The Best Part Of Waking Up

Is there anything better than rolling out of bed at 9:30am on a Saturday morning and realizing the Dodgers are on in 3 hours?

After the way last night's game ended the next one can't start soon enough. Silent for 7 innings the Dodgers came alive scoring 4 runs in the eighth inning before turning the keys over to our flamethrower. As Nat and I watched the game last night there was never a doubt that the Dodgers wouldn't muster a charge at some point. Call it confidence, or flat out cockiness, but the Dodgers seem like the kind of team that can flip a switch and put runs on the board at will.

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The bid for seven, courtesy of dodgers.com...

Aaron Cook, Colorado Rockies (0-0, 9.72 ERA)

Cook rebounded from a poor outing on Opening Day at Arizona -- six runs in 2 1/3 innings -- to pitch well enough to win at home against the Phillies. Cook gave up three runs and seven hits, including a line drive off his backside, in six innings, but did not figure in the decision. He was forcing quick swings and keeping the ball down in the strike zone, inducing two double plays. Cook is 2-3 with a 2.89 ERA in eight career games at Dodger Stadium.

Chad Billingsley, Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0, 2.08 ERA)

Billingsley had gone back-to-back like a staff ace. After beating the Padres by allowing two runs over six innings, he was even better against the Giants, allowing one run over seven innings with 11 strikeouts. Catcher Russell Martin said Billingsley is now able to make in-game adjustments, like throwing the same pitch at slightly different speeds to keep hitters off balance, after being pretty much a total-effort thrower in his first two seasons.