Dodgers Activate Billingsley To Face Rival Giants
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 3:52 PM PDT
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PrintAfter winning just four of 15 games in interleague play this season, the Dodgers are happy to get back to the more familiar part of their schedule. However, things don't get any easier as they face the second-place Giants. The Dodgers are 11-13 this month, meaning they would need a sweep in San Francisco to have a winning June, something they had only once in the last six seasons.
Here is a look at the current records of the Dodgers' opponents in June, easily their toughest month on the schedule:
| Dodgers June Opponents | ||
| Opponent | Record | Games |
| Yankees | 47-28 | 3 |
| Red Sox | 46-31 | 3 |
| Braves | 44-32 | 4 |
| Reds | 42-34 | 3 |
| Angels | 43-35 | 6 |
| Cardinals |
41-34 | 3 |
| Giants | 40-34 | 3 |
| D-Backs | 30-46 | 2 |
Chad Billingsley returns from the disabled list tonight, making his first start since June 11. He has made five previous career starts in San Francisco:
| Chad Billingsley Career Starts in SF | |||||||
| Date | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Game |
| 9/13/09 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | LA 9-1 |
| 4/28/09 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | SF 5-4 |
| 8/10/08 | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | SF 5-4 |
| 4/28/09 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | LA 5-3 |
| 9/13/09 | 4.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | SF 7-2 |
| Totals | 29.1 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 2.76 ERA |
Barry Zito starts for the Giants, so a night off for James Loney is not a surprise. Loney has one hit in 20 career at-bats against Zito, with six strikeouts. This is the fifth straight game started by Zito against the Dodgers that Loney did not start. The Dodgers are 9-12 in games started by left-handed pitchers this season.
Lineups
Matt Kemp gets a day off for the second straight day
| Dodgers | Giants | |||
| SS | Furcal |
CF | Torres | |
| CF | Johnson |
2B | Sanchez |
|
| RF | Ethier | RF | Huff | |
| LF | Manny | 3B | Uribe | |
| 1B | Belliard |
LF | Burrell | |
| 3B | Blake |
1B | Sandoval | |
| C | Ellis |
SS | Renteria | |
| 2B | Carroll | C | Molina |
|
| P | Billingsley |
P | Zito | |
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If last night has taught me anything, it is that someone shouldn't be judged after a low point. To get a full measure of someone's value, their complete body of work should be judged, their entire catalog, if you will. With that in mind, we should all remember bearface for his long history of commenting here and on various other Dodger sites, and not the absolute garbage he wrote this morning. Everyone is entitled to a bad day.
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I hope everyone remembers
that last year I brought cookies to TBLA night so that should excuse my commenting errors for another few weeks.
Pat Burrell
types irritate the hell out of me when they suck for the team paying them, get released and quickly pay dividends for the team picking them up on the cheap.
I can’t believe I read that fan post.
Oh, and you had me at KCAL!!!
by robotmadeofnails on Jun 28, 2010 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
Me too. Im also glad I didnt see it at the time and get into that discussion.
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 28, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
That sucks…..
So you’re saying that you think we get smacked around tonight? I don’t really know. I think it is a high scoring game. Bills doesn’t pitch good, but not horrible either. We win 9-7
Who knows what will happen but given how jinxy I can be when seeing games in person
the fact that Ive seen Bills pitch twice vs Giants in SF and once he had control problems but otherwise pitched fine and another he shut them down completely, I am not as worried as you are.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Also I deleted one comment over on the Bearface fanpost
As much as you disagree with a post or comment calling someone a derogatory name for that opinion will not stand up. Only Eric can do that. Use your own blog to make your comment if you feel the need to go that route. As Eric notes, Bearface has earned the right to state his opinion, he is not some one time troller coming by to make trouble.
So I shouldn't go around calling Eric a hat nazi?
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
I think Eric might find that to be an honorary title and he would wear it (and a straight forward hat with no stickers, a bent bill, and standard classic Dodgers) Proudly
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
He’s a serious hat nazi. But he’s right.
by KellyStephen on Jun 28, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I said something along the same lines as that person
and I did realize it was perhaps a tad too far, but I know we were all thinking the same thing.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
I find it funny
That the Giants series preview for the Dodgers is pretty much all focused on the Dodgers with the comments, and the comments here aren’t really on the Giants at all, lol.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
I’d probably have benched Ethier instead of Kemp.
Kemp seemed like he hit ball well against the Angels,and he does hit well vs Zito.
Nah
I have the basic Tundra. It does have the 5.7, but nothing else. Console in the middle, no Captains chair. I drove one that has it. I think it is awesome as well. I’m a cheap ass when it comes to the works on a truck. :)
I can't get jacked for this game.
With the way Torre managed the Yankees series, he expected a loss tonight and possibly the whole series.
Glad to have my favorite pitcher back
Lets go squash some Giants!
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Who's up for bullpen duty today?
Kuo, Weaver, Troncoso, Sherrill, Miller?
You know who we could actually use as a long man? Charlie Heager.
Justin Miller in to get the save vs his old team!
You know he wants it! Could happen.
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 think Strasburg will give up 4 ER tonight…..facing a team that can hit a bit.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 4:16 PM PDT reply actions
I don't know
The braves preemptively sat Heyward to have him avoid being embarrased by Strasburg!
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Thumb is nothing. He should try losing a pinky.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It is if he is faking!
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
I'm hoping he gets lit up beyond the moon
just to screw with the Fox promo. Joe Morgan was at least making sense last night while everyone else wanted to give a guy with four starts in his career a free pass to the HOF.
I want him on the AS Team. Don’t care if crusty old men don’t think he deserves it. I want an NL win.
What makes you think he won't suck
playing in that environment? Gagne in the middle of his best season gave up a jack to Blalock of all people.
He could
but his stuff is disgusting and guys are looking to take hacks anyways in that game. One inning is all I ask for. He would not be the first rook to have a great AS appearance.
No but he'd be the first to do so with less then 10 starts.
Any way I don’t have a problem with him being added if at the time of the selection he’s still this awesome, but it seems bizarre to be talking about it after four starts. They were simply promoting him because of the TV schedule and the fact the all-star game is on Fox.
In an attempt to cheer my self up I did some looking around on FanGraphs
I found a couple interesting things. The Dodgers pitching staff leads the NL in swinging strikes %. And the Dodgers hitters have the the lowest swinging strikes % in the NL. The Dodgers also lead in line drive rate. It seems the Dodgers are very patient (third lowest swinging % and fourth lowest out of zone swinging % in the NL). And are also the best in the NL at making contact. But the have almost no power (third fewest HR, they are third in doubles though) Would a more aggressive approach result in more power?
Manny has power
Ethier has power
Kemp has power
Blake has power
At least they did at some point?
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 28, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
DeWitt doesn’t
Loney for a 1st baseman doesn’t
Martin doesn’t
Furcal is okay for SS.
Problem is when Kemp/Manny/Blake are not hitting home runs we are not a very homer riffic team.
so when all our power hitting players are slumping
We don’t have much power?
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Meh, compared to last night. Nothing.
Gammons mentioned a ‘disconnect’ which was unfortunate because he’s an extraordinary player.
Rosenfail brought up how Anderson was used for defense over Kemp last night.
Well, Kemp was supposed to given the whole night off, at least in theory. The only reason he later played was when GA got tossed.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't think that was true
seemed that Joe simply wanted Kemp to get full mental day off and was only forced to use him because GA got thrown out.
I've been thinking
The main reason Torre is on the team is to manage egos. He’s basically Manny insurance. But Manny isn’t going to be on the team next year.
So next year, the potential ego problems is likely going to be either Ethier and Kemp and they aren’t likely to fight with other teammates. I’m not a big Tim Wallach supporter (in the sense I have no idea how he would manage a team like the Dodgers), but this team won’t need Torre next year for his main job of smoothing egos. There’s no Kent, or Manny, or or Nomar on the team that Torre needs to contain in order for the team to function.
So what if Belisario is a dick again? He’s a middle reliever and that’s his role in life, he can be replaced.
Anyway, the point is that Torre’s biggest strength is likely going to be blunted anyway by next year’s team, so there’s a lesser reason to bring him back.
How much would that save the team?
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
What is the MLB avg. pay for a Manager anyway?
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 28, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
not 4 million?
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Average is probably around $1 million or so.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow -
is Joe worth an extra $2 Mil.?
ya know, with the economy and all …
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 28, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The triall is reported to begin Aug. 30.
Torre stated he will make his intentions known by Sept., so the Dodgers aren’t left without a plan" or something to that effect.
Torre’s contract is up, and the Dodgers have not made him an offer for next year.
So will he be back?
Running the pitching staff into the ground notwithstanding, peering into future of Dodger ownership/offer Torre another contract is kinda hard to predict today?
Torre is currently the highest paid field manager in the MLB?
Is there a need for the Dodgers to lay out another rmega contract for a Manager?
Has the PR novelty worn off?
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 28, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't see Joe coming back
probably because of the money.
1. We can’t pay what he wants
2. We can’t give him the team that he wants.
I don’t think 100 mph is all that sexy. I think these ESPN guys are getting a hard-on.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 4:26 PM PDT reply actions
I miss seeing Kemp with outfield assists. That throw was impressive.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 4:29 PM PDT reply actions
Me to
seems like ages ago he actually threw someone out. Is that true or just more propaganda mucking up my brain.
I don't think it would be far-fetched if
the Dodgers had the least amount of outfield assists in baseball. Anybody got the stats on that?
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
fangraphs does. Indeed the Dodgers have 6 OF assists, last in the majors.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Dodgers can skip it, and just point out to the retired #42 :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Does MLB not have the same NFL rule that if you have an heir apparent you don’t need to interview a minority candidate?
dont think so
Torre was kind of the heir apparent to Little but we got an exemption from MLB from interviewing a minority because of our record for being good wrt civil rights
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jun 28, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven’t seen her in awhile
She looks … bigger
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 28, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I think she's wearing her
Let’s be friends shirt.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
think she lives in culver city
I’ve seen her at the Togos on Venice twice already.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jun 28, 2010 4:40 PM PDT reply actions
Hudson just pulled a Pettitte.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 4:41 PM PDT reply actions
Huh? Love Cole,. South Carolina scored a run on a bunt single a bloop and a check swing bloop
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 28, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why baseball is the most unpredictable sport. They havent hit one ball hard, started with 2 outs and now have 2 runs and a huge momentum advantage.
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 28, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
What is the rule
concerning rally hats with fans?
I would think that with fans attempting to create good mojo, they would be allowed.
I’m sure you don’t feel the same! :)
Rally caps are always allowed, and in fact encouraged. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Can a rally cap consist of
a different colored hat than the team colors, with all the stickers left on, and worn sideways?
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
I suppose if the stickers were not visible in any way, and the non-accepted colors were hidden in part due to the position of said rally cap, I might allow it.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
so, if my wife
called my job tomorrow and they told her I wasn’t there I flew to LA for some free beer and fellowship, do you think she would get pissed?
Would have been nice if they had remembered that in the regionals
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
sounds about right. Man, that inning sucked big time. 2 runs and a bunch of unneeded pitches used.
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 28, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
What is Broxton closing for them??
And Billingsley starting??
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Indians waited forever
to bring up Santana saying he wasn’t ready defensively. I think he has started every game since they brought him up. Don’t kill him people, I need him for 2011.
From Andrew Baggarly
of the San Jose Mercury News:
Bruce Bochy says Buster Posey isn’t hurt. Just off. “You can’t get ’em all in there.”
Lol
Just reading through the MCC preview shit-talking is coming from every possible angle. I hope they are “in this thing” in a month and a half from now, or I’d be afraid to check out their blog.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Would it be cool
for someone on their blog to say the same thing about a TBLA preview.
This should be fun.
They’ve been shit talking TBLA all day in there. One person quoted it as “TrueshitLA” or something like that. Clever.
I just find it funny they are so hateful over there and I haven’t seen much talk even about the Giants today in here. I guess that’s what jealously leads to.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
I've said it before and will say it again, Giants hatred of LA and Dodgers goes way beyond
what comes back at them from here. I mean I hate the Giants, but some of that is exacerbated more since I live in SF. When i lived in SoCal I didn’t feel much venom toward them. Only derision. But they go batshit insane about the Dodgers, as if LA fans were Nazis. Not the hat kind either.
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 fans as a rule are haters
Was it Hershiser that said this about the rivalry? The Giants are concerned with beating the Dodgers. The Dodgers are concerned with winning a world series.
It comes from having a great team
in the 1960’s and always coming up short. Bearface complains about not being in the World Series, will the Giants haven’t won since 1950. That be a long long long long time ago.
Yah that is indeed some of it.
Though the younger fans I know should be less impatient with that (at least they’ve been in a WS fairly recently). Maybe that got handed down from their parents.* Some of it is this weird city rivalry that makes SF seem all insecure. Like, who gives a crap, both SF and LA are great cities in their own ways. But they get so irrational it’s comical. And they do seem always concerned with hoping the Dodgers suck instead of just focusing on their own team. The hatred is unreal to me.
*I once saw a dad on the light rail here teaching his infant, just-learned-to-talk kid, to say “Beat LA! Beat LA!” Everyone thought that was cute, except me. Felt like teaching your kid to hate.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
The whole organization preaches this hate
it bugs me that an organization, a business does that. At least at Dodger stadium, the organization isnt starting beat SF chants or Giants suck chants. When the organization also encourages such a response, its like saying its ok to be an asshole to other fans. I want to tell these people. sheesh what did I personally do to you to give me such shit
You really need to go to a Dodger / Giant game
at the Ravine and sit in the pavilion before you declare the Giant fan hatred any different then our own. It sounds like you simply have no idea how stupid the hatred goes on both sides.
The pavillion is a different animal than most
Most people in here aren’t like people who sit in the pavillion for the most part.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
I have been there and it can get out of hand
but outside of the stadium do dodger fans go out of their way to be dicks to giants fans in LA? Im asking out of curiosity since I live in SF. Giants fans in SF really do go out of their way to be shitty to you even if its the offseason and you are just walking around town
I see Giants fans walking around randomly every few days
I wouldn’t talk shit to them out of courtesy.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
I use to be extremely good friends with a hardcore girl giants fan
She was actually awesome, though.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
My nephew
is trying to have a relationship with a Giant fan. Not sure how that is going to work out.
do you think
she would consider converting to the Dodgers? I’m very immature when it comes to sports. I am not sure that I could marry a “die hard” Giants fan.
I have to bribe my wife to go to a Dodgers game with me. She’s almost worse than a Giants fan. Plus, she likes to fuck with me and tell me she loves Derek Jeter.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The odd thing is…..my wife dated Brad Penny in highschool….ew!
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
In other words
You should be bragging that your wife is so hot, she scattered her leftovers for the likes of Eliza Dushku! And kept you.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
my girlfriend in my freshman year of college
was a giants fan. it didn’t bother me…but probably because we were better than the giants that year. haha.
Has there ever been a player better than Detlef Schrempf?
by bucknellbruin on Jun 28, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
My doctor
is a Giants fan. He knows I’m a Dodger fan. I always fear he is going to spike my medicine with arsenic.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
This is in Oklahoma, too! What are the odds!
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That is weird, a Giants fan in OK.
I know 3 other people that are Dodger fans. People I know personally. My Dad, my brother, and this dude named Chauncey (good friend of mine and my brother) that is it.
I've been to Dodger Giants games at DS and was absolutely embarrassed
by the behavior of some Dodger fans toward Giant fans. So I do have an idea. I’m talking about the whole city being obsessed about it, not what drunken asses in the stadium do. I have no tolerance for that on each side. but do Dodger fans teach their children to grow up hating LA and the Dodgers?
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 was just shocked to find out so many 4chaners where Giant fans.
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
I liked that Grant already knows they’re going to get owned by Ely.
by regfairfield on Jun 28, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant's a funny guy
His followers, not so much.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Top of 2nd
South Carolina 3
UCLA 0
2 out
man on first
by trainwreck84 on Jun 28, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Worst offensive approach theyve had since the opening game in the Supers against CSF. Just everything going wrong so far, in terms of luck and play.
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 28, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Did Torre have any comments about last night’s game? I’m a little afraid that in an effort to protect himself from criticism he might put too much blame on Broxton. Kind of like the front office has heaped all the blame on Kemp.
"A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day."
Ned made one comment on a radio show
two months ago about Kemp. How does that equate to ?
Kind of like the front office has heaped all the blame on Kemp.
The analysts at MLBtv have said that. And I’m sure it wasn’t just an off-handed comment by Ned. It’s something they’ve felt for a while.
"A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day."
When you say for a while
I’m assuming you mean 2010, because otherwise they would not have signed him to that contract.
Ned wanted to sign him to more than two years. Was that because he liked him? No. The longer and cheaper Kemp’s contract is the more valuable a trade commodity he is. Ned has considered Kemp a “problem child” since the Kent incident. But since his 2009 was so good, signing him for a couple of relatively cheap years was a no-brainer as long as he doesn’t completely tank.
"A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day."
You lost me at
“analysts at MLBTV”… ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Damnit damnit damnit
Just when I think I need to take a break from watching this team, I start thinking about how good it is to see them kick ass. and how fun it can be. And then I realize its the Giants and I get sucked in all over again. Just when I think i am out they pull me back in. CURSE OF THE BASEBALL FAN!!!
Blanco/Cabrerra/Hinske
is the Brave outfield. This is the team where he supposed to get his test? This is the league where Xavier Paul can’t start? I don’t think so.
Hinske is OPSing .900 just about
I wonder what his PT is like.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Who would you rather have on your bench
Hinskie or GA? Both were available.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I want Cole
but the only way he falls to the Dodgers if he has injury concerns. And if then the Dodgers will pass on him allowing the Red sox to sign him like Renudado. .
OT: We are already at ESPN Ocho
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 (streaming website), ESPN.com, ESPNews, ESPN classic, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Asia.
don't forget
ESPN U
Has there ever been a player better than Detlef Schrempf?
by bucknellbruin on Jun 28, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
When players are ejected
Are they automatically suspended?
(Because that would mean GA goes away for a little while…)
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
From the way people talk about him, I figured he scored his own runs.
Maybe he’s too busy walking on water?
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
I so don’t want to like him…..but he’s kicking so much ass.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
the scary thing is
he seems to get stronger and more dominant as his outings progress
Has there ever been a player better than Detlef Schrempf?
by bucknellbruin on Jun 28, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel the same way. My two big complaints about sports journalism are that (1) they cover the drama surrounding a game instead of the game itself and (2) they go out of their way to create drama where little or none exist. In short, they are pigs. They will continue to overhype him until you either love him and want to watch or you hate him and want to see him fail. And they honestly don’t care which.
"A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day."
Well are they left to do
With the internet and tv coverage, most readers don’t need to know about the actual game action. The only thing they have any access to that most fans don’t is any personality issues or front office issues.
And frankly, they are not fans, they just want to write a story.
When I lived in Berkeley
it was explained to me how exactly the chain of progression works.
The A’s won a bunch of World Series’ but nobody showed up, they had those 800 in attendance games. So they have little man syndrome at all the attention the Giants get. A’s hate the Giants.
The Giants haven’t won a World Series yet, in San Francisco, so all their vitriol goes to their chief rival. Think about it. If your best memories are the years you spoiled the Dodger’s season, that’s where you focus your energy. The Giants hate the Dodgers.
The Dodgers have gone to a bunch of a World Series, beaten and lost to the A’s, beaten and lost to the Yankees, and our best memories are winning World Series’. The Dodgers hate not winning the World Series.
Sorta like the Yankees, but with less national coverage so with less of an ego about it. Anyway, the chain of progression goes up A’s → Giants → Dodgers but doesn’t go back down, at the same intensity.
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Yeah, I'm graduated from Berkeley
it’s cool or whatever, but I don’t get a big head about it. I mean I’m better than like 95% of the population but whatever y’know I try not to make a big deal about it. I’m just like smarter than everyone.
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, were you there
the day the author of that book came and talked about his grad school experience? Or has that acronym just become a PhD idiom now?
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
oh Jorge Cham? He was a PHD student at Stanford.
Piled Higher and Deeper is an old joke about phd. that he took for the title of his series. That comic strip was funny and very very sad…because it was so true. Grad school sucks shit.
I think it was '07
Jorge Cham came to Berkeley and gave a talk in the Engineering building, sold books and signed them afterward. I was just a little undergrad, pro’lly the only one in there, but humanities folk don’t really change….ever, so I found her really relatable. He sketched her in my book when he signed it, still one of my coolest possessions.
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Its the study of things that really arent of any use
but a way for scientists to waste lots of tax dollars getting drunk
Wow, so what your saying
is if I could get past the initial math, I could be a 1st round draft pick in a Neurobiology draft?
I can get drunk.
Scientists are really good drinkers
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
English majors are more wine drinkers
cause we have to practice withholding information and feeling better about ourselves cause of it
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I know MCB very well
Micro-cell Biology. It’s the unofficial pre-Med of Berkeley undergrads.
I was an English major, trying to do my Masters at Loyola Marymount right now
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
My daughter is an LMU senior this fall. Dual majors: Mathematics and Theatre. I’m hoping for a smash Broadway hit called Pi: The Musical starring Danica McKellar to come out of it.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I wrote plays for the campus theater group while at Berkeley
my favorite was Robert Hooke Connects to the Internet
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Is hanging around the blog comments
a way to find new character nuances? Some pretty interesting traits get displayed around here.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That's definitely true
To be honest, my plays tend to be a little one voiced, I have to learn to write people that don’t sound like me. So yeah, this helps.
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a lot easier
than developing multiple personalities.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yeah
that didn’t get Virginia Woolf or Sylvia Plath very far
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
She’s not acting – focusing mainly backstage at this point. Stage managing, set design, lighting, etc.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
This is true, I've never been sober for an audition
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't mind being in front of a crowd
Lacking the talent however, is a problem.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Had a friend at Berkeley who did lighting design
Now he’s in Law School at Berkeley. Weird.
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Or the Eric Stephen of the Galaxy blog, sure ; )
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to be the female Joss Whedon/Russell T. Davies (Buffy and Doctor Who respectively)
To put it another way, I want to be the Tina Fey of drama, but I don’t want to act.
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Buffy went 7 seasons, Doctor Who is on series 5…I dunno, you just gotta find the right market.
ABC makes you spell out emotions
FOX cancels everything too early
NBC can’t attract an audience
CW will let the crappiest show go ten years if the creator is willing.
But on the other hand, cable is on the up and up, and the BBC is churning out quality tele. It’s a good time to be a TV writer, except for the striking
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
My wife still asks me this
question. I am 37 and have been at the same place for 13 years. I think I made my decision.
Or it was like in
Soviet Russia, decision makes you!
My career is kinda like that.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I think it was Sinbad who said
grown ups ask kids what they want to be when they grow up, because they are looking for ideas
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a country song out now......
I know, you hate it, blah blah blah. But the lyrics are funny. He mentions throughout the song about how “I wasn’t made to do ______.”
And the chorus is a simple “But I’m pretty good at drinkin beer.”
Super stereotypical for my people, but I’ll take it.
This reminds me of the scene
in Blues Brothers, where during the whole set, drunken Country Western lovers kept throwing beer bottles at the band, who were playing behind chicken wire for this very reason. Whether they liked the band or not.
THAT is what I think of your people
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I look into video game testing
it pays less than Starbucks, which is probably on purpose
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I tell anyone who says this to just be a late shift gas station attendant. The pay is better and you can play games that are actually finished.
by regfairfield on Jun 28, 2010 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you just explained why I don’t like my big brother.
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
And it's why my little siblings think I ignore them.
Sorry, I wanna win some more trophies. Trophies!
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Strasburg to bat…..2 outs, man on 3rd.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions
I think he’ll go yard and moonwalk home.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, grounder up the middle. Out 3. I was close.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if Kershaw would have had a possible ROY season if he went to college for a few years with Tony Gwynn for a coach.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Wilson isn’t cool enough to rock the pink wristband. Casey looks sexier.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Strasburg was just screwed by his defense. Botched a 6-4-3 DP and nobody was thrown out.
Bases loaded with nobody out.
Lost in all the angst of the past weekend
was the retro unis worn by the A’s and Pirates this weekend.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I hate the Pirates hats
but I dig the rest of it. Both teams.
Once or twice a year is plenty…..kinda like interleague play should be.
Maybe we should have 1 series per year of interleague and both teams wear throwbacks!
not only did they do retro unis
but the network went retro as well
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm they must have met in the world series at some point.
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
They should have issued porn ’staches to go with those.
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
Will this do?
"A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day."
Is Clay Zavada still rocking one of those?
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Bunting like the Dodgers. The Braves are impressive.
by Tommy Told Me To Bleed Blue on Jun 28, 2010 6:28 PM PDT reply actions
Earned by MLB rules. But, if the double play is turned he gets out of it scoreless after the flyball. But, it wasn’t.
yahoo sports is telling me 0 ER for him
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
I dont see why he goes on living
He is just using up oxygen that successful pitchers could be using.tsk tsk
Or future Dodger at age 39
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yankees seems to be signing a lot of guys.
Broxton, Lincecum, Kershaw, Heyward, Wainright, and Strasburgh, all signing with the Yankees.
Anybody catch Bowa on TB TV?
He said Kemp is out because Torre is not happy with what he’s seeing. Also, Johnson earned another start after last night.
What?
Torre can see Garret Anderson’s amazing invisible value™ and not Kemp’s value?
I totally forgot 'til now
Last night, Torre had way hot R. Johnson bunt over what’s his face with Garrett Anderson in the on deck circle. And all I could think is Torre is wasting this way hot hitters at bat, so GA can save the day? How likely is that? Reed couldn’t get the bunt down, grounded out, the GA was pulled back for Jamey Carroll.
So much I don’t understand about that series of events.
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by Josie Becker on Jun 28, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
1. What is TB TV?
2. Slow bat, weak swings, bad recognition – I could see why Torre doesn’t like seeing that. :(
3. There’s a reason Bowa never got another managing job. He wears on players in that role. As Torre’s junkyard dog – may be slightly effective.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
1) Think Blue TV. Pregame Show on KCAL (Karros and that other dude.)
2) Sure
3) Bowa tried to hold back at first, but couldn’t help himself.
by Michael White on Jun 28, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
At first
Bowa tried to say that Joe doesn’t consult with him about his lineup decisions. He then said its clear that Joe doesn’t like what he’s seeing.
by Michael White on Jun 28, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
uschris on DT will be happy at least
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Hah! No, about Kemp being benched.
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 got home
Was the quote “Joe doesn’t like what hes watching”? Anyone have it cued up?
by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
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