Tie Breaker Game Preview - All Star Furcal / Kuo Edition
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 11, 2010 11:20 AM PDT
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PrintRafy Furcal is going to Anaheim as he was picked to replace the injuried Jose Reyes. This is only Furcal's 2nd all-star game, the first since 2003, and the first as a Dodger.
Not only is Furcal going but Kuo was just announced to replace phenom Jason Heyward. Maybe the NL will win a game now that Kuo and Broxton are there to finish it.
The Dodgers are now only 3 - 3 on this home stand, 27 - 18 at home.
The good news from Dodger Post Game Notes:
Travis Schlichting allowed just two hits over 2.2 scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 0.64 (1 ER/14.0 IP) in six relief appearances.
For whatever reason he's a much better major league pitcher then he is a minor league pitcher.
Carlos Monasterios made his first appearance for the Dodgers since June 18 at Boston and his first relief appearance since May 19, striking out three and allowing one run in 2.0 innings. Monasterios missed 14 games on the disabled list from June 19-July 7 with a blister on his right index finger.
Going against the Dodgers today is Carlos Silva, who is having the season of his life. Only a year ago Silva looked to have one of the worst contracts in baseball. The 6th best organization in baseball dumped him for Milton Bradley and while Milton has battled his demons and the baseball, Silva has been one of the best pitchers in the NL.
Going against Silva will be our own Padilla who has been a very pleasant surprise. With a K/9 rate of 9.06 and BB/9 rate of 1.79 Padilla easily has the best control in the rotation. Would not be out of line to say that Padilla has been pitching like an opening day starter.
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CF in AS?
I’ll try again. Who’s going to start CF for the NL? The three starters are Braun, Ethier, Hart now. Has any of those played CF? We know who hasn’t and can’t. Meanwhile Marlon Byrd sits, for a while anyway.
Hart has played CF
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 11, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, that is so cool
The Universe stepped in and corrected things here. Good for Kuo who is one of the sickest pitchers out there.
Hope they send along a note from his manager
… about how to use him. Even given that he he would probably only pitch an inning (if that), would be a helluva note if he blows out his arm in the game. Better win and get the Dodgers home field advantage in the WS is that happens!
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Jul 11, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see the Latos
arguement. He has been dominant for a while now and is on the best staff numbers wise in baseball. Cargo…meh.
They have plenty of bats already. I am glad they took another arm.
I am pumped that Leg Kick is going. He has been unreal and deserves it.
Thanks Widow
I just read thru those.......well most of them.
It is nice to see the Rockies fans speak up! They are the only people who were commenting over there.
The NL
needed a LHP more than an 8th OFer. They have 14 pitchers and had 1 LHP (Rhodes) before Kuo was named to the team. If you are trying to win the game, I would take Gallardo off the roster and name another LHP (Wagner or Garcia).
I thought he was
but it wasn’t updated on ESPN. It already had Furcal and Kuo on the team.
Thanks Alex
6-3 Rockies Top 7
Rockies can sweep into a tie for first place today giving the Dodgers a chance to be one game back before the break.
So………..who is starting in the 5th spot next? Or is it just a timing move? Will he be eligible to be called up again by the time he is needed again?
3 questions…..I apologize in advance. :)
Making sure
I knew the 10 day thing, but hadn’t looked at a schedule yet to see What was next. 4 in ST Louis and I didn’t know after that.
I suppose this means Monk will start against the Giants now. Or I suppose they could DL someone to bring him back.
Ely is not coming back for a long time. McDonald pitched well today, with the exception of 4 walks. That’s my pick.
Maybe it is JMac.
Ned mentioned him twice the other night on the radio. Both times he was talking about how well he has pitched.
Makes sense
send link down, bring up McDonald. Oh say its so
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Monday's Starter?
Guess that means Monk starts next Monday against SF. Unless a trade happens. Or maybe MacDonald?
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
Dodgers Lineup
Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Paul LF
Martin C
DeWitt 2B
Padilla P
Cubs Lineup
Fukedome RF
Theriot 2B
Byrd CF
Ramirez 3B
Nady 1B
Soriano LF
Castro SS
Soto C
Silva P
No Lee.
Macdonald
If they decide to bring Macdonald up, they have to option Link or someone else back down? So this would be a timing thing, wait until just before they need him a week from Monday vs. the Giants?
I'd rather have them
send down Sherrill with a DL stint again then send The German or Encino Man away.
Exactly. Use the extra relievers until you need that spot for a starter.
by Michael White on Jul 11, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
PFP needs to be a focus in Colorado
Belisle just got Hundley to hit it back to him, he threw it in the dirt and 2 runs scored. Could’ve been an inning ending DP.
7-6 Madres with 1 out.
I don't guess I have ever seen Brad Eldred. He is playing 1B for the Rockies.
Is he as big as he is listed? He is listed at 6’5" 290!
It’s on XM. Of course that only helps if you have it.
by Alex41592 on Jul 11, 2010 3:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
is there a full roster for both teams, I cant seem to pull one up?
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
LMAO Vargas
he is fucking kidding right?
I mean he can’t be serious…….if it is Vargas, I won’t do shit, but I will be mad.
I am rooting for McDonald to be the next contestant.
Or Roy Oswalt. (tee hee.)
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 best thing about the Link callup
Is that I can litter threads with these:
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
And Sutcliffe praises his speed!
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 Kuo should literally replace Heyward. Then we can see
a BAT FLIP home run.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Daren Millard from Rogers Sportsnet tweeted that Kovi may finally become a king tomorrow..exciting if true
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Dee Gordon just hit into what i call “The Juan Pierre Conundrum.” Solidly hit line drive to the opposite field that would drop unless the outfielder is playing as shallow as possible. With no oppo field power threat, those hits turn into outs. hopefully he can fill out some more and avoid that plague.
Wow the Nets are on fire!!!!
Outlaw, Petro, now Farmar (I’ll give the Morrow deal as a solid signing).
Talk about going from one end of the spectrum to the other. Yikes.
by Alex41592 on Jul 11, 2010 4:09 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My favorite did not make it
But I dig the 4 that did……..
My favorite is Jamey Gamer!
Actually it is CK.
Next year Kemp will make it and I'll get my first one since Piazza as well
Should have made it last year but whatevs.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
It's Sutcliffe. And the other guy is
JP Riccardi!
No wonder he likes the Blue Jays prospects.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
has anyone seen
Mark Cuban is trying to buy the Rangers?
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 11, 2010 4:22 PM PDT reply actions
Beltre left the Red Sox game today
How are they doing it with half their roster hurt?
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Does anyone else find it funny that Loney is talking to Nomar
When Loney was disgruntled a bit in 2007 when Nomar was starting over him and Loney wasn’t the starter yet? lol
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
ESPN
It was just a short little interview with Loney, he talked to Bobby V, Carl Ravich, and Nomar. I just wonder if there is any tension there, or if that’s just long gone.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
There were 100 games left
When Loney joined the 2007 Dodgers, he played in 93 games and started 85.
Since James Loney came up for good in 2007, he has been the starter at 1B.
He was in the minors because Nomar was resigned after 2006
And I remember that Loney was mad because he destroyed the world in AAA the year before and did incredibly well in September with the Dodgers.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
But you make it sound like both of them were on the team
And he and Nomar had issues, the evidence isn’t there for that. Some vets did have issues with Nomar not playing third in latter part of that year (instead of Laroche), but not with him playing instead Loney
I'm not acting as though they nearly had fist fights
But there had to have been some tension, at least from Loney’s end because he was the stud prospect who had his position essentially blocked with a 2 year contract. I’m not trying to get into some big thing where Loney hated Nomar, I’m just saying I wonder if there is any weirdness now about it, and I’m guessing there use to be tension before.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
No tension
you seriously are wrong on that. Loney was upset he was not in the major leagues had no problem with Nomar.
You say stuff here people are going to want real back up not just supposition when it comes to stuff like that.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Didn't seem to be any tension in the interview, for what it's worth, though Nomar
wasn’t the main person talking to him. But they had some friendly banter. I doubt there was any tension between them but even if there was it’s all in the past.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yeah they seemed friendly
I also wondered how weird it might be to be interviewing an old teammate and asking him a question or two, I just think of when I go to my old work seeing some former coworkers is kind of odd for me, lol.
"You're the only woman to ever love me." "I never loved you." "I meant physically!"
Yes Nomar started for 2 months in 2007
But that was to expected considering that he had just been re-signed and was certainly going to be given some time to get going that year.
After Loney came back, Nomar played mostly third and some spot starts at first.
Joe Morgan is on the radio
saying that the pitchers are having more success this year because hitters have too much information on pitchers. His idea is that hitters have too much shit on their mind and don’t react. They just try to predict what is coming and what zone it will be in.
While I get what he is saying, I doubt that any coach will tell a hitter not to read up on a pitcher because he doesn’t want the guy to have as much information as possible.
Tonight we also get to look forward to Joe once again telling us the Dodgers clearly need to acquire an ace.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Pedro Baez with a base hit
He and Dee Gordon – Dodger prospects representin’.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Game Thread Up
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/7/11/1564543/goodbye-ely-hello-encino-man-game
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