I don't want to play the persecuted fan, but it's amazing how little was said about Billz in the TBS coverage. He was so good tonight. Hey-- I'm happy with Billz flying under the radar for as long as possible. And now that I think about it, let's be the underdogs! Go Dodgers!

Okay, off to get some work done. High fives all around.

Kuroda's rested, he's pitched great in San Fran on Monday. He's going to keep us in the game, lets work Harden and try to knock him out fast, and shock baseball all over again.

All the momentum in the world can vanish in a second. Here's hoping the Dodgers never let up, and find a few more guts to punch along the way.

Hear Hear! Enough with the nations! Can we at least keep it down to a sovereign state? A municipality? Dodger Fanatic District!!!

Thought TBS was funny, right after the Pinella comment by Fukodome, they showed a Paul Silas clip from a few years back, where he said he was not going to talk anymore about Eric Snow-both together were pretty funny.

I hope they still run the Dodger trolley!

Billingsley - The Ace of the staff.

Ruthless Dodgers Crush Cubs

How awesome is that? We are Spartans!

I spent a six-year stretch living in Chicago, so I was actually kind of amused by all of the dour crowd shots. I loved the city in a lot of ways, but Cub fandom and Notre Dame fandom irritated me.

Man, these last couple of days have been beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

Apparently, the camera loves Kemp.

Billingsley is a bulldog, and there were quite a few times tonight when he really reminded me of Orel Hershiser.

We're the hot team right now, everything's working, we keep it up and no one'll stop us!

What we learned: Billingsley's the real deal
http://tinyurl.com/3frsnp

"Hero of the game
Russell Martin smoked a bases-loaded double in the second inning that broke open the Dodgers' 10-3 victory, but Game 2 belonged to 24-year-old Chad Billingsley."

Simers article.

Wow, did Simers actually pay someone a compliment?

Bill Simmons does an interview about his Manny article.

We can continue to make you look foolish.

Plaschke article.

Steve Springer rips the FSN Prime Dodgers crew of being homers.

This is too awesome.

Uh, Lou, one more loss and you're done. I think it is do or die.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3623370

He basically keeps giving us no credit. There is a reason your team is not playing well, because we are pwning you.

This series isn't over until we kick the crap out of the Cubs one last time, and until then I won't be smug about it.

>>No, these aren't your father's Los Angeles Dodgers. They're not even your big brother's. The Baby Blue Crew has pushed names like Nomar, Kent and Pierre to the bench and shipped Hall of Famer Greg Maddux to the back of the bullpen. And yet with little or no postseason experience, they're smacking around the Chicago Cubs in the Division Series like it's a Spring Training warm-up against Cal-State Fullerton.<<

51 Definitely, they still need to finish the job. I'm sure they're aware of that though and aren't taking anything for granted. I'm sure Torre remembers that very well.

I definitely have confidence in that.

We've all been transferred to a different universe!

Ok, don't recognize him and he will remain LA's secret. It better that way.

Lou: "From now on I don't want to hear about Fukudome anymore as far as whether he's going to play or not. I'm gonna play Fontenot or Reed Johnson or somebody else and that's the end of that story. The kid's struggling and there's no sense sending him out there anymore."

Soriano is a pathetic outfielder, Edmonds has clearly lost a step or two in center, and they are benching their best right fielder. Manny may not be Willie Mays, but he doesn't make many mistakes, and Ethier and Kemp really cover a lot of ground.

Dodgers still would have a big advantage in game 5, bc Lowe's pitching much better than Dempster.

If the Cubs win game 3, I'd hope the Dodgers start Kershaw in game 4 rather than Maddux.

FTA: In the first two games of the series, the kid Dodgers -- Blake DeWitt, Andre Ethier, Kemp, Loney and Martin have combined to hit two home runs, drive in 10 RBIs and score seven times.

Of course there's Manny, but it's our guys who are carrying us in this playoff run. Total vindication. Awesome.

Steve Springer from the LA Times confusing home town fans with accounting auditors:

"Nothing, except a loss of credibility. Fans might love being fans, but they want to be informed fans. If they want inspiration, they'll go to a pep rally. If they want information, they go to the media.

But only if they think they'll get balanced analysis. Only if they think they can get an unbiased appraisal of their team."

About 1 in 50 home-town fans feel this way.

1. Will the Dodger shuttle will be running this Saturday?

2. If the game is rained out, what happens to the tickets?

Yes

2. If the game is rained out, what happens to the tickets?

They get wet.

57 years ago today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs

Yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/4u6fw2

Worst case scenario: Billingsley pitches Game 5 on regular rest

Best case scenario: Dodgers and Lowe win game 4 (obviously a game 3 win would be better but we're talking IF there is a game 4), then they start the NLCS with a rested Bills followed by Lowe in Game 2 on regular rest.

2008
One game, got tagged in a loss to Angels: 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R

2006
One game, blowout win vs Pittsburgh: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER

2003
One game, win at Milwaukee: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R

A real small sample size. I thought he had pitched more on short rest, that's for sure.

LDS- 86.2%
LCS- 45.1%
WS- 18.1%

We have the best odds off making the world series.

I just realized that of the starting nine last night, the D's only paid the left side of the infield more than one million dollars, and the rest considerably less.
Amazing.