Kings-Dodgers Gameday: R-E-S-P-S... I mean, E-C-T

by RudyKelly on Oct 10, 2009 8:23 AM PDT

Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals, 3:07 PST, TBS

Kings @ St. Louis Blues, 5:00 PST, Fox Sports West

Well played, schedulers: I didn't think they could top Thursday's Anaheim-Boston doubleheader, but they managed to do so by putting Los Angeles vs. St. Louis in one city and at nearly the same time. While Vicente Padilla is battling Albert Pujols in one spot, Jonathan Quick will be holding off David Backes in another. Should make for pretty exciting television and a heart attack for me.

In both games, I think the Los Angeles team has been underrated. The Cardinals got all the pub because they had Carpenter and Wainwright and Pujols and Holliday, while to the rest of the world the Dodgers had only Manny and some other guys. While the Cardinals were rated highly because of their superstars, the Blues are rated highly because of their depth. And again, the Kings are pretty much dismissed as a being only a superstar (Kopitar) and some other guys. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I think for every Brad Boyes there's a Alex Frolov and for every David Backes there's a Dustin Brown. We even have our own douche bag injury-prone veteran (Ryan Smyth) to match theirs (Paul Kariya). They have Erik Johnson, we have Jack Johnson; they have Alex Pietrangelo, we have Drew Doughty. The only real difference between the two teams are the goaltenders (where I think St. Louis has a slight advantage) and in superstars, as the Blues don't have anyone like Kopitar. I think he'll be the difference tonight.

Also, St. Louis sucks, if you've never been there. I was there in April a couple years ago and I swear to God it was 25 degrees outside. They're the Gateway to the West, but I'm pretty sure that's because people got to St. Louis, looked around, and said, "Fuck this, I'm taking my chances with the buffalo."

Prediction: Dodgers lose, 6-3, leaving Chad Billingsley to be the hero tomorrow. Kings win, 4-1, with goals by Wayne Simmonds (x2), Johnson and Matt Kemp.

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I’m not a Kings fan, but I must admit I’d much rather watch the Dodger game than the Kings game. I’ll go back and forth, but hopefully one LA team wins while the other loses (the Cardinals are my National League team).

Also, it’s like the schedule makers are doing this on purpose, with the double Anaheim-Boston games on Thursday and the double Los Angeles-St. Louis games today. But couldn’t they have at least made the Angel-Red Sox game tomorrow start later than 9:00AM, so I can actually watch it? I haven’t watched either of the first two games, and while they won, I feel like I’m missing out.

Fuck you, Denis Gauthier. You suck at hockey... and life.
Get out of LA and never come back. Or sign with Anaheim... PLEASE??

by Kevin Y on Oct 10, 2009 8:37 AM PDT reply actions

I’m not a Kings fan

Now you really really wish there was an edit button. :)

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Oct 10, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions

hahaha…yea i was like wft?…damn u earl i blame u for some reason for not having an edit button

sucks for me..dodgers at 3 then ducks at 4….i tried switching between the 2 on thursday and keep missing key shit in both games…son of a bitch

i saw pronger strangling kunitz at the end of the pens-flyers game..so im guessing pronger will have somthing in store for our guys…no way i wanna miss how thats gonna shake out..exciting day today

rudy i agree with u that people look at the dodgers and just see manny…anyone in LA knows (and tj simmers wrote a great article on it..even though hes douche) about how were winning despite manny…keep doubting the blue crew you dumb ass outsiders fuck you

I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments
-Jim Morrison-

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 10, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions

You read TJ Simers’ column? What asshole locked you in a closet and said he’d only let you out if you read his column every day for the rest of your life? Simers himself?

Fuck you, Denis Gauthier. You suck at hockey... and life.
Get out of LA and never come back. Or sign with Anaheim... PLEASE??

by Kevin Y on Oct 10, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

yea i hate that asshole…but i was taking a shit and needed to kill time…he actually wrote somthing constructive

I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments
-Jim Morrison-

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 10, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Holy shit… didn’t catch that.

SBN, get a fucking edit button for Christ’s sake.

Fuck you, Denis Gauthier. You suck at hockey... and life.
Get out of LA and never come back. Or sign with Anaheim... PLEASE??

by Kevin Y on Oct 10, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Painful memories of 1985, watching game 6 at The Pub at UCSB, with a bunch of obnoxious frat boy (that’s redundant) Cards fans around us. The Dodgers had won the first two games at home, then lost the next three. Jack Clark. Fuck.

by TheChemist on Oct 10, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions

I was there in April a couple years ago and I swear to God it was 25 degrees outside.

You can’t see it, but I’m rolling my eyes.

It’s snowing today here in CO. You can keep SoCal.

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by IAmJoe on Oct 10, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions

Rudy is the guy who scrambles for a sweatshirt when it dips below 72. When my friends in other parts of the country talk about what pussies we are regarding weather, I have trouble refuting them.

by Donzo on Oct 10, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I didn’t realize that the Kings/Dodgers also had this double date with St. Louis.

Fortunately, I’ve already made a Missouri state rape — that should be easily adaptable if things go especially well today.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Oct 10, 2009 3:08 PM PDT reply actions

I had forgotten about that. But the history teacher in me loves that Missouri gets compromised.

by princessminako on Oct 10, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions

The APUSH student inside of me groans, and then posts this:

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Oct 10, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

You may have to send me that code someday. Applauding comments > recs.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Oct 10, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Just right click and choose “copy image location.” It’s hosted on imageshack – hell if I care about the bandwidth it takes up.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Oct 10, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Tune in tomorrow, then — another history lesson coming.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Oct 10, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Another Kings win. Another needless stats padding by Ryan Smyth. I’m starting to see why you don’t like this guy, Rudy.

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by ChrisKontos on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions

hey kings stop winning…your making our turnaround not that impressive

start remembering your the kings and start losing..thanx

I <3 sbisa

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I was there in April a couple years ago and I swear to God it was 25 degrees outside.

Good thing you don’t hate it for some superficial reason, like the fact that it has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world.

Put the Prozac away, what you need is Rat Poison.

by brokenyard on Oct 11, 2009 8:49 AM PDT reply actions

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