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Wild pitcher shakes it all off and finds comfort, joy in strike zone.
Seven innings, three singles, one walk, nine strikeouts.
(Note: those following the Cubs-Astros game, in which Chicago has used all 25 players through 18 innings, can continue in tonight's original game chat thread.)
Lugo, SS
Lofton, CF
Garciaparra, 1B
Drew, RF
Kent, 2B
Ethier, LF
Betemit 3B
Hall, C
Hendrickson, P
In an 18 inning game, Mr. Hurdle has managed to bench his best hitter- Matt Holiday, for the entire game.
{Stares at Bob Timmerman}
It's pleasing to see, but not surprising. Which is why I was puzzled by some of the antsiness expressed in the comments to the earlier post. Is it really that distressing that he had some shaky outings early on, especially since he's been a more effective pitcher recently? I was going to remind everyone that he's only 22, but I think it was natepurcell who beat me to it.
Relax and enjoy the ride, folks. I think Chad will be all right. I like the pattern that he has set so far rather better than, say, Edwin Jackson, who started hot and spent the rest of his time with Dodgers trying to live up to the premature hype.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5875238
You gotta admit, those are some ugly glasses...
i live on the east coast and most days must follow through the net and paper. although I have started with my one month old listening at late night feeding.
but when she woke up this morning... first thing she said, "did the dodgers win daddy?" (I answered yes) she said, yeah... go dodgers!
music to my ears.
i have her saying go dodgers for all sorts of things. instead of yeah or woohoo. she is saying go dodgers.
i even have her saying fooyah yankees. yankees wear black and are stinky. go dodgers. she woke her mommy up this morning by whispering go dodgers in her ear.
ah the poetry of it all
City Slickers, of course, When Harry Met Sally, Godfather II, but also a great guest appearance on Homicide.
To resurrect a discussion from earlier this week, Joe Sheehan noticed the way that Grady has been using his bullpen:
"The decision to use Carrara and not the rested Broxton was exactly the kind of situational, rather than statistical, decision that more managers need to make. With a three-run lead, the platoon advantage and the bottom of the order coming up, you don't need to use your best pitcher. Little made the right call, one that was highly unlikely to cost him a ballgame and bought his best relievers an extra day of rest during a time when they've been pitching a lot."
What are these playoffs you speak of? I have heard rumors of such events, but I am uncertain what they entail?
Do they keep playing after 162 games?
If this were 1995 or 1996, you could buy tickets at game time. Did the 2004 games sell out ahead of time?
don't forget spinal tap, although most of his scenes were cut from the film and are now enjoyed as deleted scenes.
But, for purely informational purposes, the Dodgers, when in contention, typically sell the post-season tickets first to the season ticket holders by mail, then have an in person sale for what's left. Season ticket holders can, I think, by more seats than they have for the season, but they are required to by the whole post-season in a package. The general public sale, I think, allows you to buy individual games.
17 - That was beautiful, "sniffle", that brought tears to my eyes. Unfortunately, my wife and I never got blessed with kids, though we tried but if I did, I would have indoctrinated my son or daughter into Dodger lore. Bless you man!!
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/9603349
He was referring to Grady Little, however, not Colletti.
Lofton, CF
Lugo, SS
Nomar, 1B
Drew, RF
Kent, 2B
Ethier, LF
Betemit, 3B
Hall, C
Hendrickson, P
Until today that is.
But he was just sick in "Crash", not in real life.
Please do. I need new carpeting in my apartment.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
My parents and I got our first Mac in 1986, and we were Mac users until I got a PC around 1998. I went through two PCs before returning to Mac at the beginning of this year.
Similar to my PC/Mac split, I've lived half my life in the LA area, the other half in the Bay Area. I'm a tweener (not to be confused with tweeker).
The Padres players must have really liked having Vinny Castilla around. I bet Todd Walker isn't a big hit in San Diego.
Wait, does San Diego have a press?
...oh, I can't even believe I'm typing this, or pressing "submit." It's ridiculous.
Also, the Padres' W-L record and lack of a farm system the last 5 years should be reason enough to get rid of Towers. It's not like you'd need any extra reason to justify a housecleaning; they aren't exactly a model franchise.
They don't even have a slot in the Toaster!
Maybe the Padres should roast their baseballs in an oven before each home game.
A couple hours at 350 degrees could have a reverse humidor effect.
People down there generally worry more about how they got suckered into paying for stadiums and when the Chargers are going to move to LA than who runs the Padres. They just want to see Trevor Hoffman pitch and they're content.
They also allow their city to be poorly governed by electing civic leaders who face various indictments while simultaneously ruining the municipal bond rating.
{shifty eyes}
The pitchers will just have to wear oven mitts.
Game thread is open.
Maybe you're my double.
I'm convinced I have an exact duplicate somewhere in California because people I meet for the first time often tell me they've seen me and/or met me before.
It's weird.
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