Matty makes it a one-run game.

First road HR for Matt.

If Lowe pitched for the Reds, I could see keeping him in there with their awful pen.

Plus, I don't know if anyone has mentioned that both Kent and Ethier were available to PH.

batting in the 9th, should at least be interesting.

I wish they had more than one more inning to come back, though.

that's what I thought too, oh well, we'll see what else unfolds.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ankieri01.shtml

I agree, big spot for Ethier.

!!!!!!!!

"From Moron to Genius: The Grady Little Story"

Life at 6-4-2 World Headquarters is going to be interesting after this game.

TC IS NOSTRADAMUS!!

See?? Grady was right after all! {duck}

HAHAHA Sweeet.

LaRoches would have been more bombie.

I swear you can hear a pin drop at Wrigley, except for some muttering splashes of booing.

Hmm...it was his decision to not bunt there. If this was him getting lucky, he was just as unlucky in the 7th.

amen to that KG16

But why especially in September, Jon? I don't get that part.

Say, did someone hit a home run?

I was wondering why the muted reaction to Andre's homer.

My post isn't worth reposting, though. I was just being crabby.

Seems like today's rule is: As soon as you slag somebody, they do something great. DT commenters scorn, God laughs.

105 - The only thing I don't love right now is not getting to see that HR except on Gameday.

(Not to mention Gonzo 0-4)

Two Cubs relievers have the most appearances in losing games in one season: Will Ohman last year and Dick Tidrow in 1980 appeared in 50 losses.

That is some hard core prospecty-porn.

WAHOOO!

Ha ha. That's Best of DTII worthy.

It worked, but thats why there's luck in baseball. Bad decisions sometimes ultimately work out.

Its like throwing a pass into double coverage, having it bounce off the defenders and into the WR's hand for a TD.

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I like your BigBlueFont attack above Jon. :)

Indeed.

Furcal, SS
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
Kent, 2B
Ethier, RF
LaRoche, 3B
Loney, 1B
Young, LF
Billingsley, P

I know it would never happen, but that would just make my year. Almost as much as if we won the world series.

Any bets on how often "momentum" will be used on Baseball Tonight?

Furcal, SS
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
Kent, 2B
Ethier, RF
LaRoche, 3B
Loney, 1B
Young, LF
Billingsley, P

I know it would never happen, but that would just make my year. Almost as much as if we won the world series.

Big game, needed game, game the kids won, happy happy, joy joy.

Furture Box Scores

(HR) - Loney, Kemp, Ethier.

Sweet. Just add Andy LaRoche and we will be in business.

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170 - Reminds me of how Steve Phillips astonished me last night by being astute enough to say that the Dodgers had called up more players than most teams because they have more good players to call up, and that those young players are better than the veterans they had on their bench! I no longer mock Steve Phillips.

Okay, I'm going to eat a happy meal (but not a Happy Meal ™.)

Ankiel's a beast.

Are you trying to make me cry?

I believe Grady was going for the lefty-righty matchup when he hit for LaRoche. So it wasn't all luck.

Oh dang, it will probably be the Cubs broadcasters on those highlights.

The only good thing about Little is he's not a bunter.

I would be in shock if a home run came from Pierre!

im in the back of my operations lecture class.

Let's see how far Big Mo' can take us!

The thing that hurt each of them is putting out machines at the top of the lineup, and not playing the best players all the time.

1. We play AZ 6 more time, SD only 3;
2. AZ has a harder remaining schedule than SD;
3. AZ has cooled off since their hot streak;
4. We play Ariz better than SD.

The way Saito is pitching, it is a given that he will be effective at age 38 next year. It would be worth giving him 2 years in light of the money I have seen us throw at old pitchers of much less worth.

Kent is not in his "I hate baseball" mode in this interview. It's more like, "It drives me crazy, so I have to get away from it."

They just showed a picture of Kent in his Cal Bears uniform...is he the most famous Cal Bear in the majors?

I'm one who believes Kent was DePo's most unambiguously great move. I can go along with the slagging of PVLs, so long as Kent is excepted. He's a superb Dodger.

Fortunately, no Tomko sightings this weekend.

I'm not a gloater but 381 from the previous thread proves that everyone can be right if they make enough predictions.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270525119

Isn't it fun sometimes, when suddenly, you're smiling, in a good mood, and many people may have no idea why?

"• Unsung heroes: Olmedo Saenz, Rafael Furcal, Luis Gonzalez and Brady Clark."

Its been a long time since that group and "hero" were used in the same sentence.

Went to do the dishes. Came back to see the Dodgers with 2 men on and Ethier at bat in the 9th, and my Mlb.com crashed for a change. Only got to see the replay of the home run.

But who care? We won, we won! And we're back to fight another day. I think a loss today would have been pretty close to circling the drain.

just a few turned heads. the cubs fan next to me and the padres fan behind me were quite loud. although they were probably displaying a different emotion then me.

Independent of the race for the Wild Card, I like that team a lot.

It was only the 2nd four bagger Broxton has givin up.

... I think this statement needs to be blown-up to poster size and sent directly to Neddy Collettle.

And that's why Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier should play every day.

true, & to be really fair he's gonna probably win it.

Personally, I just root for the Dodgers and root against teams I hate.

Also, I didn't like how Manuel berated that reporter. We're not talking about a Lasorda temper tantrum here.

So there are couple of good reasons to root against the Phils.

Drafted - Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in 2nd Round (76th overall) of 1997 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in 1st Round (15th overall) of 2000 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) Jul 29,2000 - signed

By next Monday the BP playoff calculater will be broken.

I wonder if they're staying at the Hotel Nikko again. {stalk}

3.5

I wish Olson was there so we could find out what he thinks about being called Benedict Olson.

Thanks.

Highlights of todays game, on MLB.com:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp#20070906

Enjoy everyone

[click on the "Top Plays" link in the corresponding column for the LAD/CHC game]

Didn't realize he went opposite field on that.

Reminds me of the one-armed guy from Arrested Development that's always teaching the kids lessons. What was his name?

Santo was really down. Then he added this little diddy.

"Lower part of their order."

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He sure seemed excited when Soriano hit his jacks.

That is now two lead off home runs for Soriano and two losses in 4 games.

At least on Ethier's home run he was forced into sounding dejected and somewhat confused, as he tried to figure out what the new score was.

Costumes include:

Chad Billingsley - Robin Hood
Jonathan Broxton - monk
Eric Hull - devilette
Jonathan Meloan - something Tarzan-like
Takashi Saito - Samurai
Eric Stults - pirate
Russell Martin - Nacho Libre
Tony Abreu - Native American
Chin-lung Hu - Prince of Persia?
Andy LaRoche - clown
James Loney - Popeye
Delwyn Young - Snow White
Andre Ethier - pink disco-wear
Matt Kemp - Let's just say his pecs and gluts were overly accentuated.

I heard the interview with A. Martinez, Ethier thought the ball was gonna be a gap shot so he just kept on running but he said he heard Duncan yelling like a MAD MAN so he looked at the ump & the umpire had his arm out signaling that it was a four bagger.

ps It was just freaking AWESOME!

My question is, what player in the Dodger system is the most likely to be next?

James McDonald?

I was so excited about Kemps dinger that I didn't realized it was an absolute laser bomb.

Now I seem all negative because I'm defending a perfectly reasonable comment against strawman criticism.

Keith Law predicts that Kemp could eventually be a .330/.390/.600 player.

That .330/.390 part looks a little heavy, but he's got all-world talent.

He homered.

Today, Andre Ethier pinch hits again for Andy LaRoche with the Dodgers down by a run.

He hits his second pinch-hit home run.

"There's a drive. Oh, fer chissakes."

For photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2002_super_troopers_0001.jpg

Thorny- Lucille
Rabbit- Kent
Mac - Nomar
Foster- Sweeney
Farva - Wells

that idea is priceless, & very true.

Loaiza as Carlito (Pacino with dos eqis beard)
Furcal as Benny Blanco (John Leguizamo)
Lowe as Kleinfeld the lawyer (Sean Penn)
Olmedo as Pachanga (Luis Guzman)

Indian - Loaiza
Construction Worker - Pierre
Cop - LuGo
Biker - Lurch

in the free agent compensation formula, playing time is heavily weighted and maybe the dodgers want to assure themselves that gonzo will become a type A free agent. Off the top of my head, he looks to be the only dodger that has a good chance of doing so.

it seems pride is a big issue for him and yes, brian sabean still has a job.

On the other hand, Fargo and Raising Arizona, for example, absolutely knocked me out when I first saw them. There's no way I could ever possibly like TBL more than Raising Arizona, Fargo or Hudsucker Proxy - that much I can say for sure.

Crediting a large part of Fargo's success to the "wacky accents" is every bit as wrongly dismissive as what you seem to be hearing about TBL. "Complex, beautiful to look at, the acting is astounding and ... amazing story telling techniques" is a description that absolutely applies to Fargo, Hudsucker and, unless you hate the desert, Raising Arizona.

I would trade Jon "Raising Arizona" for the "Before Sunrise" movies any day, and I'd even send cash to offset Cage and Hunter's salaries.

victory!

>> Los Angeles Dodgers: Mostly it's about the pitching. Not that anyone's noticed, what with all the excitement over Joba Chamberlain and his best-in-the-history-of-humankind slider, but Chad Billingsley has developed into something akin to an ace over the past few months. His emergence gives the Dodgers a starting trio unmatched in the NL, and the back-of-the-pen Broxton/Saito pairing makes them tough from the seventh inning onwards.

So yeah, I l-u-v luv luv luv the Dodgers when Billingsley, Brad Penny or Derek Lowe are on the hill. And whether they were prompted by injury to do so, the team has finally started to include Matt Kemp, James Loney and Andy LaRoche in the starting lineup most days. If the team doesn't make the postseason, whoever insisted on giving 400 at-bats earlier in the year to Nomar Garciaparra will have some 'splainin to do. <<

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10335367

As for the Cubs announcers, of course they are homers, doesn't anyone else remember that Chip Caray and his broadcast partner were fired for not being big enough homers (and they were pretty homerish).

As for a last topic, anyone else watching the surprisingly entertaining Louisville/Middle Tennessee State?

One.

333 That's like saying Vertigo is better than North by Northwest. They are both great in their own way.

The idea that you could watch TBL and not laugh is just shocking to me. That is like someone telling me they didn't feel anything when they watched "Its a Wonderful Life". It is so unbelievably funny that I laugh when I just think about scenes from it.

That's objectively false, since I question your "unquestionably." But it sort of depends how you define "humor." If you characterize Fargo as a comedy and not a drama, and if you acknowledge that it's not a set-up/joke movie, then the comedy (dark as it is) is situational and character-driven. Maybe the most obvious laughs come in part from the accents, but obvious laughs are hardly all that movie was about.

I also love this, which I could imagine sitting up there alongside Fanerman's tivo quote: "I love having a co-worker who is just as big a Dodger fan as myself. I can never tell him about DT because then he'll know why I never get any work done."

275 is cool. I tried to explain to a friend why I liked the 3.5 nickname so much and I couldn't really do it. I jus tlike it how grew out of the moment and has the capacity to grow and change as he does. I long for the day when it's akin to the 8 foot 350 lb bruiser guy being nicknamed "tiny."

277 , 279 I believe Dmitri Young would like to have a word with you fellows.

I watched TBL and didn't laugh.

I feel a lot when I watch IaWL.

I understand this. The Holy Grail was that way for me. I actually hated it the first couple of times. Of course, that could have been cause I wasn't wasted enough but eventually I came to love it.

I'm pretty sure Scott Long has asked us to explain him before.

PTIYPASI.

"It's like, so weird"

"The Hudsucker Proxy" seems more like a Shea Hillenbrand homer.

I got a dark sense of humor.

And he was working it!

Will "No Country For Old Men" be Kirk Gibson?

Gee. I hadn't noticed.

especially when the first time was when she was 16!

The Big Lebowski is definitely a movie that needs to be seen mulitplie times, but in my opinion, most great movies do.....Blazing Saddles is a great comedy that gets better with each viewing....

Raising Arizona is my wife's favorite comedy along with the "in-laws". Two movies we can't help but watch whenever were scanning the schedule.

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Only seen the "Spanish Prisoner" of the 3 and enjoyed it. The cadence of the girls voice stays in your mind for a long time.

Bogart, Stewart, Cary Grant were all great.

You want to see a funny movie watch Cary Grant in "Arsenic and Old Lace" or "Mr. Blanding builds his dream house".

404. I agree giving it away for free does not make much sense but Marisa Tomei has always been a little unconventional in her career choices. I'll tell you this much, I am going to have a look see at that trailer.

This is a Negro League tribute, not a scandal tribute.

It was strange to watch the "Jersey Boys" the other night and find out Joe Pesci was a little annoying street kid. Now one of the 4 Seasons is his driver.

*I am assuming that SB would have had exactly the same career as R.M. post Karate Kid.

Man, how far he's come. Now he's a little annoying street adult. ;)

Those are hideous. They make Oregon's look good. And Oregon's uniforms look like they were designed by an 8-year old with green and yellow crayons while loaded on Nyquil.

Now that is funny......

http://tinyurl.com/yqsgpe

I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You (Paperback)
by Bill Green (Author), Ben Peskoe (Author), Scott Shuffitt (Author), Will Russell (Author)

It was just released, and is definitely worth a read, or at least a browse, for all the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers here.

431 - Awww....

The Lavender Hill mob remake is the only Coens movie that bored me. I like all the rest. I even liked Intolerable Cruelty (the Clooney divorce lawyer movie). I didn't notice anyone talking about O Brother Where Art Thou (OBWAT), but that's one of their best if you ask me. Clooney should only work with them.

It's possible for one person to love Fargo, the Big Lebowski and Raising Arizona.

Okay, back to the Russell Martin's choppers thread.