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[General Zod]

Milagros

Stupid question time

Do the Dodgers play the Boston Red Sox? A friend of mine who is a fan of that team loves to tell us the score in our scale model chats I love giving him a hard time when the blowsox are loosing

 

[milagros317]

Not this season, no. The Dodgers play the Red Sox only rarely, when the rotation of interleague games has the NL West playing the AL East.

 

[milagros317]

Saturday's game: Dodgers 14, hated jints 7

Dodgers Score 10 Runs Early, Hang on to Beat hated jints
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Modest as ever, Greg Maddux planned to thank his teammates for all the run support, enjoy his latest feat for a night, then begin preparing for his next start.


Maddux earned his 329th career win to move into a tie for 10th place with Steve Carlton on the all-time victories list, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over San Francisco 14-7 on Saturday night to end the hated jints'
five-game winning streak.

"Fourteen runs make things a lot better," Maddux said. "Runs can make you look good real quick."

Maddux looked good either way.

He retired the final 22 hated jints batters in his previous start last Sunday at Dodger Stadium, then 10 straight to start Saturday's outing before Omar Vizquel blooped a one-out single to shallow right in the fourth. If the two were added together for 32 straight outs, Maddux had five more than a 27-out perfect game.

Jeff Kent and Andre Ethier each hit two-run triples and Maddux added a double, a run scored and a sacrifice fly in the Dodgers' seven-run second. Ethier finished 4-for-5 with three RBI and J.D. Drew added a two-run single in the eighth to go with his RBI single in the second.

Even with all that offense, Maddux was the talk of the clubhouse.

"You can't really put into words what he does," Ethier said.

Maddux (11-11) struck out six in six innings and didn't walk a batter for the second straight game and is 2-0 since coming to the Dodgers in a trade from the Chicago Cubs on July 31. The 40-year-old right-hander has won four straight decisions.

"This guy brings with him some intangibles you may never see -- you just see the results," manager Grady Little said. "Just his presence. It's instant respect. A young player is foolish not to pay attention."

Maddux beat Brad Hennessey, the same pitcher he faced here when he won his 300th game Aug. 7, 2004. Tying Carlton was something special this time.

"That's kind of cool," Maddux said. "I know my brother [Mike] got to play with him in Philadelphia. It's a privilege."

He held a 10-0 lead after the second, when the Dodgers batted around before recording an out. In his last start, he threw only 68 pitches in eight innings.

Moises Alou hit a three-run homer in the fourth for the last-place hated jints, sending the first pitch from Maddux into the seats in left-center for his 14th of the year. Vizquel's single started a stretch of four straight hits against Maddux, who gave up a single to Ray Durham, Todd Linden's RBI double and Alou's homer before getting the next two outs.

Durham pulled San Francisco within 10-6 when he hit a two-run triple to score two unearned runs in the fifth after Vizquel reached with two outs on Nomar Garciaparra's fielding error at first. Eliezer Alfonzo hit a solo homer leading off the seventh for the hated jints.

The Dodgers jumped on Brad Hennessey (5-3) from the start and manager Felipe Alou quickly got Jamey Wright up in the bullpen. Wright entered after Garciaparra's single and immediately gave up four straight hits, including Kent's triple to center and Ethier's run-scoring single for his third RBI of the game.

After Maddux began the inning with a double, Rafael Furcal reached on a sacrifice bunt and advanced to third on Hennessey's wild throw past first for an error. Second baseman Durham tried to get Furcal at third but threw wildly for another error that allowed Furcal to score.

Fans began booing the hated jints and Hennessey, done before retiring a batter in the second. He allowed seven runs and seven hits with one strikeout.

"Everything I threw, they hit," Hennessey said. "Everything they saw, they hit. I can't blame it on anything."

Linden took over in left field in the top of the fourth for Barry Bonds, who has tightness in his back and is doubtful for Sunday's game. Bonds, 42, grounded out to shortstop in his lone at-bat on another brisk Bay Area night.

Little removed second baseman Kent in the middle of the second and center fielder Kenny Lofton the next inning in order to give both players time to rest before Sunday's afternoon game.

😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Sunday's game: Dodgers 5, hated jints 2

Drew, Garciaparra Homer as Dodgers Win
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Derek Lowe allowed five hits in eight plus innings and J.D. Drew and Nomar Garciaparra each hit two-run homers to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the hated jints.

Lowe (11-8) also had two hits and an RBI for the Dodgers, who improved to 19-3 over their last 22 games.

Matt Morris (8-11) lost his fourth straight decision and the hated jints lost their second straight game following a season-high five-game win streak.

Lowe retired 13 straight after giving up a third-inning single to Eliezer Alfonzo. The 32-year-old veteran won his fourth decision in the last five and recorded his 22nd win in August, his highest total of any month.

Lowe, who induced 14 groundouts, struck out six and walked one.

The hated jints broke through against Lowe in the ninth. Randy Winn opened the inning with a single. He reached third when Jeff Kent allowed Omar Vizquel's grounder to go through his legs, and scored on Ray Durham's single. Lowe then walked Todd Linden to load the bases.

Takashi Saito came in and struck out Steve Finley before walking pinch-hitter Barry Bonds to force in a run. Saito then struck out Pedro Feliz and Alfonzo for his 14th save in 15 chances.

Garciaparra improved to .388 against the hated jints this season while Drew drove in six during the three-game series.

Morris settled down after giving up three runs in the first two innings. He retired 17 of the next 19 batters after allowing Lowe's RBI single in the second.

The Dodgers added two runs in the eighth. Kenny Lofton doubled with one out and Garciaparra followed with his 14th homer of the year.

Morris gave up five runs and eight hits in eight innings. He walked one and struck out six. He has lost three straight to the Dodgers, last beating them on Sept. 3, 2004 while with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Garciaparra hit a two-out single ahead of Drew's 12th home run of the year to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first.

Andre Ethier singled to open the second and eventually scored on Lowe's RBI single.

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[ticklingfeet4fu]

Funny how this thread started collecting dust. I guess losing will do that for you. But don't expect me to be quiet my friend when the Mets whip up on you guys in a couple of weeks. You couldn't win the series when the Mets were in Dodger country, don't expect to win at Shea either.

 

[milagros317]

As the title of this thread indicates, it is for pro-Dodgers posts only. You can start a "Mets gloating thread" of your own, of course. 😀

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

As the title of this thread indicates, it is for pro-Dodgers posts only. You can start a "Mets gloating thread" of your own, of course. 😀

But haven't you noticed that all you are doing is talking to yourself. You are getting NO dialogue or feedback on the Dodgers. I think I need to help you out. So what I will do is report when the Dodgers lose. Just to make it fair to everyone. 😛

 

[milagros317]

I will continue to post when, and only when, the Dodgers win. 😀

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

I will continue to post when, and only when, the Dodgers win. 😀

Okay!!! That being stated, I will post the Dodgers scores when they lose on this thread so people don't believe that when the Dodgers lose 12 in a row that it is because they are off. You gotta give the fans what they want.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

It just now ended in Arizona: Final Score : Arizona Diamondbacks 9 - Los Angeles Dodgers 7 in 15 innings.

Orlando Hudson capped off a 4 for 6 night with a walk-off 2 run homer off of Aaron Sele on a 3-2 count. Arizona left 21 men on base and the Dodgers left 11. The Diamondbacks bullpen went 10 2/3 innings. They gave up 1 run on 4 hits after the Dodgers chased Claudio Vargas in the 5th inning. Vargas gave up 6 runs in 4 1/3 innings as the Dodgers jumped out in front of the Diamondbacks 6-3. Aaron Sele was in his 4th inning of work when he allowed a 3-2 fastball by Orlando Hudson to be hit to dead center and out of the park.

The Dodgers still lead the West by one game over the Padres and the Diamondbacks moved to within 3 games of the division with their win over the Dodgers. The Giants moved to within 3 1/2 games of the front running Dodgers. Dodgers and Diamondbacks get together again tonight at 9:40pm at Chase Field in Arizona for game two of this three game weekend set.

 

[milagros317]

It just now ended in Arizona: Final Score : Arizona Diamondbacks 9 - Los Angeles Dodgers 7 in 15 innings.

Your post is in violation of the explicitly stated purpose of this thread.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

Your post is in violation of the explicitly stated purpose of this thread.

Not really. You see, it can still be a pro-Dodger thread. You lose games Milagros. It happens. It was a GREAT game. It can be a pro-Dodger thread and still give their opponents the credit they deserve. I look at it as a way of expressing both sides of the team. Not just one side. 😀

 

[milagros317]

Go ahead, I didn't say that your post should be deleted. But here is the only way I ever speak of Dodger losses:

In a tragic game yesterday, the noble Dodgers didn't emerge victorious.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

Go ahead, I didn't say that your post should be deleted. But here is the only way I ever speak of Dodger losses:

In a tragic game yesterday, the noble Dodgers didn't emerge victorious.

What if they lose 11-2??? How is that tragic or noble???😛

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

In fact, to be fair the Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks by the final of 4-3. Jeff Kent homered in the 9th to provide the Dodgers with their margin of victory. With the win the Dodgers hold onto first place in the NL West. With more on the game, Milagros will post behind me in the morning. Final from Arizona, Los Angeles 4- Arizona 3.

 

[milagros317]

Saturday's game: Dodgers 4, Dickheads 3

Kent saves day: HR in ninth ends Dodgers' skid
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The prospect of another long night in Arizona ended with one big swing from Jeff Kent. His towering shot to left leading off the ninth inning was the difference and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Dickheads 4-3 Saturday night. "Going down the stretch, all these games are going to mean something," Kent said. "You hate to waste opportunities, and I'm glad we didn't waste one tonight." Kent's home run on a 3-2 pitch from Luis Vizcaino (3-4) put the Dodgers back on top after Arizona had rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie it.

Starter Derek Lowe left the game in the 4th inning after being struck in the left hand by a line drive. X-rays were negative. As the injury is to his non-pitching hand, he might be able to make his next start.

Saito pitched a perfect 9th inning for the save.
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[milagros317]

What if they lose 11-2??? How is that tragic or noble???😛

The following are Axioms:

The Dodgers are inherently noble.

The hated jints are inherently evil.

Any Dodger loss is tragic.

Any jint victory is tragic, with this exception: That victory causes the Dodgers to clinch the NL West or the NL Wildcard.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

The following are Axioms:

The Dodgers are inherently noble.

The hated jints are inherently evil.

Any Dodger loss is tragic.

Any jint victory is tragic, with this exception: That victory causes the Dodgers to clinch the NL West or the NL Wildcard.

You do realize that the Dodgers left with the Giants,right??? Do you realize how hated both teams are for leaving town??? No one team is evil or noble. Especially after sitting with Dodgers fans for 2 games in LA. They are mean. They actually hit Sadira with peanuts. So I will NEVER find them noble. But I do find you to be noble. You are a good guy. I know that you are having fun. That is most important.

 

[milagros317]

Thank you, TF4F. You and Sadira are both wonderful people. 🙂 🙂

I do realize, by the way, that my view of baseball is an artificial world with heroes and villians, which gives a place to vent.

 

[milagros317]

Sunday's game: Dodgers 6, Dickheads 3

Betemit Homers as Dodgers Win
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Wilson Betemit hit a two-run homer and Rafael Furcal tripled in two more to help the Los Angeles Dodgers take two out of three from Arizona with a 6-3 victory over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

The win, coupled with San Diego's 6-3 loss at Colorado, moved the Dodgers two games ahead of the second-place Padres in the NL West. The Diamondbacks, losers of six of seven, fell five games back and stayed 3 1/2 behind Cincinnati in the wild-card race.

Rookie Chad Billingsley (5-3) beat Arizona for the second time in as many tries. The 21-year-old right-hander allowed two runs on nine hits in seven innings to improve to 4-0 in his last six starts. He struck out one and walked one.

Takashi Saito came on with runners on first and second with one out in the ninth. He gave up a two-out, RBI double to Eric Byrnes, allowing the tying run to come to the plate, before striking out Orlando Hudson for his 16th save in 18 chances

Byrnes led off the Arizona first with a single, then Orlando Hudson's bunt rolled down the third base line in fair territory for a base hit. Chad Tracy's two-out single to right brought Byrnes home.

Livan Hernandez (10-11) blanked the Dodgers through four innings, but Andre Ethier led off the fifth with a double. Russell Martin drew a one-out intentional walk. With two outs, Furcal tripled to deep right-center to bring home both runners. Kenny Lofton followed with an RBI single to left and it was 3-1.

Luis Gonzalez's 531st career double - into the right-field corner - brought Hudson home from first with two outs in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-2. Gonzalez moved into a tie with Rogers Hornsby for 22nd on the career doubles list. Gonzalez leads the National League in doubles with 46, one shy of his career high.

In the sixth, Ethier singled, then Betemit - 4-for-30 on the Dodgers' road trip until then - hit Hernandez's 3-2 pitch just over the fence in right for his team-leading 15th home run and Los Angeles led 5-2. Jeff Kent doubled home J.D. Drew from first off reliever Brandon Medders with two outs in the seventh to make it 6-2.

Hernandez gave up five runs on eight hits in six innings, striking out six and walking three, one intentionally.

The Diamondbacks had runners at first and third with one out in the sixth but Chris Snyder grounded into a double play. Arizona drew leadoff walks in the seventh and eighth only to have them erased by double plays.
😀 😀

 

[General Zod]

Sunday's game: Dodgers 6, Dickheads 3

Betemit Homers as Dodgers Win
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Wilson Betemit hit a two-run homer and Rafael Furcal tripled in two more to help the Los Angeles Dodgers take two out of three from Arizona with a 6-3 victory over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

The win, coupled with San Diego's 6-3 loss at Colorado, moved the Dodgers two games ahead of the second-place Padres in the NL West. The Diamondbacks, losers of six of seven, fell five games back and stayed 3 1/2 behind Cincinnati in the wild-card race.

Rookie Chad Billingsley (5-3) beat Arizona for the second time in as many tries. The 21-year-old right-hander allowed two runs on nine hits in seven innings to improve to 4-0 in his last six starts. He struck out one and walked one.

Takashi Saito came on with runners on first and second with one out in the ninth. He gave up a two-out, RBI double to Eric Byrnes, allowing the tying run to come to the plate, before striking out Orlando Hudson for his 16th save in 18 chances

Byrnes led off the Arizona first with a single, then Orlando Hudson's bunt rolled down the third base line in fair territory for a base hit. Chad Tracy's two-out single to right brought Byrnes home.

Livan Hernandez (10-11) blanked the Dodgers through four innings, but Andre Ethier led off the fifth with a double. Russell Martin drew a one-out intentional walk. With two outs, Furcal tripled to deep right-center to bring home both runners. Kenny Lofton followed with an RBI single to left and it was 3-1.

Luis Gonzalez's 531st career double - into the right-field corner - brought Hudson home from first with two outs in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-2. Gonzalez moved into a tie with Rogers Hornsby for 22nd on the career doubles list. Gonzalez leads the National League in doubles with 46, one shy of his career high.

In the sixth, Ethier singled, then Betemit - 4-for-30 on the Dodgers' road trip until then - hit Hernandez's 3-2 pitch just over the fence in right for his team-leading 15th home run and Los Angeles led 5-2. Jeff Kent doubled home J.D. Drew from first off reliever Brandon Medders with two outs in the seventh to make it 6-2.

Hernandez gave up five runs on eight hits in six innings, striking out six and walking three, one intentionally.

The Diamondbacks had runners at first and third with one out in the sixth but Chris Snyder grounded into a double play. Arizona drew leadoff walks in the seventh and eighth only to have them erased by double plays.
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Dickheads

LMAO 😀

 

[milagros317]

Dickheads

LMAO 😀

In an ideal world, here's how the NL West ought to wind up every year:

Dodgers 162-0
Arizona Dickheads 81-81
Colorado Rockheads 81-81
San Diego Pondscum 81-81
hated jints 0-162

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

Dickheads

LMAO 😀

Outside of Milagros, I would say Dodger fans are dickheads. Especially after throwing peanuts at Sadira.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

In an ideal world, here's how the NL West ought to wind up every year:

Dodgers 162-0
Arizona Dickheads 81-81
Colorado Rockheads 81-81
San Diego Pondscum 81-81
hated jints 0-162

Thank God we are not living in your world. Though they would go 162-0 and lose to the Mets in the first round. Though if you drew the Cubs in the first round that is a win everytime for the opponent of the Cubs. 🙄

 

[milagros317]

Note to TF4F: I agree that anybody who threw peanuts at Sadira is a dickhead. While the Dodgers are inherently noble, some of their fans are not.

Monday's game: Dodgers 6, Reds 5

Dodgers Build Five Run Lead and Hang On for Victory
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Considering how much time Jason Repko has missed this season, his two-run bloop single must have felt like a line drive off the scoreboard.

Repko's seventh-inning hit gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a five-run cushion, and they needed every one of those runs in holding off the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 Monday night.

''It's been a while, about three months now, since I've really contributed in that way,'' said Repko, who was sidelined with an ankle sprain from May 10 through July 23. ''Just getting a couple of RBIs there to help out really felt great. It feels good to contribute and help the team win. I know the hit was a bloop, but it was placed pretty good. They find their holes, and you take them when you can get them.''

Russell Martin hit a two-run homer, Andre Ethier also had three hits and Jeff Kent added an RBI double, helping the Dodgers increase their NL West lead to three games over San Diego after a 4-5 road trip.

Cincinnati dropped 3 1/2 games back of St. Louis in the NL Central with its fourth straight loss. The Reds lead the wild-card race, a half-game in front of San Diego and a game in front of Philadelphia.

Brad Penny (14-7) tied a career high for victories after overcoming early control problems and pulled even with Carlos Zambrano and Brandon Webb for the NL lead in wins. He allowed a run and four hits over five innings.

Todd Hollandsworth had three RBIs for Cincinnati, two on an eighth-inning single against Elmer Dessens. Brandon Phillips followed with a two-run homer off converted reliever Brett Tomko that cut the gap to one run.

Tomko then walked David Ross and pinch-hitter Adam Dunn before Jonathan Broxton struck out Scott Hatteberg with runners at second and third. Broxton finished for his third save, throwing a called third strike past Phillips to end the game with two on.

''You certainly don't quit. But it's still a hard one to swallow,'' Hollandsworth said. ''Tonight's game might help us because we got in their bullpen and scored some runs off them and made them work a little bit. I know they've been using a lot of bullets down there - as have we. So if we can pull anything out of this game, hopefully that's what it is, and maybe it'll benefit us tomorrow.''

Chris Michalak (1-2) allowed four runs and seven hits in four innings in his Dodger Stadium debut. He spent most of the 2001 season with the Dodgers' Triple-A team, which at that time was in Albuquerque.

Reds No. 3 hitter Edwin Encarnacion had a chance to drive in a runner from third base each of his first three times up but was retired all three times by Penny - leaving Ken Griffey Jr. in the on-deck circle twice.

''We wore Penny down and made him throw an awful a lot of pitches,'' Hollandsworth said. ''But we still really didn't even get to him. I mean, we got the one run off him, but he got out of it.''

Penny threw 61 pitches over the first three innings while giving up all five of his walks. He stranded Ryan Freel at third base in the first, throwing a called third strike past Encarnacion and retiring Griffey on a foul pop. He walked three straight batters with one out in the third, then escaped the jam when shortstop Rafael Furcal turned Encarnacion's grounder up the middle into a double play.

''I've got to do a better job of attacking the strike zone,'' Penny said. ''I just lost it there for a second. I can't remember the last time I've done that, walking three guys in a row. But the good thing is that they didn't score.''

Griffey led off the fourth with a double, took third on Rich Aurilia's bloop single and scored on a groundout by Hollandsworth that trimmed the Dodgers' lead to 2-1.

Los Angeles made it 4-1 in the bottom half with ground-rule doubles by Nomar Garciaparra and Kent, followed by Ethier's RBI single. Repko's two-run single against Todd Coffey made it 6-1 in the seventh.

Martin opened the scoring in the second with his eighth homer.

😀 😀