THE DODGERS WON A BALL GAME!

[Oeditpus Rex]

They tried to give it away like they have four of the last five, but they won it in the ninth with little ball.

:woohoo: :bounce:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Good for you

The Twins are skidding again.

Cripes, we may as well be the damn Royals.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Except KC won tonight

Got four in the ninth to beat the White Sox.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Yeah I know

I hate it when my team looks good on paper, but plays like ass in the field.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. That's what LA's been doing

Get a lead, or at least be in the game, then in the late innings the bullpen eats it.

Almost happened tonight. Dodgers were leading 3-1 with one out in the eighth. Lowe throws a gopher to Lee, so they bring in Hamulack, whose ERA is somewhere between here and Betelguese. He gives up two singles, so they bring in Baez, the closer. He hits the first guy he faces, then throws one to the backstop. Tied up.

Cirillo got tossed in the ninth for bitching about a called third, then Yost followed him. :evilgrin:

Furcal led off the bottom of the ninth with a swinging bunt, a la Rod Carew. Cruz Jr. bunted him over and Garciaparra hit a grounder that kicked off first base. Furcal scores. Game over. W00t!

[reyd reid reed]

6. Could be worse

Could be the Cubs.

Zambrano can't get win to save his life. 0-2 in what...6 starts? 7?

The nice thing about skids though, KW, is that they end.

It's those 98-year-long bottomless pits that you've gotta worry about...

[KitchenWitch]

7. Well the Twins have quite a long time to go before

the 98 year bottomless pit. But I hated watching the White Sox win the World Series last year.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. It was a hell of a lot better

than the alternative.

[aquaman]

2. Gotta love rugby...

[maveric]

9. And the Pads won their 6th straight. 1-0 in 11.

Chan Ho Park went 9, gave up 0 runs, only 2 hits and got a no decision.
The Friars are getting hot!

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Must be another Chan Ho Park

The one who used to be with the Dodgers couldn't get out of the fifth.

[reyd reid reed]

12. Yeah, yeah

G'head...rub it in, why don'tcha?

:P

:hi:

[maveric]

13. Did you that drop by Bynem?

He gets paid to catch those.

[reyd reid reed]

14. I didn't get to watch the game at all

This pesky little thing called 'work', y'know?

THAT'S why they're losing. I haven't been able to watch a game all week...and they've been losing all week.

Hmmmmmm....

[u4ic]

11. Dodgeball?

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

15. In other baseball news

My son pitched 5 innings of four hit, 2 walk, 2 run (one of them unearned) baseball today in 50 degree "heat".

[reyd reid reed]

16. Excellent

Sounds like a good outing.

:applause:

[KitchenWitch]

17. It was indeed

He is the best pitcher on his 9th grade team.

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. How many pitches?

How many for strikes? What was his speed in the fifth compared to the first? Was he getting the ball up or down in the later innings? Did he have control of his breaking stuff through all five? Was he... gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!

:hi:

[reyd reid reed]

19. Rex, darlin'....

:eyes:

(and I forgot to ask how many batters he struck out? He only walked two? Heh...I know a couple of schools around here that could use him...are they in playoffs yet?)

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. Strikeouts are overrated

But how am I supposed to know if the kid's got major-league stuff if I don't ask these questions? :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

21. awww shadddup!

:hi:

Mostly strikes. Only had like 4 three ball counts, and two of them walked.

[bridgit]

20. go dodgers!!! go baseball!!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Isn't it dangerous bein' a Dodgers fan

where you're at?

Hell, it's bad enough here. :scared:

[bridgit]

24. naw, i'm ucla alum & hubby was born & raised there so we're good...

although i was born & raised on the delta that is true, we do like our Giant's...we just hope they show up to play baseball sometime that would be great :-)