6/5 - CUBBIES (Demp) @ Dodgies (Bill) 9:10 p.m CSN+/WGNradio

[Little Slide Rooter]

Matt Kemp has been suspended for 4 games after the Torealba fight. I believe that they have no plans to appeal, and he will begin serving immediatly. Good for us.

[Soul]

I was hoping this would be a day game because it's a Thursday. Does LA usually stick with night games even on "hooky" day?

 

Staying up until midnight is getting tiresome for me.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I was hoping this would be a day game because it's a Thursday. Does LA usually stick with night games even on "hooky" day?

 

Staying up until midnight is getting tiresome for me.

 

I hear ya. Every game, I tell myself I'll just watch a few innings, just to see how its turning out, and every game, I end up staying with it until the final pitch, and every day, I have to be up at 6am. I'll try to excersize self control tonight and stay away.

[Guest]

I was hoping this would be a day game because it's a Thursday. Does LA usually stick with night games even on "hooky" day?

 

Staying up until midnight is getting tiresome for me.

 

Outside of opening day, I'm pretty sure the Dodgers don't ever do weekday home afternoon games.

[Choonch]

I was hoping this would be a day game because it's a Thursday. Does LA usually stick with night games even on "hooky" day?

 

Staying up until midnight is getting tiresome for me.

 

Outside of opening day, I'm pretty sure the Dodgers don't ever do weekday home afternoon games.

 

They played a day game yesterday (v. the Rockies), IIRC.

[jersey cubs fan]

I was hoping this would be a day game because it's a Thursday. Does LA usually stick with night games even on "hooky" day?

 

Staying up until midnight is getting tiresome for me.

 

Outside of opening day, I'm pretty sure the Dodgers don't ever do weekday home afternoon games.

 

They played a day game yesterday (v. the Rockies), IIRC.

 

I would imagine they'd do quite a few day games on getaway day. Flying east from the west coast after a night game would be brutal.

 

LA plays a day game later this month against CWS on a weekday, and another in August against Colorado. The teams that don't get the benefit of an afternoon getaway game have an off day the next day (Atlanta, Washington, SF) or stay local the next night (Philly goes to SD). SD actually looks to be the only team to get screwed, playing a night game on getaway day then travelling to Mil for a night game the next night, in early September.

[Omar]

Cubs Vs. BIllingsley

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Jim Edmonds          10     8   0  0  0  0   0   2   3  .000  .200  .000  .200 
Alfonso Soriano       6     5   1  0  0  0   0   1   2  .200  .333  .200  .533 
Mark DeRosa           4     4   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Derrek Lee            4     4   1  0  0  1   2   0   1  .250  .250 1.000 1.250 
Jason Marquis         4     4   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Aramis Ramirez        4     4   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Kosuke Fukudome       3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ryan Theriot          3     2   1  0  0  0   0   1   0  .500  .667  .500 1.167 
Ryan Dempster         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Geovany Soto          2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Henry Blanco          1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Carlos Zambrano       1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                44    40   6  0  0  1   2   4  14  .150  .227  .225  .452 

 

Dodgers Vs. Dempster

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Jeff Kent            34    30   8  0  0  0   2   3   1  .267  .324  .267  .591 
Juan Pierre          11     9   5  1  0  0   1   1   0  .556  .636  .667 1.303 
Andre Ethier          8     8   4  1  0  1   3   0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1.500 
Russell Martin        6     6   2  0  0  0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Mark Sweeney          5     5   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200  .400 
Blake DeWitt          3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Matt Kemp             3     2   1  1  0  0   0   1   1  .500  .667 1.000 1.667 
Luis Maza             3     2   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .333  .000  .333 
Chad Billingsley      2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
James Loney           2     2   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 1.000 
Derek Lowe            2     1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .500  .000  .500 
Chan Ho Park          2     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Terry Tiffee          1     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                82    72  22  3  0  1   7   7   6  .306  .370  .389  .759 

[chuckywang]

Matt Kemp suspended 4 games ... he's gonna appeal however.

[Guest]

Cubs fans probably will be the majority in the crowd today. I can't be the only Cubs fan who bought tickets off Dodger fans who'd rather watch the Lakers tonight.

[CubsGM]

Matt Kemp has been suspended for 4 games after the Torealba fight. I believe that they have no plans to appeal, and he will begin serving immediatly. Good for us.

He appealed:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-spw-kemp6-2008jun06,0,6779140.story

[E.J.]

The West Coast sucks. We shouldn't have to wait this late in the day to watch the Cubs.

[rocket]

i'll get to see vin scully call the cubs today. i guess that's fun.

[Bruce Miles]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

Soto, C

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 2B

Dempster, P

 

Dodgers

Pierre, LF

Kemp, CF

Ethier, RF

Kent, 2B

Martin, C

Loney, 1B

DeWitt, 3B

Hu, SS

Billingsley, P

[Soul]

I just found out my DTV receiver and my cable modem got toasted by last night's lightning storm. GREAT! I won't be able to watch this game anyway.

 

You're all in luck -- Cubs always play better when I don't watch. It's scientifically proven.

[E.J.]

I just found out my DTV receiver and my cable modem got toasted by last night's lightning storm. GREAT! I won't be able to watch this game anyway.

 

You're all in luck -- Cubs always play better when I don't watch. It's scientifically proven.

 

surge protectors are your friend.

[hotshot13422]

Dempster is 0-2 with a 2.08 ERA on the road this year

[hotshot13422]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

Soto, C

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 2B

Dempster, P

 

Dodgers

Pierre, LF

Kemp, CF

Ethier, RF

Kent, 2B

Martin, C

Loney, 1B

DeWitt, 3B

Hu, SS

Billingsley, P

 

What would we do without Bruce?

[Omar]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

Soto, C

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 2B

Dempster, P

 

What?! Did Lou even look at the match-ups?

[Soul]

I just found out my DTV receiver and my cable modem got toasted by last night's lightning storm. GREAT! I won't be able to watch this game anyway.

 

You're all in luck -- Cubs always play better when I don't watch. It's scientifically proven.

 

surge protectors are your friend.

 

That's why everything I own is plugged into one, including the two things that got toasted.

[salukifudd]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

Soto, C

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 2B

Dempster, P

 

What?! Did Lou even look at the match-ups?

 

I'll take a wild guess and say, no.

[CubColtPacer]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

Soto, C

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 2B

Dempster, P

 

What?! Did Lou even look at the match-ups?

 

Reed Johnson is terrible against right-handers, and Billingsly is a very good right-hander. 8 at-bats is not usually enough to bench a player, especially when your other option is pretty terrible.

[hotshot13422]

Cubs

Soriano, LF

Theriot, SS

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Fukudome, RF

Soto, C

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 2B

Dempster, P

 

What?! Did Lou even look at the match-ups?

 

Reed Johnson is terrible against right-handers, and Billingsly is a very good right-hander. 8 at-bats is not usually enough to bench a player, especially when your other option is pretty terrible.

 

oh, oh, oh... What he said /\ /\

[SouthSideRyan]

I just found out my DTV receiver and my cable modem got toasted by last night's lightning storm. GREAT! I won't be able to watch this game anyway.

 

You're all in luck -- Cubs always play better when I don't watch. It's scientifically proven.

 

surge protectors are your friend.

 

That's why everything I own is plugged into one, including the two things that got toasted.

 

You should probably use more than 1.

[haubrich91]

It's Pat & Ron for me tonight, with no CSN+. I'll finally get to watch a full game tomorrow night, since it's the weekend and my last day of school is Tuesday.

 

Go CUBS!

[RedFlash]

Dodgers

Pierre, LF

Kemp, CF

Ethier, RF

Kent, 2B

Martin, C

Loney, 1B

DeWitt, 3B

Hu, SS

Billingsley, P

 

I thought I read somewhere that Kemp was suspended for 4 games, and the thought was he wasn't going to appeal. Has there been a change?