Dodgers Turn Page To New Chapter, Find Lots Of Scoring
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 8:36 PM PDT
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PrintFive years ago, the Dodgers made a trip to Minnesota, and got annihilated in a three-game sweep at the Metrodome. They scored seven total runs and had 17 total hits in those three games, and tonight they blew that all out of the water. In their first ever visit to Target Field, the Dodgers bludgeoned the Twins 15-0 in a 25-hit attack.
On a dark day off the field, everything went right for the Dodgers on the field tonight:
- The 15-0 margin was tied for the second-most lopsided shutout since 1919. The Dodgers shutout the Padres 19-0 on June 28, 1969. The other 15-0 game was at Ebbets Field against the Phillies on August 16, 1952.
- The last time the Dodgers had a margin of victory this large was September 2, 2002, a 19-1 win in Arizona that featured Mark Grace pitching, and giving up the first career home run by David Ross.
- The Dodgers had 10 different people with an RBI for the first time since September 2, 2002.
- The Dodgers had nine different people with two or more hits (after Andre Ethier's reach on an error in the fourth inning was changed to a hit), the most since May 19, 2006.
- Tony Gwynn Jr., Matt Kemp, and Trent Oeltjen all had four hits, the only time since 1919 (the first year of available game logs on Baseball-Reference.com) that all three Dodgers outfielders had at least four hits in the same game.
- Oeltjen needed a double for the cycle in the ninth inning, but settled for a single, though he made a hard turn toward second base before pulling up and smiling toward the dugout
- Kemp blasted his league-leading 22nd home run, a 444-foot shot in the seventh inning
- For the first time in LA Dodgers history, every member of the starting lineup had at least one hit, one run, and one RBI
- The 25 hits by the Dodgers were the most since they had 25 safeties against the Angels on May 19, 2006.
- The Dodgers also had 19 singles tonight, the most since hitting 19 singles in that 2006 game against the Angels.
- The Dodgers scored 34 runs during their 12-game homestand. They have scored 36 runs in their last three road games.
- At Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers are averaging 2.98 runs per game and are hitting .239/.297/.337
- On the road this season, the Dodgers average 4.97 runs per game and are hitting .282/.349/.418
- Chad Billingsley pitched six shutout innings for his second straight win
- Dodger relievers Blake Hawksworth, Hong-Chih Kuo, and Scott Elbert struck out seven of the 10 batters they faced. The only Twin to reach base off the pen was Ben Revere, who reached on a fielding error by Dee Gordon in the ninth.
Ted Lilly gets the call Tuesday -- in a night game, huzzah! -- against Brian Duensing, in a battle of southpaws in the second game of the series.
WP - Chad Billingsley (7-6): 6 IP, 4 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts
LP - Nick Blackburn (6-6): 4 1/3 IP, 13 hits, 8 runs (7 earned), 1 walk, 1 strikeout
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The Bison
He is strong.
And that bald fucker didn’t even see it. Prick.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Reposts everywhere
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 27, 2011 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but
Ted Lilly gets the call Tuesday — in a night game, huzzah!
We’re just a few days removed from the summer solstice and Minneapolis is pretty far north. There will be plenty of daylight for awhile into the game.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
cursed daystar
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
“At Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers are averaging 2.98 runs per game and are hitting .239/.297/.337
On the road this season, the Dodgers average 4.97 runs per game and are hitting .282/.349/.418”
0.o
If it is, we’re gonna have a park factor of like 60.
by dodgerpreacher on Jun 27, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta factor in the other teams too
Dodger opponents:
at Dodger Stadium: .252/.317/.383, 4.16 runs per game
Dodgers on road: .265/.335/.414, 4.32 runs per game
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew a Rodrigo when I was a kid
A friend’s grandfather. He went by Rigo though, not Rod.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
had one in my class
we called him Gigo. GEE-GO
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
S.Carolina beats Florida
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
Maybe this win is the win that motivates the team.
"you owe it to yourself to be the best in baseball and in life" Pete rose.
F the jets, bills, patriots and cryboys...and sooners, but go phins, longhorns, dodgers and stanford!
Driver of the ryan williams go-kart.
by dolger14 on Jun 27, 2011 8:51 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
he’s yesterday news, now it is all about Baldwins and Sanchez’s
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I’m trying to be sympathetic to IVDown.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Lol. Thank you. Baseball has helped very much today
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I have room in my heart
for all
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Room in there for a certain Dr.?
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 11:14 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Or how about a Pibb?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
they both had their chances
they let me down…..
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 6:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I got three of picks in one game – Kemp, Aussie, and Blake. Now need Uribe and Andre to do some damage.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Fangraphs Win expectancy graph
Twins flatline early, lose.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
If you guys aren't busy shaving with your Gillettes or downing your Chivas
You will love the next ad campaign, simply titled Head & Shoulders Hats Off Moments.
Dodger pitching tonight
9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 11 K. Did Kershaw get another shutout? ;-)
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Over the last 7 games
63 IP, 16 BB, 70 K
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice
but the W-L is 4-3? Pitchers don’t know how to win.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I could have went back one more game (a shutout) to make it 5-3, but was focusing on the strikeouts
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
reportedly
he’d need some kind of compensation to waive his NTC. Whatever that means
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still in awe of the three outfielders each collecting four hits. That is insane. Even more insane when Andre was not one of them.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Also factor in that Andre was the only starter without two hits, and he had that one ROE that Steve Lyons wouldn’t stop clamoring to be scored a hit.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
and now Ethier has a hit. Official scorer changed the call.
Pussy.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
it was the only way
Lyons would keep his pants on
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Ethier looked pretty pissed leaving the plate after his last PA (out). I kept thinking he was going to say something, like Kemp yesterday, but held off. Then he was replaced. I couldn’t figure what he was pissed about though, unless he was mad at himself. He took a couple of big swings that didn’t connect.
Looked like Chad had nice bounceback from his bounceback game.
G Scott will tell us all about it.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Legal guy on ESPN said
McCourt. Is. Out.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:03 PM PDT reply actions
I thought Schieffer leaving was a telling sign?
by Julio Nievas on Jun 27, 2011 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He did his work today from a private office.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah… Read it again, was mistaken. Thanks.
by Julio Nievas on Jun 27, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
So he basically thinks the BK judge isn’t going to approve McCourt?
by Julio Nievas on Jun 27, 2011 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
he said
that all the BK court cares about is making sure the creditors get paid, and he feels MLB is in a better position to make sure that happens.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
According to the fangraphs box score
Casey Blake went 3-6 with 1 HR and had -0.027 (minus!) Win Probability Added !
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Flipping through the channels
They’re doing a 30 for 30 on a 1982 Little League World Series team from Kirkland, WA.
This is significant…why?
Getting snacks for the team caused the invention of Costco.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jun 27, 2011 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I have read the synopsis twice, and I still can’t figure out why I should care.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
no American team had won a true international Little League World Series Championship in more than a decade.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I saw that sentence, then got excited as I was reading until the “in more than a decade” part. Meh.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW…got the DVD set for Father’s Day. We can watch some this weekend.
by KellyStephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking about putting up a sidebar…
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I keep thinking
it can’t last, but here we are, almost 1/2 way through the season…..
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Me too, but then I watch his at bats. He’s just locked in and he’s been this way the entire season and doesnt show any signs of stopping. The dude is just a beast.
by UCLADodger32 on Jun 27, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
he's focused
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
2nd/3rd/1st/1st in those categories.
Boss.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yet he's still 4th in NL OF balloting...
what a crock of fucking shit.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Jun 27, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
i used all my emails
and my dad’s.
Like Eric said though, he’ll most likely start the game
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Still like to see him voted in though
but most fans just aren’t that smart.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Jun 27, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
In the early voting
Braun, Berkman, Holliday were legitimately good choices ahead of Kemp. Not any more.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Braun is still deserving, but not the other two
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Jun 27, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
All-Star game voting always ignores the previous year’s second half.
Look at Fangraphs, you can go back one calendar year. Not the exact time of the ASG in 2010, but close enough (this is before tonight):
Holliday: .322/.412/.555, .413 wOBA, 162 wRC+, 7.0 WAR
Kemp: .283/.361/.530, .385 wOBA, 145 wRC+, 4.5 WAR
Kemp gets killed on the fielding metric on Fangraphs, which accounts for a lot of the WAR difference (Kemp has 76 more PA, 12.8% more than Holliday), but even discounting that Holliday over Kemp is at the very least a defensible pick.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That said, I would vote Kemp over Holliday if I only had one vote. Fuck that guy.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
235th most likely score
Today’s 15-0 trouncing was the 235th most likely score in today’s simulation. Out of 100,000 simulations, it occurred 10 times. Probably better odds than McCourt keeping the team.
by Xeifrank on Jun 27, 2011 9:32 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Too bad the Dodgers face a lefty tomorrow. It’ll be hard to put tonight’s lineup back out there.
Tough lineup choices for tomorrow. Maybe the Beard in left? Loney, Miles, Carroll, Uribe infield? Blake, Kemp, Ethier outfield? Start Gwynn and Gordon regardless? Interesting choices for tomorrow.
If Thames can DH he’ll do that.
I think Carroll and Miles start
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Jordon Walden
just blew another save
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:41 PM PDT reply actions
like to hit a fastball for a game tying HR?
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 27, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Danny Espinoza
sure does
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Local kid…my uncle’s at the game because my aunt works w/his mom…supposed to be a good kid.
by KellyStephen on Jun 27, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
he's really breaking out for them
has 15 homeruns
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to ask if that was tonight or not. I knew they were going at some point this series. Very cool
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
per Elias:
Danny Espinosa of the Nationals hit his 15th HR, the most all-time by a rookie second baseman before the All-Star break.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 27, 2011 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
eyewitneaa report
It waw fucking crushed. Maybe dont pull santana when he has thrown 92 next time.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
by nolander on Jun 27, 2011 9:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
After Sunday's game
Maybe Scioscia thought he needed to get Walden right back up on that horse that threw him. Oops.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
defense not helping
Maicer bobbled a ball that let the go ahead guy to first, now on second from the sac bunt
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
makes up for it with a nice catch in shallow center
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
by nolander on Jun 27, 2011 10:02 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
i meam right
Ground rule doubles are stupid
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
by nolander on Jun 27, 2011 10:08 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Angels win
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Jerry will end it
with a HR
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
d'oh!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 27, 2011 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It is a lot easier to laugh at this
when you are on the other side.
Twinkie Town: http://www.twinkietown.com/2011/6/28/2247891/twins-drop-heartbreaker-15-0-to-dodgers
by mattpeters on Jun 27, 2011 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
That was hilarious
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jun 27, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jun 27, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
this is hilarious for so many reasons
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Let me try and find as many as possible:
1. Gwynn’s face
2. Oeltjen’s face
3. Blake not knowing how to correctly perform the celebratory outfield jump-and-bump and being left to the side.
4. Blake being in the outfield in the first place
Did i get them all?
by Taylor Maricle on Jun 27, 2011 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
those are the ones that immediatly come to mind
that and it reminding me of us kicking the crap out of the twinkies tonight
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
5. It looks like Oetljen and Gwynn are freak dancing
by Taylor Maricle on Jun 27, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
6. And Blake managed to slip in an arm between them.
I think the rest of #6 is R-rated. Lol.
by Taylor Maricle on Jun 27, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
there appears to be a fairly large sale on jerseys on the mlb shop right now
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
replica for 80
http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3867411&cp=11813134.11813149
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
that's the Chapter 11 jersey posted earlier
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
no authentic only replica
I do want an authentic one, but probably not for 90 bucks more…
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
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