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The Rays pulled out their must-win game in extra-innings last night. Now, the Dodgers arrive home down 0-2 in the NLCS facing not just one, but a pair of must-win games. With Cole Hamels lurking as the Phillies' Game 5 starter, the Dodgers simply cannot afford to lose either tonight or Monday and give Hamels a chance to pitch Philadelphia into the World Series Wednesday night. Fortunately for the Dodgers, tonight's pitching matchup is in their favor. . . .
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Making a better A-Rod
Alex Rodriguez is so good, he doesn't need to strive for perfection
By John Paciorek / DugoutCentral.com
An 'analysis' of why ARod has a hole is his swing and how to improve it. Valid? Is ARod on the bus with this?
hope some fellow banterers show up for the game tonight! i'll miss the beginning due to work, but i hope to catch a bulk of it. something tells me it'll be a bit shorter than last nites event...
OYF, Steve Lombardi linked to that article. Didn't think much of it then, think less about it now.
I may chime in @ DT.
And yes, Fox is still lame
came home from work and it was 5-1, the furcal immediately made it 6-1. i like moyer and i root for him, but he's having a rough postseason. he's not gonna get a gig til he's 50 like that...
and still no banterers... : (
7 I'm here, but all I've got is that (for me), the best part of the Dodgers going deep in the playoffs is getting to listen to Vin Scully on XM. And now I'm gone.
good lord, is ryan howard a BIG man...
I dropped in at Dodger Thoughts but they tend to ignore outsiders, unless some of our acquaintances (underdog, etc) are around.
Trainwreck is a BB frequenter, but he doesn't seem to be heavily involved tonight.
ah, that feels good. nice to be home here at the banter...
torre is soooo familiar to me. him in dodger blue...not so much.
goddamn, derek lowe is TALL!
a 'Grand' Tanyon Sturtze mention! EDSP next, thank you please!
and melky slides into first! called out...
20 yeah, did you see that post where someone had to write Hugh Janus? ugh! that's a bunch of...carp! ; )
yom kippur. doh, i didn't fast! ah, haven't in many many years. shhh, don't tell my mom! ; ) i was actually working in alabama on yom kippur. it's probably as big there as it is in tokyo! i did get outta jury duty b/c of the high holiday though... : )
Yeah, here in RI a whole lot of shit is closed on Columbus Day. I don't know why.
But I do know I'm only saying 'shit' because of Rule 1.
ps - shit.
i'm a lowly musician and am glad i get to play tomorrow night... are you a professor at Brown?
there sure is nice eye candy in the stands there in la-la land... : )
Yes, I'm a professor. But not of music, I'm sorry. But I know some. I know one who studies Guitar Hero. Seriously.
33 iirc, i want to say you're a math professor, but i may be thinking of a different past thread here...
i only know of the guitar hero game from a coupla young students of mine. i cannot believe there are professors that study a video game! : ~
Yep, I was surprised too. I guess it's not really music, more 'music and society'.
kemp has a gun out in center.
i can't believe durbin's still in this game. yeah, it was a breaking ball, but i betchya it was on purpose. martin has some speed, wish he'd steal a bag...
i don't get a long weekend. i had Saturday off, but worked today and will tomorrow...
rollins not looking good in this series.
i hadn't heard of corey wade before the playoffs. he's been a good reliever for ol' green tea...
broxton comes out throwing 99, 98...
gonna be rough though - garza vs. lester at the fens. i'll be here watching about the first half of the game, or so...
But since I'm on Bronx Banter right now... That was a fuckin' great game! ;-)
They have to take tomorrow's too, though, I think, as Cliff noted (or Cliff notes), or it'll be a steep uphill climb.
good luck tomorrow night. i think it's a very favorable matchup for your team and that you'll win. i'll be at work tomorrow night when it's on, so good luck!
--thelarmis.
Besides, another Dodger was hit by Durbin after warnings were issued, and he wasn't ejected.
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