Welcome to China!

Picture postcards, anyone?

Unfortunately, it appears that Channel 9 isn't televising tonight's 10 p.m. game after all, so we'll have to settle for KABC 790 AM until Saturday.

Comments

[Xeifrank]

1.  Ni hao ma?

vr, Xei

[Xeifrank]

2.  Great slideshow. The pic of Steiner is funny. The climb is tough. I went to the top outpost at the same place. That's the BaDaLing portion of the wall. The pollution didn't look too bad, but hard to tell. Wonderful pics, looks like it was cold.
vr, Xei

[ibleedbloo]

3.  Let go all the way to China and not let anyone see it. Great move Dodgers.

[Jon Weisman]

4.  137 - I was gonna say 1939, but I was off by a year.

[jasonungar07]

5.  Torre and Ned look like they are about to head over to Satriale's

[Bob Timmermann]

6.  Washington's record is from 1953.

[gpellamjr]

7.  I'll be watching-- staying up until 4 or so. It will make my normal nights staying up til 1 seem not so bad.

[Dodgers49]

8.  I see Matt Kemp is showing proper respect to a veteran player and allowing Andruw Jones to start in the first game. He must have received a call from Jeff Kent. :-)

[Xeifrank]

9.  Friends of DT, H2H Yahoo fantasy league is drafting tomorrow night. We have 12 so far and room for two more (fcfs). You can draft then watch the game from China. vr, Xei

League ID#: 138386
League Name: Friends of DT - H2H
Password: broxton
Custom League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/friendsofdodgerthoughtsroto1
Season Type: Full
Draft Type: Live Draft
Draft Time: Sat Mar 15 8:00pm PDT
Max Teams: 14
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head

[underdog]

10.  (Reposting from prev thread)
108 - Sigh, indeed, Train. :-( I knew that was going to be a trap game, they just couldn't beat UCI this year, don't know why. But as I told my dad tonight, if they couldn't beat UCI it's not like they'd win a game in the NCAA's this year either. NIT, here they come. (Did you watch the game on ESPNU? I only followed some of it via a gamecast.)

They have a superb recruiting class coming in the next two years so hopefully they'll make a stronger postseason showing then. Feh.

Darn, no Dodgers game on TV tonight. Guess I'll finish watching the rest of the DVD I have queued up - The Seven Ups. 2nd Best car chase ever.

[Bob Timmermann]

11.  Looks like it will be Irvine vs Fullerton for Big West supremacy. The winner gets the 55 freeway named after them.

[regfairfield]

12.  Looks like me leaving has paid dividends for another school.

[Bob Timmermann]

13.  If Wazzu can't figure out a way to defend Brook Lopez in the second half, the ghost of Hank Lusetti will be awakened.

[Andrew Shimmin]

14.  Bob's favorite announcer (maybe Derek Lowe's, too; you never know), has the play by play on the mlb.tv feed.

The stadium is not full. Lots of available seats in the LF pavilion, if anybody in the neighborhood is still thinking about dropping in.

[LogikReader]

15.  Dang!

No TV, no affiliates on radio. No gameday even.

Anybody here on DT want to log the play by play?

[Bob Timmermann]

16.  Many a Cougar big man is going to foul out tonight.

[Andrew Shimmin]

17.  Lombard grounded out to second to lead it off.
Hu grounded to short.
Kemp did the same.

[WillieD]

18.  Not sure if anyone has mentioned, the game from China is on MLBTV right now. It's the San Diego feed.

[Andrew Shimmin]

19.  Google says it's 59 in Beijing; looks like everybody in the stands is wearing a coat.

[twerp]

20.  Scouts pick the majors' best. Martin and Broxton are on their team.

And they think Juan Pierre is best bunter.

http://tinyurl.com/358kbw
and
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/mlb/news/scouts_select/scouts_select.jsp

[Andrew Shimmin]

21.  Vasgersian says Chan Ho Park's comeback is a great story. The color commentator is more sensible.

[Andrew Shimmin]

22.  Hairston grounds out to start the first for the Padres.
Robles grounds back to the pitcher.
Kouzmanoff strikes out swinging.

[Andrew Shimmin]

23.  Third Border Patrol recruiting commercial I've seen so far.

[Jon Weisman]

24.  Johnny!

[Andrew Shimmin]

25.  Vasgersian can't tell Jones from Kemp.

[berkowit28]

26.  Anybody here want to be a border patroller? ("Technically a commercial break" according to Padres announcers. What else would it be?)

[LogikReader]

27.  Game is on MLB tv, but I do not have a subscription; I trust the game isn't free tonight, is it?

[Bob Timmermann]

28.  No ads yet for home remodeling or pool maintenance that look like they were shot with a $100 budget?

[Jon Weisman]

29.  Lucas!

[Dodgers49]

30.  17 . Lombard grounded out to second to lead it off.
Hu grounded to short.
Kemp did the same.

The lineup posted this morning on Inside the Dodgers had Jones batting 3rd and Kemp in the cleanup spot. Did Jones get on base or did they change the lineup?

[k0b3]

31.  guys you can watch the game on sopcast :) nice hit by lucas

[k0b3]

32.  30. they changed the lineup. Kempt is DH-ing and hit 3rd. Jones lined out the center, Kemp grounded out to short

[Bob Timmermann]

33.  Aron Baynes was unfouled out of the game after a video review. I've never seen that before.

[Andrew Shimmin]

34.  Jones lines out to center.
Zappala's pet (Lindsey) singles to center.
Lucas May doubles down the left field line (Lindsey stopping at third).
Tiffee grounds out to the catcher (looked foul to me, but they didn't have the worm's eye view camera embedded in the dirt in front of home); runners stay put.
Ford-Griffin lines out to Robles, softly.

[berkowit28]

35.  28 Now there is.

[Andrew Shimmin]

36.  Vasgersian was quite pleased to see cheerleaders storm the field, just before the game went to commercial. Something Easterbrookian is sure to unfold, once the game comes back on.

[Andrew Shimmin]

37.  Vasgerzian also can't tell Adrian Gonzalez from Kouzmanoff.

[gpellamjr]

38.  This is a truly horrible broadcast team. Their normal awful announcing is only emphasized by the condescending way they are describing the Chinese fans.

"ha ha they make noise when the ball is hit. They don't know anything about baseball!"

[Andrew Shimmin]

39.  Nice curvball from Chan Ho park to Myrow.

[Dodger Tony]

40.  I don't see any explanation for the cancellation of this evenings KCAL telecast. Both newspapers listed the game in today's paper. I can't help but feel that this is a bit of a PR debaucle. The first professional baseball game ever played in China, what could have happened? Problems with licensing the MLB broadcast? Acrimony left over from the KFWB exodus?
Something smells fishy here.

[Andrew Shimmin]

41.  Gonzalez grounds out to first.
Myrow lines out.
Louis Rodriguez grounds to Hu, who muffs it (obligatory who's on first nonsense from the booth).
Will Venable grounds out to second.

[Andrew Shimmin]

42.  Scott Fence will sell you used chain link fence for $3.90 a square foot!

[Bob Timmermann]

43.  I would guess KCAL couldn't get announcers on short notice or pay for the satellite feed.

[Xeifrank]

44.  41. Please keep the updates coming.
Xie Xie Ni.
vr, Xei

[Andrew Shimmin]

45.  Lucille II bounces out to short.
Lombard goes long!

[Dodger Tony]

46.  Lombard's lumber

[Andrew Shimmin]

47.  Hu strikes out swinging at a curveball in the dirt.

[Andrew Shimmin]

48.  Kemp does the same.

[Bob Timmermann]

49.  Stanford up by 3 with 24 seconds left.

[Bob Timmermann]

50.  The Stanford band is playing Holst.

[underdog]

51.  This is off subject for a second - and I'm glad to see the game is on MLBTV at least, even if not KCAL. But...

so I found one of my favorite Kids in the Hall sketches on YouTube and had forgotten that the kid in the "Paint your chair" sketch was wearing a Dodgers shirt. How random.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJY4OLxHaO8

[Dodgers49]

52.  At least FOX is tracking the game on their scoreboard for whatever that's worth. Although they're about half an inning behind.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/scores

[Dane Bramage]

53.  50 I'm not watching, but I imagine if Stanford band was playing anything by Holst, it must be "Mars" from "The Planets"...

[underdog]

54.  Park induces a grounder to 3rd and then strikes out the next batter, Drew Macias. Have to admit, Park looks good so far.

[Andrew Shimmin]

55.  Hundley grounds out to third.
Drew Macias strikes out looking.
Hairston flies to right.

End of the third, Dodgers one, Padres squat.

[Jon Weisman]

56.  Well, Stanford tried to give it away.

[gpellamjr]

57.  Chan Ho looks awesome today. Great control, awesome movement. Makes me feel nostalgiac.

[Andrew Shimmin]

58.  Fourth Border Patrol recruiting spot. I smell a drinking game. . .

[underdog]

59.  The drinking game is when you become a Border Patrol agent. That job would just make me fear running into Anton Chigurh somewhere.

So Jones has a poor at bat and strikes out on 3 pitches, and then Lindsey grounds out.

[Andrew Shimmin]

60.  Jones strikes out on a check swing.
Lindsey grounds out to third, hard.
May strikes out swinging at a curveball in the dirt.

[underdog]

61.  And May strikes out, too. Germano looks good as well.

And I'm calling it a night. On media overload here.

[Andrew Shimmin]

62.  59- You should keep doing the play-by-play (we have an obligation to Xei). I have to step outside for a minute.

[Andrew Shimmin]

63.  No! Alright, somebody else, though.

[gpellamjr]

64.  Jones held up on that strike 3 call. I think that's the third questionable strike call on check swings.

[Xeifrank]

65.  Yes, please keep the play by play going. Sounds like quite a pitchers duel. Andrew stepped out for some dumplings and cracker jacks?
vr, Xei

[gpellamjr]

66.  Insightful Padres announcers seeing things no one else can see:

Grant: "Do you think Andruw Jones has lost some weight? Trimmed down a little?"

Vsgrgn agreed.

Now Grant is mocking the Chinese fans some more for making noise on a throw to first.

[arbfuldodger]

67.  single to center by old friend Oscar Robles, ground out to second by Kouzmanoff...Robles advaces to second

[arbfuldodger]

68.  they also seem to have a thing for cheerleaders between the innings

[arbfuldodger]

69.  grounder to short w/ Hu bobbles but gets Gonzalez out @ 1st ...Robles to 3rd

[Dodgers49]

70.  65 Inside the Dodgers is offering play-by-play also. So if the guys here have to go to bed you can switch over there. :-)

http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/

[Xeifrank]

71.  Padre announcers sound pretty lame. They should have them try to announce a game of mah-jong and see how they do!
vr, Xei

[arbfuldodger]

72.  Wow Lucas May just threw the ball to the SS (looked like he tried not to throw the ball but couldnt hold up the throw) instead of CHP and now its 1-1 ...someone from the dugout (not sure which one asked May...how did you grip that?)

[arbfuldodger]

73.  Terry Tiffee leads off the inning and singles to center

[Andrew Shimmin]

74.  The judges reject Vasgersian's theory that it's ironic that Tiffee's first MLB at bat was against Chan Ho Park.

[arbfuldodger]

75.  single to right for John-Ford Griffin... Tiffe to 2nd

[arbfuldodger]

76.  Lucille II works a walk from Germano ... bases juiced, no out

[arbfuldodger]

77.  Lombard K's looking... Hu up

[arbfuldodger]

78.  Hu softly lines into a double play

[CanuckDodger]

79.  74 -- From the Blackadder TV series:

Edmund: "Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is?"

Baldrick: "Yeah, it's like goldy and bronzy, only it's made of iron."

[Xeifrank]

80.  What's the score?
What inning etc...?
xie xie ni
vr, Xei

[Bob Timmermann]

81.  For those concerned about such things, the SECOND tournament is supposed to restart tomorrow afternoon at Georgia Tech. And the winner of the first game will likely have to play again that night.

Kentucky and Georgia do not like this.

[arbfuldodger]

82.  CHP gets the Pads out 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 5th, the last 2 on grounders to left side of the infield

[underdog]

83.  80 And... I'm back! For a few. My g/f seems to have developed a snoring habit. Either it's allergies, or she just suddenly got old.

Xei, it's 1-1, now 5 complete. Park looked really sharp.

[Andrew Shimmin]

84.  Everybody drink!

[dodgergabe]

85.  Score is 1-1 around the 5th inning. Park is pitching really good. Only 1 run (unearned) and 1 hit allowed. Maybe Park like Giovanni Carrara can only pitch well in a Dodger uniform?

[Xeifrank]

86.  I'm just sad they didn't take me along on the trip to be the token white guy translator. I could atleast order them some good food without having to point at the pictures. I could also help ask for directions to the nearest bathroom. That's about it. What else is important?
vr, Xei

[arbfuldodger]

87.  1-1 top of 6th ...CHP goes 5 one hit innings and gives up one unearned run

[dodgergabe]

88.  BISON almost hits one out. Caught at the warning track.

[arbfuldodger]

89.  Kemp skies out to the deepest part of the park caught against the wall in CF

[arbfuldodger]

90.  Druw draws a walk

[Xeifrank]

91.  wow, it's playing just like Petco Park.
vr, Xei

[underdog]

92.  "Remember, this is still a land where not all things Western are considered good." -- Vasergian

Okay, I'm out of here for real - snoring's better than this. Night!

[Xeifrank]

93.  92. hmmmm, what the heck was that suppose to mean?
vr, Xei

[underdog]

94.  But not before saying, a hit by Lindsay and a hit by May drives in Jones. Then Lindsay's caught in a run down, stops down low, sending Kouz tumbling. Which makes Kouz upset and the Padres announcer upset for the "duck and roll." Whatever.

[arbfuldodger]

95.  fly out to right by Tiffee to end the top of the 6th inning ...2-1 Dodgers

[arbfuldodger]

96.  Guo now pitching for us

[Xeifrank]

97.  94. Was it called as a "Beijing duck and roll"?

96. :) GGGGGGGGGGGGGGUO

vr, Xei

[arbfuldodger]

98.  Hairston flys to Kemp in center ...one out Robles up

[arbfuldodger]

99.  grounder to 3rd ... 2 outs Kouzmanoff up

[arbfuldodger]

100.  grounder to Hu, bobbles the ball for the 3 or 4th time in the game but gets him at 1st ...easy inning for Guo ....2-1 Dodgers heading to the 7th