Lilly Gets It Done, Dodgers Beat Ubaldo, Rockies
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 8:23 PM PDT
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The Dodgers managed two runs against Ubaldo Jimenez, and Ted Lilly made it hold up, giving the Dodgers a 3-1 win over the Rockies in the series opener at Coors Field. Jimenez has been great this season, so it has to be one of the high points of an otherwise dreary season that the Dodgers have beaten Ubaldo three out of four times this year.
While Jimenez didn't get his 20th win tonight, Lilly did get his ninth. The southpaw was very effective tonight, striking out eight in his eight innings, allowing just one run on four hits. It was Lilly's sixth win in 11 starts as a Dodger.
In the first inning, the Dodgers score two runs off Jimenez, literally. After a leadoff bloop single by Rafael Furcal and walks to Ryan Theriot and Matt Kemp, Casey Blake lined a ball off the leg of Ubaldo, careening over the outstretched mullet of shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to score two runs.
Blake entered the game in a 6-for-58 slump with 27 strikeouts in his last 62 plate appearances, but aside from his two-run single added a pair of doubles. He scored an insurance run in the ninth inning, driven in by catcher A.J. Ellis
Notes
- Before tonight, Jimenez allowed three runs in 31 first innings this season, but the Dodgers scored two runs tonight in the opening stanza.
- Matt Kemp struck out against brief old friend Octavio Dotel in the top of the eighth inning, pushing his record against Dotel to six strikeouts in six plate appearances.
- The last game Blake had two extra-base hits was May 26 at Wrigley Field. No, it wasn't against Lilly (he pitched for the Cubs the next day), but rather Tom Gorzelanny and James Russell
- Hong-Chih Kuo pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 11th save, and is three scoreless innings away from having the lowest ERA in the 127-year history of the Dodgers (minimum 50 innings). Three more innings for Kuo would give him an ERA of 1.200, just below Eric Gagne's 1.202 in 2003.
- Carlos Gonzalez accounted for the Rockies only run with a home run off Lilly in the fourth inning, his 34th of the season. Gonzalez has more home runs at Coors Field this season (26) than any Dodger has on the season (Kemp and Andre Ethier each have 23).
Hiroki Kuroda faces Jeff Francis in the middle game of the series tomorrow night.
WP - Ted Lilly (9-12): 8 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
LP - Ubaldo Jimenez (19-8): 7 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 4 walks, 6 strikeouts
Sv - Hong-Chih Kuo (11): 1 IP, 1 strikeout
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This is funny
Casey Blake lined a ball off the leg of Ubaldo, careening over the outstretched mullet of shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to score two runs.
A man from the south
making fun of mullets?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
I'm almost dissapointed
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
I love that meme
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
Orange is underrated.
I’m usually not a fan of the mesh look on jerseys, but they made it work.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
A bears touchdown puts it at 41 total points, which will be a tie in my pool. Knowing my luck they kick a field goal. Awesome.
“If we hit that bull’s eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate”
by Ivdown on Sep 27, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
These morons with their penalties are going to break my heart
Holy shit you assholes suck.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Added a note about Kuo
he is 3 scoreless innings away from the lowest ERA (minimum 50 innings) in the 127-year history of the Dodgers.
That sounds impressive.
Cant see him getting 3.0 innings though.
by Michael White on Sep 27, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
He will
when I start reminding everyone on Friday :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
The Magic number for the Rockies is 2
at least between the Rockies and Braves, if San Diego wins then it would be 2 for both.
if San Diego wins, the west is done for the Rox.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure this was brought up earlier
Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes (on Twitter) that Albert Pujols would approve trades to the Astros, Marlins, Dodgers and Angels.
I got a kick that anyone would even ask the dude this question, but a couple things stood out regardless if he was serious or not.
- Pujols named 0 AL East teams
- The only major market he chose was LA.
- The Dodgers? Those playoff losses must have left an impression?
Mostly, it’s beyond unrealistic because it’d cost us Kershaw and Kemp in any deal, and we don’t really have the prospects that stand out for a deal like that, but damn, I’d buy some sick season tickets down the 1B line if that trade went through.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
by G.Scott on Sep 27, 2010 8:37 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Apologies
link
http://twitter.com/dgoold/status/25595232761
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
It's about time
We heaped some misery on others…
the Dodgers have beaten Ubaldo three out of four times this year.
UbaLOLdo
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
The reason 4Down hates football.
They kick fuckin field goals from the 1! Go for it. Go for the throat!
:)
I would have preferred it, lol
It’s ok though, FML, gotta keep to the status quo.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Meh I still think the Packers win the division
I still don’t trust Jay Cutler… Besides, it’s better to be 2-1, rather than 0-3…
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Sep 27, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Jimmy Raye
That’s cold, Samurai Mike
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Sep 27, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The Packers will now go undefeated the rest of the way unless I put anything on them.
Honestly though, they are still the favorites for the division, the Bears aren’t for real.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I'll let you in on a secret
The Cowboys suck :P
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I saw that movie, Heath Ledger was great it in
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
lol
had to rec that. good one Josie
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
you keep shootin, eventually that side of a barn will come into scope
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The cowboys where dog shit the first two weeks
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
Aaron Rodgers is great
and as a Bears fan, I still have trouble trusting Cutler…tho I trust their defense this year
Twitter regret
Kevin_Goldstein
Into what? Getting lambasted for speaking the truth? RT @DAVIDprice14: I apologize I did not think it was gonna turn into this…
David Price obviously hates his fans and should be traded immediately for pennies on the dollar.
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear the Dodgers are will to trade James Loney :P
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
This is another Milton Bradley situation
Let’s give Tampa Bay Andre Ethier!
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Just saw on MLBN
Rickey Henderson wants to be a major league coach. If the A’s don’t get him, Dodgers should. He’ll get Kemp back on the stealing base path. He is the greatest of all time, just ask him.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 9:05 PM PDT reply actions
I dunno
it might be tricky, to get Ricky, these situations can turn out sticky
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Ricky for player manager. Two birds, one stone.
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you imagine what Rickey would have been like if Twitter had been invented in 1985?
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
This is Rickey tweeting for Rickey. Rickey’s the greatest.
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine it being a lot like Tracey Morgan
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Rickey on the base paths
Rickey about to steal
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
10 seconds later
Rickey stole.
That’s right, he can tweet and steal, he’s Rickey, baby, Rickey.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Sep 27, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Fangraphs article
anyone interested in Mark Reynolds?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 9:08 PM PDT reply actions
Lilly
At least the Dodgers obtained something when they gave up DeWitt. Lilly is good and left handed, and at least gives them 3 in a very thin rotation. Dewitt was an infielder who was cheap and will probably have some pop, and he was about the last of the great drafts from the L.W. era, and lord knows how the Dodgers plan to replace him when you get through people like Carroll and Theriot. If they get a few more good years out of Lilly I won’t feel quite so bad about DeWitt, although I still remember the bitter feelings when Lasorda traded all are prospects including Lilly for a few magic beans.
Well
in the end, unless they resign him or offer him arbitration, the deal did not win them a playoff spot.
I still have a hard time calling the 2004 draft a great one or even good one.
This Rickey story is still pretty funny
In 1996, Henderson’s first season with San Diego, he boarded the team bus and was looking for a seat. Steve Finley said, "You have tenure, sit wherever you want." Henderson looked at Finley and said, "Ten years? Ricky’s been playing at least 16, 17 years."
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
I'm a Fan Of
During one of his stays with Oakland, Henderson’s locker was next to Billy Beane’s. After making the team out of spring training, Beane was sent to the minors after a few months. Upon his return, about six weeks later, Henderson looked at Beane and said, "Hey, man, where have you been? Haven’t seen you in awhile."
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Pujols back still a time bomb?
If he ever got to the Dodgers, it would be gauranteed to go.
PadresFail
Mike Baxter, that’s the best the Padres could haul out there to face Marmol?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yorvit keeps them alive with a single
2 outs
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Everth Cabrera, playing the Dave Roberts role!
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
speaking of McSqueezy, has everyone heard about hat guy on the Chiefs who keeps grabbing guys dangers? That ain’t right
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Anthony Davis with the quote of the year
“He tried to feel me,” Davis said. “That’s weird, right?”
Ya think?
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Sep 27, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
a quick google search turned up this photo
I love google images
by Josie Becker on Sep 27, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
So sad I can’t see that at work.
Probably for the best actually.
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope just in a hectic time. Been really busy with one project so I let other projects slip. Catching up tonight.
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Man I hate rooting for the Padres
but that’s how much I hate the Giants.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Laces are boated!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
MBBTTGJRTLTB?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Steiner would surely have prematurely called that a home run, no?
Kudos to Enberg…
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 last seven weeks.
the Padres will 11-20 since August 25th. Heck even the Dodgers are better than that (11-19)
alright Ted!
"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
The Giants magic number for both the Wild Card and the Division
is 6.
The Braves number is also 6 over the Padres and 7 over the Giants, if they could get it down to 2 for both teams prior to the Giants/Padres weekend series, they will have clinched a playoff spot since one of those teams has to lose at least 2 games. Something like that is bound not to happen at least until Saturday if at all. More likely scenario is Atlanta having a one game lead over both the Padres and Giants on Sunday.
How long has Enberg been announcing Padre games?
I always thought Jerry Coleman was their play-by-play guy…
Coleman hasn’t done TV for something like a decade. He works radio.
This is Enberg’s first year in SD.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It is too late to change it
but I wish there was a way for Kershaw’s final game to be at home.
by bhsportsguy on Sep 27, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
I wonder if Ely gets another start, they can have Chad, Lilly and Kuroda pitch the weekend.
by bhsportsguy on Sep 27, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Kuroda will pitch Sunday to get him a shot at 200 innings.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Infuriating
MLBN Prime 9 NL Starting Pitchers
1.Roy Halladay
2.Adam Wainwright
3.Ublado Jimenez
4.Mat Latos
5.Tim Hudson
6.Brett Myers
7.Tim Lincecum
8.Chris Carpenter
9.Bronson Arroyo
Missed the list(MLBN): Gallardo, Hamels, Johnson, Oswalt, Cain
Glaring Oversight(me): Clayton Kershaw
My opinion=$.02
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 10:07 PM PDT reply actions
If you’re putting Arroyo on the list it looks like a case of “if Kershaw’s so good, why’d he decide to pitch for the Dodgers?”
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
he didn't even make
the “almost” list.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 27, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Choosing to sign with the Dodgers was a really bad idea.
by regfairfield on Sep 27, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Bronson Arroyo and Brett Myers
"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
thanks for this
It’s been a while since I’ve had a reason to scream with rage at the media for disrespecting the Dodgers!
I wonder
if this will be buried before IVdown sees it. Or if he already did and is too busy choking on his own rage to comment. He’s been one of CK’s biggest proponents.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
He is busy writing up his
FanPost / Manifesto on this as we “speak”.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
no that match as happened
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
Or
Lincecum vs. this guy.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: So sweet to see Hester finally take one to the house
after two years…next up on the wishlist is a James Loney home run — it only seems like two years for Ping James
Did you know that right now
Ted Lilly has given up more home runs in his time as a Dodger (13) then Bills, Kershaw and Kuroda have in all their starts combined since the ASB (12).
Doubtful that holds up but it is interesting.
I’m holding out hope Lilly leads the club in home runs allowed.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Question
Kuroda makes 14.1mil this year according to Eric’s sidebar, but his 35.3/3 deal pays an annual salary of $11.77m/year. IF the Dodgers offer arbitration, and IF Kuroda accepts, which figure do they use? The last year’s salary or the average value of the last contract? It would seem that players earning multi-year deals who do not want to receive arbitration after the contract expires would opt for very backloaded deals so the team would be inclined not to offer.
Basically, if he accepts arbitration, does Kuroda get 13mil or 16mil?
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Not really relevant
But the figure to use would be his salary this year.
For FA arbitration uses more comps and is less reliant on the previous salary than pre-FA arb guys.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 27, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Ignorant Comment of the Day
The Dodgers really only have one reliable starter going into next year: Kershaw. Well, alright, two—since the Dodgers will not contend next year, there will be no pressure, and thus Billingsley can be expected to pitch reasonably well. — “kjp”
If any of these things happen, champagne will be flowing
Cincinnati wins the Central with a win or a Cardinal loss.
New York Yankees clinches a playoff spot with a win or a Red Sox loss
Tampa Bay clinches a playoff spot with a win or a Red Sox loss
Once the Yankees and Tampa Bay clinch their playoff spots, Tampa Bay only needs to end the season in a tie with the Yankees since they hold the tiebreaker over them.
Philadelphia
clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs, my hunch is that the regulars rest today and tomorrow, Oswalt will probably pitch as much as possible since even if he pitches in Game 2 of the Divisional Series, that won’t be until a week from this Friday.
The real issue will be this weekend, since the likelihood is that Atlanta will still be fighting for the Wild Card, what will the Phillies do? Also a change in the timing of the announcement of the Playoff schedule, now that Philadelphia has clinched the home field, they have until Friday 3:00 p.m. EDT to make their announcement, and everyone expects them to choose the Wednesday-Friday-Sunday-Monday-Wednesday schedule.
While everyone focuses in on the fact that the Phillies will get to use their top 3 on regular rest, I would guess that the one club they don’t want to face, just in terms of pitching would be Giants since they could use Lincecum and probably Cain in 4 of the 5 games on regular rest too.
Kuo
Eric’s worksheet estimates Kuo’s arbitration reward next year at $1.5MM, however 2 things happened this season that could push that number up quite a bit. First, he has stayed healthy alll year, and second he took over the closer role and recorded double-digit saves. I assume these 2 things will work very well in his favor and he could get a bit better deal from the club.
Agreed
He could be up around $2 to $2.5m or so.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Broxton and the team settled on $1.825m (plus incentives) in 2009 based on a half season of closing. Broxton was one year behind Kuo in terms of service time, but that will be offset somewhat by Kuo’s smaller salary. In other words, Kuo likely won’t jump to like $3 or $4m just because of the magical C, but it will provide a boost, that’s for sure.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Special Circumstances
Lowest ERA in the franchise history!
by Michael White on Sep 28, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I changed the payroll worksheet to $2.5m for 2011 for Kuo FYI
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Not that it makes this much difference but
as far as compensation picks goes, the best pick that will be available will be the Tigers’ pick at 19.
are we not gonna make the coveted bottom 15?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 28, 2010 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
BH is talking about another team signing a FA
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
he means if a Type-A were to sign with a team after turning down arbitration, the best pick that player’s former team could get is the Tigers at 19 since there are so many rollover picks from teams not signing their 2010 first rounders.
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Actually
even if the Dodgers won out. All it takes is Toronto and St. Louis winning one game and Detroit winning two games and they are locked in below the top 15. Obviously any Dodger loss changes that equation.
They’ll have a bunch of money coming off the books, it’ll be interesting who gets their third round pick.
On a side note, if you were to sign Adam Dunn, would you play him at 1B or LF?
Would an offense including Dunn and Mark Reynolds be Arizona Offense Part II? Too many K’s not enough everything else?
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."
Strikeouts are just another type of out.
Dunn has a wOBA of .384 this year, he would help just about any team.
by Michael White on Sep 28, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Dunn’s defense is just so offensive. I love bombs, but don’t know if I could take watching his D.
"We were never friends"
His defense rates fine this year, and while some will call small sample size, it is also the only year where a team committed to playing him at 1st base and keeping him there. There were no outfield adventures this year.
by Michael White on Sep 28, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Dunn is probably fine as a first baseman, but the Dodgers getting rid of Loney seems about as likely as us, well, signing Adam Dunn.
If we can get Dunn for another 2/20 deal, it sounds great, but I really don’t want to commit to a TTO guy beyond his early 30s.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I can not see him in Left, and I only imagined him in Left because I do not see them moving Loney. I Would be OK with him at 1B
"We were never friends"
Currently
The Dodgers will pick 13th but they could move as high as 18th if the 4 clubs ahead of them (they are only a game apart) continue to lose.
It’s a trivia game for iOS and I think Facebook. It’s free and your friends get to see how much useless knowledge you’ve accumulated in your life.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It was pretty funny to catch up on the game chat today
already knowing the outcome of the Packers/Bears game. Note to self: always bet the reverse of IVDown.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I find it funny that his bet came down to a Chicago play on IVth down.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh
Alas, it was not a IX down (play) drive.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
By the way
Your tweet earlier was hilarious. For those that didn’t see it…
@CyKershaw asked Molly Knight “Why would Jamie try to save money by not having her best lawyer close?”
Dave’s response: “Matchups-Boies is a lefty, Wasser righty”
Genius
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks
Molly didn’t RT it though, so she must not have thought so.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I've seen her retweets
That joke has to be up there with all the other ones
rec’d
by Julio Nievas on Sep 28, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I would imagine
The teams don’t change names a lot, but the colors and uniforms often do.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
dang right after i got
the 66ers hat last season.
02-15-2011
by MammothDodger on Sep 28, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
As all the announcements came in in the last month or so about the Dodgers extending their agreements with all their other affiliates, I asked the 66ers’ announcer / PR man if they had reached or were working on an extension agreement, but got no response.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Further from you
but closer to me!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I go from being 38.1 miles away from the Class A affiliate to 38.4 miles away!
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I knew it
w/out looking it up!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
82.4 to 64.9 for me!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you know what’s happening to the Angels’ affiliate?
by silverwidow on Sep 28, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like they might swoop in for the 66ers.
According to this website, the inland Empire and Bakersfield are the two Cal League teams without an affiliate agreement yet for 2011, and that Bakersfield is in some financial trouble.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
IE would be a lot more convenient for injury rehabs if they are at home
than Bakersfield is for the Angels of Anaheim.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Although Rancho is a natural for the Angels
Anaheim, Azusa, and CUC-a-monga!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol
Mel Blanc, FTW
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh
I thought that reference was only for Marty, Phil and other contemporaries of mine!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
no way
Looney Tunes are the best. I have a bunch of Bugs Bunny on my ipod. Still cracks me up.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Mel Blanc did do the original voice
but if he did “Anaheim…” in a Looney Tunes cartoon, it is an homage to The Jack Benny Show.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Shit that is even worse news
I now have an Angels affiliate pro style cap :-(
02-15-2011
by MammothDodger on Sep 28, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
So
Lilly did pretty well with those juiced balls last night. Except the one CarGo hit. Must have been the juiced one.
Since games from 1993 aren’t still occuring, you can have a non humidored ball that doesn’t leave the park.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
For the first time since we started recording these things, there’s a substatintial difference between Rockie home run distance and vistors distance. It’s not a smoking gun, but you know, it’s not like it would be hard to pull this off.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Could be the Rockies are reporting the home homers as further than they went to boost the hype in their hitters and reporting away homers as shorter than they went to help save face on their pitching staff.
I find that more likely than sending out juiced balls and non-juiced balls.
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It’s findings by hittracker, and independant organization.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Fairly big pitchers park, but not nearly to the extent that Inland Empire is.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Are those park factors relative to the league,
to the level, or to all of minor league baseball?
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by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
So they are pitcher's parks perhaps only in the sense of being less hitter-skewed than places like Lancaster?
Isn’t the consensus opinion that the Cal-League is chock full o’ hitter parks relative to all the minors?
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by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep, so what the park factor means is that you take your park factor (in Rancho’s case .95) and multiply it by the league Runs/Game (5.21) so the average team in Rancho would expect to score 4.95 R/G, which is still well above what you’d expect any other league to score but the PCL.
Albequerque having the highest park factor in the most offense oriented league is absurd.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
So my point is that while the Epicenter is a pitcher’s park in the Cal-League, it can still be a terrible place to pitch.
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by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was wrong when I talked about the park factors a few days ago, even Inland Empire is a hitters park in the context of all of baseball.
by regfairfield on Sep 28, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m still trying to figure out why the Cal league is such an offensive league when the major ball parks in California (AT&T, Dodgers Stadium, Petco, and the A’s ballpark) are pitching meccas.
Lots of the Cal League teams
are in hot, dry places, I believe. IE, Cucamonga, Adelanto (High Desert), Bakersfield, Lancaster, Visalia (still?), etc.
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by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
And the major league parks
are coastal.
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by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
BaseballAmerica
Cal League affiliations all but settled as Rancho signs with Dodgers. Means Angels likely to Inland Empire and Reds to Bakersfield.
Posting this for the Angels and Reds news. This seems almost incestuous.
The good news for the Dodgers fans, is that they can catch a minor league game on the way back from Las Vegas.
Allen Webster in Rancho?? I’m there! :)
(Unless he goes to AA, which is fine).
by silverwidow on Sep 28, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
For you lottery players out there
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/28/incredibly-depressin.html
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Try that and see what happens
I believe you can only write off losses that are equal to winnings, so you have to declare any gambling winnings first.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
so
are the Rockies out of it enough that Torre will play Mitchell at 1st today?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 12:01 PM PDT reply actions
Does Jeff Kent weep?
I do. Hate to see a Pac-10/12 program drop baseball.
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by David Young on Sep 28, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
did he get them removed after his retirement speech?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
we should ask meg whitman if we can borrow $140 million
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 28, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
sad
at least they will still get to stomp people with their rugby team
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Rugby
is being moved to club status, I heard.
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LOL
from the Dodger website game preview
For the Dodgers, Reed Francis is expected to start against Francis (3-for-7), while Casey Black (1-for-14) and James Loney (1-for-15) probably won’t.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 12:09 PM PDT reply actions
Reed Johnson in RF
Reed Francis in LF
and Casey Black on the bench
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 28, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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