TCR: No Good Will Come of This

Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

 

Rich Harden vs.
Hiroki Kuroda
  *5-1, 1.77, 89 K, 30 BB, 71 IP 2008   9-10, 3.73, 116 K, 42 BB, 183.1 IP
  1-2, 6.43, 5 K, 7 BB, 7 IP Post   (None)
  *NL stats only      
         
LF Alfonso Soriano   SS #Rafael Furcal
2B *Mike Fontenot   C Russell Martin
1B Derrek Lee   LF Manny Ramirez
3B Aramis Ramirez   RF Andre Ethier
C Geovany Soto   1B *James Loney
CF *Jim Edmonds   CF Matt Kemp
RF Mark DeRosa   2B *Blake DeWitt
SS Ryan Theriot   3B Casey Blake
P *Rich Harden   P Hiroki Kuroda

 

Our very own Rob G. will be in the stands at tonight's game. Be sure to look for him on the broadcast.

Thoughts on Hiroki Kuroda from "Blue Notes," the L.A. Times blog about the Dodgers:

...when the Japanese import is on, dude typically gets into a serious,
sometimes unhittable groove. But he's often the Bizarro-version of
that pitcher after the first bit of trouble, more often than not
tossing himself further into trouble than figuring a way out of it.

In two starts against the Cubs this year, Kuroda has pitched 15 1/3 innings and allowed one earned run. In other words, we really haven't come across that "first bit of trouble" part.

In his last two regular season starts, against the Brewers and the Mets, Harden walked 11 men in 11 innings.

Rich—we've already tried the walking-lots-of-guys thing in this series and it just doesn't seem to work for us.

The Dodgers are one victory away from reaching the NLCS for the first time in 20 years, which is also how long it has been since they played in a World Series.

Twenty years without a World Series—how pathetic is that?!

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#1 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

i think i see a 3rbi game for edmonds tonite.

also dempster is available in the bullpen tonite

#2 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Soriano is a playoff disaster. What a sorry-ass mess we're stuck with. Over-under on K's tonight?

#3 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Good to see DeRosa can all of a sudden play RF.

#42 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

CHOLERA.

#4 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

That Martin 2B was a foul ball, AND a blown call at 3rd, 10 minutes into the game...sheesh....

#5 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans SUCKS for missing this.

#6 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#7 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#8 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#9 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Sans trucks for missing this.

#10 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#11 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#12 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#13 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#14 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Trans sucks for missing this.

#15 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

He really sucks.

#16 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

I read on MLBtraderumors.com:

Trans sucks for missing this.

#17 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

It's fucking 5:15 a.m. here in CET. What better thing could you have to do, Trans? You are the new Barrett.

#51 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

I caught the last inning in parachat. It didn't do us any good.

 

What can I say, real life called.....

 

~sigh~  and I see you all hate me so much that you decided to honor me by using my latest nickname, lol

#18 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

this is the inning

i hope

#19 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Harden is a gamer, even if he's not much of a hitter.

#20 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

what a fuckin waste

#21 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

FUCK YOU SORIANO! YOU WORTHLES PIECE OF SHIT BALLPLAYER! UGH!

#22 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

that's "worthless"

#23 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Ted Lilly, sigh...

#24 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Uh. Soriano sucks like Trans for missing this?

#25 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

9 outs to stay away from another embarrassing sweep in the playoffs.

#27 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

Manny! You've returned in our hour of dire need!

#31 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

CHOLERA.

Where were you when the Cubs were going well Manny?

#34 Re: Game 3 NLDS / Cubs @ Dodgers

CHOLERA!

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