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I almost missed this tidbit in the Times today - it was buried in Newswire. Steve Henson writes that "the Dodgers fired trainer Matt Wilson and assistant trainer Jason Mahnke, the latest moves in an overhaul of the training and medical staffs that began with the hiring of Stan Conte as director of medical services and head athletic trainer."
As before, I have no idea if these are the right moves; I just know there was room for improvement as far as how the Dodgers responded to injuries over the past few years - most notably how players were rushed back onto the field only to reaggravate those injuries.
But this Dodger fan probably was in need of some kind of trainer==
http://tinyurl.com/ylpmbo
First comment following the item good, too.
I don't know jack about Pierre but the discussion here, though informative, has served to bum me out. Unless YP can channel his inner Willie Davis, this signing seems dreadful.
And it may be that Willie Davis' stats don't justify his reputation. I don't think I want to find that out.
So I'm off to DC for what promises to be the perfect antidote -- family, friends, too much wine and too much food. Everybody have a great Thanksgiving.
Recent injured Dodgers who took significantly longer than expected to recover:
Eric Gagne
Brad Penny
Jayson Werth
Jason Repko
Milton Bradley
Ricky Ledee
many others I'm probably forgetting
Recent injured Dodgers who recovered sooner than expected:
Cesar Izturis
um....
uh....
8 I too have wondered how much of that might be the PR department's wishful thinking, but I tend to doubt that they would just fabricate timetables and throw them out there. Somewhere down the line, that info has to originate with the training staff, doesn't it?
Whenever I lament the Dodgers' medical staff, though, at least I can take comfort in one thing: We ain't the Cubs.
Not necessarily the thread we are discussing, but dear God why are the Dodgers (and Angels) spending 100 Mil on Pierre/Matthews when Vernon Wells, Andruw Jones, and Torii Hunter are all available next year?
Would Repko/Kemp really be that bad for a single season?
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6198342
Maybe Matthews is a late bloomer. But with even slightly below average D in center, that might be worth 10 million a year. I'm not saying 5 years is a good contract, but it's not as bad as it might seem at first. I think he's a better player than Juan Pierre.
1999 Eric Young .281/.371/.355, 51 SB in 73 attempts
2002 Dave Roberts .277/.353/.365, 45 SB in 55 attempts
2004 Cesar Izturis .288/.330/.381, 25 SB in 34 attempts
Roberts and Izturis made the league minimum for those years, while Young made $4.5 million during the bloat of the Kevin Malone era.
Sure ya did.
vr, Xei
Anyone notice in the press release that Pierre was his HS Valedictorian?
On the Drew matter: Unlike Rich at baseball analysts, I'm not super upset about the JD opting out issue. I've always approached it as a 2yr/$22 Million deal. If the opt out was what it took to have him for 2 years, then so be it. Since when does Dodgers=Cost Certainty? It was a disaster with Brown and Dreifort, and most of us seemed happy about Furcal's contract being limited to 3 years.
Juan Pierre and I share something in common then!
But I win the tiebreaker on the basis of my 7 5/8 hat size.
Six degrees, indeed.
Pierre
Furcal / Ethier
Garciaparra / Furcal
Kent
Garciaparra / Betemit
Betemit / Ethier
Loney
Martin
?? Maybe toss Kemp / LaRoache / Werth in there along the way ...
I dunno. If Ned can get Zito and a lights out bullpen (come on Gags!) I'd be a bit less frustrated about not getting a big bat to help this lot.
Says it all, really.
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