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Los Angeles Matt Kemp, CF Andre Ethier, RF Manny Ramirez, LF Jeff Kent, 2B James Loney, 1B Casey Blake, 3B Danny Ardoin, C Angel Berroa, SS Clayton Kershaw, P | Washington Anderson Hernandez, 2B Christian Guzman, SS Ryan Zimmerman, 3B Lastings Milledge, CF Ron Belliard, 1B Elijah Dukes, RF Willie Harris, LF Wil Nieves, C John Lannan, P |
From the Dodgers' press release: "Wade had worked more innings (52.2) than any Dodgers reliever from the time he was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on April 24 to the time he was placed on the DL."
(Has it been gone for a while and I'm just noticing?)
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1131768,CST-SPT-deluca28.article
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURN.
(Five minutes later ...)
Just kidding.
(Twenty-four hours later ...)
Seriously, Tanyon, why haven't you packed your things yet?
Not that too many people care about the AL East here, but Beckett's been shut down and will visit Dr. James Andrews:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3558517
Might mean the Twinks go to the postseason as the Wild Card.
And I find it funny that Tanyon Sturtze was DFAed despite having a 0.00 ERA. Funny amusing, not funny odd.
I don't know how I feel about Proctor coming back. I forgot he was still on the team
I don't mind the widget though.
[6.] I don't mind the ads. If Jon can make some $$$ with DT I'm all for it. (Even if it means reestablishing the widget.)
"To see that effort level is really disappointing," one scout said. "I'm stunned that the effort level has been so poor. To see a kid hitting .170 and not running ground balls out, it's hard to fathom. This isn't the kind of player this team needs. They need more dirt balls and fire guys who scratch and claw."
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3557223&type=story
Just confirms my suspicions about Andy and Management's concerns about him.
• Blakes all around: The Dodgers have interest in bringing back Casey Blake. But that wouldn't mean that the guy he deposed at third base, Blake DeWitt, would be consigned to two years in Las Vegas. Scouts report the Dodgers have been playing DeWitt at second base in Triple-A because they believe he might be versatile enough to supplant Jeff Kent there next year.
There goes two draft picks, or one compensation pick due to Blake playing himself in type-B FA.
I said we would do it.
Sigh.
No, Ned is just very cautious with young guys unless he has no choice.
If they sign Blake than you got Blake, Hu, DeWitt
If you sign Furcal than you gut DeWitt, Furcal, Hu
Even if they resign Blake, don't the Dodgers stand to have some extra draft picks next year anyway?
Do we have that many better options? I would rather see the young guys stink than watch Casey Blake stink.
Yeah, that is part of the point.
We really should have gone into full rebuild mode a year ago, but they keep saying that LA won't stand for that nonsense.
Found in a thread on BTF:
http://i33.tinypic.com/213lx0h.jpg
reader comments on the firing. Makes me wonder what the response to be to a Plaschke firing would do.
At least another player of Meloan's caliber. Like Bryan Morris.
Let's not trade any more prospects away. We need to make sure to have good depth in the minors.
It's many years off, but what do the Nats plan to do if they're ever in the postseason? I can't think the networks would want to show a World Series game from that angle.
Apparently Manny needs Jeff Kent to protect him.
Oh I know that. One of the reasons you build a strong farm system with a lot of depth is to trade players to improve the big league team.
Our system is just getting a bit thin it seems.
Bob is doubly happy with this game.
I actually literally forgot about baseball, but I will definitely be watching that game if people want to talk about it.
2008 count is 7.
Thank you.
I know this is probably blasphemy, but I wish we would stop drafting a high school pitcher every year in the first round. Can't we get some hitters?
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Argh, Clayton, don't do that!
Steve Schmoll, Edwin Jackson, Chuck Tiffany, Jarrod Plummer, Cody Ross, Dioner Navarro, Justin Ruggiano, Blake Johnson, Julio Pimental, Willy Aybar, Joel Guzman, Sergio Pedroza, Jhonny Nunez, Travis Denker
Sigh, settle down Young Kershaw.
From 2-0 to 2-5 just like that.
All part of the sometimes painfultowatch learning experience.
The thing is, this game can be had still because Lannan looks hittable. But only if we don't give them 10 runs.
Just got back to the office, the Dodgers are down three, and the inning ain't over yet?
I assume the quietude of the crowd is due to the fact that nobody's in the stands.
I am sad
We get a little crazy
The only good thing that could happen is the team rallying around now to end this madness, perhaps to protect Kershaw.
Still, I wouldn't give up on this game...
I'm not a Jim Tracy fan but come on. He came up and won one of the great debuts of our time. Expectations were in order.
(Okay, maybe a bad example)
Your handle followed by your message makes that funny.
No, I've been worried about Kershaw blowing out his arm ever since he arrived. It was the reason for the Minotaur nickname in the first place.
Activate the Omega 13.
Okay, now back to the Pessimism Club.
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around
And hurt you!
His reasoning was that Jeter dove into the stands that one time after he caught the ball.
Wow.
Sometimes surrender leads to serenity.
Well anyway, may they surprise us all by coming back. I'm going to clean my office for awhile as a cathartic experience and then go play soccer. Life goes on...
It was pretty negative last August. It was pretty negative in 2005 from July on. It was pretty negative in Nov 2005. But this has to be in the top 5 since I've been here and with good reason. Whatever the reason, this team is getting it's head handed to them by a series of very lousy pitchers.
123 Underdog, Is that Galaxy Quest? I will never give up if someone has seen that movie.
I'm not giving up--just saying this has reached the ridiculous stage. Watching our poor players come to the plate now is like watching the French aristocrats being led to the Guillotine. But Ethier and Manny may be immune to this fear, for reasons I won't even look at.
It is hard to build a championship caliber team when you consistently trade for dross or temps.
Gary Bennett - Never Forget.
Does "because they're old and slow" ring any bells?
Very silly, but okay.
Here is my ideal lineup, that I feel is somewhat plausible...(i've posted it before)
Martin C
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Manny LF
Loney 1B
O-Dawg 2b
DeWitt 3b
Hu SS
Rotation
C.C
Billz
Kuroda
Kershaw
J-Mac (or) Penny (or) Stults...
have at it boys
Jones ends up a Yankee
Are you expecting the Yankees to get some kind of new idiot GM?
I also fear that though the Dodgers will be in the running for Manny, The Two Steinbrenners with the Same Name will win the bidding.
When they fail to get Manny, they will get Orlando Hudson, forgetting that they have DeWitt to play 2B.
Martin C
Loney 1B
Hudson 2B
Hu SS
Blake 3B
Ethier LF
Pierre/Jones CF
Kemp RF
Billingsley
Kuroda
Kershaw
Penny
Free Agent Mediocrity
Because Miguel Cabrera can do the same for barely any money.
"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" was/is my favorite.
Yeah, whoops.
The one who can't hit, but can field.
No point in projecting next year's roster until we know who the GM is.
1B Loney
LF Ethier
C Martin
CF Kemp
2B Mark Ellis
RF Franklin Guiterrez
3B Pedro Feliz
SS Hu
Sabathia
Bills
Kuroda
Penny
Kershaw
I'm assuming you can get Feliz for next to nothing and Gutierrez for not too much. The team ain't scoring, but neither is the other guys.
The sad thing is that I was thinking about that during this season.
This place would go into full meltdown.
Pierre CF
Kemp RF
Ethier LF
Martin C
Loney 1B
Hudson 2B
DeWitt 3B
Hu SS
He will just look at that BA and shake his head.
Seven years of bad luck -- good things in your past.
http://tinyurl.com/5bxscm
I'll be shocked if Ned has a job. It's amazing how someone so inept at their job can keep it for as long as he has.
Joe Torre enjoys tea and two more years at $4,000,000.00 per guaranteed.
Sigh, I think maybe DeWitt could've started today after all.
The bullpen is doing a good job tonight, keeping the Nationals in check. No runs since the 1st inning (so far)!
Yes that would seem to be in order.
On an unrelated note, today it was so easy to picture Larry Bowa as a Rodeo Clown.
But administrators must be good at their jobs. I mean, they get paid the most money.
BTW: I saw some "Top 100 albums of all-time list" on CNN or something recently that had one of Stevie Wonder's albums at #1.
That is hilarious!
Do the players not want to perform for the manager?
Was it a corked bat? It's tough to follow with the sound off.
When does varsity start...?
But he still won't be there against the Raiders!
Shame.
HOPE: I'll be back this winter Ken.
DESPAIR: Hi Ken, like to chat?
Elijah Dukes goes yard. Again.
http://tinyurl.com/6axf69
there were some whispers about that earlier in the year.
http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2008/08/scott-elbert-to.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08241/907642-63.stm
See: '"He wasn't moving," Johnson said of third baseman Andy LaRoche, well back on the play.'
The kid is putting up an OPS+ of 20, has 6 errors in 19 games, and is not hustling in the field or at the plate. He is blowing his first legit chance in MLB. It's sad, really.
3-7.
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