1920 World Series Rematch - Game Chat
by Eric Stephen on Apr 1, 2010 6:53 PM PDT
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PrintIndians (ss) (17-9-2) at Dodgers (11-14-2)
7:10pm, Dodger Stadium
Tonight the Dodgers get revenge for the consonant-heavy Bill Wambsganss!
Newly minted fifth starter Charlie Haeger gets his final spring tuneup, as the Dodgers return home to Dodger Stadium to play the Indians. Haeger will make his first regular season start on either April 10 or 11 in Florida, and manager Joe Torre said Haeger could pitch out of the bullpen if needed before that.
Jonathan Broxton and George Sherrill are also expected to pitch for the Dodgers.
Starting second baseman Blake DeWitt has a chance to join exclusive company. The only Dodgers to start on opening day at both second base and third base are Jackie Robinson and Junior Gilliam. DeWitt, who started at third base on opening day in 2008, could join that group Monday in Pittsburgh, even though Pirates' starting pitcher Zach Duke is a left-handed pitcher.
Here are the lineups, which for the Dodgers looks like the regular lineup, outside of the designated hitter of course:
| Indians | Dodgers | |||
| SS | Cabrera | SS | Furcal | |
| DH | Sizemore | CF | Kemp | |
| 3B | Peralta | RF | Ethier | |
| RF | Kearns | LF | Manny | |
| 1B | LaPorta | 1B | Loney | |
| 2B | Valbuena | 3B | Blake | |
| C | Redmond | DH | Anderson | |
| LF | Brantley | C | Martin |
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| CF | Bixler | 2B | DeWitt | |
| P | Carmona | P | Haeger | |
ESPN went behind the scenes with Clayton Kershaw in spring training. He even has a Jeremy Schaap impression!
Well done, Sons of Steve Garvey. Well done.
No TV (for the final time this year)
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I read it earlier today.
It was funny how he was getting his chops busted for the black background and orange colored font. LMAO.
Off to play soccer
(in a playoff game) so I will miss most of this most important game, but good luck Charlie!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
No injuries
and I had to play keeper! But we lost 3-2. Ah well.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Just for fun, I re-read the “Jonathan Broxton is Not Our Guy” fan post which somehow shows up as a related fan post to this post.
Dodgers to make opening day starts at both 2B & 3B
Jackie Robinson
Junior Gilliam
Blake DeWitt started 3B on opening day in 2008. Zach Duke is a LHP Monday, so we’ll see if DeWitt joins this exclusive company (probably will)
I know Junior started at 2B before 3B. I know that Jackie debuted at 1B, but I’d guess he made the OD 2B start before the 3B one. That would make DeWitt the first to do it from 3B to 2B, if I am right about Robinson.
As an aside, a Jon Weisman SI.com story on Jackie Robinson’s debut.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Opening Day starts
Robinson
1B 1947
2B 1948-52
3B 1953
LF 1954
3B 1955-56
Gilliam
2B 1953-55
LF 1956
2B 1957
3B 1960
2B 1962
2B 1964
more like the Bidge to Tarabithia. Someone surely will have had to die for this to happen :)
by keithc13 on Apr 1, 2010 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Forget the knuckleball Charlie, give em the heater!!!!
by keithc13 on Apr 1, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
18 pitch 2nd inning
Still has the 50/50 ratio
23 balls, 23 strikes so far
3 walks, 3 strikeouts, no hits, one steal, one passed ball
Update from earlier today
The e-saver code now works for the 4/15 and 4/17 games.
Use martin55 and you can get $70 seats for $40.
Rhett Bollinger for MLB.com has some quotes from the job-winners today:
“I was pretty excited because I went from a real low to a real high,” a grinning DeWitt said. “They played it off real good. I was not expecting it at all. Once they told me I couldn’t even hardly laugh.”
“I feel like a little kid,” Haeger said. “I just feel happy. It’s like a dream come true. I’ve been waiting for an opportunity like this for a long time and it’s finally here.”
“Joe expressed that he liked the way that I threw and the composure on the mound and that was enough for him,” Haeger said. “Obviously, coming from a guy like Joe, as highly regarded as he is in baseball, it gave me motivation to work hard in the offseason.”
I wonder when the complaining will start that Haeger has no guts because he doesn’t buzz hitters inside. :P
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The problem is
Charlie wasn’t even trying to throw inside.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I overlooked this quote in Tim Brown's yahoo! sports article yesterday
Kemp won a Gold Glove for his season in center field and Ethier, according to one National League scout, "Plays right field better than Kemp plays center."
Having seen a lot of both, Ethier breaks back, left and right better than Kemp, but has trouble coming in, but more importantly, Kemp’s great speed more than makes up for it.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Haeger wild tonight
1st inning: 14 balls, 14 strikes, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 1 steal, 1 passed ball
2nd inning: 9 balls, 9 strikes, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
3rd inning: 13 balls, 10 strikes, 2 walks, 1 strikeout, 1 steal, 1 double play
Through 3: 69 pitches (36 balls, 33 strikes), 5 walks, 4 strikeouts, 2 steals, 1 passed ball, 1 double play
Bright side: 0 runs allowed, 4 groundouts, 1 flyout
A nice 10-pitch inning in the 4th
7 strikes, 3 balls
Flyout / popout / groundout
Through 4:
79 pitches
40 strikes
39 balls
For Tripon
BHSportsGuy, at the game, said GA didn’t run out that groundball.
Rick & Charley: no mention
Braves didn't play the Angels last year
so tomorrow night’s game will be Garret Anderson’s first game against his old team, and first game back in Anaheim since he left the Angels.
A few more shots from Dodger Stadium
from Roberto Baly (Vin Scully is My Homeboy):
from the Dodgers:
Brian Bixler was Haeger’s sixth walk, to begin the fifth, but he was thrown out trying to steal by Martin. Steiner said Haeger threw a fastball on that pitch.
Sizemore takes Haeger deep, into the RF pavilion
Steiner said it was “a golf shot” near Grady’s shins
Good question
I don’t think they are worried as much about his pitch count, but also just go by feel. If the knuckler ain’t moving, or isn’t getting over for strikes, they might pull him earlier than most.
So he is probably more on both extremes.
“If things go according to schedule he’ll [Haeger] start one of the games in Miami on the weekend, either Saturday or Sunday,” Torre said of the knuckleballer. “The fact that he can pitch out of the bullpen maybe Monday and Wednesday — his versatility gives us some flexibility in that regard. We’ll give him a shot at it. We had to pick somebody.”
Why does Torre throw in that last part? What is point of that?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I think I’m overanalyzing, but Torre does seem to be the master of the non-compliment. We had to pick someone, he’s done nothing wrong, he hasn’t hurt himself, etc. I dunno, he has to talk to the press all the time and I’m probably being picky.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Torre is huge on
‘show me something’. You won’t find him complimenting anyone who hasn’t actually done anything yet. 50,000 year of baseball probably does that to you.
by LA Taco on Apr 1, 2010 9:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
50,000 year of baseball probably does that to you.
Ain’t that the truth.
As a player and/or manager, Torre has been in a major league dugout in a staggering 6,350 games (and that doesn’t even include days as a player when he didn’t play).
At some point, baseball moves and strategy almost have to be a muscle memory. I mean, that number is just staggering!
Just listened to the audio of that
It sounded fine, but this sentence right after was important.
With the other pitchers that we still have in camp, the Ortizes, I’m comfortable, if need be, they can work out of the bullpen.
Not a fan of the plural use there.
Outside of the pitch count:
I really like Charlie’s performance tonight. I think it’s indicative of what we’re going to get the rest of the season. A WHIP somewhere around 1.6 (although more hits and less walks, I’d assume), a k/9 right around 7 and the pair of stolen bases. The CS was just for good measure, but my guess is that it was more Martin/Furcal on that play.
A 1.6 WHIP from a regular starter will give me an ulcer by June.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yes, it is a little high.
But Wakefield has had successful seasons with a WHIP around 1.4 (97, for example) with a 4.25 ERA and a 110 ERA+. While I doubt the rest would follow if Charlie upped the whip by .2, I still think that’s a reasonable expectation and will still give what the Dodgers need out of a 5th starter.
Tron/Brox/Brim Reaper
With four innings to go? Who will slot in between?
I wish this game had been on TV
sounds like the knuckler was quite lively tonight.
No Community or P&R
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Steiner wonders if it was “3 or 4 years ago” that Furcal had a great April. Geez, it has even been 2 full years.
That happens to us over 50 guys
more years stuck in our brain so we get confused about when things happened.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
When did you start writing here? Wasn’t it five years ago?
(Disclaimer: I’m not quite 50. Yet.)
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
July 2007
http://www.truebluela.com/2007/7/20/162837/841
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I came from very close to taking him up on his ticket offer
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Not the best inning (or spring) for Sherrill
He gave up…
double
strikeout (during which a PB allowed Brantley to score from 2B)
walk
flyout
RBI single
Troncoso now in
In that order?
How did the walked runner get into scoring position? Or did he score from first on the single. Both runs must be earned, I assume. (Just warming up for the regular season.)
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
On the passed ball, score from 2nd base play
from BH:
the ball hit the wall and died. Ausmus had no idea where it was and runner never stopped
Best news of the night
from BH:
Don’t Stop Believin’ is back
by Eric Stephen on Apr 1, 2010 9:45 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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