Dodgers vs. Rockies, Game Two Thread
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 6:45 PM PDT
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PrintColorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, Jun 30, 2009 7:10 PM PDT
Here are tonight's lineups (second career start for Ellis):
| Rockies | Dodgers |
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| LF | Smith | LF | Pierre | |
| 2B | Barmes | SS | Furcal | |
| 1B | Helton | RF | Ethier | |
| RF | Hawpe | 3B | Blake | |
| SS | Tulowitzki | 1B | Loney | |
| 3B | Stewart | CF | Kemp | |
| CF | Gonzalez | SS | Castro | |
| C | Iannetta | C | Ellis | |
| P | Marquis |
P | Billingsley | |
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They just had to show the Kent/Drew home plate combo!
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw this as a FanShot on Purple Row:
Apparently Manny didn’t pay for the postgame spread for any of his minor league games, which is normally tradition for visiting major leaguers.
Saw that.
Not a big deal in the long run.
But something you want to see people do.
Manny’s PR people needs to make it right, taking the team out to sizzler or something. :)
What I want to know is how you spend $3,000 at Outback Steakhouse! Even if Randy Johnson fed as many as 60 people, that’s still $50 per person.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
You know
tricking the Clippers into thinking they had a chance. Clippers clear out cap space accordingly, and then, nada
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The Clippers should have known better on that one :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I still maintain he was coming
Lakers made the right call, they ran off Shaq and Phil to make Kobe happy. But Kobe did love the idea of transforming the Clippers, and he would have. Starting lineup that year would have been
Shaun Livingston
Kobe
Corey Maggette
Brand
Kaman
That would have done some damage for quite a while
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I know…I was just giving you a hard time. Ric Bucher and some other league reporters maintain that Kobe to the Clippers was far closer than anyone seems willing to consider.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Went to the last Clipper game this year
Livingston was by far the most popular player there amongst the fans. He threw down a pretty sick dunk and the crowd erupted. And he played for the opponent!
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I envisioned big things for Livingston, but he was no Magic. I’d say Lebron, or even Jason Kidd were much, much closer to imitate Magic (Kidd less so due to height)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He was close to having all three unassisted putouts, but that last one bounced
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers are just getting him prepared for extra innings.
Watch, Marquis is going to too tired to pitch the 15th. And then they’ll strike.
Rockies have a guy in the RF pavilion :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they really have a shift on for him?
by Brendan Scolari on Jun 30, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to look at where Ethier hits them
compared to David Ortiz (another shift guy)
Ground balls to LF
Ethier – 11 of 83 (13.3%)
Ortiz – 6 of 50 (12%)
Line drives to LF
Ethier 14 of 38 (36.8%)
Ortiz – 7 of 40 (17.5%)
Seems reasonable to me (at least without seeing the actual hit chart to see where line drives fell) to at least try the shift on Andre.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what
4 at bats where Raffy has tried to bunt the last two days.
by Brendan Scolari on Jun 30, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions
I remember seeing a game a few years back (it was 2001) when Marquis was a Brave, and it was a big deal that two Jewish players (Maquis and Shawn Green) were facing one another.
The Dodgers won 1-0 on a 9th inning Sheffield HR, one of three different 1-0 games that year won by a Sheff HR.
Bobby Cox opted to save his closer (John Rocker) for a lead on the road, and Matt Whiteside gave up the dinger in the 9th.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Yey, first hit of the game for Dodgers!
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." -Oliver W. Holmes
Cardinals
had 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs and Shumaker made an out to end the inning, these Giants are infuriating.
O.A.
Wow, is Yahoo that far behind? Duncan is leading off the 8th right now
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Only slightly worse
After 0-1 count: 37 K in 134 PA (27.6%)
After 1-0 count: 34 in 149 PA 9 (22.8%)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, that seems more than slightly
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I love abusing the other team's pitcher at the plate.
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." -Oliver W. Holmes
Did Vin just say Ellis went to
Austin Peavy university?
That’s where the Padres like drafting pitchers, too.
That's a common mistake
Its actually “University of Peavy at Austin.” The locals get mad when you don’t say it right :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Well - that sucked
I hate Brad Hawpe, he owns us.
If only he had a Soriano-esque out pitch
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll take a HR here, a HR there with no one on
Over Bills mowing people down then imploding in the 5th or 6th
Whoa whoa whoa!!! Let’s not go crazy there :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate Plaschke more than
I hate Hawpe.
by underdog on Jun 30, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I live in Tuson.
So I have the luxury of not reading, hearing, or seeing him.
Plaschke's doucebaggery regarding the Dodgers
pales in his douchebaggery regarding USC football IMO. The articles he’s written over the years would have gotten him fired from any other major news outlet
It's not controversy per se
It’s incompetence. I’m talking about being blatantly wrong, misstating facts and statistics in attempts to prove asinine arguments, etc. At least with Manny – he’s just being inflammatory
I don’t know; I have been far angrier at things he has written about the Dodgers over the years than USC.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
What's your email
I’ve got a funny piece to send you on Plaschke
eric d stephen at gmail dot com (no spaces)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
why does SC have a problem with Plaschke?
he’s hasn’t had a negative thing to say about bushgate or the oj payo scandal
O.A.
Every other major news outlet supplies the idiots on Around the Horn, so I doubt he’d be fired.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Blessed are the meek
but the Dodgers are hitting more like cheesemakers.
They’ve had a hell of a time.
"What'd he say?"
“Well, obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products. "
by underdog on Jun 30, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The offense simply sucks right now
Is what is is. Happens to every team. It will turn around no doubt.
These radio Audrina Patridge Carl's Jr commercials kinda suck
Bigger fan of the TV spot – not gonna lie
This is a good game
even if we lose, nice to see Chad mowing down hitters again.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
June 30th and Castro leads the team in hitting:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
And yet we will probably still win this game. Strange team
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
My pick for the walkoff tonight is Blake instead
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys should check out the Red Sox game
They were up 10-1 going into the bottom of the 7th and now trail 11-10
Billingsley takes a strike
Best approach of anyone so far tonight
Maybe uh Marquis is actually pitching well too?
That and the fact that the ump has a pretty darned big strike zone. Which, honestly makes it harder to be taking pitches to get the strike zone up when the ump is calling everything a strike and Marquis has good control, too. Maybe foul some balls off if possible?
Kemp did take 3 pitches to strikeout in the 2nd
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, god for bid we let our ace pitch to the fucking pitcher with 2 outs.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
More like the batting order.
he walked Stewart intentionally to get to CarGo
then he pitched around Iannetta ahead 1-2 knowing the pitcher was on deck
He made one bad pitch
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
No way you take your ace out with 2 out and the pitcher coming up, especially after torching your bullpen the night before. Chad doesn’t walk 2 and it’s a moot oint.
by KellyStephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he was trying to get him to chase with Marquis on deck.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Ianetta has power. No need to make a mistake to him
the pitcher gets a hit, what can you do
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan should have easily thrown out the guy at home but hes JUAN PIERRE
im getting so sick of him.. seriously now everyone knows why EVERYONE HATES JUAN PIERRE… weak grounders all day and horrible arm that cant prevent runs even though if he had a halfway decent arm it would have been easily out at home
I’m not a JP fan and I totally agree with the arm point, but the guy’s hit about .325 this year so I don’t think you can crap on him for “weak grounders all day”. That said, I’m getting a little tired of the LATimes making such a big deal about sitting him when Manny comes back. Sit Matt or Andre? NFW!
by KellyStephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
This is some pathetic at-bats by the Dodgers.
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." -Oliver W. Holmes
Correction: These are...
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." -Oliver W. Holmes
7th inning music
That music was terrible, even though I would have accepted Blind-Mellon Chitlon’s as OK.
Can we fit it on the album cover?
OK, even I’m surprised at this one. He’s really trying to get that 10th win.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not at all…I meant to say Torre is trying to get Chad that 10th win.
Also, Chad is still dealing…those two walks last inning were semi-intentional
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
On that replay, it looked like Pierre was about 150 feet from home plate and Stewart had not yet rounded 3B. And he scored easily.
Can we just insert this comment in every game thread? The one last night where the guy tagged up from first on a fly ball to the track in left was more embarrassing.
by KellyStephen on Jun 30, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Payback maybe!
But I’m not sure the Rocks all choked that night!
It’s really not that hard to figure it out. Torre was clearly trying to save the pen tonight.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Mannyman commented on DT that Grandpa Elliot
did an amazing performance of God Bless America, he was featured in this really cool version of “stand by me” thats a mash-up type deal with street performers and such form all over the world.
O.A.
they were prob surprised it was this early
by KellyStephen on Jun 30, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It seemed like they screwed up
like the inning quickly ended and Vin didn’t do his usual thing of saying, “here’s GBA.” Instead it went right to commercial. I think it was a mistake.
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Taking Billz out
Eric—yeah that was only easy in retrospect. Good question>
because he was worried he would pop out
he’s crazy like a fox
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodger Thoughts needs your help
Please, rational people, defend Chad Billingsley before I take a hostage.
Oh God
I can only imagine what’s going on over there.
As Canuck said, Rome is faling
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a pretty epic post, right after the DT move from the Toaster. Hilarious stuff.
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, I just checked over there, and I am too enraged to comment. I need some time.
Thank God for another Audrina commerical
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, I've decided this must be a conspiracy
They’re making us all miss Manny so badly that no one will have the heart to boo him
O.A.
If they let Leach hit, and he hits a home run
I think that should count as me winning the whole month.
Degree of difficulty.
Stop being rational
;-) Don’t you know people can never tip hats to opp pitcher, instead our own team must be blamed at all costs.
Oops
I guess I’m getting ahead of myself
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuo
Not sure if it was already mentioned or not, but Kuo pitched today for the Arizona Dodgers in the Rookie League
Just 1 IP, but didn’t allow anything…1 2 3 inning
by Brandon Lennox on Jun 30, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome
thanks for the update.
You know, you are one cool guy!
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Billz.
Well I’ll defend Chad because he will gauranarfingteed strike out at least one per inning even no matter how many runs he gives up or pitches he throws. I still will take him over almost anyone.
Gotta question the effot there
there is no way he should have been out that easy
Okay, I left an over the top sarcastic comment that certainly broke a rule over at DT. Hope that helps Dashiel!
Good point
Then, lets try to trade Matt Kemp for Robinson Cano.
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I hadn't noticed
Guess he’s having a good year then; if memory serves he struggled last year. But I don’t pay too much attention to the DH league.
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
He started really hot.
I haven’t paid attention to the AL either, so I’m guessing he really cooled down like Hudson did for us.
Here's the thing about forcing Billingsley to pitch that extra inning to perseve the bullpen.
If Billingsley gets torched, the bullpen gets used up anyway.
Just my two cents.
But I think the risk was worth the likelihood of the reward of Bills getting through it, which he almost did.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Rocks announcers
This evening has seemed really painful, after having to wait till almost 10:30 (EST) to begin things. But I have been forgetting that I have been listening to the rocks announcers for more than two hours, and they account for a large majority of the pain. I’m not sure if any of you guys out west have to listen to them, but I would bet a considerable percentage of listeners would choose The rack+thumb screws over this broadcast.
Agreed
it is extremely painful
I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours
by BoulderDodger on Jun 30, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Billingsley didn't deserve the L
Somebody had to win tonight. Usually it’s you guys this year, tonight we took one.
Fight on, we’ll settle the series tomorrow.
Worst game of the year to date? I think so…
by KellyStephen on Jun 30, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions