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Monday Makes Season History-A Win and First Place
That is correct my friends. FIRST F*****G PLACE!
This game seriously made me feel so good. So good that I thought I might want to have kids someday after I get married. Then I snapped out of it and remembered I can’t stand kids at all and I’d rather buy a pet iguana. Anyways, that’s how happy this game made me feel. Let’s look at why…
In two words for starters-Hiroki Kuroda. He has come back stronger than ever the last few games. Kuroda pitched seven perfect innings on Monday bringing flashes of a young Koufax to mind as many wonder if he may be the next generation of great Dodger pitching. He only gave up one hit in the eight when Mark Texeira hit one off him in the eighth. Other than that, Kuroda pitched a hell of game that was able to get the Dodgers a 3-0 win over the Atlanta Braves.
While he held the Braves off, the Dodger offense was able to come through with some good work of the bat by veteran Dodgers Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Kemp. Nomar came through in the bottom of the fifth inning when he hit a 1-2 pitch off Braves pitcher Jorge Campillo. This made the game much more intense and gave the Dodgers the boost they needed to win the game. It’s nice to see Nomar play well without his whole damn body not giving out as usual.
The game may not have been perfect as we remember how in the top of the seventh when Gregor Blacno charged a bunt down the third base line, but luckily the boys came through as Blake DeWitt threw hard enough to James Loney to ensure that Blanco did not get on base by barely making the throw in time. There were some moments where we were like “oh shit, we’re not going to get this one”. Yet, thanks to a little Dodger magic that we’ve seen in the past, we got it.
The game put the Dodgers in that first place position that they had been struggling to reach all season. The Dodgers finally get to the first place spot is like when Dawson’s Creek went off the air-it makes you say “FINALLY!”. No offense to your DC fans, but that show also made me want to punch things. It feels good as we can say that after all the false hope rallies late in the games and all the moments Andruw Jones threw his bat like an overweight baby, it has paid off as the Dodgers might have the best chance they’re had in awhile.
Now, I may be just a little floaty, but I have every reason to be. It feels a little like it could happen and with that I can write this blog for you folks and know that the season got just a little more interesting. Better not jinx it.
See you next game and hopefully no one effs up.
-Val
Kuroda is Back in Town and Dodgers Win It
Hiroki Kuroda is back in action as he made the game on Wednesday look easy against the Astros as the Dodgers won it 4-1.
It is good to know that at least some of the money on the disabled list is now being put into good use. Kuroda wasted no time as he pitched seven scoreless innings against the Astros. His pitching was flawless as he shut out power hitters such as Carlos Lee.
If you were watching the game, you know how wild it was to see him pitch so damn good. This guy went from being completely and utterly in pain to making every Astro player feel like they sucked on Wednesday. Too bad Nomar Garciaparra can’t recover like this. Nomar scratches his head and his whole body just falls apart.
The only reason the Astros were able to score one was because Cory Wade took over the remainder and ended up giving one up to Carlos Lee. Well,I guess things could of been worse, but Wade the rookie is going to have to a lot better than he did this game.
As Dodger offense becomes consistently stronger recently, it has become easier for the Dodgers to score runs. Two Dodgers that have just been phenomenal in getting their team ahead only proved Wednesday that a hit is never out of reach. Jeff Kent and Andre EIthier stood out once more as Kent hit two RBI doubles and Ethier himself had three hits.
This is two in a row for the Dodgers which is exciting considering this season has been an uncontrollable roller coaster for the Dodgers full of injuries and lost scoring opportunities. Speaking of injuries, Brad Penny is supposed to make his return from the disabled list on Saturday, he will instead have another bullpen session before any decisions will be made about his return. This is just killing me. I mean come on. Brad Penny is built like a bull. And he needs more bull pen time? It seems like these days players are constantly getting hurt or need to go under rehabilitation. You never heard of this ten years ago. Baseball players played hard and didn’t mess around. You never saw them complaining of ankle problems of knee problems. Koufax would’ve pitched even if his arm came off.
As my dad says, it’s a different time and even the game is a little different, but as long as the heart is still there i guess that’s all that matters. Except if you’re Ned Colletti. He sold his to the devil a long time ago, that assclown.
Let hope the Dodgers can keep this streak going as winning becomes a necessity at this point.
See you next game!
-Val