pro Dodgers only thread

[General Zod]

Is there no stopping the Dodgers?

 

[milagros317]

I sure hope not. 😀

 

[milagros317]

The Dodgers beat the Pirates today, 13-5. 😀

 

[milagros317]

Last night, Kenny Lofton got his first RBI as a Dodger as the Dodgers beat the hated jints, 3-1. 😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Last night the Dodgers and Cubs were tied 1-1 in the bottom of the 9th. With 2 outs, Kenny Lofton worked a walk, stole 2nd base, and scored on J. D. Drew's single to win the game. 😀 😀

 

[natural tickler]

Last night the Dodgers and Cubs were tied 1-1 in the bottom of the 9th. With 2 outs, Kenny Lofton worked a walk, stole 2nd base, and scored on J. D. Drew's single to win the game. 😀 😀

I find it strange that you only post scores when it is in the favor of the Dodgers. We never hear from you after a loss, in which they did the day before, 4-1 😀

 

[milagros317]

This is a pro Dodgers only thread, and here one should only post good news and favorable comments about the Dodgers. 😀

You are welcome to start a pro Cubs thread, NT. 😛

 

[natural tickler]

This is a pro Dodgers only thread, and here one should only post good news and favorable comments about the Dodgers. 😀

You are welcome to start a pro Cubs thread, NT. 😛

LMAO

it's cool, they got us last night. But tonight, is a different story

 

[milagros317]

If the Cubs should win tonight in Dodger Stadium, you can be sure that I won't post about it here tomorrow. 😀

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

But I will post it. The Cubs ( as sorry a team as they are, right Natural? ) beat the Dodgers 5-4. Sorry Milagros!!! If I started a pro-Mets only thread everyone would tear it to shreds. 😀

 

[milagros317]

Only positive things about the Dodgers are supposed to be in this thread. While I can't stop anybody from posting what they want to, I myself will only post good news and favorable opinions about the Dodgers here.

 

[milagros317]

Last night, the Dodgers beat Arizona 6-3 behind six innings of excellent pitching by Odalis Perez and 3 RBI by J. D. Drew. 😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

This afternoon, the Dodgers beat Arizona 6-4 to win the weekend series, two game to one. 😀 😀

The Dodgers batted around in the first inning, scoring 4 runs. J.D. Drew had a solo HR in the 6th inning. 😀

 

[milagros317]

Last night, with the Dodgers trailing 2-1 in the top of the 9th inning, Nomar Garciapara hit a grand slam to give the Dodgers a 5-2 lead. One more run was scored, so it ended as a glorious 6-2 victory. 😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

J. Seo and three relievers combined for a two-hit shutout in San Diego last night, as the Dodgers won, 3-0. 😀 😀

J.D. Drew had two RBI.

 

[milagros317]

Tomko pitched well last night as the Dodgers won again in San Diego, 4-2. Garciaparra had a home run and a sac fly. 😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Finally, there is some good news about the Dodgers to report. 😀

After blowing a 3-0 lead, the Dodgers came to bat last night in the bottom of the 9th with the score tied 3-3. Furcal hit an infield single. Cruz bunted him over to second base, one out. Then Garciaparra hit an RBI single to end the game: Dodgers 4, Brewers 3. 😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Saturday night's game: Dodgers 5, Brewers 4

For the second day in a row, the Dodgers came to bat in the bottom of the 9th in a tie game. For the second day in a row, Nomar Garciaparra came to bat with one out and a runner on second base. (This time it wass Kenny Lofton, who doubled.) For the second day in a row, Garciaparra hit a game winning RBI single. 😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Sunday's game: Dodgers 10, Brewers 2

Aaron Sele pitched 6 2/3 solid innings in his National League debut, Russell Martin hit his first major league home run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-2 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

Olmedo Saenz and Rafael Furcal each hit two-run homers and Jeff Kent also drove in two runs for the Dodgers, who have won three straight following a five-game losing streak.

 

[natural tickler]

The name Furcal is a enemy for life. Because of his wrecklessness running into first base, he took out our best player, which may have ruined our season. If I have the chance to get close to furcal, I'm gonna break his legs

Its bad enough he spurned us, but then take out our best guy????

the hit is on

 

[milagros317]

When I'm in LA next month, I will try to warn him about certain crazed Cubs fanatics out to get him.

 

[milagros317]

Tuesday's game: Dodgers 12, Astros 7

Jeff Kent hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBI to lift the Dodgers over the Houston Astros 12-7 for their fourth straight win.

Kent's second homer of the season capped the Dodgers' six-run eighth inning. Nomar Garciaparra and J.D. Drew also homered against Houston starter Andy Pettitte, who allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings.

"It was a great win because everyone got involved," Garciaparra said. "We did some little things that created big things."

Takashi Saito (3-2) pitched a perfect eighth inning for the victory.

😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Wednesday's game Dodgers 9, Astros 6

The offense is finally coming around for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Brett Tomko has been solid every five days. Now, if there was only something manager Grady Little could do about that bullpen of his.

Tomko allowed just one infield hit over six scoreless innings, and the Dodgers held on Wednesday night for a 9-6 victory over the Houston Astros that extended their winning streak to five games.

"We feel pretty good about winning five in a row, but we know that the best part of our season is still to come," Little said after the Dodgers handed the defending NL champions their sixth straight loss. "We like the way we're swinging the bats right now, but we've got a few things to iron out in the bullpen."

Jeff Kent and Rafael Furcal hit three-run homers and Nomar Garciaparra added a solo drive for the Dodgers, whose winning streak comes after a five-game skid. They have scored 31 runs their last three games, two more than they had in their previous seven.

Tim Hamulack relieved Tomko in the seventh and gave up three runs, two on a double by pinch-hitter Eric Bruntlett and the other on a broken-bat infield hit by Willy Taveras. Lance Berkman hit his 12th homer in the ninth, a three-run shot off Franquelis Osoria. But Danys Baez came on and struck out Morgan Ensberg and Preston Wilson to end it.

Wilson's slow bouncer to third baseman Bill Mueller with two out in the fourth was Houston's only hit against Tomko (4-1), who struck out three and walked three. He was lifted after 104 pitches.

😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Friday's game: Dodgers 6, hated jints 1

The Evil One is finding that the Babe's 714 is a tough mark to match. He's also learning that at age 41 his defense is a far cry from his Gold Glove days of old.

The San Francisco slugger is still sitting at 713 home runs, one shy of tying Babe Ruth for second place on the career list after the Giants' 6-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night in which a sellout crowd of 42,885 showed up hoping to witness history.

Instead, Bonds went 0-for-3 with an intentional walk in his fourth straight homerless game and blew a play in the outfield, too.

Manager Felipe Alou planned to sit down with his star player to discuss several things: Bonds' status for Saturday's day game, why he didn't run out a popup in the eighth, and what happened in left field on a miscommunication with center fielder Steve Finley.

"I'm going to talk with him," Alou said, smiling.

It seemed the perfect night to make history, what with the archrival Dodgers in town after the hated jints threw a belated 75th birthday bash for his godfather, Willie Mays, and also celebrated Alou's 71st birthday. There was all kinds of atmosphere -- a full moon appeared off in the distance beyond right field and McCovey Cove in the early innings.

But Kenny Lofton hit a two-run single in the Dodgers' three-run third off Matt Morris (2-4) and singled in another run in the fifth for a season-high three RBI. Nomar Garciaparra had three hits and drove in a run for the sixth straight game.

Brad Penny pitched five scoreless innings as the Dodgers won for the sixth time in seven games since a season-long five-game skid. Penny came out because of stiffness in his back.

"I don't care who hits a home run, Bonds or whoever," said Penny, who doesn't expect to miss a start because of his back. "I don't think about that at all. It's his personal stats."

The hated jints did get a homer from Pedro Feliz for their only run. Bonds last homered Sunday night at Philadelphia, hitting a 450-foot shot to right for his fifth of the season.

The 41-year-old Bonds was intentionally walked in the first, popped out to shortstop in the third, lined out to right leading off the sixth and reached in the eighth on a fielder's choice when second baseman Jeff Kent dropped his popup.

Kent threw to second for a forceout, and the Dodgers nearly doubled up Bonds, who had turned back toward the dugout before running to first and barely beating the relay throw.

There was speculation Kent dropped the ball on purpose. He clashed with Bonds when they were teammates here and even scuffled in the dugout.

"That's the question of the day," Kent said. "I don't give away my secrets. I'm the wrong guy to ask."

It was an electric, playoff-like atmosphere for "Orange Friday" -- and this night thousands of fans sported orange wigs with a black stripe down the middle. They stood for each Bonds at-bat, something the crowd didn't always do during the previous series against the Cubs.

"Pitch to Barry!" one man hollered at Dodgers reliever Joe Beimel in the sixth.

The left fielder -- a Gold Glover at the position in his prime -- took only a few steps toward left-center on Willy Aybar's RBI double in the sixth, apparently convinced Finley had it covered even though it was clearly Bonds' play to make. Bonds had words with Finley afterward.

"We know he has a lack of range," Alou said. "It didn't lose the game for us tonight. But we know he lacks range. We know the reason. He didn't play last year. He's not 100 percent in shape right now, and he's going to be 42. I don't know many 42-year-olds who have good range."

Finley said he thought he saw Bonds put up his glove and slowed up, calling it "an honest mistake."

"I should have gone hard all the way," Finley said.

Bonds is eager to pass Ruth and rid himself of the fanfare that has surrounded the chase. It has to be a distraction.

"I don't try to think about it," Bonds said recently. "But that moment I will think about it."

Penny (3-1), who has allowed three homers to Bonds, gave up two hits, struck out three and walked three for his second straight victory following a four-start losing streak.

Alou hoped to have Bonds in the starting lineup for Saturday's day game after the slugger said earlier this week he wanted to play every game through the weekend. He started Thursday's day game after a night game against Chicago -- not always his practice in recent seasons.

"I don't know," Alou said after the game. "I won't write the lineup early. I'm going to take my time tomorrow."

The Dodgers aren't about to let Bonds beat them. Los Angeles has allowed the third-most home runs to Bonds of any team with 62, behind San Diego's 82 and 63 by the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals.

Dodgers skipper Grady Little said Los Angeles would be picky about when to pitch to him.

"We know there's not another Barry Bonds coming up after him," Little said.

Penny intentionally walked Bonds with two outs in the first and Omar Vizquel on second. Fans waved orange and yellow rubber chickens from all directions.

Morris, in his first season with the hated jints following nine with St. Louis, lost his fourth straight decision. He is winless in six outings since starting the year with two victories.

😀 😀

 

[milagros317]

Sunday's game: Dodgers 6, hated jints 3

The Evil One (also known as Barry Bonds) remained stalled at 713 and one from tying Babe Ruth as the hated jints concluded a seven-game homestand with a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

All those kayaks in McCovey Cove hoping for a historic souvenir left empty-handed from this homestand.

The Dodgers broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth on a two-base throwing error by reliever Steve Kline (1-1) in which the ball went off Omar Vizquel's glove and into shallow left as the shortstop covered third, allowing two runs to score.

Bonds went 0-for-2 with two walks. He drew his 17th intentional walk of the season in the first, grounded out to the pitcher to end the third in a six-pitch at-bat, walked again in the sixth and popped out to third in the eighth before Jason Ellison replaced him in left field to start the ninth.

The way things are going for Bonds at the plate, he might just as well cut his throat--he was hitless in the entire three game series against the Dodgers.

On Monday, the hated jints start a three-game series at Houston, followed by a weekend interleague matchup against the Athletics in which manager Felipe Alou hopes Bonds will play all three games as designated hitter.

Houston has given up 37 of Bonds' home runs. The slugger didn't play in last Monday's makeup game at home with the Astros after the cross-country flight from Philadelphia.

And Alou wasn't sure whether Bonds would play Monday's series opener after six straight games that included two day games after night games.

Bonds is hitless in his last 15 at-bats with seven walks since his seventh-inning single Tuesday night against former teammate Scott Eyre of the Chicago Cubs.

Jeff Kent broke a 1-1 tie with a solo home run to left in the sixth -- but had the ball thrown back onto the field by his former fans who booed him at every opportunity. It was his second homer in as many games and sixth of the season. Olmedo Saenz hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth to drive in the Dodgers' first run.

Jae Seo seemed like a legitimate candidate to become the 420th different pitcher to surrender a home run to Bonds considering the right-hander came into his seventh start of the year having given up eight homers in 33 innings -- and pitched Sunday on the heels of his shortest 2006 outing of 3 1-3 innings last Tuesday against the Astros.

Nomar Garciaparra extended his hitting streak to nine games with an RBI single in the eighth, the eighth straight game he's driven in a run. Rafael Furcal singled in a run in the ninth.

Mike Matheny blooped a tying RBI single off Odalis Perez (4-1) -- pitching in relief for the first time since Sept. 30, 2001, with Atlanta -- in the seventh. Perez has two career relief victories. Joe Beimel pitched two innings for his first career save.

Ray Durham, who returned from a hamstring injury Friday night, hit a solo home run leading off the ninth for the Giants.

Jason Schmidt didn't allow a hit until Kenny Lofton's single to left-center leading off the fourth, but failed to earn a decision after winning his previous three starts. He walked Jose Cruz Jr. in the second after not walking a batter in 23 straight innings since April 28 against Arizona -- going two starts without issuing a free pass.

Bonds batted third in the order for the second straight day in a move Alou plans to stick with indefinitely.

The chants of "Barry! Barry!" immediately changed to boos after he took three straight balls in the first, then catcher Russell Martin stuck out his glove calling for the intentional walk.

Bonds stepped into the batter's box with one out in the sixth and Randy Winn on first following a leadoff single and walked on five pitches -- with some fans on their feet and yelling "Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.!"

Alou, who turned 71 on Friday, said the craziness surrounding Bonds isn't getting to him at all. He's not sure what to expect in Houston -- but realizes the media frenzy will follow the team to Texas.

"I like this, man. I like a lot of people," he said. "I like controversy. I like storms. Any time we have hurricanes in Florida, I wish I were there. I'm not the eye, but I am the mouth of the storm. Look around and I'm the guy who has to answer a lot of this stuff."

Los Angeles has allowed the third-most home runs to Bonds of any team with 62, behind San Diego's 82 and 63 by the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals.

😀 😀