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KT
Go Blue!!!!
KT
good inning Cappy!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Great at bat by Ellis despite the out, making him work.
KT
Good hustle JH jr
KT
Another good inning Cappy
Jeffrey Thomas III
Need to get Cappy some support.
KT
That’s 3 Cappy…Keep it up!!!!
KT
Let’s go Fed
KT
Cappy!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
That would have gone out I think.
KT
agree
KT
Great inning Cappy!!
KT
Alright Puig…Let’s scratch this inning
Anonymous
Lately it seems that the count generally starts 0-2 on Puig.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Runs are going to be tough to come by today.
KT
we’ll score in the 6th
Jeffrey Thomas III
Well that didn’t work out.
KT
nope…should have chose the 7th because of the lineup but I was trying to start things early
KT
Fine inning Cappy…Nice play Gonzo!
KT
Eric Stephen @truebluela2m
Chris Capuano has retired 13 straight batters. Dodgers pitchers, dating back to last night, have retired 34 of last 35 Reds batters
Anonymous
Well then that happened.
KT
Nice Play Juanito!!
KT
Way to get out of it Cappy!!! now time to put up a crooked number
Anonymous
Any number will do.
Anonymous
positive number anyway, preferably an integer
Anonymous
Zero is an integer too.
Anonymous
Thats why I said positive.
Anonymous
I will positively agree with you.
Anonymous
OK, I think the Dodgers will only win this game if the Reds put up a -1.
Anonymous
I’ll correct myself. Zero is a number, although it is not part of the set of Natural Numbers or Counting Numbers because one does not start counting with zero, but with one.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Nice escape. Come on offense!
KT
Nice Game Cappy…Standing O
Jeffrey Thomas III
Seems an early hook, hopefully the pen is sharp today.
KT
7 outs to go…early?
Jeffrey Thomas III
83 pitches, early.
KT
yea but he’s usually not good after 6
Anonymous
JT III: I share your perspective.
Anonymous
Taking him out already? I’d have liked to give him one more chance to win it. It would be a real shame if the inhereted run scores.
Anonymous
Was that walk intentional, semi-intentional or accidental?
KT
unintentional
Anonymous
Thanks for the response guys.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Belli looks wild today.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Shwew.
KT
Eric Stephen @truebluela5s
Ronald Belisario has stranded 11 of his last 13 inherited runners
Anonymous
And Belli ends the threat. let’s get him the win.
KT
Nice Yasiel!
Anonymous
I think (hope) that Cingrani is running out of gas.
KT
Let’s go Gonzo
Anonymous
Does anyone have Puig’s ear? I didn’t notice anyone going to talk to him after he just got picked off.
Anonymous
Puig really needs some baserunning lessons; it’s gotten kind of ridiculous.
Jeffrey Thomas III
I hope Cingrani is done.
KT
I think it depends if this guy gets on
Anonymous
San Diego just beat Arizona, 1-0.
KT
DP Time
Linkmeister
There were four 1 – 0 games yesterday. Could the Pads and Dodgers have one each today?
KT
Alright now boys let’s scratch for the win
Anonymous
No bottom of the 9th — plate ’em now!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Uribear!
KT
Juanito!!
Anonymous
Rockies beat the Brewers, 6-5.
Cubs beat the Giants, 2-1.
Anonymous
Colo. scored 2 in the bottom of the 8th after Milw. had scored the same in the top of the 8th to take the lead. Axford, who MSTI has suggested to come to the Dodgers, blew the save for his 5th but it was only his second since the ides of May.
Anonymous
I don’t mind Vin making mistakes but I don’t understand why frequently they are never corrected such as by having an assistant let him know between innings. e.g. in this game Hairston started but did not strike out.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Walk-off time.
KT
I typed “well we haven’t had a walk off in a while…”
KT
MEllis!
Anonymous
Howell, League, Marmol or Withrow?
foul tip
Just now able to check in. With 17 whiffs, fairly amazing Dodgers are even in the game.
Anonymous
Is that a Dodger record either for 9 innings or for an entire game? Or neither?
KT
18 is the record
foul tip
Who did it to the Dodgers?
KT
don’t know it was a banner on the screen
KT
95 against the Gnats
KT
Jon Weisman @jonweisman1m
I believe the last 11 Dodger outs are 10 strikeouts and a caught stealing.
KT
DP Time
Jeffrey Thomas III
Good call!
KT
YES DP!!!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Might we see another win for Brandon League???
Anonymous
It would be his third in six games.
Jeffrey Thomas III
And third in last three appearances.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Hanley keeps the on base streak going!
KT
IBB for Dre
Juanito for the win
Jeffrey Thomas III
FedEx up there fishing…
Anonymous
Without any bait.
foul tip
Much rather have AJ pinch hit there. To me almost a no-brainer, even tho FedEx wouldn’t care for it.
But then he could keep things like that from happening by learning to hit better.
Jeffrey Thomas III
I had the same thought, but expected a little more patience from FedEx.
foul tip
Who’s Dodger emergency catcher?
Jeffrey Thomas III
Two great plays there.
foul tip
Now 20Ks. Give Greinke an AB.
Anonymous
Hairston is the only Dodger who has come to the plate today and not struck out at least once, and he is out of the game.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Puig!!!!!
KT
PUIG!!!!!
KT
time to watch again!!!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
And League wins again!
KT
Another League Win!!!!
foul tip
Strike out 20 but lose 1-0 on a walk off tater in extras. That kind of thing could give a team a complex.
In addition to losing 3 of the 4 games.
Jeffrey Thomas III
FedEx an odd choice for post game interview.
KT
26-6 what a streak
Won 3 out of 4 Like I forecasted
foul tip
To add to the indignity for the Reds, their broadcasters are saying the 20Ks are a club record.
KT
Well I missed the day we would lose out of this series but got the 3 out of 4
Forecasting sweep of Yankmees
Jeffrey Thomas III
How many series is that now that they’ve either tied or won? Gotta be like 10. Unreal.
KT
8-0-3
foul tip
Let’s see…..if you give a Puig a fastball, he’s going to ask for a HR …
KT
http://i.imgur.com/WqL3cue.jpg
KT
Full replay of the homer:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=28898650&content_id=29236055&c_id=la
KT
And the slide into home:
http://www.mlbgifs.com/2013/07/yasiel-puig-hits-walk-off-homer-slides-into-home-plate/
KT
Dodgers PR @DodgersPR5m
#Dodgers’ 11th shutout win of the season as the club improved to 7-4 in extra innings and to 14-11 in one-run games.
Anonymous
And for your greater amusement this evening: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2013/7/28/4566228/lincecum-handles-wood-but-san-francisco-is-overrun-by-cubs
KT
read how they haven’t changed the flags in 2 weeks…bush league move where they can’t face the reality of the fact they are cellar dwellers
KT
pic.twitter.com/o1dZBKRGeU
KT
https://vine.co/v/hAP0LDLVFOW
Anonymous
Just tuned in, Wow! and Gnats and D-Backs both lost, what could be better :)
KT
almost 7 back of the cards for 1st with a 4 game series coming up after the yankees and cubs
Jon Weisman
NPUT