July 28 game chat

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Jon Weisman

Dodgers at Giants, 1:05 p.m.
Mark Ellis, 2B
Andre Ethier, RF
Matt Kemp, CF
Hanley Ramirez, 3B
Jerry Hairston Jr., LF
Juan Rivera, 1B
Luis Cruz, SS
A.J. Ellis, C
Chad Billingsley, P

Anonymous

BEAT S.F. !

KT

^_^

http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Lilly and Ruby both pitching tomorrow in Rancho. I’d like to see them both back in the big league club soon.

Anonymous

Double like
Anonymous

Encouraging news.
KT

^_^

http://profile.yahoo.com/SNN6P3ZHTDDRFNWCT6X2TOFVHQ Dr. Rockso

Odd lineup

Anonymous

The order is different, but I like it. Not a Loney or a Uribe in sight!

Anonymous

Loney was 2 for 29 against Zito with K

Anonymous

I don’t know what to make of it. More at bats for Ethier Kemp & Hanley, I guess.

Anonymous

And the Dodger with the 10-game hitting streak right now is…

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Cruz!

Anonymous

That’s correct!

When he was batting in St. Louis with Tony Cruz as the Cardinal catcher, I dubbed it the “double cross”.

http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

11!
Anonymous

hitting 262 in his 10 game streak, 11 hits

Anonymous

Ugh, Kenny Albert. Is he human?

Anonymous

Who?

Anonymous

Fox play-by-play guy.
KT

The fox announcer with Karros

Anonymous

The game is on TV here! Awesome!

EDIT: Looks like it’s only on during the Yankees-Red Sox rain delay. Keep raining please!

KT

That’s what I said earlier in the week when I found out FOXSD 69 was showing it

Anonymous

It’s his son, isn’t it?

KT

you’re right

Anonymous

He is a fine announcer who is not the brother but the son of Marv Alpert. He is best known for hockey, basketball, and football work. The Albert men do look lke robots though.

Anonymous

They also sound very similar.

KT

Nice hit Mark way to start it off

Come on Andre
KT

Come on Matt
KT

MATTY!!!!
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Yes Matty really needed to face Zito today to get back to swinging the big bat!
KT

Come on Hanley
Anonymous

Zito helps out!
KT

according to Eric Stephen‏@truebluela Matt Kemp, 23-for-50 off Barry Zito

Anonymous

with 8 walks, now 5 XBH

Anonymous

The announcer mentions that recently the Dodger defense hasn’t been that good. I hope he isn’t that surprised–did he notice who’s out there–the only infielder thought to be average is Mark Ellis.

Anonymous

Luis Cruz has actually been quite good. He just hasn’t been around long enough for anyone to notice.

Anonymous

Cruz is slightly above average at baseball-reference.com in fielding for his short time

Anonymous

Nice first inning, at both ends.
KT

Nice hit Luis!!
Anonymous

11 game streak!
foul tip

For everyone dying to see what Todd Coffey’s elbow looks like in the aftermath of TJ surgery, here it is, courtesy of a tweet of his–

http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/todd-coffey-elbow-after-tommy-john-surgery/148111

KT

Nice scar…Luckly I have none on my elbows…I have enough of them as it is now

KT

Come on AJ
KT

Way to get out of it Chad
KT

Come on Mark
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Karros: “A lot of Dodger fans coming here, making the trip up here”.
Uh, Eric, a lot of us live around here, ya goofball.

KT

He’s talking about the people making the trip up from San Jose ^_^

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I wish Fox showed pitch counts more frequently. And I wish their camerawork was better. But at least it’s nice to watch without hearing Krukow and Kuiper today.

KT

zito is at 65 after 4

KT

Wow blue about 1/2 foot outside
KT

Nice play Matty
Anonymous

Good start I see

KT

Morning John

Anonymous

Good morning, Chad doing well I see

KT

Good inning Chad
KT

Come on Luis start it off
KT

Goood hit Luis

Come on AJ
KT

Good hit AJ

Come on Chad
KT

Nice Chad!!

Come on Mark
Anonymous

Letting that runner get to third was bush. (not that the Dodgers wouldn’t do it during their bad streak.

KT

Yea it was a terrible throw home

Anonymous

Here is our chance for a big innings
Anonymous

Too shallow for A.J. I assume

Anonymous

Absolutely. Even Melky could have thrown him out on that one.
KT

He was basically at deep short for Dee ^_^

Anonymous

Ha, I now know exactly where it was caught to the nearest blade of grass

Anonymous

I hope only getting 1 doesn’t come back to bite us later
Anonymous

They said it’s stopped raining in New York, but a quick check of the radar map shows more rain coming in from western Jersey. Good!
Anonymous

There aren’t any video highlights on Gameday. What’s up with that?

http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

It’s a Fox thing, I believe. They’ll show up online later.

Anonymous

Example of defense. Loney would have had that, but it was hit so hard there should have been a play at second.
KT

Good play Hanley
Anonymous

Ahh, this is a Giant broadcast team I think. Oh, its Fox, so I’m not sure.

KT

It’s Kenney Albert and Eric Karros

Anonymous

Thanx, but I’m less sure now!

KT

Way to hold then Chadley
Anonymous

We get away with another lead off double, well pitched Chad!
KT

good hit Matty!

Come on Han-Ram
Anonymous

I should be happy with a single, but when gameday makes you wait with a ‘in play, no out’ I’m hoping for so much more
KT

Come on Jerry move him around
KT

Double by Jerry!!

Hanley scores from 1st

KT

Jerry moves to 3rd on the throw

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Hanley was flying around the bases!
Anonymous

¿Lo viste?
http://profile.yahoo.com/IJ4XHXFICQFZ2MXCZW3FLTGEI4 Wes

Did Hanley run through a stop sign?

KT

You couldn’t see wallach in any of the shots but he didn’t even look at him….He was watching belt the whole way as he was rounding third

Anonymous

The broadcasters implied that he scored on his own, was not waved home by Wallach.

Anonymous

they are bringing out the big guns at first base I see

http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Too bad they didn’t put him in right.

Anonymous

difficult catch for the last out?

KT

Deep but too high and he was under it in plenty of time

Anonymous

thanks
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

I wasn’t referring to a specific play, just that Huff is a lot of fun to watch in right field.

Anonymous

lets work on the cycle, triple or HR please

Anonymous

too late i see

Anonymous

Hooray! They’re not sending viewers to the Yankee-Red Sox game when it resumes, except in NY and Boston!

(I still say the radar map makes it look like the rain will resume shortly.)
Anonymous

quick innings so far
KT

Another good inning by Chadley
Anonymous

The most efficient start I can remember from Bills in quite a while.
Anonymous

AJ!!!
Anonymous

A.J. !!!
Anonymous

nxstasy, great minds think alike!
Anonymous

any home fans leaving yet
KT

AJ!!!!
Anonymous

at this pace, I might get the whole game in before the wife and kids wake up
KT

Matty!!
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Yeah we see you Matty
Anonymous

The re-awakening of Kemp!
KT

HAN-RAM!!
Anonymous

I hope KeMVP hits a triple in his next AB.
Anonymous

like, wow
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Penny warming up!
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Wasn’t that three game shutout by the Gnats at Dodgers Stadium?
Anonymous

Comment on the so-called catcher from a Gnatfan blog: “He can’t play scared all the time. He’ll have to block the plate at some point or it will really cost us.”
KT

Beautiful Catch Dre!!!!!

Anonymous

The things we don’t see. Gameday makes it seem so routine!

Anonymous

As noted above, video highlights apparently don’t become available on Gameday on games broadcast by Fox until after the game is over. I’m sure you’ll be able to see it after the game, either there (on Gameday/MLB) or on the official Dodgers.com part of MLB.

Anonymous

thanks for the visual

Anonymous

BTW, what happened in that catch was that Ethier went all the way back on the warning track and jumped high to snag the ball, while using his other hand to feel for where the fence was (it’s chain link there). I held my breath hoping that he wouldn’t hurt himself, but apparently he’s fine, no worries there.

KT

yea but they pulled him the next inning so maybe he’s sore

Anonymous

More proof that Ethier is an excellent outfielder.

KT

^_^

Anonymous

Bills is awesome today. And he was pretty darn good in STL too. Nice to see him doing well again.

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He is dealing. Gonna give him a standing O in my living room. What’s cheering is that this is two good starts in a row. Pitching well in St Louis is even more impressive, but this is great to see.

Anonymous

My Fox Channel just dumped the Dodger Game at the start of the Yankee/Red Sox game. But I wawsn’t surprised or caught, because Fox is already said by everyone to be the sleezeeist, mosts biased, oportunist outfit, although pretty run of the mill for broadcasters.

Anonymous

I’m guessing you’re in NY or Boston?

It could start raining again, and they could switch back…

But this game is now moving very fast.

Anonymous

I’m kinda happy AJ struck out (so Bills can keep pitching) (Donnie may have batted him regardless)
KT

Hope Dre’s not hurt
Anonymous

great to see first pitch outs
KT

Come on DP
KT

Good Game Chadley…Standing O
KT

Come on Javy…1 more

KT

good job Javy keeping Chad era down

Anonymous

well held Javy
Anonymous

7+ innings of shutout ball by Billingsley?
2 straight excellent starts by Billingsley?
Oh, those poor Billingsley bashers must really be lost now.
KT

Nice hit Mark

Come on Tony
Anonymous

AJ has hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games.

Anonymous

in the one that he did not he PH for treanor in the 9th inning
still he is only 10 for 35 in those 9 games which raised his BA from 275 to 279. better than 0 for 35 of course.

KT

Good Eye Tony

Come on Matty…drive them in
Anonymous

c’mon triple (we’ll forgive you if its a HR)
Anonymous

Triple please!!!
KT

Good hit Matty!! too bad not a triple

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I thought he might go for it but he would have been out.

KT

tony was in front of him and he stopped at 3rd

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That too

Anonymous

last night Dodger minor league player Leon Landry was 4 for 6; the sequence FO, 3B, PU, inside-the-park HR, 3B, 1B

KT

Come on Hanley
KT

Han-Ram with the 2 rbi single
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

It’s the Matt & Hanley show!
KT

And there is the mass exidus
Anonymous

Are we having fun yet?

Anonymous

nice way to sit and eat my toast on a quiet Sunday morning

Anonymous

Ramirez has put some new energy back into the club

Anonymous

I wish he could have done that from his very first game…

Anonymous

Sellout?
There’s nobody there!
http://www.twitter.com/ElJefedor Jeffrey Thomas III

Karros is set on ensuring everyone that the Gnats are still a good club… we get it Eric.
Anonymous

and that is that

KT

glad you got up so early to jion us…going for it tomorrow also?

Anonymous

probably only fleeting appearances, have to go to work. Does it start same time, earlier or later than today?

KT

same time tomorrow 1300 PDT

so is that 0300 your time?

Anonymous

I’ll try and work it out, it’s 9.22am here right now.
KT

you your only 1 time zone away from Guam…I thought it was more…so your on the same time zone as Tokyo
Anonymous

KT, at the time of John’s post it was 8:22 AM in Toyko.
didn’t do this to show you up, I follow the Japanese stock market and I knew they open later than Sydney so I checked
Anonymous

I’m keen, but not 3am keen
KT

When I was in Bahrain it was a 12 hr difference that meant Monday at 0100 to watch gameday stick figures and steaming audio

Anonymous

Tomorrow’s game starts the same time as today’s, 1:05 Pacific Daylight Time.

Anonymous

Good game, good game. Let’s go for the sweep tomorrow!

KT

oh yea..come on Claw
Anonymous

Back-to-back shutouts!

KT

They cut away from the on field celebration…hate that
Anonymous

I think the 2 photos of Bills and Zito on gameday ‘pitching decisions’ sum it up perfectly
Anonymous

Eovaldi’s first Fish inning is scoreless v. the Pads.
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July 28 game chat