Game Thread- Dodgers vs. Giants

There we go. For a second there I thought the K Bros. were going MIA. HAHA!!

Vizquel pisses me off ALMOST as much as Barry does.

let me begin by saying thank you for creating this thread.

go blue.

Gooooooooooooooooo Dodgers! Lets go BLUE!

Lugo's avg does look out a place considering the next guy is Drew at 281. HAHA!!

i love how nomar like to work the count in the early innings.

BTW, that was MIA as in "missing in action", not MIA as in Hamm (GarciaParra). HAHA

Vinny, please stop calling Vizquel "the wizard".

1) It's pissing me off!!
2) It's giving me flashbacks of Ozzie Smith hitting a homer off Tom F'n Niedenfuer!!

Lolo-

Nope, but I was taking a little pregame nap. So not MIA, but potentially asleep at the switch.

BK

BK,

Sleep? Even through your Cards game? HAHA!

Lolo-

I refuse to lose sleep over that semi-sorry bunch. In this case, literally. I'm still on two time zones. Very goofy internal clock.

BK

Feeling maybe Lugo's going to have a big game tonight. We need him to have a good series.

ray's ball looked foul.
kuo is being asked to pitch a REAL tough game.

dirty g-ratts

cory snyder! HA.

orange and black are absolutely the two ugliest colors when put together.

BK, nothing's decided yet, even with that "semi-sorry bunch" ...

BK, i'm going to refer to you as "AK" a few times tonight just to make mr. andrew feel a little better.

SHADES OF WILLIE MAYS??? hardly.

I hope one of those f*gs yelling "Beat L.A." falls out of the top deck and breaks their neck!

time for kuo to take noah yard.

by the way, "vizquel" is sweedish for "baffoon"

Wow. Lolo brought his A game tonight. A for angry, that is. Hahahaha.

Game face!

BK

is noah averaging just 10 pitches a game? come on guys!

bk,
when a pitcher intentionally walks a guy does that go on his pitch count & does those pitches have an effect on his arm?

the phil's didn't look very tired tonight, hopefully we win the game and put some pressure on the pad's and phil's.

i can't believe i'm saying this, but where is STARGAZER?

hey, why don't we just let vizquel wear number 24 ...

psssst. stargazin' ... wake up; your friends are at the door. they need another player to have even teams. psssst. stargazin????

BUTTTTTTTTTTTTNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Kuo's got it tonight...lets get on the board blue!

either barry's used steriods or he has the mumps.
is that his head or did his body blow a bubble?

BK,

Nothing pisses me off more in this world than the GNats and their flaming fans. I'd like to take a dump right on the mound at (Enter your favorite cell phone company) Park.

Kuo is aces. Is he the only pitcher on the staff (other than Gagne) whom I've seen go after Bonds. Beautiful backwards K!

too bad joe morgan isn't in the booth tonight. he's the only announcer who sounds like he's actually in bed with barry bonds while he broadcasts.

no hitter through 3.1

why does the word GIANTS end in ANTS?

i was at a game at pac bell last year, the whole crowd was chanting beat la the whole game. the dodgers ended up coming through and it was me and 6 other dudes chanting "EAST LA" as all the giant fans dispersed from the stadium.

take some pitches; make this guy work.

jen, i need your WOOT. where are you?

this is a great stadium to see the dodgers beat the giants. the giants fans are different than their candlestick days. theyre a bunch of sissies now.

K Lo's got him read.

stargazin' is in the kitchen preparing a spinach salad for the giants post game meal.

Bmurph,

You had to be tough just to stand the conditions at Candlestick. HAHA!

JD goes COVE ??? FOUL!

Damn!! Drew just missed that one!

i like the way moises checks his dad out of the home for the weekend so the family can be together. touching.
more sons should do that for their dad -- no matter what their condition.

i LOVE the dodger winter wear.
loney's got the ski cap on.
wonder if he's got "napoleon-dynamite" dodger boots on???

Orel,

I don't mind that Joe Morgan hit that HR back in 1982. It hurt to see that, but I feel much better knowing that despite that brief glory, Joe Morgan is still one of the dumbest human beings walking the Earth.

SEE!?! russ gets patient and we've got a walk!

Hell yeah, Russ!! Take that little sh*t Vizquel out!!

i'm conflicted.

1) i'm a fan of the dodgers

but

2) at&t power by sbc employs and pays me.

i remember reading eric neel of espn saying that pac bell ballpark, er... sbc ballpark, now at&t ballpack has a beatiful view and it's a nice place to enjoy a ballgame.

right on, lolo.
you can almost see joe morgan put on the chapstick whenever he does a giants game on ESPN. he makes me want to puke the way he kisses barry's butt.
i can't wait til joe gets axed -- and he WILL if the suits listen to all my memos.

unfortunately we were unable to do anything with it. why couldn't we play the rockies for 162 games. can you image how many offensive record we can break.

way to knock it down drew!

sok: quit your job now.

go snakes!
stargazin is in the clubhouse, icin' down the champagne.

Lolo,
if we end the season in a tie with the madres, do we have to play a single game to see who wins the division and who's the wildcard?

anyone know the answer to a pitchering intentionally walking a guy. bk is ignoring me, and i'm not even using all caps.

who the hell manufactures orange rally towels ??

We have to get some runs!!

knock vizquel down! he's 2 for 2!

russ martin really goes old skool on the catcher's gear. neither shoulder is protected ... the mask looks like campanella gave it to him.

Damn!

Orel,

If there's a tie I believe that the Madres get the tie-breaker without a playoff. That's assuming that the Phillies finish behind both of them.

Sok,

I hate to admit it (on a Dodgers blog, at least. haha), but the Giants play in the greatest stadium I've ever watched baseball in. Granted, I've only sat in about five, but it's incredible. Fantastic sight lines. Cool design. Awesome view with the water behind you. Right in the heart of a great city.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Chavez. Sentiment aside, I fully admit it smokes my beloved old Busch. But SBC is pretty freaking cool.

AK

RALLY CAPS TILL STAR-GUY IS IN THE HOUSE.

Just got in from work and this is disappointing.
Come on guys, this joker has an ERA close to 5.

AK,

You'd take it over PNC?

sok, here's what i found:

"What might surprise a lot of people is that there is no official method of scoring balls and strikes, just as there is no official way to publish a box score. You won't find anything in chapter 10 of the official rules on box score formats or ball-strike tabulations. There is no official method, but for both box scores and pitch scoring there is a customary, standard way of doing things.

Under the standard, swinging strikes, called strikes, foul balls on full counts, and balls in play are counted as Strikes. All balls, including those thrown for pitchouts and intentional walks, are counted as Balls. As strikes are recorded now, a called third strike is no different than a 500-foot homer. An intentional ball is no different than a wild pitch."

This is where Nomar's physical state hurts us a bit. I am willing to bet that Little would prefer to pinch hit Loney over Kemp right now but can't because he needs to keep Loney as a replacement option for Nomar in case he has to come out.

sok, don't you have to go pick up your wife?

by the way, "kemp" is sweedish for "impatient"

Guy with an ERA over 12 in September. Hasn't that been the perfect recipe for an opposing pitcher to shut us down?

stargazin, as vin put it, is "sleeping the sleep of a good child."

Nomah seems hurt to me. Get Loney in there Little!

down 3-0 ... we need the big boys to step up:

nomar
kent
drew

Let's face it; we're not getting ANY bounces tonight and the Gnats are. If we're going to win tonight we're going to have to earn it.

Lolo,

If it keeps me from having to watch the Pirates, sure. haha.

AK

JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH DAVID LETTERMAN ... HE WANTS TO KNOW IF BARRY BONDS' HEAD WILL SINK OR FLOAT.

LOLO, LOOKING BACK, ALL THE MAGIC THIS YEAR HAS HAPPENED AT THE RAVINE.

Sok-

As far as I know, pitches thrown in intentional walks count in the pitch count, but they shouldn't wear a guy out.

BK

Has anyone noticed that when Lugo starts we usually don't do so well?

I'd take a Kent comebacker that shatters Lowry's face right about now.

how are we getting blanked? didn't someone say lowry had like an 8 era in one of the earlier threads? what the heck! where's the emotion? where's the pride? come on team. frick, dont make me start using profanity!

DAMMIT! THE SNAKES ARE DOIN' THEIR PART ... WE NEED TO HIT A THREE!

sok,

That was an ERA over 12 in September for Lowry.

It didn't shatter Lowry's face, but I'll take that base hit from Kent.

MARIANO: SAY SOMETHING TO NOAH, HEH?

DREWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

JD DDDRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

If at first you don't succeed...

YAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! J.D. DREWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

Princess looking like a prince.

Drew!

GO DODGERS!

mike

Orel,

I think Mariano heard you right before that last pitch to Drew. HAHA!

It's official: Madres lose.

GO BLUE!!

Perhaps I'm getting sidetracked, but after seeing all these Dodgers sitting in the dugout with those blue ski caps, I'm kinda pissed that the organization never hooked up me or BK with one. Those things are pretty cool.

AK

AK,

Dude, I bought a couple of those back in May. Even my wife has one. HAHA!!

I am getting sick and tired of waiting for Lugo to something. I've been trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt but enough is enough!

AK, YOU ARE RIGHT ON -- I LOVE THE SEPTEMBER SERIES IN SFO BECAUSE THE BLUE CREW ALWAYS BREAK OUT THE WINTER WEAR. ONE YEAR THEY WERE SO BUNDLED UP I THOUGHT I SAW JAY JOHNSTONE PUSHING A SNOW BLOWER IN THE DUGOUT.
HERE'S THE CAP: http://www.fansedge.com/ProductDetail.aspx?pfid=41-51894

Lolo,

Oh, I know where to BUY one. I'm just saying, c'mon, Frank McCourt. Hook a brother up! haha

AK

Just saw the replay and Lofton misplayed that ball into a double.

MY DUGOUT JACKET IS A 1993 STARTER ... I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT BUYING THE NEW MAJESTIC. THEY ARE MUCH MORE TAME THAN THE ONE I HAVE.
I HONESTLY LOOK LIKE A CREEPY D-JAY EVERY TIME I WEAR IT.

Lugo is a waste.

JIM, MATT KEMP WOULD HAVE MISPLAYED THAT DOUBLE INTO AN INSIDE THE PARK'R.

LUGO NEVER DISSAPPOINTS; HE IS DOING WHAT I EXPECT LUGO TO DO.

Lolo-

As sportswriters, we're obligated to try and get as much free stuff as we possibly can, be it press box sandwich, or in this case, beanie hat. It's in the union handbook.

Although I did turn down a chance at a free chair worth about $2,500. How's that for ethics?

BK

One more reason to be pissed at Lugo: He was the guy who broke the back-to-back-to-back-back sequence. C'mon Lugo, what's one more HR?? HAHAHA!!

RANDY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SPELL "WIN"

BK, ARE YOU ACCEPTING DEPOSITS FOR 2007 BLUE NOTES SEASON TICKETS?

BK,

Fringe benefits, eh? HAHA!

LOLO, IF FERCAL OR LOFTON GET ON IN THE TOP HALF, DO YOU ph LONEY FOR NOMAH?

Barry sucking wind...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/photo;_ylt=AsZapppOBLIBSIskwrLu2PcRvLYF?slug=getty-57210522jj007_los_angeles_d_12_07_32_am&prov=getty

Has Lugo even hit a HR in a Dodger uniform? That trade might come back to get us in the butt. By the way, How is fat Odalis doing in KC? Anyone kept up on him?

Orel,

Heck NO! As long as Nomar can swing effectivley I say let him bat.

Orel-

Yes. Yes we are. You'd be surprised how reasonable PSLs are on this site, too. hahaha.

Lolo-

There are those who will offer you plenty of stuff if they think you'll get them some ink in one form or another.

BK

Orel,
Yep, both unacceptable. Kenny will probably get a big hit to make up for it.

ODALIS IS GETTING OUT HIS GOLF CLUBS.

Perez as a Royal (pain in the a**):

2-4, 5.06 ERA, .282 BAA, 1.41 WHIP

Damn....Nomah limping back to the dugout.

Orel,
Two words, Vernon Wells.
Hope Ned is going to try and go after him.

Nomar looks like he hurt himself.

INSIDE THE HEAD OF JAMES LONEY:
"damn. nine freakin' ribbies and i'm sittin!"

JIM: UNACCEPTABLE.
BUT ON THE ROAD? PREDICTABLE.

NOMAR, AS VIN SAID, "LEFT IN AGONY."
DUE UP:
KENT
DREW
MARTIN

DREW WILL HIT A SECOND HOMER.

i changed dodger hats in to my gameday one. i smell a comeback.

Loney's at first now where he should have started this game.

Orel,
Do you think Repko would have gotten it?

PRINCESS GETS A PAIR. NICE PLAY ON THAT ONE BY LOFTON.

GUYS, SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT NOMAR LOOKED DONE FOR MORE THAN TONIGHT ...

Orel,

You didn't finish your sentence. Here, let me help:

DREW WILL HIT A SECOND HOMER, WITH A RUNNER ON.

repko definitely gets that ball

REPKO WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT -- BUT HE WOULD HAVE THEN CRASHED THROUGH THE WALL, THROUGH THE BRICKS, OVER THE RAIL, AND THEN INTO THE COVE WHERE HE WOULD HAVE DROWN.

what the hech is an olique anyway, and why was this injury absolutely unheard of, at least to these ears, before this year? -we need Nomar, he's kind of becoming the
Dodger's identity; i don't know man----hey by the way, this may be an inherently pessimistic question, but we have to travel all the way to Philly if a playoff is needed, right? It's not the other way around?

STARGAZIN JUST CALLED; HE SAID HE HURT HIS OBLIQUE WHILE OPENING A CAN OF CHILI.

OREL,
ACTUALLY HE WAS REACHING FOR THE CAPS LOCK KEY.

Here we go.

LETS GO GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINS!
STEVE FINLEY ALWAYS MAKES ME JEALOUS -- HE'S ANOTHER LEFTY THAT'S ABOUT TEN DAYS YOUNGER THAN ME.

Orel: Well at least StarDude dint hurt it while on the pot dontchaknow...

10Mill: The LO is what used to be called a pulled ribcage muscle...samesame just a more correct name.

DAMN!!!!!! SO CLOSE.

cool...Kemp ROPES one to right for a solid single...one base at a time fellahs...

HERE WE GO.
JD, YOU DA MAN?

LOLO, YOU DIDN'T FINISH MY SENTENCE. LET ME HELP:

DREW WILL HIT A SECOND HOMER, WITH A RUNNER ON SPEED.

DAMN I HOPE THIS DOESN'T COME DOWN TO LUGO.

WHY WOULD HE THINK HE WOULD SEE A FASTBALL AT ALL?

LayD Drew returns at the wrong time...

C'mon RUSS!!

RUSSELL YOU DA MAN!!!!!

JIM - HOW ABOUT TOMATO OR R. MARTINEZ?

HUSTLE DOWN, RUSSELL.
TOMATO TIME!

HMM? I would think Little would let Marlon hit and then bat for Lugo with Saenz since there is only one out.

TOMATO!

STAY AWAY FROM THE dp, MATO!

I'LL TAKE THE TOMATO.

TOMATO!!!!!

Tomato baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AGREED. EVEN THOUGH WE JUST TIED IT, I WOULD HAVE ALSO LET MARLON HIT.

the TOMATO SQUIRTS ONE TO RIGHT....fat guys RULE!!

TOMATO PASTES THEM!

Nope! Little was right. I was WRONG!!

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE, LUGO.

C'mon Lugo!! Make us forget your futility!!

LOLO, R. MARTINEZ IS YOUR MAN, RIGHT?

LUGO CAN EARN HIS DODGER STRIPES HERE!

my money sez Lugi is gonna hock one up here...

LUGO DOES WHAT WE EXPECT HIM TO DO.

well, he hocked-up a half-a-Lugi...

C'mon Ramon!! Make your former team PAY!!

LOLO,
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. LUGO JUST SUCKS.

STARGAZIN JUST CALLED: HE'S CRAWLING UP AND DOWN THE THE AISLES ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES, TAKING AWAY ALL THE ORANGE RALLY TOWELS.

What a gift!

WILD PITCH!!!

Martin is a witch!!

i'm telling you; this dodgers team seems to have magic on their side; they remind me most of the Red Sox in 04 and the Marlins in 03---
two unlikely champions....

IN YOUR FACE, SFO. NICE WILD PITCH.
SAITO TIME.

C'mon Ramon. Get the insurance run!!

HOLY SH*T, WHAT A GIFT!
SAMMY, SAMMY!!!!!

I was thinking squeeze and Stanton removed that from the equation...love that Stanton guy...the gints need to resign him...

Wow! A wild Pitch!

GO DODGERS!

mike

LET'S GO, EIGHTEEN! DRIVE ANOTHER IN.

Orel: StarDude is on his knees in SF? Man he is really willing to "take one for the team"!!! Whaddaguy!

RUSTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Konnichiwa, beaaatches!! It's Domo Arigato Mr. Saito TIME!!

oh. my. gosh. this is some great baseball being played right now.

DON'T WE ALL JUST LOVE THAT DUDE TOMATO?

SAITO-MAN!!

LETS DRIVE THE STAKE THRU THE GIANTS' HEART.

THAT IS ONE NASTY SLIDER.
ERIC WHO?

SAITO!

WHEN YOU'RE 41 IT'S HARD TO SEE A SLIDER LIKE THAT. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING IT ON TV!

WE GOTTA GET SAITO TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

Grumpy,

I was thinking about that "on his knees" comment too. HAHA!

SOMEONE WAKE UP GRANDPA FELIPE. IT'S ALMOST TIME TO GET YOUR JACKET AND GO HOME.

Finley!! Didn't I say the Giants have been getting all the luvky bounces? The Dodgers will have to EARN this one!

What a prayer by Winn......

CRAP.

ANOTHER lucky hit!! Damn it!!

did you hear Scully--"Didn't you know, ahh, Didn't you know, the Dodgers and the Giants"----he's the mac---

Come on double play! End this thing!

GO DODGERS!

mike

"ain't it grand"- vin scully, 10.11 pm, sep 29

GRUMPY -- HA - STARGAZIN WOULDN'T STOOP THAT LOW.
i don't think anyway.
THE GUYS IN SFO LOVE THAT STUFF.

RAMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NICE PLAY, RAMON!!!

Hell of a grab by Martinez....

LOLO, HE'S "JETES-LIKE"!!
GO 18!!!

Ok...one out away!

GO DODGERS!

mike

"martinez makes a maaarvalaous play....wow......a big play by the new daddy"

- vin scully 10.14 pm, sep. 29, 2006

WATCH OUT. GRANDPA LOVES TO SQUEEZE.

SAITO FIST PUMP!!!

SITDOWN!
HEROS GALORE!
BLUE WIN!

WOWOWOW...waddapitch...coolness!

Man, that was sweet! This guy is a big time closer! Water is running through his veins.

GO DODGERS!

mike

G'NIGHT ALL.

Saito is so money....DODGERS GUARANTEED AT LEAST A ONE GAME PLAYOFF! WIN TOMORROW AND WE'RE IN! AND I'LL BE THERE TO CELEBRATE IT!

WHERE'S THAT "BEAT L.A." CHANT NOW? HAHAHA!!

"the dodgers win it with hero's galore"

vin scully 10.17 pm, sep 29. 2006

LoLo:

GMTA baby!!! I thought it was particuarly funny cuz it came from OREL...hehehehe...ok, so I am 12 most of the time... ;)

Fun time...see ya all tamale...

I CHANGE MY HAT AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAY TO GO BMURPH !!!!!!!!(saito, drew and the boys weren't too bad either)

GOODNIGHT ALL!!

THANKS, AK/BK!!!

One Word: HEART!

I posted last Monday about the Dodgers Heart and how the so-called "critics" were ignoring this huge factor. Everybody except the loyals were counting the Blue Crew out!

No longer!

HEART!

Magic # = 1

We are tied with Madres.

WORLD SERIES BABY!

GO DODGERS!

THE LOWRIDER, YES!

A great game and a great win. It was nice to see Saenz come through with a big hit. He's been a good player for LA and he's the type of veteran hitter who might be able to get some big hits for the Dodgers in the playoffs. Kudos to Drew for his 7th inning bomb and to the bullpen for its fine work as well.

NICE TEAM WIN.

I HOPE WE WIN THE WEST AND GET THE CARDINALS AT HOME TO START THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT IRONY! WIN OR LOSE I WANT ANOTHER SHOT AT THOSE GUYS.

What a great comeback...I'm a Dodger fan up in Giant country and I can't wait to see my Giant friends tomorrow!!! 2 more wins and we have the West...I guarantee one more Padre loss!!! GO BLUE

After every big win I can't help but mimic Kirk Gibson's speech that he'd recite after big wins..."How sweet it is to taste the fruits of victory!!!!" (of course the kids kind of look at me funny--they don't get the whole sports-passion & tradition thing) One more win baby...and then the real fun begins!!!

Great win tonight!

I was at Thursday's game at Coors Field -- actually made it to most of all three games in Denver (I live there). Yesterday's was a throwback game -- all the way back to the pre-humidor years here. Definitely one of the weirdest games I've ever attended.

Here's something to chew on -- despite this year's Dodger team not hitting a ton of HRs (actually they're up to 152 now, I believe, which is a decently respectable total), your 2006 Dodgers are the first Dodger club since 1962 to score at least 800 runs.

Look it up....not since the first year of Dodger Stadium have the Dodgers scored this many runs in a season. That's pretty impressive. This bunch has scored more than all of the homer-happy teams we had in the Davey Johnson and Lasorda years.

Started by Drew, extended by Saenz too, closed by Say-It-Too = Dodger Victory.

Nomah is hurtin' but Loney is playin' as long they don't play that Looney pitcher, the Dodger will come out as winner.