Series Finale With Yankees A Battle Of Southpaws
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2010 1:00 PM PDT
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The finale of the series between the Dodgers and Yankees features a battle of fantastic left-handed pitchers. When Andy Pettitte was 22 years old, in 1994, he split time between Double A Albany-Colonie and Triple A Columbus. He was called up to the Yankees in 1995, and he proceeded to win 149 games in nine seasons under Joe Torre with the Yankees. Clayton Kershaw at 22 is in his third big league season, all under Torre, and his holding his own atop the Dodger rotation.
Kershaw is third in the major leagues with 48 walks issued, but has showed vast improvement since the end of April:
| Clayton Kershaw & Walks |
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| Split | IP | BB | BB/9 |
| April | 29.1 | 22 | 6.75 |
| May-June |
62.1 | 26 | 3.75 |
Incidentally, Randy Wolf and Dontrelle Willis are ahead of Kershaw, each with 50 walks allowed, entering today.
Kershaw has pitched six innings or longer in 11 of his last 13 starts, and is averaging 6.11 innings per start this year after averaging 5.63 innings per start in 2009.
Pettitte is having a fine season at age 38, at 9-2 with a 2.48 ERA. He has thrown seven innings or longer in each of his last six starts, and is 4-1 with a 2.25 ERA during that span. Pettitte has a long history with a pair of Dodger outfielders:
- Manny Ramirez: 101 plate appearances, including postseason; .400/.455/.667 with nine doubles, five homers, and 23 RBI
- Garret Anderson: 85 PA, including postseason; .405/.412/.548 with three doubles, three homers, and 10 RBI
James Loney has 19 RBI in June, after a 22 RBI May. With one more run batted in in his next four games, Loney will become the first Dodger with back-to-back 20-RBI months since Manny Ramirez in August and September 2008.
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Game Time: 5pm
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Manny has no excuse not to have a great game tonight
He’s got everything going his way. If he can hit to the opposite field, I should see a Manny HR tonight, which is always nice.
Let’s Go Blue!
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
I think their attendance is up.
All of their power relief arms are having great seasons.
Latos & Richard are both good.
Garland, LeBlanc are overachieving.
Corriea’s actually been crappy.
Their offense has been as expected. A-Gon and a bunch of nothing.
If their bullpen keeps this up the entire season, they’ll win 90 games.
If the Padres play .500 ball from here on out, they’ll finish with 88-89 wins. Thats just unbelievable for a team with exactly one good offensive player. Their pitching has been just awesome, thanks in large part to a phenomenal defense. Combining that defense with that ballpark and that bullpen, i just dont see them going on a complete free fall. Of course some of their pitchers will start to regress (ala Garland), but when you have a great defense it can hide a lot of warts.
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 27, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The (possibly) good news for the Dodgers is that
they play the NL West many more times including games against the Padres so it’s not like they have no opportunity to catch them. Given they have thus far fared very well within the division that should at least give up, regardless of what miracles the Padres perform against other teams. As long as Dodgers stay close that is. Still, their pitching has been quite remarkable.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Heh, "give hope" i meant to say.
Hopefully not a Freudian Slip.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
1-1
SF vs Boston
Torres with a single, steal 2b, steal 3b, grounder to 1st.
scoring runs the Gnats way!
he didnt homer yesterday
but ya 3 in 4 games
WOW
bulls starting lineup
NOAH BOSH DENG LEBRON ROSE
whose on their bench tho?
gibson james johnson
is brad miller still signed?
their bench is horrible
Long time old friend Jason Repko had an outstanding double play today. Leaping catch and then threw out the runner trying to advance to third. He played right field.
Lincecum getting PH
for in the bottom of the 3rd.
4 runs, 5 hits, 3BB.
His average fasball was 92.1 in the first, but in the third it was 88.6.
he may be pitching himself out of the AS game
at this rate Kershaw will have better numbers by the selection date.
Has there ever been a player better than Detlef Schrempf?
by bucknellbruin on Jun 27, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Kemp sits today
Lineup, as per Tony Jackson: Furcal 6, Belliard 4, Ethier 9, Ramirez 7, Blake 5, Loney 3, Martin 2, Johnson 8, Kershaw 1
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Probably just to avoid having Joe Morgan harp on his baserunning
Or maybe he just really needs a day off?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Basically
.257 / .282 / .365 / 647
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
So basically he walks more vs RHP – sees pitches better because he’s more used to RHP? – and gets the occasional double instead of single on a small sample.
Jon posted some good Torre quotes on the DT thread
On giving Kemp a day off:
I just felt Matt could benefit from a day off. He’s played a lot, I decided to put Reed out there. He’s played everyday and faced good pitching. He’s young and still developing. He’s unpredictable, we want to give him a chance to regroup.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Give him a chance to regroup?
He’s been dialed in lately
by Julio Nievas on Jun 27, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He had a good game lately and I have seen signs of breaking out of his slump
but it’s still hard to argue against the fact that he’s been pressing, striking out a lot and hasn’t had a rest in a long time. In short, I don’t think it’s that insane to give him a day off for once.
I still hold to my Save Him from Joe Morgan theory though
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
last night, not lately. I need coffee.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Victor Martinez has to leave
the game with a toe injury. The toe was already bruised and he took a foul ball off it. The Red Sox injuries have to eventually catch up, one would think.
What the fuck are the Giants telling Buster Posey to do?
A season line of .310/.337.414. Where’s the walks, where’s the power? They made Posey a Bengie Molina clone.
It’s okay to talk to yourself as long as you don’t answer. Oops…guess that ship already sailed…
by KellyStephen on Jun 27, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Joe, being an Arkansas guy,
but he isn’t a max deal kinda guy! Really good player, but that is not the smartest move I’ve ever seen.
Yeah!
Joe Johnson will sign 6 years/136 million.
That sentence is wrong on so many levels…
by Julio Nievas on Jun 27, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I think their
thinking is to get JJ and Amare. I think we’ve seen this before, only they won’t have Steve Nash running the point.
LOL is correct
i bet amare goes to miami anyway
to play with Wade
Has there ever been a player better than Detlef Schrempf?
by bucknellbruin on Jun 27, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Pirates lose after Pedro Alvarez was hit by a batted ball running from 1st to 2nd for the final out of the game.
ESPN exclusive
I thought that if teams scheduled non-ESPN games during the ESPN exclusive time slot (5 PT/8 ET), they forfeited local broadcasting. So that’s why almost all teams play day games on Sunday when not on ESPN. (And similarly for non-FOX games at the 1 PT/4 ET slot on Saturday, yesterday being an exception with FOX games 3 hours later.) I had heard that Texas Rangers (and maybe Florida Marlins too?) who play in an uncovered stadium sometimes schedule Sunday evening games anyway because the heat is unbearable midday, but I thought they forfeited local TV coverage.
Evidently not. The Astros are at the Rangers tonight at the same 5 PT/8 ET (7 pm local CT), but their MLB schedule shows them being broadcast by regional station FSSW (Fox South West). In July, 2 out of the 3 home Sunday games get the same treatment (3rd one is at 2 pm local). The few local Sunday games in August and September are all at 2 pm local. No games are without broadcasts. So the Rangers and Fox SW must get permission from ESPN? I wonder if there’s any quid pro quo.
Fox has an Saturday afternoon exclusivity window
ESPN does not have one on Sunday. After night baseball was introduced, Sunday day games were still traditional. ESPN introduced the Sunday night game in a TV deal with MLB. Can’t remember if that was before or after Texas starting playing some Sunday games at night to beat the heat.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was reading MSTI and saw a stat that was made me think
We are 13-3 (it says 2, but it its 3 losses) when Garrett Anderson doesn’t play at all. SSS
We are 27-31 in games he plays in, if just to PH.
We are 6-13 in games he starts.
Terribly small sample size on the games he doesn’t play in, but I thought it was a neat stat.
(don’t play GA tonight, Joe!)
Not the greatest day for B.J Upton
Didn’t hustle after a ball in center and it led to a triple. Longoria called him out in the dugout and Upton had to be restrained. He was picked off first base and flew out to deep center to end the game.
Victor Martinez
Fractured left thumb. Pedroia and Martinez both injured.
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