GAME THREAD DODGERS/GIANTS

Discussion in 'Los Angeles DODGERS' started by irish, Aug 22, 2016.

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after the series, Dodgers...

  1. will have a 4 game lead

    6.3%
  2. will have a 2 game lead

    43.8%
  3. will be tied for 1st

    6.3%
  4. will be in 2nd place

    43.8%
  1. McCPRO55

    McCPRO55 Active Member

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    I see what you mean. It does kind of taint the win. Should have its own column in the standings.
     
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  2. Bluezoo

    Bluezoo Among the Pantheon

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    The easy part of the schedule...lol.
    How about where we came from to where we are minus the best pitcher in the game? With a staff made of band aids, smoke, and mirrors...?
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Win today and we can feel less nervous about facing the Cubs when SF faces the Braves
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Sure, but that team has scored enough the day before and Hill approached them the right way then: throwing strikes. Don't walk these fuckers and make them earn it

    Hill's next outing will be in Coors and I'm frightened he will get hurt. Also, his curve might be weird over there
     
  5. Bluezoo

    Bluezoo Among the Pantheon

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    What I saw about Hill that I liked most, as fsudog suggested previously, was that he knew that ump had a high K zone, and he used it perfectly...to the point where I felt he was getting some called strikes that were out of the zone...in short, the guy knows how to pitch.
    Not just nice stuff.
     
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  6. BlueMouse

    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    Kershaw is already 8th on Dodgers all time WAR list. Just passed Sutton and Koufax.
     
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  7. BlueMouse

    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    Funny thing is he was pissed after we got a hit on a little dribbler down the line, the kind of shit the giant's O lives on.
     
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  8. Dodgers99

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    He is gonna opt out no matter what, provided he's healthy. It's just good business.

    Was just gonna bring up the upcoming schedules.
     
  9. Bluezoo

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    More than anything, although I love the Scumgarden and Booger losses to us...
    but even more than those, I want to beat Moore, who is supposedly the SFCS secret weapon like the Messershmitt 262 was supposed to be.
    The effect would be more than a victory/+ another game gained. It would be a psychological blow, and a smack in the mouth...and I know we can do this.
     
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    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    The thing I would argue is the idea that Kershaw would be more likely to stay if we win a WS. If he truly is chasing championships over money, then the Dodgers give him as good of a shot at future rings as anyone. I know we like to put this team/organization down, but honestly where would he go for a better chance at winning? He could go to the Cubs to improve his odds fractionally, but that would guarantee nothing - it would be just as likely he'd become a Cub and watch us win a WS without him. Besides the Cubs, I don't think there's a team in the majors that projects better than us over the next 5-6 years, 2016 WS or not. I'm not sure if the Cubs even project better than us.

    Bottomline, we are the destination for players seeking rings.
     
  11. McCPRO55

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    Thank you for something positive. I come into the office and log on thinking like minded Dodger fans are on cloud nine because our team is close to sweeping a team I raised my Children and Grand Children and now Great Grandchildren to disparage at every opportunity and a 1-0 win is downplayed because the Gnats lineup isn’t the 27 Yanks. People afraid of what might happen. Your post makes me want to stand and yell in my best fake Cajun accent, “You can do it.”
     
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    They hit him hard, but when they did, they didn't find too many holes. Most of their hits game off of weak nubbers and 50 bouncers. I'm hoping that works as his rehab game and he has a little more next time out.
     
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  13. Bluezoo

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    Gar- ron- teed!!!!
     
  14. fsudog21

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    taint?
     
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    I'm with @Bluezoo. The media sucked off the Giants so hard when they got Moore to "take care of the left handed Dodgers". Their secret weapon. The #3in5 strategy that will spark them to even year glory.

    They lined up their rotation this week specifically to take us down. Complete fail and irony if we beat Moore tonight. We already took care of Bumgarner.

    I also find it humorous how the Giants' post season success somehow negates the fact that we're the ones who consistently win the division, while they alternate between winning and sucking. I have no problem giving the Giants credit for winning the world series, and I wish we had those rings.

    But we're gonna win the division for the 4th straight season, and for the 7th time in the last 10 years. Stop picking the Giants to win the division.

    Again, I'll take their many world series appearances and rings over division titles. But it doesn't change the fact. The Dodgers consistently make the playoffs so stop acting surprised when we're in first place.
     
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  16. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    talk about a bad matchup
    a guy who relies on breaking stuff pitching at coors

    edit:
    was curious if hill had ever pitched there so i looked it up...
    0-2, 15 earned runs in 15.1 innings
    shocker
    :sarcasm:
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    wow homo
     
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    I wasn't yet born for the '88 season but from all I have read of that team it seems to me like this years' team is like a bizzarro version of the '88 squad. While that team got by with great pitching and defense, with the offense being gritty enough to win the close games, this years team has a tough offense (also great defense) with a pitching staff that does just enough to pick up W's.

    I've started to hear others say it too, even Tourette's poster child Chris Russo.
     
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    *2006 was a wild card year but we had the same record as division winning SD. This was when it barely mattered if you were a wild card or division winner and they used head to head record to break a tie.
     
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    :suicide:
     
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    You just made the difference between character and no character.
    Kershaw has character.
    Greinke has none.
     
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    The late Darryl Kile agrees.
     
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