BIG STORM RAINS ON HIT PARADE : WASHOUT ELIMINATES DODGERS' 5-0 START.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer If a baseball falls in the street and the game is postponed, does it make a sound? ``What ball?,'' Dodgers rookie Todd Hollandsworth Todd Mathew Hollandsworth (born April 20, 1973 in Dayton, Ohio) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Previously, Hollandsworth played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1995-2000), Colorado Rockies (2000-2002), Texas Rangers (2002), Florida Marlins (2003), Chicago Cubs asked. ``It doesn't exist.'' There you go. Monday night's game at Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ between the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs was postponed because of rain in the bottom of the first inning. It will be replayed as part of a doubleheader today, starting at 10:35 a.m. (PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT ). Crew chief Harry Wendelstedt called the game after a wait of one hour, 38 minutes, and with the Dodgers ahead 5-0. That, then, would be the sound of one team clapping. Dodgers right-hander Ramon Martinez, who started Monday and pitched to two batters in the first inning, is scheduled to start the first game. Ismael Valdes will start the second. Rain is forecast for today as well. Thirteenth in the National League in runs scored, the Dodgers lost five of them scored against Cubs starter Mike Campbell. Campbell had two out and had a two-strike count on Mike Piazza when the first thunderclap thun·der·clap n. 1. A single sharp crash of thunder. 2. Something, such as a startling or shocking piece of news, that is similar to a crash of thunder in suddenness or violence. hit. Piazza singled. Eric Karros singled. Raul Mondesi homered to left field for a 3-0 lead. Then Mike Blowers walked and Hollandsworth hit a home run that cleared the right-field bleachers and landed on Sheffield Avenue. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why everyone's asking about it,'' Hollandsworth said with a laugh. ``Today didn't happen.'' Asked, then, what pitch he didn't hit, Hollandsworth smiled and said, ``I didn't hit the slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. .'' He didn't hit it really hard. And it was not his fourth home run. Just as it wasn't Mondesi's 15th home run. Said Campbell: ``One of my hobbies is magic. I made that inning disappear.'' Two years ago, while playing for Triple-A Albuquerque, Hollandsworth had a grand slam snowed out in Colorado Springs. As Hollandsworth shared that story, Karros chimed in, ``Hey, that's what the minor leagues do - prepare you for the big leagues.'' While the Dodgers weren't scoring five runs, the San Diego Padres lost 9-3 in Atlanta. The Dodgers moved a half game ahead of the Padres, into sole possession of first place in the National League West for the first time since Opening Day. |
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