Crank up Rand Newman!!

Wow. Probably the best game I've ever been to. I am blogging on my iPhone so I can't put up all the pics. I will make a much longer post tonight or tomorrow. I still have a long drive home.

Anyways good night America.

Where did the offense go?

Seriously. The dodgers have scored two or less runs in 6 of the last 9. That's not good. Padilla did good though... Until the eighth. His first loss since the game against the Yankees.

Ned Colletti says the dodgers are serious buyers. Really? I sure hope so. The offense Is in a slump but our pitching really does need improvement.

Anyways I will be at the game today. I'm actually blogging while driving. Thanks to this crappy iPhone app for making me rewrite the post.

Anyways have a good day America. Go Dodgers!

Kuroda wins Japaneese night

At least i think that they're both Japaneese. I hope i got that right. Anyways Kuroda gives the Dodgers another win. He went 8 innings and alowed no runs. Manny was not present for his action figure giveaway.

Its 55 since '55 night tonight. I wish i could go since it's a poster giveaway and i have a strange liking of posters. This one has Vin Scully and the Dodgers celebrating the 55 World Series title. See for yourself.


On the mound it'll be Johan Santana against Vincente Soap Bubble Padilla. Hope for a win.

Gem

Great preformance by Billingsly last night. He gives the dodgers their first win of the second half. The beard hit a shot into formerly-known-as-Mannywood. Billingsley did the rest despite allowing runners to get to scoring position every other inning.

Kershaw and Torre were suspended. Kershaw is appealing. He wont get much though. He threw it right at Rowand, no question.

Other thoughts: I got the previlage to see Buster Posey when he was still in the minors. The first pitch he saw he hit a home run over the wall and the net behind the wall in left. He looked like the real deal. So why does his catchers helmet look way to big? I never realized how stupid the hockey style masks look until now.

Blown save

This was more then a blown save. More like a blown game. It was pretty obvious this team is mad. Bringing kershaw out for one pitch to throw at some no name loser. They're mad. And the Dodgers don't play good when their mad. Remember the end of the Angels series and the start of the Yankees? They were mad and not playing good ball.

The mound situation in the 9th made me think that this isn't the first time it's happened to us. If I'm right it was in Arizona. It resulted in Jeff Kents ejection. But I may be wrong. What I also remember is that the AL and NL rules for when a "trip to the mound" is over also differ. If anyone knows, comment.


I don't want to talk too much about the game. We all saw. Why worsen the pain? But I will say that I am a supporter of moving Mattingly to manager when Torre leaves. But last night proved that he has a lot to learn about managing.

Puzzle Time

Its corny analogy time. Are you excited children? No..ok then.

Anyways while i was trying to blog on my phone at dinner, i figured something out that i felt must be shared. I had a great post written up but i forgot to save it and accidentally deleted it.

I figured that the Dodgers are trying to put together a puzzle. Ned decides to move over to the starting pitching side. He has six pieces, all unique. He can't connect any of them. But Frank and Jamie wont give him anymore. So he tries and tries to make the pieces fit. This is why we see McDonald, Haeger, and Ely up and down. They are all good pitchers, with no consistency.

Damn it sounded so much better in my head.

Lincecum vs Kershaw tonight. An imminent pitchers duel. But then again, everything imminent for the Dodgers of late has turned out exactly opposite.

I just turned on the tv. I was right (yes!!). 5-1 Dodgers. Hope it stays that way.

Also Manny's on the DL. He'll miss three weeks.

Wow what a long rambling post. Good night America.

Wild game

Swept out of St. Louis

Ouch. That hurt. Broxtons blown save really sums up the entire series. Disappointing. But we can't give up yet. We have a great record against teams in our division. And we have the Giants for three games leaves room for hope. After the Mets, we hit the road.

Being an optimistic person, look at it this way. In the past, the Dodgers have always gone into a small slump right after the All Star Break. We'll break out of it. But if we had to slump, better to have it against non-divisional teams. And with 12 of the next 16 games being against divisional opponents, hopefully the Dodgers will get the memo and start playing ball.

Also i will be at the Saturday game in the pavillion. Being so far north of LA i dont get to more than five games a year. Hope they pull out a win.