Time to break out. We haven’t had a hit since the 3rd inning.
Got what you wished for!
Partially, at least.
Now, I’ve gotten what I want!
Is this ump from Chicago?
Not from the south side…
Vesia got squeezed badly on ball three.
Freddie getting some terrible calls!
He hit .331 last year. He’s batting .283 this year.
Fryers have lost, so there's that.
I hope that’s not the only bright star tonight.
It's a star(t).
Nice futuring this time.
And down!
How can it be Swanson up again?
Some awful looking innings in this series.
We’d better have another inning like the first one.
This has been a nightmare series.
It’s frustrating because there is no way the cubs are anywhere close to this good.
They have some talent, but nowhere close to Dodgers.
What a bloody mess.
We suck.
All the energy has left the stadium.
Like I said.
Ball four should never have happened. Busch was caught looking.
Checking GameDay you are right. Hard to see from my seat.
It was perfectly in the zone.
I’m getting very worried about our pitching.
You and the FO. Last night was good, though starter-wise.
Yamamoto very encouraging.
A DP would be nice. One? Please?
Kinda saw that one coming. Sigh.
I think that answers any and all questions about Miller being around in October. Not that anyone was probably even asking any more.
He has no consistent command whatsoever.
And, as Hendley said, his mechanics are a mess.
He is toast. Time to IL him.
Doc gave him a lot of rope. Gotta see if he can contribute post season.
He got his chance, and he muffed it.
Doc hanged himself.
Drat.
Spotty mechanics as well.
That's an understatement.
Bobby has near-zero command.
Nice play by CT3.
Big batter for Miller.
And now another
Tatís just broke up Woo's perfecto, but M's still lead 5-1 in seventh.
Hoerner tough to K.
Yeah, a bit surprising. Miller's pitch count not so worrisome as early.
11% versus MLB average 23%.
I’m enjoying the Shohei cat and mouse.
49 time?
er?
Bryan Woo has retired the first 18 Fryers on just 64 pitches.
Throw. Strikes.
Or balls that look like strikes.
The ball is flying.
Best way to nullify their outfield defense is to hit it over the fence. (Though PCA did haul back Muncy’s blast last night).
Good point!
Though think that it hit a fan on the other side of the fence before he caught it.
Then it should've been reviewed.
54-40 or fight?
Don’t know if he really needed to take 3rd there. Glad he made it but not sure the risk/reward warranted it.
It was questionable, but he made it.
Close, but he was in there.
Bryan Woo has retired first 15 Fryers on 51 pitches.
48!
The Lower?
Now if Bobby can just get some easy outs.
This could be a long one.
Times 4
MAX!!!
On the even brighter side, M's sinking Fryers 3-0 in third in Seattle.
Now that's futuring!
WILL!!!
TOMMY!!!
SHOHEI!
EDMAN!
Our turn.
Thank goodness. Almost got blooped.
Two strikes. Again. Can he do it?
Absolutely no put away pitch.
He looks lost.
Inauspicious.
BOBBY! C’mon!
NO WALKS! Especially not to get to Cody.
Bad futuring already…
At the game. Very nice temperature. Go Blue!
Get it done. We're counting on you.
We're all confident in Bobby tonight, right?
Game #146
Sept 11, 2024
Cubs, 75-70
2nd NL Central
at
Dodgers, 86-59
1st NL West
Wicks, LHP #36
2 – 3, 4.03 ERA
vs
Miller, RHP #28
2 – 4, 7.79 ERA
Lineup:
DH S. Ohtani L
RF Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
LF T. Hernandez R
CF Tommy Edman S
C Will Smith R
3B Max Muncy L
SS Miguel Rojas R
2B Chris Taylor R
Today in Dodgers History
September 11th
1947 Ralph Branca becomes the youngest pitcher to win twenty games in the National League. The 21-year-old Dodger right-hander, who finishes the season with 21 victories, reaches the plateau in his third attempt when Brooklyn beats the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park, 4-3.
1959 Dodger Chuck Churn, the winner of only three major league career games, ends Elroy Face's consecutive-victory streak at 22 with a 5-4 decision over the Pirates. The 31-year-old All-Star reliever finishes the season with an 18-1 (.947) record for the fourth-place Bucs.
1966 In his first major league at-bat, John Miller hits a round-tripper off Lee Stange in the second inning of the Yankees' 4-2 victory over Boston at Fenway Park. The 22-year-old outfielder, whose total of 10 hits in his 32 big-league games includes two home runs, becomes the second player, joining Paul Gillespie, to hit a homer in his first and last plate appearance, going deep as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers in his final turn at-bat in 1969.
1998 Kevin Malone is named the Dodgers' general manager, replacing Tommy Lasorda, who becomes the team's senior vice president. The "new sheriff in town" tenure in Los Angeles features high-profile players signing huge contracts, including Kevin Brown's seven-year deal making the right-hander the first $100 million man in baseball.
Elsewhere:
1985 At Riverfront Stadium in front of 47,237 hometown fans, Reds' player-manager Pete Rose collects his 4,192nd career hit to pass Ty Cobb, who had his last at-bat 57 years ago on this date, to become the all-time major league hit leader. Padres right-hander Eric Show gives up the historic hit, a first-inning single to left field, in Cincinnati's eventual 2-0 victory over San Diego.
2001 In the wake of terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball cancels all games for security reasons and the deep mourning of the senseless loss of lives. The evacuation of Yankee Stadium also takes place as a precautionary measure.
Dodgers trying to out-Cub the Cubs.
And out club them too.
Miggy gets on and keeps the line going. They came to play.
A letdown…
Did we ever need that win. No hangover heading to Atlanta for a four-game wraparound weekend series.
Never in doubt!
He got a call!
Dodgers win!!
Woo-HOO!!!!
One more
Got it!
Sweet Willy..
Cannon in the canyon.
Ravine, but will accept.
Rocket in the Ravine?
Will cannon
Not a good decision by Suzuki.
Thanks Cubs!
First time he got a perfect strike called a strike.
Out!
Now that's futuring!
Ump, could you give him a break after all those bad calls?
Good move to keep the runner on second Mookie.
Ridiculous call.
Strike the next 3 out just for fun.
He needs to throw nine unhittable strikes.
All fastballs. Cody itching for one.
Indeed.
You've got to be kidding. Geez..
Perfect pitch. Called a ball
Hasn't pitched for several days.
Oh my.
Kopech coming back online and into the zone now hopefully.
No bueno.
Work on your futuring.
Work on your predicting.
Belli lurking
He's not even close.
Uh-oh
What a deadline acquisition. Let’s hear it for Friedman and also for acquiring Kopech and Flaherty.
Settle down, Kopech.
As you said earlier: Throw strikes!
The Eggman!
Goo goo goo joob!
Edman textbert, choking cubbies.
TOMMY!!!
He's a pinball wizard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=288cvHTOn_k
Nice, Teo!
What a play at third.
Some Jimmy Reed, please! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkqGgCCWjus
They heard you.
Nice clean EP inning!
Certainly cleaner than last night.
Tauchman will forever live in infamy.
RBI!
Ok Lux.
Just like that!
Time to break out. We haven’t had a hit since the 3rd inning.
Got what you wished for!
Partially, at least.
Now, I’ve gotten what I want!
Is this ump from Chicago?
Not from the south side…
Vesia got squeezed badly on ball three.
Freddie getting some terrible calls!
He hit .331 last year. He’s batting .283 this year.
Fryers have lost, so there's that.
I hope that’s not the only bright star tonight.
It's a star(t).
Nice futuring this time.
And down!
How can it be Swanson up again?
Some awful looking innings in this series.
We’d better have another inning like the first one.
This has been a nightmare series.
It’s frustrating because there is no way the cubs are anywhere close to this good.
They have some talent, but nowhere close to Dodgers.
What a bloody mess.
We suck.
All the energy has left the stadium.
Like I said.
Ball four should never have happened. Busch was caught looking.
Checking GameDay you are right. Hard to see from my seat.
It was perfectly in the zone.
I’m getting very worried about our pitching.
You and the FO. Last night was good, though starter-wise.
Yamamoto very encouraging.
A DP would be nice. One? Please?
Kinda saw that one coming. Sigh.
I think that answers any and all questions about Miller being around in October. Not that anyone was probably even asking any more.
He has no consistent command whatsoever.
And, as Hendley said, his mechanics are a mess.
He is toast. Time to IL him.
Doc gave him a lot of rope. Gotta see if he can contribute post season.
He got his chance, and he muffed it.
Doc hanged himself.
Drat.
Spotty mechanics as well.
That's an understatement.
Bobby has near-zero command.
Nice play by CT3.
Big batter for Miller.
And now another
Tatís just broke up Woo's perfecto, but M's still lead 5-1 in seventh.
Hoerner tough to K.
Yeah, a bit surprising. Miller's pitch count not so worrisome as early.
11% versus MLB average 23%.
I’m enjoying the Shohei cat and mouse.
49 time?
er?
Bryan Woo has retired the first 18 Fryers on just 64 pitches.
Throw. Strikes.
Or balls that look like strikes.
The ball is flying.
Best way to nullify their outfield defense is to hit it over the fence. (Though PCA did haul back Muncy’s blast last night).
Good point!
Though think that it hit a fan on the other side of the fence before he caught it.
Then it should've been reviewed.
54-40 or fight?
Don’t know if he really needed to take 3rd there. Glad he made it but not sure the risk/reward warranted it.
It was questionable, but he made it.
Close, but he was in there.
Bryan Woo has retired first 15 Fryers on 51 pitches.
48!
The Lower?
Now if Bobby can just get some easy outs.
This could be a long one.
Times 4
MAX!!!
On the even brighter side, M's sinking Fryers 3-0 in third in Seattle.
Now that's futuring!
WILL!!!
TOMMY!!!
SHOHEI!
EDMAN!
Our turn.
Thank goodness. Almost got blooped.
Two strikes. Again. Can he do it?
Absolutely no put away pitch.
He looks lost.
Inauspicious.
BOBBY! C’mon!
NO WALKS! Especially not to get to Cody.
Bad futuring already…
At the game. Very nice temperature. Go Blue!
Get it done. We're counting on you.
We're all confident in Bobby tonight, right?
Game #146
Sept 11, 2024
Cubs, 75-70
2nd NL Central
at
Dodgers, 86-59
1st NL West
Wicks, LHP #36
2 – 3, 4.03 ERA
vs
Miller, RHP #28
2 – 4, 7.79 ERA
Lineup:
DH S. Ohtani L
RF Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
LF T. Hernandez R
CF Tommy Edman S
C Will Smith R
3B Max Muncy L
SS Miguel Rojas R
2B Chris Taylor R
Today in Dodgers History
September 11th
1947 Ralph Branca becomes the youngest pitcher to win twenty games in the National League. The 21-year-old Dodger right-hander, who finishes the season with 21 victories, reaches the plateau in his third attempt when Brooklyn beats the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park, 4-3.
1959 Dodger Chuck Churn, the winner of only three major league career games, ends Elroy Face's consecutive-victory streak at 22 with a 5-4 decision over the Pirates. The 31-year-old All-Star reliever finishes the season with an 18-1 (.947) record for the fourth-place Bucs.
1966 In his first major league at-bat, John Miller hits a round-tripper off Lee Stange in the second inning of the Yankees' 4-2 victory over Boston at Fenway Park. The 22-year-old outfielder, whose total of 10 hits in his 32 big-league games includes two home runs, becomes the second player, joining Paul Gillespie, to hit a homer in his first and last plate appearance, going deep as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers in his final turn at-bat in 1969.
1998 Kevin Malone is named the Dodgers' general manager, replacing Tommy Lasorda, who becomes the team's senior vice president. The "new sheriff in town" tenure in Los Angeles features high-profile players signing huge contracts, including Kevin Brown's seven-year deal making the right-hander the first $100 million man in baseball.
Elsewhere:
1985 At Riverfront Stadium in front of 47,237 hometown fans, Reds' player-manager Pete Rose collects his 4,192nd career hit to pass Ty Cobb, who had his last at-bat 57 years ago on this date, to become the all-time major league hit leader. Padres right-hander Eric Show gives up the historic hit, a first-inning single to left field, in Cincinnati's eventual 2-0 victory over San Diego.
2001 In the wake of terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball cancels all games for security reasons and the deep mourning of the senseless loss of lives. The evacuation of Yankee Stadium also takes place as a precautionary measure.