Casey Blake Has Elbow Surgery, Could Miss 4-6 Weeks
by Eric Stephen on Apr 29, 2011 4:54 PM PDT
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The Dodgers today placed Casey Blake on the disabled list with an infected left elbow, and have recalled Russ Mitchell from Triple A Albuquerque. In fact, the infection for Blake was so bad that he already has had elbow surgery, per Dylan Hernandez and Baxter Holmes of the LA Times. Blake's arm will be in a sling for 10 days, and he will miss up to six weeks, Don Mattingly told reporters before the game.
Mitchell will wear number 46 for the Dodgers.
Lineups
For the first time since Jerry Sands was promoted 11 days ago, the Dodgers face a left-handed starter tonight in Clayton Richard. Mattingly stuck to his guns, and is sitting James Loney tonight, putting Sands at first base for the first time in his major league career. Marcus Thames starts in left field, his first start since April 13.
Juan Uribe, who was out of the lineup for five straight days with tightness in his left thigh, is back in the lineup tonight, playing third base, which figures to be his position for the foreseeable future while Blake is out. Uribe did pinch hit in each of the last two games, collecting a game-tying RBI double on Wednesday.
| Padres | Dodgers | |||
| CF | Maybin | SS | Carroll | |
| SS | Bartlett | 1B | Sands | |
| LF | Ludwick | RF | Ethier | |
| 1B | Cantu | CF | Kemp | |
| RF | Denorfia | 3B | Uribe | |
| 2B | Hudson | LF | Thames | |
| 3B | Headley | C | Barajas | |
| C | Hundley | 2B | Miles | |
| P | Richard |
P | Lilly | |
Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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So if Mitchell is not starting against this LHP, that means three things to me:
1. He is tired or has not arrived yet, which seem ridic since they knew they were doing this move by Wednesday
2. He is not going to play much and we better get used to seeing Miles.
3. Donny forgot Mitchell was LH and that Miles sucks
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Weird outing
3 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
by Julio Nievas on Apr 29, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Evidently he was in the strike zone the whole time.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
I think at leas the Dodgers but probably other teams want to see some struggles because they want to know how that player adjusts.
There is a difference from having a bad game and hitting a plateau.
This is going to get uglier, isn't it.
“I sat with my four boys and they asked me and their mom to do one thing and that was to keep our divorce out of the media,” McCourt said. “I had made a promise to my boys that I wouldn’t make it public. And I was true to my word. Recently my boys have told me it’s OK with them now if I defend myself.”
McCourt said the deal did not need approval from his ex-wife and former Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt
From ESPN.com.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
how old are his kids again?
like, if they are old enough to be on the payroll of the Dodgers, they are old enough to deal with a shitstorm, i think.
IIRC
when the divorce was announced, the youngest was 18.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Think of the children!
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure they all are.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s been a TBLA member for a while now and has been one of our solid commentators.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Can’t rhyme for shit though.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
So, you’re verifying that he’s a huge douchebag?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Beat you to it :)
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
“I sat with my four boys and they asked me and their mom to do one thing and that was to keep them from being used as a point of leverage” McCourt said. “I had to promise my boys that they would not become tools. And I was true to my word. Recently my boys said to me ‘Dad, it has destabilized into such a shitshow at this point you may as well do whatever the fuck you want’”
Not actually a quote
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Apr 29, 2011 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Well, if they were bat boys or peanut vendors, maybe. But yeah, comfortable six figures means you can deal.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine that conversation was much different than the one Branch Rickey had with Jackie Robinson giving Jack the OK to fight back.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 29, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Frank and Jamie certainly came through on their promise
If it wasn’t for Selig, I’d never had known they got divorced.
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
And the way McCourt has a handle on LA fans.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
It’s like he thinks of us as baggage.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Please. My luggage is Tumi. Carpet indeed.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And a parking lot that law forgot
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Thee’s too much law in this fuckin town anyway
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
That reminds me. Back when Cardinal Law was archbishop of Boston I thought “Cardinal Law” was a great name for a TV show. By day he’s a Cardinal, trying to do right by the Holy See and his parishioners. But by night he is a kickass vigilante, making things right with his two fists. Cardinal Law, Thursdays at 10 on CBS.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What was your show synopsis / pitch
for the show revolving around the former top Catholic in Manila, Cardinal Sin?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The days in Manila are hot, but the nights are steamy. The seedy underbelly of the city is famous but one man is determined to do right by the people, the church, and God… if his own desires do not stand in the way. Cardinal Jaime Sin is the Holy See’s man in Manila by day… but by night, he extends the long arm of the Church to the city’s sex workers, determined to save their souls in his decidedly unorthodox fashion. Cardinal Sin, Wednesdays at 10 on USA.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
lol you have a gift.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Cardinal Sin, wielding the rod of redemption as he ministers to Manila sex workers, swinging the staff of salvation as he thrusts the Word deep into their souls….
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 29, 2011 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's better than
my Bill Madlock/Andy Griffith rime show. Black Baseball player by night, old white crime fighter by night.
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Fucked it up
wasn’t funny anyway
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Baxter Holmes of the LAT, covering for Dylan H today has reported Blake may be out longer
@baxterholmes Dodgers team trainer Stan Conte says Casey Blake, who has had surgery on his infected elbow, could be out for up to six weeks.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Saw a tweet that
Tom Schieffer is meeting with the LA media right now.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
If we had a LF break his wrist on the first pitch of spring training
a lousy rotation
a fragile RF
a lunatic in CF
a dick at 2nd
started out on fire
I’d try to compare this season to 2005 but all I got is Mike Edwards = Russell Mitchell and the uglies in my stomach when I think of lousing players to bloody infections for six weeks.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
lousing
Better get him de-loused and quick. That shit spreads fast.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of bloody infections
I don’t recall, how bad was Beltre’s stomach thing way back when?
by StolenMonkey86 on Apr 29, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost killed him, but pretty much wreckedem, amirite?
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
im so glad
i was in boston in 2005 and hardly saw any games that season.
i remember getting so pissed when we got swept by jose lima (with like a 17 ERA) and the royals.
i read a LOT about that season thou…thanks Dodger Thoughts!
The strawberries, see?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Russell Mitchell to me
still sounds like the name of an old-time porn producer. (Russ Meyers + The Mitchell Brothers)
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Marquis shutting out the Giants, maybe recalling Belt soon if Ross cannot get untracked. Of all the things I would have bet on this summer, Cody Ross struggling for the Giants would have near the top. Sometimes you have to pay the devil his due.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Love it, gaggers thought they found paydirt, of course it was just a fluke otherwise why would that guy have been bounces around so much?
by DodgersKings323 on Apr 29, 2011 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
did you accidentally a word?
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Apr 29, 2011 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Retires 10 straight batters, 5 via K
Ends his night:
6 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 1 HR, 10 K, 0 BB
by Julio Nievas on Apr 29, 2011 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He is
7 hits, 4 runs in the 2nd inning.
3 hits, 1 run, 8 K in the 5 other innings.
by Julio Nievas on Apr 29, 2011 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I really hate east coast time when it comes to baseball games
And why is cincy on ET anyways?
by Brandon Lennox on Apr 29, 2011 5:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
11 runs, sounds like a fun game you are at
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
No I'm not there tonight
I’m going tomorrow when j Johnson pitches…and it’s Joey vote bobblehead night…which I think is very strange to have a bobblehead day on a Saturday
by Brandon Lennox on Apr 29, 2011 5:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
@baxterholmes Curious quote from #Dodgers trainer Stan Conte on Broxton’s “barky” elbow: “The first thing I heard about his elbow, I read it in the paper”
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Just sayin
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 29, 2011 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Or a horrible, tranferrable elbow eating infection
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha
this is from BaseballHQ
Jonathan Broxton (RHP, LA)
Early result: 4.36 ERA, 1.84 WHIP, 7 BB/8 K in 10 IP
Why it might be worrisome: On the heels of a 2nd-half 2010 meltdown, and with whispers of arm problems growing louder with each outing, there is no shortage of concern surrounding Broxton. The numbers speak for themselves, as does the emergence of previously-unimaginable closer candidate Vicente Padilla pushing for Broxton’s job. Pitch type data shows a clear trend with Broxton as well: unlikely Soria, he is the classic two-pitch power closer, and left/right splits show that it is righties that are increasingly hitting him hard this month. That points to his slider as the pitch that has lost effectiveness for him, and dovetails nicely with the whispers of elbow issues. Unlike with a Soria who has a multitude of pitches and can better adjust his arsenal to match what is working, when a two-pitch guy like Broxton loses effectiveness on one pitch, there isn’t anywhere else to turn. Expect Broxton to get shut down imminently, because he can’t help the team as a one-pitch pitcher.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
@joe_block #Dodgers LHP Hong-Chih Kuo will pitch rehab games today and Sunday at Rancho Cucamonga and be re-evaluated
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yeah, didn’t think they would activate him until he shows he belongs back on the roster
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
That answers the question
If the results of his rehab appearances matter
by Brandon Lennox on Apr 29, 2011 6:02 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Rockies playing the Pirates again, so when does that tough part of the schedule show up?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
true or false
With the simple insertion of IDJ into the line-up, Donnie would have given the “why isn’t he playin?” folks an orgasm via the perfect line-up?
With the simple insertion of Mitchel into the line-up, Donnie would have given the “why isn’t he playin?” folks an orgasm via the perfect line-up
@jillpainter Joe #Torre and Tom Scheiffer, who has been appointed by MLB to oversee financial and bus operations, are talking to #Dodgers players now
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
No
Players are gone ASAP after the game.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 29, 2011 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
After the game
it is shower and meet the press (in either order) and get the hell out. 10:30 P.M. meeting or later wouldn’t fly with anyone.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
heh
maybe just not right before the game then? It just seems like bad timing.
These hands will always be rough
I think nolander is worried about distractions and emotional turmoil having an effect on the players
I think the game starts and this kind of stuff gets awfully quiet for the players
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 29, 2011 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Not super worried mind you
but bugging the guys right before the game with this stuff just seems unprofessional.
These hands will always be rough
That’s when all the meetings are. And it was like an hour before the game, not right before.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 29, 2011 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
After the Game
Its time to rub your dong on the postgame spread.
by EMDarrow on Apr 29, 2011 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
There must be a story behind this comment.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
You don’t know this story? Enjoy.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 30, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that’s wonderful.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on May 1, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
players are like: Check good?
Tom is all: Yeah, checks good.
Players are like: Cool, get us a Lee?
Tom is all: Checks good, lemme see
Players are like: Cool, checks good?
Tom is all: yeah
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 29, 2011 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t it like 6 AM local time for you now. You are a BEAST!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I’ll sleep on the flight home next Friday
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 29, 2011 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t pull that mind fuck shit on Kemp, Torre
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, what’s Joe Torre there for?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 29, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta love this
That Ryan Leaf is even on Twitter.
Awesome pick, to sit and learn behind Tom Brady, what a true blessing!! Go Pats!! RT @PaulPabst: Patriots just took Ryan Mallett
I like that there is someone named Paul Pabst.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
He’s one of the backup dudes on the Dan Patrick Show
by Eric Stephen on Apr 29, 2011 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
translated
“dude gets to get paid and not have to work hard and keep snorting cocaine!? What a gig that is!”
These hands will always be rough
by nolander on Apr 29, 2011 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Aw man. My rum is 1 oz lighter for Casey.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
The Grizzlies are making San Antonio look positively ordinary…unreal.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
From the sun rose in the east today department
@BillShaikin Frank McCourt appeals Judge Gordon’s decision to throw out marital property agreement. #dodgersTo be fair, we all knew he would, this is just reporting that the when is now.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
BREAKING NEWS: Frank McCourt litigates
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Silly Eric
Didn’t you hear? If you want “off-the-field news”, you have to follow Drew McCourt and Steve Soboroff on twitter.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Since Selig’s been ‘ducking’ Frank, I’d love to see Frank crash Selig’s next press conference, Clubber Lang style. And start calling Schieffer “hey woman.”
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:40 PM PDT reply actions
I see Akins has been on a HR tear of late for GL
Would love to see him moved up to Rancho soon. Him and Blake Smith would make one hell of a power-hitting combo at the OF corners….
YES
Yankees Toronto on ESPN India
Spurs on Sony Sports
working, checking blogs, watching sports = home away from home
Is there a way to find out when the last time you modified your profile is?
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:53 PM PDT reply actions
was, whatever tense works for you
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I just went to watch Ethier’s homer vs. FLA on the Dodgers website and it played an Almay mascara commercial before it.
I don’t think they’re doing it right.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 6:55 PM PDT reply actions
I knew that mustache was just a beard.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 29, 2011 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Now that’s funny. I hope it doesn’t get lost in the nput
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 29, 2011 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
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