That's the report I got from my sources.

2-0 Rockies Bot 4.

I was hoping he was going to try to sell me a Sharp TV.

Nice game.

I know, silly me.

First batter reaches on an E6. The next batter hits a hit and run single that is combined with an E9 and the tying run scores.

Ricardo Rincon is up next on the Mets Wheel O' Relievers.

I don't think I would, either. Look at this rotation.

Scott Kazmir
James Shields
Matt Garza
and a relatively fresh David Price.

Who would you bump for Jackson?

Price wont be in the rotation. For the 1st round, I dont see any team using 4 guys, so Kaz, Shields, and Garza are the 3. It is also entirely possible that Edwin's next start is his last in a Tampa Bay uniform. If he doesnt make a start in the playoffs, I'd say there is a decent chance he gets dealt for a bat. The Rays have a ton of young arms and Edwin is actually going to be making some money in the coming years.

Sorry good friend, you're stuck $25.

Also, if I was 2nd or 3rd in the bidding, I'd be tempted to bid just $1 over the previous bet, even if it was ridiculous, just to eliminate that bid.

I didn't even include Andy Sonnanstine who has been Jackson's better this year, slightly.

Tampa's got a hell of a staff.

I will try for NLCS tickets tomorrow.

Unless they were a jerk, then I hope they get a Whammie behind Door Number Blank.

I got tickets right above you (52C, Reserve), but it looks like unless TBS inexplicably makes it an afternoon game and/or the Dodgers inexplicably over take both AL east teams, I'll be going to a concert instead. It's a very special concert to me (One band having played the song my mom and step-dad walked to, the other possibly having played a future walk song of my own) and I figure the three outcomes of not going are:

Dodgers Sweep and it sucks that I missed it, but I can begin begging season ticket holders and/or Eric Stephen, ticket lottery winner, for NLCS tickets

The Villains sweep and I'm probably glad to not be in Deprez Ravine.

The series goes to Game 4 and I'm pretty sure I'm going to that.

Eric's Favorite Game Shows
1) Price is Right
2) Jeopardy
3) Press Your Luck
4) Password (or Super Password)
5) Card Sharks
6) Tic Tac Dough
7) Joker's Wild

I'll try to buy 4 each NLCS game. I'll send you an email.

I will gladly pay for parking, ticket, and Dodger Dogs for all if you succeed.

And if you haven't noticed, iPhonerence has had a few upgrades over the last few days.

http://outfield.mlb.com/la/ticketing/postseason_prices.jsp

Dodger postseason tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am, for those interested.

The Red Sox have a magic number of two to reach the playoffs.

Padres 6, Nationals 6 8th inning.

"Everything structurally looked great," Torre reported. "Nothing in the MRI tells us (to shut him down), but if we threw him today we'd want to give him four days off."

http://tinyurl.com/4kgr95

Just saying...

Already, that puts us ahead of the 1982 team. Just gotta hang on.

From my TV shot in the Bay Area it looked like Berroa was screened by Sandoval

I feel like Bobby Knight, when asked how he felt during a 31-point comeback against LSU. He said something like, "I thought we were in bad shape but I looked down and saw Dale Brown and knew we still had a chance."

It's why Kobe changed his number. Straight cash, homey.

-Vin Scully

Personally, I've kicked Celestial Seasonings to the curb in an act of solidarity.

I hope Lambo enjoys the San Diego organization.

At least, it can't be just Lambo.

It was Plaschke who soiled my laptop. And my cerebral cortex.

I love it when the Dodgers make Zito look like a great pitcher.

If this gets much worse in the next few innings, I think we ought to pitch McDonald and Stultz tonight and save the bullpen.

Guzman vs. Meredith

All hands on deck!

[ah well, too bad the PA guy couldn't announce the feat]

In Triple A news, only 3 Triple-A teams are affiliations, with 3 Major League teams looking for new affiliations.

The Blue Jays, Marlins, and Nats are going to be fighting over Syracuse, New Orleans, and Las Vegas. You have to believe that the three major league teams are going to try to fight over Syracuse, then New Orleans, then Las Vegas if only because of distance, and secondly of how poor the park are in Cashman Field.

Me too. Had no idea.

You people make my heart jump, I swear.

They likely misbehaved and he's trying to find the proper punishment for them. The Nats vs. the Padres will make them think twice about setting his house on fire.

Seeing how the Angels are still fighting for Home Field advantage, (over) using K-Rod looks like the right move.

But I'm telling you, having to go to K-Rod this much is going to come back to haunt them!

...wait for it...

...save him for the playoffs?

Piazza and Snider and maybe or Babe Herman are the only real competition.

Ned probably idolized DeJesus Sr. growing up, so no.

And that's a lot!

The only instance that I can even compare this to is Pedro Guerrero for a couple of months (I believe it may have been June of 85, but don't quote me on that).

I suppose you can make an argument for Piazza, but I just don't remember him ever being so dominant over a 2 month stretch.

Well, they could anyway. A team like Reds or the Angels are going to be looking for an extra outfielder stock anyway. We should see what we can get for Paul, or include him in a larger deal.

Manny Aug & Sept 2008
45 games, .390/.480/.720
31 runs, 14 HR, 44 RBI

P
V
L

Sure it was. He just got lucky that game.

Good news: MLV.tv is letting me watch this game

Bad News: This game so far

Thats sort of how I feel. Not that i would get any hits, but I just dont feel that confident in sending out a guy I know i can make contact against. Just doesnt give me a huge boost in confidence.

You would have a lot of trouble hitting his breaking pitches.

First of all, I take back 261 . Second, I'm not gonna try to be snarky or anything, but any fool with a calculator could see that Maddux has been not just kinda bad, not just mediocre, but downright AWFUL away from Petco. Colletti might have been the ONLY guy who didn't think Maddux could pitch this poorly.

That last sentence stunk.

Actually, the Dodgers really only have to win one game in this series. So I'm not really worried, just annoyed that the Giants we see tonight are really the same team from yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Em7uB-KN0

I'm thinking we'd have already clinched.

They did OK.

I don't know what I would do with it, but, now that I mention it, I do kind of want to register it.

Nope, because of his defense and strikeouts, the D-backs would've clinched last week had they not acquired him.

I know Tenn lost to UCLA, but I think that game is going to be really close. I have a feeling about it.

Hottest wings I've ever had.

The Giants hitters, despite what we think of them, are all far more talented than any of us at hitting a baseball.

Auburn/LSU could be a great game. I'll tell you what though: if Tennessee somehow beats Florida, that proves once and for all the SEC is overrated.

They may be a chain and have terrible commercials, but I've been addicted to Wing Stop lately. At least at my location, they put a lot of time and effort to make sure the wings are top-notch. Solid recipe too.

There are still a few BBQ places that when on fire make the best wings I've had, but this has been more consistent.

Kershaw is one of those pitchers.

That would put the fear of God in me.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197509030.shtml

1. Set up our rotation for the first round.
2. Rest our bullpen stalwarts.
3. Give Martin a day off.

Truthfully, we were fortunate to win yesterday [DeWitt & Martin's game-saving play was unbelievable]. 3.5 up with 8 to go [9 for AZ] is still in the comfort zone.

Now it's in the 14th inning annnnnnnnnnnnnd as I write this the Padres break the tie. 7-6 SD!

Thanks for the stats. I want to say Guerrero had 15 homers just in June alone. My memory served me well. Amazing how the stats are relatively close. Like I said this is the only time I can compare a hitter to Manny in the 28 plus years I have been watching the Dodgers.

You hitting the dirt would be Hendrickson-esque.

June: 15 HR, .344/.436/.860
July: 4 HR, .460/.563/.794

Carmona and Sheffield fought after Carmora HBP Sheff, and then threw at him at first base.

Stand down.

Ramon Troncoso will be in the role of Alejandro Pena.

WHAT IS LOVE?

How fitting given Kemp's similarities.

Didn't he get his arse kicked in San Francisco too? I kinda remember him having a bloody face. Not sure though.

I loved that one.

On the beach, even. It's very romantic.

Wow, the What is Love music video is such a freak show. No idea why Haddaway uses a vampire motif, but now I'm going to imagine that the series Tru Blood(A show I doubt I'll every watch) is just like this.

There were fewer burnings in effigy after that game than there are tonight.

My effigy guy hasn't done this much business since Odalis Perez was on the Dodgers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE61Bz7IHKg

Righetti: Right, how about you throw 20 more?
Zito: Ok, sure.

Absolutely no one. Not even Jose Canseco.

Larry was in the dugout club the one game I got to go, as was Ice Cube.

Same number of wrinkles.

That's why DT is basically like Cheers.

Apocryphal. Come on people, no way I'm the only one who had to look that up.

I had to look up 363 , and I'm still not sure what it means.

But I didn't have to look up apocryphal!

Manny thinks it's only fair that he get to have his iPod on the field with him, too.

The phrase "24 Hour Fitness" represents a state of mind. Not to be taken literally. Come visit our juice bar. Thank you.

I thought that when I first heard about him. I also thought Matt Kemp would be white. Andre Ethier I thought would look like former Astro Eric Anthony, for some reason.

Smile and all.

Was the page sponsored by Homer J.?

363 Insha'allah indeed. If I'm not mistaken that might be the first and only time you equate a Frank McCourt decision with God's will ;)

But I woke up from the dream in a cold sweat and smelling of boysenberries.

Right around 5:20

That's the opposite of a Huzzah win!

It's a bumpy ride. I'm not gonna lie.

Do umps call a magic time before such an event occurs?

It's election year. What do you expect?

This is the English and Grammar gods attacking me for putting off the last ten pages of my Undergraduate life for several months.

Man that's gonna stop tomorrow, come Boysenberry Schnapps or highwater!!!!

Where does "lack of apostrophes" rate on that scale?

The Dodger offense was absent for those games and you can't expect Maddux to pitch like he did in Colorado every time out.

https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/954600.html#80

3 1/2 game lead.

Magic Number: 6

If the Dodgers go 4-4 in their final 8 games the Diamondbacks would have to go 8-1 in their final 9 games in order to force a divisional tiebreaker game at Dodger Stadium.

The Diamondbacks have now lost 11 games in a row on the road. Today snapped the Dodgers seven game home winning streak.

Bad game tonight but Arizona feels worse.

That is definitly one of the highlights of the season for me.

--

Well, tonight's not a total washout. Bob's favorite movie is on TV Land.

I'm glad I missed most of the stinker of a game -- decided since my g/f was going away for a week it would be better to hang out with her than watch the Dodgers game and I guess that was even more of a wise decision. I did catch 2 innings though, including James MacDonald looking sharp!

Otherwise, fuhgedaboutit, Jake, it's Chinatown.

"Request permission to relieve bladder." Ah, I love Scott Glenn.

Er, speaking of which... see ya!

But, both Bill Singer's and Jerry Reuss's no-hitters were rated behind that.

My friend asked if bad things could qualify, I thought probably not but who knows.

Why so angry? And who cares if Gibson's sitting on the D-Backs' bench? His HR is probably the greatest moment in Dodger history and one of the top three moments in baseball history, period. Seems like a weird thing to get worked up about.

That post of his is probably the most cynical thing he's ever written. But I guess it's better than his usual "The season's over... The Dodgers will never catch Arizona... They're three games under .500! Why don't we all drive our cars off cliffs!"

Then once the melee started, I assume the umpires called time or it was implied.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200809193511038

It's also the Indians' broadcasters, as opposed to the Tigers' broadcasters.

You know what I'd really be interested in? I'd love to hear the radio broadcast of the fight via the Indians radio team.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-shaikin20-2008sep20,0,4777378.story

Sounds like Penny isn't going to get that post-clinch start.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodfyi20-2008sep20,0,4347363.story

-4.5, -3.5, -2.5, -2.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -.5, .5, 1.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 3.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5

-2, -1, -1, -2, -2, -3, -2, -1, -2, -1.5, -2.5, -3.5, -3, -2, -2, -1, -.5, .5, .5, .5, -.5

+5.5, +5.5, +5.5, +5.5, +4.5, +4.5, +4, +4.5, +4, +3, +3, +4, +3, +2, +1, E, -1, -1, -2, -2

1) Dodgers relative to Arizona, NL West

2) Phillies, relative to Mets, NL East

3) Brewers relative to Phillies, NL Wild Card

July 28 vs. SF: 3.2 IP, 7 runs, Loss
August 9 at SF: 8 IP, 1 run, ND*

*It's best not to remember to think of how that game ended.

http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm

It hit me. This is the frustrations of two teams who were expected to be battling for the AL Central crown at this time.