Dodger fans
 

Tomorrow is the debut of 20 year old left handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw. Its about ****ing time. I cant wait.

Shit.

I have shorts older than that.

Wouldn't be so excited if I was you. Losing two straight at home to the Cards can't be good for maorale. After all the Cardinals suck....just ask anyone here in blue...

what exactly is maorale? is that like a casserole?

I been wanting him to start a game or 2 since last year. If Torre thinks he's ready, then i dont see why he couldnt play. He was tearing it up and was by far the Dodgers best pitcher in spring training. He was tearing it up in the minors. Its his time. Even if he loses. Its his first game at 20 years old. He has a mean ass curve ball. Barry Zito type curve and he throws 97 mph.

Better be careful....Pujols destroyed Lidges stuff and ended his career with one swing. What happens if they rock the kid?

Then he gets rocked. They think he's ready. He has to go against someone. If the kid is really a MLB pitcher he can handle it. Personally, i would rather see him against top notch players. This is a good test to see how headstrong he is. If he falls apart and busts a Ryan Leaf, then he's not a good MLB player.

Anyways, for a coach like Torre to call ya up. They must have alot of confidence in the guy.

Kershaw is like Ben MacDonald, Darren Dreifort, and Todd Van Poppell all rolled into one.

Except he's gonna be good.

I'll be there to support him. My 1st game at Dodger Stadium since '82!

BTW, Cubs got punked by the Pirates in 14 tonight. St. Louis now tied for 1st with the Mighty Unstoppable Cubs.... Where is SEA_OF_RED? :)

:BS:Cubs Winning Percentage is .004 higher. :p

LMAO

:hail::hail:

Clayton is the nephew of a local Kansas Citian..............
 

We had discussed this scenario earlier in the week. His Uncle thought that he might start on Tuesday in Chicago. Best of luck, Clayton!

http://www.latimes.com/sports/printe...,6051299.story

Good for you. There have been a lot of changes at Dodger Stadium since '82. It truly is a beautiful stadium. I was there for opening day and headed down for the Cub series on 6/6 through 6/8.

If he does not get rocked today then he will get rocked in the future. That is pitching. It is how he responds that is important.

http://detectovision.com/pics/Pujols-Lidge.jpg

http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/lidge.jpg

He's a Missouri kid, I won't root against him.

Hope he does well, and the Cards rip into the Dodgers bullpen for the win.

Where's he from?

Shit. Nevermind.

I was thinking of their rookie 3rd baseman DeWitt, who's from Sikeston.

I wish I could find the entire broadcast video of that HR.

Pictures don't do it justice, and seeing FOX cut to a shot of Andy Pettitte mouthing "OH MY GOD" is absolutely priceless.

Yesh it was only 2005 but video uploads were still not done regurally as they are done now.
I have this one but its an edited version.
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_t...=mlb_tp350&v=2
ESPN:
As the baseball soared through the electrified night, you almost wanted the world to stop spinning -- just for a moment -- so you could digest what was unfolding before your eyes.

It was only one swing of Albert Pujols' bat. It was only one baseball, heading for history. It was only one moment in the life of two franchises.

But it was a swing, a baseball, a moment that seemed to change the world.
In an instant, in one click of a camera lens, in one quick gulp of air, in one flash of Albert Pujols' bat, victory dissolved into defeat. Euphoria transformed into disbelief. Eardrum-rattling noise turned to how'd-that-happen silence.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD></TD><TD width=225>When that ball flew over our heads, I turned to Marty Mason, our bullpen coach, and said, 'That's why they pay that guy 100 million bucks.' ”</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=4><SPACER type="block" width="3" height="1"></TD><TD></TD><TD width=225>— Cardinals reliever Ray King, who was
in the bullpen</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Get the brooms out.

Clayton is from the Dallas area............................
 

http://ballhype.com/video/kershaw_s_curve_3_9_08/

video of his curveball. Remember he also throws a 97 MPH fastball. He is also only 20 years old. He just turned 20.

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That curve reminded me of the nasty curve that Bert Blyleven used to throw.

Since he's a lefty, that could make him even more nasty than Blyleven.

After a half inning he gave up 1 walk, 1 double for a run and struck out 3. Not bad for a 20 year old.

Sick ass curve to put out Glaus. Kershaws on pace for 27 Ks

MAZA POWER! SCREW KENT!

Test Maza for HGH

4 ks thru 2 innings and not too many pitches thrown in the 2nd

I missed the 2nd inning of him pitching how did he do? Had to take a shower and i love MLB.TV

Not bad, couple of groundouts and a K. He really does have tremendous stuff

nice DP. Kershaw needed that 52 pitches already

NIce double play.

Let's give this dude some runs

Damn, He just smoked that dude with the high heat.

He's mowing down the Cardinals now.

Thats a helluva curve ball the dude has. He's doing well. He doesn't get injured or become a head case he's got HOF calibur stuff. :thumb:

ya kid looks good....anyway good news for the cards. bottom of the 9th and 2 outs between cubs and pirates and soriano flat out misses an easy fly ball allowing the tying run to score. it was just LMAO. anyway pirates end up winning the game.

:banghead::banghead::banghead:Soriano is starting to remind me of Chris Duncan...except for the fact that Soriano can at least hit the ball.

Regardless of how this game turns out. He did very well against some damned good hitters.

6 innings 5 hits 2 runs and 7 strike outs in his MLB debut.

LMAO the reaction by the homer WGN announcers was just priceless. they really need Stone back to provide some realism to the broadcast. man i thought cardinal broadcasters were homerific, but those turds in chicago take the cake.

ya, he has a bright future ahead. very impressive.

1-2-3, on to the top of the 10th.

Runs, please, gentlemen.

Sosa-ano?

:fire:

na, after today's blunder branto browniano.

I would settle for ceasing the strikeouts.

That called third strike on Albert was horseshit. 4321

fucking umpire. :bang:

fucking Duncan. :#

Yeah, nice jump on that ball huh?

21 IP, 12 SV, 0.43 ERA?

Oh well, put the brooms back.

That one who sucks the penis needs to be sent down. He is useless at this level, and I don't give a shit who his dad is.

Sole possession of first place just given away.

fuck YOU DUNCAN 4321

Clayton Kershaw = Jesus part 2

I think we've earned our dodger icon now daface.

That's Tony La Russa for ya'. He's done alot for the Cards and it is hard to criticize him, but sometimes his stupid, stubborn pride keeps him from making the obvious decisions.

He never knows when to quit guys who are stinking it up.

Granted, it's easy for you and I to sit here and call for a stranger's head than it is for a manager to cut/send down a flesh and blood player that he obviously likes, but this is a business, and if you can't cut it, you can't cut it. LaRussa can cut this clown and invite him over for dinner afterward if he feels bad about it. But we need to dump the weak links.

LOL, a little premature perhaps? Maybe he'll be the next Ankiel and meltdown in the playoffs. Lucky for the Dodgers, they probably won't make the playoffs.

Only if the Chiefs move to LA. Get over it.

:cuss::cuss:

We are doing damned good for the ammount of players we got hurt right now. Nomar, Furcal, Jones and i beleive Kent is hurt. I been so wrapped up in the NBA atm, i have kind of neglected the Dodgers. Not sure if Kent is hurt or not, but thats alot of veteran players right there. We are playing atm with nothing but kids.

3 games above 500 and 3.5 games out of first.

I was just teasin'. Although in reality, Arizona is looking pretty tough. Kent played this weekend.

Yeah Lidge has no career :spock:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/...uXstc9dieFCLcF

IP 21.0 W-L 1-0 ERA 0.43 K 24 Walks 10 Saves 12

Lights out Lidge!

fuck the Cardinals

To be fair to BRC he may not have ended his career, but he was never the same again pitching for houston after that homerun. he stunk pretty bad, but he has re-established himself in philly and has been lights out so far.

That was 2005. It is now 2008 and he has stunk it up since then. Maybe it just took him 3 years to get over the homer?:p
The saga of Brad Lidge by an Astros fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFHnAffr0I

The Cardinals have historically been horrible on their west coast swings. To win 4 out of 6 is a winning % I'll take every time.

Two years ago he stunk, but last year he was a good player for the stros. At times he dominated in both the set-up and closer role. However he struggled with consistency and sometimes he would give up a big home run or a big inning. Houston decided to move on, but they had to rebuild a completely different team (something like 15 roster players are gone from last year) so the move was understandable. I would take a 2007 Brad Lidge anyday. He has really only had one bad season, so while Pujols may have been a bump in the road, he was hardly a career ender.

Kent was supposed to rest yesterday but he and Torre mis-communicated so he sat today. The rook played well today. Go Dodgers!

I agree BB is definitely a homer broadcaster. On another note he wasn't charged with an error. In fact Soriano has a 1.000 fielding percentage this year. Kind of surprising to me because I can count 3 in my head that should have been given to him. Being an all-star has its perks I suppose. :shrug:

If the Chiefs EVER moved to Los Angeles, I SWEAR, I'd only go to eight games a year.

I guess so...

I can think of two in a Friday night Cards/Cubs game at Busch a few weeks ago.

BTW, the Dodgers are COMPLETELY fuckING USELESS. For the second night in a row, they choked away a late game lead against Chicago. I assume they're getting ready to lose in extra innings now.

:cuss:

EDIT: Cubs just won. 4321 the Dodgers.

Actually the Cubs took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first and hung on to beat the Dodgers 3-1 last night. Tonight's was a great game with the Dodgers leading 1-0 going into the bottom of the ninth. Zambrano and Lowe both throwing gems. Cubs tied it in the ninth and pulled out the win in the 10th. Tough loss.

Some how that becomes, "For the second night in a row, they choked away a late game lead against Chicago. " Guess you did not get a chance to watch any of the games.

I'm sorry, but if you go into the bottom of the 9th leading, and at the end of the 9th, you haven't won, YOU HAVE CHOKED.

New to baseball? :shake:

And BTW, I checked the box score from last night's game. LA scored one run in the 4th, Chicago scored 3 in the 7th. So what part of "choked away a late game lead" isn't accurate?

Brutal. Being a Dodger fan AND a Chief fan is like getting punched in the nuts and then having your mom laugh in your face.

At least teh Lakerz rulez

Here is my ideal scenerio for the cubs. They make the world series. It goes to a 7th game at Wrigley. They have the lead going into the 9th. Kerry Wood comes in and blows it. How's that to celebrate 100 years of futility :evil:

Shit. That would require them to make the playoffs two years in a row. I don't think that's happened in 100 years, either. :D

That is true, but honestly that is the worse i could come up with as far as how much a loss would hurt. If you just suck and don't make the playoffs oh well, but to come SO close hurts the most.