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The Phillies escaped a bases-loaded, one-out ninth inning today with a 4-3 victory to clinch the National League East, but like the Dodgers, the undecided NL wild card race leaves Philadelphia without a set opponent. But at least the Phillies know they'll be home.
According to the Dodger press notes, on Monday, the Dodgers will fly to Chicago or Philadelphia for the NLDS. If there is a one-game tiebreaker between Milwaukee and New York for the wild card, the Dodgers will likely depart Los Angeles at 4 p.m. and once the winner of that game is decided (in a timely fashion, one presumes), the plane will be routed to the correct city - Chicago if the Brewers win, Philadelphia if the Mets win. If the city is known by tomorrow, the Dodgers will leave sometime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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I notice you have kept up with Jayson Werth's HR total, though.
4-2 Royals Bot 9.
I only had to count half as high.
Cody Ross: 22 HR, 112 OPS+
Jayson Werth: 23 HR, 118 OPS+
Andruw Jones: 3 HR, 32 OPS+ ($18 million/year)
To add to that:
Juan Pierre 1HR 69 OPS+ 9mils
Andruw Jones 3HRS 32 OPS+ 18mils
Something tells me the team will need to win a series or pennant to save Ned's job.
How about 45yr old Jamie Moyer?
196 IP, 3.71 ERA
Unreal in the non-juice era, though Moyer was probably never on it.
Lowe, Billingsley, Kuroda for the NLDS for games 1-3.
http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/
That said, first round should be extended to seven games.
He might not be a bad option to play LF next year if Manny goes elsewhere. Especially since Kent will be gone.
Its Manny or bust for LF & I cant see Juan or Druw starting next year. Milton may be the best cheap option for OF available next year.
If the Rangers had a better bat to get into the DH spot, then Milton may have been forced to play a few more OF innings.
THere's just very few OF big bat options out there.
I like to call that a "quality start".
On October 5th (Sunday), they have possibly 4 games scheduled. Will all these games have individual start times, or will half the country get one game & the other not?
It would really suck for these games to get "regionalized". You'd think every game would be available to the entire country.
I honestly think he knows this may be his last start ever, so I think he's gonna do well.
Better than a bad player playing 162 games?
It'd be better for the Dodgers to play a good player for 100 games & Pierre for 62, than Pierre for all 162.
1. Ned sign Maddux to 1-year deal
2. Maddux sustains career-ending injury early on/demonstrates he has nothing left in tank
3. Maddux becomes highest-paid Special Assistant To Pitching Coach in MLB for remainder of season
4-1 Indians Top 5.
6-1 Indians.
I think feminine hygiene products in that context are a violation of Rule 1.
I'll probably end up seeing it.
17-0 Denzel/Hackman film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091786/
Touche
Combine his classy movie career and his philantrophic endeavors we lost one of the good ones. He will be missed.
Any All-Time Dodger team that has Rick Monday in the starting outfield is a bit of a joke. Podres but no Big D?
Furcal, SS
DeWitt, 2B
Manny, LF
Kent, 1B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Maddux, P (and then Billingsley and Kuo)
DeWitt, 2B
Ramirez, LF
Kent, 1B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Maddux, P
Tony Jackson also says that Kershaw's pitching long relief in the pen.
He was a pretty famous sportswriter; the quote is probably well down the list of his famous accomplishments.
Nevermind, he officially retired as a Giant just then I guess.
how cute...
Giants announcer says Ethier has "major ownage" against Cain
Priceless.
And it looks like inactivity hasn't killed Furcal's batting eye. If true day by day he should be better, and imagining this team with a functional Furcal is wonderful beyond description. It is also wonderful to look at the individual performances with out a care for the result.
Fred Lynn had 23 HR each year from 1984 to 1987.
Ken Boyer had 24 HR each year from 1961 to 1964.
Curt Walker had 6 HR each year from 1925 to 1928.
Maddux wants on that roster it seems
I searched for each HR total from 6 to 39, and I only found the 3 people above to have the same total 4 years in a row. Rare and obscure company, indeed.
Bengie Molina is on the list.
Get em' Bob!
That makes the call even dumber. Burriss has to be counted as "used" in the game yet doesn't get credit for the run he scored in the role he was forced to play.
From sources I read, MLB.com's software couldn't handle Molina not getting credit for the run, so they had to go and change it manually today.
Good, speedwise, I guess I should say.
I guess a located fastball is 10x better than a 96 mph wild one. (see Mr. Kershaw)
Cool. Thanks, Bob.
Btw, I tend to agree with Bob. Maddux isn't the pitcher he once was but I have no problem with him making postseason roster if he appears still capable of pitching. It's not like he'll be a primary starter in the LDS anyway. I can't help but root for him, I'm sorry. If he's clearly awful (right now it seems he's alternating between awful and very solid starts) then fine, leave him off. But I'm still rooting for him.
Replay that one, suckers!
I adore it when Vin flashes his considerable vocabulary by employing such words as "zephyr."
DOES ANYONE CARE?!!
Tropicana Field has a lot of yellow lines and weird angles.
And then coming back again with a fixed swing as a 2b. Kid is special
He's no Pablo Ozuna mind you...
Yeah, we should trade him for Cano.
It all evens out right?
And there goes Maddux's perfect, no hitter, shut out.
160 Are those supposed to be footnotes?
En el pasado (no estoy seguro) me emajino que el bullpen (?) de las medias blancas era mejor.
An idea about four years too late.
Oh ... wait ... I forgot all about the HOF stats.
Sometimes I think he'd be out of baseball if it weren't for the numbers he puts up against LA.
Even in a meaningless game, it's more irritating losing to lousy players than it is losing to good ones.
last few times we've faced him the Dodgers had done a good job of keeping him on track.
Its so beautiful.
http://sportsblogs.latimes.com/sports_baseball_dodgers/
Time for the Dodgers to break on through
As the kid from Whittier draws a walk
Dodgers are showcasing Ozuna for a Padres DFA pick up
6ip
47 pitches
You'd like to see more thank-yous after he makes a catch?
But I get the idea Osuna owns a roster spot for some reason----and it ain't pretty.
2008 - 199
Career - 399
Next inning could be a milestone.
Looked more like a skinny Jones batting for Manny
He is magic trick of somehow being on a MLB roster is amazing.
*His
Chad Alert!
Er, not.
BISON Strength!
Perhaps more important than getting Maddux a win in his final start is this:
8t) Maddux 354
8t) Clemens 354
jeez, vin is priceless.
But this kid Dewitt looks like he wants to win no matter what, even though he is our only offense. I like that a lot! Even when it is probably futile, I hope he gets a lot of time in whatever playoff games we get.
And boy are those marginal players terrible.
At least it will cause a huge squak if Joe puts certain players on the roster.
Black Cloud?
you make the call
Also, if Kemp improves each year as much as he did this year defensively, he will be one of the best CFers in the game.
Plaschke has a negative ninny article about resigning Manny.
Nick Markakis is the only OF in MLB with more assists, with 17. B.J. Upton and Hunter Pence also have 16.
The answer seems to be no.
And the Giants need to stop running on martin. At least stop using people who have bad base running skills.
Good base running Bruce!
Did I miss anything?
Exactly. What has Ozuna done to even earn a shot? I think the best thing he did all year was score on Kemp's double against Zona in his first game. Dude just doesnt bring anything to the team.
I assumed they were trying to see if Ozuna could hang in the OF if needed because they were tying to justify his place on the roster over Pee Wee. I don't think the club thinks Young can play 2B, but thinks Ozuna can play 2B or maybe SS.
While throwing his warm ups, he nearly hit Martin with a ball that got away.
Both him and Steiner sound really worried lol.
Please don't do something stupid, Bison.
Unless they're for PEDs or stuff like that.
but he CAN pitch....
Same thing. They left of with Sadler coming off of the field. Basically did the same double fist pump crap he's pulled every time he pitches against us.
In that case, start swinging! It's payback time for Juan Marichal! :)
Congratulations!!
He's a league average 26 year old middle reliever. Big whoop.
But they will have to play A-team to A-team next year at the latest.
200 twice! IP & K on the same pitch.
just parroting Manny's comments on him ... :-)
Gameday shows him playing 1st base.
And no fist pumps after strikeouts. Taking notes, Sadler?
They let him retire as a Giant by allowing him to "start" the game.
201 K
3.14 ERA
200.2 IP
He came back for today, and retired as a Giant.
And eight pieces of French pasty. {Honk!} And three hard-boiled eggs.
i think its the fact that this is the 3rd time he's done this against the dodgers, all in meaningless situations. As a player, it gets to you, and to see it 3 times from the same guy is more than enough.
Just MHO.
http://tinyurl.com/45olwj
DeWitt gets the IBB
Unless he was a Dodger, then you'd be falling over yourelf coming up with a reason why it was okay.
I have to side with the 'Dog on this one. I mean there's more of a difference than a pitcher just being a Dodgers pitcher, when say, someone like Saito pumps his fist mildly after finishing a game, all the while smiling like he's happy for the hitter too.
It's when a middling reliever, that hasn't really accomplished anything during the inning by striking out the hitter in a meaningless game, goes crazy on the mound, that people get peeved.
Once again also, with Gagne, he got excited--but only when the game was over.
That said, Sadler probably went a bit overboard in his display. The best way to get him back is to do a Bonds pirouette after jacking a HR off Sadler next time up.
I think the position's already filled by Kershaw, per the Dodgers homepage
hehe...ahhhh immaturity rules!
I'm pretty sure that was Molina talking to Sadler after his first little celebration. He then did one at Dodger Stadium and then the one tonight.
Maybe we do..
(Am I the only one who thinks this game is important in terms of morale and momentum and Giant-hatred?)
I definitely want a series win...bad
OK, maybe the time he took the cab to the wrong stadium in NY but still. :)
Reasons to win:
1) Giant hatred
2) Dodger morale
3) An 85-win playoff team will get less "they didn't deserve the championship" grief than an 83-win team.
What is it?
Smart pitching him into the dirt. Muscle isn't always the answer
WHOOOOOHOOOOOOOO
Great to see Saito's breaking stuff back. He looked much better there.
How about KC playing big time spoiler. What a finish for them against the contenders.
Andrew Shimmin's only allegiance shown is when he lines the inside of his lapel with Dodger blue.
Tomorrow night, but I'm not sure what time.
BTW, if anything happens to Ozuna, you and Icaros are prime suspects!
I better get some sleep.
I better try and sleep.
Really??
last night, this week, last week, last month...
maybe infatuation....
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