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KURODA coming around now.

he wasn't exactly facing murderer's row...

That's a weird team. Can't win at Dodger Stadium. The last pitch he threw was awesome, though. Wasn't this team on a roll when they came in here? We were lucky to not have to face that Dominican starter that started 5-0 (or something like that.) Tried to beat him in Cincy, but he got better as the game went on ( much, much better.) Don't worry, the Dodgers will get their punishment for sweeping ya. They are teasers. More so than any gold-diggin' female dog could ever be. There are some teams they simply don't match up well with. Usually teams that emphasize pitching.(especially St. Louis,and Atlanta.) It may take until 2010 before we win a game in either of those 2 cities. On the other hand, they traditionally like to play teams like Cincy, Rocks, Marlins, Brewers, Pittsburgh. They need the bad pitching teams. Dodgers have enough pitching to outscore those types of teams. If you have a decent pitcher, then the Dodgers probably will lay down. Lowe and Penny aren't pitching well. Kuroda pitching 8 innings last night was a big deal. Our starters don't go long enough. Billingsley is one of the best pitchers in the league. There is something wrong with his insides. Can't seem to just focus all the team. Needs to get ass kicked, and then he will respond. Has very, very good stuff ( like your ace Dominican...wtf his name ? Voquero or something?)

kuroda has been pretty good all year

Edinson Voquez - they got him in the trade for Josh Hamilton. He's winning, but he walks a lot and throws way too many pitches. It'll be interesting to see what he has left for the 2nd half.
Problem with the Reds - 2 big albatrosses playing the corner OF, no power hitters from the right side, Jay Bruce still in AAA when he should at least be in CF for this team, among other things.
I'll give them credit for at least trying to fix the pitching- Voquez was a good deal, Cueto is still very young, hopefully Homer Bailey is close to being ready again, Arroyo is finally coming on, and Harang has gotten no run support this year. The bullpen has been pretty good for the most part, except they blow up at the worse possible time.

The Reds arent that far from being contenders in the NL. It will be interesting to see if the home park eventually kills the you pitchers though.

yea, that place can be a confidence killer. i also thinks it attributes to their offensive woes on the road. they tried to build a softball team to match the home field and they seem to carry that mentality to the away games.

BTW...Andruw just whiffed to end the game. They were down a run with 2 on ,and 2 out. Conference on the mound, and the outside slider gets him fishing. The guy is hitting .031 with men in scoring position, and Joe picks him to pinch hit. If you could see how many pitches this guy fouls off, you'd see he can't square up very many pitches. Reactions are too slow. I would like to say his vision is fkd up, but I think his reaction time is too slow.


Kuroda just got his 2nd win from 10 starts. Has 3 losses, and 5 no decisions. There have been starts where he couldn't come close to hitting the catcher's met. It's true that the guy has a knack of getting out of trouble without a lot of earned runs being scored, but he hasn't been that sharp until recently. This last start was really solid. Dodgers main problem is what took place again tonite(can't score much against decent pitchers.) If they don't change that, then they aren't gunna be a serious team. That start against the Rocks was horrible. He wasn't pretty good at that point.

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The 20 year-old Clayton Kershaw is going to be called up and possibly start Sunday. The left hander has been touted as the messiah, so it shall be interesting to see him in action in the show. Wicked curveball and a good fastball.

As for tonight's: Lowe was on form and it was the second most criminal act of the night for him to get the loss. The most criminal act was sending Andruw Jones up to pinch hit in that situation. Is it just me or does he strike out on the same pitch ever time? A fastball tailing off the plate.

Put him on the 15 day DL and commence electro-shock therapy imo.

No, it's usually the slider that looks to him like it's a low outside strike, and then it ducks away on him very late. He is a sucker for anything low and away. So, they were probably talkin' over which low outside pitch they wanted to use, and he (of course) swung at it. He sure is a guy who will swing away. I don't know if I have seen him go down on a called strike 3. BTW, I think Lowe is pretty use to it by now. If the opposing pitcher is any good, he knows he won't win. They just can't hit anybody that can pitch even a lil bit well. Somehow, they collected a bunch of hitters that can only hit the bad pitching in the league. They had no problem with getting enough runs against the Reds etc., but the Cards kill us. They have an actual pitching coach that knows wtf he is doing. Honeysucker is lucky to get 5 innings out of starters. That was a pretty mediocre pitcher, and he is a very mediocre pitching coach. Somebody else could probably get 20 wins a year from Billingsley or Penney. Don't think they even try to coach Penney. Just let the slob go out there and heeve it. See what happens.

Birds are on the bat, er, on the mound. Dodgers get 5 hits tonight.

The publicity these young guys kills me. I used to be able to float them through waivers in fantasy b.ball and have thier rights way before the other guys knew jack about them. Now they come with screamin headlines...it kills the fanatics...

Andrew jones has officially left the building...

They are insane for not making jones get the knee taken care of now. Get him out of the dugout for a month, send him on a minor league rehab assignment for a couple of weeks and hope he comes back for the end of the season in a better place. Plus it will void my bet with Scuds

At the rate he is going(.030 average with runners in scoring position,) he will get paid a half mil for each RBI he gets this season.

Are ya still running BUBBLE tomorrow? If so, then the last thing she should hear from you are the two words "SHE FANCY." Do it Marv Albert style..Scavs will do it..Maybe you'll get some rain. Buddha sprinter in the rain is a nice thing (usually.)

I will whisper it in her ear right before the race

Kershaw has looked good today. Not getting any help from his fielders behind him. THROWING 96 IN THE 6TH INNING= VERY KOOL

Atleast they finally took one from the Cards. Kershaw pitched great, but got a no decision. Should of got a win , but Loney caught one in the head(instead of with his glove.) Dewitt threw too hi to home plate etc.

No rain? Atleast she has interest. Probably will win if ya find a Tampa Bay of the North (or find some moisture.) Both early leaders faded in the 1st two races. Track may be lil dull today. Looked like they were working pretty hard to get home in the 4th.

CD is not far from that right now

Anyone near the pace in the 5th went nowhere late. Looks like she never had a decent shot for the win on this day. Second place is looking pretty good compared to similar-styled horses today.

Is it just me, or does anybody else think harness should be run at night(or not at all.) Doesn't that seem like something you need to be a lil loaded up to enjoy?

Another pathetic display by the Dodger offense, waisting another superb start by Kuroda. Torre should tell the team that if and when they make base....they are to stare at the ground and make no eye contact with their teammates at bat. Obviously their presence out there is a huge discomfort and distraction to the batters when we need runs.

one of the few redeeming things about the game was Tommy singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" to Wrigley crowd. You don't have to ask which team he named at the "Root, Root-Root" part of the song. I wonder how many times that has happened there?

Poor quality recording... but a funny collection of the legend in his element:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPx327SbBQ0

Well, I am not quite sure if they have desire problems, or hitting problems. Seems like they need a good ass-kicking before they show their best at the plate, and that's simply being mentally inferior to their opponents. Good pitching takes a lot of desire and patience to overcome. I'm not sure if they have enough of either. For instance, the pitch Loney struck out on last night was too fkn low. It's simply a lack of concentration (to swing at that pitch.) Loney, Kemp, Martin, Ethier etc. are young players that have reaction times that make it possible for them to hit good pitching. They need to put the rap, hip hop, and video games away long enough to learn how to be professional hitters. They can't hit good pitching consistently (at all,) and most of the other guys (except the injured Furcal) on the team have reaction times that are simply too slow for them to hit good pitching. Pierre is just too f'n country to get his head out of his ass. Yea, he gets his self to the game and works harder than anyone. So what? No matter what, the guy is gunna continue to throw like a woman. No matter what, the guy is going to hit the ball too close to defenders (like with Fukadome last night.) He is just mentally incapable of getting his head out of his ass. That's a "GOOD TIMES"/ "WHAT'S HAPPENING" Marathon watcher if ever there was one.