The All - Star Chad Billingsley Show ruined by the All-Star Broxton Implosion
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 5, 2009 4:32 PM PDT
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This game is now in extra innings. Broxton completely destroyed my game recap that was written in the ninth.
Chad Billingsley took the mound today with the knowledge he'd made his first of probably many all - star games, and then proceeded to put on an all - star performance.
- Pitched eight great inning with nary a walk
- Started the scoring with a double
- Tried to run over the Padre catcher in a close play at the plate
- Hit his first major league home
Not much else he could do as the he led the Dodgers to a 6 - 1 lead heading into the 9th inning. With Manny being rested after an exhaustive 14 innings from the two previous games the Dodgers brought out little ball and big ball .
- Andre Ethier hit a 400 foot home run.
- Casey Blake hit a 400 foot three run bomb.
- Chad hit his first major league home run.
- The rabbits Rafael Furcal / Juan Pierre combined to get on base six times in 10 plate appearanes and if James Loney had been able to come through we would have had a double digit runs scored game.
The only drawback to the game until Broxton showed up was Loney not producing with runners in scoring position and Chad not being able to convert this into a complete game victory. With the zero walks Chad threw less then 100 pitches and looked to be in total command as he went out to take the mound in the 9th. However he quickly gave up a home run and double and that was that. Little surprised that Joe Torre went with All - Star Jonathan Broxton with a four run lead and Mcdonald warmed up but Joe only trusts his core group when he's worried about a game.
Big Jon struggled big time from the time he took the mound. He struck out Gonzalez but couldn't put away the punch and judy hitters and what started out as a little heartburn late Sunday afternoon turned into full blown case of heartburn by the time he had finished his time on the hill. His 9th inning looked like this:
Fly Ball by Eckstein for an out, walked Hairston, struck out Gonzales, single by Venerable, Edgar Gonzalez walked, Alfonzo walked, and then Everth Cabrera bounced a single up the middle and the 6 - 1 lead was now 6 - 6. Luckily for Broxton, Alfonzo came off the bag at 3rd and was tagged out for the 3rd out.
The third All-Star on the team, Orlando Hudson was rested today and yesterday, and boy did he need it. In his last 94 plate appearances Orlando has the following line:.218/.239/.345/.584 . So as hot as Orlando was in his first 100 plate appearances he has been just as cold in his last 100 plate appearances.
With the victory the Dodgers picked up a game on both the Giants and Rockies. Roy Oswalt finally brought his A game and shut down a Sandoval less Giant team. Dan Haren then did what he's done all year and pitched well enough to ride a three run home run by Mark Reynolds to a victory over the Rockies.
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Was Torre just doing to let Broxton...
…lose the game if it came down to that because his role is “the closer”? The fuck?
He obviously didn’t have it, what’s the problem with bailing a guy out one goddamn time in the season.
by kensai on Jul 5, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Was that high enough leverage for you from Mota?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 5, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was that supposed to be a positive performance or something? Because he didn’t lose the game in the first batter he faced? :o
by kensai on Jul 5, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getting Hairston to hit a pop up seemed huge to me but maybe my expectations are different
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 5, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was huge...
…because if he put the ball in play the game was over because of the wild pitch.
:o
by kensai on Jul 5, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose that usually he would have just given up a 3-run homer, so it was an improvement.
by kensai on Jul 5, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By far the most painful game I’ve watched since the Baez meltdown back in 2006.
by Rolex on Jul 5, 2009 4:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i’d agree however they haven’t lost yet so we’ll see how painful this game becomes.
by Alex Serena on Jul 5, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is a game where we’re all gonna assume they’ve lost unless they win.
by oshea2002 on Jul 5, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and i started watching tivo’d Breaking Bad episodes in the 7th innin figuring the game was safe, that’ll be the last time i do that
by Alex Serena on Jul 5, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How much time does Gritty McGritterstein get to test out the hammy?
by insomniacslounge on Jul 5, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What kind of strategy is that!
What are you thinking Torre – what an idiotic move
by oshea2002 on Jul 5, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
had it in the bag the whole time
by insomniacslounge on Jul 5, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
in regard to the "we win" image from the cheers intro.
is that a real headline or just something made for the show?
sorry to dwell, i just really love the image, its perfect, reminds me of some brooklyn fans in ’55 or something haha
O.A.
by Ollie on Jul 5, 2009 5:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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