los angeles at chicago, 8-15-2003
it's raining, why are they starting this game?

mark prior's pitching. this should be fun.

shit, no rickey. it's dave roberts. ground ball to short.

paul loduca fly ball to left.

shawn green home runs are down. single to center.

i'm taking off my shirt.

it's been hot and humid these days but it's cooler now with the rain. my friend ch is scoring the game on a dictaphone. with commentary.

jeromy burnitz strikeout.

ashby v. lofton. ooh.

year  team      lea   ab   wal   con   pow   pra

2003  Pit/ChN    NL  417  .073  .911  .319  5.15

2002  ChA/SF    MLB  532  .119  .863  .321  5.17

2001  Cleveland  AL  517  .083  .867  .314  4.38

2000  Cleveland  AL  543  .127  .867  .315  4.93

1999  Cleveland  AL  465  .145  .819  .320  4.80

1998  Cleveland  AL  600  .127  .867  .315  4.88

1997  Atlanta    NL  493  .115  .832  .305  3.82

1996  Cleveland  AL  662  .084  .876  .314  4.51

1995  Cleveland  AL  481  .077  .898  .315  4.73

1994  Cleveland  AL  459  .102  .878  .332  5.91

1993  Cleveland  AL  569  .125  .854  .303  4.00

1992  Cleveland  AL  576  .106  .906  .295  3.84

1991  Houston    NL   74  .063  .743  .278  1.72

1991  Tucson    AAA  545  .087  .826  .307  3.64

1990  Osceola     A  481  .113  .840  .294  3.31

1989  Auburn      A  110  .113  .727  .291  2.39

1989  Asheville   A   82  .128  .878  .291  3.54

1988  Auburn      A  187  .092  .727  .297  2.46

the demonspawn was wrong. lofton can still play.

he hit a single.

ch is lecturing the guy next to him about trades.

i'm not gonna do the cubs batters. they suck.

hey that's not ashby. that's masao kida!

top of the second:

adrian beltre ground ball to third.

robin ventura ground ball to first.

beltre and ventura in the same lineup. that's a problem.

alex cora single to right. this is a horrible offense.

cesar izturis ground ball to second. prior's gonna pitch a complete game. 110 pitches. we'll look it up later.

it's sunny now, and hot.

the cubs offense has gotten progressively worse over the course of the season.

augie ojeda doesn't have a hit yet.

kida groundout.

roberts ground ball to short.

lo duca fly ball to center.

bottom of the second:

prior's at the plate. he's taking pitches. 1-1 count. single to center!

lofton again. bunt up in the air, high arc toward ventura at first. bounce pick up tag . . . foul ball.

the cubs 'bout to even up with houston. all because andy ashby had the flu the other day. alvarez and brown got moved up. brown would've pitched today.

top of the third, 2 out:

alou walked. the bases are loaded for hee seop. big long swing at a ball in the dirt. ball ball swing at a ball in the dirt. took a ball in the dirt. 3-2. strikeout.

it's 1-0 after 3.

shawn green kkbfb bloop double 2 feet from the left field line, right in front of us.

burnitz fly ball to short.

beltre high bloop to the same place as green's double. alex gonzalez ran it down. 2 outs.

ventura fly ball to third.

top of the fourth:

cora high fly to the catcher.

izturis fly ball to center.

kida strikeout.

bottom:

prior's last start was a complete game. fly ball to left.

lofton fly ball to right.

it's 3:40 that's 1 hour 15 minutes for almost 5 innings.

jets keep flying by cause of the air show.

agonz smashed one down the line. beltre ole'd it.

sosa smashed one too. beltre almost made a great diving catch high in the air but he merely knocked it down. single, run.

alou fly ball to center.

2-0 after 5.

roberts ground ball to short.

lo duca ground ball to second. prior is throwing strikes. he's got nothing to worry about because none of these chumps can hit it out.

shawn green is second in the majors in doubles. ch says that means he's had bad home run luck. he's right.

bottom of the fifth new pitcher paul shuey.

choi strikeout on a ball in the dirt.

aramis ramirez walk.

damian miller is up. ramirez got caught stealing.

ch: the fuckers fly over and the prick says "c'mon fellas bomb us!" what else could he say? everyone cheered like crazy watching the fucking planes.

we're a pair, him with the dictaphone and me with my notebook.

top of the seventh:

jeromy burnitz single off of choi's chest.

beltre. wow. his smash knocked augie ojeda down but the little guy threw from his ass to gonzalez who completed the double to choi.

ventura hit a deep drive to center that lofton should have caught. instead, he let sosa try. triple.

it's ok, though. cora's up. ground ball to second.

the planes flew over again during the seventh inning stretch. russell crowe is singing.

bottom:

augie's out. still no hits.

prior ground ball to third.

lofton ground ball to second.

2-0 after seven.

jolbert cabrera is up. ground ball to second.

mike kinkade. it's wholesale substitution time.

3-2 hit him.

dave roberts.

mike remlinger is up in the pen.

ch: remlinger doesn't get paid enough.

0-2 single up the middle.

it's 4:20.

lo duca single to left. alou muffs it. run scores.

conference on the mound.

shawn green. fly ball to short.

burnitz. 0-2. the crowd is on its feet. high fastball 95 mph strikeout.

paul quantrill is pitches an uneventful bottom of the eighth.

here comes mark to finish it up. i hope the dodgers come back so i can see eric gagne.

ch is now lecturing his neighbor on pitch counts.

beltre strikeout. prior is letting it all out.

ventura fly ball to left.

everyone stands. ron coomer is the dodgers' last hope. strike, 94 mph. 95 mph foul. 94 just missed. 79 mph changeup strikeout looking. what a game.

2 hours 25 minutes. prior threw 118 pitches.
- posted by julien @ 5:13 PM