but if he had been 6'3 I'd be hating him right now. Even from 50 yards away I knew he had misplayed that line drive and by the time he finally started heading in the right direction my heart was in my throat. Then he reached up to his full height and pulled down the line drive that put the nail in the Cubs coffin. It was the play of the night and it added just the right amount of drama to a great game.
I guess on TV the crowd didn't sound loud but at the stadium I thought it was rocking. It wasn't Lima game loud, but then again it didn't have Lima orchestrating the crowd. For most of the game we were on our feet. Not a big fan of white towels. If you are going to have towels shouldn't they be blue? and when people are waving them, they aren't clapping which is maybe why the crowd didn't sound so loud on TV.
Just a suggestion to the Dodger Brass, leave the towels in the basement, we need noise and that is what your hands are for.
Headed to NLCS, as a Dodger fan I"m hoping for a game 5 between Hamels/CC so that whoever wins has to waste their best bullets before they play us. As a baseball fan I'd like to beat the best they can throw at us.
We swept the Cubs and our clean up hitter did nothing. We swept the Cubs and our Center Fielder did nothing. Rafy, Martin, Manny and a Sweet Baby James hit now and then and that was all the offense we needed with the pitching we threw at them.
Watch the pundits now. The talking ESPN heads that had 9/10 picking the Cubs will now jump on our pitching bandwagaon faster then Lasorda can pick out an open mike.
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I thought the white flags were amusing because white flags are signal for surrender. You would think the marketing dept. would have thought about it more. However, at least they weren’t passing out Thunderstix, which I have seen at both Angel games, and now at the Brewer game I’m watching.
Tango and Cash - October 5, 2008
Never had so much fun watching the Blue Crew
In 1989, I was 6 years old when I watched my first Dodgers game. That’s right, 1989. So I had no idea about 1988. I just started t-ball and knew none of the rules of baseball so I can’t say I ever saw Kirk Gibson’s homer (besides the millions of replays since). In that time I’ve watched the Dodgers get swept in 95, 96, win one before losing in 04, and swept again in 06. Last night, hearing “I Love LA” blaring throughout Dodger Stadium, seeing the fans go crazy like I have never seen and seeing the Dodgers celebrate on the field makes me smile just thinking about it.
I tell people it’s all about the memories I have at Dodger Stadium that make this team so special to me. I’ve been disappointed so many times by this team in the last 19 years and all I’ve ever wanted was to have a championship that I can say is my own. This season has been a roller coaster, but I never want to get off. Not now, not ever.
SmrtGuy82 - October 5, 2008
Thunder Sticks
are the devil’s creation. Simply horrible.
the big grabowski - October 6, 2008
The Angel fans
Used them to good effect in their last and only World Series appearance. Kids love them and since they can’t clap worth a crap they might as well have something they can make noise with instead of that high pitched squeal that would crack a vertebra that emanates from their pubescent throats when they scream.
meercatjohn - October 6, 2008
The first problem with that is “The Angel fans.” Kids may love them, but the sound that thundersticks make is the sound you hear in hell.
the big grabowski - October 6, 2008
The roar of the flames should drown out any thunderstix.
Thunderstix done right sound great. Certainly better then the whishing sound of waving/twirling a towel. The sound in hell you hear as a Dodger fan won’t be thunderstyx but the repeated call of Jack Clark’s home run over and over and over.
meercatjohn - October 7, 2008
Amen, brother. I detest Thunderstix.
Tango and Cash - October 7, 2008
the big grabowski - October 6, 2008
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