Matt Kemp Has Enjoyed Diamondbacks Pitching This Season
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2010 1:16 PM PDT
in Dodgers Game Previews
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PrintIn their penultimate game of the season, Jamey Carroll takes the managerial reins, as the Dodgers and Diamondbacks do battle at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers have hit 18 home runs against Arizona this season in 16 games, and Matt Kemp has seven of them. Kemp, who has homered in each of his last three games, is hitting .313/.365/.672 with 17 runs and 15 RBI in 16 games against the Diamondbacks this season.
On the other end of the spectrum, A.J. Ellis, who has reached base 27 times in his last 49 plate appearances, has just one hit and three walks in 19 PA against Arizona this season.
Chad Billingsley is coming off a career-high-tying 13 strikeouts against the Diamondbacks on Sunday, and in his last three starts against Arizona has been great: 21 innings, six runs (2.57 ERA), two walks, and 32 strikeouts.
Billingsley's mound opponent Sunday was Joe Saunders, who allowed two runs in five innings, walking two while striking out six. Saunders gets the start again today.
Gerardo Parra, who started in right field last night for the Diamondbacks, is 0-for-14 this season at Dodger Stadium.
Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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Standard Def TV
Why does FOX put a letterbox on their sporting events? I’m sure it’s not noticeable in HD.
that’s so people with widescreen tv’s but no HD feed can stretch the picture to fit their screen without losing anything.
widescreen tv and no hd?
Nightmare fuel
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Still this is fox
if you have cable, and you don’t have local channels in HD, kill youself. Or die of old age in like 2 years.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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Just got 2 loge seats for 7 bucks each
and I paid 4.95 for the “delivery charge” and 5.00 for the service fee. Wtf, lol.
Either way, glad I get to see one last game :)
Is parking still 15 bucks?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Yeah it's great, I just didn't realize stubhub would cost as much in fees as the seats cost, lol
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Usually
I can make fun of the Keys to the Game for being overly simple. I don’t even know what they’re talking about this time
I missed that but if it listed "Being patient at the plate"
they’re asking ‘em for too much there. I loved seeing Zito’s 33 p inning followed by the 9 pitch inning for Stauffer. Keep it up!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
WTF?
Jeez.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
be the itch was a press box offhand comment gone mad. I can see someone, seeing the Padres-Giants season record, and going, “the Padres are like an itch the Giants just can’t scratch”. So it’s an asinine version of “Win this game like those other games you won” that we’ve seen before.
Party Time, well there’s champagne in the dugout so it’s a version of “win this game”
So the key for each team is to win the game. Fucking genius, and it took me three paragraphs to explain it
Turned on radio in time to hear Mike Krukow's brilliant "grab some pine meat"
catch phrase on 2nd strikeout. Always funny. Not.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
That saying never made sense to me.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
Not exactly…. it’s queued up but I never get around to watching it.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
WHAT?!
gasp!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
he isn't grabbing "pine meat"
he is meat, and he is being told to grab pine. Make sense?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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New drinking game
take a swig everytime Mark Grace says “Thing of Beauty”
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
he really needs a Thesaurus. I thought he was gay for Lincecum earlier, but apparently he’s only as pretty as a well hit ball
Funny
Lincecum looks like he took a few well hit balls to the face.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
A few bong hits to the face you mean?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Giants defense FAIL
Grab some pine tar, meats.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
That run should COUNT
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Regardless, he looked like he'd scored
clearly before the out at the other base. Bad call.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Hey, Steiner, stop jumping the gun and getting all excited.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
There's no way to confidently say
he got the call right. You can say there’s no way to be sure either way, so the call made stands, but c’mon Fall From Grace
I love that Rowand didn’t start this game. Great use of funds.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
heh
how much are we still paying Andruw and Pierre this year?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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Love that Giants patience!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Good luck anti-Giants fans!
I’m off like a bad prom dress. Seeya later.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Can't go four innings
in what’s now the second most important game of your clubs season? Way to go “ace”
too bad we don’t have one of those
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
his name is Jason Schmidt, and I think he’s almost paid for
by Josie Becker on Oct 2, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
no one calls him an ace anymore though
giants aces are cain and lincecum and that’s it..
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I remember two years ago when I lived in Sonoma
going around to Giants on my college team who were Giants fans asking if their team slogan was “Zito and Cain then pray for rain”. I soon saw Lincecum and Zito pitch. I have not been able to come up with something of Lincecum and Cain fame. I thought about going with “Lincecum and Cain but you’re still the Giants”.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Rival executives have been monitoring the Dodgers’ situation all year, processing the unrest between Matt Kemp and members of the team’s field staff, wondering if this would mean that general manager Ned Colletti would feel compelled to move one of the most dynamic talents in a trade this winter.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=olney_buster&id=5639141
Were I a player and knew for certain a McCourt would be in the Dodgers ownership plans,
I would instruct my agent ot get me out of that situation ASAP.
by 68elcamino427 on Oct 2, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Eckstein throws
like he has thalidomide arms
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
he has the rings in the boxes.
he is an MVP
some people just make those around them better …
by 68elcamino427 on Oct 2, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Haters gonna hate
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wow UCLA
don’t blow this or anything
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Texas really isn't taht good
even UT fans I know will admit that, their O-line in particular was shitty as all get out.
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Stauffer doubles!
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
In case anyone had plans to sign David DeJesus
The Royals just picked up his $6 million option for 2011. Don’t have a link just yet
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2010 2:58 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Correct we if I’m wrong, but if the Padres hold their lead and win today and the Phillies hold on to beat the Braves today, and the Padres and Braves both win tomorrow, then the Padres, Giants, and Braves will all finish at 91-71. Someone smarter than me, what happens then?
Giants play at SD for the NL West, loser then plays ATL for the WC.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Really
they called the Giants fans “great” even when one of them is blaring air horns?
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
I feel like we’re even going to hear about how great the Reds fans are once the playoffs start. And they recently played a game with 12k in attendance
Those watching the UCLA game
Is it true that Bruin fans were chanting overrated directed towards to Wazzu?
by SeanMillerSavior on Oct 2, 2010 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
when they got to use it against Texas last week, it had been so long since they’d beaten a ranked opponent they thought it was just a new UCLA cheer
Josie’s just a bitter Cal fan though.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Was that last year?
If so, I think I see myself.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
i mean the last time ucla played there, which I assume is 2008.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
i'm watching the game
but did not hear that. I probably missed it.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Dodgers lineup
Theriot 2B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Barajas C
Johnson LF
Hu SS
Billingsley P
LOL at the LSU/ tennessee game ending
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Giants lose
suck it Giants!
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
no matter which team of the three doesnt make it
its an epic collapse
Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010
journey playing
too bad the game is over.
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
LOLonghorns
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Padres have a big advantage tomorrow with the Braves-Phillies likely finishing before they even start the game.
If the Braves lose, then the Padres will have much less pressure on them.
SF wins and ATL wins:
Giants win N.L West and Braves win wild card
SD wins and ATL wins:
Giants at Padres Monday for the N.L West. Loser goes to Atlanta and plays Tuesday for the NL Wild Card.
SD wins and ATL loses:
Padres win the NL West and Giants take the wild card. Both would be in the playoffs so a tiebreaker would be unnecessary. Padres have won the season series so they would get the #2 seed. Giants #4.
by Alex41592 on Oct 2, 2010 4:16 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
SF wins and ATL loses:
Padres at Braves Monday for the wild card.
by Alex41592 on Oct 2, 2010 4:17 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Garcia clan will be at the gnats game tomorrow.
I will have my Dodgers hat on, I thank you very much.
by Skunkburner on Oct 2, 2010 4:18 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
SBN needs a way to remove blogs from your myblogs list. Getting banned didn’t have the intended effect
Torre Quote
Just read the quote about Broxton and it is terrible, if he felt that way, where was the pitching coaching staff to help him. I am beginning to wonder if Torre has any reason to make these statements is it to help or hinder Mattingly.
Quote is from the LA Times Story by Dylan
But Torre said he believed Broxton’s issues were psychological and that his decline had nothing to do with his usage in the Yankees series. Torre added that at some point, Broxton would have to do some soul-searching if he intended to regain his form. “There are some scrambled eggs up there,” Torre said, referring to Broxton’s head.
And Torre is the one who keeps on sending him out there.
I don’t see why its so hard to believe Torre had some effect on Broxton inability to pitch effectively.
There's nothing revelatory or inflammatory about the quote
For most of the second half Torre has praised Broxton, saying to the effect of “he’s been great and will be again” and that he has confidence in him to regain his form, eventually.
But he has also said that it’s simply something Broxton has to get through mentally, by performing better. A few weeks back, Torre noted that Broxton was tensing up, literally, in his delivery, and not letting his wrist be loose and it was affecting his control. That is more of the tangible mental stuff Torre is talking about.
Agree but then Torre has to do something
Agreed with you about some of Torre’s earlier comments, but this comment about tensing up and not letting his wrist be loose, then this is a mechanical flaw that needs to be worked out. Perhaps he should have brought him in early in a game to see if he could work it out.
Someone is going to be an all-time Top Ten Blown Playoffs odds "winner"
Braves Playoff odds on 9/2/10 – 97.375%
Padres Playoff odds on 8/26/10 – 96.706%
Giants Playoff odds on 10/1/10 – 96.737%
I’m rooting for the Giants to collapse, for all the obvious reasons, but also because that record would be a difficult one to top. Sure the Braves had a higher probability, but the Giants at almost 97% barely two days before the end of the season?
See
2007 Mets. All time record, your own California Angels, 1995 vintage.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2010 6:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
D-Backs lineup
Drew SS
Abreu 3B
Johnson 2B
Young CF
LaRoche 1B
Montero C
Allen LF
Parra RF
Saunders P
A couple of notes
Furcal isn’t playing this weekend because he’s hitting .301, and Torre wants him to finish with a .300 season. Torre and Mattingly talked to Furcal and cleared it with him. Furcal might get one PH AB today or tomorrow (he can go 0-for-1 and still hit .300)
Lindsey is the hitting coach tonight. Ausmus is the bench coach. Martin is the “special assistant to the bench coach.”
I will
I have been moving around a bit doing some SBN LA stuff, and they have been making the rounds in the dugout and around the stadium with Logan White. If I get a chance to interview them, I will.
Jamey Carroll’s brother Wes is the head baseball coach at University of Evansville (their hometown).
wow
Oregon getting killed
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
I hate the cliche
but 14 of those points are on Oregon turnovers, so they are in a sense, beating themselves at this point
they just scored
Oregon trails 21-10 now
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
WTF???????????????????????????????????????
how am i gonna watch the lakers??!!?!!!!!?!??
this is bullshit… i thought only 411 was gone… (the dodgers chnnel)…. but now i see 417 is gone too… im real pissed…. WTF?
There is plenty of time between now and the start of the NBA season, for Fox and Dish Network to strike a deal.
You can always drop Dish Network.
whats your provider?
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
If
Dish doesn’t solve its dispute by the Lakers’ 1st game, I will be very surprised.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2010 6:02 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oregon pulls a Sean Payton
with an onside kick and recover the ball.
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Tommy is
Going to be lonely in My Town Italy tonight.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2010 6:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
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