There's got to be a morning after

by Dex on Sep 19, 2006 8:56 AM PDT in News Comment 20 comments

And here we are. The boat got turned upside down, but there's always an upside, even if it's the bottom of the boat. Take that for what it's worth because I'm not sure what it means.

In a weird way, it's comforting for me to read comments and see Gaslamp Ballers getting aggro and to see Jonny Dub breaking out his fairweather rally cap again by giving up on the Padres for like the 17th year in a row. At least I know I'm not alone in my shock and everybody seems to be behaving as I would expect them to.

I also don't mind so much punkass Dodger Fan showing up and talking a little bit of trash. As a San Diegan, having gone to any type of sporting event in San Diego, I'm used to extremely vocal supporters of the other team showing up en masse. It comes with the territory. I mean, let's face it... I know for a fact that we have Gaslamp Ballers who check out the site and hang out regularly, but who's primary allegiances are with other clubs. Smooth Jazz Man, thenerdhater, bondsbeliever, there's a few Mets fans, a Royals fan (which is insane to me) and others that I'm not recalling right off.

So when Dodger fan starts off on you about how that game was the greatest game in Dodger history, just remember a few things...

The Dodgers needed a miracle... Literally a miracle, to beat the Padres and bring their record against us to a respectable 5-13 for the year. Good job Dodgers. You gotta sell your souls to the devil and even then wait on an act of God to get that 5th win.
If Dodger fan tells you they were at the game, then there's a really really really really good chance that they didn't get to see the miracle, because Dodger Fan usually leaves in the 7th after the beach balls are gone and Dodger Fan definitely makes their way to the exit in the 9th if they're down. The only people left were die hard, and you gotta respect that considering the smell of urine in Chavez Ravine must have been unbearable at that point. They were troopers. Or really drunk. Or waiting to go commit some crimes in the local neighborhood afterwards.
The Padres are now half a game back in the West and a game and a half up in the Wild Card. We're still totally in it and there's plenty of baseball left. We need to roll the D'Backs and the Pirates and hope that they do the same thing to the Dodgers. Also, going into the end of the season, we're Rockies and Giants fans. Be nice to your local Rockies Fan. Do good things for your local Giants Fan. Whatever it takes to keep the f_cking Dodgers out of the postseason.
It may seem like God is a Dodger fan right now what with allowing a miracle to happen, but keep in mind that nothing holy can root for a team that has J.D. Drew and Jayson Werth in the same place at the same time. Also, Nomar's fits and seizures before even getting into the batters box... That's evil and should be looked down upon.

The moral of the story is that now's not the time to pull a Jonny Dub and bail on your team. Let's prove something over the next 6 games and make people think about the Dodger miracle as something whimsical that happened en route to a Padres post season.

The other moral of the story is that Mariano Duncan is a little bitch.

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Dodger Fans

ESPN started off with Pads/Dodger game on Sports Center.......that alone is news. Especially with the Steelers game and Big Ben (Who really is not that good) etc.
Anyway ESPN showed all these Dodger Fans going back into the stadium from their cars in the ninth......freakin' Dodger Fans.

by Jonny Dub on Sep 19, 2006 9:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

For the Record

I only bail on this team.......they are sometimes hard to excited about. I never bailed on the '96-'98 teams. But I did bail on last years team quite often.

by Jonny Dub on Sep 19, 2006 9:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Embarrassing....but still hopeful

Dex makes a strong point here regarding the miracle the Dodgers needed. If the playoffs started today we'd be in. We owned the Dodgers this season, and that feels good, and it's true, Mariano Duncan is a little bitch.

Let's go bash the Arizona snakes in the head with a hammer tonight. It'll show that yesterday is over and meaningless. We're still going to the playoffs.

by RBS on Sep 19, 2006 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What's a buckaneer?

Expensive corn.

by thenerdhater on Sep 19, 2006 10:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

expensive corn

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i did not read your body copy

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

weird

but it all comes down to the stretch.

the dodgers can use their miracle for a while, but let's see how far it takes 'em when they give up 10 runs. they had to have the sickest, stupidest, clown-show luck shit to get that game. to salvage a desperately-needed split of a four game series. now they have to seal the deal. and the rockies just dropped what, 20 on the giants? go rocks.

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 10:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

biggest game of the year.

tonight. 7:05. Clay Hensley v. Livan Hernandez.

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 11:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

wait

is it livan? it was "L. Hernandez" in the matchup line.

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Dex

I did not sleep well last night dammit! Forgot that I signed up for the XX text message updates on my cell phone and the damn thing kept beeping at me as I tried to fall asleep. Therefore I was aware of the outcome and it literally ruined my night. Grumble. I am NOT listening to any radio today! Not until the BP show. I needed to take a step back and re-group. Hopefully the team is waaay better at recovering from these kinds of losses than we are :->

Deep breath. (The Dodgers were not the only ones to continue staging rallies last night. The Pads could have thrown in the towel after the 4-4 tie, or after the 9th, but no, they pushed across another runs in response to re-take the lead. It was just one of those nights when last ups meant you had the edge and for once, they took advantage.)

Focus. (We are still in control of our playoff position)

Forward. (13 games guys. It's not like coming out of LA 1.5 up would have meant we clinched anything)

Bring on the D'Backs!

I need just $375 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day

by Christina on Sep 19, 2006 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Phew, it was only a bad dream...what?...oh...damn.

I slept well, but when I woke up, it was the first thing that popped into my head. But after a few words of sympathy from the wife this morning (who had to endure me watching the end of the game after she got home from class at 10:30, on her birthday of all days...she's a champ), a phone call to my mom in Virginia (who mercifully fell asleep during the top of the tenth), ignoring all media outlets, diving into work, and a couple strong cups of Irish Breakfast tea, I am back to focusing on tonight. So the Dodgers had a win that will be on ESPN Classic for years to come. Good for them. It will give them something to feel good about as the watching the divisional playoffs on TV. At least Jayson Werth wasn't involved. Man, I want to punch that guy in the face, but if I wanted to do that, I'd have to I'd have to wait in line. Christina is right, the Padres are in control of their playoff fate. Seven games against Arizona, 3 against Pittsburgh, and 3 against a surviving-on-life-support St. Louis (sorry, Nerdhater). Besides, I like that season finale series that the Dodgers have against the Giants in San Francisco. If there was ever a time to send a Mrs. Beasley's basket to the Giants, it would be at the end of September. I firmly believe that the Giants will be sportin' an attitude that says "If we're going down, you're going down with us."

I am over the unicorn. The real rally unicorn is dead and Dex, sadly, is not God and can't bring him back to life. Maybe it's now time for the RALLY NINJA. They are stealthy, quick, and will rip you heart out, mail said heart to your baby's mama, wait for the confirmation that she signed for the package, and then kick you in the ding-ding before you die.

Thank you, Dex and Christina, for your words this morning. They have helped pull me out of this funk.

by Pants on Sep 19, 2006 12:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you know

it was rough when RALLY UNICORN gets called out. damn. i think i'm sticking with my sack-up graphic.

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just a thought...

Maybe I missed it, but I haven't read anything on Bochy's decisions in the 9th and 10th.

While he was warmed and ready, Bochy left Hoffman in the bullpen after that first home run. It was a save situation at that point, why wait until another run scored? Forget trying to save him for later. This game was HUGE. Sure, they eventually hit two homers against Trevor anyway, but bringing him in after the first run scores probably changes the outcome.
Even after Hoffman gave up two runs in the 9th, it was too important to have anyone else out there for the 10th. Bochy said in the Tribune that he was concerned with Hoffy's arm, so he didn't want to push him. But Hoffman threw only 11 pitches in the 9th.

I hate to say it, but you know Joe Torre has Mariano Rivera throw a second inning against Boston with a division title on the line and 13 games to go.

by Daniel Digs Ali on Sep 19, 2006 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i have to agree with daniel

why wait for another homer when they're already in a save situation? stupid.

by garth on Sep 19, 2006 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i made that comment last night

in my rage of all time. its kind of like fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

maybe adkins needed some work. maybe boch had no idea the outcome...but managers always talk about the feeling of a game and the way a game is played out often influences how they will use people...i.e, Coors field mentality, 5 runs up, Bochy may use Hoffy regardless because it might as well be a save situation.

in this case, 4 runs up in a crazy affair all game, i wouldn't have brought in mop up duty adkins...oh wells, hindsight is 20/20 right.

but i agree, torre doesn't care squat about rivera's arm, if you don't make the postseason, it don't matter how healthy rivera is sitting on the couch at home.

by bktabinga on Sep 19, 2006 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome Unpredictability of the Universe

Shit happens. Sometimes 42 years pass between shit happening, but shit happens. It cannot be stopped. Chuckle at the awesome unpredictability of the universe and cheer your team -- only 1/2 game out of first -- onto victory.

See you at the park tonight.

p.s.

Mariano Duncan is a little bitch.

by Enzo Hernandez on Sep 19, 2006 12:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs