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Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM CDT

Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston Astros, Jun 30, 2008 7:05 PM CDT



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Los Angeles Dodgers
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Monday, Jun 30, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

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1-1 after 2 innings

Dodgers scrap out a run in the top of the first.

Lance Berkman tied it in the bottom half with a homerun.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 7:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Batting as a righty

No less. ‘twas a beautiful hit.

by pel on Jun 30, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Great Slide by Berkman

Lance wlaked. Carlos Lee hit a bloop single (credited as a double) to center .The ball bounced away from the centerfielder,. Lance kept running to third. He slid on the far outside of the base, barely eluding the tag.

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 8:01 PM CDT reply actions  

Tejada gets on base!

Intentionally walked. :p
He prolly would have driven in a run since he would have likely grounded out and Berkman was on third. (Lee on second)

Loretta with bases loaded.

by entropic soul on Jun 30, 2008 8:01 PM CDT reply actions  

dodgers threaten

first and third, nobody out

two sharply hit balls that might have been fielded for outs by better defensive players at LF and SS?

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:13 PM CDT reply actions  

oswalt unfazed

K’s the next two batters. two out.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

third batter flies to center

3 out, nobody scores. astros lead 4-1

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Strike Out; Strike Out; Lazy Fly to Bourn

Way to pitch out of that mess, Roy

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

CLee is making the CF work tonight

last time he had to come in for the sinking liner that managed to get down. Similar play on a broken bat fly, this time, but it hung up longer. I think the CF was initially fooled by the swing and took a step back, but managed to recover.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Kent owning Oswalt tonight

HBP and two hits, reached base all 3 times.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions  

Oswalt allows 2 to reach with one out

and then proceeds to humiliate the next two batters. 9 K’s thru 6.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Oswalt out of the game

Looks like an injury of some sort

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Roy Leaves w/ an unspecified injury

went out to the mound to warmup, and then something happened and Coop and the trainers came out.

Roy’s leaving the game.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Sampson in to warmup

really warming up. taking long toss w/ the catcher from behind the mound. this could be a while.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lance w/ a funny LBJ reference during the downtime

video from the clubhouse when he was told before the game about some kid that supposedly punched 27000 ballots for lance.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Needless to say I hope Roy's OK and it sucks that he's out

it really sucks because he was so good tonight. You’d like to see him push a start like tonight to see how far he could go. Still, safety first.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Carlos Lee admonishes Bourn to run hard

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080630&content_id=3035452&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou&partnerId=rss_hou

at least, most of the time.


Cooper chalked it up to Bourn’s lack of experience and said he did not even have to say anything to his center fielder. Left fielder Carlos Lee took care of that.

“Lee said, ‘You don’t want to do that all the time,’” Bourn said. “That’s the kind of team we have. When you have a good team, the team polices itself. The veterans come to you.”

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Astros Weird Celebration stuff

http://blogs.chron.com/baseballblog/archives/2008/06/astros_fans_del.html

From Ortiz:


Some of you have noticed that the Astros tend to give each other imaginary high fives at times. The gesture looks similar to the hand sign Baylor Bears make, although the fingers are extended more dramatically and the right arm is held high while swaying back and forth.

It took a while, but most of the players now realize that they’re shining imaginary spotlights on each other as a way to praise great plays. Some, including Hunter Pence, however, thought it was just a long distance high five until I started asking about it.

It may sound silly to outsiders, but the gesture is a way for the Astros to bond and support each other.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Ddgers turn their own nice DP

on a ball from Puma hit into the hole between 2nd and 1st

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Sampson gives up a leadoff single, but then a DP ball

Loretta made a nice turn right before getting dumped by the runner coming into 2nd.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:19 PM CDT reply actions  

single off the pitcher's glove, followed by a liner to right

Pence dove, got a glove on it, but dropped it. runners at 1st and 3rd w/ 2 out. Marlo comes in for Sampson.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Marlo??

Is Marlo W\esley Wright’s middle name?

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Looked it up

Wesley Wright’s name is NOT Marlo. I still don’t understand the Marlo reference.

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Offbeat Question

Should Pitchers wear some sort of helmut?

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions  

Well

I don’t think I’ve heard of too many pitchers getting hit in the forehead or side, which seems to be the only things it would protect against.

by pel on Jun 30, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

I guess Valverde is on for the 9th

havent heard that he isn’t available. brocail is supposedly on for ermergencies only.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Cardinals, Reds win

Pirates lose (to Reds)

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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 9:36 PM CDT reply actions  

3 straight balls.

Valverde not happy with at least one of the calls.

by entropic soul on Jun 30, 2008 9:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Valverde knocks down a liner back to him

but it trickles behind the mound for an infield hit.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Valverde not the most graceful of athletes

Trainer out to look at hand, whether from being hit by ball or catching himself after he fell.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

I guess helmets might help in some circumstances

although I don’t know what they’d do about hits to the face, like Valverde and Chris Young took earlier this year.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

2-1 on the hitter

valverde got a nice call on an inside strike

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Valverde gets called on a balk

for not stopping in his stretch. Instead of a K on the batter, it’s 2-2, 1 out and a man on 2nd.

JD says it was a bad call and I agree. On the replay it looked like he actually did stop, but it was v. quick.

Valverde got called for that at the game I went to v. the Yankees.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Valverde gets called on a balk

for not stopping in his stretch. Instead of a K on the batter, it’s 2-2, 1 out and a man on 2nd.

JD says it was a bad call and I agree. On the replay it looked like he actually did stop, but it was v. quick.

Valverde got called for that at the game I went to v. the Yankees.

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

what ??? A balk on a strikeout pitch?

so it’s not a strikeout pitch; and the runner goes to second.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 30, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Oswalt's injury

per ace reporter JD after the game

hip abductor (sp?) strain
day to day

by lnewcomer on Jun 30, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply actions  

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