Diversions
Forget About the Game for a Minute! Some of you are losing your minds about the one Dodger loss. There s no need to cuss and dis-cuss it. Sunday, we will have more information good or bad. We will talk about that when it comes but right about now it s time to think about something else. I was born in 1953 and the only reason that is significant is that
Forget About the Game for a Minute! Some of you are losing your minds about the one Dodger loss. There’s no need to cuss and dis-cuss it. Sunday, we will have more information – good or bad. We will talk about that when it comes… but right about now it’s time to think about something else.
I was born in 1953 and the only reason that is significant is that I am getting close to having every Dodger Media Guide back to that point. It’s pretty cool to be able to go back in Dodger time to that particular year. Below is one that is significant:
Here’s what I have… so far. I just need 8 or 9 more…
Built Ford Tough
This is going to read like a commercial, but six years ago, I bought a 2013 Ford F-150 and 122 thousand miles later it was the best vehicle I have ever had. It started every day without fail. Went through 2 feet of snow. Never failed and… oh… it was fast at 375 HP. Here’s the deal: other than two sets of tires and oil changes, all I spent on this truck in 6 years was $2,600.00.
The 2013 F-150 was still looking good and running strong, but I’d rather get rid of it too soon than too late. I’m a pickup truck type of guy and have been looking at the new ones. I almost bought a Raptor but that’s just not me. Finally, at the end of the model year, I traded it in for a new one. The 2019 Limited F-150.
I didn’t buy the Raptor, but it has the Raptor engine (450 HP) and goes 0-60 in 5.1 seconds and does the quarter-mile in 13 seconds at 102 MPH. Not bad for a 6,000-pound pickup. Well, it is the fastest production pickup ever… except for the 2004 V-10 Viper. This is a V-6 Twin-Turbo. BTW, it gets 23 MPG on the highway. I am loving it! FYI: I am a hot rodder at heart.
I am headed to KC for the Colts-Chiefs game Sunday. I fully expect the Colts to lose, but I will have my Colts Blue on. Enjoy the Dodgers game. I will be watching it.
The Desert Dogs won 2-0 and the only Dodger hitter (Devin Mann) was 0-3 (he is hitting .077). However, Mitch White, Marshall Kasowski and Brett de Geus pitched scoreless innings to preserve the win..de Geus got the save.
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Discussion (88)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Thanks Howie. Doc got lucky there.
We’ve probably seen the last of Corbin in this series. The Dodgers simply have his number. Did the Nationals manager make a Doc Roberts mistake by putting in Corbin in relief of Sanchez? Sanchez was not doing too bad, 9K’s, 1 ERA. If it was me, I leave him in. The Nats bullpen cannot carry this team.
How about JT, still the heart and soul of this team. Freese, the geezer just keeps hitting. And, Kike, clutch again in the post season.
9 more outs
So personally I’d keep Urias in, thru the 8th. He’s not thrown too many pitches and he’s doing fantastic.
Plus I think with Hill tomorrow, we’ll be using everybody and their mother out of the pen. Strip may need to go 3.
Mark is about to see a Colts win. 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter with the ball and in FG range. Up 16-10 against the mighty KC Chiefs
I would like ti thank Jeff and his squad for creating snd painstakingly sharing their Bandini Mountain of information to make us understand what is wrong with LAD baseball.
So what do you share tommorow?
That was a must win. The pitching matchup (Ryu vs. Sanchez) favored the Dodgers.
Now, it’s Hill vs. Scherzer – it’s a must win for the Nats (plus one more loss and they’re out).
That sets up game 5 in LA if the Nats win – Buehler vs. Strasburg. A great matchup if it happens, but…
Win tomorrow!
That was huge. Good game by Doc. Put Urias in at the right time. Put Kike in at the right time. Nice job by Ryu keeping the good guys in it. Good to see Martin produce. When he left the Dodgers he had become a very arrogant player who was more worried about his facial hair than his game. He has returned the ultimate team player.
So Peter you would start Pollock over Beaty tomorrow? Not me!
Ok boys, everybody back on the Titanic! Turns out it missed the iceberg after all and the band is still playing! Geez. Better hang on , this might go 5. Somebody please hold me back from slapping the first guy that says Freidman and Doc did the Dodgers a disservice by starting Buehler the first game so that he could pitch a possible game 5 at home. How short sighted of them! String em up!
Gutsy win tonight! How we won is sort of the story of our season. Gridlock for a time, but eventually the dam breaks and all sorts of runs pour out. Then sweat out the bullpen in route to a win. I don’t know if we can win a title that way, but here we are and it’s a whole lot sweeter than yesterday.
The Corey and Cody watch took a turn for the better. Cliff Floyd seems to think Cody figured things out during his at bat that resulted in a single. Maybe? The follow up double sure looked strong. He can prove it tonight if he can produce or look solid against an elite pitcher. I’ve learned more about Corey in this series from reader comments and watching/hearing analysts views than I ever expected. Maybe he’s hurting…maybe he needs a full off-season that’s strictly baseball and not rehab…that’s irrelevant to the here and now. The consensus seems to think he’s a pretty good hitter if the ball is in the strike zone – provided he’s not mired in a slump – and he’s pretty lousy if the ball is anywhere out of the strike zone. If that’s true, then this may not be Corey’s series.