The Dodgers lost yesterday, bringing them back down to the .500 mark. It seems to be the case the last two years that going above .500 is taboo in the Dodger organization. They had the ultimate welcoming chance yesterday to regain decency against Byung-Hyun Kim and they blew it. Kim was trying his hardest, allowing tree walks, two wild pitches, and a base hit in the first inning, yet the Dodgers managed only to score one run that inning, then went on to lay an egg the rest of the game. How can you not rip Byung-Hyun Kim up in that situation??? This is maybe the only guy in the history of baseball who's given up more clutch home runs than the ultimate homer-giver-upper, fellow Korean Chan-Ho Park. We should have taken his submarine arm, wrapped it around his body, beat him in the face with it, then shoved it up his ass. But it didn't happen. Even worse for the Blue Crew is the fact that Jeff Kent and Kenny Lofton both left the game with injuries. Both are considered day-to-day. With them hurt, that makes Kent, Lofton, Nomar, Werth, Gagne, Izturis, Mueller, Brazoban, Repko, Furcal, Navarro, Ledee, and Penny have all gotten hurt at some point in this short year. One of the few that has managed to stay healthy the whole year? Ironically, J.D. Drew, whos consecutive games played without an injury count is now up to a whopping 35. I'm pretty sure this means pigs will start to fly tomorrow. Yesterday's game also the first time since opening day when we all got to see the Derek Lowe face. It happened with two outs in the fifth inning after Todd Helton doubled and Matt Holiday singled him in to make the score 5-1. If you don't know what the Derek Lowe face is, ESPN's Sports Guy once described it as:
"The Derek Lowe Face is ... anguished and tortured (imagine someone taking a dump and suddenly realizing that there's no toilet paper in the bathroom). And as soon as Lowe starts making that face, the umpires should halt the game and award it to whomever the Red Sox are playing. I have to admit, I'm haunted by The Derek Lowe Face."
This was the first bad start Lowe made since he layed that monster smelly-butt egg on opening day. I'm not angry at him. He's been solid so far this year other than those two starts. I just think the face is funny. Hopefully the Dodgers can rebound in a day game today, go back above .500, and stay there. That is, if Danys Baez doesn't serve the game up on a silver platter again.

Clippers lost yesterday too in a heart wrenching double overtime thriller. I now officially hate Raja Bell. He's moved up on my "Players I Hate the Most in the League" list to # 2, ahead of Stephon Marbury, but still below Chris Webber, who I will never forgive for killing two consecutive fantasy seasons for me in high school (one of which I finished second, by the way, and would have definately won had i not wasted a second round pick on that turd load). Raja "Pancake" Bell irked me when he bulldogged Kobe to the floor in the first round, now with the three he made against the Clippers at the end of the first overtime, I hate him with a passion. This guy flops around more than Rey Misterio in a tag-team match. The worst part? The refs buy it. Sam Cassell gently backs him down on the post, no movement in his upper body whatsoever. Then Sam raises his off hand to pick his nose, Bell flops over, *WHISTLE*, turnover, Suns ball. Damn you Bell. Damn you.