Chad Billingsley goes to the mound this afternoon for the Dodgers' home opener against the good-for-nothing Giants. I'm as excited as someone who resides 3,000 miles away can be. But while the opener is less than four hours away, I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the Dodgers scored their first run in yesterday's game against the Diamondbacks. Have you ever heard of the fourth-out rule before yesterday? I hadn't. Neither had a bunch of people playing in Sunday's game. Here is what happened. It is the top of the second inning with one out and Arizona leading 1-0. Juan Pierre is on second base after hitting a one-out single and stealing second. Andre Ethier is on third base after walking and advancing to third on Pierre's single. Randy Wolf, a pretty good hitting pitcher, hits a line drive that Diamondbacks starter Dan Haren catches for the second out. Haren throws to second baseman Felipe Lopez, to force out Juan Pierre, who was caught off secon...
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