Dodgers Look For Third Straight Win, Facing Padres
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2011 4:06 PM PDT
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Tonight's game features a battle of opening day starters with a 3.21 ERA this season. Hiroki Kuroda, who started on opening day in 2009 for the Dodgers, is 3-2 this season and has averaged roughly 6 2/3 innings per start. Kuroda came within one out of a complete game shutout against these Padres three weeks ago tonight. In his last 20 starts, Kuroda has 17 unintentional walks and 104 strikeouts, a ratio of 6.12 to one. He has a scoreless streak of 16 1/3 innings against the Padres, dating back to last season.
Tim Stauffer, who started opening day for the Padres this season, also has a 3.21 ERA and, like Kuorda, is making his sixth start of the season tonight. However, Stauffer is without a win this season, in part because of poor run support. The Padres have scored five total runs in his five starts during the 28 innings that he has been in the game. Stauffer is 3-2 with a 3.31 ERA in eight games (six starts) against the Dodgers in his career.
Lineups
Jerry Sands is back batting second tonight and, with a right-handed pitcher on the mound, is back playing left field, with James Loney playing first base. Aaron Miles is batting leadoff for the seventh time this season.
Brad Hawpe is batting eighth for the Padres tonight. The only other Padres first baseman since the beginning of 2008 to bat eighth was Oscar Salazar, who hit eighth last June 24. Believe it or not, Adrian Gonzalez batted eighth for the Padres five times, back in May 2006. San Diego first basemen this season (all but one PA from Hawpe and Jorge Cantu) have combined to hit .137/.189/.206 this season. Hawpe, it should be noted, is 7-for-16 with a double and a home run, hitting .438/.412/.688 in his career against Kuroda.
| Padres | Dodgers | |||
| RF | Venable | SS | Miles |
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| SS | Bartlett | LF | Sands | |
| LF | Ludwick | RF | Ethier | |
| 3B | Headley | CF | Kemp | |
| C | Hundley | 3B | Uribe | |
| 2B | Hudson | 1B | Loney | |
| CF | Maybin |
C | Barajas | |
| 1B | Hawpe |
2B | Carroll | |
| P | Stauffer |
P | Kuroda |
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Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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Hawpe, it should be noted, is 7-for-16 with a double and a home run, hitting .438/.412/.688 in his career against Kuroda
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But apparently that was a different Hawpe. One who was capable of hitting.
Hawpe
Hawpe will remember how to hit against us like he always does before going back to the vortex of suck that will claim his career by the end of the season.
Not to start that debate up again, but Santana hit another home run today and that makes me a sad non kung fu panda.
Zach lee going today. Any idea what time the game is?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I'm on my phone
It would take longer on my phone to check that plus I figured I wasn’t the only one interested in his start. Thank you for the info though
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Am I the only one left who thinks Frank McCourt will still be the Dodger owner 12 months from now? I just think in the end that MLB will not have the stones to stand in the way of the litigation that Frank is going to throw at them. They will save face by the receiver saying everything looks fine, approve the Fox deal and move on. JMO
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Not
sure, but I would be surprised if we don’t know something in the next month or so. Can’t see them carrying on this arrangement indefinitely (I find the talk about mid-season approval premature unless they think Frank will be in the process of selling and they need to be some type of holding company until the sale is done in the off-season)
Yes, I expect this circus to be over in 45 days with the receiver back in Texas.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
He’s also not a financial wizard so unless he brought one with him, he’s not going to understand jack shit of what Frank is doing.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Schieffer is country Rob Lowe, and I’m sure he has an Adam Scott with him.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2011 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I am sure MLB has forensic accountants up the ying yang to get on this
easier to take apart the house of cards than to be the mastermind with the creativity to build it
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 30, 2011 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Selig may be a maroon, but I’m guessing MLB’s lawyers are competent. I can’t believe Bud moved in the first place unless the outcome was pretty much known beforehand. The final key is getting into the payroll and tax records.
Let the Bison roam.
by Little Blue Bicycle on Apr 30, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if he is still the Dodgers owner 12 months from now, his divorce with Jamie is still a noose around his neck. He can claim all he wants that the proceeds from his part time ownership of Prime Ticket (which hasn’t happened yet, and may never happen) can pay for the settlement, but Jamie McCourt doesn’t seem like the type to just go quietly into the night. If she was, she would have done so already.
As much of a ball buster Frank McCourt is, Jamie is as much or more.
If Frank can find the finding for anything
its suing someone. Its what he does.
This is something that's bothered me
I keep hearing that suing “is what Frank does”. How do we know this? Maybe I’ve just not paid attention, but where else did Frank sue to get anything? Was that his MO in Boston? I don’t recall him suing anyone in LA.
Or am I just being dense?
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
He has a reputation and I’m sure when I’ve read up on him, I’ve seen the details but I can’t describe them for you right now.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I think the
parking lots in Boston had a lot of litigation around them.
I think the difference is that McCourt is not in the end going to think of MLB, the Dodgers or his family is his pursuit in what he believes is being taken from him until he decides to let go.
Here's the story of what Frank did in the early 90s for an entertainment property in Baltimore. Long story, but good read
I was pulled aside one day by the controller, a personal friend who had originally called me in Ohio to tell me about the job. He was ashen. He told me he had just finished a meeting with the McCourts and their financial people, and that the project was doomed.
I asked how he could know that, when we hadn’t even yet opened the doors (the delayed opening, which had finally been settled when we informed Frank that he could not open the facility without the diner, since the liquor laws were going to require the eatery for us to get our license, was still about a month away)…and he said “for us to make this work, everything’s going to have to be perfect. We’re going to have to turn a profit within six months, and we told Frank that this was unrealistic, that our people projected it would take 12 to 18 months. This place has to be a cash cow right off the bat, because the debt load is huge. I’d never seen those numbers before, I’d only seen Opryland’s numbers. I swear that if I had seen McCourt’s, I’d have never called you to fly in here for that interview.”
Kind of a similar parallel with the Dodgers. They can make a lot of money for Frank, just never enough for him.
Might be time to stop harping on how bad Miles has been in the past and just focus on what he’d doing for the team. OB of .360 in his the last week, maybe we should skip the complaining until he sucks again. Maybe Carroll gave him a shot of what got into him last year or maybe the ravine is simply a place old lousy middle infielders can get a second wind.
Either way I’m off the Miles whining bandwagon until he sucks. Some of you will throw at me his season numbers, but I only care what he’s doing now, and right now he’s getting on base.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Yeah after a 3 hit night I can’t bitch. Not like he wore the collar last night and got moved up. Besides, with Furcal and Blake on the DL we’re pretty well and fucked when it comes to infield depth.
.274/.308/.339
.206/.241/.245
One of those lines belongs to our 6th infielder that we have to play due to injuries. The other belongs to our starting 1B. Miles is the least of our problems and probably actually qualifies as pleasant surprise. He’s hitting like a 6th infielder, not his fault he’s been pressed into starters duties
That's kinda what I've been saying. He may be a guy with a crummy career line but
he’s been undeniably good for LA so far, at a time when they desperately needed some IF help. Don’t know how or why but I’ll take it. The little sparkplug i.e. Pug has been surprisingly good. let’s enjoy it while it lasts!
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 still think he sucks, but I tend not to complain much anyway
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 30, 2011 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Carlos Santana’s walk off last night was Finleyish in that the sacks were loaded, but with one out he simply needed a fly ball not a home run.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
What a selfish stat padding dick, glad we traded him
by Mike Dennis on Apr 30, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not taking anything away, just love the two out grand slam compared to the one out grand slam when you only need a run. You may not be aware but the Guitar is my favorite player so when I saw he had broken out of his slump with the walk off grand slam I had hoped it was something awesome.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Yup
he was starting to worry me, only thing he seemed to be doing for a while was taking a walk yet they kept him in the four hole the whole time.
The whole Indians with best record is mind boggling with that rotation, that bullpen, and Choo / Santana not exactly performing up to par.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Acta
He’s a believer in sabermetric theories, so he likely stuck with who he thought had the highest true talent level that would show over the long haul.
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2011 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this quote is hilarious since everything that has gone on in the past two months.
Frank McCourt claims sole ownership of the team. His attorney, Marshall Grossman, said player payroll would not be a problem.
"The players play for the Dodgers and get paid by the Dodgers," Grossman said. "Frank doesn’t meet the payroll out of his own bank account any more than any other shareholder of any other company does."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-mccourts26-2009nov26,0,5129011.story
both true and ridiculous at the same time
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 30, 2011 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Mr. Eric Stephen
Can we presume that the Dodgers, MLB, MLBPA and Gibbons all agreed that it was all right for him to continue on his rehab assignment?
little fanpost on how much I appreciated the catch last night
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I had a 3rd reaction – Screen Saver!
<<INSERT PHOTO OF GWYNN MAKING CATCH WHICH I COULDN’T FIND>>
bummer
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 30, 2011 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You didn’t appreciate it as much as Broxton did. Gwynn got himself a nice dinner on Broxton’s dime with that play.
haha i was wondering if that was the full story there. That would be nice!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If you’re Aaron Miles, I think you have to demand to Ned an immediate 4 year, $25 million contract, or you’re walking at the end of the season.
Ned would only do that if he had to give up minor league talent, we’re safe now that miles is on the team
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 30, 2011 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
and a slash of cold water hits our faces
Some days I liked it better when I was ignorant
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 30, 2011 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Whats the FIP on Lee?
Hes pitching great, but wouldn’t be surprised to see it in the high 2, low 3 range
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 30, 2011 7:06 PM PDT reply actions
Ryan Ludwick, 3rd place hitter.
your San Diego Padres.
Well, their Padres.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Awesome to see lee kicking ass still. I said this two weeks ago, but I expect struggles, but I wonder if he keeps it up how long till he gets promoted, and I’d assume it’s to AA when he does. Probly august if at all, but does he get shut down if he gets a lot of innings?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
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