

dang!

he has been outstanding for us this year & i'm sure he'll be even better next year, Logan White sure knows how to pick'em. I really didn't think he was gonna be all that special this year, I have to admit.

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Tomorrow's game features a matchup of first round draft picks from the 2006 First Year Player Draft, Max Scherzer, the 11th player taken that year vs. Clayton Kershaw, the 7th player taken.

Scherzer, 2 days older than Chad Billingsley, will be making his 4th start of the season, his first since May 17th, he faced the Dodgers twice last weekend, pitching 3 scoreless innings, giving up 2 hits with 1 strike out, he has not pitched since last Sunday. He pitched for AAA Tuscon this season too, he only had a 1-1 record in 13 games, 10 of those starts, but he had a 3.5 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio and struck out 79 in 53 innings.

Bluebleeder and I had a lot of fun trying to figure out how Chad was going to attack each hitter.

"We need to respond tomorrow," manager Bob Melvin said. "We've got hammered two days in a row here and the last four from them. We'll see what we're made of tomorrow.

"Everybody knows the significance of the series and where we are in the standings. We've been in first place for quite awhile and it's our turn to respond tomorrow and take it back."

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Blaming refs when more blame should be elsewhere is a pet peeve, so I apologize if this is becoming a dead horse. I shall cease and desist now. (Another funny Emphasised celebration rule is 9-2-1"(h) ...or bowing at the waist after a good play."

Hoping for Kershaw to really shine tomorrow. It'll be a full sports day for me, going right into the Colts opener after the other Blue play.

Wow, you get around!

I agree with you regarding the refs. I was thinking about it. Let's say an extra point is a 98% certainty (just making up numbers here). The penalty moved the ball back to essentially a 37-yard FG. What is that, a 70% success ratio, if that? So the refs probably lowered the Huskies chances to tie by about 30%. Let's say they had a 50% chance to win in OT, so the refs really decreased the chances of winning by about 15%. That's still significant, but I'm not sure it's pitchfork time.

Trainwreck, underdog, Icaros, etc, will you be going to those games (Sept 27-28)?

And I'm afraid the "getting around" bit is lost on me, for I am knee deep in Hawthorne. Elaborate so I can feel like an idiot for not getting it?

I did not score tonight's game, deciding to forever retire the Bob Book for games intended in person. The boxes on the Bob Book are smaller than what I'm used to, so I'm still bound for many adjustments, but I did enough of a job that its ready for the big show.

146 I have to imagine my brother will be trying to go, and if he does, I may just force my way up there as well. Let me know what goes down.

I went to the Colts @ Raiders game last year and am going to attempt to go to the @ Chargers game this year. Some day, I'll take a game in at the Luke--possibly as soon as next year. This year is looking doubtful being in the poor house.

Russell Martin = Derek Jeter
Chad Billingsley = Andy Pettite
Andre Ether = Paul O'Neil

Anyone else that Torre has compared to a Yankee player he managed?

Scott Proctor = Scott Proctor

Casey Blake = Charlie Hayes
Blake DeWitt = Scott Brosius
Gary Bennett = Ruben Rivera
Joe Beimel = Jeff Nelson
Jason Schmidt = Carl Pavano
Chan Ho Park = Doc Gooden (this was a stretch)

We discussed going, but haven't made specific plans yet. Have not seen Trainwreck in person. He's still only half real. Kind of like Pinocchio.

That is not flicking over his shoulder. The ball leaves the top of the screen in a second.

The rule book is specific:
This prohibits: (c) Throwing the ball high into the air.

There is no intent to judge.

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LA: 7-8
AZ: 5-10

Dodgers 68-68
D-Backs 67-68

Dodgers 72-70
D-Backs 71-70

Dodgers 2-0

D'backs 0-2

Dodgers 9948-9042
D-Backs 889-872

I think it runs in the family...

Most Strikeouts vs. LA Dodgers in a Season

(since 1958) Source: STATS, LLC

AB K

Pancho Herrera, 1960 Phi 74 33
Bobby Bonds, 1969 SF 71 31
Chris Young, 2008 Ari 68 27
Pancho Herrera, 1961 Phi 65 27
Preston Wilson, 2003 Col 71 24
Mike Cameron, 2007 SD 75 24