The Dodgers just aren’t the same without Luis Cruz.
Hours after the struggling infielder was, as expected, designated for assignment, the Dodgers were absolutely pounded by the Phillies.
Los Angeles surrendered 12 runs on 15 hits in the first six innings tonight before scoring their first run, trailing 12-1 at press time. Now, you want me to believe that’s a coincidence? You must think me quite naive, sir.
Philadelphia had 29 hits in their first 15 innings in Los Angeles.
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Jack Dawkins
Vin is amazing in these kinds of games. He seems to be enjoying the absurdity of it.
Anonymous
Yep, best thing under the circumstances, besides reaching for the Maalox.
Anonymous
Or the Valium.
Anonymous
Or the.. oh never mind.
Anonymous
You and Vin always do make me feel better, Jon.
Jon Weisman
Thanks :)
Anonymous
This doesn’t make me feel any better.
Jon Weisman
No thanks :)
Jack Dawkins
Do we keep them under 20?
Jon Weisman
It do seem in doubt.
Jack Dawkins
The fireworks must really be good for everyone to stick around.
Anonymous
They started early.
Jon Weisman
So, yeah, I’m OK if they remove Ramirez and Kemp now.
Anonymous
Kemp needs ABs
Anonymous
Havoc is being wreaked!
Anonymous
League! League!
Anonymous
Its funny how in baseball a game like this is considered to be forgetable and shrugged off. I find this to be an appealing aspect of the sport. For the fillies, you get the feeling that they are actually more embarrassed than the Dodgers.
Anonymous
Vin’s comments on League are priceless.
Anonymous
Pads at .500 move to 2.5 games back. They could take the West with 82 wins, unless someone stops them.
Jack Dawkins
So…in a non pressure sitution, unless you count the pressure of keeping your job, League is not eye watering so far.
Anonymous
Sure, HBP, WP…he can do whatever. I don’t care.
Anonymous
Can’t believe that someone is bothering to boo (Get a life!).
Anonymous
Skippy hits the ump.
Anonymous
Ump with payback on that call.
Anonymous
Well, he has some idea of what he needs to do out there.
Jack Dawkins
A chance for 20!
Anonymous
I’d rather Skip get ’em.
Anonymous
The most effective member of today’s bullpen!
Anonymous
Our dignity restored.
Anonymous
Made me laugh.
Anonymous
Nice that Matt showed the patience — especially in this game! — to work the walk.
Anonymous
‘The Specter of Cruz’…..
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‘The Blair Cruz Project’
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‘Nightmare at Chavez Ravine’ – starring Freddy Cruz-ger
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Cruz-ergeist!
….
You may be correct, Jon.
Perhaps he haunted Dodger Stadium tonight.
The Dodgers sure looked scared of those bases… :-)
…
PS – I had a friend actually walk out of a movie today. He had gone to the movies, in part, to beat the heat….. but ended walking out of…. Wait for it!…. “Heat”…. starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy… Pretty ironic, don’t ya think?
Linkmeister
If it had been “Body Heat” with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt I’ll bet he would have stayed in the theater.
Anonymous
Best. Lede. Ever.
Onlyatriple
and my car blew out its water pump as we pulled into parking lot D so we had to be towed all the way home after the game. At least Roger the ageless peanut man threw us strikes tonight.
Anonymous
All our mainland minor league teams won (6) This is unusual, but not as unusual as a loss of this magnitude.
KT
I missed out on Skippy pitching again…though I can always resume my DVR, I don’t think I will
Anonymous
Cuz you have already seen enough of effective bullpen pitching by the Dodgers this year?
foul tip
Two innings, so far so good. Pitched in college. FB was faster than some in MLB, mixed in curve and cutter, and (Gameday says) a knuckler. Worse than League?
Wonder if a position player has ever been used intentionally for occasional relief?
foul tip
My Sat. AM 2.5 cents==
1) Think I’ve noticed that after a blowout, the team blown out tends to win next time out, no matter the sport and not much matter the opponent. Immediate regression to the mean, maybe. Dunno if there’s some statistical way to verify this. IF it holds, prospects are good tonight. At the very least, the Dodgers will be mad…..or at least better be.
2) Think maybe the Dodgers are holding off on Nolasco in hopes of landing the Cuban Gonzalez.
He may be the better pitcher–no way to know until he faces ML hitters–but he would cost the Dodgers only money, no prospects, and be signed for several years, not be just a rental/possible re-sign.
There may be some thought that getting Nolasco would block his possibly going to a division competitor. But that’s an expensive way to do that, insofar as it’s even possible. His career numbers say he’s not much if any upgrade. Some say he has figured some things out. Humph.
3) Mike T. thinks this makes Ned more likely to pull a Neddy. Probably. But he probably will anyway, unless, as someone said yesterday, he now has adult supervision. Ned will be Ned.
4) I couldn’t follow much last night, proven later to be a good thing. Checked in at 6-0, thought it wouldn’t end well. Seeing the final made me think the Dodgers may have had a worse day yesterday than even I did. Mine was capped off by a procedure involving our cat and dingleberry removal, of which he strongly disapproved. This happens often enough that I’ve thought we missed out not naming him Dingle.
Guess the Dodgers and I both faced a bunch of it last night…
foul tip
Gameday thinks Schumaker threw a knuckleball to Mayberry, first pitch. Izzat so?
Adam Luther
I should not have to see this game log stat: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=schumsk01&t=p&year=
Anonymous
Career ERA is still 0.00 :)
KT
Dodgers Lineup
M Ellis 2B
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Ramirez SS
Kemp CF
Van Slyke LF
A Ellis C
Uribe 3B
Ryu P
KT
Ken Gurnick @kengurnick 16m
Dodgers optioned Peter Moylan and promoted 100-mph reliever Jose Dominguez.
Sorry John_in_AUS…no more Aussies
KT
Dylan Hernandez @dylanohernandez 18m
Jose Dominguez has touched 103 mph this year.
KT
Eric Stephen @truebluela 19m
Jose Dominguez served 25-gm suspension for violation of minor league drug program this yr. AA & AAA in ’13: 1.78 ERA, 40 K/13 BB in 25.1 IP
KT
@dylanohernandez1m
Josh Beckett experienced some tingling in his fingers after throwing yesterday.
KT
Go Barves
KT
Braves coming from behind now 8-5
KT
Now 10-5 Barves and a runner on third
KT
down 5-4 the barves put up a 7 spot…wish we could do this
Anonymous
So both the Braves and the Giants lost. Maybe San Diego, too? Go Dodgers.
KT
Az lost
Anonymous
Thanks. Corrected!
Anonymous
In an 11-5 loss at Atlanta today, the D’backs’ Ian Kennedy hit his ninth batter of the season, taking over the National League lead.
Anonymous
He lead the NL last season too
Anonymous
Kennedy also led the league in wild pitches in 2010 with 16.
KT
Dylan Hernandez @dylanohernandez33s
Josh Beckett’s season is over. Surgery.
KT
Josh Beckett surgery. Here are the details: http://lat.ms/16HhhQu
Anonymous
Padres down 7-1, top of the 8th.
Anonymous
Verlander, who ranks 4th in the AL in K/9, is only 3rd on his own team the Tigers, behind Sanchez and Sherzer.
Jon Weisman
NPUT