Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals GameThread, Aug 27, 2008 4:10 PM PDT

Game Thread 8/27: Washington Nationals

by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 4:17 PM PDT Comment 77 comments

Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals

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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals

08/27/08 4:10 PM PDT

Los Angeles Dodgers	Washington Nationals
Matt Kemp - CF	Willie Harris - LF
Andre Ethier - RF	Cristian Guzman - SS
Jeff Kent - 2B	Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
Manny Ramirez - LF	Lastings Milledge - CF
James Loney - 1B	Ronnie Belliard - 1B
Russell Martin - C	Jesus Flores - C
Nomar Garciaparra - SS	Elijah Dukes - RF
Casey Blake - 3B	Emilio Bonifacio - 2B
Greg Maddux - P	Tim Redding - P

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You bounce back and forth

Maria McKee was easy to have a crush on. I also was into Martha Davis for a while.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What are you old guys talking about? Unless it’s Dazed and Confused, which I’ve been told is essentially a documentary of the 70’s high school life, I don’t want to hear it.

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

re:

I was dazed and confused in junior high school. By high school I was less dazed but still confused. Besides these are the 80’s, you couldn’t get into these clubs unless you were 21.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So we’re talking the Breakfast Club?

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Figures

Home run
Man on base – double play
Home run

Even when we hit home runs we get the minimum.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 4:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I was right to obsess about double plays :)

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You only obsess

about them with players you want to make a point against. If it was LaRoche you would call it bad luck.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, probably.

Seeing Loney as the least valuable offensive first baseman in the league sort of made me pay more attention to them though. Probably one of those things that only matter at the extremes.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

6.3 BRAA

http://www.statcorner.com/team.php?team=LAN&year=2008&leag=MLB

No leader board though…

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

http://www.statcorner.com/batterAJAX.php?id=425766&team=LAN&year=2008&leag=MLB

His LD% is down, his FB% up and his HR/BIA is half of his previous two years.

In short he’s not driving the ball as much and he’s not hitting as many homers when he hits it in the air.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yuck

Maddux getting singled to death and our middle infield meets the low expectations of Andrew.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 5:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just another day for the Dodgers.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ethier is a triple away

from the cycle and we’re only in the 5th.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 5:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

re:

Two doubles and a home run. I trusted your info and you made me look stupid. I hate it when that happens more then 10 times a day.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aww whoops

I only glanced at the box score. This is what I get for being busy/lazy.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Off-Topic

Bluemax,

How do you play Contra 4 online?

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It has online?

Are you sure?

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, it has multiplayer, which I assumed was online. How do you play multiplayer?

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Depends upon the kind of multiplayer

Probably start the multiplayer mode and if its single cart then have the other person boot their DS to the DS config screen or whatever and have them choose Download Play.

If its multi cart then you need more than one copy of the game.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey!

We got a break! Is this where we break out?

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And another break…

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amazing...

Doesn’t matter how hard we hit it, if we don’t hit it out of the ballpark its gonna get caught.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

.299 BABIP, we’re not that bad.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How dare you try to block my frustrated feelings with logic and reason!! We are getting cheated I say, CHEATED!!! : )

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well maybe tonight

out BABIP is low, but on the season it is not that bad.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just spent an hour in a yelling match, I didn’t need that.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Terrible AB by Russ…

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Terrible AB by Nomar. I really hope I don’t type that sentence again.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m happy I’m only getting updates once a minute

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What?

You’re not watching? How dare you…

P.S. If Sweeney gets a hit because you’ll hear a very loud scream. Yes, no matter where you are.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm betting Andrew is in the same position I am

stuck at work still.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahh...

You guys have jobs.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The curse of being "old"

Student loans don’t pay themselves!

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Growing up sucks. My freinds wanted me to play beer pong at 11 last night and i had to say no.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought I'd finally get to have hobbies again

when I graduated from college, but I work so much that I’m too burned out to want to do much when I get home.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

JC

Still at JC, no loans yet! A couple of years though…

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep. I really hate my project.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What do you guys do?

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Software for launch assurance.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Video game engineer

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t you guys mean nerds working for the nerd patrol?! Wait, my degrees are in philosophy. Nevermind. Carry on.

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It really impresses ladies when I tell them I have a cubicle.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

All I need to do is go into a hipster coffee shop and say “Quite Frankly, everything Karl Marx says is important!” Then if that doesn’t work, you always go to Nietszche. He’s the god of hipsters.

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m taking notes.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You wouldn’t even have to read any of his books. You just need to carry one around into a hipster establishment, then either start (pretending to) reading it, or just make sure everyone can see you have it. Then some hipster girl will come up to talk to you about him, just agree with everything she says, and in 15 minutes, you’ll have a date to go to a peace rally, or go recycling or something.

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've seen this mentioned a lot

but I wonder if anyone really honestly has tried this.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You could get screwed because a lot of professional philosophers study Nietszche and if you talk to them, they’ll figure out your act in 5 seconds.

by Tango and Cash on Aug 27, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're over the 2 month mark now for crunch

and the project is very very late.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You win. I’m just working for a meeting that will get canceled.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FWIW

my normal hours are 11-7 so I’d be at work this late anyhow. And lately I’ve only been staying only 2 extra hours. It has been about a month since I stayed much later than 9.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A nice benefit of working until 8:30 or 9:00 every night is that I can stroll in here an hour late every day and no one cares.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

When we started crunching

they stopped caring about the length of our lunches. Albeit a lot of us just worked through lunch anyhow.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Forget Obama and McCain

Casey for Prez!!! Way to crush that one Casey!!!

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fact or Fiction

letting the pitcher hit would probably be better than letting Sweeney hit.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He's been walking quite a bit

has a decent OBP but still slugging like Pierre.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could have sworn sweeney alreayd hit.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the walks are more a sign of his complete loss of confidence

in his swing. He goes up there hoping the pitcher misses enough to not make him look bad.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's always had good plate discipline

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fair enough

I guess he’s contributing something now.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Depends on the pitcher

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The madness is over

but we are still losing.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No scream

He walked, I said hit.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It’s getting to the point where I’d rather see Sweeney than Manny Mota again.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Bison time

he’s had 5 lousy at bats in a row. Give us something to crow about.

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I predict a wild pitch

to tie the game. Later

by Phil Gurnee on Aug 27, 2008 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I predict

Grand slam. For the sake of optimism.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope

Sadness… Oh, this commercial is funny though.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Asian guy knocking over the turntables?

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Don’t you like that one?

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course, that’s how I knew right away.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ain’t nothin’ funnier than an Asian guy dancing. Except an Asian guy with a big afro.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

True that.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just in case

I lied when I said Casey hit it hard. It was a broken bat bloop into left. So we actually got a break for once.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 6:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Argh...

Ethier swung at an obvious ball four when he grounded out. Shades of Kemp yesterday.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dammit.

On the “bright” side, the database I’m working with broke so I can leave and come in early tomorrow.

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by Andrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

At least the D-Backs didn't gain ground.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 27, 2008 7:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but the schedule keeps getting shorter and shorter

We need to win the series vs. the D-Backs, not split.

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow..

Versus the Nationals…

Back to a previous point, our team BABIP may be .299, but when you’re hitting .100 as a team with RISP, you are getting unlucky. We are getting plenty of baserunners, they’re just getting evenly spread throughout the game instead of clustering up in some innings.

I don’t know whether to be more frustrated by the hitting or the fielding. Which is worse, bad luck keeping you out of the playoffs or bad defense?

by Brendan Scolari on Aug 27, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs