Kuroda, Dodgers Face Old Friend Randy Wolf
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 12:30 PM PDT
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The Dodgers return to Camelback Ranch today to face the Brewers and old friend Randy Wolf. Also returning to Camelback Ranch is Vin Scully, who will call today's game on KCAL. Hiroki Kuroda gets the start for the Dodgers, making his fourth Cactus League start. Kuroda in his last start pitched six innings, the longest outing by any Dodger starting pitcher this spring.
Also scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers are Travis Schlichting, Scott Elbert, and Lance Cormier.
For the Brewers, the pitchers following Wolf will be Zach Braddock, Justin James, and Mike McClendon.
The Dodgers have a number of minor leaguers suiting up for today's game. Catcher Keyter Collado (wearing uniform number 87), outfielder Brad Coon (89), infielders Christian Lara (90) and Travis Denker (93), and pitchers Wilkin De La Rosa (67), Juan Rincon (91), and Jimmy Marshall (92).
Can You Spell Padilla Without DL?
It has been widely assumed that Vicente Padilla would open the season on the disabled list, after recovering from arm surgery he had on February 24. However, when Don Mattingly was asked about Padilla starting the season on the DL, the manager was noncommittal.
"It's still up in the air, it's one of those things. He's progressing nicely," Mattingly said. "The fact that he hasn't been out there, it's tough to say on the 31st whether he'd be comfortable enough to pitch."
If the Dodgers do place Padilla on the disabled list, the earliest possible date he could return would be April 5, though that seems ambitious at this point. At the very least, it sounds like Padilla could possibly return earlier than his original May 1 target date.
Lineups
| Brewers | Dodgers | |||
| 2B | Weeks | SS | Furcal | |
| 3B | Counsell | CF | Gwynn | |
| SS | Betancourt | 2B | Uribe |
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| 1B | Almonte | LF | Thames | |
| RF | Reed | 1B |
Gimenez |
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| CF | Dickerson | RF | Paul |
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| LF | Boggs | C | Barajas |
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| C | Nieves | 3B | Miles | |
| P | Wolf | P | Kuroda | |
Both Rafael Furcal and Juan Uribe will only play a few innings today, and likely sit out tomorrow. They are getting rest in anticipation of a busy week ahead for the Dodgers, who have split squad days on Monday and Friday this upcoming week.
Gimenez is playing his ninth game at first base this spring, and making his sixth start at the position.
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Game Time: 1:05 p.m. PST
TV: KCAL
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Gimenez
I’m not buy he will make the team out of ST unless there’s room due to injury. I can’t help but get the feeling that Loney is going to get traded before ST or during the season.
Too shy to reply.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Mar 19, 2011 1:01 PM PDT reply actions
Your first sentence is completely reasonable, and very likely the exact scenario.
Your second sentence, yeah I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He was shagging fungoes in LF after taking his BP this morning. I would read zero into that though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Hey, Michael
Did you see the story on the Clippers (re: Donald Sterling) refusing to pay for Kim Hughes’ cancer surgery a few years ago? It talked about how Corey Maggette and Chris Kaman, among others, chipped in to pay the $70K to save Hughes’ life after the team denied his request to cover it. What do you think?
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
I didn't really read up on it
Clipper Steve had a less black and white read on it.
http://www.clipsnation.com/2011/3/15/2053686/kim-hughes-cancer-surgery
by Michael White on Mar 19, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
given that he takes in that many calories, and yet still looks like a high schooler, he must have the metabolism of a hummingbird
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Well maybe he'll wake up one day and that youthfull metabolism will be gone, and next thing you know
BAM too fat
These hands will always be rough
Cleveland, Jr.
did make quite the transformation from hyperactive skinny kid to nerdy fat kid.
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
also, there’s only one In-N-Out in San Francisco proper. Does that seem right to you?
Berkeley was the worst, you gotta drive 16 miles to hit an In-N-Out
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine this is related to them only shipping out of, what was it, Utah?
or has that changed?
These hands will always be rough
where do the SoCal In-N-Outs get their stuff from then?
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
depends on where in Utah, Provo and Salt Lake are quite far away
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is the Galaxy game on tape delay tomorrow?
by Michael White on Mar 19, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Lakers – Ducks – Galaxy all playing at the same time. Whom do you bump?
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, I guess Ducks is the problem. I knew the Clippers game was earlier, so I didn’t think there was a conflict on PT. Didn’t remember the Ducks.
by Michael White on Mar 19, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
To answer your question, I’d bump the Ducks :)
by Michael White on Mar 19, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
As would I. I’d bet anyone willing that the Galaxy outdraw the Ducks tomorrow. But man, three major sports teams playing within 20 miles of each other. I would not drive on the freeway tomorrow afternoon
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Clippers play at 12:30 too, so that game will be getting out when people are going to the other games.
by Michael White on Mar 19, 2011 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
nooooner back to back
boat show would be fun to see if not for March Madness
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
that’s a home game too? Man, it’s like professors in college, no one talks to each other (despite having offices within five feet of each other) and they all assign papers for the same week.
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Those tweed sweaters don’t wear themselves.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
someone has to keep the tobacco pipe industry afloat
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
and by sweaters I meant jackets.
Man, I am off my game today.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I was with you though, and kept playing
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
to fully answer your question, Fox Soccer took the Portland Timbers first game, and ESPN already broadcast an MLS game this week. So it was up to FSW, and hockey still trumps soccer in the mind of programmers. Sad thing is they aren’t gonna broadcast a tape delayed match in HD, so essentially it’s go to the match or bust. Galaxy have hit the advertising hard though, I’ve seen full back of bus ads and a bunch of radio spots.
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anybody remember Danny Almonte, of Little League fraud fame?
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
A lot of people in Oceanside were not pleased with that whole fiasco.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
E6
but Uribe’s throw was taking forever to get there; Furcal seemed to be making sure he didn’t get taken out by the runner.l
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
living in So Cal haven’t all of us “almost” drowned in the surf at some point:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I think it’s a standard “growing-up” experience.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
“Hey son, I wanna show you a sand crab”
“Oh, neato!”
*kick, “almost” drowning
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s interesting, for Vin last week in Vegas we got the Fox graphics, but it looks like both KCAL and Fox are gonna use that “whatever Eric said it was called” crew who use clip art graphics, and have no ambient noise
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Today is a full production on KCAL, unlike the four-camera stuff that has been on Prime Ticket most of the spring.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You can tell we’ve got the full camera crew out there today (how many cameras is that anyhow?) But it’s still the same graphics, they aren’t using the KCAL graphics.
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
We saw Vin pull in this morning
He parked in the spot in between Lasorda’s and McCourt’s, what seemed to be Jamie’s former space.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
could you see the faint outline of Jaime’s name still on the cement block?
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I like to imagine Vin in rush hour traffic, frustrated with a slow driver, rolling down his window and saying, “It’s tiiiiiiiiime for you to get out of my way.”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
He passed us while being driven in a golf cart and we overheard him saw “Well …” and there was no mistaking The Voice. Instantly it was time for Dodger baseball.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
"Well..."???
Are you sure it wasn’t this guy?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 19, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Everybody frantically googling trying to figure out who that guy is?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 19, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Quiet, you.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 19, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody get the doorknobs. I’ll get the pillowcase.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm too young to know who Jack Benny is but I know who Jack Benny is
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 am in Glendale, not Anaheim, Azusa or Cucamonga.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
is he the guy who says Rancho Cuc—————amonga?
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No Rancho
Back then it was just Cuc…Kamonga
Here's the Cuc...Kamonga library
I hope the police station has someone getting….
That reminds me, this new movie coming out Super, starring Rainn Wilson, has a scene of him getting….
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
if you are not watching the UCLA game you should switch over 1.30 one point game
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
you must have killed it, cause I see 4 points with Florida ball
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
these axe commercials are getting ridiculous, but I do like the cello cover of Air
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It is on one of the monitors here. Disappointing.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Good run, Walker took over. Very impressed with Nelson, Smith, should be a fun team to watch next year.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Uribe
probably coming out after this AB.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The funniest thing about corporate naming of arenas
is when the motorcross guy has to say, in the same tone, Citizen Business Bank Arena, as if that were the most hardcore place in the world
Why exactly is the US attacking Libya?
I know this isnt Dodger related, but I’ve been out of the loop the last couple days.
Dave is out of the cellar. Repeat, Dave is out of hte cellar.
Josie takes over.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
I did it in the most traitorous way though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
You always hurt the ones you love.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 19, 2011 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Bing did it
It really gets going at 1:30 so listen to the whole thing if you’ve never heard it.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 19, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw we walked the pitcher, just assumed Elbert had replaced Kuroda, but know Tron Tron doing his best to help Mac the Knife make the roster
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
That pain was already felt in the USC loss itself
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
what am I, a doctor? I don’t know everything about pain : p
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Vinny just yawned on TV, that might be a first
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
The German now looks like Weaver on the mound with the hair. Even the hitters think he is Weaver.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
McDonald moving up the chart via Catch-57
$
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
took me two passes to realize you weren’t talking about the “hamburger” chain
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Eric and David miss the rain in LA and the rain in Arizona. Good deal
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Four major sports, and a rainstorm. Yeah, no one drive tomorrow
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice catch by XP…Dodger pitchers aren’t fooling anyone today.
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
He'll pitch better than Tron and the German
[crosses fingers]
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
Did you know?
Only nineteen states have banned private ownership of tigers, fifteen require only a license, and sixteen states have no regulations at all.
Michigan likely not one of those 19 states.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone else do the math to make sure it totaled fifty?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I’m doing the math to see if I can afford a Tiger cub
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I be the beneficiary on your life insurance?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I’m pretty sure they’re going to deny me coverage when they see I own a Tiger cub
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
So I went to the zoo yesterday
to check out that Elephants of Asia thing, nothing but obstructed views and vast empty spaces. However, I did get to see all three asian elephants from a distance, they are quite amazing
the San Diego Zoo elephant exhibit was much cooler, though I think those are African elephants. My favorite all time zoo exhibit however was the Grizzly exhibit at the SF zoo. I just love zoos
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Thus why you spend a lot of time in the comments here?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
actually that might be changing though, they’re trying to give me my own Galaxy blog again
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Hector Giminez
doubles down the line to make it a one run defecit
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Hector being Hector
Gimenez has two doubles and three home runs in his last 6 PA batting left-handed
One more reason to like Giminez
I didn’t realize that has been batting sans gloves. They are in his pocket though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Time of post: 12:30pm
Game Time: 1:05 p.m. PST
TV: KCAL
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
uh huh, all the nice guy doctors I know measure my eye from and give me the wrong prescription : )
by Josie Becker on Mar 19, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
RHP Zack Segovia coming in for Milwaukee, so Gimenez will be batting lefty
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
No matter what TBLA is undefeated in the press box
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Slight possibility this might not be the last inning.
It probably will be, but one of the PR guys just checked with the dugout and they weren’t sure.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 19, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Eric – Greg has the most possible points in the contest at the moment, by one over the PhatJulio
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Contacts must be working cause that looked like strike 3 to me
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Vector
Isn’t Victor from Venezuela?
Switch Hitting catcher
Patience
Power
:):):)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Eric has headed to the clubhouse
I am not his quote gofer today.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I’m thinking Gimenez will break camp with the team. He’s just too hot to cut. Backup corner infielder, pinch hitter DeLuxe and ‘Baseball player’.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
So I missed Elbert pitching well and Vector stealing a base
and some other stuff and that’s about it eh?
In-laws are in town and what sports I watch with the dad are NCAA games and I couldn’t even watch most of the UCLA game because we had to run errands and aaaiii-yahhh… I need a nap.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
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