New Blood Arrives As Dodgers Prep For D-Backs
by Eric Stephen on Sep 1, 2009 2:48 PM PDT
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The dawn of a new month brings some changes to Dodger Stadium tonight, as the Dodgers battle the Diamondbacks for the second game of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium.
The first wave of September callups have arrived, in the form of catcher A.J. Ellis, pitcher Scott Elbert, and outfielder Jason Repko. Jim Thome, wearing number 25, and Jon Garland, wearing number 21, are new to the fold as well, although the corresponding moves to add them to the 40-man roster have not yet been announced.
Vicente Padilla, whose week and a half in the Dodger organization makes him a veteran compared to all the newbies, gets his second start for the Dodgers tonight, and his first wearing the home whites. Padilla did face the Diamondbacks on June 24, while with the Rangers, and picked up the win, pitching seven innings while allowing only one run.
Yusmeiro Petit gets the start for the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers have touched him up twice this year, for a total of four home runs and ten runs in just nine innings. Most recently, the Dodgers pounded Petit 16 days ago in Arizona, as the Dodgers won 9-3.
Matt Kemp has homered in four of his last five games, and has amassed 31 RBI in his last 31 games, hitting .317/.346/.611 with nine home runs during that span.
Hiroki Kuroda will make a rehabilitation start with Inland Empire tonight at 7:05pm in San Bernardino against the San Jose Giants. You can listen online here, or follow the box score here.
The Dodgers passed the 3 million mark in attendance in last night's game, the 14th straight year the club has done so.
Programming Note: Sunday's Dodger game against the Padres will now be played at 5:10pm, and be televised on ESPN2.
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Game Time: 7:10pm
TV: KCAL
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1st....
I would like to say I HATE KCAL GAMES. but I said I would not rant on that anymore, so that is all I have on the subject of shitty TV rules.
did anyone just hear what john kruk had to say on espnnews?
that was sad..
No I didn't....
Can you describe what he said?
by Michael White on Sep 1, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
he said he like the giants over the rockies in the wild card
because of the giants offense… and he doesnt like the rockies cause their offense isnt explosive like the giants.. he also said cole hamels is struggling and the giants are not the team you want to face when you are strugglin… and he like the giants acquistion of brad penny over contraras… he said so much bs i forgot the rest..
Really?
That movie was terrible, if I am remembering the right one.
by Brendan Scolari on Sep 1, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No I know
Sorry, I meant “Really?” as in I was surprised Kruk was a “technical consultant”. That wasn’t very clear.
by Brendan Scolari on Sep 1, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I differ from most on this issue,
But having watched a ton of Giants baseball living in the bay area with a family mostly composed of the Orange and Black, when they play their full line-up it’s actually comparable to Colorado.
I wouldn’t call it explosive, they don’t quite have the power that Colorado does, but what they do have is a bunch of players who are totally consistant single-double guys.
I mean, an order of Valez (.275), Sanchez (.297), Sandoval (.333), Molina (.262), Garko (.224 – the biggest under-achiever on the list – hitting .270 on the season even with this 80 AB slump), Schierholtz (.278), Rowand (.276) and Renteria(.264) is quite decent and comes along with some really solid defense behind the pitching. Much better defense than Colorado can yield with a slightly-better line-up.
the giants have 1 batter who can even compare to
helton, tulo, hawpe then they got gonzolez fowler and barmes has 20 homers…. only sandoval is up to their level..
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by Dodgermanramon on Sep 1, 2009 2:55 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Welcome aboard Jon Garland
… the championship bandwagon welcomes you. When is his first Dodgers start?
vr, Xei
I don’t think it has been announced, but it will most likely be Thursday. He was going to start anyway, and that is Haeger’s spot anyway.
not ranting mind you
but with a KCAL game I was hoping someone might email me the link I have seen mention of. address is in my profile. thnx in advance
Matt kemp
hes been amazing this year… everyone in espn loves adam jones… but kemps stats and D is wayy better then him but kemp gets half the love of jones…
will kemp win a gold glove this year??
top 10 in MVP??
kemp will probably win a gold globe as far top 10 in MVP vote not sure
by Dodgermanramon on Sep 1, 2009 3:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
adam jones kind of came out of nowhere though
he was a great prospect but hadn’t done much in the majors yet. Kemp had a full year of quality play in the bigs already.
Plus Kemp plays on the west coast
by bucknellbruin on Sep 1, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
thank g-d augie ojeda is not in the lineup
hes like brendan ryan 2.0
Is wednesday night's game really starting at 10 eastern?
i thought ESPN was picking it up for wednesday night baseball
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
According to yahoo! the game is still slated to be on the evil 4-lettered Network
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 1, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
interesting, just seems pointless for them to pick it up when only half the country can stay awake for it
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
billy buckner
starting for AZ on thursday in place of Jon Garland?
i read this somewhere but i forgot where
so who are we supposed to be rooting for
in the PHI/SF game?
Philly was so bizarrely better on the road in the first half, I wonder if we even want home advantage against them.
this g's lineup is just horrid
there isn’t a single player with a ba over .275 or more than 53 RBIs this season…
no nate, bengie, or pablo = AA bats
But Kruk says they are good!
That they are superior to the Rockies! {Hic!} {Drool}
1 baserunner in 8 innings today however…
The commenter formerly known as "Dashiell".
top of the 9th 0 outs
1 on for pablo sandoval
giants down 1-0 against cole hamels who has gone 8 innings and allowed 2 hits..
runner on first caught stealing
wow…. 1 out pablo sandoval is still up with nobody on now down 1-0
and renteria fouls out
and hamels has another CG shutout vs a NL west team..
guess who the other team he CG shutout was….
Giants lose the Kruk Game
1 to zip.
That explosive offense is looking good, Krukkie!
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