Usually I have a hard time keeping straight Chris Carpenter and Cris Carpenter.

The Cubs started a whole bunch of reserves on Sunday against the Cardinals after they clinched.

If the game were do or die, I'm sure that La Russa would have put all the big guns in the lineup. But it's not. And tomorrow, they will be.

And Arizona still has to WIN the game.

2 base error! 2-0 Cardinals!

two men out at home whats going on

Twins are up on the White Sox in a series where the White Sox just need to win one game.

Pittsburgh is up on Sabathia.

Quite the night so far.

2-1 Cardinals and D'Backs look to add more.

That was one of the worst things I've heard in a while. Talk about a guy just spouting baseless accusations with absolutely no information on what he speaks.

Basically that Torre's done a great job because the clubhouse is such a mess. He just threw it out there so randomly that his partner asked him what he meant. Sutcliffe replied with "Well, Manny's there." his partner comes back with "They love Manny there. He's been great for them." Sut comes back with "Well, Jeff Kent is there. Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones aren't playing. Nomar is a different type of guy. Kemp is a different type of guy." And thats really it, and because our team has "different guys" the clubhouse is in a state of chaos.

FLD11, Row U, Seats 3 and 4B. Hopefully the Bob Carpenter can go 2-0!

Also, Sugar Shane Mosley throws the first pitch at Dodgers Stadium today. I was wondering when the Dodgers traded for a new guy. Didn't realize it was Mosley.

On the other hand, Adam Kennedy rocks.

Maybe this weak line-up can get it done after all.

I need a primer of some sort.

http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/

Hurrah!

Cards got bail out again.

"Come on. Come on boys. Lets go." All the while clapping his hands.

Go Dodgers!

Clayton will earn that call soon enough.
He's only 20 years old:)

There's excitement everywhere you look! Baseball fever, catch it.

This has been a great game.

He shoveled that feed so soft, DeWitt was almost killed. Could've ruined the DP.

Go Mets.

2 outs in STL!

This is in honor of D4P:

http://tinyurl.com/yrt5r8

Ballgame over!

AND THE DIAMONDBACKS...LOSE!

MAGIC NUMBER: 2

Please not tonight....please

Wow.

I would ask Molly to address this obvious problem on her next round of Dodger interviews, but I don't want her to get laughed out of the room.

Actually, compared to Simers that's a legitimate question.

Lets do this.

I wonder if teams order the bubbly online, or just send a lackey (or in Anaheim's case, a Lackey) to Costco to get the celebratory ale.

Not trying to pass judgment...but YES

Sorry... It's hard to type that with even a straight face.

but nevertheless, LET'S GETS SOME RUNS!!

Maybe refrain post the negativity broken record...

...You know, I don't mind Loney sitting on the bench for this.

from posting

There is a reason Dodger fans still like Mr. Mia Hamm, I suppose. When his glass body is temporarily unbroken, he can hit the ball pretty well.

(prob wishing as something other that a sub)

I'm in

-SNY Announcer

Let's all group hug and cheer on the Dodgers.

Thomas

Dick Pole.

Vin is really letting the Mets have it. Maybe it has to do with how they treated former Dodger Willie Randolph.

It was somethin' to watch btw, that 9th inning. I thought for sure the Mets would find a way to score a runner at 3rd with nobody out, plus the Cubs went right after Wright, following the leadoff triple.

I'm not sure if Berrao (with an OPS of .643) qualifies as someone solidfying the infield.

He may have left some solids in the infield, though.

That AB by Wright was just really bad. He was up 3-0 and missed 2 fastballs over the plate. Swinging at ball 4 just compounded the whole situation. I know its just 1 AB, but it just took the wind out of the stadium and could be the difference in their season.

And it's only because they love their country so much. Not because they're losing ground fast...

Huh. No squeeze attempt there with Kershaw up?

Okay, it's up to the Bison!

Fun half inning so far.

Think about that.

Meanwhile, the Bison crushes it!

And I will say that it was the right thing holding up the runner at 3rd that time.

your mileage may vary.

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/gzQX

But Diana? A candle in the wind? More like a candle under glass, it seems to me. But what do I know about metaphor?

And not getting that second run in on Kemp's single, may very well be the game.

20 grand slams
21 bases loaded doubles

I have to be up early tomorrow, so it would be nice if the Dodgers put it out of reach soon.

I'll even take a single here but we should aim high.

Argh, my MLBTV player keeps freezing and getting stuck buffering. Tres frustrating.

Somehow, I DON'T THINK SO.

C'mon Manny!

Plus, who knows with Guy Ritchie these days.

So much for the Man-Slam.

I'll take the other roughly fifty billion women in the history of the world. You can pick your one.

http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/

Bummer, Manny- get 'em next time!

you threw the karmic balance out of whack man. that's bad ju-ju

I think they'll regret their choices.

Let's get him the lead now!

Okay, let's go Dodgers {clap clap clap}

Let's pick a live hot woman!

I only have eyes for Mrs. Kavula, but if I had another pair of eyes, I would have to say that Salma Hayek would be easy on them.

Today, I go with Maggie Q.

Let's go Nomah, hit another Homah (feeble effort to keep at least some of my comment baseball-related).

"Get yer hot dead women! Hot dead women here!"

"Hey, buddy, what you got?"

"Ah, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and if you're into classics, Helen of Troy."

"I'll take two Monroes."

and Nomar is waking them up in Thief River Falls...

and Zooey Deschanel

Pencils Loney to play off the bench for the playoffs.

But Salma Hayek, yeah, that'd be fine, too.

Or Monica Belucci or Eva Green.

Can you tell my g/f is out of town this week?

Oh, and NOMAR!!

A face that could launch 792 ships? 792 millihelens.

Um, baseball, yeah, let's go Zoot!

Productive out for Casey.

Megan. Fox.

That is all.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno just blows that out of the water.

This is enough woman talk. Dodgers only. Baseball. Baseball.

480 Indeed. That would basically solve any remaining line-up issues. But he can't physically do it there.

Furcal coming back would also work.

sorry i couldn't resist

Yeah we see LA dude - how 'bout you?

Maybe the Mets should have tried it.

That is all.

Hey, we shouldn't make this so one-sided, women commenters here are welcome to contribute their own picks.

For hottest women. (Or men.)

Oh, I do love Neko Case, voice and looks and everything.

She's even better live as she throws in fairly raunchy humorous bantering between every song.

Thomas

I love Charter.

A Mets fan in utter futility.

And as much as I adore the New Pornographers, her voice has yet to be stopped than on Deep Red Bells, though other songs on Blacklisted and Tigers come close.

That did not last long.

Hopefully CK can get through 7 tonight.

If memory serves, DzzrtRatt said that the combination of Neko Case and Carl Newman ranked with any pair in history.

Ron Santo going nuts.

Uh oh, might be time to pull the kid. Yep, there he goes.

1. Lucy Pinder
2. Alessandra Ambrosio
3. Charlize Theron

man, those guys knew how to party.

Ina Raymundo.

Like this?

http://zip.4chan.org/sp/src/1222313305091.gif

thanks a lot.

Denzel Washington. Not white, not a girl, but hot, I hear.

Ya happy now?

I will not say her name here though. Good job boys

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the corner murmuring something about the glory days of '96.

4.30 ERA with the Dodgers.

100 Ks.

Not bad for a 20-year-old.

I just saw American Gangster the other day.

What is this demeaning trend of calling anyone who's job it is to assist, a "lackey", toady, or flunky?

/estrogen

And Manny blows this game open!

Wow, Manny is just teh awsum

MANNY!

(a) is tied for 2nd on the club in HR
(b) needs only 1 more RBI to join Oyster Burns (or to miss 1 game)

Wonder Woman.

Bring on the Cubs. I'm rooting for the Mets to miss the playoffs. I hate the Mets.

"The Fastest, Hittingest....aww nevermind. That's more of a....Giant Idea."

"Wait wait wait. Just tell me how much and we'll sign it!"

He'd already come in for defense.

--

Seriously though, it's surprising how many people I know were surprised to discover Hugh Laurie was British. That blows my mind.

Blackadder! And he was a voice actor in the Lion King!

After all the memories he's provided, after seeming to lift the team to the postseason, won't the brain trust be ripped to shreds if they let Ramirez get away to, say, the Yankees? Wouldn't they be hailed as heroes and given a tickertape parade by the Plaschkes of the world if they get the deal done?

We've seen McColletti make deals for PR reasons before. This might be another one that simply has the side benefit of the fact that Manny is really, really, really good.

That will get Manny. Guaranteed.

We try to contain our barrage of Simpsons references for when Jon is away at a game in person. Get them out of our system.

So it costs a little bit more tomorrow

Yes, but take that a step further and you see that Gibson was injured and lousy the rest of his time in LA, and he was never the same player again. That's what we could be stuck with for $100 million.

Meanwhile, Giles swats the ball but right at Beimel. Thank goodness!

However, this Adrian Gonzalez guy is a mean hitter (never mind his splits vs Beimel!)

also, as I said, part of what you pay for is what they've done.

http://tinyurl.com/46y3k7 (post 357) :)

Okay, but I disagree.

--

Albuquerque Mayor: See how much Dallas wants for the Cowboys..
Assistant: That's a football team, sir.
Albuquerque Mayor: They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque..

What's the worst that could happen? Will people stop going to Dodgers games? Losing Beltre was a PR disaster, so was trading LoDuca. Didn't really matter.

Also, we are paying for Manny this year. We paid in LaRoche currency.

More Mets fan futility, with a Cubs fans consoling her.

I think you have a legit case to pass on that if you're Frank.

I wonder how he'll do once he gets paid.

http://tinyurl.com/4mad4k

Or Who the heck would want a Lo Duca jersey?

let em' hate i say....

Yes. Kruk.

No, I'm not kidding.

So your logic is to pay $100 million to make an extra "several million" in merchandise? My math says that's still a loss.

lol, love kat w.

Enjoy this now. We just might not see this again.

Icaros is right--nightmare situation or not, it's not going to kill the Dodgers business plan if they don't resign him.

I still hope/wish they do, whether that's me being a "dumb" fan or not.

IN N OUT.

THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT.

IN N OUT.

Classes start at UCI tomorrow, so I can head over to the In n Out headquarters in Irvine(I didn't even realize the HQ was in Irvine) tomorrow.

I think you're overreaching.

I know....it's just sinking in...slowly, and yet so fast

It's been fun, that's for sure.

Making million-dollar business decisions based on what fans and newspapers say is US Governmentally inept.

Hungry now?

"Ooooooh, you are naughty. Yes, you are a cheerleader, aren't you? Enormous 300 pound cheerleader.... Not too many cheerleaders missing teeth, but uh... sure, I'll go with the fantasy. Yeah, get the mascot involved, that's right. The guy in the bear outfit. I'm so desensitized, it's just got to be completely bananas to get me off."

Any suggestions?

I don't really want to get played as a negotiating tool to drive up Minaya's offer.

"You gangbanging on bacon?!"

First I need money. And a 'Topes hat. And to find my old ones. And maybe a new 55 as its shrunk beyond my Thesis Fifteen.

I worked there in high school and didn't realize those were on the bottom of the cups until after I quit.

I want them to start NOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!

I don't like Rick Monday.

Whenever something happens, you can bet, not two seconds later he will have a ready-made cliche-ridden theory to explain it all. Call it the "THAT'S what you have to do!" broadcasting style.

Loney power! Crashed the server!

And for some reason despite the heart break I still go for Player T shirts. Not expensive enough to be burned, I guess.

If I got a jersey, it would have to be a retired player or someone with at least nine years of wonderful Dodger service. So I got a while to go.

Hu lets the dogs out!

I don't know how a "25/5 investing team option" works. Could you explain?

My worry is that 4 years from now he's going to be 4 years older, and his age will, for the first time (since he was 4), start with a 4.

As 772 observed, those are all references on various paper goods sold by In-N-Out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-N-Out_Burger#Bible_references

So are we rooting for an AZ win tomorrow, so as to clinch in front of the home folk?

Berroa joins the party!

# 2009 option vests at $16M with 30 points in 2005-08:

* 20 points for World Series MVP
* 10 points for LCS MVP
* 10 points for MVP, 9 for 2nd place in MVP vote, 8 for 3rd, 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, 5 for 6th, 4 for 7th, 3 for 8th, 2 for 9th, 1 for 10th

You don't, so take wherever the Magic Number drops come.

So the option/buyout is on the fourth year? If so, that'd be better than a guaranteed fourth year. It's hard to say.

This is a murder now.

Watch him GIDP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU

LOL. You talk about a roll of the dice...!

ah, not really :)

I Can't Believe He's BACK!

Now that type of deal I'd go for. Performance is more important than PAs.

I'd option Manny until his 60s as long as he had to win MVP awards for it to keep vesting.

This season would have been more fun if they were doing this all year.

And I hope Martin gets this last inning off, I saw him with his gear still on.

5 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 6 K

If the D-backs lose another game this season, or if the Dodgers win another game this season, it's over.

If the D'Backs win the game tomorrow morning then tomorrow night means something. If we win that game it's over. If the D'Backs win and Dodgers lose the San Francisco series means something.

Good -- and a bit weird -- to see Raffy out there in the field, too.

We would be up 4 games with 3 to play.

http://www.careytorrice.com/photogallery/photos/57.jpg

weird picturing the dodgers showing up to the clubhouse and bathing in champagne at noon

So you're saying there's a chance!

The magic number: http://tinyurl.com/3tunrp

By the way, the D-Backs aren't going 5-1 in their last 6 games. :)

ONE!!!!

The Dodgers have clinched at worst a tie for the division lead.

Or as I like to call it around here..."Tuesday".

1 is the magic number, oh yes it is!

But how about those races! AL Central - go Twins! NL Wild Card - go Brewers!

Lineup:
Furcal - SS
Kemp - CF
Ethier - RF
Manny - LF
Loney - 1B
Martin - C
Blake - 3B
DeWitt - 2B

Rotation:
Lowe
Billingsley
Kuroda
Kershaw (when necessary)

Bench:
Ardoin - C
Nomar - IF
Borroa - IF
Pierre - OF
Young - OF
Kent - PH

Bullpen:
Kuo/Proctor
Maddux
Park
Wade
Beimel
Broxton
Saito

yeah that's what i'm trying to get at...

These blowout games against the Pads have really done the Dodgers a favor, too, giving them a chance to play Furcal, get Kent an at bat, give McDonald some work, etc.

I like leaving Sweeney off -- I hope they do, too. If Kent and Furcal are both gonna be given space they may have no choice but to leave Sweeney off.

But, yeah, asap is good too.

1956 -- A 20-year-old rookie right-hander named Don Drysdale, 6-foot-6, 216 pounds, goes 5-5 for the Dodgers, throwing 99 innings in 25 games, helping the team win the pennant.

1988 -- A 20-year-old rookie right-hander named Clayton Kershaw, 6-foot-3, weighing 220 pounds, goes 5-5 for the Dodgers, throwing 106 2/3 innings in 21 games, helping the Dodgers...(to be completed).

I like your train of thought, I like the rotation.

See y'all tomorrow.

Go Cards! Go Dodgers! Go Mets!

Mono...D'OH!

Night folks.

I like 922 but I have a feeling we will get Maddux as well. He has a 3 something era in post season play so I guess it's not all that bad, but I don't know.

SS Furcal
CF Pierre
3B DeWitt
1B Sweeney
LF Young
RF Repko
2B Hu
C Ellis
P Maddux

I forget how the playoff rosters work though. If someone goes down with an injury, can a team add a player in the middle of a series?

And the bench seems a bit right-hand heavy with Kent, Nomar, and Berroa (maybe) but without Sweeney.

Having said that, watch Delwyn be the one left off :(

Torre will save J-Mac for Underdog, et al Friday night.