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Overnight Non-Lost Open Chat

2008-05-29 22:39

by Jon Weisman

The Lost thread is below - everything else can go here.

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2008-05-29 22:41:36

1. silverwidow

Greg Miller has 9 consecutive scoreless innings with 10 Ks. Good for him!

2008-05-29 23:04:59

2. LAT

I'm sure this was discussed during the game chat but why is Sweeney still on this team? Never mind why is Torre actually using him.

I sure didn't expect Penny to be the weak link of the rotation this year. I have to assume he is hurt and just won't admit it.

2008-05-29 23:07:50

3. LAT

BTW, if you need proof of just how strange baseball is what are the odds the Giants would sweep the D'Backs and Zito still would not win a game.

2008-05-29 23:13:29

4. LoneStar7

Well it was a tale of two "Pennys" tonight..one struggled again to pitch up to his potential, but the other rescued the oceanic six, Frank, and Desmond, brothah.

2008-05-29 23:34:20

5. silverwidow

Sweeney on why he gave Kershaw #22:

"He'll be in uniform a lot longer than I will."

2008-05-29 23:47:48

6. Reddog

Sweeney is this season's Roberto Hernandez.

2008-05-29 23:57:13

7. KG16

So, what do we think of Danny Espinosa of Long Beach State? Worth taking a flyer on? Back up place for Hu?

2008-05-30 00:01:42

8. Eric Enders

I'm not sure why everyone seems to think Penny is hurt when the man is still throwing 95-96 mph. It looks to me like his problem is his command. He's leaving too many fastballs up in the zone. He also can't control his breaking ball, which means he doesn't throw it very often, which means hitters sit on the fastball, and even the hitters who don't have enough bat speed to catch up to the heater are slapping line drive singles to the opposite field.

2008-05-30 00:04:08

9. Eric Enders

By the way, what do you guys think of Jemile Weeks in the draft? I guess he'd be a significant overdraft at 15, right? But he seems like the type of player we need in the system.

Of course, White has something of a history of moderate overdrafts, I guess, what with Mattingly and Adkins and Loney and arguably Withrow.

2008-05-30 00:12:10

10. Eric Enders

Of course, Weeks is a college position player, and White has never drafted one of those before the third round.

2008-05-30 00:22:01

11. Bob Timmermann

So Clayton Kershaw's idol was Will Clark?

I'm feeling conflicted. But I guess if Vin's childhood hero was Mel Ott, I can live with it.

2008-05-30 00:27:33

12. Eric Enders

For what it's worth, Kershaw's idol would have to be Will Clark the Texas Ranger and not Will Clark the hated Giant. Kershaw was six years old when Clark left the Giants to play in the Dallas area.

And yes, that makes me feel old, too.

2008-05-30 02:00:32

13. Benjamin Miracord

Longest elapsed times between Los Angeles Dodger no-hitters:

1965-1970.......1,775 days
1970-1980.......3,630 days
1980-1990.......3,654 days
1996-current....4,273 days

I foresee the present drought coming to an end, and soon. I'm looking at you, Jon Meloan.

2008-05-30 02:17:56

14. Eric Enders

Is it a jinx if I predict that the streak will end at 4,273?

2008-05-30 02:27:47

15. CanuckDodger

9 -- Do you draft a second base prospect just because your farm lacks second base prospects? I don't think so. With rare exceptions MLB second basemen start out as something else. In the Dodgers case, I think DeWitt could be a better second baseman than Weeks, who isn't exactly well-thought-of for his defense. And then there is the opportunity cost: to pop Weeks at #15, who do you pass up? Somebody I would rather have than Weeks, I imagine.

2008-05-30 04:52:57

16. D4P

Good: The Dodgers are only 3.5 games behind the DBacks

Bad: The Giants are only 3.5 games behind the Dodgers

2008-05-30 06:29:12

17. MollyKnight

I have many, many things to add to this discussion. I just need to have my coffee first.

2008-05-30 06:59:29

18. CodyS

Not only does Kershaw like George Bush, his hero is Will Clark. He may not really be an LA kind of guy. From the limited things I've read, he does not seem to have the personality (disorders) of Clark at least.

2008-05-30 07:13:40

19. D4P

He may not really be an LA kind of guy