Padres at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), San Diego Padres, SPNLA
RHP Michael King (2-0, 3.14 ERA) pitches for the Padres and RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 4.19 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers.
- 1906 At Brooklyn’s Washington Park, Boston Beaneater rookie Johnny Bates becomes the first modern player to homer in his first major league at-bat. The 23 year-old outfielder connects off Harry McIntire in the top of the second inning in the team’s 2-0 Opening Day victory over the Superbas.
- 1962 Pete Richert, making his major league debut, comes out of the bullpen and strikes out the first six batter he faces, a major league record. The rookie southpaw fans four in the third inning in LA’s 11-7 comeback victory over the Reds at Dodger Stadium.
- 1976 The game against the Padres is rained out at Dodger Stadium for only the second time in the 14-year history of the ballpark. The washout ends a streak started in April 1967, covering a span of 724 straight contests, with subsequent postponements coming much sooner when inclement weather cancels two consecutive home dates in September.
Lineups when available.
Lining up in LA pic.twitter.com/fD6RbMW59n
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 12, 2024
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Padres: pic.twitter.com/OR0PPXXn6c
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 12, 2024
NPUT
Cradinals have retaken lead in Phoenix, 9-6 over Snakes in eighth.
74 pitches through 4 innings. Hope Yoshi can at least make it through a full 5.
Welcome to MLB
Rats.
1 for 12 RISP, 8 LOB. Unacceptable.
Uggh
Pathetic.
I’ll settle for a WP here.
Pretty good start for Vesia.
This is discouraging.
Vamos, ¡Quique!
What a terrible AB.
Oooff.
Bad future person!
Bad past person to you!!
Up to Teo.
Get him over Will. At least.
Checking in from New Orleans. Go Dodgers! Let’s walk one off.
C’mon, Yarbs!
Yoot!!
Oh Freddie.
CT3 ties MLB record for most putouts in an inning by a LF!
Get it done Dodgers.
Snakes have lost to Cradinals.
Fine play by Muncy.
Now it’s the Joe Kelly Experience.
As an Oaklander I loathe John Fisher, but can’t help but be amused that the Athletics now have an identical record to the Gnats.
Up to the Munce.
Make’em pay Freddie.
Shohei at it again.
Failure to advance Ohtani after his bloop double now stands out.
We miss Brewster.
¡Miércoles!
Son of a ……………….
Not the bullpen I wanted to see. Letting them back in the game.
Bottom of the order failing again.
Hopefully next inning is better than that for the Dodgers.
KT3K.
Mookie probably woulda caught that. Bellinger for sure.
Yay.
Cards poked ahead again 7-6 over the Dbacks.
Ok Will. Join the party.
Wrong party
Shohei: Make mine a double.
Got him! That’s probably it for Yoshi tonight right?
Yep.
I hope so otherwise I fear he will give up a few more gopher balls.
ETYMOLOGY
In some earlier explanations of the term it is said that it is a contraction of “go far,” but usage suggests it is the “go fer” as in “go for a double, triple, or home run.” Lawrence Frank (Playing Hardball: The Dynamics of Baseball Folk Speech, 1983, p.108) suggests the term “presumably originated in the early days of baseball when there were no fences (or fences that were far from home plate) and a fielder had to ‘go for’ a ball that was hit past him.” Hy Turkin (Baseball Almanac, 1955) reports that the term was coined by Lefty Gomez when he pitched for the New York Yankees (1930-1942). Neal McCabe and Constance McCabe (Baseball’s Golden Age, 1993, p.50) quote Gomez: “I throw the ball, and then the batter swings-and then it will go for three or four bases.” Gomez explained that base coaches of opposing teams invariably bellowed to the batter-runner, “go-fer three” (Washington Post, Apr. 14, 1931; Barry Popik). Although there have been many published explanations of this term being a play on “go fer,” opinion is not unanimous. Parke Cummings (Dictionary of Baseball, 1950) reports: “Like the gopher, which vanishes into its hole, the ball quickly vanishes into the stands or out of the park.” Along those same lines, Ray Corio (The New York Times, Feb. 8, 1988) adds: “But there’s also the line of thought that the expression reflects how a pitcher feels as he watches his pitch soar over a fence: like digging a hole and crawling into it, gopher style.”
He got those out of the way early.
Taylor is a hot mess.
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers?
A welcome treat if you have survived on C-Rations for a week or more. Maybe he is more of a cold mess. Did you serve Bum?
My biggest complaint was egg shells in the scrambled eggs.
Calcium for your diet.
Where? Holiday Inn Express?
Did you serve? What branch?
Yes
What branch? I was with the 82nd Airborne.
Navy
Were you on a ship? What was your MOS? I find your candor interesting.
Is anybody else delighted to see the Trashtros dead last in the AL West, and getting crushed nearly every night?
They don’t live in my head. Never have.
Hell yes. Me and every Dodger fan. And almost every fan outside of Houston. They will not shed their cheating mantra anytime soon. Commissioner should have stripped them of the 2017 title.
I think I like Tim Neverett better than Stephen Nelson on the radio.
In Phoenix, the Cradinals have blown a six-run lead in the fifth, and are now tied with the Snakes.
Shoot.
Nice to see Manny to go down swinging.
Indeed.
King really has the gopher ball working tonight.
Teo for two!!!
Good one.
Thank you sir.
You are most welcome.
Sin comentario.
потпуно
MLBTV has really been glitchy tonight.
Sweet DP to shut things down.
MOOOOOOK!!!!
Mooookie!!!
I understand the righty-lefty-righty thing. But honestly CT3 should be batting last in this lineup.
If not for his ill thought out contract, he would be a DFA. Having both Kike and KT3 is redundant. I am hoping Pages will get a look soon.
KT3.
Ordinarily your ideal left-fielder is a masher of baseballs. CT3 is hitting .037.
Muncy! Home runs a plenty tonight.
Yikes.
Shohei! Boy can he make good contact.
Strikes out 3 but…
Es viernes, ¡pero miércoles!
And there goes the shutout streak by Yamamoto.
Rats!!!
Manny is so loved in LA. But not really.
Almost as loved as Josh Reddick.
Ha!
Both have made concerted efforts to be loathsome.
They have done a good job.