Marcum? More Like Walked Him: Dodgers Have Audacity To Allow Two Runs, Lose

Furcal/Carroll up the middle.
Blake to 1b.
Keep Uribe at 3b.

If I have to choose between who sits between Uribe/Loney, I’ll pick Loney.

Reuben with Sauerkraut looks tasty

stephen hawking says theres no such thing as heaven

This makes me laugh every time I read it, and it’s true.
What a ridiculous situation.
Where art thou Marcus Thames?
or
Grady Little, please come back?

True, those guys (Miles and Carroll) have actually been hitting and on the surface are not who we could point fingers at at least the past few days.

But both Blake and Furcal also bring some power, too. Carroll and especially Miles are like a Club Med resort: all singles, pure and simple. (No knock on them, JC has been a Godsend as he was last year). But I still think those guys make the lineup more dangerous. Right now pitchers have very few hitters in the lineup to worry about. I agree that having those guys back isn’t a magic cure but I do think they make a difference in how each of the other hitters who will remain in the lineup are pitched to.
And also Carroll will still play, in place of Uribe, Blake and Raffy on various days, but at least that’s a better rotation than the dearth of options they have now.
 

Not that I care about the Indians, but it’s good at least that town has something to celebrate so far this year.

A. Jim Loneys Eeyore act as he hits a 200 ft fly ball with runners on

B. Uribe flexing and preening like Nacho Libre prior to swinging and missing at a beach ball leisurely tossed near the on deck circle by a small child in the stands

C. The mere existence of Dioner Navarro

D. Rod Barajas, a bad, bad hitter, being only the fourth worst hitter in this lineup, thus eliciting false hopes

E. The possibility of never knowing whether Aaron Miles is the long lost son of Booger from Revenge of the Nerds

Fuck you, Jordan Walden. Extras in Oakland.

Is not singing in the rain

How was that not a strike ?

A wild pitch and a chopper to second.

Now that I’m seeing it, I’m a little shocked…

I’m sure there was mention of it in the game chat, but easily the highlight of the game for the Dodgers was Jay Gibbons’ catch of a Rickie Weeks drive. It was more impressive to me than Gomez’ stolen homer. Gibbons also made a nice diving stop of someone else’s little blooper that just bounced. The defense all-around was brilliant. There was even a 1-5-4 force-out.

On a side note, I lucked my way into Dugout Club seats for last night’s game. Wow.