Just throwing that out there.

Bases loaded, no outs, and Sal grounds into a 5-2 fielders choice.

Why? You buying?

I swear I thought it ment Dodgers 4 president.(i'm not kidding)

I'll buy the first round, next one is on you. [guinness or corona please]

And he legally changed his named to that too.

There's two beers on opposite sides of the spectrum

I couldn't call Icaros by his real name when I met him. It just didn't work.

The devil you say...

Then again he just has to be hot at the right time.

I always wanted to call Jon "Dear Leader". Unfortunately, that moniker has been taken.

I was her fourth child. She kept adding exclamation points with each one.

Now, I can make dinner!

Meanwhile, I think the Red Sox and Yankees are on a pace to shatter the record for longest doubleheader where both games are 9 innings.

They need a 3:45 game in the current game. They're headed for the 2 hour mark in the fourth inning.

If I had such a rule, I would have been very hungry the past two Fridays.

Times of London. Now that's brutal.

They let them use an "h" at the end of Pittsburgh again. ;-)

I used to link that story in the the RGCs but I got tired of it.

he's got the little brother mentality.(i'll show you mentality)

nice catch Russ

quick hands/great reaction by Martin

Ethier's noodles are hard at work, beleive me he will get a hit today (or will hit the ball hard)

Words to live by

They're a little over 3 hours after six innings with the longest doubleheader by time record looming.

If Penny can stop the bleeding, I think we might be able to get to Schmidt. Neither starter looks terribly sharp.

And remember, never give up hope when your opponent has Benitez as their closer.

WWSH

Greetings from the Church of the Peaceful

Probably because the ball was caught on the track.

Me. Never. :-(

True, but I'd rather be winning, even if it meant Bonds had hit a dinger.

I hope the middle of the order can chase Schmidt next inning and we can get into the Giants' middle relief.

It'd help if Penny could regain his control, though.

WWSH

=)

WWSH

Where's George Foreman?

I guess paying child support for 17 kids makes you do strange things.

please see DT Threads, in the past (look at how quickly we get to 600) enough said. Jon just creates new threads.

most of there players are west coast born.(they have somebody hitting for the pitcher) weird.

muy vien dicho, Jon parese que no toma bevidas alcolicas (estoy en lo sierto Jon?)

Oakland swept by KC.

I blame the respective blog names. "Banter" provokes discussion; "Thoughts" provokes contemplation...

"And so, thus begins the Dodgers' plummet to the end of the season. Brad Penny, who gets paid ace money to be a stopper, fell to the hated Giants, and the Dodger will never win a game again. Ever. Even if the other team forfeits." - Bill Plaschke, August 19, 2006

I know. I'll go sit in a corner and think about what I just wrote.

Dare I ask?

Gameday shows the hit out near the right field wall...

I hope this looks familiar to Grady

The ball hit of those bricks out in RF. Kent had went way out into right and so the ball came to him after striking that brick wall.

It's a weird day. Nobody posted the lineups early. Nobody complained about who was going to the minors.

I felt like I was in a Bizarro World.

Very much so.

It's 14-10 Yankees in the top of the 9th.

Only thing is that Loney would not have played much, but point taken.

Of course, not many lefties on the schedule, but it should be fun watching all the youngsters in the lineup at once.

And that 3-0 pitch to Martin is exactly why I don't like that ump. It took until Russell got out of the box to make the call.

I'm not too upset.

Wonder if their brain dead hacking approach will be changed this time 'round?

{159] I would never say never but since they don't play the Padres anymore, I don't think they could go on that kind of run.

Finally, it would not surprise if LaRoche does not even get a call up, maybe Kemp will get some PH opportunities but if the teams remain close, I'm not sure if the lineup you saw tonite won't be the lineup you see for the majority of the games left in the season.

Facing Maddux is the catch 22 for the batter, if you let him get ahead, he won't blow you away but you know the umpires are going call anything close a strike.

Now, last time he had game like Sunday's, he gave up some hits but he does keep the ball in the ball park, so we shall see what happens. But it would be nice if this team started to hit again.

You must respect Carlos Arroyo.

Not really.

Caution to the wind?

If you're a fan of trapezoids, goaltending, and comatose fans, this is the game for you.

Glad also that tomorrow's is a night game, so it won't get burned up by Fox. I think highly of Maddux as a competitor (note: This is unmeasureable.) I think he'll work extra hard to end this losing streak.

Admit it: you love Bill Plaschke

Is that in Sapporo? Or Hakodate?

176 Eventually, I played him the "suite" that ends "Abbey Road" (from "You Never Give Me Your Money" to "The End."

Your son is in good hands. He shall become a man.

Indeed not!

I hope you bet wisely.

I wouldn't do it justice. But it's a lot more than chemistry.

For the legions of Sal Pals, from Klapisch's ESPN.com article today:

"Sal Fasano, who caught Wang in Columbus that year and is once again a teammate in the Bronx, summed up the transformation: 'He became a totally different pitcher in like a week. I remember one game after the All-Star break, we were playing Pawtucket, in that little bandbox of a stadium they have, and Chien just blew their hitters away. He was throwing some serious ched [velocity] right by them.' "

http://tinyurl.com/lfhff

For everybody flashing back to long ballgames, lots of old friends here. Notice the starter for Seattle, the winning pitcher, and who scored that winning run:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=34817

So baseball-wise, it's sorta like the "everyone get along" part of chemistry, but not the goofy "synergy" part of the chemistry.

Oh, and it's Japan, so of course "getting along" mostly means "conforming" and not so much "tolerating each other's uniqueness."

So Bob got it about right: don't rock the boat. Harmony through conformity and discipline.

Ace - Derek Lowe
2) Gregory Maddux
3) Billz
4) Penny

To put things into persepective Hendy's 2nd half ERA (5.26) is much better than Bradford's 2nd half ERA (5.70).

If the playoffs started today and we were facing St. Louis I'd be inclined to give Hendy the call in game 4 over Penny. Hendy threw a masterpiece in St. Louis earlier this season.

hard throwing Oklahoma kid

Just thought you should know that.

1) Brad(ford) Springer - 1925-26
2) Brad(ford) Brink - 1992-94
3) Brad(ford) Halsey - 2004-06

Schmidt-Penny (80% chance SF wins)
Hennessey-Maddux (50-50)
Morris-Lowe (80% chance we win)

For some reason Brad Hennessey scares the bejeezers out of me. We need to pounce on him early and often.

I keep having bad visions of Maddux having one his 4IP, 7 run outings. He's been near perfect dawning the blue so far, but he's due for a bad one. If we get swept I'm going to be antsy.

Arizona is benching Carlos Quentin for the 3rd straight games. Don't those yahoos realize they have a legitimate shot at postseason play?

OK you reeled me in. It seems to me that he is throwing more innings than earlier in the season because he has become more efficient with his pitches. Earlier in the season he would throw 100 pitches and only completed 5 innings and was gone. Now he seems to be getting 6+ innings with the same 100 or so pitches.

1) letting go OC for Renteria, which wasn't the bad part, but then trading Renteria for a guy they wouldn't keep, and trading away their future short stop Ramirez. They then ended up with Alex Gonzalez.

2) letting Damon go, and getting Coco Crisp instead.

3) Letting D-Lowe and Pedro go for Clement and Wells. Sure, Pedro is getting older, but for whatever he would give you, it's better than Clement or Wells.

4) Not trading Hansen and Lester for Jones. Sure, that may not have made sense, but in turn, the sox would have traded Jones for Oswalt, so the trade would have been Lester and Hansen for Oswalt. I'm sorry, that's a trade I'm doing.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the fact is that the red sox have gotten worse each year since their championship, and Epstein seems to want to rebuild when his team is championship caliber, that just doesn't make sense. Can anyone explain to me why I'm wrong here?

Even more reason to stay away from this blog and its comment section.

you make great points, so not really

No worries, his team needed a win to clinch their playoff spot, he only threw 1 inning, 2 strikeouts.

He will probably get one more start in the playoffs and then go to the instuctional league. All in all not a bad start.

so un original.

hallo!! were did that come from?

If you know the story of the Tottenham Hotspur fans adopting the name "Jew Army" (and who doesn't know that story?), it's kind of what I'd like to do with "Beat LA"

Whatever it is, wonder how reaction times of those who might like to play with this compare?

http://www.getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/rttest01.html

i don't know how well i did, but i have about 6,7 tecate's in my bellie already (i think i did o.k. all things considered)

220hallo!! were did that come from

From his other side.

My scores get worse on each successive click.

my competetive juices are flowing know, i'll be back (must beat you)

my best score was 0.190+ something, tecate is making my noodles go hey wire :o) burp

[wunded ego coming thrue]

KB reportedly said he kept the gun to shoot snakes.

Why do I have visions of Kevin Brown and Dick Cheney teaming up to go snake hunting?

Jon, could this be a storyline for something?

i've had 7 tecates

how tall are you?