Game 24, 2021

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Reds at Dodgers

Ladies and gents, I have a fungus in my mouth which prevents me from swallowing. I have lost 30 pounds, from 155 to 126. The docs are hospitalizing me so they can suck out the crap and biopsy it. I’ll be back home over the weekend, I hope. I’ve created several game threads for all to use while I’m gone.

Make sure the Dodgers win!

227 thoughts on “Game 24, 2021”

  3. I took a break for about 40 minutes and I return to find us losing. Give me a break.

  4. Padres still down 5-1. Hopefully they don’t have AZ right where they want ‘em.

  8. Walker had one bad inning – and one bad pitch in the first inning. Other than that he was marvelous. Just wish he could have stranded that second runner in the 5th.

  9. Also this day in Dodger History:

    2004 At Dodger Stadium, Mike Piazza ties Carlton Fisk for the most career homers by a catcher as he hits Hideo Nomo’s sixth-inning pitch into the stands for his 351st round-tripper as a backstop. The homer, which was his 362nd overall, moves the Mets’ star past Yankees’ Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio on the all-time list.

    2007 On the night in which his three sons throw the ceremonial first pitch, Trevor Hoffman is unable to hold on to a two-run lead when the Dodgers score three in the ninth and eventually beat the Padres, 6-5. It’s ‘Trevor Time Desk Clock’ Night, and the usually reliable Padres closer blows the save, thanks to some shady defense, for the second consecutive game.

    2010 The suddenly streaking Mets win their sixth consecutive game with a doubleheader sweep of the Dodgers, 4-0 and 10-5. The victories mark the first time since August 28th, 1971, that the club has taken both ends of a twin bill from L.A.

      • I don’t want to presume to take his role, but I guess we need the “next man up” mentality. Well – next men + RBI up mentality (womentality?).

  10. Striking out the side on 14 pitches after the first-pitch homer is a great way to rebound. For a few seconds I was wondering if this was Buehler’s off-day.

  11. On the brighter side, Snakes have taken a 2-0 lead over the Pads on dropped fly ball by the “Gold Glover” Grisham, and the Rox lead the Gnats 2-1 in the second.

  13. Link! I am so so sorry. Please
    get well my friend. We are all rooting for you (no pun intended) and wish you a speedy recovery.
    Love to you, RBI.

  19. I hope to take a pass on tomorrow afternoon’s game. As Carly Simon sang, “I haven’t got time for the pain.”

  30. I didn’t realize that if the runner who starts on second base in an extra-inning game scores it goes down as an unearned run. Yet the pitcher who “allows” it gets a loss if his team doesn’t tie or win the game. Bizarre.

    • I don’t want them to win of course but they still don’t bug me like many of the other teams in their division (Cards, Cubs, Brewers…) – to say nothing of the other teams in our division!

      • It’s been a while. Life is a bit busy. I’m on a school bus travelling back from an excursion

          • 2 days a week pe for grades 2-5 and 2 days a week on year 5 class. Coming back now from the A.C.T swimming championships

          • And how is COVID there for you? Obviously a good sign that you are traveling with students for school sports. How was the swim meet?

  70. I’d happily settle for a repeat of this: On May 15, 1965, the Dodgers got only one hit, but it was a three-run homer by Al Ferrara and they beat the Cubs, 3-1.

      • The game was always in the back of my mind, and I remember listening to it. One other thing about Ferrara: He was 6-1 and 200 pounds and a great pianist while growing up. Vinnie used to mention that Ferrara had played at Carnegie Hall. From Wikipedia:

        As a youth he was also an accomplished piano player. “I never wanted to
        play the piano, I wanted to play baseball,” Ferrara said. “But a
        first-generation Italian woman like my grandmother didn’t know anything
        about baseball, so I had to play the piano, starting at age eight. I
        learned the classics. Mr. Morvillo insisted that I read music and play
        the pieces as they were written by Beethoven and Bach. I got pretty good
        and I learned to use piano to do what I wanted to do. I had a deal with
        my grandmother that after playing for an hour she would give me a
        quarter to go to the Bat Away at Coney Island. In those days you could hit about 25 balls for a quarter. After a while I got a reputation as a pretty good hitter and men would come around when I was hitting and put more quarters in the machine so I could hit for maybe a half-hour. Finally, I got my grandmother to agree that if I were to become Mr. Morvillo’s number one student I could give up piano and play baseball. He would have showcase recitals at Carnegie Hall, and
        the number one student would play last. When I was 16, I went on last
        as the number one student, kissed my grandmother, and never touched the
        piano again.”

        • Funny how certain games stick out to us even if we have just listened to them on the radio.

          Great story about Ferrera.

    • I saw Ferrara play in Tacoma, for the Spokane Indians. He looked like a big-time prospect to the 13-year-old me. Great OF throwing arm, but I think he suffered some injuries.

  83. I think the 1970’s version of me would be very surprised how little the Reds bother me these days. Of course, having something like a 60-30 record against them over the recent years certainly helps.

  87. We may need to go on a recruitment drive to add a few more posters in our little community. Maybe we should have a bring a friend night. Lol

  88. Looks like a beautiful night at Dodger Stadium. Blue sky dotted with pink clouds.

  92. This day in Dodger History:

    1981: Fernandomania continues to explode at Chavez Ravine when Dodger rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela pitches his fourth shutout in five starts. The 20-year-old Mexican southpaw, batting over .400, beats the Giants, 5-0, and lowers his ERA to a microscopic 0.20.

  93. The camera picked up Winkler talking to the bench after his HR: “They are just men.” My guess is that he was referring to the Dodgers being just men – which after the last few games is certainly true.

  94. I’m sad to hear about Link. Thoughts and prayers for a quick recovery.

    Also – I will have to go back and delete my comment that I posted in the game thread on the top of the list. Force of habit to open up the most current thread and start posting! Took me a moment to realize I was in the wrong one.

  98. Link: Am very sorry to hear of this. Wishing you a quick and full recovery. I will include you in my thoughts and prayers…..Lewis