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Dodgers / Padres Game XVIII Chat

Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, Sep 25, 2011 1:05 PM PDT


Time for the triple crown boys to shine.

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Time for the triple crown boys to shine.

Dodgers Padres
SS Gordon CF Maybin
2B Carroll
SS Bartlett
CF Kemp C Hundley
LF Rivera
1B Guzman
3B Miles
RF Denorfia
1B Loney 2B Hudson
RF Sands LF Cunningham
C Barajas 3B Gonzalez
P Kershaw P Luebke

 

Game Time: 1:05 p.m.

TV: Prime Ticket

MLB Gameday

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Up to the minute batting average

through 3 AB each for Braun/Reyes today…

Braun .33333
Reyes .32952
Kemp .32534

This is wrong by the way

I had one fewer AB for Braun. Braun is at .33273 (185 for 556)

Once down 20-0

Lions up 23-20 in the final minutes in Minny

Lions looking good.

Speaking of the Lions...WHOA

From Chuck Garfien:

Since 1980, the Detroit Lions have had only TWO kickers. Eddie Murray and Jason Hanson.

Was Eddie Murray a switch-kicker?

Sort of

Outside of the strike years of 1982 and 1987, the Lions also had Rich Karlis (1990) and Dave Rayner (2010) when their guys got hurt.

Super Bowl XLVI

Buffalo Bills v. Detroit Lions

some dodger pitcher

is happy today

Trying to help Kershaw win

and Miles hitting 5th REALLY contradict themselves

someone

needs to inception Mattingly’s brain and make him stop doing that

Aaron fooled you on that.

Ryan Braun will lead off the bottom of the sixth in Milwaukee (5th inning just ended)

He really needs to start making outs

Braun taken out of the game!

wtf???

Ted Williams is rolling is his grave!

He will probably win the batting title

Lets hope that it is all he wins

Padres

are invisible today.

walked Carroll

KeMvP coming up

I feel like I need to hold my breath for this ab
another RBI

for Matt Kemp!

Gotta love the MVP chants in Petco!
holy crap

Maybin kicked the ball in his slide!

They were so lucky it went right to their LF
yeah

bounced off him

.3265

120

Kemp says

Fine, take out Braun, I’ll do it myself!

Kemp padding his runs scored column too :)

I apologize to Miles for today as well

Miles

just showed us why is batting 5th.

Red Sox up a half game on the Rays now

great play

DEE!

The Dee Gordon bandwagon is a great ride!

so glad you could join us! :)

Roy Halladay taken out after 6 shutout innings, ends his season with a 2.3495 ERA. Clayton Kershaw began the day at 2.26991

So you're saying Halladay has nothing on Kershaw? :P
Sick strikeout Clayton

Clayton Kershaw’s first strikeout today is his 243rd of the season. Most by a Dodger since Bill Singer had 247 in 1969

Buffalo!
they won?
fucking patriots
shit, they did

i’m out of the pool now :(

fools!

I warned you about buffalo but you did not listen!

you did?
I've been saying not to take them lightly

I was laughed at. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW!

You also said the Texans would beat the Saints. ;-)

(Even with the Titans win today I can’t be happy. Britt’s injury doesn’t look good)

no i didn't

I said it was a dangerous pick

Broke a 15-game losing streak to the Patriots.

i picked them to win these past two weeks

guys at work were lookin at me funny. and i got those wins and figured this week they couldnt do it, but they did it again.

Absolutely beautiful
There is nothing I would like better right now than being at home relaxing with my pizza hut coming soon

watching Kershaw and Kemp go for their respective triple crowns and Cy Young and MVP awards :)

My Pizza Hut came to my door as strikeout number 244 was being recorded

Dominoes artisan today, just not that good, and Lions win.

Perfect timing, haha

If I wasn’t lazy/not wanting to miss 1 inning I would have gone and picked it up, but screw that, Kershaw is amazing to watch.

except for the fact that its, ya know, pizza hut.
No doubt

A willing sacrifice for laziness

I don't understand the Pizza Hut hate

It’s awesome pizza.

thats treu

if you have nevver had good pizza

I'm generally not a food snob

but pizza hut is just inedible

Trust me on this one. Just stand down.

lol

It’s as if people are talking about steak or something. Almost any pizza is just great, haha.

you can't have had good pizza and say that
If you're talking about restaurant pizza

Then we’re just not on the same page at all. Pizza places anywhere near me: Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Costco (dont deliver), Guidos. I’m not getting pizza from anywhere else

nope

not restaurant pizza

i'd choose Dominoes

over Pizza Hut. if I had to choose

You also don't drink Dr Pepper

So I’m not sure we should take your opinion with all that much stock :P

Domino’s new crust is shit. I won’t eat there anymore.

That's funny

I like it better now

As far as chain pizza places go, Pizza Hut is the best.

you spelled worst wrong

i did qualify it to chain pizza places…i would take almost any hole-in-the-wall mom and pop pizza over pizza hut. but given the choice between pizza hut and dominos its pizza hut every time.

and like i said

its worse then dominoes or papa johns or round table or…

Papa Johns is shit. Dominoes is worse, though getting better. Round Table is nowhere near good

maybe papa johns is close, ive never had round table. where im from almost no one ever eats pizza from a chain place. i grew up in a small village with less than 4000 people and there were about 10 different local pizza places, all of them great.

Thank you, haha
thats like being the tallest midget
Dude

lol, you’re really adamant about this. Did Pizza Hut wrong you or your family in some way, haha.

yes

they served us shitty pizza

hahaha, touche
still the tallest.
how bout

“best tastings shit”. I would just rather not eat shit.

Calvan Johnson oh my god , that was amazing....
yeah

glad I got to see that

wow incredible catch

13 games for Sands

Kershaw dealing today

He wants to make sure there is no doubts about the Cy Young.

Jose Reyes walked in his 4th PA today, still hitting .32952

If he gets a hit, Kershaw’s batting average this season could be higher than his ERA

Sands’ new swing really paying off. Starting LF next season?

More variables than an algebra class.

bulshit, sands was safe.

could have been safe with one more step

oooo TJ sez Sands will be donning a toga later.

:-)
Hazing time!!!

What will Dee be, can Lil Bo Kershaw be usurped?
beautiful curveball
Shout out to the Detroit Lions!
touchdown chargers

looks like they want to win today

Bob Nightengale and I

having a spirited debate on Twitter regarding Braun/Kemp MVP debate. He’s trying to cite Braun’s triple crown numbers as well as to why he’s the MVP.

you mean the numbers

Kemp is better in two out of three?

He seems to think that Braun had a legitimate triple crown case, and cited how clutch he’s been. I had to point out Kemp’s 3 walk-off homers and the fact he’s putting up these numbers with no protection in a big pitcher’s park.

I’m waiting for his silly reply.

HOLY SHIT

what a play by gnome

MILEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!S

Aaron Miles earning his keep

WOW!!

MILES SHOVES IT IN OUR FACES!!

gnome power!!!
Aaron Miles telling me to GFY

And I love it!!

There’s got to be more dodgers fans than padres fans there.

Kemp on deck

Come on Jamey, lets get an RBI on base for him :)

Damn how did that get to the track?

that looked like a popup
man

that pop-up went real far

Holy Crap

That was a 400 ft. pop up.

LOL

Matt, joking he was trying to blow the ball out

It seems all his home runs look like pop-ups.
Damn

He looked like he popped it up with that swing and it still went to the damned warning track!

Two long outs at Petco might have gone out at DS

keep hacking away Matt

yeah

you know what’s gonna happen in Chase :)

Can't wait till we get to Arizona

Where those balls will likely go out.

Kemp

puts tremendous backspin on the ball. That’s what gives his fly balls such great carry.

If he's hitting balls this far at Petco

He’s gonna hit 10 in Arizona this week.

1 pitch outs are my favorite
His breaking balls are on more than I've seen in a few starts for Kershaw

The curve is dialed up to awesome today

Does Keith Law have an MVP vote this year?

No. He has a NL CYA vote

Is there a way to see a list of whose voting for what award?

It doesn’t really get released, especially ahead of time. Unless a writer with a vote mentions it.

Ok

from what I’ve seen via twitter, he seems to favor Kemp for MVP.

That’ll teach you to get Kershaw’s pitch count up!

free bat day at petco
dejesus just died in the OF

in anaheim

oh no

he is up now

Don't need to overpitch here Clayton

Just work the easy out

Fucking damnit
I don't get how he dominates the first 8 hitters, then walks the pitcher from 0-2

Check Phil’s chairs

weird

walked the pitcher

got robbed

on that fastball

crap, there goes the perfect game

No-no still in play.

Most important Dodgers stat this year

(unless something crazy happens over next 3 days)

Matt Guerrier will become the first player ever with exactly one save in six straight seasons.

/makesseasonworthit
can't believe he walked him. DFA this Kershaw guy! ;-)

In other news, man, I should become a Bills fan. They have been unbelievably fun to watch.

It’s unbelievable. My family back home are going nuts. But knowing the Bills, they’ll make the superbowl and collapse.

I'm sure their fans will happily take that scenario
rockies venting their frustration against the astros

they lead 19-1

Ha

Millwood blasted his 2nd HR of the season in that game.

man just saw the sands sellers relay

awesome

Cards are one game back of the Braves with 3 to play

braves get cliff lee tomorrow

fun fun fun

Sox and Braves should play each other in the Loser’s Series.

If Sox continue to choke it away

talk about dominoes fall out. Francona could be fired or Epstein could be gone (rumors had him interested in Cubs GM job but not sure how true that is).

I will not feel sorry for them or Sox fans but man gonna be painful .

Can’t see it as the manager’s fault that they have no pitching. The GM, however.

Yeah, not necessarily saying it should happen, just thinking about what I'd heard about how they weren't on the same page

(though they deny it) and sometimes Managers are scapegoated unfairly. Maybe nothing will happen and they’ll both stick around.

My dad is in a panic

He’s rooting for the Sox hard.

I’m snickering behind his back.

jeez loney

killin it

My girlfriend’s only comment on the game is that the Padres’ uniforms are ugly.

your girlfriend is right.
make him pay, Kershaw
FTFW

My girlfriend’s only comment on the game is that the Padres’ uniforms are ugly.

Another reply fail

D’oh!

Bleacher Report: The 25 ugliest 25 man rosters in the history of baseball

She also said yesterday’s pitcher for the Pads was an uggo. She didn’t say uggo, I said that.

According to her, a -2.

The Harangutan? Surely she jests.

Jose Reyes will leadoff the bottom of the 9th

I heard Upton got hit in the head by Lincecum.

That earns him the MVP.

So much for a CY-clinching no-no

I had hopes for that as well

I said the same thing.

he's just not pitching in important games or that clutch

/nightengale

still could face the minimum

I guess we’ll have to settle for a one hit shutout with a zillion Ks

SIDDOWN! Picked!
Its a Fuck Off Pick Off.

0 strikeouts this inning. Time to launch a full investigation.

5 pitches this inning

I’ll take that any day

He’s clearly over the hill. We’d better unload him and get what we can for him while there’s still something to salvage.

Tried searching on fangraphs...

but i am stupid. Anyone able to find the pickoff leaders this season?

I think James Shields is the leader

Holy crap, the Rockies lineup that scored 19 runs is terrible. It’s all of their bench players. Helton Tulo and Cargo are all sitting.

last NL pitcher to win the TC

was Peavy right?

And Santana.

Or was that in 2006?

idk.

but im pretty sure he was an AL pitcher at the time.

Yep

2006. Was thinking they both did it the same season.

More pick offs than Darrelle Revis.

8 of the 17 Dodgers/Padres matchups this season have resulted in a shutout (5 by the Dodgers, including three 1-0 games, 3 by SD)

walked Jamey again

KeMvP coming up!

Here we go. Let's do this, Bison!

BTW, dunno if this has been mentioned but the dodgers have already guaranteed that they will not lose more games this season than last.

Just missed a double

Damn!

That was close

From gaslampball… “While Kershaw fights for a Cy Young Award, Matt Kemp goes for the Triple Crown. He is third in batting average, tied for first in home runs, and first in RBI. If he doesn’t accomplish this feat, however, he still leads the league in being a bitch, by quite a wide margin.”

Wow, that's more of a MCC thing to say

Keep it classy

i dont understand this.

What the hell does that mean anyway?

Is he a big time whiner or something?

they would know apparently

being a bitch

to padre pitchers I guess

which ones gaslampball again?

give him the hit!
Call it a base hit! Call it a base hit!
Give him the hit!
someone rule it a hit!
Stupid official scorer isn't clutch!

gameday says it was an error

That was going to be a close play.

Lynch the Official Scorer!
Up to date batting average

Braun .33273
Reyes .33080
Kemp .32538

It's okay. WGT. He's gonna feast in Arizona.
RIVERA

helping Kershaw’s Kause at least.

Can the Dodgers appeal the error? I know the scorer sometimes changes his ruling, but I don.’t know if appeals come into it.

It is being reviewed by the official scorer.

sweet.

i didnt see the play. honestly, was it an error?

Little roller, under the glove of the 3B

Let's hope it gets changed

But I will say it could have gone either way

They do sometimes change their ruling.

Scorer has 24 hours after the game to change a call.

What if Dee had hit that ball? That would have had to been called a hit.

Another run for Kemp
4-0

RBI fielders choice

another run scored

for Kemp!

An error doesn’t count as an AB, surely? His BA should just be the same as before it, no?

no, because errors are plays that should have been outs if not for the error

Clearly his speed would have beat out the grounder

Or so I say as an unbiased homer :)

He was busting it out of the box, that’s probably why Gonzalez missed it.

Counts as though he made the out that should have happened, 0 for 1

An error is treated like the batter made an out, so official AB

Another run for Kershaw too

McFadden just had a 70 yard TD. LOVE this guy.

Damn

That looked pretty outside

according to gameday it was.

loney gets burned buy pitches close to the bottom right corner of the zone.

BLAST IT! :-(
Kershaw is awesome and should win CY but weird to think he's also given up HRs this week to...

Chris Stewart and Aaron Cunningham.

Richie Cunningham hit a Homer? Mrs. H. will be so proud!

inside pitch

and he hit it

At least jump for it, Rivera

2.26 ERA now. No way he wins the CYA.

No need to worry

2 runs or less in 6 innings or more means MLB lead in ERA for sure.

No need to panic!

Miles FTW today
LOL at Gnome's shot put throwing style though

357 feet. Kemp has already hit it about 400 feet twice. Maybe he should pull it to that location.

Seems most of Keno’s HRs are opposite field and center field shots. Might be recency bias, though.

Damn you autocorrect!

I looked at the numbers recently and the plurality are centerfield shots. i think pull and push are about evenly split thought.

Miles!

Does it again!

Could be worse, Verlander got shelled in his final start

Lincecum could end season 13-14 (!)
he just doesnt know how to win
Chargers

up 10-0 against the mighty chiefs

sadface

btw

i havent mentioned how much i love your picture.

Vin Scully cares not for hundredths.

what did he say?

Keeps referring to Halladay at “2.3” (he is 2.35) and Kershaw at “2.2” (began the day at 2.27, now at 2.26)

in a bizarro world where ERA was a new statistic and sabermetrics were the norm I can just imagine people saying “how can a pitcher give up .05 more runs per game than another pitcher?”

Raiders and Jets tied at 17 at half.

good scoring by the silver & black

stupid bionic leg
Angels

hanging around. Up 3-0. Would be 1 1/2 back with a win.

interesting how close these races got. about 3 weeks ago people were talking about how this might be the most boring end of the season in recent memory.

Kershaw needs 4 more Ks to lead MLB this year

he’s locating a lot better this inning.

good decision

Kershaw

73 pitches through 6. Welcome to complete game number 6

Loney has ended two straight innings with a great Karros, as in leaving the bag early to convince the out.

Keith Hernandez

KC pulls within 3

Oakland has the bases loaded with one out in Anaheim. 3-1 Angels.

Kemp career vs. Gregerson: 3 for 5, 1 HR

Crap

.32483

Can almost put BA to bed.

If Braun goes 1 for his next 8, Kemp will need 6 for 8 to pass him

How about 1 for 12?

if Braun goes 1 for 11, Kemp needs 6 for 12

and that’s at .32833 to .32804. Jose Reyes is currently at .33080 so he needs to slump too.

If Braun sits once, he would need to go 0 for 8 for Kemp’s 6 for 12 to get passed

im holding out for a phenomenal run in arizona. i havent given up on this yet.

12-12, four home runs.

three would suffice.

but seriously. kemp can come up with some amazing streaks so dont count him out yet.

welp.

that sucked.

wikipedia claims that the blue used on the dodger uniforms
is a different blue from dodger blue. Zuh?

just the “web color”

Clayton...

strike out the side, and the take the rest of the year off!

Walden

brought in hoping for the 4 out save.

Gets Matsui on one pitch. 3-2 Anaheim Bot 8.

I didn’t realize it was already the 7th inning stretch and wondered why the break between half innings was taking forever.

Sounds like Joe Buck is getting his voice back. Good for him.

Odds on KeMVP if he doesnt win the triple crown or 40/40?

Braun may have already won it so I’ll say like 15%

i doubt it's good

especially with Braun probably winning the battle title

shame

cause its not like Braun is destroying in batting average anyway, they’re still relatively close.

a complete game

would be a great way to end the season, and a nice statement on CY Young voting

it would also mean 3 starts, 3 CG against San Diego this year

But they don’t count because San Diego has a tee-ball league offense.

/sarc

Gonna be tough for Kemp to win the batting title (though a lot can happen in three days). He’s still the MVP regardless though.

Because he’s aiming for the 40 home runs and HR leader, he’s playing maybe more like a typical power hitter, all fly balls,’and getting struck out a lot instead of placing sharp singles on line drives.

I love Vin Scully’s horrible Australian accent.

Angels get two huge runs on a bloop single. 5-2 Angels.

peter bourjous

<3

Delaying the inevitable.

Can’t wait for the three way tiebreaker, either?

I can’t wait for the elimination.

with a hit here barajas can guarantee kemp another pa

Last year Pujols and Votto had extremely similar seasons

The difference between them, really, was that Votto was on a playoff team and Pujols wasn’t. Pujols got I believe 1 first place vote, the rest went to Votto. Kemp is slightly better overall (though Kemp is a CF, Braun is a LF instead of 2 1B), but I’m afraid it will be the same story, playoff team against non-playoff team.

i think votto honestly had better numbers, completely regardless of playoff situations.

Also, voters for some reason like to find reasons to NOT vote for Pujols.

I somewhat agree

as evidenced by his 3 MVPs and his top 10 in MVP every season of his career?

as evidenced by his only 3 MVPs (assuming he feels Pujols should have won more than 3).

bingo my friend

Barry Bonds

I know I wont win any arguments with Pujols>Bonds back then

But I most certainly have no problem arguing Pujols>Howard in 06

look at the years hes lost out. 4 of 7 were to Bonds and his freakish steroid numbers. one to votto, one to howard when he hit 58 HR, and one to Rollins and 7 other players between them. dont really think hes been treated that unfairly. and this is coming from someone who wishes pujols breaks every record possible.

I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with anyone. Simple trying to explain his argument.

I never said unfairly. I just think even with 3 MVPs, he's likely deserved at least 1 more.

you’re probably right. he probably deserved it when howard won it. but i dont think it’s a travesty to give someone the mvp when they hit 58 HR with a BA .300+

If you care at all about Advanced statistics

in 2006 Pujols had a .331/.431/.671 line with an 8.5 WAR, Howard had .313/.425/.659 line with 6.2 WAR.

Pujols had 9 less home runs and slugged more than .010 points better.

i do

and their OPS were nearly identical. the huge discrepancy in teh WAR comes from defense, which the current defensive metrics are not very good. obviously pujols is a much better fielder, but im not trying to say that he didnt deserve the mvp. on the contrary. im just saying that the voters werent looking for a reason not to vote for him.

Pujols has better by .018 points in BA, .006 points in OBP, and .012 points in slugging

.448 wOBA to .436 wOBA. It’s not a giant margin, but then taking fielding into it, clearly Pujols was the better choice. Last season it was a similar situation with Pujols and Votto, and as opposed to 06 where Howard got the award on a non playoff team, pujols didn’t get the same treatment with basically the same argument. The only real difference is Pujols league leading home runs were lower as were Votto’s still high amount.

As evidenced by finishing behind Howard in 2006

and not getting more than 1 first place vote last year when the seasons were incredibly close.

I don’t think you realize just how historic Albert Pujols is.

I'm guessing the secret number 1 reason was

“he’s won it before”

That's likely a factor

I don’t know how I feel about that. It’s nice to give the award to a new player, but if a player is elite enough to win the award, that shouldn’t really factor into the thought process.

BARAJAS POWER!!!!!

Guerra might as well go take a shower now.

better yet

start driving to AZ

Keep hitting the ball boys and give Matt another AB today

He’ll be up again for sure now.

Needs a HR for a little cush
ROBAR!!!!

That’ll help Kid K’s cause a bit more.

Kershaw elite patience

We've lost contact
Call Scully or Mulder

Fly ball by Dee. Again.

Walden is sucking a fat one.

5-4 Angels

A’s have runners at 1st and 3rd with one out.

Wow, if he blows this game my best friend might just explode his brain

Tell him he’s overreacting.

I think that's a big fat duh

I know i’d feel exactly the same way in his situation, though.

Well, that’s different. Dodgers are important.

Blown save

5-5.

2nd and 3rd with one out.

IBB. Coco Crisp up with the bases loaded.

Can I say fuck orlando hudson at this point?

He seems to play us pretty well.

Is it just me, or does he have a grudge against us?

deservedly so if he does

I don’t know about deservedly. Not our fault he had a bad second half of the season. But I could completely understand how he feels.

should be against Joe then

Damn, O-dog causing problems.

bring in jansen for the K

eff the Padres for trying to manufacture a run.

fecking hudson, always burning us it seems
thats what X Dodgers do

Outstanding curve and the ump gave up on it.

kershaw messing up his ERA

DAMN man

Time to start calculating Lee’s start by the outs for tomorrow.

fuck the giants and padres

Why the fuck do they have to fuck up Kershaw’s last 2 starts late in the game. Fuckers.

Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus writer:

FIP and BABIP shouldn’t enter MVP/CY. What’s done is done.
Talking about how CC vs Verlander

clearly doesnt understand those stats.

this might cost him the triple crown

if lee goes CGSO against the braves

Only if this run scores

thats what we got kenley for

OK, Kershaw. Two more Ks then bring in Kenley to finish it off.

fuck! up to KJ

That’s the end for Kershaw. What a season.

Bullshit

I’m pissed about the last 2 8th innings he’s pitched.

Good problem to have, a pitcher who lasts into the 8th inning.

taking him out

good job Clayton, and thanks for the great year!

A’s score 4 in the 9th inning.

6-5 A’s Bottom 9.

KJ will K these fools
Amazing season, Clayton

You deserve more praise than you’ve received, if that’s even possible. Let’s hope Kenley can save your bacon once again here.

Stop worrying about what people deserve and take a look around and see what praise they are getting.

I hope I find this in a fortune cookie some day

MLB ERA title. If this run on 3B scores, Cliff Lee needs 6.2 scoreless to tie Kershaw, 7 to pass; otherwise Lee needs 10.2 scoreless

Kenley knows what he needs to do
good thing the

Braves need to win right?

Any earned run by Lee and Kershaw has it locked up?

Yes

Excellent, thanks.

Besides, Lee is likely on a shortened pitch count anyway, though I think he could talk his way into a chance at an ERA title if the opportunity is there.

Unless he goes 18+ innings or so.

And if he does, Charlie Manuel will officially not want to win the WS.

Kenley Jansen is here to say

fuck you padres.

more flying bats
That had a little different meaning growing up in the desert

Look at Loney nonchalantly say, “this bat ain’t gonna get me.”

LOLOLOLLLOLOLOLOLOL

jesus

anybody here that loud mouth girl? STFU

Which one, and what is she saying?

lets go Padres or something

been hearing it all game

Yes, that’s been very annoying.

“LET’S GO PADRES!” Over. And over. And over.

I think she was at the game I went to. It was loud even up in the top nosebleeds.

Like the kid who was yelling “Let’s go Pirates!” at the Pirates game that last 19 innings and ended on the blown call.

I thought Maddz or Josie

was typing in all caps again

yes

its annoying

I like how Loney didn’t seem to care a bat was flying in his general direction.

Fuck that just missed the corner.

THIS UMP JUST PISSED ME OFF

One more Kenley!

He better be careful or else he might break the internet again.

Oh fuck you ump.

YES!!!!!

KERSHAW’S GOT THIS!

cy young locked up

Kenley Jansen has struck out 11 of the last 14 batters he faced

Has he pass marmol????

MLB season K/9 Leader of over 16 Yet??

Kenley Jansen: Kershaw Bacon Saver
Lee

which team and which pitcher is he facing? Do we know yet?

The Atlanta Braves and the great Randall Delgado.

at least he faces a decent team.

on the road…

Since that run on 3rd didn’t score, isn’t it a moot point?

kenley has saved kershaws ASS the last two starts
unless Lee strikes out 17 tomorrow

CK has the triple crown!!

he still has to get the Win today.

knocking on wood.

almost makes you wanna see KJ

come out again and haev Guerra bail him out

Kenley Jansen’s cutter: nasty pitch, or Nastiest Pitch?

Kershaw’s slider says hi.

I would gladly take either side of that argument.

His curveball says, “How are you?”

Padilla’s soap bubble curve says nothing because its on the DL.

I thought it was gently weeping?

KENLEY JANSEN

Best reliever in baseball

i was worried bout him earlier in th eyear

finished great last season but this season he started off rough…glad he turned things around

We know it. We’re just waiting for everyone else to figure it out.

If he played the whole season I'd have little problem saying that

The thing that’s crazy is that the Braves have 2 guys who might be even better.

go check out sergio romos numbers

Angels have the winning run at the plate with two outs. Abreu.

Popped it up.

Shut that Halo down. E # is 2.

Boston still has one game today?

Game started a few minutes ago.

Guerra warming
GOOD.

can’t be too careful in this situation.

Why is gamer still in the game, aren’t we do a Velez sighting?

gotta try to keep something decent in front of kemp.

last AB for Matt

Not the game he needed.

Like the “MVP!” chant on the road.

Padres Dodgers is more like 65% Padres 35% Dodgers fans.
cant you wait till after he hits the home run?
argh

triple crown hopes pretty much dead, but if he gets the MVP, I dont care

I’m still hoping for 40/40.

Time for a Bison Bomb

OK, guys, now bat around and give Kemp another chance.

He still might have another hit after the game.

When the official scorer takes a look at the error?

Kemp's going to wreck the Dbacks pitching staff

I’m not worried.

Can’t do anything but laugh at the Giants.

Hank Schulman on Twitter:

Since 1958, pitchers w/ losing record, < 2.75 ERA + 200 Ks: Gaylord Perry, Dean Chance, Blyleven twice, Sheets and now likely Lincecum.

That's

a pretty nice rotation

Here we go, bottom 9th

save it Guerra

well, not really a save situation
let Kenley shut the door

Three outs away from a guaranteed improved record from last season.

I can’t believe I was able to write that this season.

Packers 27
Bears 10

Aaron Rodgers=awesome
Ok- how is gumby Mexican?
How is Harry Potter, lol

Browns 17
F’ing Dolphins 16
This makes me wheep.

So the Dolphins make you cry?

They are trying to be renamed the blowfish.

I love Dee Gordon in a Gumby suit.

ROFL. They put Dee Gordon in Gumby.

FedEx looks like a Saloon Slut
Oeltjan

in a Harry Potter robe

That might be the least embarrassing one.

Although, I’d want the Gumby suit.

What they couldn’t find a straw in his size?

ahahahah

fedex and deee

I don’t think Vin knows what the Romans wore.

he didn't see

the pink frills

I think he was referring to Sands' "very short" toga, per TJ
hahahah

wtf Dee Gordon

Oh goodness

It’s already 3-0 Yankees.

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

damn.

the red sox really dont want to make the playoffs.

No it’s just John Lackey really really really sucks.

boston have a great knack at throwing money at overpriced players in weak free agent markets. im completely surprised they didnt end up with jayson werth.

Buster Olney on Twitter:

BOS responding to this situation the way Michael Spinks did against Mike Tyson. Have been outscored 44-19 in innings 1 and 2 last 16 games.

Ohoohohoho

Fedex

game ending DP coming up
i dont' know why i want this game to end more

to hear that girl finally STFU or to have the win

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

seriously man

damn

damnnit

should have let Kenley stay in Donnie

this this this and this

but it works out anyway!
Kershaw has his triple crown
21!!!!

TRIPLE CROWN MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!

ah..still a delay

here, haven’t seen the DP :)

NOW THAT GIRL CAN SHUT UP!

How could she do that the whole game without getting at least a little tired of doing it?

I mean come on!

Its like a neighbor’s dog barking all night.

Probably a 12 y/o

I consider this more important than both Kemp’s and Kershaw’s award chases.

joe_block: #Phillies Cliff Lee would need 10-2/3 shutout innings and/or 17 strikeouts to unseat #Dodgers Clayton Kershaw from the Triple Crown #MLB

Brand new information.

and if he does that

I’ll tip my hat to him

I like the way that man thinks!

KING OF THE CASTLE

KING OF THE CASTLE

80-78 - 1 more win for a +.500 season!
the one thing that nobody has mentioned

is ian kennedy throwing in relief over the next few days to get some work in and somehow getting a win

Is he doing that? Or are you saying that might be a possibility?
no fucking way

a playoff team does that with their staff ace when theyve already clinched.

it would be to get work in to stay sharp for the playoffs

not saying it will happen, but it’s possible

im pretty sure the way the schedule works is that he’s set to start with exactly 4 or 5 days rest to begin the playoffs.

He would be on 6 full days of rest before Game 1 on Saturday.

not to be a pessimist

but that could also ruin the triple crown

Arizona would have to beat the Dodgers though, so nope.

Nothing stopping Kershaw from pitching in relief too if that happens.

if he pitches....

KeMVP will take care of it for Clay

Kennedy pitched yesterday

the playoffs start Friday. No way this happens.

NLDS starts Saturday. I could see him pitch an inning on Tuesday or Wednesday. Doubtful though.

exactly

i agree definitely doubtful, but possible

if gibby does that then mattingly has to respond by putting kenley in the same inning to guarantee that the dbacks dont take the lead with kennedy as pitcher of record.

Gibby might still be bitter about the Parra incident

so who knows

Only if passing the Brewers is still possible.

80-78. 2011 Dogers are officially better than 2010 Dodgers.

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