90 thoughts on “Game 73, 2022”

1. Thoughtful of the Padpen to tank last night. The Snakes tied it on consecutive bases-loaded HBPs in the eighth, and then won it when Eric Hosmer had a brain freeze on a ground ball in the ninth.

2. NPUT

3. Rey(es) el Rey de K!

4. Muncy Mash! (It was a ball yard smash).

5. So, it’s gunna be one of those Coors games.

   • That’s what Tim said on the radio.

   • Certainly not a Coors Light game.

6. D’Backs come back and defeat the Puds 7-6. Woot.

   • And thus we maintain our 1 1/2 game lead over San Diego. Woot is right.

   • Amazing.

7. Bah.

8. No more predictions from me. In fact, I plan on going AWOL for tomorrow’s game. G’night all.

9. Unless they pull this out, I’m going to feel “Kind of Blue.”

   Accordiing to the British publication Jazzwise it is “still moving up to 5,000 copies a week worldwide,”

   • That’s something!

     • It really is, considering it was first released in 1959. I own a copy.

10. There were a couple bright spots, most notably Muncy.

    • Bullpen was good.

11. Well, that’s that.

12. Rough night. Whip’em tomorrow.

13. Dodgers down to their last 3 outs or score 4 to tie.

14. He’s on deck! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8ae992f0d80af8869617814ebbc504a6eb0a79de81d271c887f52ffbdba25e30.png

15. He’s on deck! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8ae992f0d80af8869617814ebbc504a6eb0a79de81d271c887f52ffbdba25e30.png

    • IIRC used to be a player with that name in the organization. May have even gotten a cup of coffee.

      • Came up through Dodgers system, but never played for them at MLB level. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/85071ab7388244a639a73547459b5f3d93732380f1f531c72ceddc1ec35ff0a5.png

        • I had big hopes for him.

          • High school player, who showed promise in his first couple of years in the minors

16. Nice Munce

    • Is he back?

      • Back, back, back hopefully.

17. If Barnes can reach, My hopes increase.

    • Almost poetic.

18. We’re going to have to get going to get the 10 runs that I predicted.

19. Muncy with a long home run would make one think his elbow isn’t hurting him. He swings hard all the time. What am I missing?

    • Good question. Just not barreling up. Still has the good eye.

      • It’s a mystery.

20. Muncy plays Colorado ball

    • Maybe another Dodger hitter will remember they are playing in Colorado

21. So, Bickford has a rubber arm. Good thing.

22. Kersh still with a 2.94 ERA

23. Top of the order coming up.

24. Nice deke by Hanser.

25. Load em up for Trace

26. Time to pull Clayton. This is going from bad to worse.

    • Needs to eat some innings, no?

      • I expect so, but at what cost? This is a dilemma for Doc. And we are, by mandate, down to 13 pitchers while we were at 14 for awhile, even 15 or 16, I believe, before the roster size was reduced.

        • Cost in what sense? It’s his day to pitch, so he should be good for 90+.

          • By cost I mean what if he allows one or more runs virtually every inning? Do we want Kershaw to get tagged for 10 runs in six innings and act as his own mop-up man?

          • Yep

          • I’d prefer not, but if it means resting the rest of the staff, so be it.

          • We now know the answer to your question.

27. A question: Forgetting the placement of the decimal point, which do you think will be lower at season’s end — Muncy’s batting average or Gonsolin’s ERA?

    • Muncy’s BA has always been lower that Goose’s ERA, why should this year be different?

      • Perhaps because Goose is cooking this year.

        • Ha! I go with Muncy keeping his crown.

          • I will see you in September, when the summer’s through.

28. With what’s going on in the world, I consider baseball my escape clause. Not so much tonight, yet.

29. We need a big inning ASAP.

30. I fear he’s not long for this game except that, with the bullpen overworked, he may have to be.

    • He’d best retire Rodgers now.

      • Easier said than done.

        • Yup. Clayton has given up five hits and walked four in 1.2 innings. I cannot recall a worse start for him.

31. Just noticing now that Blackmon wasn’t in the lineup yesterday.

32. Kershaw has pitched in 31 MLB stadiums. His ERA of 4.57 at Coors before tonight is his highest except for the one time he pitched at Shea and allowed four earned runs in 3.2 innings.

33. Clayton has zero command so far.

34. That’s two of the 10 runs I predicted for the Dodgers tonight.

35. So, did Lamb get called up?

    • I read he did, not sure if he’s there tonight.

      • McKinstry was placed on the IL, opening the spot for Lamb.

        • It’s not clear that he’s arrived yet.

          • OKC is now on the road at El Paso. Your guess is as good as mine as to when Lamb would arrive (or whether he has arrived).

36. Running with abandon!

37. I have to jump off for a commitment. Bring this one home for us, okay? I will hope to woo-HOO later this evening.

38. Hanser answer!

39. Well, we’ve made our dumb baserunning move early tonight. JT has been involved in many of them.

    • Early in the game, you can take some risks. In the late innings, that would’ve been really questionable.

      • See my comments above about JT.

40. JT with the RBI and bad base running.

    • Still had to make a perfect throw, and he did. Give full credit to the old friend.

      • JT is not as fast as he once was and doesn’t realize it.

        • Was he ever fast? I think he is just slower than he used to be. (Joe got a good bounce off the wall).

          • How the Pirates stole Clemente from the Dodgers: https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/62869/how-the-pirates-stole-roberto-clemente-from-the-dodgers
            In the only game that I ever attended at Ebbets Field — July 3, 1955 — Clemente led off for Pittsburgh and went 2-for-5. Both hits were triples off Ed Roebuck.

        • Connor Joe “old friend”? He never played in a game for the Dodgers.

          • He did play 105 games for the OKC Dodgers.

          • Perhaps then he is an “old acquaintance.”

          • Clemente played for the Montreal Royals. (Still mad about this one).

        • Was a slower runner and now is slower.

41. Bellinger and Smith not starting.

42. Prediction: The Dodgers will be firing on all cylinders tonight and score at least 10 runs.

    • One down…

43. Dodgers (45-27)
    Rockies (32-42)

    SP Clayton Kershaw L
    5-1 2.00 ERA 45IP 47K

    Lineup:
    SS Trea Turner R
    1B F. Freeman L
    DH J. Turner R
    CF Chris Taylor R
    3B Max Muncy L
    2B H. Alberto R
    RF T. Thompson R
    LF Gavin Lux L
    C A. Barnes R

    Partly-cloudy-day
    0% Rain
    92° Wind 9 mph L-R