The first Dodger to hit for the cycle today for the first time since 1970 against

[madinmaryland]

the Giants.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2009/04/13/27152_recap.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle, Andre Ethier drove in four runs with a pair of homers and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants 11-1 to win their home opener on Monday.

Johnson lost at Dodger Stadium for the first time in his 22-year career, falling to 7-1 in just his second start in Los Angeles since 2004. He was denied his 296th career victory, although the 45-year-old left-hander earned his 4,800th strikeout in the third inning against James Loney .

Hudson completed the majors' first cycle this season with a sixth-inning triple off Brandon Medders . He slid into base ahead of a throw by right fielder Randy Winn , got up and pointed to the sky.

Hudson singled in the first, homered in the third and doubled in the fourth - all off Johnson - and became the first Dodger since Wes Parker on May 7, 1970, and the ninth in franchise history to complete the cycle.

..snip

:D

BTW, Pittsburgh won 7-0, today.

[Iggo]

1. Dodgers 11, Hated Ones 1.

Aaaaah, yes!

[madinmaryland]

2. Some folks here are saying that Johnson is going to be the Giants savior

this year.

:D

[cboy4]

3. Fuck all you

:puke:

[madinmaryland]

4. BWAHAHAHAHA!!

The savior of the Giants.

:rofl:

[cboy4]

5. Not one person has ever said that.

You're awfully cocky for a person whose baseball team is going to lose 100 games again this year.

[madinmaryland]

6. Or was it your alter-ego??

BTW, gotta enjoy a winning record while i can.

[Upton]

7. Pirates only have to lose 82

to officially become the most inept team in sports history.....on that day, we can celebrate.

[madinmaryland]

8. Thanks, re-Pete. I knew you would show up, also!

[Upton]

9. One game does not a season make

and while the Giants have gotten off to a bit of a slow start, the MLB season is a marathon not a sprint.

[madinmaryland]

10. That would be a 55 year start, upton.

[Upton]

11. 79 more to go mad

79 more losses and the Pirates will forever live in sports infamy...you must be very proud.

[madinmaryland]

12. I can see it really IRRITATES you & cboy3 that you have never actually

witnessed a Giants World Series Victory!

Never mind WE ARE FAMILY!!!!

[Onceuponalife]

13. What happened to "the best starting rotation in the NL"

Two bad starts by Johnson, two bad starts by Tim "sophomore jinx" Lincecum, look for the other Barry to have his second bad start later in this series. Matt Cain is the only one looks halfway decent so far. Chad Billingsley looked more like the Randy Johnson of old, striking out 11 in 7 innings, while allowing only one run. Their defense is looking shaky, too. Fred Lewis shouldn't give up his night job as janitor at Bobby Lee's Smoke House.

Orlando Hudson has been a gold mine for the Dodgers.

Let's see....3 homers and 4 warning track drives. Looks like the Dodger bats are coming alive.

[cboy4]

14. It must be killing you to know you had to raid the San Francisco

Giants organization to find a decent GM to assemble your 100-plus-million dollar team.

Fortunately the raid of Jason Schmidt turned out to be a bust.

[Onceuponalife]

15. Dodgers take game 2

And Clayton Kershaw does even better than Billingsley:

7 IP 1 Hit 13K!!!!!!!!

Youngest Dodger pitcher since Sandy Koufax to have that many strikeouts.

I think the Dodgers are showing who REALLY has the best starting rotation.

[cboy4]

16. S-H-U-T T-H-E F-U-C-K

UP

:puke:

[madinmaryland]

18. FIVE straight LOSSES!

[cboy4]

17. Hopefully you know how much is boils my blood to know

you root for the L.A. teams, as well as MY HOCKEY TEAM.

You are just as bad as madinmaryland with all of your bandwagon jumping.