Dodgertown is going crazy with the news of players that have been placed on waivers. Kuroda, Lilly, Manny. I’m hearing cheers and boos and crying and whining. Honestly, I don’t know how waivers really worked before. I figured it meant you waved bye! But Sherrill has been on waivers for a year now and he’s still pitching lol. This is an old article from 2004, but it gives you basic waiver rules: [linked here] 

Basically, Dodgers are just basically putting some bait on the line JUST in case they’re out of playoff contention. I’m pretty sure it all depends on how Manny performs these last few days of August. We definitely have too many outfielders. It could be some sort of trick. Ned always has something up his sleeve! I don’t like that Kuroda and Lilly are on waivers. They’re still with the team, but they’ve done so well for us, why not just extend their contracts already? We KNOW we need pitching. I just don’t know what’s going to happen to this team next year =/

I know I said I would update 3x/week, but this week was mentally exhausting for me. HAHA I’m taking mental health, mentally exhausting…mental? haha? *crickets* LOL I think my three entries may be Fri-Sun, the days I have time to write. Again, follow me on Twitter for a more interactive experience! Much love guys. Always have hope. A WS can’t be too far away. What’s another 5 years, if we can build a dream team? Cubs have been waiting 100. Red Sox fans waited for a curse to be lifted! Why are we so impatient? I want a WS as bad as the next guy, but I also want it because we deserve it, not JUST because it’s been 22 years. So what? 22 years, 55 years, 100 years, are you going to stop being a Dodger fan? Are you going to go for another team? I love this team. I love this game. I’ll still go no matter what.

BTW, find me in my mini plan seats on Monday, RS section 25. In the My Town Tweet Up on Tuesday. I’ll be with my sister and niece both games =)

As always, Viva Los Dodgers!

This past week has been full of ups and downs for the Dodgers and their fans alike. Dodgers left home for a road trip after taking 2 out of 3 from the Nats (of which I attended all games). Finished strong with a 2 wins in a row. They came in and raised the hopes of all those bleeding blue when Padilla’s soap bubble and the offense baffled the Philly hitters and fielders in a 15-9 blow out. Our big blue hearts were seizing with joy.

Then came Wednesday’s game where the offense was shut out 2-0. There’s a trend where the offense explodes one night and is absent the next (Think: August 4-5 at SD). Okay, so we shook it off. Then came yesterday. The Dodgers struck in the 1st and continue to strike all the way until the 8th. Then came the disastrous bullpen, which has not been that bad as lately (or is it that our starting pitching has gone deeper?) Regardless, after thinking we had a 9-2 win, 8 runs were given up in the 8th and 9th innings. Thanks to Casey, Sherril and Broxton. Most believe the season is over. This would be the team we would likely face before going to the WS and we can’t hold on to a 7-run lead against them. I was okay with giving up the season before the trade deadline, but Ned and the Dodgers just brought my hopes up and again, my heart bleeds blue in agony over yesterday’s loss. So, I will say, what happens happens, but I will just go to the games to enjoy some baseball and good times with the fans.

Before I move on though, did you know, that about 7 to 8 of the games eventually blown by Broxton since 2009 have been started by Kershaw? I think Kershaw should give Brox a good ol’ swift kick in the bum.

Raffy is placed on 15-day DL. They don’t want to risk losing him if they’re making a run for the playoffs. However, Jamey Carroll has just been a gem of a utility player (playing shortstop, 2nd and even left field!)

Matt Kemp’s Agent speaks with the media about the coaches treating him unfairly and wanting to ask for a trade, but then clarifies that Kemp doesn’t want to play anywhere else. Just more drama on top of what we already have to deal with (Blame Rihanna and the McCourts lmao)

Kuo has officially been name closer for the Dodgers. Hopefully this helps Broxton step it up! Kemp was recently benched for two games in Philly and has shown improvement when he came to pinch-hit (2-RBI single) and then again playing the day after with more RBI’s. We’re hoping the demotion of Broxton does the same thing.

With that, I’m off. Game already started! I’m not following it as closely (scorecard and radio). I’ll just catch it one my break. As always, win, loss, or disaster, I will always bleed blue. Until next year, bums. Viva Los Dodgers! 

Lily

Games: 2
IP: 2.0
Saves: 1
Save opportunities: 1
Strikeouts: 4

Now, let’s not get our hopes up too high (Remember Elymania?) But this kid is showing us some good stuff. Keep it up, Kenley!

Arriba Los Doyers!

Lily

I’d like to say first off, congrats to Chad Billingsley for pitching a complete game, a statistic which is hardly used nowadays in the game of baseball, and for getting the W to end our 6-game losing streak. It was a long week and a half for Dodgers and their fans alike as tensions were high and bats were swung low. However, all good (in this case, bad) things come to an end eventually. The pendulum always swings back. The boomerang will return. (Insert figure of speech here). I always say Dodgers needed the W or needed that game, but this time, they really did need it. Morale was very low throughout the streak and unimaginable things were uttered (I heard a Dodger fan proclaim after the 8th when Sherrill gave up the lead, “I’m done with this f****** team). I was appalled. Win or lose, my heart is with this team and with this game. I know we’re due for a winning season, but to give up on them so quickly is saying that you weren’t a fan to begin with. I would like to ask all of you die-hard Dodger fans not to give up hope and though a WS this year would be good, I don’t think we’ll be able to get it with the team we have currently (barring some crazy trade that gets us a great hitter and a Cy Young…Hey, I can dream right?)  At trade deadline (July 31st), I would want Ned to trade for the future. Meaning, I would want him to trade for someone that in 2011 or 2012 would help us out. Because a trade for this season, for us to just get to NLCS and lose, would just be a waste of time, emotions & money (of which we don’t have much). Agree or disagree, that is my opinion & I think for us to build an amazing team would be the best for us and all future dodger fans to come. I would rather have many more WS titles in the future (think Yankees) than one lowly one and nothing after (Angels).

Before you ask, yes I was at Tuesday’s game and I was emotionally drained. I didn’t know if I was up for blogging, let alone where to even begin the entry. I needed fresh air. So I got home, slept. I woke up the next morning and went about my business, tried not to talk to anyone about it. I was just one of those games where anything and everything happened. I took the loss and swallowed it. I am not a player. I am not a coach, manager or owner. I am definitely not an umpire. However, I am a Dodger fan and our kind are emotionally invested in this team, which in my opinion, can be the best or the worst investment you can make. This team can take you on a roller coaster of emotions. Money comes and goes, but your feelings stay with you no matter what. Regardless, I have a lot to say about the loss, but even after all my ranting and venting and cursing, the outcome will remain the same. I moved on from it. I was very upset and frustrated and mad and especially let down and disappointed. However, this sport gives us 162 games to play from April until September. It’s July! We have a lot of games to go. I kept it in perspective. After all, isn’t it, win or lose, Dodgers for life? I know it is for me.

Now, moving on to another game, I had a similar experience in my own team’s softball game tonight. Game was pretty much neck and neck every inning with each team taking the lead every time they came up to bat. We took the lead in the bottom of the 6th, 15-11 if I’m not mistaken. All we needed to do was hold them & we’d have our first Win. Of course, they load the bases and tie up the game. Then somehow they scored again. My left fielder, a competitive rabbit on the field and slugger at the plate, got a little too emotionally involved and took his frustrations out on the blue. Blue gave him a warning, but he failed to take it. It ended with our LF being ejected from the game (after it was over??) and suspended for next week’s game. Well, argue all you want, blue wasn’t going to change anything. I thought my team played quite well and even though the win would have been more satisfying, the game wasn’t going to change. What did I do? I handled the situation with the blue as a manager should have. I didn’t get mad. I did think it wasn’t necessary to eject him after the game. However, I now have a good OF and even **** to play rest of the season. Guess what? Life goes on. Baseball is a beautiful sport, but as we are here, yelling and crying over a tough loss, Dodgers, their players, coaches and owners, go on with their life. Next game looming, they’ll go out and warm up, take BP and stretch and give it their all (at least we hope they are). You can’t let the fact that you’re in a 6.0 game hole from 1st keep you from playing the game and playing it well.

Just remember, a 12 game deficit in September can be surpassed in a span of 10 days.

WIN or LOSE, I bleed Dodger Blue!

Lily