Comments on Memories Of Kevin Malone: Gritty Veteran Clutch Starters

That would be interesting.

2009-10-11T22:55:20.928-10:00

That would be interesting.

The Yanks should worry. The Dodgers and Angels ar...

2009-10-10T05:32:08.398-10:00

The Yanks should worry. The Dodgers and Angels are probably the toughest matchups for them.

JuanLove-Both are pretty average pitchers. Pinier...

2009-10-10T04:37:36.312-10:00

JuanLove-Both are pretty average pitchers. Piniero hasn't been good at the end, but neither has Padilla.

KK-Of course Hamels is still good.

labaseballfan-You really think Torre will skip Wolf for Kershaw?

Bayareadfan-Don't like the Angels. A lot of them ...

2009-10-10T04:33:59.549-10:00

Bayareadfan-Don't like the Angels. A lot of them are just Dodgers fans that jumped on a bandwagon.

I love when officials apologize after the game. Yeah, that makes players feel a lot better.

JuanLove-Well, they aren't dead yet. Piniero, Carpenter, Wainwright against Padilla, Billingsley, Wolf.

I'm not celebrating yet.

The other side of the coin is Carp/Wain with 3 day...

2009-10-09T22:46:17.691-10:00

The other side of the coin is Carp/Wain with 3 days of rest is not the same as Carp/Wain with 5 days...or even 4 days.

one more thing...seeing other series...sure hope t...

2009-10-09T21:21:06.167-10:00

one more thing...seeing other series...sure hope the umpire crew perform better in this series than some like yankees series...missed LF line call and ball/strikes are all over the place. go blue

They put up the cheesy Darth Vader video from last...

2009-10-09T21:18:07.981-10:00

They put up the cheesy Darth Vader video from last Saturday's Star Wars Day clincher game:

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7035405

wish we can get it done saturday...but this team.....

2009-10-09T21:17:10.093-10:00

wish we can get it done saturday...but this team...ummm. but then again, if we don't win, our chances of winning this series greatly lessens. it's back to carp and wainw again. and we have to rely on kershaw to bring it home. that might be tough.

If I was LaRussa, I would go Carp game 4 and Wainw...

2009-10-09T21:02:56.856-10:00

If I was LaRussa, I would go Carp game 4 and Wainwright game 5... it is their only hope. That being said, I hope we finish the Cards off and beat Pineiro back into obscurity. As good as Carp and Wainwright have been all year, I do not want to see them both again. Get it done boys!

Bayareadfan - Agreed. In game one, when the Dodger...

2009-10-09T20:31:48.867-10:00

Bayareadfan - Agreed. In game one, when the Dodgers wre leaving runners on base, they were hitting the ball on the screws. Pineiro is no Chris Carpenter. I think the Dodgers will beat up on him.

Main concern for tomorrow is the lack of killer in...

2009-10-09T20:30:56.813-10:00

Main concern for tomorrow is the lack of killer instinct this team has shown all year. A 95-67 record is very good, but it came with not a whole lot of sweeps, only a handful of sweeps all year.

The Dodgers themselves were never swept (2 game chickenshit series don't count), so we have that going for us. Please guys, come out fired up and remember YOUR feet are on THEIR throats! Fucking FINISH them!! None of these taking it easy bullshit.

Pretty please, with a cherry on top.

Cards reaction from the first two games...they are...

2009-10-09T20:27:30.225-10:00

Cards reaction from the first two games...they are hitting well, just need to "get the breaks"...

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7035405

Exactly mirrors how we felt in the 4 game series in StL. BTW, I feel as a whole in the 9 games the teams have played this year, the Cards have already gotten most of the breaks, they just didn't get all of them and I guess they feel they deserve all of them.

Usually doesn't work that way. Even in the 2 wins the last few days, the Dodgers are hitting the ball hard and right to the Cards defenders.

Excellent synopsis of Card fan reaction last night...

2009-10-09T20:22:50.736-10:00

Excellent synopsis of Card fan reaction last night:

http://deadspin.com/5378102/the-bitter-tears-of-the-best-fans-in-baseball

kensai- My point with Hamels is simply that I thin...

2009-10-09T20:18:07.754-10:00

kensai- My point with Hamels is simply that I think he's been quite unlucky this year, and has pitched better than his ERA would suggest.

Pineiro in September and his one october start has...

2009-10-09T19:47:27.313-10:00

Pineiro in September and his one october start has been pretty pedestrian to say the least.

got to jump on him early and give Padilla something to work with

score first and get to the pen in like the 6th and we got it

I'm always leery of wanting certain match ups, "be...

2009-10-09T19:42:23.516-10:00

I'm always leery of wanting certain match ups, "be careful what you wish for" and so on. That being said, I'm pretty guilty of wanting the path of least resistance, even though that can easily bite us in the ass.

Look how bad the Cards wanted us, and look what they got. Actually, everyone wanted us, so you gotta keep that in the back of your mind. I was kinda pissed to get the Cards, but now we're 2-0, so I guess I'll be happy with all comers.

I hope we win tomorrow. Last thing we want to do is give some life back, and losing just adds unneeded pressure. Now, TLR is saying Carpenter is an option for game 4.

The Dodgers need to kick the Cardinals while they'...

2009-10-09T19:29:11.729-10:00

The Dodgers need to kick the Cardinals while they're down. This series ends tomorrow.

you know what gets me mad. "oh the cards aren't d...

2009-10-09T19:23:17.535-10:00

you know what gets me mad.

"oh the cards aren't dead yet. don't count them out yet."

f that. dont count out the Dodgers either.
i think all those chances to close out the West helped us out

I hope

I want a Dodgers/Yanks WS, although a Dodgers/Ange...

2009-10-09T19:20:30.413-10:00

I want a Dodgers/Yanks WS, although a Dodgers/Angels would be a nice consolation prize.

the Tex HR was wack he even said he was surprised ...

2009-10-09T19:18:39.803-10:00

the Tex HR was wack
he even said he was surprised it went out. he was running hard to make sure if anything, he at least would get a double

Umps reviewed the incorrect Mauer foul call, and t...

2009-10-09T19:15:57.973-10:00

Umps reviewed the incorrect Mauer foul call, and they feel real bad that the wrong call was made.

Just FYI.

Yep...in a weird quirk of scheduling, the Dodgers ...

2009-10-09T19:04:58.861-10:00

Yep...in a weird quirk of scheduling, the Dodgers were already up 2-0 when the first Angels-Sox game was just starting, and now they Angels are up 2-0 a day later.

Somebody has to take down the Yankees, might as well be the team with the best chance.

Amen

2009-10-09T18:59:49.415-10:00

Amen

Red Sox are dead. they look disinterested that ...

2009-10-09T18:56:29.162-10:00

Red Sox are dead.
they look disinterested

that series is a sweep

Can't forget about Loney. I've been meaning to co...

2009-10-09T18:13:04.278-10:00

Can't forget about Loney. I've been meaning to comment on his effort yesterday, when he came up big twice and was the unsung hero of the game.

That cut-off to nab Rasmus most likely saved a run which then makes the 9th inning heroics all the more unlikely.

Then, his liner that Holliday dropped was well hit. Matt should have caught it, but it wasn't a can of corn by any stretch, James didn't make it easy by blistering it out there. Good piece of hitting...and running, to get his slow ass to 2nd. He's having a great series.