The Los Angeles Dodgers

[Zomby Woof]

The playoffs begin NOW!!!











LET'S GO DODGERS!!!!!! GO BLUE!!!!!!! :bounce: :toast: :party: :D

[Broken_Hero]

1. Good luck...:) nt

[nini]

2. Good Boy.... you put Kenny Lofton up there!!

My favorite player!!





I'm watching online.. or at least I'm waiting for the other game to finish first.



Go Dodgers!



:loveya:

[Zomby Woof]

3. I'm no dummy!

:P

Ribs are marinating... store errands done... got Sean a Dodgers T-shirt at Target for $10!

:loveya: Woohoo!!!

[nini]

5. Sounds good to me!

It's gonna be a long afternoon here zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



:loveya:

[Initech]

4. Go Dodgers!

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Sometimes there are advantages

to being cable-deprived.

I'm glad I didn't see that play. :eyes:

[Broken_Hero]

7. Dodgers score

and their base running snafu was ....first time I ever saw that.

[Zomby Woof]

8. Well, we got ONE run, lol

Maine is so sucky, I am confident we will atone in the 3rd. :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. How do you not score from second on a shot to the wall?

Well... I guess if you're 38 years old...

[trackfan]

10. What happened ?

On my Yahoo scorecard I only see two runners being thrown out at home on a base hit!?

[Zomby Woof]

11. Two runners tagged at home on one throw

They did get a run off a later hit in the inning.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. I just thought of something

How would you score that?

Only way that makes sense is Kent is out 9-2 but Drew is out 2 unassisted.

But then, without the throw, Drew isn't out.

But then again, you can't credit a fielder with two assists on one throw.

Can you?

:shrug:

[Zomby Woof]

25. Maybe you can credit 2 assists

Since it has little or no precedent.

Or the catcher gets his own assist? :crazy:

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. It has precedent

Vinny said he'd seen a similar play but couldn't recount it.

That doesn't surprise me, since Vinny was calling games when it was nine balls and four strikes and a foul ball caught on the first bounce was an out.

If I were the scorer, I'd give Drew's out to LoDuca unassisted. But I wouldn't feel too sure about it.

Wait — maybe Gameday has it.

Yeah, they gave Green just the assist on Kent.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Martin hit one to the base of the wall

with Kent at second and Drew at first.

Both tried to score.

Both failed.

:banghead:

[Zomby Woof]

13. The East Coast Sports Mafia strikes again

Gee, ya think there's not a bit of BIAS by the "homers" in the booth?? They way they reacted to the home runs was like a fan of the team. :grr:

"This is why I think the Mets will prevail... they have the POWER the Dodgers don't!"

They can kiss my ass. Fucking ESPN.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. The Dodgers hit 160 homers this season

That's hardly a lack of power.

And who the fuck cares what a sports announcer thinks, anyway? Especially one who's seeing at least one of the clubs for maybe the first time all season.

Fuck ALL corporate media.

[Zomby Woof]

15. I know!

It's a lifelong gripe of mine, and I noticed it when I lived on the east coast!

They keep gushing over the Mets... it's unprofessional and embarrassing. That is what makes Vin Scully the Master - he is no "homer" when he calls the Dodgers games.

We REALLY NEED this win, just to shut those smug fuckers UP. EVERY game so far has gone the other way. This is the only one I ask not to.

[Broken_Hero]

16. TIED BALL GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Toledo....damn...

[Zomby Woof]

17. lol

I am dying here...

[Broken_Hero]

18. Mets lead know...6-4, bottom of 8th...bleh. nt

[Zomby Woof]

20. Oh Nomar!!

It was a tight nailbiter, but just a little the wrong way... congrats to the Mets for taking Game 1! 6-5 final score.

Tomorrow we bounce back, and then we win at HOME this weekend! :bounce:

GO BLUE!!!! :bounce:

[bigwillq]

19. Good game NY!

:bounce:

[GreenTea]

22. Not me.

[Lady Freedom]

23. .......

[Zomby Woof]

24. lol

The Royals appreciate your support. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

27. Poop! Damn Mets!

x(

[Zomby Woof]

29. I am not worried

We'll take tomorrow... the Dodgers have a never-say-die style which is what made the game more exciting. Then we'll finish them off in L.A.

[NNadir]

28. The Mets win with two arms tied behind their backs!!!!!!

Or two legs (those of Pedro and El Duque) tied up or something.

Actually, I've felt good about John Maine all year. I'm glad he's in there. He's a part of our future.

He did a good job, with the help of the Dodger's coaches, of course, but he hung in there. A good kid.

The way the Mets won tonight is the way the Mets have been winning all year. They're one of the few teams that can overcome a lack of outstanding pitching. The Mets are going to surprise a lot of people who thought the season ended with El Duque's sprint.

[Zomby Woof]

30. And the Dodgers kept coming back...

The way they have all year. Be glad their rally today was unsuccessful... most of them DO work, and for that, the Mets should not be too cocky.

The botched coaching in the 2nd aside, Maine is not that good. He had how many pitches? Jesus, if this is the best they can do without their starters, you better enjoy this while it lasts.

Dodgers in 5.

[NNadir]

32. Coming back and falling short.

Maine is a kid. He pitched 26 continuous innings of shutout ball this summer, beginning with the last time El Duque was injured. Did a lot of Dodger pitchers do something similar this summer? He had a little nerves tonight, but clearly none of the other Mets did.

The Dodgers just completed one of their big win streaks and now are beginning to play one of their big losing streaks, truncated by the length of the playoffs.

Great Grady Little managing by the way, two out at the plate. Having lived in LA, I'll be they'll be crying all winter about that one.

Mets in three.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. How do you blame that on Little?

Was he coaching at third? :shrug:
Little's mistake was bringing in Penny. And, no, that's not a second-guess; I was going :wtf: when he did it.

Pitchers get used to their roles; you don't just stick a guy in to relieve because he's been a solid starter, and Little should know that. I don't know if he panicked without Beimel or if Sele or Tomko weren't available or if he didn't want to put in Broxton that early, but it was a bonehead move, IMO.

Some of our hitters (cough*Lofton*cough) couldn't figure out Maine and we left way too many guys on base. It may well be quite different with Glavine; then again, it may not.

Either way, all this trash talk is bullshit.

[bertha katzenengel]

31. GO DODGER BLUE

:bounce: