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Double dipping in the Big Apple
Less than an hour from first pitch of the Dodgers' first double header in a couple years. Many of you will be happy to know that Joe Pierre, will be at the games today at Citi Field. For those who don't know about Joe Pierre, check out a recap of his visit last year. It was a true highlight from 2009.
Here's the lineup for Game 1:
Furcal, SS
Johnson, LF
Ethier, RF
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Carroll, 2B
Kuroda, P
277 Comments
Yesterday, the lineup had Matt batting 2nd. What happened there?
12:40 New threaded so I will repeat my post.
Interesting question about the tickets for the doubleheader. If you have tix for either game do you get in both of them today? If you have tix for both, I assume you do not get a refund. If you have a ticket for the first game and somebody else has your seat for the second game, what happens?
Maybe there is something else going on besides Penny's game performance that made Sabean not want to re-sign him.
Perhaps he is a negative clubhouse presence and the Giants don't want his attitude to poison the rest of the team.
I guess prospects don't always pan out. I remember a couple of years ago or so, Elbert was being touted as the next great Dodger lefthander before we even heard of Kershaw. I don't know that much about Ely or for that matter, Link. But maybe Colletti, et al knew something that would help get some value for unloading Pierre.
Here is Joe Pierre, AKA Old Brooklyn Fan, being ignored by Frank McCourt after McCourt came by OBF's seat for a visit. I sat next to Joe during that game and took the picture.
Just kidding. Actually Mr. McCourt was very nice to Joe and the surrounding fans. I doubt if Peter O'Malley or his dad would have done the same thing and made a personal visit to a fan in the reserved section.
Ok thanks tru even if you brought ticket to the 2nd games and not the 1st one.
Wow, a REAL Double-Header! I miss those. Will always remember the Dodgers-Padres DH I went to as a kid, my dad bet my Oceanside-raised uncle on who would win the game, winner has to wear the loser's hat for the second game. Well, the Dodgers won, my uncle wore the hat of the team he absolutely hates. Tony Gwynn knocked in some RBIs, and my uncle stood up and cheered, and someone in my family was quick with the camera, and got a pic of my uncle cheering in a Dodgers hat in Dodger Stadium. The topper: He was wearing a "$#!t Happens" t-shirt!
Let's see if we can sweep 'em today!
Doubleheader game 1 on… where the faithful at? Should be a fun 7+ hours of Dodger baseball today!
LOL sounds like there are maybe 1000 fans total at the Citi Field today. Quiet as heck and a whole lotta empty seats down low (no one behind homeplate in the dugout boxes)
Cleanshaven Superhero aboard via the walk. Good eye Casey. First Dodger aboard for Santana… here we go Dodgers! Time to score some runs… or not. But nice slide at second to take out the DP Casey.
Go go go J-Lo!!! The difficult pick-off attempt stolen base! Loney now 4-for-4 in SB's… two away form last year's SB total! Time for Frohawk to get a basehit here… or not. He gets a Santana free ride to first base too.
So up to Jamie Carroll to knock in his first RBI. C'mon Jamie… BASE HIT please.
Bases loaded…. be a hero, Hiro.
I never seem Santana walks this many batter in one inning.
Reyes batting 3rd hmmmmmm Manual must be trying something new here,
Full count bases loaded to Kuroda!
Darn, Hiroki swung at ball 4. But a 36 pitch inning for Santana means with a pitch count at 49 – he should be out of there by 5-6th inning. We still don't have a hit…
I think the strike zone is not consistent. Also to make santana work means not letting him rest long in the dugout, so stop walking mets.!
Be like Ike… already a fan of the rookie and that 1-out opp-way double looked pretty nice. With Wright on third, 2 Mets in scoring position… now Russell and Hiroki walking the base loaded for the DP opp. Deja vu bases loaded 2nd innings at the plate for the Dodgers and Mets… except NY is actually hitting the ball.
Darn it Hiroki and Russell, even though it was scored a Wild Pitch, Martin should have easily blocked that pitch down in the dirt. Sigh, giving away runs when our offense is still non-existent is not exactly a smart strategy to winning a ballgame…
Now the Dodgers need to generate an offense
Urgh if it wasn't for that WP the score would still be tied but don't really like to ibb a guy who is worst than Barajas. I can't believe they charge that an earned runs.
Oh My looks like santana found the strike zone.
Waste of a one-out triple.
I wouldn't look for this team to finish much differently than the position they're in now.
They've got an idiot manager.
A do nothing GM.
And an owner who doesn't care enough to even have Josh address stadium security issues with the people on ITD.
kuroda has had some good chances to win this game with the bat, not what he is paid for. Another long inning for santana and he might be done.
Why couldn't Johnson hit that triple with the base loaded. Is shocking to see Ethier didn't come throught with 1 out and a runner on 3rd but this isn't the 1st time when Ethier and Kemp leaving risp.
Get another triple Johnson dang Furcal should had that single when Johnson had his triple.
It still baffles me how an entire team can go so quickly into an offensive slump, especially after a period of scoring a lot of runs. I understand a team will run into a hot pitcher from time to time but the Dodgers have made just about everybody they have faced on this road trip a hot pitcher. Still a lot of baseball left to be played today so anything can happen.
Oh brother lead off runner on, how soon till he is at 2nd?
well the DP! Wonderful
WE NEED RUNS! Finally knocked Santana out of the game. Hiroki still looking good at only 87 pitches through 6.0 IP. He deserves a win here. WAKE UP DODGER BATS!!!
Leadoff Jamie Carroll walk granted. Hiroki coming out? Guess JT has re-earned some faith in the Dodger bullpen. C'mon GA! Do something (productive) with you bat.
Not sure what firing anyone today will do to help the current team score more runs or pitch better. Another good starting pitching effort wasted but another day in which a Dodger pitcher would have to pitch a shutout to avoid a loss.
Great. A starting pitcher gets through 6 innings under a 100 pitches for a change and we pinch hit for him with crappy GA?
Uhh, Joe Torre…hello??? There's a double header today Mr. Wear Out the Bullpen.
GA is looking more and more like Sweeney. .145 BA dos not cut it!
Time for second guessing – if Kuroda stays in and bunts him over, then we avoid the Furcal DP.
Now Joe gives the ball to the Gas House Gang.
16 innings without a run, wow. Looking at the schedule for june we needed to be like 10 over .500 this month just to break even in june. Thanks for a great offseason frank
Torre is off his rocker for pinch hitting for kuroda. This leads to the Bull pen implosion, perhaps not this game, but wait till tonight.
You knew it was going to happen.
If Kuroda give up a single double and homerun than you would be complainting why he didn't lift him sooner?
Sigh, Kuroda could have done come up and struck out. The .139 hitting GA is definitely in a slump. Anderson hitting only 1-for-19 since his second to last hit back in Florida on the 11th of April!!!
Doubleplay now ends the inning. Good job Furcal – thanks for the help (double sigh)
Dumb dumb dumb JT. Kuroda has proven he can go the distance and on 87 pitches we pull him out… with at least 12 more innings of ball to pitch today in the doubleheader. Link back up getting his 2nd MLB relief appearance. Our frequent flying homeboy has gotta be jet-lagged.
If Link and the Bullpen let's the Mets go buck wild at the plate this inning I'm going to cuss out JT.
Gosh I hate bunt single
Start cussing, gibbie!
Gibbie you can start cussing for taking kuroda out, let alone what this BP gives up
Game over we wasn't going to win anyway.
put a fork in this team
I feel sorry for Oldbrooklynfan & Truebluewill having to watch this crap in person!
khali, I think your on the right track, as lbirken said we can't all go into a slump at the same time……There has to be something more here…..call it what you want….It is unproductive at the moment….We need someone to step up ANYONE!! Don't wait for your name to be called just step on up and lead this club…..NOW, during this darn game!!!
Time for hoodlum beer, oh wait they don't sell that here. Maybe there is Torre tequila, you can't think straight, vision is blurry and you constantly think there are more pitchers ready to go.
How much more of this do we have to endure before bozos like Bunnynutts and Ned are fired? Someone's got to start taking some heat for this crap.
Enchanted ~ the only way that could happen is, if, as you suggested, we, the fans, don't come to the games.
No buying HOODLUM BEER AND CHIPS ON THE SHOULDER!!!!
Alright, a 3 pitch flyball out to end the inning. So 7th inning Mets damage… minimal. Could have easily been a 4-5 run inning for the Mets.
Still, damn it JT, a BIG FAIL to you on setting up that 7th inning. Dumb decision to pull Kuroda. If we somehow score a couple runs in the next two innings, I am going to be really mad about JT blowing it with the call to the BP last inning.
Meanwhile, Dre possibly gets it started with a 1-out double to the gap. Nice easy running stand-up double for him too – go soft on that ankle buddy.
I'm expected a 50-112 even that probably won't can him.
Watch it at home on TV (no money for the McCourts) and drink your own dam beer.
Whadya know, another waste of an extra base hit. So we're now 0-for-6 with RISP and have LOB 8. We just can't put it together for one, just ONE rally inning…
Heck with offensive when Manny come back won't even come close to it.
Cheer up, Shad, surely we'll be at least 60-102.
oops offense
I'm trying but I think I was being to nice lol.
Our T9 has got to be on one of those insane rally tears to pull this game off… no I'm not holding my breathe and chalking this Loss up to STUPID JT managing. The offense not scoring any runs on failed small-ball strategy is his fault too…
LOL! Of course Ramon-O pithes a perfect 1-2-3 inning… when the game is just about chalked up as a loss and there is no pressure to protect a lead. Sigh, gotta say, when Ramon is ON, he actully looks pretty good. Too bad the Ramon-O switch has been flipped OFF more than it's been flipped ON….
As I was telling Nells yesterday, there's on old accounting acronym – GIGO – garbage in, garbage out. That's what this owner and GM have put in, and that's what they're getting out.
The ONLY thing that's kept this team afloat, especially since Ned took over as GM are Logan's boys (Ethier the noted exception.)
Time to punt. Let's start by firing Bunnynutts today, Ned tomorrow, Torre on Thursday.
I hope the Lakers tonight is entertain than this game and game 4 when the Thunders blew them out of the arena
lol 1 runs in 17 innings I didn't want to here on Kcal 9.
Cheer up guys, we're actually right on track for a 68-94 season – much better than a 50-112 season.
Losing game 1 of a Doubleheader has got to be tough especially in a shutout seeing you have to carry in the negative mojo from the first game into the second with minimal time to put it behind you.
So which starters will sit down for the second game? Pretty sure on Casey, Furcal and Martin coming out with AJ catching for Haeger, Belly/DeWitt coming in as IF's. But will Jamie-C and Reed sit down? Maybe GA in LF? PLay Dre a second game with the sore ankle?
Enchanted I known that accounting term very well since I took accounting in high school and college.
Wow great timing True Blue LA on ch 9.
Shad – then you must know FIFO and LIFO too 🙂
Good thing we only burned four relievers in the first game of the twinbill. When does Loney come in to pitch?
Might as well have pitched Haeger in both games if we weren't going to score any runs today.
Not sure what's wrong with this club…they're certainly better than their record, which shows only the Pirates and Orioles as being worse…and we all know how they fared against the Pirates. I see a team that is splintered…not playing as a confident, "take-no-prisoners" unit and maybe it all goes back to Manny. I hate to say that because I feel he's still a stud with the bat. But his dour mood, media silence, and Spring training comments seem miscast in light of LA's continued adoration of him. Given the reality of the season (even though it's early) a trade might be the way to go…and sooner rather than later…none of this July 31 stuff. Maybe his departure would lighten the mood. Then again, I'm not in the clubhouse and maybe he DOES have his teammates' backs. Only they know for sure. Weird, very weird.
Our shutout streak continues… no runs in our last 18 innings, only 1 run scored in our last 24 innings!
Guess you have to balance out the 14 Dodger runs score from last Wednesday in Cin-Cin somehow…
Time to take a short break before the next game – need a cold shower. GIB OUT… but back in a few.
Another scoreless 1/3 innings for Sherrill. Sherrill in his last 6 games has pitches 3 2/3 innings with no runs given up in.
I read it in a book but my teacher never went over that chapter and yes I do know what that mean.
All I can say is that it's a dirty rotten deal that we have to consider Sherrill's scoreless 1/3 of an inning as success. Success used to be measured by wins. AARRRGGGHHHHH!!!
This team is pucking fathetic.
That is a waste using him.
Uecker to undergo heart surgery
MILWAUKEE (AP)?Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker is scheduled to undergo heart surgery on Friday and is expected to need two to three months to recover.
Uecker, a Hall of Fame announcer, won a World Series ring with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964 and played in Philadelphia and Atlanta before retiring in 1967. He starred in commercials and the television sitcom ?Mr. Belvedere.?
He is in his 40th season calling Brewers games.
I gotta love these guys no matter how they play…..
I forgot to post this hours ago but hope Uecker surgery goes well.
Ouch Furcal tight left hamstrain
Damn should've taken that 2-0 pitch Kemp.
I hope that doesn't turn into a several day injury or nagging thing that slows him down all year.
Dang that ball couldn't get down quick enough that would've been 2 runs there.
S**t….here we go again!!!!
Deja vu all over again.
Hi All, Wow what can i say this team sucks…You know when i seen them down here in Tucson…Spring Training…I new this was going to be along year…Honeycutt needs to go man…Needed to go along time ago….This is ridiculous
Go away Ned and Joe…And McCourt
Could things get a little more bleak, please?
Hi Tru 🙂
Good to see you Dodgerzona….maybe you will bring this lousy team some luck 🙂
I know alot of name's in here…..Tru 🙂 I always like reading enchanteds post and bears to lol
Tru, so do I. Always have, always will.
By the way i live in Az…Luck???? lol…No way Tru i think they are done…Sorry….With the cheap owner we have and a sorry *** GM And Manager…Should i go on lol
20 and counting…just sad. What did we do as a fanbase to deserve this?
ST. LOUIS (AP)?Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox has an idea of how much St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols(notes) should get in his next contract: $50 million a year.
Cox saw that Philadelphia star Ryan Howard(notes) got a five-year extension worth $125 million.
So on Tuesday, before the Braves played at St. Louis, Cox offered his assessment. Cox says Pujols is twice as good as any player in the majors.
Pujols is in the final year of a seven-year, $100 million contract with St. Louis. The Cardinals have a $16 million option on the three-time NL MVP for next season.
Damn it Cox 50 millions per year Pujols is great but not 50 millions.
Splash….We did not do anything….Our pitching coach sucks…Manager,Owner,Gm…I hope they all go bye bye this or next yr…Tired of this crap
Sorry folks just have to vent…But this is totally UNACCEPTABLE
Damn I go to the kitchen and Haeger had a 3-0 count and it already 1 out.
Its a beautiful day for a ballgame – let's lose two.
Oh, we are.
n/m they just said it.
Well, how's about we all don paperbags?
21, i'm done with this
There. I feel much better.
What took you so long?!
Bear i have nothing against the team ok…It's management and McCourt…And Honeycutt …And Joe T
I enjoy reading your posts Bear 🙂
Leadoff walk for Dre… HERE WE GO!!! Time to score a freakin run!!!
I love those hat.
Sell the team i could not agree more
So what would y'all like to talk about? Its obvious ownership isn't interested in putting a decent team out there nor addressing the security issues at the stadium, so why should we use this forum to talk about the Dodgers?
So I hear gas prices may come down a little.
Here we go indeed! Matt Kemp decides to start hitting. First two onboard, no outs! WOO HOO! Belly bat for some Ribbies anyone?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Lyons do you have to bring up last year ba vs lefty for Ethier? What's he hitting this year vs them?
How about those Lakers?
WP works too to advance the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Small ball sacs could score 2 runs!
You guys watching? We're about to ACTUALLY score a run!?!
Shades of last year; giving up an out to score a much needed run.
Should of held up at 2nd Kemp…Come on
BPB1 ~ gas prices coming down would be nice. I've been enjoying Dancing With the Stars and some of American Idol. It helps me pass the time. We are taking Nells out Thursday for her birthday dinner. Her birthday is actually tomorrow but, Thursday's the night we will all get plastered.
Kemp made a ba decision there.
Thanks alot Kemp should've been tied.
We could come up with some tasty recipes using Hoodlum Beer and Chips on the Shoulder.
Nice going Ellis
Oh yeah, AJ finally decides to become an RBI man. Second Ribbie for Ellis in the last week! The scoring drought is DEFINITELY over. Think positive guys… the good mojo is working.
Three straight balls to Haeger at the plate… again? HAH, now a 4-pitch walk to our pitcher to load them up for the top of the line-up! SWEET.
Perez out of the game to a crooning of Mets faithful boos. I like where this game is going…
lol tru
Ok were tied….Glad Neddie never made a deal to get Oliver Perez
Well then a day early HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NELLS!!!
Gas may come down a little because they feel there's ample enough supply. Who "they" is, is a little vague though. No doubt the government will be able to take up the slack in taxes though.
I like yellow… and fossils (except Joe.)
Geez that ball was lowwwwwwwwwwwwww…Damn Ump
Happy B-Day Nelly
OMG….a little bit of emotion from our skipper…surprise, surprise!
Once again all Kemp fault with that crappy baserunning.
wow, not much we can do when the umps are against u as well, and Loney just got tossed, football season cant ge here soon enough
Loney out geez….Well he had a good argument there….That ball was way low
J-Lo is angry. He had a good point as that sure looked like ball 4.
Bye bye J-Lo, nice show of fire there but it makes no sense to argue strikes with the HP ump. Should have just walked it off. And yes, Gameday showed it low and off the corner as Ball 4.
At least we have a brand new ballgame with a shaky Mets bullpen. Maybe the argument anger will put more fire into the bats of the other (remaining) Dodgers – maybe.
Well, i was at my grandsons olleyball game which he won and was exciting.
Got home and watched the highlights of the first game. By the way, did we ever take the field for that game.
Our pitching sucks, our defense sucks and now our hitting went south.
Overall, this team deserves to be burried in last place. It's where we may be for the year.
Fire Joe, fire Ned and fire the guy who hired them both.
I'm done, until I see a better team take the field. We stand there and watch third strike calls. What the hell is that?
Sweet DP to get out of the leadoff single jam! Alright D-W, nice quick turn in the middle and awesome scoop by the stretching Belly at first.
Phew. Thought that was a run in. C'mon Haeger, get this 3rd out. Went from 2 outs and no one on to a 2 RISP jam! Pitcher up though…
DOUBLE PHEW, that Takahashi can sure hack with the wood! Reed almost overran that ball!
How come you don't see manager criticize the umps and get fined like Phil Jackson does?
Game 1 Umpires: HP–Ted Barrett. 1B–Dan Bellino. 2B–Paul Nauert. 3B–Brian Gorman.
Game 2 Umpires: HP–Angel Campos. 1B–Paul Nauert. 2B–Brian Gorman. 3B–Dan Bellino.
Ejections: LA DODGERS Player J.Loney ejected in the (4th).
What happen to Ted Barrett and why do we have a no ump in this series?
oops no=new
Another game….same crap!
You're right, North….another game….same crap!
Awesome post earlier.
Not sure sell
Should've had used Troncoso in the 1st game.
Poor Ramon T….Hope he don't get hurt
I just wonder if Blake would had drop that on purpose and got that dp. Maybe he should've had.
Maybe should've start Haeger in the inning.
Nite all…I can't watch anymore…You all take care
Frank McCourt plays the fiddle as Chavez Ravine burns.
The comments on this blog about security issues at Dodger Stadium are once again ignored.
The Dodgers are well on their way to losing both games of a double header, since it was too much for McCourt to remember that he's the owner of a MAJOR LEAGUE baseball club in the SECOND LARGEST MARKET IN THE COUNTRY.
It's still early in the year, and if the team makes it to the playoffs this year, they've more than earned it. But as for now…
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're going
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining? [I wish] Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of hell a-glowing?
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes, the Danger Must Be Growing
For the Rowers KEEP ON ROWING
(apologies to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
well… I guess we do know which direction we are going.
I can't believe Link is back out there maybe you he should've pitch in game 1.
The RamTron experiment failed. Twice Troncoso is brought into a 0 outs, runners on base jams and TWICE he gives up hits to score multiple Mets runs. Not exactly his fault the second game if he is tired but more of a dumb call on Torre. Walks are hurting us in both games. ARGH.
What, so now JT goes back to the "Broken Link" Experiment?!? Is the logic being used about both pitchers (Jon Link and RamTron) being loose from the previous game so why not keep some of you other bullpen relievers rested by not bringing them out? It would be nice for Link to come in and get 3 outs but just seems a bit odd to me to bring him back in for a second appearance.
Surprise, surprise, the Jon Link experiment also fails… again. Sheriff Sherrill coming in to bail the mess Kink and RamTron made with the base loaded… AGAIN.
Damn there goes the jinx error by Lyons
Not even Sherrill fault he should've had 2 outs to end the innings.
I'm starting to feel a little uneasy about this.
I leave the house for less than half an hour…
Wouldn't be so tough if it felt like the front office gave a crap.
Link 9 ERA goes down to 7.71. Sherrill 7.71 goes down to 7.04. Keep Monsterios in the bullpen I have been surprise with him ERA now down to 1.86. Carlos now had 7 1/3 scoreless innings.
I left to go help the GF with dinner in the kitchen when Sherrill came in and I knew I shouldn't have come back. Sheesh, a throwing error followed by a bases emptying triple?!? And of course Georgy Porgy doesn't get any of those ER's thanks to the Jamie-C throwing error. What a nightmare of a doubleheader day…
Beliasario, Kuo and Broxton is well rested.
Another good 2 innings for Carlos ERA is now under 1.8.
Three out left to get 6 runs… me thinks the team just wants to quickly get those outs out of the way to get this day over with already and hit the showers. Johnson, Kemp and Carroll have now played ball today for 6 hours. Ethier went out in the 7th after 5 hours of playing ball.
Sure, we'll take another charity run! LOL, only looks half as bad now with the Mets "only" doubling our score…
Doubleheader MISERY over. Losing Faith in Joe Torre's dumb decisions. Go Lakers! GIB OUT.
Hello Gang!! Very disappointing and pathetic showing by our boys today!! Kudos to Kuroda and Monastario!!! A couple of bright rays in an otherwise cloudy Dodger sky!! We really need to rally and take the game tomorrow and not get swept!!!
This season is beginning to flash me back some 30 years. After two World Series appearances in '77 and '78, Dodgers finished under .500 in '79…lost a one-game playoff in '80 (Goltz and Stanhouse–Ned and Frank would have loved that staff), only to be crowned in 1981. Drawback is that the Dodgers discovered a rookie pitcher in 1981 that happened to win the Cy Young. Anyone like that on the horizon???????? This pitching staff, as it stands right now, is a major league embarrassment. Jamie should take the 25-man roster to court with her!
Thanks for the early B-Day wishes. I see my mother (tru)has already mentioned it.
Shad ~ I am guessing the sample size is smaller for his lefty stats, but Andre is batting .338, with a .375 against lefties and .347 against righties, and those include tonight's games. It's ridiculous they keep using this as a reason to sit Andre. Matt is batting .235 against lefties and .317 against righties right now, and in the last 10 games he is only batting .250 where Andre has batted .294. So, if you are really going by stats, who needs the rest? It's such a dumb argument and it's getting really old seeing that reasoning every time Andre doesn't play. Like putting Garrett Anderson in there is helping. A bad day for Andre and Matt are better days than him right now – geesh!!!
I am surprised it took enchanted this long to get out his paperbag once again.
My first question about the first game, is why change the batting order? What could have possibly changed overnight to make Joe change his mind about batting Matt 4th instead of 2nd like he had on Monday.
I didn't see any of the games, other than snipets on Game Day, but obviously if enchanted is wearing a paperbag and you are all talking about gas prices, it wasn't good at all. So, I am glad I missed them. I do, however, feel for Oldbrooklynfan and Truebluewill for having to endure the games. I am sure they enjoyed themselves nonetheless. Hopefully tomorrow will be better for them and the Dodgers as far the game itself is concerned.
The gnats beat the Phillies with their worst pitcher. I guess we can at least say we have beat the Giants 2 out of 3 games so far where the Phillies can't.
….and why did FranknNed not want to keep Jon Garland? He pitched today again for the Padres, ………….6 innings, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 SO, 2.57 ERA. It is just so disturbing seeing all this pitching we either gave away or let walk away and watch them pitch brilliantly on their new teams.
First off, a very happy b'day to Nelly!
Yesterday's games were really forgettable. For that matter, the entire road trip has been. The guys have left their bats at home and are using facsimiles to hit. On top of that, the "winner's swagger" the team had last year is missing this year. But what really tees me off is looking at the rankings, even though it's still early in the season. Ugly, ugly, ugly . . .
About Andre's so-called inability to hit lefties – I think that Collins/Lyons don't have a clue as to why JT doesn't play him and are making it up as they go. C'mon guys, get new material already!
Nevertheless, I am an optimist and I know that out of adversity comes strength. GO DODGERS!!!
Good Morning Everyone…………
Happy Birthday Nelly 🙂
Maybe Lyons should've gone back to 2007 when he was hitting at .279 or 2006 when Ethier went 27/77 at .351.
His career .255 vs left is holding him back big time. Ethier could've been a lifetime .310 hitter.
Let's start our day POSITIVE….
WOW yesterday's games….I can not believe them. What is up with the Dodgers… just like the economy we saw the dip coming but yet no one did anything. We knew that Dodgers needed pitching but yet they DID NOTHING! Hope Frank is learning his lesson. But it is just sad for Ethier, Kemp and all does players that are trying so hard to win. No matter how many runs we score, the pitcher sure know how to make does runs useless.
OLDBROOKLYN hope your experience had a better ending!
C'mon Dodgers BRING THE FUN BACK INTO THE GAME! KEEP FIGHTING FOR THAT RING!
I think Ethier miss Manny for those 50 games and struggle big time. I was at the Lakers game last night and they didn't disappoint me at all. If my day wasn't ruining already with those 2 doubleheader seeing the Phillies losing suck and they lost to a #5 starters no less.
Garland over Padilla and I don?t think I?ve seen Hoffman give up 4 runs in a innings.
The surge has coincided with the arrival of Davis, a rookie first baseman who was called up from the minors on April 19. He helped the Mets earn their first doubleheader sweep of the Dodgers since Aug. 28, 1971, at Shea Stadium.
So what other record we going to break that been so long and I wasn't even alive back than.
Happy birthday, Junie!
Anyone see this?
I've just sent this letter to the Times:
"In Wednesday's Times, Dodger GM Ned Colletti is complaining about the team's performance and is quoted as saying, "The baserunning's below average," he said. "The defense is below average. Why is it? Because he got a new deal? I can't tell you." He's referring to Matt Kemp.
Really? He's slamming Kemp?
The team is, as of today, Wednesday April 28th, last in the NL West at 8 – 12. This matches the worst record in the league.
The team's ERA is 12th out of 16 teams in the league.
The team's defense is tied for 15th (or last) in the league.
Although he's slumping a bit with the bat recently (along with the rest of the team), Kemp is still tied for the league lead in home runs and RBIs. And although he hasn't made the spectacular catches we saw him make so many of last season, he owns only one of the team's 21 errors.
Mr Colletti, Kemp is not the reason for the team abysmal performance so far this season. The reasons are: poor starting pitching, terrible relief pitching, horrible defense, and an owner who claims poverty despite lavish spending on himself, his wife, several mansions and the LA Marathon.
Not in that order."
Pirates snap a 22-game losing streak in Milwaukee wow thankx to Trevor.
Since 1971, 18 #Dodgers have made MLB debut as starting pitcher: 7-1, 1.94 ERA, avg 6.44 IP/GS #JohnEly http://sbnation.com/e/1210444
Is this suppose to be a good thing are not?
Fantastic letter, Dodgereric. I hope the Times publishes it. How dare Ned blame the position players! That just goes to show they have no clue on how too run a baseball team.
I think all you have to say to Colletti in response is, "you built it."
eric, I read the same crap in the Times this morning. I felt like crawling into the ink and strangling Colletti. What a slimy piece of work he is–slamming players publicly in the media–and one of his best young players, to boot. I'm sure Matt Kemp would have a lot to say about his GM (and the abysmal job he's done in assembling this disaster) if he was classless enough to air it to reporters. If Colletti had ANY walnuts downstairs at all he'd fire a blast at his brain-dead boss for his underhanded ownership. But that sure as hell ain't gonna happen! Or better yet, he'd fire a blast at the mirror.
Carlos Monasterios (born March 21, 1986 in Miranda, Venezuela) is a right-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the New York Yankees in 2006 but was shortly traded to the Philadelphia Phillies (along with Matt Smith and C. J. Henry) for Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle.
With the Clearwater Threshers in 2009 he was selected to the Florida State League mid-season All-Star team.
Monasterios was selected by the New York Mets in the Rule V Draft after the 2009 season and promptly traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who added him to their 40 man roster.
He made his Major League debut on April 5, 2010 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, working a scoreless inning of relief. His first career victory came in a 13 inning game against the Washington Nationals on April 24.
Thanks Mets and I forgot who we give up for him?
I've been saying for a while that Kemp, more than any other young player we have, will be the most likely one to leave upon reaching his free agency years.
This ought to do it.
Jed Clampett once said of Jethro, "If brains were lard, that boy couldn't grease a pan." Ned, that goes double for you, you idiot.
Fire Joe
Fire the guy who hired Joe
Fire Mannion
Fire the guy who hired Mannion and Ned
We can only hope that Colletti will long be in the rear-view mirror by the time Kemp reaches free agency. McCourt, too, for that matter. And Joe. What an assemblage of never-weres and used-to-bes.
Florida Marlins outfield prospect Michael Stanton(notes) single-handedly destroyed the Carolina Mudcats on Monday, belting three homers (one to each field) and driving in seven runs. That makes seven hits, five home runs and 11 RBIs over the past two days for the 20-year-old. He's gone deep nine times for Jacksonville in 17 games, and he's now batting .338.
I don't think I even seen 3 homeruns hit by the same person goes into different OF position but you have to love the hitter park in Jacksonville are ex minor league team.
Happy bday Nelly
Wow, Ned ripping Kemp. I don't seem to remember any scathing remarks when Gonzo and Pierre couldn't throw or catch a couple of seasons ago as opposing base runners cruised around the bases.
Hopefully there will be a new owner, GM and manager before Kemp hits free agency.
Also ->Don't back up Ned you might break Tony Jackson's nose:
Remember, those $14 Hoodlum beers are paying for Andruw Jones and Juan Pierre still.
My take on Ned's rantings – trying to shape public opinion that Kemp's the scapegoat for all this so he can trade him and no one will have a fit.
Remember, I said it here 4/28/10, 10:24 AM PDT.
Happy Birthday, Nelly!
Thanks for unveiling the paper bag, E!
Those are the only nice things I've got to say, so if I listen to my mom, I should shut up now.
WOW! Okay… Now I'm with you guys. Fire Ned!!
What a classless piece of work. I will post more later as I was thinking of some things I wanted to say after listening to the 2nd game yesterday on my way home from work but Wifey was home sick all day so I needed to spend some time with who is more important.
Eric great post/letter! Right on point.
I'm just blown away by Ned.
What a putz. It just shows how lame our beloved franchise has become. It starts from the top…
No problem Crash!
Anyone that wants to join me in the paperbag brigade is most welcome. Maybe they'll get the hint if they see brownpaperbag2, 3, 4… 75, 76, 77…
My mom's not listening right now, so…
Ned is a horse's behind, but that is an insult to the horse!
Dodgers projecting to be 62-100 on the season after today's loss. When in Mets-land, do as the Mets do.
lol Andy LaRoche batting .404.
Ned has spread his venom in to the club house now. Losing 4-0 doesn't surprise me. Ned Just leave, take your new contract and just leave. Frank fire him for his unprofessional comments about Matt. It can happen, Omalley did it to Campanis.
Like the 1979 Mets, record of 63-99, led by none other than….Joe Torre.
I knew when I read Ned's comments in the paper this morning that folks on this blog might be a bit enraged. I have to admit I was surprised Ned would make such comments in public like he did; that certainly is not like him. And to single out one player? Is he trying to be like Phil Jackson? If so, maybe he should consider Phil has a few rings in his safety deposit box.
Juan Pierre's slugging pct is .211 with an OBP of .268 – all is right with the world. Now I feel better.
Juan's teammate has 6 HRs, doesn't have to play the outfield much, and is still being paid handily by the Dodgers – actually, by Frank.
Now I feel even better.
That better than GA.
Has it occured to anybody that Frank and Ned want to make the Dodgers a small market team? Just my random thought. Why? So when he has to give half the assests to Jaime it is not worth as much. I better adjust my attitude.
But right now, this dodger team is collapsing like when Murdoch traded Piazza, at least its setting up that way to me.
Don't know why they calls up Ely. Should've had calls Towers and like I said before.
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Is this suppose to be a good thing are not?
Interesting how the fortunes go for the Dodgers. The opposition does not seem to have trouble adjusting to our no name pitchers while the Dodgers struggle against the oppositions' no name pitchers.
Koufax, there are many of us who have thought for a long time that Frank has sent the message that he talks big market but acts small market.
Wednesday, before the Dodgers? afternoon game against the Mets, Kemp was irritated and would not respond to criticism of his defense and baserunning, but denied his two-year, $10.95-million contract was impacting his effort.
"The new deal, that has nothing to do with anything," Kemp said. "Of course it's good to make money, but that's not why I started playing this game. I started playing this game because I love the game, and I'm going to continue to love this game.??
Kemp said his work ethic remains strong and Manager Joe Torre said Kemp often beats him to the ballpark.
"People don't know what goes on," Kemp said. "People don't know what time I show up to the stadium. I'm here, I'm here working, I'm here trying to get ready for the game.
"We work hard. This team works hard. There's nobody on this team who doesn't get to the field early to get their work in, watch videos. Everybody's doing what it takes to win. We're just not putting it all together right now."
This team needs to finish with 100+ losses, and no doubt will.
But enough of that.
So, what'd everybody have for dinner last night?
Shad, does it really make a difference who the Dodgers call up with the anemic offense the Dodgers have right now?
Look like it not working out dang those submit error are killing me.
its games and times like these that make me want to come out of the baseball closet with the Twins… man what happened to this team? the offense sucks now, the pitching has sucked since last october vs Philly, this is frustrating to say the least…
Ned needs to go, if your going to ostrasize one of our best players then you need to go… idiot…
Martin 2 runs homeruns
Taquitos for me last night, Mr. Bag1.
Who's in charge of calling people up?
Ethier was 2 for 13 with 4 k's vs Maine.
Had Hamburger.
Baked potato with chili and cheese
From the looks of things, I will be choosing between Tums and Rolaids for lunch today.
Pot roast from a slow cooker. It was pretty tasty.
Hamburger & salad. Pizza tonight.
And, a Margarita for my dessert 🙂
OK, finish the song verse…
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady…
…would you likeme to build a house next to yours so you can do laundry.
opps, I meant "like me".
Gas House Gang on its way in. Joe will go with Troncoso, Link, and Sherrill – cuz they need the work.
At the risk of actually discussing a baseball issue today, except for one inning, all things considered Ely didn't do too badly today.
I'd nail you!
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Umm, you ain't no lady and I never built s**t but parking lots
lbirken, that pot roast sounds real good.
I don't think the dodgers could even hit Jose Feliciano
Yeah, but Jose Feliciano could hit Dodger pitching!
I can't believe Torre had Ely thrown 117-69 and Link is not here no more.
Shad, this team won consistantly last year without Manny for 50 games.
Ned can blame Kemp all he wants, but the pitching is the worst I've ever seen an L.A. team put out there. And NO ONE'S to blame for that except Ned.
Feliciano has always owned the Dodgers why shouldn't he continue his dominated?
Pedro Feliciano #25 Relief Pitcher New York Mets Team
Draft: 1995 – 31st round by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Just another former 31st round former ex Dodgers.
To bad Belisario couldn't had a nice 7th.
Oh and Now the media is eating up the colletti critique of the team. Kemp has responded, Torre has responded and now Ned talking again, and not apologizing. When the dodgers come back to LA they need to have jose feliciano play "Light My Fire" for them or this clubhouse will be more like jail house.
Another GA K. Loser.
? Colletti stands behind critical comments
Perhaps Ned would like a complete list of all HIS illustrious acquisitions in the last 4+ years.
Well boys and girls, I've seen and heard enough from this ownership and management. It doesn't deserve anyone's support. It doesn't deserve anyone's respect. And it doesn't deserve anyone defending it.
koufax, of course the media is going to have a ball with this sort of stuff. Since when has a Dodger executive said much of anything interesting lately? 12 Dodger hitters struck out today. In order to win a team has to beat some good pitching along the way. Ned said he is disappointed. So am I and I would hope all the players feel the same way. However, they have to have a thick skin and psyche to survive in the big leagues. Hopefully playing in front of the friendly confines of Dodger Stadium will help get the team out of this funk.
The more Colletti talks, the more he digs his own grave. So I say, keep on keepin' on, Ned.
lol Trevor blown another save? After giving up 5 runs yesterday I thought Macha was smart?
Colletti takes some of the blame.
"Overall, I'm not satisfied with the presentation, I'm not satisfied with the execution and I'm not satisfied with the thought process," Colletti said of the Dodgers this season. "It starts with me and goes to the manager and coaching staff and everybody playing the game."
Trevor has the same numbers of bs than he had of last year and not to mention he's given up 2 more runs and 4 extra homeruns.
Fire Joe
Fire Ned
Fire Ned again
Fire Ned again and again
Fire Ned again and again and then once more
Fire Mannion
Fire the guy (and his wife) who hired Ned and Mannion
When does Garrett Sweeney get DFA'd?
I'm not surprised the hitters are struggling. What do you think their mindset is after leading the freaking universe in hitting the first 2-3 weeks and barely breaking even? They're thinking, "Why didn't that ****** Colletti get us a decent arm or two?" Jon Garland, Randy Wolf? How about Padilla, Haeger and anyone named Ortiz. That has to play mind games on players. Score 9 runs and lose? Are you kidding me?
All blame goes to management.
****** stand for dooooooosh!
Big problem no Manny and you know that.
I knew a freaking Phillies fan going to troll the board. Maybe they should've had lost the 1st 2 games to the Giants.
Read this article by Rob Neyer for kicks and grins – and check out some of the messages from the chat below the article:
at least Coletti cares. That makes 1.***** you Mr. McCourt. You ******* phony
Damn time warp!!
Read this article by Rob Neyer for kicks and grins – and check out some of the messages from the chat below the article:
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Jungar – I totally agree. What Ned should have said was "It starts with the dirtball owner, who cares more about money than about the team. Then it goes to me, who as you know, learned all the wrong things as an assistant GM (or is that asss GM) in SF."
i am so mad right now that i really don't want any part of this years team. They will have to win me over. I feel they raped this franchise of it's natural resources for years now and didn't replenish and now wonder where all the oil is. And now instead of blaming themselves they point fingers at others. And then Torre says it's not about physical..Like whatever Torre the terrible moves in your head are getting old as well.
"Overall, I'm not satisfied with the presentation, I'm not satisfied with the execution and I'm not satisfied with the thought process," Colletti said.
This is news to me. I didn't know Ned had a thought process to not be satisfied with…
Reed Johnson
Justin Knoedler
Alfredo Amazaga
Jeff Weaver
Ramon Ortiz
Brad Ausmus
Ronnie Belliard
Vicente Padilla
Francisco Felix
Russ Ortiz
Juan Perez
Prentice Redman
Michael Restovich
Argenis Reyes
Doug Mientkiewicz
Scott Dohmann
John Lindsay
Nick Green
Justin Miller
Carlos Monasterios
Armando Zerpa
Josh Towers
Luis Ayala
Jamey Carroll
John Link
John Ely
Angel Berroa
Eric Gagne
Garret Anderson don't lie.
Those were Ned's 2009-2010 offseason moves. It doesn't even consider JP, The Cow, Schidt, Baez, Bombko, Lurch, et al. of the prior several offseasons.
Thought process? Really?
Our team is so bad we couldn't even beat a rug.
I mowed my lawn today instead of watching the game on mlb.tv. I knew what the outcome was going to be.
Why cannot we find a good pitcher in the minors. Surely one of our teams has somebody we could bring up.
I'll start watching again when we can get hits with runners in scoring postion. And when we can cut down on our fielding miscues and errors. Ths is not a team that will win 80 games this year. We can't win on the road and are barely winners at home.
Sell the team and get somebody to run it who cares about winning.
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We are covered in Schidt!
Some more winners from the 2009 season and the 2008-2009 off-season. Who could forget such classics as Eric Milton, Claudio Vargas, Guillermo Mota, and Will Ohman?
Jim Thome
John Garland
Ronnie Belliard
Vicente Padilla
Vinnie Rottino
George Sherrill
Will Ohman
Doug Mientkiewicz
Orlando Hudson
Eric Milton
Tanyon Sturtze
Charlie Haeger
Jose Diaz
Brad Ausmus
Ronald Belisario
Guillermo Mota
Val Pascucci
Juan Castro
Claudio Vargas
Scott Strickland
Rafael Furcal
Casey Blake
Mark Loretta
Hector Luna
Mitch Jones
Erick Threets
Travis Chick
Carmen Cali
Luiz Maza
This is thought process? Or is it execution? ? Oh, wait a second?
hes brought in one good player via trade with us long term.., Ethier and I bet that was luck, if his hand wasn't force to trade Bradley he wouldn't have.
It's a shame the L.A. Times doesn't publish the list of Ned's super acquisitions.
More winners from 2007-2008:
Travis Schlicting
Andruw Jones
Terry Tiffee
Rene Rivera
Victor Garate
Brian Shackleford
Tanyon Sturtze
Angel Chavez
Wilkin Ruan
Brian Falkenborg
John-Ford Griffin
Greg Jones
Hiroki Kuroda (okay, one good acquisition)
Gary Bennett (another classic ? Hey mom, look, I can?t throw!)
Chris Fussell
Mike Koplove
Danny Ardoin
Matt Riley
Alfredo Simon
Chan Ho Park
George Lombard
Tom Martin
Mike Myers (at least he?s good for a laugh, oh wait, wrong guy)
Rudy Seanez (when you need a burned out reliever, Ned?s the guy to get him)
Jason Johnson
Luis Maza
Mark Sweeney (ranks right up there with Andruw, at least in terms of ?rank?)
Nook Logan
Ramon Martinez
Wilkin Ruan
Christian Lara
Mark Bellhorn
Angel Berroa
Mitch Jones
Jerome Williams
Eric Cyr
Pablo Ozuna
Casey Blake (but we gave up Carlos Santana and Jon Meloan)
Manny Ramirez (and the roids that came with him)
Eric DuBose
Greg Maddux
More super acquisitions by Ned Colletti from 2006-2007:
Nomore Garciaparra
Travis Smith
Juan Pierre (known affectionately to us as ?phew?, ?gnome?, ?Slappy McPopup?, etc)
Matt White
Randy Wolf
Mike Lieberthal
Jason Schmidt (an ex-Giant signed by an ex-Giant ? isn?t that the first of the Cardinal Sins?)
Luis Gonzalez (Ned was on a roll in 2006)
Franquelis Osoria
Larry Barnes
Mitch Jones
Rudy Seanez
Larry Bigbie
Marshall McDougall
Agustin Montero
Chin-hui Tsao
Eric Cyr
Luis Maza
Joe Mays
Fernando Tatis
Choo Freeman
Kelly Stinnett
Matt Riley
Luke Allen
Brady Clark
Tomas Perez
Dwayne Pollok (ten times smarter than Ned)
Ben Davis
Chris Fussell
Rick Bauer
Roberto Hernandez
Scott Proctor-ologist
Mark Sweeney
Shea Hillenbrand
Chad Moeller
David Wells
Esteban Loaiza (now that was a huge acquisition, he really helped the team)
Travis Schlicting
What the hell gives. None of my comments show up.
Well, it's been a while since I've been here, but I thought I'd make a quick post.
While I can honestly say that I have been a bit frustrated by Kemp's defensive lapses so far this season, I still shudder to think where they would be without his offense so far.
Ned, take a look in the mirror if you are so ********** about the performance of the team. You are the one that constructed it you freakin moron!
Olmedo Saenz (hit .191 in 2006; was the first of the ?Mark Sweeneys? acquired by Ned)
Sandy Alomar (at age 40, played all of 27 games for Dodgers)
Andre Ethier (see brownpaperbag2 ? infinite monkey theorem; plus ?even a broken clock is correct twice each day?).
Bill Mueller (at age 35, played all of 32 games for Dodgers)
Rafael Furcal
Nomore Garciaparra
Kenny Lofton
Chris Truby
Brett Tomko ***
Tim Hamulack
Jae Weong Seo
Kelly Wunsch
Aaron Sele
Danys Baez *** (in the Edwin Jackson trade)
Lance Carter
Joe Beimel
Wilkin Ruan
Jeff Duncan
Ramon Martinez
Pat Borders
Kurt Ainsworth
Brian Meadows
Takashi Saito
Craig Brazell
Wilson Valdez
Ben Kozlowski (in the Cody Ross trade)
Giovanni Carrara
Clayton Kershaw drafted (props to Logan White)
Adam Greenberg
Toby Hall
Mark Hendrickson *** (aka Lurch)
BJ LaMura
Elmer Dessens
Wilson Betemit
Julio Lugo
Greg Maddux
Einar Diaz
Marlon Anderson
robertelee – most of your comments are showing up under the "true time" PDT that you entered them. With this pathetic blog (not as pathetic as Ned), our comments usually show up time-stamped roughly 56 minutes later.
Your comments are showing up way above in the blog – welcome to the "time warp".
I like the monkey, to explain Ethier…and I'll use the Boras to explain Manny…namely, that the Boras engineered and finalized the trade, NOT NED. Ned, until you achieve success on your own, quit ripping your players, most of whom were drafted and developed long before you or the faux owner showed up on the scene. You want to rip someone? Ask your illustrious coaching staff how many hours in the Spring they spent on the fundamentals of running the bases, or the fundamentals of defending the bunt, or the fundamentals of how to attack an opposing hitter, or the fundamentals of moving runners over, or on and on and on. Mr. McCourt, I'm beyond anger; I'm entering the sadness stage. So please, go away quietly, make way for ownership that puts the L.A. Dodgers first and foremost, and let that new owner hire a GM and manager with a bit of fresh air about them, the last two wonderful but unrealized years not withstanding.


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Scripture describes America today!
Historical background: In the book of Genesis, Joseph, the son of Jacob who had been sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, interpreted the dreams of the Pharaoh in Egypt. Joseph predicted seven years of rain and seven years of drought. He recommended that Pharaoh plan for the drought.
In the seven years of drought, Canaan, the home of Jacob, was affected as well. Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to purchase grain. The brothers were surprised to find Joseph, their brother, in charge of the grain.
Joseph brought his family to Egypt and provided food for them. Over time, however, Joseph died and the new Pharaoh did not remember him.
The new Pharaoh was concerned that the Israelites were a foreign people in Egypt, and their numbers were growing. Pharaoh took the Israelites captive and enslaved them.
To address the numbers, he ordered the midwives to kill the male babies. In Exodus 1:16, "When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
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Exodus 2:23-24, "The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob."
Is this not where America is today?
Gender-based abortions were prevalent when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt. It was the government that ordered the abortions by killing the boy babies.
A type of abortion being practiced in America today is gender-based abortions. Abortions on demand or for convenience are as gender-based as any reason given for abortions.
And when our government gives people the right to kill babies that is only one step from the government ordering the killing of babies. To have the right by law to kill is not any different than the government allowing the killing of babies.
Secondly, while America does not consider herself enslaved as in the case enslaved to man, America is enslaved to sin. Promiscuity is but one example of our slavery to sin.
Same sex marriages; free sex; non Defense of the Marriage Act (DOMA) between a man and a woman; and abortion on demand, gender-based, or convenience; with free contraceptives are all demonstrations of promiscuity.
America has become enslaved to sin through promiscuity. Enslavement to sex is rampant across America. The standard of the day is it is OK to engage in sex without thought of consequences and without accountability.
Should pregnancy occur then just have an abortion and kill the baby as a matter of convenience. Then you can continue again.
The President promotes promiscuity by executive order. Funding of Planned Parenthood, abortion clinics, free contraceptives, and the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision has killed over 50 million babies without even a whimper of remorse from us.
The slavery and the killing of their children brought the Israelites to recognize that their only solution was to cry out to God. Exodus 3:9-10, God speaking to Moses, "And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them."
The slave masters over Israel were actually Israelites themselves. Their own people were forcing them into slavery. Our own people are forcing us into a life of sin with the rule of law. We have accepted our enslavement to sin as the status-quo.
We want God out - we do not want to offend - we must be tolerant - it is the law of the land - we fear what can be done to us - and some actually agree abortion is OK - IS THIS NOT REASON TO CRY OUT TO GOD?
Will America cry out to God?
We will not see change until we cry out to God. He will make a way for us out of our enslavement to sin. Is there another Moses "on the back side of a desert" being prepped to deliver us from bondage? Is there a person of God who will step up?
Most agree that America is not crying out to God. We are just accepting the status-quo and hoping for a political change as a solution - NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH!
Instead of accepting the status-quo - or hoping that a change in the political landscape will be the solution -- WE MUST CRY OUT TO GOD! The cry could be led by pastors from pulpits across America, or even a politician - BUT remember it must be from us to God.
Are we so oppressed that we need to cry out to God? I fear our problem - we are not!
God bless...
Bob Hataway/eChaplain
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I have exciting news for the Trucking industry. Being part of Trucker Charity has gotten me even more involved with the trucking world than just being a part of a trucking family. The ones that have really made a huge impact to my heart is being part of our "Last Ride Home" program. Dealing with the unfortunate families that have lost their loved ones out on the road has made me question what is happening to our Drivers. I have been a truck driver; I am third generation of a four generation trucking family, and have gained a multitude of truck driving friends and families of drivers.
To many of our drivers are developing heart disease, vascular disease, breathing problems and other conditions that have been too easy for the general public to blame other things than what I have come to believe is long term exposure or frequent exposure to carbon monoxide poisoning. I have no proof, there are no studies, no data and no one has any sure answers. I have talked to coroners, unless there are clear signs of extreme exposure it is not tested for. Here is the data I have found.
According to the Mayo Clinic, the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning may include:
Dull headache Weakness Dizziness Nausea Vomiting Shortness of breath Confusion Blurred vision Loss of consciousness
In my research I came across stories like these:
Former truck driver might have gotten Carbon Monoxide
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Posted By: Systor
May 12, 2007
Hello, I'm a former truck driver, and I was wondering if anyone out there reading this has suffered carbon monoxide poisoning? About 6 years ago, I believe I was poisoned over the course of a summer while driving a rig over the road. In the first three weeks, I developed slurred speech, memory problems, and confusion. I kept driving the same truck for the next three months, but my symptoms didn't worsen. They didn't improve, either, though. Also, I installed a CO detector in the truck during that time. It never went off during that three months. After I got off the truck, I developed severe headaches that were centered in a spot on the top of my head. My short term memory was pretty much non-existent for several months, then gradually got better, altough it's still not 100% six years later. I have circulation problems as well. In cold weather my hands and feet will turn purple, yet they don't ache or turn numb on me.
Do you see semi trucks mentioned here?
There are a variety of sources of carbon monoxide poisoning, which include:
The improper or incomplete burning of natural gas or carbon-based fuels such as propane, gasoline, kerosene, wood, coal, and charcoal.
Un-vented or improperly vented heaters and furnaces, which lead to an increase in carbon monoxide poisoning cases during the winter months.
Auto exhausts
Tobacco smoke
Faulty chimneys or fireplaces
Faulty fuel burning gadgets such as space heaters and gasoline engines
Gas appliances and heaters in small and enclosed spaces
Faulty central heating systems
Blockages that can cause improper ventilation in enclosed spaces where fuel is burned (e.g. kitchens, lounges with chimney blockage etc.)
All of these sources are ones that could be present both in the home and in the workplace. However, there are also some sources that are more occupational and workplace related such as forges, blast furnaces, boiler rooms, breweries, docks, petrol refineries, paper and steel production, and combustion engines. Below you will find a list of those most at risk from or susceptible to carbon monoxide poisoning, both occupationally and within the home:
All the information I found disappointed me and drove the idea to find answers home to me.
This is what I found out;
All of the current smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors were for homes, boats, RV's, and even airplanes. None were for Semi trucks. SO I HAD TO FIND ANSWERS:
I called Honeywell; I was told, "No we can't tell you any detectors for semis. There are no standards set for them."
I called RK Instruments, Global Resources and Quantum Group Inc. Same answer; we can't recommend one because there are no standards set.
I called Honeywell back and finally after a lot of questions and asking who I need to talk to I got one of their technicians in development. I asked him first what did it mean to have a standard for a detector and he told me that a standard is set by UL (Underwriters Laboratories). UL is a global independent safety science company with more than a century of expertise innovating safety solutions from the public adoption of electricity to new breakthroughs in sustainability, renewable energy and nanotechnology. Dedicated to promoting safe living and working environments, UL helps safeguard people, products and places in important ways, facilitating trade and providing peace of mind. Then I asked him, how do I get a standard set; he told me it is very difficult, there has to be a manufacturer request one be set and they will only do that if they are assured of a market. I then asked how long all this would take and was told that if I could get it started it could take years.
Well all this was unacceptable. I didn't want it to get tied up and as so often is the case if you are not a person affiliated with this industry. So I called UL…. That started the exciting journey I have been on. One Feb 24th, I talked to a product specialist. I talked with him and told him what I was after and what was needed and he told me that I needed to talk to the head engineer that developed the standards or smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. I said great. Thinking this would take me forever. I was wrong. I gave me his name, phone number and e mail address. I called him and left a message and had plans to call after a few days. Well to my amazement he called at 7:30 the next morning. We discussed what I was looking for and what we needed. He was very understanding and supportive.
It has been an experience that I will never forget. I was accepted to the STP (Standards Technical Panel) committee that the UL uses to assist them to basically cover all the bases for the certification process. These teams are made up of professional and technical people from different corporations and manufactures and industries all over the United States. I was invited on March 17th and 18th 2014 to Raleigh NC for a meeting and to give a presentation about what I was asking them to do. It had to go before this panel for approval in order to proceed with STP and UL. I of course accepted. I decided to fly there because of the time situation as I was also getting things together to go to Mats in Louisville and driving to both places from Michigan would just be too much for me. I stayed at the Doubletree/Hilton. The place was so beautiful. The meeting was being held in one of their ballrooms. It was a journey getting there. The plane was delayed out of Grand Rapids which knocked my connecting flight out of whack, so they rerouted me through LaGuardia in NY. I finally got to the hotel about midnight, my luggage got there the next morning about noon. I went to the meeting, although a little late, but just in time for lunch which alone was quite a spread. It was quite interesting and informative. I had a name plate and got quite a few questions about who Trucker Charity was. It was nice to see how many were interested. The reason I was there was on the agenda so it helped peak there interest in what I was after. My turn was last on the agenda, per my request. I gave a presentation on the need for these in semis. I started with numbers of semis on the road and drivers. I showed pictures of truck fires and had stories about our "LAST RIDE HOME" and articles on carbon monoxide illnesses and effects. I gave several personal stories that also demonstrated the need. One about my brother that suffered a stroke after prolonged exposure to CO, and one President of Trucker Charity, Inc , Lance Wood, had told me about how his dog had saved his and his wife, Kacie, lives by waking them up to find their truck full of fumes from a neighboring APU unit's exhaust thus saving their lives. In the end I asked them to please help save our drivers. It was well received, and there were questions and discussion on possible solutions and I told them that I would have a semi truck there afterwards. The certification process has been accepted and has already started. I have been asked to head the task group that will work with UL to get the certification we need to get UL Standards set for affordable Carbon Monoxide and Smoke detectors for Semi Trucks. My son Joseph Shelton showed up, albeit it was an hour and a half after the meeting because of delays of traffic and construction getting there; it let the 12 of them that stayed see for themselves the many obstacles that our people are exposed to. My son is very mechanical capable as well as a driver so all that was interested could see one up close and he went over everything from under the hood to the back, including an APU. There were several UL members, scientific/technical persons, and manufactures that stayed over. All I can say for certain is the testing is proceeding rapidly and several manufactures have shown sincere interest in this project. I will keep you update through this blog as things progress.
This is a huge step in the protection of our Truck Drivers. Not Just in the United States but possibly worldwide.
Article first published online: 17 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00804.x
© 2008 American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Volume 53, Issue 5, pages 1206–1211, September 2008
Born: May 26, 1953 Died: April 18, 2014
Ralph Wayne Maness, 60, of Sanger beloved Husband Father Grandfather Brother and Friend passed away on Friday, April 18 in Rochelle, Illinois. Wayne was born on May 26, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois to Ralph and Katherine Maness. He married Taylor George on January 17, 2014 in Denton. There will be a memorial service held in the Chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors on Saturday, May 3 at 1 p.m. Wayne is survived by his wife, Taylor George Maness; daughters, Savannah Maness, Skylar Maness, Harley Maness, and Brandi Bannister and husband Keith; sons, Dakota Maness and Ralph Maness JR; sister, Paula Boyd and husband Charlie; brother, Sherwin Maness and wife Kelly; and 3 grandchildren, Nylah, Riley, and Quinlan. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Ralph Maness Benefit Account at the Prosperity Bank in Sanger, Texas.
The LAST RIDE HOME
of Christopher Williams has been completed with him being delivered to family and friends in Paragould Arkansas drive safely driver on the big road in the sky RIP
On Friday the trucking community lost another driver William Charles "Road Runner" Maness below is the information on the visitation and service The family will receive friends Friday, January 24, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Rockwood Baptist Tabernacle; 427 Tedder Street; Rockwood, TN 37854. Memorial services will follow on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. from the Rockwood Baptist Tabernacle with Rev. Lewis Capps officiating
Thank you Rose for the incite and drive to help us form who we are here. Now not only will we ask What would Rick do? We will also ask what would Rose do?
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Quote from: DSJ on June 27, 2010, 12:15 AMYep, I'm drunk! Awesome. Corona for me tonight.
It's that time of year again Only brewed locally for the Festival du Voyageur which I think roughly translates to: **** it, it's cold, let's go play outside and drink lots of beer while we're at it.
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Early blitz carries Blues to 4-1 win over Jackets
Barret Jackman, Patrik Berglund and Vladimir Tarasenko each scored in the opening 14 minutes, Brian Elliott made 24 saves and the St. Louis Blues won their fourth straight game with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
David Backes, who also had an assist, added an empty-netter. T.J. Oshie had two assists.
Derick Brassard scored for Columbus, which played on even terms over the final 46 minutes but couldn't overcome the early blitz. Steve Mason, who came on in relief of Sergei Bobrovsky after the early goals, stopped all 14 shots he faced.
The Blues took command and locked up the two points before a crowd of 11,155 could settle into its seats.
Just 2:19 in, Jackman almost lackadaisically wristed the puck on net from the boards near the blue line. It sailed past Jamie Langenbrunner and defenseman Tim Erixon, playing his first game for the Blue Jackets, who were tangled near the left hash. It continued on past a surprised Bobrovsky for Jackman's second of the year.
It was the third time that Bobrovsky, who has been solid in net most of this young season, has been victimized for a soft goal in the first minutes of the game.
St. Louis wasn't done.
The Blues went on a power play at the 10:06 mark when Vinny Prospal was called for a high stick - and 17 seconds later the puck was in the net again. This time Berglund took a drop pass from Oshie and rocketed a hard shot from the top of the left circle for his fourth of the season.
Soon after, Tarasenko took a pass from Alexander Steen, was hit by defensive James Wisniewski near the right hash and before hitting the ice got enough stick on the puck to get it past Bobrovski.
Tarasenko has been a revelation so far for the Blues, scoring five goals to go with four assists in seven games. He was the Blues' first-round pick, 16th overall, in the 2010 draft and has been brilliant in his debut season, leading all NHL rookies in goals.
That was it for Bobrovsky, who was replaced by Mason after facing just 11 shots.
The Blue Jackets came out harder in the second period, pulling to 3-1 on Derick Brassard's power-play goal - in between a series of fights. After Brassard lifted a high wrister for his first goal, there were two fights at once that resulted a Columbus power play.
But after building the early lead, the Blues were content to play solidly and not take any chances, while Columbus could never get the goal to draw within one.
NOTES: The game was the second of a franchise record-tying six-game homestand for Columbus. ... St. Louis LW Andy McDonald played despite a lower-body injury. He hit the side of the net on a wide-open empty-netter in the final minute, provoking some jeers from the crowd. ... The Blues opened a brief two-game, back-to-back road trip. They play at Detroit on Friday night. ... Blue Jackets winger Jonathan Audy-Marchessault made his NHL debut. ... The Blues came in leading the league in fewest shots allowed per game at 19.5. The Blue Jackets had 25.
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ZDI-07-005: Sun Microsystems Java GIF File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability Jan 17 2007 12:48AM
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ZDI-07-005: Sun Microsystems Java GIF File Parsing Memory Corruption
January 16, 2007
-- Affected Vendor:
Sun Microsystems
-- Affected Products:
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier (all platforms)
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier (all platforms)
SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier (all platforms)
-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since December 18, 2006 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 4325. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:
-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Sun Microsystems Java Virtual Machine
(JVM). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in
that the target must visit a malicious website.
The specific flaw exists during the parsing of GIF image components.
When the image width in an image block of a valid GIF file is set to 0,
the Java runtime will allocate the specified size but subsequently copy
all data to the under allocated memory chunk. The overflow results in
the corruption of multiple pointers, at least one of which is later
dereferenced and can therefore result in execution of arbitrary code.
-- Vendor Response:
Sun has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can
be found at:
-- Disclosure Timeline:
2006.06.16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006.12.18 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.01.16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.
-- About the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI):
Established by TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, The Zero Day Initiative
(ZDI) represents a best-of-breed model for rewarding security
researchers for responsibly disclosing discovered vulnerabilities.
Researchers interested in getting paid for their security research
through the ZDI can find more information and sign-up at:
The ZDI is unique in how the acquired vulnerability information is used.
3Com does not re-sell the vulnerability details or any exploit code.
Instead, upon notifying the affected product vendor, 3Com provides its
customers with zero day protection through its intrusion prevention
technology. Explicit details regarding the specifics of the
vulnerability are not exposed to any parties until an official vendor
patch is publicly available. Furthermore, with the altruistic aim of
helping to secure a broader user base, 3Com provides this vulnerability
information confidentially to security vendors (including competitors)
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At the West Side Tennis Club's August 10 meeting, WSTC President Ken Parker, a resident of Brightwaters, opened the meeting by requesting that non-members leave the overcrowded room. Representatives from Cord Meyer, including President and CEO Sal Panico, COO Anthony Colletti and noted architect Anthony Morali were on hand to present their plans for the site.
They propose building approximately 75 residential units, which they hope to sell for about $1 million- and earn a profit of $25 million!
Stadium Committee Chairman Jeffrey Tabak- a resident of Manhattan and Nantucket- spoke about the other options he has explored during the past year he has served on the board, including meetings with two large live entertainment companies. He said the companies estimated it would cost approximately $15 million to refurbish the stadium, and that the 14,000 seat stadium was either too small for big name acts or too big for emerging artists.
Tabak also claimed to have met with eight to ten parties brought by a commercial broker his committee had contracted, but that no serious bids were presented, possibly due to a lack of financing in this economy and the limited size of the plot.
Additionally, Tabak mentioned meeting with a local educational institution- which we know to be the Kew-Forest School- which is interested in exploring the possibility of developing a tennis academy in conjunction with the school, but he felt it would take too long. A financial report given by the club's treasurer Rosemary Cosentino-who lives in Manhasset- suggested the club has two alternatives: raising dues or selling the stadium.
It will be interesting to see what the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (FHGC) thinks of Cord Meyer's architectural plans. Although the tennis club's board of governors may be made up of some very bright, hard working people, few of them actually live in Forest Hills Gardens, or seem to appreciate the power FHGC has to turn something like this down. So we shall see.
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Meet the giant forest hog, which at up to 600 pounds (275 kilograms) brings home the record-setting bacon as the world's biggest pig.
Despite its imposing size, there's relatively little known about the African species, a bristly black animal with prominent cheeks and sharp tusks. In fact, the hog was only scientifically described in 1904—making it one of the last big mammals to be identified on the continent.
Enter Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, a National Geographic explorer and wildlife ecologist who's been studying the seven-foot-long (two-meter-long) beast in Uganda's Kibale National Park. Occasionally individuals in other pig species, especially domesticated ones, can grow larger than the giant forest hog, but as a species it's the biggest overall.
Giant forest hogs live across much of central Africa, though the western population is smaller from the eastern pigs, which are much beefier. (See National Geographic's best wildlife pictures.)
Reyna-Hurtado, who focuses on the eastern giants, is shedding new light on giant forest hog mysteries, like how far they roam, what they eat, how they interact with each other, and most of all, how they've managed to live such a secretive existence.
"It's an amazing species, and very few people see them given that they are a relatively large animal," said Reyna-Hurtado, of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, a research center in Mexico.
Yet giant forest hogs haven't managed to avoid us entirely. People are hunting the pig for food more than ever before, and the East African populations have been "decreasing at alarming rates" over the past three decades, according to Reyna—making studying them more crucial than ever.
"We can't afford to lose this species," he said.
Big and Beautiful
There are 18 wild pig species living today around the world, from the pygmy hog to the wild boar, but most remain poorly studied. For instance, very few scientists have looked at the giant forest hog, and most of that research was done in the 1970s to 1990s and published in French and German.
"The reasons for that are unclear, but maybe pigs are not considered cool enough," Erik Meijaard, chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Pig Specialist Group, said by email.
"Of course, we entirely disagree. Wild pigs are not just beautiful, they are very important ecosystem engineers, and a major source of wild protein to many communities in Asia and Africa."
For instance, giant forest hogs keep disperse plant species, and their activities often redistribute and aerate soil.
They're also crafty. Despite tracking a group of giant forest hogs on two expeditions, Reyna never got close enough to dart an animal so he could put a radio collar on it—the animals were always a step ahead, during one occasion making agitated, hippo-like snorts and grunts. (Watch "How to Catch a Hog" on the National Geographic Channel.)
However, Reyna and colleague Alex Tumukunde, a Ugandan Ph.D. student, made some meaningful observations about the animals. For instance, they mapped a giant forest hog's home range, which averages about 3.8 square miles (10 square kilometers).
The team also found that Ugandan giant forest hogs prefer living in areas with both dense thickets and open areas with sparse trees. The animals eat grasses in the clearings and rest in the refuge of the brush, where they clear the ground of leaves and sleep on the bare ground—"beds" that they'll return to repeatedly.
Previous research has shown that the hogs use a well-worn network of trails that connect their grazing meadows, water holes, wallows, salt licks, and more, and that the pigs even use "communal latrines," forming dung heaps along the trails, according to the Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 2.
Thanks in part to remote-triggered camera traps, the scientists noted that groups consisted of between 8 to 12 animals, including a dominant male and a female with piglets. (See the best camera-trap pictures of 2012.)
Snares were more of an unwelcome discovery. The scientists came across traps set by hunters, and a local patrol discovered 59 snares in just four days—set to capture not only forest hogs but other species such as bushbuck, according to Reyna.
Adaptable Pig
The team's recent findings fit with those of Jean-Pierre d'Huart, who conducted one of the first studies of the species in the 1970s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park.
Before the era of camera traps and GPS collars, he was "good ol' Crocodile Dundee running around the savanna, looking with binoculars at groups of giant forest hogs," said d'Huart, now head of the Belgium-based Conservation Consultancy Services.
Over time some of the hogs mostly tolerated his presence, but "at times, they can be very dangerous animals, as females would charge to protect their piglets and males will attack people to defend their families," he said.
"Once or twice I was the victim of a charge. Wounds can be very nasty—when they really want to hurt you, they open the mouth and inflict wounds with their lower tusks, [which are] extremely sharp, like a knife."
During his research, d'Huart became fascinated by the animals because of their ability to adjust their diet and lifestyle to meet whatever conditions they find themselves in.
For example, not only can the hogs thrive in a variety of habitats, but they are also omnivores, munching on everything from grass to bark to worms to fruits to insects to eggs, he said. (Piglets are reportedly fond of fresh elephant dung.)
What's more, the hogs can switch their sleeping schedules if the need arises—for instance, night-active giant forest hogs in the Congo's North Kivu region became daytime dwellers when Virunga National Park was protected from hunters, d'Huart said.
This extreme adaptability "may also explain why a species [that's] not very difficult to trap and hunt has not disappeared … They always find a way of surviving."
"Real Tragedy"
That is, to a point—severe, nonstop hunting could locally wipe out some populations, d'Huart cautioned.
One problem is that hunters can easily figure out the pigs' well-established trails, which crisscross relatively small areas.
Since most of the pigs are hunted locally for food, they're not part of the illegal wildlife trade, Reyna-Hurtado noted. One solution may be to inform local people that the giant forest hog is on the decline in Uganda, and work with them to find other sources of protein, such as chicken.
"We need to develop economic alternatives that allow people to raise animals for meat without depending on wildlife," Reyna-Hurtado said.
Overall, Meijaard noted, Reyna-Hurtado's work "provides valuable insights" for predicting future populations of giant forest hogs, as well as what people should do to save them.
"It would be a real tragedy if the species or significant populations of the species became extinct."


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Earlier this month, the fifth annual Wenzhou International Animation Festival was held in China. There were cosplayers, anime, and truly frightening Pocket Monster statues.
These photos appeared on Taiwanese site CK101, and show how pleased at least one attendee was with the large Pokémon pieces.
The statues, which ranged from 2 to 4 meters tall, were on display in an area of the festival dubbed "Cartoon Paradise". It featured Chinese and foreign characters, and there were also Naruto, Ultraman, and Avatar statues for people to not enjoy as well.
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