Know Your Foe #17: Dodgers stumble out of Chicago and into Coors Field
by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:00 PM MDT
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PrintLOS ANGELES DODGERS (26-21, 2 GB, 2nd NL WEST)
2010 Record vs. Rockies: 2-1
The Dodgers welcomed the Rockies into Dodger Stadium during the weekend of May 7-9 after losing a series to Milwaukee and promptly took 2 of 3 from the Rockies (who were in the midst of a tough west coast swing which saw them face the Giants, Padres, and Dodgers in one trip), despite being outscored 13-8. Los Angeles took game one of the series after getting to Esmil Rogers early and Matt Daley late. The Rockies' bats performed well in that game and that carried over to game two, which saw Colorado blank the Dodgers 8-0 behind a strong pitching performance by rookie Jhoulys Chacin and one of many rough outings that Charlie Haeger had. In this one, he allowed two hits, three walks, and five runs and did not even record an out. Things turned around nicely for the Dodgers, who became the only team to beat Ubaldo Jimenez in 2010 the next day, beating the Rockies 2-0 behind a great pitching performance by Clayton Kershaw. He pitched eight innings of two-hit ball while striking out nine. This particular game seemed to finally kickstart the Dodgers' season; they were 13-17 entering the contest, and proceeded to win eight straight and 11 out of 12 after the big victory over baseball's best pitcher. Offensively, the Dodgers were led by the now-injured Andre Ethier, who continued his onslaught against Colorado's pitching with five hits in the first two games. However, he went hitless in the finale. Jamey Carroll managed four hits, and Russell Martin had three - one of which was a home run off of Matt Daley in the final game of the series. It was the Dodgers' only long ball in the three games.
Recent Results: 2-1 series victory vs. Detroit; 1-2 series loss at Chicago (NL)
Friday-Sunday: 3-game series @ Coors Field
Expected Pitching Matchups
Friday, 28 May 2010 @ 7:10pm MT
Saturday, 29 May 2010 @ 6:10pm MT
Sunday, 30 May 2010 @ 1:10pm MT
More after the jump...
Expected Lineups
| Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
| Rafael Furcal |
SS | 0.286 | 0.350 | 0.385 | 0.735 | 0.099 | 0.338 | 0.341 |
| Russell Martin | C | 0.256 | 0.355 | 0.363 | 0.717 | 0.106 | 0.285 | 0.324 |
| Matt Kemp |
CF | 0.276 | 0.338 | 0.484 | 0.822 | 0.208 | 0.328 | 0.345 |
| Manny Ramirez |
LF | 0.307 | 0.418 | 0.443 | 0.861 | 0.136 | 0.333 | 0.374 |
| Casey Blake |
3B | 0.279 | 0.356 | 0.494 | 0.850 | 0.214 | 0.319 | 0.370 |
| James Loney |
1B | 0.292 | 0.332 | 0.438 | 0.769 | 0.146 | 0.329 | 0.337 |
| Xavier Paul |
RF | 0.283 | 0.321 | 0.415 | 0.737 | 0.132 | 0.357 | 0.338 |
| Blake DeWitt |
2B | 0.281 | 0.366 | 0.391 | 0.756 | 0.109 | 0.343 | 0.336 |
Bench
| Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
| Ronnie Belliard |
IF | 0.288 | 0.358 | 0.458 | 0.816 | 0.169 | 0.320 | 0.350 |
| Jamey Carroll |
UT | 0.276 | 0.380 | 0.305 | 0.685 | 0.029 | 0.458 | 0.315 |
| Nick Green |
IF | 0.125 | 0.222 | 0.125 | 0.347 | 0.000 | 0.167 | 0.182 |
| Garrett Anderson | OF | 0.155 | 0.173 | 0.239 | 0.413 | 0.085 | 0.179 | 0.181 |
| Reed Johnson |
OF | 0.303 | 0.325 | 0.421 | 0.746 | 0.118 | 0.359 | 0.323 |
| A.J. Ellis | C | 0.250 | 0.316 | 0.313 | 0.628 | 0.063 | 0.267 | 0.283 |
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The Rockies are really overdue to win a series against the Dodgers....
For the love of god and mankind, sweep LA!
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
I say you guys take 2 of 3
ending our streak of 13 STRAIGHT series victories over the NL West.
Faith.... a fan's biggest downfall
And 2,657,891 straight series wins
over the Rockies
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
Bear Naked - My thoughts on sports, music, and life.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:47 PM MDT up reply actions
I don’t know about the rest of you, but there’s a little hop in my step every time we play the Dodgers that isn’t there for any other team on our schedule. Not that I don’t loathe the rest of the teams in the division, but when the Dodgers are on the docket I just feel like there’s a bit more buzz about the series. Maybe it’s their franchise history, or the fact that they’ve always owned us, or the fact that this has been a rivalry since Andres Galarraga spiked Jody Reed and touched off a pair of brawls at Mile High in 1993. But these series are always great fun to anticipate.
Of course they stop being fun when we score four runs in three games at Chavez Ravine and stuff.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
there’s a little hop in my step every time we play the Dodgers that isn’t there for any other team on our schedule
I wish that was the case for the people that actually play the games against them.
All jokes aside, I feel unusually optimistic about this series.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
Bear Naked - My thoughts on sports, music, and life.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 12:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Hopefully we take 2 out of 3
win tonight with the pitching matchup being favorable and split the next 2
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
I'm going
to the game Tomorrow for sure, maybe again on Sunday. When I was trying to buy tickets to tomorrow’s game there were not two seats together in the Pavilion left. This should be a fun series to go to, especially if the crowds are big and into the game.
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
I'll be there on Sunday
Section 323 or something. I’ll be bringing sunscreen
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 1:14 PM MDT up reply actions
We'll be there, section 117 or 118 (forget which) in the WC accessible row
No sunscreen necessary ;-)
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
You all make me jealous. Wish I was able to take in a game this weekend.
Hoping for some good results from the crew..
I'm planning on going Sunday as well.
We should meet up.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions
2 quick and otherwise meaningless notes...
First, we need to get 2 of these 3 games.
Second, Manny needs a haircut.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
"Cheap tacos are rightous!"-My Daughter
BEAT LA!
Tough pitching matchups in all but the first game. Going to be a fun series, go get ’em Rox!
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
by Franchise26 on May 28, 2010 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
what is this picture from?
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Probably the Lakers-Celtics Finals from a couple of years ago.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
Bear Naked - My thoughts on sports, music, and life.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 28, 2010 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
looks like TD Banknorth Garden
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
"We could have had Jesus on the mound and [the Rockies] still would have gotten hits." -Paul Lo Duca
"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
Hollidayrain Music
by Hollidayrain on May 28, 2010 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
BEAT LA!
BEAT LA!
BEAT LA!
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
"We could have had Jesus on the mound and [the Rockies] still would have gotten hits." -Paul Lo Duca
"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
Hollidayrain Music
I'm going tonight
And couldn’t be more excited. I too find myself unusually optimistic for this series. We shall see…
Don't look back, something might be gaining on you-Satchel Paige
PLAYOFF SERIES!!!!
Exciting!
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
"We could have had Jesus on the mound and [the Rockies] still would have gotten hits." -Paul Lo Duca
"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
Hollidayrain Music
by Hollidayrain on May 28, 2010 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions
can't wait for this series
i’ll be at all 3 games, rockpiling it or watching from the bullpen. haven’t seen jeff pitch since 2007 so i’m pretty pumped for tonight. let’s go Rox!!!
Popcorn chicken...with club sauce...
love standing by the bullpen
I will likely be there tonight….hope for a win!
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
"We could have had Jesus on the mound and [the Rockies] still would have gotten hits." -Paul Lo Duca
"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
Hollidayrain Music
by Hollidayrain on May 28, 2010 3:33 PM MDT up reply actions
i love getting to know other rockies fans
while i’m standing over there. you get some good, educated talk in the bullpen area
Popcorn chicken...with club sauce...
Frequently
it happens that when I go to games by myself I find that at least one person around me is as into the game as I am and therefore they can talk baseball rather than heckle the nearest fielder or opposing fan.
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Ubaldo is the word
even when he has nothing to do with anything.
Here’s the Dodgers’ preview at TBLA:
Rockie – Preview: No Ubaldo
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 3:39 PM MDT reply actions
Clint Barmes is the weakest link in the lineup and it is a very weak link.
/obvious
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 28, 2010 3:45 PM MDT up reply actions
hahaha
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
"We could have had Jesus on the mound and [the Rockies] still would have gotten hits." -Paul Lo Duca
"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
Hollidayrain Music
by Hollidayrain on May 28, 2010 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Barmes
will promptly go 9 for 14 in this series, with 2 dingerz and 7 RBI.
(Hey – we can all hope, right?)
No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. - Dave Barry
AHA, I like how you guys think!
Go Barmes !!
In leadership,sometimes it comes strictly down to courage. We have to have courage within our organiztion today. It takes courage to be a Colorado Rockie.
....Keli McGregor 2007
got tickets to Saturday and Sunday.
Club seats for Sunday.
Saturday night, right down the LF line.
Time to heckle the hell out of Ramirez
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 28, 2010 4:50 PM MDT reply actions
Nobody likes hecklers either.
One of the reasons I don’t like going to games, people shouting all over. They’re distracting me from watching the game more than they’re distracting who they’re heckling.
It’s not so bad, though, since I usually don’t bother going to my seat anyway. I hang out at the bullpen.
by Greg Stanwood on May 28, 2010 5:38 PM MDT up reply actions
what? There are only 3 people I have ever seen play in person that I have ever heckled.
Manny is one of them.
Bonds and Clemens are no longer playing baseball.
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 28, 2010 6:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Winning this series guarantees at least a tie for 2nd in the NL West
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 5:04 PM MDT reply actions
Let's do it then
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Carson Cistuli at Fangraphs says Sunday's game is the one to watch in MLB
Jhoulys Chacin can throw the frig out of a baseball and is only 22 years old.
If I Had My Druthers…
• The world would wake up and smell the Chris Iannetta.
• Actually, that’s gross.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 28, 2010 5:43 PM MDT reply actions
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