Dodgers don't take my advice. Don't throw strikes.
That's gonna come back and bite you, boys.
Billingsley gives up an early 4 runs; 65 pitches in 3 innings?
Way too many pitches.
Throw some strikes, Bills!
Pound that strike zone! Hammer it!
You boys have a good lead so far, but the season is still early.
You can be caught if you don't wake up and throw strikes.
You might want to work on your hitting, too.

Hammer that strike zone!

Losing to the Cubs today on a bases loaded walk in the 11th inning....
Sheesh!
I can understand giving up a double, and then following instructions to walk the next batter intentionally.
But hitting the next batter?
And walking the next one to end the game?
Where'd you learn to pitch, Mr. Wright?
And you, Mr. Guerra. Giving up a walk and then the game-tying double in the ninth...
Where did you boys learn to pitch?
From Rick Honeycutt, perhaps?
Honeycutt, the current Dodger pitching coach, always nibbled at batters, trying to get them to fish at pitches just outside the strikezone. I remember listening (on the radio) to the games he pitched back in the mid 80s and thinking Stop nibbling and throw strikes!
I know, he had a 20-year career. But his record is 109 - 143, with a whole lot of non-decisions. 20 years as a pitcher with only 252 decisions?
Okokok.
This is only partly about Rick Honeycutt. It's mostly about this year's Dodgers and mostly about their relief pitchers.
Stop nibbling, boys, and hammer the strike zone! You've got great stuff, you're fast and you're good and you can do this!
Throw strikes! Hammer that strike zone! Let's win!