Could See History Tonight In San Diego
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 4:56 PM PDT
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The Matt Kemp Triple Crown Show moves to Petco Park this weekend as the Dodgers open a three-game series with the Padres in San Diego. But on Friday we might see history of a different kind.
Eugenio Velez is starting tonight's game, batting eighth and playing second base. Velez this season has no hits in 33 at-bats. Zero hits. Dating back to last year, Velez is hitless in his last 42 at-bats.
The record for most consecutive at-bats without a hit by a position player is 45, held jointly by Bill Bergen (in 1909 with the Brooklyn Dodgers) and Craig Counsell (earlier this season with the Milwaukee Brewers). In addition, the record for most at-bats in a season without a hit, by a position player, is 35, by Hal Finney, a catcher for the 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates.
Velez has started six previous games this season, and has reached four at-bats only once, and had three at-bats three other times. It is conceivable that Velez could tie or break the Bergen/Counsell record tonight. Or, he could get a hit. Either way, we see history.
Lineups
| Dodgers | Padres | |||
| SS | Gordon | CF | Maybin | |
| 3B | Sellers | SS | Bartlett | |
| CF | Kemp | RF | Denorfia | |
| RF | Sands | C | Hundley | |
| LF | Oeltjen | 2B | Hudson | |
| 1B | Mitchell | LF | Cunningham | |
| C | Federowicz | 1B | Gonzalez | |
| 2B | Velez | 3B | Parrino | |
| P | Lilly | P | LeBlanc | |
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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There are only two active players who were alive when a hitter last hit for the triple crown according to Jayson Stark.
It’s been so long now since anyone won a Triple Crown in this sport that we’re down to only two only active players who were even alive the last time somebody (i.e., Carl Yastrzemski) won it. They would be Omar Vizquel and Tim Wakefield, of course. (You were expecting maybe Starlin Castro?)
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You history majors will know that Yaz won in 1967. But wait. This gets even more stupendous. That’s because Matt Kemp was making his ferocious Triple Crown run in the National League the last time we checked. And nobody has won a Triple Crown in the NL since … (cue the percussion section) … Joe Medwick, in … (bass drums only, please) … 1937.
Looks like only Kelly was around the last time a NL player did it.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
This is the sort of witty word play that leads to nicknames like “Ducky.”
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
my sister was Ducky for the 80s party
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
For Kelly, an 80s party means dressing up like people younger than him, in their 80s.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow…that comment in the last thread about me hanging around you and Greg just to look good really got to you, eh?
by KellyStephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha, I just really enjoy the Kelly is old meme.
It’s my second-favorite brother annoyance commenting feature here, just behind disparaging Ben Roethlisberger.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He flips you both the bird with both middle fingers having
Super Bowl rings on them
by Greg Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I was about 2 months old and cute as a button
or so I am told
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
All I ask of tonight is four Matt Kemp home runs and Eugenio going 0-for-four. I’m a reasonable guy.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 23, 2011 5:04 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
What, you want the suspense to be over so quick, Humma :)?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Sep 23, 2011 5:06 PM PDT reply actions
Velez is on a hot streak
He reached base via a walk in his last AB
and
scored a run.
Let’s go Velez, we are on the band wagon tonight!
Question, does it count as winning the triple crown if you finish tied for first in any of the offensive categories?
Cool
Ole Ducky is about to get all famous again.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
For instance
In 1967, the last triple crown was achieved by Yaz, who tied Harmon Killebrew with 44 home runs.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
and hit something like .301 I believe
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Holy shit
Just caught up on the dead thread.
MLB threatening to suspend the Dodgers? That is big balls, indeed.
My question is… is Bud Selig overplaying a hand here? I mean, if the bankruptcy court has the power to rip up the Fox deal and allow the Dodgers to seek a new TV contract, couldn’t they also tell MLB to STFU?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
I’d think so, but MLB is saying no matter what MLB does once Frank leaves the confines of Chap 11. he’s going to take away the team. This seems headed for another court case as Frank sues MLB for taking away his team, Fox sues MLB because they lost the contract, the main vendor sues the Dodgers for reneging on promised attendance, the Dodgers sue the vendor for not having any product to sell, and on and on and on
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
In other words, we are still very much in “this is gonna get worse before it gets better” territory.
Frank’s got trouble, and he doesn’t know the territory.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 23, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
No one may know the territory better then Frank.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Sorry, I may ruined the joke with phacts. I’m still learning
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Humma’s Second Law
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 23, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Professor Harold Hill thought he knew the territory, too, and look where he ended up.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 23, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It starts with T and that rhymes with P and that stands for Pool
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
or something like that
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
The idle brain is the devil’s playground.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 23, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The devil’s brain is Eric Idle’s playground
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
being Dave
best thing about this movie….
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A young Sarah Polley was cute in that one too (not cute in the same pervy way as Uma of course)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Since I was way, way off on many predictions
I will post this one since I was really close :)
In the player profile before the season about Rod Barajas, I guessed this:
I think Barajas makes 86 starts at catcher, and hits .239/.281/.423 with 16 home runs in 327 PA
With six games left (Barajas is not starting tonight), Barajas is at .231/.288/.427 with 15 home runs in 325 PA, and 82 starts at catcher.
Blind squirrel, nut, etc.
I'd be very interested to see the Kemp predictions and if anyone came close
I remember saying something like .275/.335/515. Yeah, pretty close, lmao.
Silverwidow had the highest slugging guess (.263/.337/.565) and picked 38 home runs.
Hollywood Joe said .280/.350/.550.
Lots of 30/30 guesses. Dodgerblue8188 was short and to the point:
.294 34 HR 40 steals. Top 5 in MVP voting
Much better than my prediction that Javy Guerra would get removed from the 40-man roster to make room for some opening day moves.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The Pomeranian being house trained
by the Astro’s. First six hitters have all reached base. Meanwhile Alex White looks like Aaron Cook, so not much happening there.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Yeah, seems stupid to make fun of your rival like that in public but G Scott thinks it is good to show a bluff once in a while so that next time they might think you are bluffing when you have a full house. Or something like that.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I know that you know that I know that you know that I know that you know that I might be full of shit
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
or
muthfakers be wary, I compete in my sleep, the field is expansive and contains the universe, you are there I am here, our fight is everywhere
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
or
excuse me while I blow myself because I want everyone to think me clever because my wife clearly doesn’t
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
they won't think that the yanks are serious about signing pujols
then next thing they know they are being ground to dust by pujols wearing pinstripes.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I assume this isn't an accidental pants-tweet from Peter Gammons
RT @pgammo: How can Matt Kemp not be the MVP? To his credit, he’s never zinged backtrashers from last year.
…backtrashers?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Kemp got a poor massage recommendation in 2010
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Pete is saying Matt took his shots with class and let his play talk for him
or he is drunk again
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
"Who moved these backtrash cans!"
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Larry Bowa
We are watching you!
BACKTRASHER
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 23, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
fucking nostalgia
/callback!
I really am channeling Dave
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 23, 2011 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Sands
I’ve just got here, and am skimming. Has anyone mentioned that Sands is batting cleanup today? Never mind ahead of Miles – there’s no Miles.
He's the beat writer
writes for San Jose Mercury News
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Traffic nightmare news
POTUS will be visiting the west Hollywood area on the 26th during the evening 4:30 at House o’ blues and 6:00 at the Fig and Olive. This will cause major street shut downs in the West Hollywood areas
Dang
First bits of satellite debris lands in Yankee Stadium Parking lot
The game has been postponed to Sunday, so no one was injured.
Yikes!
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’m not going.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
what I would appreciate is if you answered my fucking phone calls
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
then get on gchat
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
don’t worry, sweet cheeks, we have a safe word
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
grapefruit
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
Caught it, liked parts of it. Definitely worth a second watch.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Swordfish!
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Twitter DM that mofo :-P
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
haha
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
thing was, he was one more time away from mentioning it and it being hilariously funny
just one more time and it would have killed
You and your Rick Roll-Bowling Scheme
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
You can use this for the next one:
“G. Scott victim of foul play; police indicate apes from recent ‘Planet of the Apes’ movie are mammals of interest”.
Thankfully, I didn’t click on your link.
Oh, and instead of driving way the fuck out to your bowling event I just called the lanes. You may want to check out the insides of your shoes before you put your feet into them.
by KellyStephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh. Figures.
Color me “not surprised”.
by KellyStephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve decided that to be good at bowling, you have to give up certain things in life. For GScott, it was the ability to be funny. Sure, he can bowl 190 now, but.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
by Maddz on Sep 23, 2011 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OT: For your friday evening timewasting, a bunch of comics and actors have tried Larry King impressions
on the Kevin Pollak chat show over time, to varying degrees of success. The are all collected on YouTube via KPCS. The best one yet, Dana Gould: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnbWv2YrTFI
But many other good ones, linked on the right side of the different ones.
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 saving that for when I listen to Gould’s full interview. Has been saved for a bit.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Any word on if Kuroda will be back next year?
If not are there any good free agent pitchers?
oh really?
pitchers Erik Bedard (33) Mark Buehrle (33) Chris Capuano (33) Bruce Chen (35) Bartolo Colon (39) Aaron Cook (33) – $11MM mutual option with a $500K buyout Kyle Davies (28) Doug Davis (36) Ryan Dempster (35) – $14MM player option, no buyout Zach Duke (29) – $5.5MM club option with a $750K buyout Jeff Francis (30) Freddy Garcia (36) Jon Garland (32) – $8MM club option with a $500K buyout Aaron Harang (34) – $5MM mutual option with a $500K buyout Rich Harden (30) Livan Hernandez (37) Hisashi Iwakuma (31) Edwin Jackson (28) Kenshin Kawakami (37) Scott Kazmir (28) – $13.5MM club option with a $2.5MM buyout Hiroki Kuroda (37) Rodrigo Lopez (36) Paul Maholm (30) – $9.75MM club option with a $750K buyout Jason Marquis (33) Kevin Millwood (37) Sergio Mitre (31) Roy Oswalt (34) – $16MM mutual option with a $2MM buyout Brad Penny (34) Oliver Perez (30) Joel Pineiro (33) C.C. Sabathia (31) – may opt out of remaining four years, $92MM Javier Vazquez (35) Tsuyoshi Wada (31) Adam Wainwright (30) – $10MM vesting option for ’12, $12MM for ’13 Tim Wakefield (45) Chien-Ming Wang (32) Brandon Webb (33) Dontrelle Willis (30) C.J. Wilson (31) Chris Young (33)
Closers Heath Bell (34) Jonathan Broxton (28) Matt Capps (28) Francisco Cordero (37) – $12MM club option with a $1MM buyout Frank Francisco (32) Brad Lidge (35) – $12.5MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Joe Nathan (37) – $12.5MM club option with a $2MM buyout Jonathan Papelbon (31) Jon Rauch (33) – $3.75MM club option with a $250K buyout Francisco Rodriguez (30) Rafael Soriano (32) – $11MM player option or a $1.5MM buyout Jose Valverde (34) – $9MM club option, no buyout
Right-handed relievers Luis Ayala (34) Danys Baez (34) Miguel Batista (41) Shawn Camp (36) Todd Coffey (31) Juan Cruz (31) Octavio Dotel (38) – $3.75MM club option with a $750K buyout Chad Durbin (34) Kyle Farnsworth (36) – $3.3MM club option with a $650K buyout Jason Frasor (34) – $3.75MM club option LaTroy Hawkins (37) Aaron Heilman (33) Ryota Igarashi (33) Jason Isringhausen (39) Scott Linebrink (35) Mike MacDougal (35) Ryan Madson (31) Guillermo Mota (38) Ramon Ortiz (39) Micah Owings (29) Vicente Padilla (34) Joel Peralta (36) Chad Qualls (33) – $6MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Jon Rauch (33) – $3.75MM club option with a $250K buyout Fernando Rodney (35) Takashi Saito (42) Yoshinori Tateyama (36) – $1MM club option Dan Wheeler (34) – $3MM club option with no buyout; vests with 65 appearances in 2011 Kerry Wood (35) Jamey Wright (37) Michael Wuertz (33) – $3.25MM club option with a $250K buyout Joel Zumaya (27)
Left-handed relievers Jeremy Affeldt (33) – $5MM club option with a $500K buyout Mike Gonzalez (34) John Grabow (33) Javier Lopez (34) Damaso Marte (37) – $4MM club option with a $250K buyout Hideki Okajima (36) – can opt for free agency Darren Oliver (41) Arthur Rhodes (41) – $4MM club option with a $200K buyout; vests with 62 appearances J.C. Romero (36) George Sherrill (35) Brian Tallet
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
YOU DID THAT ON YOUR PHONE?
Respect.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
Julio, are you around tomorrow during USC game?
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, even so, I wouldn’t be able to do that on my phone. I’d lose interest.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
send it to gscott's phone first.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
the real question is, out of those, who if any would you want on the dodgers?
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:24 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
of that group, I think CJ Wilson is the only name I like.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
Should we maybe bring back EJax as a bargain solution? Getting CJ would be nice, yeah. Kershaw, CJ, bills, kuroda would be scary. Esp..with EJax as 5th starter.
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, that guy totally sucks. I wouldn’t want his stinking badge attached to my MLB at bat
I'm goofy
What about an email campaign?
If we all send emails to the Dodgers (ATTN: Hiroki Kuroda), expressing our sincere thanks for his wonderful performance for the team, and asking him to consider coming back for one last season (and a trip to the playoffs!) Would that be too pushy?
Reyes .32948
Braun .32847
Kemp .32639
A 2 for 4 gets Kemp up to .32759
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
SLG leaders
1) Braun .582117
2) Kemp .581597
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Kemp now leads in SLG
.581056 for Braun now (0 for 3)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Wondering if this is true. And if so, that's... a lot. A lot of fucked.
EricFisherSBJ Eric Fisher
Current debt total for the #Dodgers, says MLB, is now about $500 million. A half bill. The meter keeps running….
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Maybe that includes an already-negotiated 7-year contract extension for Matt Kemp. :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Or, conversely, maybe it includes a 40 million, 10 year, unannounced extension for ned colletti
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Or just leasing 4 small 28 room houses
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Or as frank says, low income housing.
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Now, now, let's not get all unnecessarily spendy here.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Frank McCourt = Brilliant Business Skills in Action
The question is, who is the debt to? He’s got so many disparate dummy corps and parent corps who knows who actually holds the real debt. Its more f-ed up than the Sheinhardt Wig Company
WHAMMY!
I know what you're saying,
but I do like Braun. Wish he was on the Dodgers
by Greg Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with that. He’s from socal, ffs.
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
He's good on The Office, too.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
braun:
Not even the mvp on his own team.
by lnickerson88 on Sep 23, 2011 6:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep, that's not from last night
Last night’s was off of Zito
by Greg Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
In between the Ralphs
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
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