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Phillies hammering the Dodgers, 8-0, in the 8th. :shakehead:

EDIT: Final score, 11-0. :bleh:

Yankees-Angels today at 1PM PST. :victory:

Game 4, Dodgers-Phillies tonight... A must-win for the Blue Crew, IMO. :sweat:

EDIT: Dodgers already down, 2-0, in the first. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:Game 4, Dodgers-Phillies tonight... A must-win for the Blue Crew, IMO. :sweat:

I dunno, they only need to get one in Philly to bring it back home. It was definitely a must-win for the Halos and they managed to pull it out in 11. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: I dunno, they only need to get one in Philly to bring it back home.[/list:u]

Better sooner than later. :sweat:

It was definitely a must-win for the Halos and they managed to pull it out in 11.

Girardi made a managerial mistake: he took out that pitcher after he got two outs and brought in the other guy... Who lost the game for them.

Easy to second guess I suppose, but there was no obvious reason to yank that pitcher.... :shakehead:

Broxton blows the save in the 9th and the Dodgers lose, 5-4. :shakehead: :shakehead: :shakehead:

NOW it's a must-win on Wednesday. :sweat:

Yankees hammer the Los Angeles-California-Anaheim-Orange County-Southern California Angels, 10-1. :hehe: :rofl: :woot:

Pretty safe to say, "No freeway series this year."

gaijinmark wrote:Pretty safe to say, "No freeway series this year."

L.A. Times Sports: "Dead-End Freeway." :beaten:

EDIT: Also in the Times: Ralph Branca>Terry Forster>Tom Niedenfuer>Jonathan Broxton.... See the trend? :bleh:

Do or die today for the Dodgers. :sweat: :fingerscrossed:

Dodgers getting pounded again by the Phillies, 8-3, in the 6th. :shakehead:

The pitching that dominated the Cardinals in the previous series was pretty much nowhere to be found... :(

EDIT: Dodgers are put out of their misery, 10-4. :bleh:

This should be a very interesting off-season.

bmwracer wrote:
This should be a very interesting off-season.

It already is:

Dodgers' owner fires wife

Well that certainly didn't take long.

Less than 24 hours after the team was bounced from the NLCS, the battle for control of the Los Angeles Dodgers quickly escalated with the news that CEO and owner Frank McCourt has fired his wife, Jamie, as the team's president.

The couple is going through a bitter divorce and both had said they do not want to cede their roles with the team. Before being shown the door, Jamie McCourt had been baseball's highest-ranked female executive.

SI.com's Jon Heyman first reported the news of the firing on Thursday:


"Jamie McCourt was fired within the last two days, according to several sources. But this is not likely to be the last she's heard from, as she has said through lawyers that she intends to stake a claim to the franchise, which may be worth a billion dollars, or more.

"Reached by phone Thursday afternoon, Frank McCourt declined comment."

There are a lot of definitions for the term "irreconcilable differences," but "husband terminated wife from job" has to be at the top of the list. We all knew this could turn very ugly when the split was made public last week and with Frank making such a dramatic move, it seems certain that it won't end amicably.

On Thursday night, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reported that Jamie McCourt is "believed to be lining up investors for a possible effort to buy out her husband and gain sole control of the team." In addition, "she is believed to have started calling prominent baseball figures, with the intention of arranging meetings to discuss the direction of the team."

According to the latest franchise valuations by Forbes, the Dodgers are worth $722 million. Frank McCourt's attorney says that there are documents that prove Frank owns the Dodgers 100 percent. Meanwhile, Jamie McCourt's attorney says that ownership would fall under California's community property law, which would call for a 50-50 split of the team.

It remains to be seen who is right, but for the Dodgers, their fans and Major League Baseball, this just isn't a matter of a problem between two adults. As we saw with the recent situation in San Diego — the Moores' divorce eventually forced the sale of the Padres to Jeff Moorad— a marital battle over property can certainly hurt the on-field product as it becomes much harder to spend money on free agency or even existing contracts.

The Dodgers will almost surely feel the pain and, one offseason after the saga of the Manny Ramirez saga dragged on and on, it looks like they're entering a messy soap opera with a few more consequences on the line.

gaijinmark wrote:Pretty safe to say, "No freeway series this year."

That never had a chance to be honest, and I haven't even watched neither championship series.

^ Just saw the article.

This should be some kinda drama... :beaten:

Angels beat the Yanks, 7-6... Now it's back to New York.

bmwracer wrote:
This should be some kinda drama... :beaten:

And no matter how much they say this won't affect what happens on the field, stuff like this ALWAYS affects what happens on the field. I've tentatively got the Dodgers penciled in for 4th place next year. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote:I've tentatively got the Dodgers penciled in for 4th place next year. [/list:u]

WOW. :shocked: :sweat:

If I have to hear another player use the tired phrase of "we have to take it one game at a time," I'm gonna scream: watching the news, the Angels Torii Hunter must've said it no less than three times in one sentence...

Yeah, we get it Torii. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:If I have to hear another player use the tired phrase of "we have to take it one game at a time," I'm gonna scream: watching the news, the Angels Torii Hunter must've said it no less than three times in one sentence...

That's because "their backs are to the wall" and "there's no tomorrow."

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bmwracer wrote:If I have to hear another player use the tired phrase of "we have to take it one game at a time," I'm gonna scream: watching the news, the Angels Torii Hunter must've said it no less than three times in one sentence...

Yeah, we get it Torii. :shakehead:

I guess you never saw this scene from the baseball movie "Bull Durham."

*Crash Davis: It's time to work on your interviews.
**Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do?
Crash Davis: You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play it one day at a time."
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Got to play... it's pretty boring.
Crash Davis: 'Course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down. :hehe:

* Crash - Kevin Costner's character - the seasoned catcher playing in the minors hired to groom the pitcher

** Ebby- Tim Robbins character - the young, naive, full of himself pitcher playing in the minors but talented enough for the big league