Sometime Although its origin is linked to the NFL, after an

Sometime Although its origin is linked to the NFL, after an unexpected loss,

Although its origin is linked to the NFL, after an unexpected loss, beloved Hall of Fame Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda

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would occasionally utter the phrase But Ebby Calvin ‘The Nuke’ LaLoosh, played by Academy Award-the

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winning actor Tim Robbins in the 1988 hit baseball movie Bull Durham, said it even better It didn’t rain on

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Monday night at a sold out Dodger Stadium and the Dodgers didn’t win. In other words, the (now) 92-42 NL West first place Dodgers lost to the

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(now) 65-68 NL West third place San Francisco Giants – badly – by a score of 7-4 “I was throwing [stuff] right down the middle,” said

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Dodgers starting left-hander Andrew Heaney, who allowed six runs on six hits – including four home runs – in his 5.1 innings pitched. “Didn’t

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do a good job of mixing pitches very well, didn’t put guys away. I made mistakes, they capitalizedYes, they did.

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I think that the mistakes that he is making, they’re just going out of the ballpark instead of mis-hitting or fouling off,”

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said in defense of Heaney. “I think the internal numbers, as long as he’s throwing the ball well,

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