Giants at Dodgers, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), NBCS BA, SPNLA
The Giants send ex-Dodger Alex Wood (5-1, 1.93 ERA) to the mound in the first of a four-game series. The Dodgers intend this to be a bullpen game, with David Price (1-0, 3.95 ERA) possibly starting.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1904 Giants’ infielder Dennis McGann steals five bases to establish a major league record. The 32 year-old Kentucky native’s thievery helps New York beat Brooklyn at the Polo Grounds, 3-1.
Also! In 2017
“We are honored to pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of Homer at the Bat. The Simpsons has left an impressive imprint on our culture as the longest-running American sitcom, and ‘Homer at the Bat’ remains as popular today as when the episode aired in 1992. ” – Hall of Fame President JEFF IDELSON, commenting about the Cooperstown celebration of the animated series.
The Baseball Hall of Fame inducts fictional cartoon character Homer Simpson as part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Simpsons episode ‘Homer at the Bat.’ As part of the ceremony, a roundtable discussion of the much-beloved episode includes comments by real Hall of-Famers Wade Boggs and Ozzie Smith, who played themselves on the animated show, as well as executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, director Jim Reardon, executive story editor Jeff Martin and casting director Bonnie Pietila.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Giants: pic.twitter.com/Jy1u2DYhTN
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 27, 2021
NPUT
Jansen made the Busted Poseur look especially bad.
That was the best I’ve seen from Kenley in a while.
Vintage!
I mean, the velocity!
Yeah, though we can’t afford to give him a week off between appearances. Pitchers can usually throw harder with more rest, but their command can get rusty. His command was sparkling.
He threw exactly the same number of pitches as Treinen.
Yippee!!!
Dodgers win!! 1/2 game back!
Trois
Woo-HOO!!!!
Got him. There’s two.
Deux
Zwei!
Woot! Second K!
¡Esa pelota tampoco volverá! ¡On an 0-2 pitch!
Pads lose, so Dodgers can gain a game, thanks partly to the efforts of Tatís, who commited two more errors. Once again, his E’s (14) outnumber his HRs (13). Defensively, he’s the new
José Offerman.
Hooray!
I really enjoy David Price.
Gonzalez, the worst pitcher of the night for the Dodgers, gets the win.
I just got to see Albert running for the double. Hilarious. The guy’s got heart! Almost makes up for losing Rich Hill.
Jansen gets save number 324. That ties him with Huston Street for 19th all time. (If my counting is correct…)
96!
Sechsundneunzig!
96 tears for Buster
Called that a strike last time ump!
Wow! That was vintage Kenley.
Buster versus Kenley.
Now get the Poseur!
Uno
First K!
KJ time.
Who’s up in the bullpen to close it out? Kenley?
Can’t imagine it won’t be Kenley.
Yep, it is.
Insurance runs please.
Blake is lights out.
Treinen has been really great lately, and very efficient.
¡Tauchman se poncha!
Should have been a walk. Ball was inside by a hair.
Maybe if he hadn’t sprinted ahead of the call…
Could be. Still a crap call.
There have been so many much worse calls this year I couldn’t get too upset this time. At least this one was close. Some of the others…
Tough job umping in the Bigs. They don’t get to see that box thing.
Ha! Heck he sprinted to first on his dinger.
Anybody know whether MLBTV blacks out Dodger games in Paso Robles/SLO area?
I don’t know. Sorry.
Someone on TrueBlue said we might get SNLA there. We’re spending a week around ASG time.
Oh Shelly!!!
Max!!!!!
First dinger of Víctor’s career. https://twitter.com/DodgerInsider/status/1398124156567244803?s=20
Oh man! I just logged in. Was peeking and cheering up until the lousy HR. Ugh.
Bad past person!
Exactly.
Crap!!
Well, that stinks.
Kelly tried to keep the ball from Doc.
Not sure it was intentional or not, but didn’t seem happy to get the hook.
Would you want him to be happy about it?
After that dinger, I am upset he isnt in as well.
Shouldn’t one up the manager by demonstrating displeasure, whether he is happy or not.
He wasn’t wrong.
https://twitter.com/MLBBarrelAlert/status/1398120447640838144?s=20
Woot. DJ!!
Donald Scott Peters. Guessing he is another junior like Pollock.
Good for you kid. Get that ball back.
¡Esa pelota nunca volverá!
Oh Mr. Peters!
Oh Shelly.
Kelly’s not the answer, it seems.
Our bullpen is pretty thin on answers right now. Need to get some guys healthy.
Now Peters’ turn to be active in CF.
Now Peters’ turn to be active in CF.
I Steinered myself on that one.
The one Peters just caught?
The first one. The pop up that I thought was headed to the wall.
The one by Solano?
Hopefully Mookie and Turner are breaking out of their slumps.
¡Despídalo con un beso!
They’ve got Slater jumping out there in CF.
BOOM!!
Peters: 22AB, 11SO.
He’ll be in OKC shortly.
I hope he gets it figured out.
I doubt he’ll ever be a full-time starter, but he could still a useful bench piece – but maybe not this year.
I wonder if he has any trade value?
Maybe, but not right now. I’ll cut some slack for a young player who missed out on an entire season of development in 2020.
Good point. At least he is not a defensive liability.
Well, Vesia gets one more batter, unfortunately.
took him awhile, but he finally discovered the strike zone.
In theory it made sense to let Vesia start with the pitcher, but it didn’t work out that way.
Good Grief!!
Always nice to see Brandi C go down swinging (he speculates from blackoutland).
Then you missed his fielding attempt.
Did he mess one up?
Pujols doubled off his glove.
Bad play or just lack of range?
Hard smash right at him in short left field that clanged off his mitt. Not ruled an error
Shoulda been E6?
I go with the official scorer.
Having just seen a fuzzy video, I’d score it E6.
It was a tough hop.
I never give Brandi C benefit of the doubt.
LOL I am with you on that. I guess the official scorer doesn’t dislike him like we do.
Since the departure of BadGums, he’s the most loathsome Gnat.
Not crazy about Posey either.
Albert with a pretty nice pick.
Not a bad inning.
Baez blazing on the base paths today was really something.
Unfortunately, we get Steiner on blackout night. Just switched to Jaime.
Interesting lineup. I’d like to hear the rationale behind it from Doc. Sometimes I wonder what in the hell he is thinking.
Lots of righties against a lefty pitcher.
OK. Sounds right. Too bad alot of them can’t hit for squat.
Ha!
Lux is still better against lefties than either Neuse or Peters.
It’s his day of rest as well, according to Doc. Back tomorrow no doubt
These modern bigger, faster, stronger players sure seem to need alot of rest compared to years ago.
Part of it is mental. Had a tough day yesterday in the field.
LOL Yep. He did throw one away yesterday.
Doc likes to keep his whole roster involved and to rest guys at least every 10 days. Has for years. Has chosen to largely follow that approach, even with the slim pickings at the end of the bench.
Everybody gets a trophy. You’re all winners.
Eight division championships trophies in a row to start.
Can’t argue with the results.
The process though, can get you scratching your head on any particular day’s lineup.
For sure. I grew up and started following baseball in the 60’s and 70’s.
Alot different game back then.
Yep, our depth has been depleted without Belli, Mac, AJ and Corey. A number of these fellows are prematurely in the Bigs. This at least gives these end of the bench guys a fighting chance.
I want Price to get two ABs in his three innings.
I think he is thinking that this is what Andrew told him to do.
I think they share a general approach to managing playing time. Doubt that Friedman micro manages beyond that and ensures that Doc has the best data available for making decisions.
Stacking righties against lefty with rest day for Smith. Am I missing something?
Or what you said!
We now have a lineup. https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1398048422293237762?s=20