Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 6:40 p.m.
Elian Herrera, LF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Jerry Hairston Jr., 3B
Juan Rivera, 1B
Luis Cruz, SS
A.J. Ellis, C
Scott Van Slyke, RF
Tony Gwynn Jr., CF
Nathan Eovaldi, P
Thumb surgery on a torn ligament in Dee Gordon’s thumb will sideline the Dodger shortstop for approximately six weeks, as Eric Stephen of True Blue L.A. notes. Claiming the roster spot is reliever Javy Guerra, who has been activated from the disabled list.
On the night that Mark Ellis makes his first start at second base in nearly seven weeks, the Dodgers will move forward with Luis Cruz at short and joining the ranks of obscure but memorable No. 5 hitters.
Jerry Hairston Jr., who played so well at third base early in the season before declaring he wasn’t comfortable there (he could have fooled me), will make his first start at that position since May 29.
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Below is an 11-minute Forbes interview with Irwin Raij, who advised the Guggenheim group on their Dodger purchase. The link comes from Eric Young, my one-time Stanford Daily colleague and not the former Dodger.
Anonymous
6 weeks is not great, but it could have been worse.
I hope Jerry regains that great 3rd base defense from earlier in the season
veryolddodgerfan
Wow Willie three-dog Davis played him some Dodger games.
Jon Weisman
Giants lead 5-1 in the seventh.
KT
Now 5-4 Gnats going to top of 8
KT
Mark!! Welcome back
Anonymous
Welcome back Mark Ellis lol
KT
Nice hit Jerry
Come on Juan
Anonymous
1-0! Yeah! Early runs are fun.
KT
Juan!!
Come on Luis
Anonymous
This is encouraging.
veryolddodgerfan
calm down WBB. you know you can’t get too worked up. i’m keeping an eye on you.
KT
Luis!!
Come on AJ
Anonymous
So many hits!
KT
keep them coming
veryolddodgerfan
wow even 310 is being positive
veryolddodgerfan
wow this new guy is so much better than D Sutton.
KT
no matter how much I’m tempted to give him a quick listen, the thought of having to listen to Grace stops that thought immediately
veryolddodgerfan
mark sadly still sucks bad. that’s my technical appraisal.
Anonymous
great start boys!
KT
good to give U-less some runs from the start…hopefully this will calm him
Christopher Jones
Not so excited about AJ Ellis lately. Throw him a curve with two strikes, and he is toast.
veryolddodgerfan
crickets
Christopher Jones
Hey, I’m psyched about the two runs, but it’s pretty important for AJ to put the ball in play there and have a chance for three runs. Dude is striking out A LOT in the last month. He is who he is, and I am a fan, but I would like to see him adjust back (clearly pitchers are have adjusted to him and know to feed him curves with two strikes). Cheers :-)
veryolddodgerfan
i know i just can’t say anything about the subject.
Anonymous
i think it’s a little of that, but mostly (at least to me) being a catcher is pretty demanding i would think, he’ll get his 2nd wind come the all-star break…
veryolddodgerfan
nothing personal but if eovaldi winged this first diamondback giuy i would be ok with it
veryolddodgerfan
you don’t need K if you’re 94 mph heater moves up their bat
KT
good inning for U-less 13 pitches
Anonymous
Good start Eovaldi
KT
Morning John…good to see work isn’t getting into the way of your baseball
Anonymous
The fact we are leading 2-0 will probably mean that baseball will get in the way of work!
(oh well)
KT
well isn’t that the idea ^_^
KT
Miley already @ 40 pitches
veryolddodgerfan
mark grace just said law of averages. everyone calm down. jk
veryolddodgerfan
young man could use a good changeup
KT
5-5 gnat tied
KT
bases loaded no outs for the Nats
KT
now 1 out 4-2
Anonymous
Better than that now, Washington win on walkoff !
Anonymous
As the Gnats’ bullpen implodes, the Nats are on the point of sweeping them.
KT
Nats win
Anonymous
Hopefully July for the gnats will be what June was for the Dodgers
KT
Come on 1-2-3 DP
KT
YES
Anonymous
The Nats squash the Gnats!
KT
^_^
KT
Vin keeps saying the snakes scored even though he said it was a 1-2-3 DP
Anonymous
yeah, listening on the radio. Is he just plain wrong?
KT
yes it’s 2-1
veryolddodgerfan
he’s just old. i can’t bear it.
KT
he makes more mistakes then before but he’s still 100 x’s better than the AZ broadcasters
veryolddodgerfan
well that’s who i’m listening to
Anonymous
Yes, he was mistaken.
KT
Excellent play jerry for not liking 3rd
KT
Hey you guys notice I wished for the 1-2-3 and it came true
Anonymous
I wish the Snakes didn’t score and that didn’t come true
KT
but it could have been a lot worse with out the DP
KT
Come on Mark start it off
KT
way to go Mark
Come on Jerry
Anonymous
Hairston does not appear to be the best judge of his own ability to play third base.
Anonymous
Old friend Jonathan Broxton, who picked up his 21st save in Toronto tonight, could be in demand at the trade deadline.
KT
SVS!!!!
Anonymous
Scotty!
Anonymous
i think statistacally he might not be good there, i’ve learned thru the years that my eyes can in fact decieve me…
veryolddodgerfan
all right someone found SVS’s bat. so so fast ball right down the middle. hope he gets his bat going a little faster because he obviously has big power.
Anonymous
thanks for the behind Dodgers winning 2b bid video Jon, really cool.
veryolddodgerfan
i can’t imagine d sutton getting his job back. but stranger things have happened. this guy classes up their broadcast as much as you can with mark grace.
KT
Herrera took the circular route to that ball
KT
U-less at 78 pitches
Anonymous
Nice play by the Snakes 2nd baseman, I thought it was going to be a hit.
KT
Nice play Jerry
Anonymous
Parra a little excited on that hit. I wonder who he was applauding to?
KT
trying to phyic (sp) his teammates
veryolddodgerfan
drill his butt
Anonymous
drill his bobble head!
Anonymous
Applaud that Parra!
KT
Luis with the smoking single…I like his bat
Anonymous
watching the repeat of little Dee dislocating his thumb, man that looks painfull.
Anonymous
that was a very impressive strike out, inside corner with movement….
Anonymous
i like the way Mark Ellis dues his moves.
Anonymous
Why doesn’t Juan Uribe ever tear a ligament in his thumb? Would it make any difference?
KT
DFA
Anonymous
Wade Miley’s press photo expression is probably one i’d have if i was a major leaguer…
KT
Elian!!!! 1st Hr of his LB career according to Vinny
Anonymous
Love it :)
Anonymous
woots!
Anonymous
right down the pipe & Elian Herrera gave it a ride! he came close one or twice before, glad he finally got it out of the way…
Anonymous
Congrats Herrera!
Anonymous
you guys know the record for plate apperances with out a dinger?
veryolddodgerfan
long run i don’t know if that’s good for elian. he’s got to cut his swing down some.
Anonymous
Uribe and Herrera are both rally-killers.
Anonymous
When everyone else is back on deck, I know who I would rather be playing 3rd for us ;)
KT
^_^ except Herrera does it the right way by hitting it over the fence
Anonymous
Gotta love the fact that the ball goes over the fence, and when they pan to Herrera rounding the bases, he’s already rounding 3B…. I like that kind of hustle.
KT
me too doesn’t show up the pitcher at all
Anonymous
If you had said to me before the game we would get 2 HR today, I would not have believed you (certainly not Hererra)
KT
AZ is an offensive park where no lead is safe…Like Colorado
Anonymous
well we had better get some more then !
Anonymous
Speaking of home run trots…. I heard about Hanley Ramirez’ 30 second – plus trot last night…
Did any of you catch that story? Some say he’s pouting over the move to 3B….
KT
Nice catch Elian…this time he took the right route
Anonymous
Way to “take an angle” Elian!
Anonymous
Pour it on!
KT
Good inning Scott
He’s been pitching so much better of late
Anonymous
That was a fantastic pitch for the called third strike
Anonymous
glad Scott Elber got his arm troubles out of the way early in his career.
veryolddodgerfan
where are we on days in a row pitched with the two big guys?
veryolddodgerfan
thanks
Jon Weisman
Belisario in his third game in a row and fourth out of five.
Anonymous
I think he might be Ok though due to his very low pitch count each outing
Anonymous
Back in the 90’s when I went to school in the Bay Area, I once went to a Giants game at Candlestick vs. the D-backs…
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Just to taunt the D-backs, they put an elevated, inflatable pseudo-hot tub / pool area just over the right-centerfield fence…
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I noted 2 things….
1. I thought it was very tacky, and kind of a cheap shot.
2. For the Bay Area, the chicks they had in it were actually pretty hot. (surprisingly enough)
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Now, as Vinny says, “Let’s get back to this one”… :-)
KT
Fantastic play Jerry!!
Anonymous
Nice play Hairston, nice play. at 3rd.
KT
I still think he plays 3rd base better than anywhere else
veryolddodgerfan
and i think he’s a better option (net) than others that have been recommended in trades
Anonymous
I dislocated my thumb on a tag play at third about 15 years ago, and it’s never completely recovered. I had difficulty opening and closing the glove thereafter.
KT
it’s definitely not fun and it as you said it can be a nagging injury
veryolddodgerfan
KT i’m going to be at the game tomorrow so i need you to check in on WBB to make sure he’s feeling Ok after his surgery.
KT
Anything you say….you know I always respect my elders ^_^
Anonymous
His not so old, he was in his nappies when I was at DS to see Sandy’s perfecto in 65.
KT
I was following intensly (actually listened to that game) in 65…He was still in nappies then I’m older
veryolddodgerfan
i wasn’t in nappies dammit. i was making a transistor radio dance.
Anonymous
No, I was listening on the radio in Tacoma (after the sun went down, KFI boomed in from the Southland).
KT
Another fantastic inning by Belli…He’s money
Anonymous
agreed and only 12 pitches
KT
Nice line drive hit James
KT
Come on Elian drive him in
Anonymous
NL Division Leaders, DC, Pitt and our Bums. Who would have thunk it?
KT
you must be happy…The team you root for, the local team and perreneal cellar dwellers
Anonymous
Like what the locals did tonight with the sweep. Going to see Strasburg tomorrow night.
Anonymous
Those are two extremes: Jansen or Wright
Anonymous
Trivia Time!
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Why haven’t the Dodgers ever played at Yankee Stadium in interleague play?
Anonymous
That’s a good question. We’ve played in Boston, Tampa, Toronto. Not sure about Baltimore though.
Anonymous
I suppose I shouldn’t have called it ‘triva’ since I have no answer…
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But, could it be said that should the Yankees and Dodgers meet in this years’ World Series….that the last time the Dodgers, as a team, set foot on that field was 1981 as they walked off the field after defeating the Yanks in the WS?
Anonymous
Why don’t they let Beli pitch the 9th?
KT
He pitched in 4 of the previous 5 games…why push it
veryolddodgerfan
arizona announcers are talking about the word on the street regarding Kenley’s loss of velocity
Anonymous
I had noticed that the guns wer not so kind to him this year.
veryolddodgerfan
94 mph on the black will work
Anonymous
3 SO to finish the game, who cares what the gun says ;)
Anonymous
Yep, really like the command he has now.
Anonymous
Looks like they’ll have to reanalyze the word on the street :)
KT
Kenley’s money also 9 out of 11 pitches are strikes
veryolddodgerfan
KT you brought another one home. Congratulations
Jon Weisman
NPUT
KT
3 game win streak
Kershaw on the mound tomorrow…looking good