Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 7:10 p.m.
Elian Herrera, CF
Luis Cruz, SS
Jerry Hairston Jr., LF
James Loney, 1B
Adam Kennedy, 2B
A.J. Ellis, C
Scott Van Slyke, RF
Juan Uribe, 3B
Chad Billingsley, P
From the Dodger press notes:
Los Angeles Dodgers All-Time Strikeout Leaders
1. Don Sutton 2,696
2. Don Drysdale 2,283
3. Sandy Koufax 2,214
4. Fernando Valenzuela 1,759
5. Orel Hershiser 1,456
6. Ramon Martinez 1,314
7. Bob Welch 1,292
8. Hideo Nomo 1,200
9. Chan Ho Park 1,177
10. Claude Osteen 1,162
11. Burt Hooton 1,042
12. Chad Billingsley 998
Jack Dawkins
LAT’d. Vin really got sunburned today.
Anonymous
Josh Fields is 14/27 in July, by the way.
Anonymous
Geoff Blum in the lineup for the DBacks gives this game something of a 2006 vibe.
Anonymous
>> Los Angeles Dodgers All-Time Strikeout Leaders
I hate it when they ignore the Brooklyn players. Dazzy struck out 1,918 for the team.
KT
Good Hit Luis!!
KT
JERRY!!!!
Nice catch by the fan
veryolddodgerfan
thank god you’re back KT
KT
I haven’t gone anywhere…I was catching up on all the posts
I have a pre-game ritual to perform lately
veryolddodgerfan
did anyone at all congratulate the horrible dodger offense yesterday for the 13 hits?
Anonymous
I did
veryolddodgerfan
awesome aussie
KT
No one really ripped them
there were a few comments about missed opportunities including one from me
veryolddodgerfan
well 13 hits was pretty good for a bad offensive team. they can’t help they don’t run very fast.
KT
Good start
Let’s hold them Chad
Anonymous
lets see if we can get runs anywhere else in the 9 innings
KT
We will this is Chase Field
Anonymous
Hope so, we had problems in the late innings yesterday. Here’s hoping ;)
KT
we scored just not enough yesterday
Anonymous
Chad hasn’t gone more than seven since his first start. Good time to turn things around a little.
KT
NICE CATCH JERRY!!!
foul tip
Apparently Hairston likes the 3 spot…or maybe just any spot, as long as he’s in one.
KT
He says he is really confortable there
Anonymous
I notice Justin Upton is not yet a Dodger.
Christopher Jones
So far (small sample size of yesterday + one inning today), I am liking how Cruz fields the SS position. Looks confident out there!
KT
I love his bat
veryolddodgerfan
as i watched him last night he took some really brutal swings the first two times up i think i remember. but then he crushed one off the left field fence. got everyone’s attention.
KT
Nice hit AJ
Come on SVS
Anonymous
So two more K’s for Bills and he’ll have 1000.
Anonymous
Well, obviously Chad is not going to catch Burt tonight. But he should by the end of the season.
Anonymous
Just saw the Hr, my daughter mentioned that Jerry looked particularly serious as he batted. I ried to explain ‘game-face’ to her.
KT
He was still hurting from the foul ball off the leg also, so that might have been a small factor
Anonymous
I see lots of blue in that crowd. Somehow I don’t think there will be many others besides me in a few weeks in St. Louis…
KT
I know a few Dodger fans who sometimes make the trip to Busch…Is it still called Busch?
Terry Austin
I’ll be there on 7/26, nxs.
veryolddodgerfan
told you he was taking pitches now!
Anonymous
Uribe would bail out on my wiffle ball.
KT
^_^ wiffle balls have wicked movement
Christopher Jones
What alternate universe is Uribe playing in? Seemed like he had no idea what was going on — like some kind of space-time continuum problem.
veryolddodgerfan
i think don baseball told him they weren’t throwing him strikes and maybe he should take a few. and like in chatrooms he took em a little too seriously.
Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_914453&v=9DqK2PkFgtw&src_vid=YQWszrZHBPI
Christopher Jones
I think it’s pretty clear Uribe ate his meat and his puddin’
foul tip
Or maybe a black hole?
Anonymous
not just light and matter – abstract things like .obp and money, too
foul tip
Juan Uribe, spectator. Gameday says 3 called strikes. Bat not off his shoulder. Splendid.
Anonymous
At least the mendoza line gets Ned’s attention. I hope. That’s about what it takes.
KT
oh yea it was terrible…obvious strikes
KT
Not good for the catcher to argue with the HP ump
Anonymous
999…
veryolddodgerfan
Now the Masher C Bills is up! i think he’s going deep on this guy.
Anonymous
Billingsley’s batting average is tied for fourth highest in the starting lineup.
KT
Everyone Tweeting about after the break the strong possibility of Uribe being DFA’d
veryolddodgerfan
maybe he heard and that was why he was so distracted that last ab.
Anonymous
As much as I feel he deserves the DFA, right after we lose our starting shortstop for six weeks seems like the wrong time to do it.
foul tip
Maybe not if Josh Fields is an acceptable alternative?
veryolddodgerfan
got two guys who can play shortstop. and i really don’t think uribe standing where a shortstop stands equals him being able to play shortstop. he’s gotten so so stiff and immobile.
Anonymous
I disagree. Uribe has actually been excellent in the field throughout his Dodger tenure, including now. Unfortunately, he’s been excellent ONLY in the field.
veryolddodgerfan
i disagree. having great hand eye coordination but having little range at 3b is very good. no range at ss is no bueno.
KT
Could have used that one last night…oh well
KT
Good hit AJ…Again
Jon Weisman
If Uribe goes 0 for 4 tonight, he’ll be 80 for 400 (.200) in his Dodgers career. Emergence of Luis Cruz could mean it ends there.
Anonymous
I just don’t get what Fields needs to do to get that spot.
Occasionally rescue armfuls of kittens from flaming pet stores WHILE consistently flirting with 1.000 OPS at the AAA level?
veryolddodgerfan
maybe the people on the ground know more about the situation than we (you) do? they certainly see the same stats you do.
Anonymous
He can’t play 3rd.
Anonymous
Is that the hitch? Mediocre-to-bad defense?
Anonymous
He’s also got like .500 BABIP. Chances are he’s just an average hitter even in AAA. I think we are gonna have to wait until Seager is ready.
Anonymous
He’s probably benefited from inflated ABQ stats.
Anonymous
Fields has not been very good at ABQ until very recently.
Anonymous
Seems consistently awesome at the plate, aside from the Japanese trip, since 2010.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=fields001jos
There must be defensive issues or personality issues.
Anonymous
OPSing .739 away from the hitters paradise of Isotopes Park is quite the opposite of “consistently awesome”.
Anonymous
You don’t find his colorado springs line impressive?
Anonymous
What, you mean way back last year? When he was playing home games in a park whose elevation is even higher than Denver’s? You’re kidding, right?
Anonymous
CS’s team slugging is only .417 for the year so far, but, sure, you have a good point.
foul tip
And devising a foolproof entry/exit/parking plan with no delays whatsoever for DS. Yeah. That might be enough.
Anonymous
I’d be almost as impressed if he could explain who even owns the parking lots as of next spring.
Anonymous
There are already too many kittens in the world.
Anonymous
Both Cruz and Herrera get the bat on the ball far more than Uribe, and both can play multiple positions.
KT
SVS swing at the Loooooowwww ball
veryolddodgerfan
of all the people being heckled in the dodger starting lineups apart from uribe svs is the one least likely to get a hit. he really shouldn’t be playing. but the old guys need a rest so what are you going to do.
Anonymous
Maybe try Sands again? Couldn’t be any worse.
veryolddodgerfan
i agree. but with ethier /kemp coming back it’s moot. i really think svs has proved beyond a showodw of a doubt that he’s not ready. hope he makes adjustment. sands must be in the Dejesus Memorial Doghouse or his fundamentals are worse.
foul tip
Has Chad been as sharp/dominant so far as the boxscore makes it appear? 3IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 Ks?
Jon Weisman
Mostly. Three hard-hit balls that I can think of.
veryolddodgerfan
mostly yes. about the same as the last outing though. he was pretty dominant early in that one to. seems unlikely he’ll get through 7 . could happen. would be a good thing.
KT
When he’s missing is usually very close so I would say yes except for the 1st inning where he was hit hard but they were outs
KT
Beautiful 61 mph 12-6 curve
KT
Good inning Chad
Anonymous
No idea if he knows or cares, but going into the ASB with an era under 4 might not be the worst thing for Chad’s confidence.
veryolddodgerfan
nice jinx
veryolddodgerfan
OK Bills is now the second best bunter on the team after C CAP.
KT
Nice hit Elian
KT
Come on Luis
Anonymous
Ely pitched another quality start tonight at home in ABQ, but he may come away with the loss.
veryolddodgerfan
this is about the time things start going bad for c bills. hopefully he can overcome.
Anonymous
Here we go again.
Anonymous
ok bring in the pen like right now
KT
Ok time to get those runs back…Let’s go Blue
Anonymous
Just having Uribe in the lineup is conceding three or four outs per game.
veryolddodgerfan
oh no WBB going to the dark side. Luke, Luke.
Anonymous
Huh?
Anonymous
Can I “like” the statement because I agree with the analysis, even though I dislike the situation it describes? :)
Anonymous
Of course, so long as you elucidate.
veryolddodgerfan
someone we know isn’t going 7. too bad.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Bills has been lucky if anything that those doubles aren’t flying out of the park.
veryolddodgerfan
lucky just one run with those rockets they hit
KT
AJ!!!!
KT
Come on guys…this is AZ we can score a lot more
veryolddodgerfan
love ellis in the back half of the lineup. two nice games in a row.
Anonymous
Looks like A.J.’s slump is over.
KT
Uribe is backing away like he isn’t seeing the ball…maybe he has gloucoma
veryolddodgerfan
in my humble opinion he’s backing up because he’s been told to take pitches because they aren’t throwing him strikes.
Anonymous
They make something for that… You’d figure a former Lincecum teammate would have that one covered.
KT
his eye do look a little red ^_^
KT
Come on Tony
KT
tony stung that ball but right at Upton
Anonymous
By Uribe standards, that was a good AB.
Anonymous
Relative to his bunt into a double play two months ago, it was a Gibson blast over the wall.
KT
Nice to see Donnie get Uribe out of the game
foul tip
Gameday tells me Uribe has a strikeout, flyout, and groundout. Can he go where no one has gone before and find a new way to make an out?
Anonymous
Looking AND swinging AND a fielding error might constitute an anti-cycle.
Anonymous
He could probably interfere with the catcher.
foul tip
Wonder if Bob T. would put CI by Uribe in a category all its own, like the one for pitchers named Ortiz?
Anonymous
Hernandez was awful last night, but got away with a lot. Maybe tonight he won’t be so lucky.
veryolddodgerfan
reduce your swing young elian
Anonymous
“Control” should be the operative word.
KT
Come on Luis
KT
Good eye Luis
Come on Jerry
foul tip
Well, Uribe didn’t get taken out for defensive purposes.
Must have been because he was offensive.
KT
too close not to swing but I thought it was a ball
veryolddodgerfan
In James’ defense he struck out the last two times on two wicked pitches.
and further in his defense you heard it here first: Loney will hit 276/345/445 or better the second half of this year. this is not a troll. mark it down people.
foul tip
Love to see him heat up. Isn’t this about the time he got started last year? Maybe history will repeat.
If he gets going, a new Loney might fill the lineup hole created by the old Loney.
veryolddodgerfan
but then at the end of the year DO NOT i repeat DO NOT resign him dammit.
foul tip
Surely they’ve figured it out, and won’t. Surely…
foul tip
Not looking to pile on Loney, but he seems to make a lot of third outs to end innings.
Anonymous
Uribe, of course, would never even have reached a full count.
veryolddodgerfan
WBB Uribe worked a full count the very last time up. cmon now. give a man a break.
Anonymous
Only if he has to dive out of the way of a pitch.
Jon Weisman
Started playing Monopoly in the first inning. Took seven innings to eliminate Young Master Weisman. Young Miss Weisman and I remain. It’s a suspended game to resume Sunday.
foul tip
Game suspended on account of bedtime?
Jon Weisman
Yep
KT
Rally CAPS
veryolddodgerfan
bobby abreu professional hitter. he looked good swinging the bat last night. just can’t play him a lot.
Anonymous
I love watching Abreu hit.
KT
me too
KT
Another one got away
Night all
Anonymous
Nuts.
Anonymous
One more game until Kemp, our suffering is almost over.
Anonymous
will kemp come back and start raking again? maybe, but more likely it’s going to take him a few games to get his timing and rhythm. with this lineup there’s no guarantee he’s gonna get anything good to hit either.
Anonymous
Just the threat of having a legit power hitter in the 3 spot will be amazing after this stretch.
Louis Rasky
After AS game, think the Dodgers should do the following assuming Either and Kemp come back off dl as expected. Unless we hear otherwise, Dee should be moved to the 60 day DL. If he is out 8 weeks that is 56 games, if it is 6 that would be 42. Assuming he has some rehab days he would be close to 60. With that move I would bring up Fields, probably send down Herreera, with the understanding that if Fields doesn’t produce soon would bring Herrera back quickly.
SVS will go back down when Kemp comes off the DL, and obviously when Either comes off assuming no other injuries occur, Uribe is DFA’d.
Anonymous
I think Herrera needs to stay
Anonymous
Herrera’s versatility contrasts dramatically with Uribe’s unidimensionality.
Anonymous
Uribe is 3-dimensional. He definitely has a profile. It’s impossible to miss.
Anonymous
In smartphone lingo does that make him 4G?
Anonymous
So the Uribe movie bio will be in 3-D?
Anonymous
A true horror flick WB
Anonymous
>> Herrera’s versatility contrasts dramatically with Uribe’s unidimensionality.
Oh come on. Uribe can play three different positions in the infield. Unfortunately, none of them is in the batter’s box.
Anonymous
Young Mr Seager is 4-8 with a BB and 3 runs in his first 2 games.
Anonymous
Any extra-base hits? Defensive observations?
Anonymous
Gone for 6 weeks to Sierra Leone in west Africa. Hope to see the Dodgers in first place when I come home! And wouldn’t mind getting a overview of what I missed when I get back. Cheers to you all!
Anonymous
We will fill you in if you bring us back some blood diamonds.
veryolddodgerfan
would like to hear the story behind such an intersting destination
Anonymous
Shane Victorino took himself out of the lineup for the Phillies after pouting over having to bat 7th today.
Poor Shane….
Anonymous
And the Phillies offficially become sellers at the Break.
Anonymous
My AllStarGame shopping list. Listen up, Ned !!!
Cody Ross
Jed Lowrey
Kendry Morales
All can be fitted in for less than We’re paying the Grusome Twosom, Loney and Uribe. Not that we can stop paying them…
Anonymous
It’s early, but Lincecum has already put the Gnats in a 2-0 hole on a long ball by McCutchen.
Jon Weisman
NPUT
Anonymous
The true story behind All-Star voting: http://www.sfgate.com/default/photo/1-Source-Sports-Corner-Don-Asmussen-3167702.php