Thread: Official Dodgers Off-Season Thread...

I hope to make it to a game this week.

The Velvet Merkin is a Dodgers fan. The Merkin is not as big of a Dodgers Fan as his brother the The Denim Merkin, but who is?

The Merkin looked over the Dodgers record against the Cardinals since 2002 and The Merkin is not pleased.


2009

Code:

Mon, Jul 27 	@ St. Louis 	L 6-1 	62-37 	Carpenter (9-3) 	Wolf (5-5) 	Franklin  (23) 	43,756
Tue, Jul 28 	@ St. Louis 	L 10-0 	62-38 	Wainwright (12-6) 	Billingsley (10-6) 		40,105
Wed, Jul 29 	@ St. Louis 	L 3-2 in 15 	62-39 	Hawksworth (1-0) 	Weaver (5-4) 		40,011
Thu, Jul 30 	@ St. Louis 	W 5-3 in 10 	63-39 	McDonald (3-2) 	Reyes (0-2) 	Broxton (24) 	43,263

Mon, Aug 17 	St. Louis 	L 3-2 	70-49 	Carpenter (13-3) 	Haeger (0-1) 	Franklin  (30) 	49,415
Tue, Aug 18 	St. Louis 	W 7-3 	71-49 	Billingsley (12-6) 	Boggs (1-2) 	Broxton (26) 	49,052
Wed, Aug 19 	St. Louis 	L 3-2 	71-50 	McClellan (4-2) 	Broxton (7-1) 	Franklin (31) 	54,847

2008

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Tue, Aug 5 	@ St. Louis 	L 6-4 in 11 	56-56 	Garcia (1-1) 	Johnson (1-1) 		40,773
Wed, Aug 6 	@ St. Louis 	L 9-6 	56-57 	Pineiro (4-5) 	Lowe (8-10) 	Perez (1) 	42,581
Thu, Aug 7 	@ St. Louis 	W 4-1 	57-57 	Kershaw (2-3) 	Lohse (13-4) 	Broxton (6) 	40,500

Fri, May 23 	St. Louis 	L 2-1 	25-22 	Wainwright (4-2) 	Lowe (2-5) 	Franklin  (3) 	52,281
Sat, May 24 	St. Louis 	L 4-0 	25-23 	Lohse (4-2) 	Penny (5-5) 		44,785
Sun, May 25 	St. Louis 	W 4-3 in 10 	26-23 	Saito (3-1) 	Parisi (0-1) 		46,566

2007

Code:

Fri, Aug 10 	@ St. Louis 	W 2-1 	60-55 	Beimel (3-1) 	Wainwright (10-9) 	Saito  (29) 	44,595
Sat, Aug 11 	@ St. Louis 	L 6-1 	60-56 	Looper (10-9) 	Lowe (8-11) 		44,260
Sun, Aug 12 	@ St. Louis 	L 12-2 	60-57 	Reyes (2-11) 	Hendrickson (4-7) 		45,379

Mon, May 14 	St. Louis 	L 8-4 	23-16 	Thompson (2-0) 	Tomko (1-4) 	Isringhausen  (10) 	35,707
Tue, May 15 	St. Louis 	W 9-7 	24-16 	Lowe (4-4) 	Wainwright (3-3) 	Saito (12) 	38,954
Wed, May 16 	St. Louis 	W 5-4 	25-16 	Wolf (5-3) 	Wells (1-8) 	Saito (13) 	38,522

2006

Code:

Thu, Jul 13 	@ St. Louis 	L 3-2 in 14 	46-43 	Looper (5-1) 	Perez (4-4) 		45,156
Fri, Jul 14 	@ St. Louis 	L 5-0 	46-44 	Carpenter (8-4) 	Lowe (7-6) 		45,704
Sat, Jul 15 	@ St. Louis 	L 2-1 in 10 	46-45 	Looper (6-1) 	Baez (5-5) 		46,068
Sun, Jul 16 	@ St. Louis 	L 11-3 	46-46 	Reyes (2-3) 	Penny (10-3) 		44,741

Fri, Jul 21 	St. Louis 	L 2-0 	47-50 	Suppan (7-5) 	Penny (10-4) 	Isringhausen  (27) 	47,987
Sat, Jul 22 	St. Louis 	L 6-1 	47-51 	Weaver (4-11) 	Sele (6-4) 		50,438
Sun, Jul 23 	St. Louis 	L 6-1 	47-52 	Marquis (12-7) 	Billingsley (1-3) 		43,650
Mon, Jul 24 	San Diego 	L 7-6 in 11 	47-53 	Brocail (1-0) 	Carrara (0-1) 	Hoffman (27) 	38,050

2005

Code:

Mon, May 9 	@ St. Louis 	L 4-2 	19-12 	Mulder (5-1) 	Perez (4-3) 	Reyes  (3) 	37,194
Tue, May 10 	@ St. Louis 	W 9-8 	20-12 	Alvarez (1-0) 	Jarvis (0-1) 	Brazoban (10) 	38,984
Wed, May 11 	@ St. Louis 	L 9-3 	20-13 	Suppan (3-3) 	Penny (2-1) 		35,671
Thu, May 12 	@ St. Louis 	L 10-3 	20-14 	Carpenter (5-2) 	Lowe (2-4) 		45,656

Fri, Jul 29 	St. Louis 	W 7-5 	47-56 	Sanchez (3-4) 	Morris (11-4) 	Brazoban  (20) 	53,783
Sat, Jul 30 	St. Louis 	L 9-4 	47-57 	Suppan (10-7) 	Lowe (7-11) 		47,805
Sun, Jul 31 	St. Louis 	L 7-5 in 11 	47-58 	Eldred (1-0) 	Alvarez (1-4) 	Isringhausen (29) 	44,543

2004

Code:

Fri, Sep 3 	@ St. Louis 	L 3-0 	78-56 	Morris (15-8) 	Lima (11-5) 		37,524
Sat, Sep 4 	@ St. Louis 	L 5-1 	78-57 	Marquis (14-4) 	Ishii (13-7) 		45,692
Sun, Sep 5 	@ St. Louis 	L 6-5 in 11 	78-58 	King (5-2) 	Carrara (4-2) 		43,611


Fri, Sep 10 	St. Louis 	W 7-6 	82-58 	Carrara (5-2) 	Calero (1-1) 	Gagne  (39) 	54,119
Sat, Sep 11 	St. Louis 	W 6-5 	83-58 	Stewart (1-2) 	Eldred (3-2) 	Gagne (40) 	53,494
Sun, Sep 12 	St. Louis 	L 7-6 	83-59 	Carpenter (15-5) 	Jackson (2-1) 	Isringhausen (41) 	54,000
Mon, Sep 13 	San Diego 	L 9-7 	83-60 	Wells (11-7) 	Perez (6-5) 	Hoffman (36) 	36,050

2003

Code:

Wed, Jul 9 	@ St. Louis 	W 6-5 	47-42 	Ishii (8-3) 	Tomko (5-6) 	Gagne  (31) 	32,325
Thu, Jul 10 	@ St. Louis 	W 9-4 	48-42 	Perez (6-7) 	Morris (8-6) 	Quantrill (1) 	35,610

Thu, Jul 17 	St. Louis 	W 6-3 	50-44 	Nomo (10-8) 	Stephenson (4-10) 	Gagne  (32) 	40,331
Fri, Jul 18 	St. Louis 	W 8-5 	51-44 	Ishii (9-3) 	Eldred (3-3) 	Gagne (33) 	43,504
Sat, Jul 19 	St. Louis 	L 3-1 	51-45 	Haren (1-2) 	Brown (10-5) 	Isringhausen (6) 	41,195
Sun, Jul 20 	St. Louis 	L 10-7 	51-46 	Williams (13-3) 	Perez (6-8) 	Isringhausen (7) 	46,110

2002

Code:

Thu, Jul 4 	@ St. Louis 	L 3-2 	52-33 	Smith (2-0) 	Ishii (11-5) 	Isringhausen  (19) 	39,421
Fri, Jul 5 	@ St. Louis 	W 6-5 	53-33 	Perez (10-4) 	Morris (10-6) 	Gagne (31) 	41,447
Sat, Jul 6 	@ St. Louis 	W 4-2 in 11 	54-33 	Quantrill (1-2) 	Kline (0-1) 	Gagne (32) 	42,825
Sun, Jul 7 	@ St. Louis 	L 12-6 	54-34 	Matthews (2-0) 	Daal (7-4) 		33,777

Mon Jul 15 	St. Louis 	L 4-2 	55-38 	Smith (3-0) 	Daal (7-5) 	Isringhausen  (22) 	31,899
Tue, Jul 16 	St. Louis 	L 9-2 	55-39 	Hackman (2-3) 	Nomo (9-6) 		37,988

This will not stop the Velvet Merkin's enjoyment of the playoffs.
The Velvet Merkin will be rooting his pubes off for the Boys in Blue though and is hopeful for a positive outcome.

Luckily, in baseball, past performance vs. a particular team is not a very good predictor of a future result from the same matchup.

Originally Posted by job

Luckily, in baseball, past performance vs. a particular team is not a very good predictor of a future result from the same matchup.

The Velvet Merkin hopes that this is the case. The Merkin is also please to discover that one of the elite of The Velvet Merkin Underground is also a Dodgers Fan.

Here's the lineup for the first game.

Rafael Furcal, SS
Matt Kemp, CF
Andre Ethier, LF
Manny Ramirez, LF
James Loney, 1B
Casey Blake, 3B
Ronnie Belliard, 2B
Russell Martin, C
Randy Wolf, P


And Padilla is starting game three over Billingsley.

Dodgers announce Game 1 lineup and NLDS rotation | Dodger Thoughts | Los Angeles Times

i have tickets for thursday. when the hell are they going to announce the official time for the game?

Originally Posted by Velvet Merkin

The Velvet Merkin hopes that this is the case. The Merkin is also please to discover that one of the elite of The Velvet Merkin Underground is also a Dodgers Fan.

I'm just glad spanky isn't a Dodgers fan.

Originally Posted by ucsdguy1

i have tickets for thursday. when the hell are they going to announce the official time for the game?

Thursdays game is at 3.

2009 Postseason | MLB.com: Schedule

Originally Posted by pb2k

Here's the lineup for the first game.

Rafael Furcal, SS
Matt Kemp, CF
Andre Ethier, LF
Manny Ramirez, LF
James Loney, 1B
Casey Blake, 3B
Ronnie Belliard, 2B
Russell Martin, C
Randy Wolf, P


And Padilla is starting game three over Billingsley.

Dodgers announce Game 1 lineup and NLDS rotation | Dodger Thoughts | Los Angeles Times

Yea, not sure about Padilla. I don't have a lot of confidence in him...

I'd also rathe play Hudson over Belliard, but with Wolf being more flyball heavy maybe less range isn't as much of a factor. We'll see...