Adrian Bomb-zalez To D-Backs: "Wear This!" As The LA-AZ War Rages On

Aloha everybody,

Yeah, yeah, it's Week One for the NFL, but the big news for me today was El Jaguar, Adrian Gonzalez, blasting two big home runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks. 

In back-to-back innings Gonzalez went yard and he ended the day with 6 RBI's, matching his career high.  He did it once before - also at Dodger Stadium - but he was playing for San Diego back then. 

Sixth inning for Bombzalez, with Dee Gordon and Han Ram on base - 

BOOM!!!! 3-run home run

 Next inning, again with Gordon and Ramirez on base - 

BLAMMO !!!! Another 3 run bomb

 The next batter up was this guy...

KA - BLAM !!!!  Solo Blast! Another homer.

Next up was the man who's gone missing this season, who is now listed behind September call-up Joc Pederson, now standing as LA's sixth outfielder, Andre Ethier.  

Ethier better be do something spectacular, or he may not even make the playoffs roster.

There was a boom on his at bat, but it was the sound of Arizona intentionally drilling Andre Ethier.

BLAM! Sneak attack on Ethier's ribs.

 Is it me, or do those Diamondbacks just love to throw at batters?

Dodger Stadium erupted in boos, the umpires warned both benches, Mattingly argued vehemently with the umps without getting thrown out (amazingly), and then (equally amazingly) this guy got thrown out for yelling from the dugout...

Ya think Kid K has a time bomb waiting for the D-Backs for next season?

What a game! 

One last note - Lots of folks out here are pushing for Kershaw to win the NL MVP award, but my vote goes out to Bombzalez, who was unconscious at the start of the season, hitting home runs left and right, then slowly but surely knocked in runs for the Dodgers all season, and is definitely heating up again at the right time. 

100 RBI's - BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

Meanwhile - The Dodgers n' DBacks Cold War Rages On

Aloha everybody,

Did you hear the one last season about the Dodger fans who were forced by the Diamondbacks owner to take off their Dodgers gear and wear Diamondbacks crap because they were sitting behind home plate?

Now you see Dodger Blue

Now you don't

Later the Dodgers clinched the division at Chase Field and celebrated by jumping in the Diamondbacks outfield swimming pool - after being told it was OK to celebrate their hard-earned victory, but to "keep it down". 

On Tuesday night Dodger fan Armando Mendoza went to the Dodger-Diamondbacks game and wore a Tshirt that read "We won the West. Now where's the pool?" 

LOL

The shirt contains no profanity, it doesn't say anyone sucks, and it wasn't going to offend young children. It's even worth a satirical smile. 

However, the Diamondbacks didn't think it was so funny and they made him turn his shirt inside out just to walk through the gates.  He obliged and then wore his shirt normally when he got to his seat. 

The situation took on a life beyond itself when the Arizona Shirt Police went to Armando's seat in order to confront him and threaten to toss him out unless he turned his shirt inside out again.

Mendoza tweeted about it and all clothing hell broke loose. Twitter blew up, the Dodger Nation jumped on it, and the silly - but unnecessarily ugly - skirmish reached the DBacks Head of Communications. He eventually chilled everyone out and made sure Mendoza remained in his paid-for seat and offered him tix to a future game.

I wonder what shirt he'll wear for that one? I've got an idea, Armando - how about something with a catcher trying to tag a guy out using an empty mitt?

Read the whole story complete with tweets here .