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KT
Go BLUE!!!!
Anonymous
Not saying it was the wrong thing to do to send Fife back down, but wow, how many teams would LOVE to have him in thier rotation right now? Great to have him for insurance and when the team needs a spot starter.
Spence
Dodgers without Puig- 23-32 With Puig – 38-17
Anonymous
baseball-reference says 36-17; 35-15 when he starts
Bruce Siegel
Does anybody know what channel the game’s on today using Time Warner Cable? I can’t find it in HD. Maybe I should add that I live in L.A.
Anonymous
this is a free mlb.tv game.
Bruce Siegel
Found it. Thanks!
KT
CC!
Spence
I miss Puig batting 2nd. Ellis with the DP
KT
Gonzo!
Bruce Siegel
So I’m just tuning in. Is there any news on Hanley since his MRI?
KT
no MRI
Bruce Siegel
None yet? Or they’ve decided it isn’t necessary?
Anonymous
see this http://www.truebluela.com/2013/8/5/4591586/hanley-ramirez-yasiel-puig-brian-wilson-dodgers-
Spence
Looks like they are going to wait a couple days for either Hanley to improve enough to play, or for the swelling to go down to get a better look at the MRI. This has been the Dodgers training staff strategy all year. They never put the guys immediately on the DL, which causes the team to play short. Happened with Kemp, CC, and Mark Ellis earlier.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
FWIW Lyons said that he may miss this series.
Bruce Siegel
Well, considering what’s been happening this year, “may miss a series” sounds like pretty good news.
Spence
Sick curveball
Spence
Not a good start
Anonymous
Thats a double an an error on Puig
Jeffrey Thomas III
Nice, two errors before the first out is recorded.
Anonymous
no second error as beltran stayed on first
Jeffrey Thomas III
No error on Punto allowing the run to score?
KT
FC
Anonymous
irrelevent
Anonymous
good point; official scorer thinks too harsh to give an error
Anonymous
Official scorer gave Punto a break – a good throw and Carpenter is out by a couple feet.
Anonymous
If it were a force play yes; too tough to give an error as slide might have gotten runner in
Spence
Not good Nick
Anonymous
Good throw by Punto would have had him
Anonymous
beltran should be on third
Jeffrey Thomas III
Good thing he wasn’t, would have scored there.
Spence
Greinke’s given up 2 CF warning track outs
Brian Prince
He is making me nervous.
KT
could have been worse
Anonymous
Crowd steinered that one.
Anonymous
St. Louis fans steiner EVERY fly ball.
Anonymous
AJ should start swinging at the 1st pitch every now and then – every opposing pitcher knows he NEVER swings so they just pump a fastball right down the middle for strike one.
Anonymous
He is 1 for 12 with a sac. bunt and a SF plus more important he is hitting 290 on 0-1 counts
Anonymous
Thanks
KT
Juanito!
Anonymous
Does Lyons get paid by the word?
KT
irrelevent
Anonymous
incorrect, it is very relevent as he rarely shuts up
but I did smile
Anonymous
The ESPN trio is too talkative as well.
KT
I switched to the cards feed
Anonymous
I don’t have that option.
Anonymous
I hold out the possibility that Aaron Boone might say something worth repeating
reply should be to KT
Anonymous
Re Aaron Boone: Twenty years ago this summer we were on vacation, spending the night in Billings, Montana. I noticed it was Downtown Business Appreciation Night at the ballpark, so I took my daughter, then 7, while my wife relaxed at the motel. Boone was at third, and I told my daughter that based on his lineage — grandfather Ray Boone, father Bob Boone, brother Bret Boone — I thought he had a good career in front of him.
Anonymous
pretty good work
Anonymous
Correction: It was 1994, Aaron Boone’s first year in the minors, not 1993.
Anonymous
Brought a smile to my face too – good stuff guys.
Anonymous
Lyons doesn’t bother me much but for some reason Collins gets on my nerves.
KT
good play nicky
Anonymous
Molina would have been out by 10 feet there.
KT
Nice inning Zack!
KT
for those of you with directv and don’t want to hear about peds…the cards broadcast is on 671
Anonymous
Wainwright lookin’ good tonight.
Anonymous
David Vassegh
@THEREAL_DV
Hanley is feeling better, Dodgers want to
wait on MRI because injecting dye will put him on the shelf for 3 days
creating more swelling
.
the above is copied from tbla; not every MRI requires dye, some people, who may not know what they wrote about, asserted that Hanley would not need dye. Not my field.
KT
All shoulders MRI’s require fluid to expand the joint capsule
Anonymous
TY, so very good reason to try to avoid the MRI
KT
only reason I know is 6 shoulder surgeries
KT
DRE!!
Anonymous
Greinke with the highwire act.
KT
way to get out of it Zack!
Anonymous
In the absence of Monday, Kevin Kennedy is working with Steiner on AM 570.
KT
Good eye Gonzo
Come on Puig
KT
Puig!!
Anonymous
Hammered!
KT
Dre!
KT
Puig was going 3 until he saw Gonzo standing there
Jeffrey Thomas III
Wainwright losing his touch, let’s get more.
peter drysdale
Good to see the offense kick into gear.
KT
AJ hustle! 2-1
Anonymous
Nice hustle by AJ there
peter drysdale
Good Lord I wish ESPN would quit talking about this biogenesis crap and concentrate on the game.
Anonymous
Agreed. Enough is enough.
peter drysdale
That’s what Baseball Tonight is for. I have no problem mentioning it but the long conversations with guys back in the studio is ridiculous.
Jeffrey Thomas III
I’m glad I decided to watch the KCAL feed, yes even with Collins and Lyons.
KT
need the K here or pop up
Anonymous
I thought Greinke got squeezed on that last AB – could have been a K twice over
KT
Yes K
KT
watch the safety squeeze
peter drysdale
And now we have to watch ARod bat.
Anonymous
turn the volume on ESPN down and tune in 570 AM
Anonymous
Steiner and Kennedy are better than the idiots on ESPN
peter drysdale
Unfortunately it’s not an option for me living in Tennessee.
KT
mlb radio 19.95 for the whole year
peter drysdale
I can listen on my XM app but it’s delayed 5 minutes. And I don’t have a DVR to pause the game. One of these days I’ll probably buy the MLB radio.
Anonymous
Ah OK was thinking you were one of the local Time Warner customers with no channel 9.
foul tip
Don’t I know it. ;-])
KT
3 outs!!
KT
Ramirez was picking his nose with his left hand; is that a good sign?
Anonymous
I would say no – his right shoulder must be too jammed.
Anonymous
Good AB by Punto
KT
Nice eye Nicky!
KT
Nice bunt Zack
Anonymous
Come on Lyons, it is fairly routine for the pitcher to cover on that.
KT
DP Time
KT
OUTFIELD ASSIST!!!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
I missed it live, just saw the replay. Great stuff.
Anonymous
That was beautiful.
KT
DO NOT collect $200
KT
Dodgers Nation @DodgersNation3m
GIF: Yasiel Puig, Nick Punto and A.J. Ellis complete the perfect relay to nail Allen Craig. http://bit.ly/151Zal1
Anonymous
Love the punchout by the ump.
KT
Good inning Zack!!
KT
Nicky!!
KT
ZACK!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
THAT is why making Greinke bunt is stupid!
Anonymous
Greinke comes through AGAIN.
Anonymous
The ultimate way to help yourself
peter drysdale
Woohoo! Another run!
Anonymous
My goodness, Zach.
Anonymous
That Zach hit should knock out Wainwright.
peter drysdale
Should be win #15 coming up with the way Greinke has pitched and the bullpen too.
KT
MLB @MLB1m
#Dodgers got the ball from warning track to home plate in 4.9 seconds. Needless to say, it started with @YasielPuig: http://atmlb.com/11IHJsI
Anonymous
Best thing about that play was it took a perfect play from all 3 players involved – Puig, Punto, and AJ – in order to get the out.
Anonymous
Puig gets an assist on that, doesn’t he?
KT
yes…runner throw out trying to advance
Anonymous
Zack!!!
KT
DP Time
Anonymous
Sac bunt by Beltran ??? Wow
Jeffrey Thomas III
They’re really showing every A-Rod at bat on ESPN? Ridiculous.
Anonymous
What’s he done?
Jeffrey Thomas III
He’s got a bloop single and a fly out, in a game the Yankees are trailing 7-0.
Anonymous
Good
KT
2 outs now 3-2
KT
3 outs
foul tip
I’m SO glad that the Entertainment & Sports Rodriguez Programming Network cuts away at key times to bring us–breathtakingly–meaningless ABs by the Disgraced One.
Too bad in today’s media environment he can’t just be ignored given his circumstances.
Anonymous
Belisario continues to be nails – he’s the groundball inducing King.
KT
Paco up and warming
Anonymous
Did I just see 3 cheerleader girls on top of the Redbirds dugout ? Really ???
Anonymous
Not good
KT
DP time
Anonymous
TYVM John Jay
Jeffrey Thomas III
Great DP!
foul tip
Things like Puig coming to the plate last AB, lifting and twirling a bat in first one hand and then the other like it was no more than a baton, help understand the phenomenon he is.
Meanwhile, we mortals do well just to get to the plate and lift the bat above our shoulders.
Anonymous
with both hands at that!
Anonymous
WOW
Anonymous
Well, Kenley didn’t pitch on Friday, and only needed 13 pitches on Saturday, 15 on Sunday…
KT
warmed up on Friday but not needed
KT
no one warming up…paco’s to win
Anonymous
2 lefties scheduled.
KT
Ron Ramos @DodgerRon3546s
Kiss and make up. pic.twitter.com/m5brreml9B
foul tip
A high sloppy one?
Anonymous
C’mon, Paco — 3 more outs!
Anonymous
K for P
Jeffrey Thomas III
Pako ;)
Anonymous
uno mas!
KT
Ball Game Dodgers Win!!!!
13 games over .500
15-2 since ASB, 32-7 since 6/22
6 gms ahead of the Dbags,
#4 seed, 5 gms back of the #1 seed
5 gm winning streak, 15 consecutive road wins (new club
record)
13 straight series win or tie 9-0-4, Still Streaking!!!!
http://i.imgur.com/AMbO5zV.jpg
Anonymous
YES!!! #100 for Zack and he gets the winning RBI!
Anonymous
100 for Zack!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Almost “Collins’d” there…
peter drysdale
Another win!! And Kershaw tomorrow. Good chance to get road win #16. Sure is a lot more fun being a Dodgers fan than it was a few months ago.
Anonymous
HUGE, in my mind . . . Hanley in the dugout . . . outhit again . . . but clutch hitting, pitching, and defense . . . and starting the crucial two series with a W!
Anonymous
They’re the LA-D
Which rhymes with T
Which stands for Team
And that means trouble . . . for the opposition!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Are you writing a Dodgers version of the super bowl shuffle or what? Haha.
Linkmeister
Do you have a trombone handy, Bob? ;)
Anonymous
76 of them, in fact. :) That was on my mind . . . at one of the schools where I work, I’ve been greeted by the bookkeeper with “Here comes Trouble” ( a term of endearment — at least I choose to take it that way!) — so I would go into the lines of the song that I remember . . . not many!
Linkmeister
Here you go. Trouble in River City.
Anonymous
Thanks! That’s the great thing about DT . . . support and insight in more than just baseball!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Switched over to ESPN hoping to see a post-game player interview as KCAL does none of that, but of course they are already on to replaying A-Rod’s press conference and getting to his next at bat. Shameful.
KT
At least the cards are giving a recap
Anonymous
Kudos again to the decision to hold Zack for the Cards . . . needed his pitching AND his bat for the W!
Jon Weisman
NPUT