Wednesday, March 17, 2004

First Ball Game

This is the box score to the first baseball game I ever went to. My father took me and we met up with my sister's future husband Oscar, his father Pablo, and his brother Ed. I remember the Dodger dogs being very good. I was sitting right next to the Dodger bullpen on the field level.


Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
DayGame Played on July 1, 1984 (D) at Dodger Stadium
CHI N 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 11 1
LA N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 8 1
BATTINGChicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB K PO A
Dernier cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 1
Matthews lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
Woods lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moreland 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 6 1
Davis c 4 0 3 2 0 0 5 0
Cey 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Cotto rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Eckersley p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Johnstone ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3 2 5 27 8
FIELDING -
E: Owen (2).
BATTING -
2B: Moreland (6,off Valenzuela).
3B: Davis (2,off Valenzuela).
BASERUNNING -
CS: Sandberg (3,2nd base by Valenzuela/Scioscia).
Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI BB K PO A
Sax 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 5
Landreaux cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
Stubbs rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Guerrero 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Marshall lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 1 3 0 1 0 4 1
Bailor pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brock 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 13 1
Anderson ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 5
Reynolds ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Maldonado pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hooton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2 3 5 27 16
FIELDING -
DP: 3.
E: Anderson (9).
BATTING -
2B: Scioscia (6,off Eckersley).
PITCHINGChicago Cubs IP H HR R ER BB K
Eckersley W(2-5) 8 4 0 1 1 2 4
Smith 0.2 2 0 2 2 0 0
Brusstar SV(3) 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 8 0 3 3 3 5
Los Angeles Dodgers IP H HR R ER BB K
Valenzuela L(8-9) 7 6 0 3 3 0 4
Hooton 2 5 0 1 1 2 1
Totals 9 11 0 4 4 2 5
Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 47460
Starting Lineups:

Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers
1. Dernier cf Sax 2b
2. Sandberg 2b Landreaux cf
3. Matthews lf Stubbs rf
4. Moreland 1b Guerrero 3b
5. Davis c Marshall lf
6. Cey 3b Scioscia c
7. Cotto rf Brock 1b
8. Owen ss Anderson ss
9. Eckersley p Valenzuela p

CUBS 1ST: Dernier grounded out (Anderson to Brock); Sandberg
singled to Stubbs; Matthews made an out to Sax; Sandberg was
picked off and caught stealing second (Valenzuela to Brock to
Anderson); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Sax made an out to Sandberg; Landreaux grounded out
(Owen to Moreland); Stubbs made an out to Cotto; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 2ND: Moreland doubled to Marshall; Davis singled [Moreland
to third]; Cey grounded into a double play (Anderson to Sax to
Brock) [Moreland scored, Davis out at second]; Cotto grounded
out (Sax to Brock); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Guerrero struck out; Marshall made an out to Cotto;
Scioscia walked; Brock grounded out (Owen to Moreland); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 3RD: Owen grounded out (Valenzuela unassisted); Eckersley
grounded out (Guerrero to Brock); Dernier grounded out (Anderson
to Brock); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Anderson was called out on strikes; Valenzuela
grounded out (Sandberg to Moreland); Sax singled; Landreaux made
an out to Sandberg; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 4TH: Sandberg grounded out (Brock unassisted); Matthews
singled to Stubbs; Moreland reached on a fielder's choice
[Matthews to second]; Davis tripled to Stubbs [Matthews scored,
Moreland scored]; Cey grounded out (Anderson to Brock); Cotto
struck out (Scioscia to Brock); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Stubbs made an out to Cey; Guerrero made an out to
Dernier; Marshall grounded out (Eckersley to Moreland); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 5TH: Owen grounded out (Anderson to Brock); Eckersley
struck out; Dernier made an out to Brock; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Scioscia singled to Matthews; Brock walked
[Scioscia to second]; Anderson singled to Matthews [Scioscia
scored, Brock to second]; Valenzuela forced Brock (Eckersley to
Cey) [Anderson to second]; Sax made an out to Dernier; Landreaux
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 6TH: Sandberg struck out; Matthews was called out on
strikes; Moreland made an out to Landreaux; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Stubbs made an out to Cotto; Guerrero made an out
to Dernier; Marshall grounded out (Owen to Moreland); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 7TH: Davis singled to Stubbs; Cey grounded into a double
play (Guerrero to Sax to Brock) [Davis out at second]; Cotto
grounded out (Sax to Brock); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Scioscia doubled to Matthews; Brock made an out to
Dernier; Anderson grounded out (Eckersley to Moreland) [Scioscia
to third]; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR VALENZUELA; Whitfield made an
out to Cotto; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 8TH: HOOTON REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); Owen made an out
to Landreaux; Eckersley grounded out (Guerrero to Brock);
Dernier singled to Stubbs; Sandberg singled to Landreaux
[Dernier to third]; Matthews singled to Stubbs [Dernier scored,
Sandberg to second]; Moreland walked [Sandberg to third,
Matthews to second]; Davis made an out to Landreaux; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB. Cubs 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Sax made an out to Dernier; Landreaux made an out
to Matthews; Stubbs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cubs 4, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 9TH: Cey singled to Anderson [Cey to second (error by
Anderson)]; Cotto struck out; Owen walked; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
ECKERSLEY; Johnstone singled to Stubbs [Cey to third, Owen to
second]; Dernier lined into a double play (Sax to Anderson)
[Owen out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: WOODS REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING LF); SMITH
REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Guerrero made an out to Dernier;
Marshall singled to Dernier; Scioscia singled to Cotto [Marshall
to second]; BAILOR RAN FOR SCIOSCIA; Brock forced Bailor
(Moreland to Owen) [Marshall scored (error by Owen), Brock to
second]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR ANDERSON; BRUSSTAR REPLACED SMITH
(PITCHING); Reynolds singled to Cotto [Brock scored]; MALDONADO
RAN FOR REYNOLDS; RUSSELL BATTED FOR HOOTON; Russell singled to
Cotto [Maldonado to second]; Sax walked [Maldonado to third,
Russell to second]; Landreaux struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Cubs 4, Dodgers 3.

Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 4 11 1 6
Dodgers 3 8 1 8

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Writing from Work

I'm writing from my desk at work(it's lunch), and all is good. I hard a really hard weekend, with a problem finally being resolved last night. That's all I'll say. It's funny much of an idoit I can be sometimes. Though when I finally get my head out my ass, I'm alright. You live, you learn.