Bow To Thunder Thighs

Not much you can really say, except, how great is Chad Billingsley becoming in front of our eyes? In case you missed it, last night, Billingsley threw his first complete game shutout, this time against the Giants, to give the Dodgers a win and finally put them above .500 for the first time since May 27th. It could have arguably been Billinglsey’s second complete game shutout, if not for the way things finished during the Houston game, last year (don’t think I forgot, Loney!), but the man was simply brilliant, tonight. Here is his line:

9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K

He seems to be getting better with each start and let’s clarify something, right now: he’s not becoming an ace, he IS an ace and is gradually climbing up the ladder of becoming one of the great pitchers in baseball, and he just barely turned 24 on the 29th. And, hey, have you ever seen a complete game shut out end with a play at the plate? I’ll bet ol’ Thunder Thighs was happy Ethier got the start in LF, tonight.

Well done, Thunder Thighs!

- Vin

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Can’t argue with you, Vin. Hell, the youngster won me ice cream and a dinner at my restaurant of choice. Too bad he won’t be facing the Snakes, but I still think we are going to open up a can of whipass on the Reptillian Ones.

Comment by grabarkewitz— July 31, 2008 #

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These ‘thumder thighs’ comments are ridiculous. Let me know when Vin graduates High School.

Comment by your mom— July 31, 2008 #

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Gee, that’s saying a lot when you can’t even spell “Thunder Thighs” correctly and leave your name as “your mom”. How old are you supposed to be, exactly?

Comment by True Blue Fan— August 1, 2008 #

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