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Anonymous
Good morning, John.
Anonymous
Good morning to you too. You mentioned last post you were in my neck of the woods, where abouts are you?
Anonymous
A bit north of you in Jakarta.
Anonymous
I’ll wave from my window!!
KT
Dodgers lineup:
Crawford LF
Punto 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
A Ellis C
Schumaker 2B
Gordon SS
Greinke P #Whiff
KT
Come on Matty start it off
KT
Good hit Matty
KT
Let’s go Dre
Linkmeister
No Prime Ticket today either? Man, I can’t wait for that new TV deal to kick in!
KT
me too
Anonymous
Let’s make the most of this opportunity
KT
Your turn AJ…time to drive them in
Anonymous
Ugh. I’m off to vote. No more runs for the Brewers, okay?
Anonymous
Good thought, but the Dodgers still have to score 2 to win it!
Anonymous
Those two half-innings sum up the year so far, huh? Hurting self with a 2-out walk . . . then not helping self at all.
Linkmeister
First and second, none out, and fail to score. Yep, encapsulates the Dodgers’ offense all year. What a hot mess (and not in the Jack-in-the-Box Good Way).
Anonymous
Encapsulates. Exactly right.
Anonymous
Bob, I couldn’t have summed it up any better !?!
Anonymous
I wasn’t aware of this, but perhaps some of you were already. From the L.A. Times: “Greinke, who spent a season and half with the Brewers, has never lost at Miller Park. He is 15-0 with a 2.89 ERA in 24 games at Miller, and the team 23-1 in those starts.”
Anonymous
Gotta like Zack’s hustle to make that happen.
Anonymous
Okay — no more deja vu! Let’s get some runs!!!!
Anonymous
Surely this time!
Anonymous
What can I say? — it’s the ’13 Dodgers . . . and don’t call me Shirley.
Anonymous
Department of Damaging Statistics:
Dodgers are 13th in the National League in RISP at .223. (Cards are first at .332, Brewers at .254).
Dodgers are last in the NL (and the majors) in batting with the bases loaded at .129. Braves lead the league at .448; Brewers are at .300
Anonymous
So this is what the Brewers wanted?
Make ’em pay, Matt!!!!
Anonymous
Let’s see what Kemp can do against a pitcher with an ERA of over 6.
Anonymous
Make him look like an All Star. Unfortunately, that’s the one thing this offense has been able to do all year.
Anonymous
I wonder if the difference between Punto sacrificing and AJ not last time, is they are trying to avoid any possible collision at home for Grienke for a possible single?
Anonymous
Rick Monday brought that up . . . and I’m wondering if he would risk going on a passed ball/WP. It’s not worth it.
KT
Come on Matty
Anonymous
Let Zack walk in — c’mon, Bison!
Anonymous
(sigh)
KT
swung at a bad pitch
Anonymous
This can’t be blamed on Donnie.
Linkmeister
Logically, no. For sports columnists, of course it can. He should “light a fire” under them. He should “have a team meeting.” He should “motivate” them.
Anonymous
I know what you mean.
But I’m just listening to it, and it sure sounded like Zack had a fire under him when he beat it out.
Anonymous
What is happening at home plate is not Mattingly’s fault. But sometimes, certainly not always, the replacement of the manager helps a team move in a positive direction. I expect that unless this team turns things around in a hurry, Mattingly will pay the price.
Anonymous
I agree that his job is in danger. I think the offense is to blame for the recent meltdowns on defense (how can you not be thinking about shortcomings at the plate when you’re in the field?) and with the bullpen (how can they expect to be perfect when — as Jon posited a few posts ago — they are by definition nowhere near perfect to begin with?).
Anonymous
(double sigh) At least I don’t have the extra frustration of actually watching it!
Linkmeister
So much for Matt and André coming out of their year-long slumps. 16 RBI all year for Matt and 15 RBI all year for Ethier. How frustrating.
Anonymous
Besides the much ado about nothing, I hope being out there so long this doesn’t affect Zack’s pitching.
He sure did his part on offense.
Anonymous
Our ineptitude with men in scoring position seems to have no bounds. Already, in just three innings, we are 0-for-5 with RISP and 0-for-2 with the bases loaded. But, there are still six innings remaining. Maybe, just maybe, things will turn around today.
Anonymous
I like to think of myself as an optimist — but isn’t that the definition of insanity, repeating the same thing and expecting different results?
It’s certainly causing sanity problems in this Dodger fan!
Anonymous
I’m back. I did my civic duty. The Dodgers? not so much…
Anonymous
They’re living up to your screen name — maybe your Blue duty is to change it . . . how about “Dodgers Win!”?
Anonymous
I’m willing to try anything at this point. Look for it, Bob_in_Vegas.
KT
Let’s see if we can scratch this inning
Anonymous
Familiar territory . . . let’s have better results!
Anonymous
ZACK!!!!!
If you want it done, do it yourself!
Linkmeister
Yeah. “I’ve given up hope on the offense, so I’d better take some extra cage time before my starts,” Kershaw and Greinke and Ryu all say.
KT
ZACK!!!!
Anonymous
If it weren’t for the risk of injuries, Zack and Kershaw should be given serious consideration as pinch hitters.
KT
Shredder!!
Anonymous
Finally a lead!
KT
we want MORE!!
Anonymous
So did Oliver Twist, and he got into big trouble for asking it.
Linkmeister
AGon’s been slumping, at least in average, and it shows.
Anonymous
It could have been better; it could have been worse.
Linkmeister
Twice in four innings they leave the bases loaded. I’m losing faith.
Anonymous
DP time!
Anonymous
Greinke is now hitting .500, Ryu .294, Kershaw .174 and Beckett .125. No other pitcher has any hits.
KT
Nice Dre
KT
Drive him in AJ
Anonymous
Isn’t that appropriate? . . .. a hit with RISP that doesn’t score anyone!
Anonymous
I like the try . . . I just wish Dee was better.
When is Hanley due back?
Linkmeister
Did Gordon bunt back to the pitcher? Squeeze?
KT
yes and yes but not suicide
Linkmeister
Bah. Thanks.
Anonymous
Hanley Ramirez tested his hamstring running in the outfield, and
Mattingly said the shortstop continues to make progress, although he is
still probably two weeks away from playing.
from dodgers.com Tuesday
Linkmeister
Greinke is at 77 pitches, and I can’t imagine him going more than about 85 or 90. So we get to place bets on the bullpen again. I’d sure like to have had a bases-clearing double in one of those bases-loaded situations we left without a run.
Linkmeister
Whoopee.
KT
Need a 1-2-3 DP
Linkmeister
89 pitches, and he’s given up four straight hits. Can I call ’em or what?
Linkmeister
Bye-bye ball game.
Anonymous
I’d almost rather we only had 2 hits
Anonymous
How quickly and how frequently this season games blow up in our faces.
Anonymous
Other teams seem to score multiple runs so effortlessly against us. Our offense seems perpetually stuck in first gear, or reverse.
Anonymous
Not that the Dodgers are pressing but I hear they are working Van Slyke out at short. While I jest, how many balls are hit to short in a game that require more than a routine catch and throw?
Anonymous
Jon, we need wise words from you before everyone on this blog explodes!
Anonymous
I don’t know how much you can count on a hitting coach, but if there is such a glaring weakness with the “hitters,” shouldn’t McGwire be the initial sacrificial lamb over Donnie?
Speaking of sacrificial lambs, while I don’t think this is Donnie’s fault, IF a change in managers results in the Dodgers living up to their potential, I’m now for it.
If something doesn’t click into place, this year will truly be Shakespearean — Much Ado About Nothing.
Anonymous
We will need at least six runs to win this game. We have done that only once in the last 14 games and only eight times all season. I’m going below deck now. Carry on.
Anonymous
Even KT’s optimism has been squelched by our lack of offense!
Anonymous
These are the time which try our patience, if not our souls.
Anonymous
I’m mostly concerned with Matt’s tendency to K this year, as he did at the record-setting pace once upon a time.
Anonymous
I am mostly concerned with the dingers, i.e. I wouldn’t mind this K rate if he were hitting some.
Anonymous
Skip to tie it up?
Anonymous
No, we call up the big gun (all or nothing)
Anonymous
Nothing.
Sums up this year.
Nothing.
Anonymous
On 3 pitches
Anonymous
It’s painful hearing the soundbites on the radio postgame show — great hits, people happy to be in LA, etc.
“Those were the days, my friends, we thought they’d never end . . . “
Anonymous
Okay, Bob in Vegas. I’m officially changing from LOB2 to RBI. Stay posted.
Anonymous
If it works, Donnie may owe you his job . . . and all us fans will owe you our gratitude!
Of course, you’ll probably have to be “RBI (FKA LOB)”
Anonymous
May take me until tomorrow, though,
Jeffrey Thomas III
Well if I can take one positive from tonight’s broadcast it was hearing Lyons admit that he was wrong about the thing on the Brewer’s caps being a hop. Though he blamed it on people not getting his sense of humor. I like to think my tweet informing him of the difference between a piece of wheat (barley actually) and a hop led to his acknowledgement.
Anonymous
Lyons blames the bad hop.
Jon Weisman
NPUT
Anonymous
Isn’t it about time to fire Mickey Hatcher?