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Charting Broxton's Debut
2005-07-29 21:18
by Jon Weisman

Jonathan Broxton vs. St. Louis, 6th inning, 5-4 Dodgers

vs. David Eckstein
0-0 96 fastball strike
0-1 94 fastball inside fouled back
0-2 96 fastball outside
1-2 92 fastball in the dirt
2-2 86 slider blooped to short center field for a single

vs. Abraham Nunez
0-0 94 fastball low
1-0 94 fastball high
2-0 93 fastball fouled back
2-1 94 fastball fouled back
2-2 96 fastball fouled wide of third
2-2 86 breaking ball fouled
2-2 95 fastball blooped to slightly deeper short center field for a single

vs. Albert Pujols
0-0 85 breaking ball called strike
0-1 96 fastball low
1-1 96 fastball fouled back
1-2 87 breaking ball in the dirt, swung on and missed

vs. Jim Edmonds
0-0 94 fastball inside and in the dirt, wild pitch
1-0 intentional ball
2-0 intentional ball
3-0 intentional ball

vs. John Rodriguez
0-0 82 breaking ball sacrifice fly to right field

vs. Mark Grudzielanek
0-0 86 breaking ball fouled back
0-1 85 breaking ball called strike
0-2 93 fastball inside fouled back
0-2 96 fastball swung on and missed

22 pitches: 6 balls, 16 strikes

Name the movie with this quote: "That's Willard Broxton!"

Comments
2005-07-29 22:12:34
1.   bokonon42
Was it Diner?
2005-07-29 22:13:37
2.   Jon Weisman
Yep!
2005-07-29 22:17:29
3.   Gold Star for Robot Boy
"You gonna eat that sandwich?"
2005-07-29 22:21:23
4.   Jon Weisman
For Jonathan Broxton, it may be "the whole left side of the menu."
2005-07-29 22:44:11
5.   natepurcell
hey jon, the pitch to rodriguez was a change up. thats why rodriguez was able to pull it.
2005-07-29 22:47:11
6.   Langhorne
Tonight's game was definitely the smile of the week.
2005-07-29 22:56:46
7.   jpeace
Thanks for the pitch by pitch Jon.

Oh boy was i surprised when i turned on gameday to see Broxton and Navarro both in the game. Hopefully i'll get to see him throw another day.

2005-07-29 23:15:31
8.   DougS
The results could have been better, but he had a couple of spots of bad luck on the first two hits. Striking out Pujols with men on was pretty impressive. I think I can see why they felt he didn't need a stop at AAA.
2005-07-29 23:23:23
9.   Midwest Blue
For a fresh rookie to be putin against one of the best line-ups in the league and the best hitter on his first day up and strike-out Pujols and keep us in the game better than Gio ever could -- I'd say it was an unqualified success.

If he keeps it up I could see us trading Braz in the off season.

2005-07-30 00:41:08
10.   Identity Crisis
"The to-do list still includes a hitter to support Milton Bradley and Jeff Kent in the middle of the lineup, although a baseball source said Friday the Dodgers have not recently spoken with the Cincinnati Reds about slugger Adam Dunn and the teams do not appear to match up well in trade talks."

http://tinyurl.com/7bxgx

Woo Hoo! Oh, I'm on the "No Prospects named Billingsley, Martin, LaRoche, Tiffany, Guzman Loney for Dunn" side of the fence.

2005-07-30 07:23:55
11.   Steelyeri
That third pitch he threw to eckstein looked like a strike to me. If it would have been called strike three, it would have changed the outlook of the inning.
2005-07-30 08:36:58
12.   CanuckDodger
After Broxton got strike three against Pujols, I wonder if the ball was sent over to the Dodger dugout -- to become a keepsake for Broxton, like a hitter keeps the ball when he gets his first major league hit. If I were Broxton I would want that ball. I would even ask Pujols to sign it.

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