If the beginning of the season was the World Series, the Dodgers would now have won, 4 games to 3. Start the parade!
Randy Wolf was the story of the game. For the average baseball fan, the headline of the game was the freaky fourth out run in the second inning, driven in by Randy Wolf's hard luck liner to Haren. For a Dodger fan with an eye on the big picture, the headline of the game was the preservation of the Dodger 'pen, made possible by Randy Wolf's strong seven innings. For a Snakes fan intent on early season revenge for the Dodgers surge at the expense of Webb and Haren late last season, the headline of the game was the Dodgers beating an ace again, behind Randy Wolf's one run allowed on two hits.
Wolf started out a little shaky, with three base runners allowed in the first two innings, but thereafter he settled in with five perfect innings as he couldn't miss with his curveball. My only pause over this performance is to wonder how often he'll have such wonderful control of his offspeed stuff, and if that's the only way he can pitch an effective game anymore. It doesn't seem as if his fastball could carry him at this point in his career. Perhaps that's looking for trouble where there shouldn't be any, though.
Wolf would likely be in line for two unfair win shares even if he didn't drive in the freaky fun run but that definitely puts him over the top in his case for the two-fer. Wolf is not the only one who gets a share for that play. The Dodgers only added that run because Torre knew the rules and appealed to the umpires, so he gets a managerial thumbs up in the form of a pointy-haired win share. This kind of share is named after the pointy-haired boss in the Dilbert comic strip, and though in this case it is a win share, it will usually be a loss share since managers are daft more often than not, just like Dilbert's boss.
The last unfair win share is the toughest to decide. The Dodger offense didn't really do much during the game, so perhaps it should be a clean sweep for the pitchers. Kuo has a strong case, because he came in with no outs and the tying run on first and preserved the lead, but the angst he caused on the way there tells against him. If I'm going to give an unfair win share to a set-up man I'd like to not fear for the lead at any point during the performance. Kuo blew it when he blew the two strike count to Lopez and allowed a single.
Broxton had a routine save, but it was only routine because Kemp made a nice catch in center field to secure the second out. Kemp was the real Dodger hero after Wolf took his bow, a late inning defensive replacement (!) who also drove in the insurance run with a double. The Bison gets an unlikely unfair win share after not even getting the start.
For the Snakes, Haren's performance was just too good for him to get an unfair loss share. Conor Jackson will get one for looking lost both at the plate ( 0-4 ) and in the field, Lopez will get a really unfair one for being understandably lazy and allowing his momentum to take him past second into a tag of Pierre that allowed Ethier to score the delayed run, and Chris Young gets one for ending the Snake threat in the eighth inning.
Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers )
Wolf -- 2
Kemp -- 1
Pointy-Haired Win Shares ( Dodgers )
Torre -- 1
Unfair Loss Shares ( Snakes )
Lopez -- 1
Young -- 1
Jackson -- 1
12 April 2009
11 April 2009
The Laugher: Game 6 Unfair Win Shares
The game only became a laugher for me in the top of the eighth inning. The edge was long gone from the game, and my wife and I were in and out of the house, doing things in the back yard as the daylight failed. I happened to come in and see Orlando Hudson's double to drive in two, and I shouted the news out to my wife, along with the suggestion that she come in to watch Manny bat. It was to be the capper to a game, perhaps, a nice celebration of the Dodgers first blowout win of the year.
So she comes into the house, happy over the double, anticipating watching Manny one more time, and --- Juan Pierre comes up to the plate.
Of course it should have been obvious that this is what would happen, and it's certainly the correct move to make. But in that moment it was quite a surprise. My wife said something to the effect of, "it's not Manny, it's little Juan Pierre!" with all the indignation she could muster. That was the moment when the easy mirth of a game well in hand reached the brim and laughter spilled over.
It was fun to watch him bat, with the game on the line. I want to root for Pierre, of course, and I don't relish lobbying against him getting playing time, and --- well, none of that really matters anymore. We watched him slap a few balls foul, then finally poke one into right field and secure the eleventh run for the Dodgers. Pierre won't get an unfair win share for that, be he will get a laugher share, which is almost as good, since it's rarer, so rare that it didn't exist before I wrote this sentence.
Stults became the new Dodger number one starter, or at least he took that slot in the rotation, and his results were nearly in line with what we'd like from the ace starter. The scarcity of runs allowed were there, the battling mentality was there, he even had a strikeout per inning --- only the innings pitched were lacking. So it is with all the Dodger starters so far. At least the 'pen innings today were stress-free ones. For that we can thank the Dodger offense finally breaking out and reaching its potential.
The Dodgers should score in double digits or close at least once a week, which should win the game no matter how the starter pitches unless he has a Tomko-twin performance. It looked like another tough offensive game early, but Hudson knocked the first brick loose with his home run in the fourth inning, Martin blasted a wide hole with his two-run double, and the rest of the Dodgers eventually poured through the breach to seal the win.
Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers )
J. Martin -- 1
Hudson -- 1
Stults -- 1
Laugher Shares ( Dodgers )
Pierre -- 1
Unfair Loss Shares ( Snakes )
Petit -- 1
Buckner -- 1
Upton -- 1
So she comes into the house, happy over the double, anticipating watching Manny one more time, and --- Juan Pierre comes up to the plate.
Of course it should have been obvious that this is what would happen, and it's certainly the correct move to make. But in that moment it was quite a surprise. My wife said something to the effect of, "it's not Manny, it's little Juan Pierre!" with all the indignation she could muster. That was the moment when the easy mirth of a game well in hand reached the brim and laughter spilled over.
It was fun to watch him bat, with the game on the line. I want to root for Pierre, of course, and I don't relish lobbying against him getting playing time, and --- well, none of that really matters anymore. We watched him slap a few balls foul, then finally poke one into right field and secure the eleventh run for the Dodgers. Pierre won't get an unfair win share for that, be he will get a laugher share, which is almost as good, since it's rarer, so rare that it didn't exist before I wrote this sentence.
Stults became the new Dodger number one starter, or at least he took that slot in the rotation, and his results were nearly in line with what we'd like from the ace starter. The scarcity of runs allowed were there, the battling mentality was there, he even had a strikeout per inning --- only the innings pitched were lacking. So it is with all the Dodger starters so far. At least the 'pen innings today were stress-free ones. For that we can thank the Dodger offense finally breaking out and reaching its potential.
The Dodgers should score in double digits or close at least once a week, which should win the game no matter how the starter pitches unless he has a Tomko-twin performance. It looked like another tough offensive game early, but Hudson knocked the first brick loose with his home run in the fourth inning, Martin blasted a wide hole with his two-run double, and the rest of the Dodgers eventually poured through the breach to seal the win.
Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers )
J. Martin -- 1
Hudson -- 1
Stults -- 1
Laugher Shares ( Dodgers )
Pierre -- 1
Unfair Loss Shares ( Snakes )
Petit -- 1
Buckner -- 1
Upton -- 1
10 April 2009
Pitchers at the Plate: Game 5 Unfair Loss Shares
The game was decided when the moundmen took their turns at the plate. James McDonald took his turn first, in the top of the second, when his night seemed as promising as the Dodger season ahead. He had pitched a perfect first and took his place in the box with two men on base and a run already in. It was not a moment that called for heroics, not from a rookie pitcher, but instead the humble execution of simple, workmanlike task. Get the runners over on a bunt, or strike out trying. Instead McDonald swung at a 3-1 pitch and grounded into a double play to end the inning and deprive Furcal of an at bat with two men on. Maybe McDonald missed the sign. Maybe they thought he could surprise the Snakes on what would surely be a fastball down the middle to avoid the walk on 3-1. Maybe one could make a case for not bunting in that situation, even. But it was a moment when the Dodger offense lost a chance to take control of the game. And it would be unfair, but also true, to say that it was a failure for McDonald.
I am sure the failure of the double play ball was not rattling around in McDonald's head when he started walking the house in the bottom of the third. Maybe the home run he allowed to known strikeout artist Chris Young was a factor, but I doubt that too. Maybe he's just a young pitcher who lost the zone. Whatever it was, it started with the second battle of pitchers. When Garland came to the plate, it was as a 6-6 ex-American league pitcher, a strikeout in waiting. And McDonald lost him.
McDonald lost something else when he walked Garland. I'm not quite sure that I could put a name to exactly what it was --- it could be his confidence, or his mechanics, or his concentration, or something else --- but it was clear watching him pitch that he was trying to get something back and just not succeeding. The game slipped away with each pitch out of the strike zone. He tried, he tried, with a few strikes here and there, too few, never enough, until the end, when at the last the hammer fell, predictably enough, on a strike, a pitch that sat up for Conor Jackson to rip into right field.
I hate it. I was so in favor of McDonald making the starting rotation, and I'm still in favor of him staying in the rotation, and I still believe he can be a big part of Dodger success this season. So I hate it, but his fingerprints and DNA are all over this loss. At the plate, and especially on the mound. He's going to take two loss shares for this one.
The Dodger offense might have struck earlier than it did, and harder when it finally did. The representative for the not-quite good enough players tonight is Andre Ethier. He was hitless, and failed in his chance to tie the game or get the Dodgers one hit closer in the top of the eighth inning. His worst moment probably came in the first inning, when the Dodgers first rally chance of the game was wasted when Ethier watched strike three go by without ever lifting the bat off of his shoulder. So it seemed for the Dodgers as a team in this game.
Unfair Loss Shares ( Dodgers )
McDonald -- 2
Ethier -- 1
Unfair Win Shares ( Snakes )
Garland -- 1
Young -- 1
Jackson -- 1
I am sure the failure of the double play ball was not rattling around in McDonald's head when he started walking the house in the bottom of the third. Maybe the home run he allowed to known strikeout artist Chris Young was a factor, but I doubt that too. Maybe he's just a young pitcher who lost the zone. Whatever it was, it started with the second battle of pitchers. When Garland came to the plate, it was as a 6-6 ex-American league pitcher, a strikeout in waiting. And McDonald lost him.
McDonald lost something else when he walked Garland. I'm not quite sure that I could put a name to exactly what it was --- it could be his confidence, or his mechanics, or his concentration, or something else --- but it was clear watching him pitch that he was trying to get something back and just not succeeding. The game slipped away with each pitch out of the strike zone. He tried, he tried, with a few strikes here and there, too few, never enough, until the end, when at the last the hammer fell, predictably enough, on a strike, a pitch that sat up for Conor Jackson to rip into right field.
I hate it. I was so in favor of McDonald making the starting rotation, and I'm still in favor of him staying in the rotation, and I still believe he can be a big part of Dodger success this season. So I hate it, but his fingerprints and DNA are all over this loss. At the plate, and especially on the mound. He's going to take two loss shares for this one.
The Dodger offense might have struck earlier than it did, and harder when it finally did. The representative for the not-quite good enough players tonight is Andre Ethier. He was hitless, and failed in his chance to tie the game or get the Dodgers one hit closer in the top of the eighth inning. His worst moment probably came in the first inning, when the Dodgers first rally chance of the game was wasted when Ethier watched strike three go by without ever lifting the bat off of his shoulder. So it seemed for the Dodgers as a team in this game.
Unfair Loss Shares ( Dodgers )
McDonald -- 2
Ethier -- 1
Unfair Win Shares ( Snakes )
Garland -- 1
Young -- 1
Jackson -- 1
Game 4 Unfair Loss Shares
It would have to be 40 games before we started to panic about Manny, right? It would be really daft to get worked up about four games, especially four games in Petco. And his OBP is actually near 0.400 right now --- the trouble is that is slugging is down in Juan Pierre territory near 0.350.
Still, it would have been nice if Manny could have done more in the series. That might have saved the Dodgers from a split that feels a bit like a series loss. At least Manny could have hit a fly ball in the ninth when the tying run was on third.
If Manny is in Juan Pierre territory ( with the slugging ) then Russell J. Martin is in Andruw Jones territory. His OPS so far is 0.410. And he's grounded into two double plays.
It's time to move on from Petco, and the series.
Unfair Loss Shares ( Dodgers )
Manny -- 1
J. Martin -- 1
Wade -- 1
Unfair Win Shares ( Padres )
L. Rodriguez -- 1
Bell -- 1
A. Gonzales -- 1
Still, it would have been nice if Manny could have done more in the series. That might have saved the Dodgers from a split that feels a bit like a series loss. At least Manny could have hit a fly ball in the ninth when the tying run was on third.
If Manny is in Juan Pierre territory ( with the slugging ) then Russell J. Martin is in Andruw Jones territory. His OPS so far is 0.410. And he's grounded into two double plays.
It's time to move on from Petco, and the series.
Unfair Loss Shares ( Dodgers )
Manny -- 1
J. Martin -- 1
Wade -- 1
Unfair Win Shares ( Padres )
L. Rodriguez -- 1
Bell -- 1
A. Gonzales -- 1
09 April 2009
Nick Adenhart
One of the beauties of baseball is that the inexplicable and unfair things that happen on the field are transitory. We can press reset after the injustices and bad bounces of each game and start anew. In the immediate aftermath of last night's Angel game it would have seemed that Nick Adenhart was the victim of bad luck. After pitching 6 scoreless innings and leaving with a 4-0 lead he watched his teammates allow the A's to score 6 runs. Adenhart lost the second win of his career and the Angels lost the game. But this is baseball, and the injustice of that lost win would not endure, because he would make many more starts, when things might be different.
But there won't any more starts. Nick Adenhart was killed by a drunk driver late last night, as I am sure anyone reading this knows. We are off the field now, where there is no reset, no new game.
There are on average nearly 50 people killed in drunk driving accidents in the United States every day.
The death of Nick Adenhart is sad, and incomprehensible, and tragic. Is it any more tragic than the other 50 drunk driving deaths each day that pass by largely unnoticed? Is Nick Adenhart's death more tragic than the deaths of Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson, also killed in the crash?
There is really no way to answer this question, except to say that today we do take notice. Nick Adenhart's death is a reminder of all the others who are killed whose names we never know.
But there won't any more starts. Nick Adenhart was killed by a drunk driver late last night, as I am sure anyone reading this knows. We are off the field now, where there is no reset, no new game.
There are on average nearly 50 people killed in drunk driving accidents in the United States every day.
The death of Nick Adenhart is sad, and incomprehensible, and tragic. Is it any more tragic than the other 50 drunk driving deaths each day that pass by largely unnoticed? Is Nick Adenhart's death more tragic than the deaths of Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson, also killed in the crash?
There is really no way to answer this question, except to say that today we do take notice. Nick Adenhart's death is a reminder of all the others who are killed whose names we never know.
Game 3 Unfair Win Shares
If the trio of Wade, Kuo and Broxton were one guy, he'd have an unfair win share right now. I suppose I could break one in three parts, and give one to each. An unfair win share share --- but they don't come in fractions. That's one of the rules. It's going to be a tough rule on relievers, who tend to pitch just an inning at a time, but that's okay because relievers are just failed starters anyway.
It must delight a manager to have a set guy for each of the late innings, and then to have a lead going into those late innings, and have each man in turn do his assigned job. The best laid plans have worked perfectly. Wade in the seventh, Kuo in the eighth, Broxton in the ninth. I wonder how many times we'll see that this season?
They are all very good pitchers, but they also had a lot of help, of course. They were in Petco, against a fairly weak lineup, with a three run lead to work with. That's three ways a mistake can be forgiven. Let's say a batter hits a deep ball in the air. The batter is probably not too good, so he may not have enough power to get the ball out of the park. And if he does have enough power on that swing, the dimensions and air and voodoo of Petco may keep it in anyway. And then even if the ball does go out, it's now a two run lead instead of a three run lead. That makes pitching a lot easier.
The Padres got a double off of Wade but that was all they did in the late innings. They never even pretended to threaten to come back, which makes it harder to pin-point the Padres offensive players who deserve the unfair loss shares. But the motto of unfair loss shares is that deserving has nothing to do with it, so that's okay. Unfair loss shares might benefit from a lesson from the most arbitrary and unfair award out there, the gold glove. The rule of gold gloves is when in doubt, go with what you know. I know Kevin Kouzmanoff. He's already a regular in the unfair shares ledger. And to be fair the man did not disappoint last night ( unless you're a Padres fan ). He was 0-4 with two strikeouts and three men left on base. I'll play a tiny violin for his lineout to center, and then award him the first unfair loss share.
Once the first unfair loss share is awarded the rest are easy. Naming Kouzmanoff for the first one is like having that first cup of coffee in the morning. Clarity follows. Jody Gerut failed to set the table in three at bats with the bases empty, and he failed to clear the table when he came up with the bases loaded. Okay, so it was an RBI ground out, but that don't impress me much. Plus Jody is kind of a girl's name. He gets the second. Then Mujica gets the last one for giving up three runs to the Dodgers. What, did you think the Outback guy would get one?
Both Hudson and Furcal went 2-5 for the Dodgers last night and scored three runs between them. That was some pretty good table setting, and they certainly helped the Dodgers win. Using the unfair tiebreaker that Furcal scored two runs to Hudson's one, Furcal gets the unfair win share. Also this is kind of a make-up call for giving Furcal an unfair loss share instead of Hudson last night. Unfair shares are all about shady practices like repeat winners and make-up calls and the star system.
Speaking of the star system, here's your first unfair win share of the season, Manny. Try not to let it get as dirty as your helmet.
Billinsgley gets the last one for his solid start, leaving the three bullpen guys begging.
Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers )
Manny -- 1
Furcal -- 1
Billingsley -- 1
Unfair Loss Shares ( Padres )
Kouz -- 1
Mujica -- 1
Gerut -- 1
Kouzmanoff's unfair share win-loss record is now 1-3.
It must delight a manager to have a set guy for each of the late innings, and then to have a lead going into those late innings, and have each man in turn do his assigned job. The best laid plans have worked perfectly. Wade in the seventh, Kuo in the eighth, Broxton in the ninth. I wonder how many times we'll see that this season?
They are all very good pitchers, but they also had a lot of help, of course. They were in Petco, against a fairly weak lineup, with a three run lead to work with. That's three ways a mistake can be forgiven. Let's say a batter hits a deep ball in the air. The batter is probably not too good, so he may not have enough power to get the ball out of the park. And if he does have enough power on that swing, the dimensions and air and voodoo of Petco may keep it in anyway. And then even if the ball does go out, it's now a two run lead instead of a three run lead. That makes pitching a lot easier.
The Padres got a double off of Wade but that was all they did in the late innings. They never even pretended to threaten to come back, which makes it harder to pin-point the Padres offensive players who deserve the unfair loss shares. But the motto of unfair loss shares is that deserving has nothing to do with it, so that's okay. Unfair loss shares might benefit from a lesson from the most arbitrary and unfair award out there, the gold glove. The rule of gold gloves is when in doubt, go with what you know. I know Kevin Kouzmanoff. He's already a regular in the unfair shares ledger. And to be fair the man did not disappoint last night ( unless you're a Padres fan ). He was 0-4 with two strikeouts and three men left on base. I'll play a tiny violin for his lineout to center, and then award him the first unfair loss share.
Once the first unfair loss share is awarded the rest are easy. Naming Kouzmanoff for the first one is like having that first cup of coffee in the morning. Clarity follows. Jody Gerut failed to set the table in three at bats with the bases empty, and he failed to clear the table when he came up with the bases loaded. Okay, so it was an RBI ground out, but that don't impress me much. Plus Jody is kind of a girl's name. He gets the second. Then Mujica gets the last one for giving up three runs to the Dodgers. What, did you think the Outback guy would get one?
Both Hudson and Furcal went 2-5 for the Dodgers last night and scored three runs between them. That was some pretty good table setting, and they certainly helped the Dodgers win. Using the unfair tiebreaker that Furcal scored two runs to Hudson's one, Furcal gets the unfair win share. Also this is kind of a make-up call for giving Furcal an unfair loss share instead of Hudson last night. Unfair shares are all about shady practices like repeat winners and make-up calls and the star system.
Speaking of the star system, here's your first unfair win share of the season, Manny. Try not to let it get as dirty as your helmet.
Billinsgley gets the last one for his solid start, leaving the three bullpen guys begging.
Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers )
Manny -- 1
Furcal -- 1
Billingsley -- 1
Unfair Loss Shares ( Padres )
Kouz -- 1
Mujica -- 1
Gerut -- 1
Kouzmanoff's unfair share win-loss record is now 1-3.
07 April 2009
Game 2 Unfair Loss Shares
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to start the fourth starter is game 2. Not that the order of rotation matters much, but it meant Wolf was up against Chris Young, who can still bring it when healthy. Wolf couldn't keep up.
Wolf actually exceeded my expectations early on. He never seemed sharp to me, and when Kouzmanoff came up with the bases loaded in the third and a chance for redemption I thought he'd get it. Even when the count went to 1-2 I didn't think Wolf had what it took to overpower him. Maybe hit a corner and get a called strike, I thought. But he blew him away. Wolf just didn't have enough of those canine moments in him, and it all came apart in the sixth. There but for the grace of Kemp and moxie of Wade would have gone Kuroda in the previous game's sixth inning as well. Wolf wasn't saved by his teammates, and so gets the unfair loss share, and I don't think it's unfair at all. He earned it.
It would have helped Wolf if Ethier could have caught Kouzmanoff's triple in the second ( I think he should have ) and if the offense had produced more for him. Ethier was also in the middle of the offensive drought, going 0-4. He gets the second unfair loss share.
The last good chance the Dodgers had at the game came when Manny came up with two on and two outs in the seventh. He popped up. The second to last chance the Dodgers had came a batter earlier, when Orlando Hudson struck out. In a way Manny's is the greater failure, because his came last, when there were no more outs to burn, and he is the star, the uber-batter, the one who is the one, the Manny being Manny, the blue heartbeat of the new Dodgers, so we also expect more of him. But Manny also doubled earlier in the game and scored a run, while Hudson had nary a hit ( just a walk in the fifth ). So Hudson --- wait a minute --- what about that walk? He did steal second after that, so he put himself into the same position that Manny was in after his double. Is it Hudson's fault that the hitters after him ( including Manny ) couldn't drive him in? But does that matter? Aren't unfair loss shares about not being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or something? Luck is a factor in this!
Maybe the last one belongs to neither Manny nor Hudson. There is someone else who made four outs ( three on strikeouts ) including a strikeout to end the game when a homerun ( unlikely to be sure in Petco ) would have tied it. Your lone walk can't save you, Furcal. You get the last unfair loss share.
Headley drove in two, Kouzmanoff scored two, and Young only allowed two, so they get the unfair win shares for the formerly hapless and suddenly hap-full Padres. Happy bastards, all three of them.
Dodgers unfair loss shares:
Ethier -- 1
Hudson -- 1
Wolf -- 1
Padres unfair win shares:
Young -- 1
Kouz -- 1
Headley -- 1
Kouzmanoff is still down 1-2 in his unfair share win-loss record. Maybe by the end of the series he can be down 1-5 or so. I think he has some more bases loaded outs in him.
Wolf actually exceeded my expectations early on. He never seemed sharp to me, and when Kouzmanoff came up with the bases loaded in the third and a chance for redemption I thought he'd get it. Even when the count went to 1-2 I didn't think Wolf had what it took to overpower him. Maybe hit a corner and get a called strike, I thought. But he blew him away. Wolf just didn't have enough of those canine moments in him, and it all came apart in the sixth. There but for the grace of Kemp and moxie of Wade would have gone Kuroda in the previous game's sixth inning as well. Wolf wasn't saved by his teammates, and so gets the unfair loss share, and I don't think it's unfair at all. He earned it.
It would have helped Wolf if Ethier could have caught Kouzmanoff's triple in the second ( I think he should have ) and if the offense had produced more for him. Ethier was also in the middle of the offensive drought, going 0-4. He gets the second unfair loss share.
The last good chance the Dodgers had at the game came when Manny came up with two on and two outs in the seventh. He popped up. The second to last chance the Dodgers had came a batter earlier, when Orlando Hudson struck out. In a way Manny's is the greater failure, because his came last, when there were no more outs to burn, and he is the star, the uber-batter, the one who is the one, the Manny being Manny, the blue heartbeat of the new Dodgers, so we also expect more of him. But Manny also doubled earlier in the game and scored a run, while Hudson had nary a hit ( just a walk in the fifth ). So Hudson --- wait a minute --- what about that walk? He did steal second after that, so he put himself into the same position that Manny was in after his double. Is it Hudson's fault that the hitters after him ( including Manny ) couldn't drive him in? But does that matter? Aren't unfair loss shares about not being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or something? Luck is a factor in this!
Maybe the last one belongs to neither Manny nor Hudson. There is someone else who made four outs ( three on strikeouts ) including a strikeout to end the game when a homerun ( unlikely to be sure in Petco ) would have tied it. Your lone walk can't save you, Furcal. You get the last unfair loss share.
Headley drove in two, Kouzmanoff scored two, and Young only allowed two, so they get the unfair win shares for the formerly hapless and suddenly hap-full Padres. Happy bastards, all three of them.
Dodgers unfair loss shares:
Ethier -- 1
Hudson -- 1
Wolf -- 1
Padres unfair win shares:
Young -- 1
Kouz -- 1
Headley -- 1
Kouzmanoff is still down 1-2 in his unfair share win-loss record. Maybe by the end of the series he can be down 1-5 or so. I think he has some more bases loaded outs in him.
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