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1991-2013
Dodgers at home: 1,028-812 (.558695)
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2013
Dodgers at home: 51-35 (.593)
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Note: I got so busy working for the Dodgers that in 2014, I stopped keeping track, much to my regret.
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KT
great Photo…I wonder if he has a mounted cameras in the stands
Anonymous
You can see him on the MLB.com replay holding the camera high on a long stick just behind home plate
KT
thanks
Anonymous
Saaafe!!!!
KT
7 games back baby…we got this…#1 seed here we come
Anonymous
amazing pics
Anonymous
i thought I saw him running in at the end
Anonymous
Fabulous pix. The slide makes more sense seen from above the happy chaos.
Anonymous
Dodgers baseball is fun!
Anonymous
Checking in after two days in Big Sur with no Internet. Can this team get any more fun to follow? What a great two wins to catch up with! Thanks, all.
Anonymous
When I left Chavez Ravine Thursday night — after experiencing the frustration of lost opportunities — I wasn’t feeling too optimistic about the chances for the rest of the weekend. But now the Blue are back to different heroes stepping up . . . and of players given up for lost coming through to contribute to wins.
They definitely are a Team. Hopefully they will be Champs.
KT
Bob you know I called for 3 out of 4 before this series started…have the faith…Next forecast calls for a sweep of the Yankees
KT
http://imgur.com/JDQVJRm
Puig says, “Man you got a win” League replies, “I know”
Anonymous
Wow, what a week – my son and I caught parts of the games in Toronto and those against the Reds on my trusty little transistor radio – in between roasting marshmallows for s’mores – complete with eye rolls from the wife and daughters. After the wins, couldn’t help paying the 3 quarters to pick up a copy of the Santa Barbara News-Press from the stand outside the El Capitan camp store.
Before leaving I said when I got back, I was sure the Dodgers would be in 1st and extending their lead – glad I was right. What a great season so far.
KT
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers 31m
Happy 29th to No. 58, Chad Billingsley! pic.twitter.com/v32Dv6uuzG
KT
Bill Plunkett @billplunkettocr 35m
Do you know how good #Dodgers have been? No, really. Here are NL West standings if season started on June 22. http://sulia.com/my_thoughts/efd2eb9b-782d-43e6-ba93-e15ae4332e74/?source=twitter …
KT
11.5 games since 6/22…great strides, still 7 more to go
underdog
Those pictures above, what an awful scene for baseball. He’s terrible for the game. No sense of propriety. ;) (I’m just trying to troll like veteran grit-meisters who want him off their lawn and would like baseball to remain as mute and dull as possible.)
Anonymous
Agreed. What a showboat, waiting all game and then hitting a homer after all his teammates proved incapable of even putting the ball in play.
KT
got this from MSTI:
Y-axis is Games Above/Below .500
X-axis is the entire length of the season
http://i.imgur.com/4ZTl4WO.png
Anonymous
RIP, Frank Castillo, the only visiting pitcher to give up a home run at Dodger Stadium that left the park. He gave one up to Mike Piazza in 1997 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1997/B09210LAN1997.htm. Castillo died in Arizona at age 44 in a drowning accident.
Anonymous
RIP and prayers for the family of George Scott too. Another player for whom my childhood has fond memories.
Anonymous
“Colletti has been telling anybody who will listen lately that the market
of available difference-makers is even thinner this year than usual,
downplaying expectations just in case anyone thinks he’ll land another
Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Brandon League, Shane Victorino or Josh
Beckett.” from Gurnick
Victorino was a big difference-maker in my blood-pressure; Beckett 7-19 last 2 years
Anonymous
Maybe it will be Nathan from Texas and involve Ethier. Saw that speculation somewhere.
Anonymous
Wow, what a game a game and finish, but when he slid, Kendrys Morales did go through my mind.
Anonymous
Old news but just came across it – love the quote from Ethier after last Wed. night’s win. Describing Puig scoring from 1st on Ethier’s 9th inning single to tie the game and send it into extra’s, Andre said, “We got a lucky bounce and were lucky old Crazy Legs was on base and just kept going.”
That’s gold – good name for him.
KT
Stl vs Pit for the next 3 games, then Stl plays the Reds and us…tough 3 series in a row for the Cards……seems we will be gaining ground on somebody
KT
Actually Pit vs StL is a 5 game set in 4 days
KT
4-0 Pirates
KT
Roxs beating the Barves 2-0 hard to root for the Roxs but gaining ground is most important
Anonymous
now behind by 1!
KT
this game has been see-sawing back and forth…At least the Pirates are winning 6-1
Anonymous
Rangers’ beat writer thinks Nathan for Ethier trade is a good idea : http://sports.yahoo.com/news/andre-ethier-joe-nathan-trade-makes-sense-texas-175900351.html
KT
nope…I definitely would trade Ethier this year
Anonymous
I don’t think so either
Anonymous
I’m with you, with all the time Kemp and Crawford have been out of the lineup, Ethier has been invaluable.
Anonymous
Not sure which pitcher gets dropped from the team if Nathan joins Dodgers. Marmol comes to mind though. I like the idea of reducing payroll by trading Ethier and I think he would do well in Texas.
KT
8-1 Pit
Anonymous
Cool column one article in this mornings’ Times on 91 yr-old scout George Genovese : http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-george-genovese-dodgers-20130729-dto,0,4702260.htmlstory#axzz2aUCfQNB9
KT
good read
KT
This is adorable https://twitter.com/kenleyjansen74/status/362026461986705408/photo/1
KT
1 leader down (cards)… 1 to go…come on Roxs
6.5 back now
KT
Dodgers enjoying their off day:
pic.twitter.com/lXm6lw9nkv
Jon Weisman
I believe this is the closest the Dodgers have been to the best record in the NL since May 5.
KT
I believe
KT
Clayton Kershaw @ClaytonKersh22 18m
Thanks @jimmykimmel for having me tonight! “@JimmyKimmelLive: New #JKL tonight @ClaytonKersh22 from the LA #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/zvt8LX9Yki”
Anonymous
So does MLBTraderumors charge more for ad space the last week of July? Sounds like there could be stuff going on with Jake Peavy, Michael Young, and Cliff Lee soon. Do we need to be on Hug Watch?
Anonymous
Welcome to the Dodgers Brian Wilson! This should be … interesting.
Anonymous
Lock up the Gatorade tubs
Anonymous
I need a hug.
Anonymous
Ugh. Don’t like Brian Wilson.
KT
at least 3 weeks to 30 days before we might see him
Anonymous
Off to Camden Yards…to scout the O’s.
Jeffrey Thomas III
If Brian Wilson shaved his awful beard, was quiet for once in his career, and pitched well… well then I might not loathe him as much.
KT
too bad it’s not a minor league contract that he signed that would take care of the beard but it’s a major league $1 million dollar for the rest of the yr contract…immediately to the DL and a 30 day rehab starting in AZ then going to RC
Jeffrey Thomas III
Too bad the Dodgers don’t have grooming rules like the Yankees. If only Mattingly had carried on Torre’s policy.
Anonymous
Carlos Marmol and Brian Wilson? Perhaps Ned Colletti went to sleep in 2011 and just woke up and got on the phone.
Anonymous
Rip Van Colletti?
KT
Dodgers lineup:
Crawford LF
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Ramirez SS
Ellis C
Ethier CF
Uribe 3B
Ellis 2B
Greinke P
KT
http://i.imgur.com/EeJ2dXG.png
Jon Weisman
I wonder if I might suggest you give a hint when you post a link of what it is. Otherwise it looks like spam.
KT
I know some show up automatically…which ones so I know to post something with the others…imgur show up auto on MSTI…just wondering
Anonymous
Loney’s road game average of .371 highest in Majors by 19 points.
Anonymous
Road Loney, as we knew him.
Anonymous
If the Dodgers trade for Peavy, where would Cappy go?
Anonymous
Judging by the Dodgers this year, someone else will get hurt.
KT
Dylan Hernandez @dylanohernandez3m
Carl Crawford, who is back in the #Dodgers lineup, said he had a throat infection.
Jon Weisman
NPUT
Anonymous
Up until this post, there were a perfect 66 comments on this thread. Oh well, progress waits for no man.