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SS Furcal
C Martin
1B Loney
LF Gonzo
3B Nomar
RF Ethier
CF Pierre
2B Martinez
RH Lowe
In that case, we should all hail Ramon Martinez as a god!
I hear you, (14 ) you know what these starts MIGHT hurt him later on, I see your point.
you rang?
Nooooooooooo!!!
And my cable system doesn't offer SAP on Fox. I'm trapped! Trapped!
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Maybe nothing important, but it's a sign.
I guess I was more P.O'ed at the dinger more then anything, yeah Ankiel's story is hart worming but I hope Lowe strikes him out from here on out.
I guess that's why my spell checker on the browser kept flashing in red.
My German heritage demands that I smush all words together!
Yikes, I thought only dogs had to worry about heart worms.
Or did you mean Cory Hart has worms?
They don't hit around beach balls however.
The guy was the #1 pitching prospect in all of baseball at one point and pitched very well for a stretch.
Perhaps he would be more accurate to say he was a former outstanding pitching prospect, but it's not that outrageous of a claim.
He didn't call the guy Bob Gibson.
that pictures of SufferingBruin & Scareducks wife is pretty cool.
1. Furcal - 144
2. Ankiel - 87
3. Payton - 37
4. Burrell - 10
5. Meluskey - 7
6. (tie) - Berkman, Pierre, Smith - 1
That was Chuck Smith of Florida.
Berkman is probably the better of all of them now no? Furcal is the better position/all around player when healthy I think.
However, I do enjoy this game where we judge a player's entire career based on his single worst game.
"How could Ankiel have been an outstanding pitcher? He had five wild pitches in one game!"
"How could Albert Pujols be a great hitter? He struck out four times in one game!"
"How could Alex Rodriguez be a great player? He once made two errors on the same play!"
Well the other day on ESPN they were saying Ankiel was the next Koufax, before his problems. So I guess it evens out.
I believe that is just "a case of me being hoisted by my own petard" and is excepted under Rule #8's little known "Shakespeare clause."
On that we can all agree.
By the way, exactly how long are we going to leave an obviously injured pitcher out there to get clobbered?
I think he had 2 errors in that one inning 1 of the errors set up a pair of runs so yeah...
3 extra base hits since june 25th
zero walks since july 25th.
Even Thom Brennaman can figure out why the pitcher is batting 8th. And he's as dumb as a post.
And I'm talking one of those posts you find out in the sticks. Not a post at a fine university such as the one where gpellamjr terrorizes students.
That doesn't really answer the question. So if a less well-paid player doesn't play well, it's OK?
I'm not a big fan of Juan Pierre, but EVERY player on the Dodgers has been hitting poorly recently.
You can't have the 1-9 slots empty and bat everyone 10th.
Silly me. Popup, strikeout, weak ground ball from a pitcher who should have been pinch-hit for.
You can't? What the heck are you, some kind of atavist? Baseball is nothing if not about flexibility! I say we try it!
reasons to be happy about the dodgers even though they stink right now:
1. the kids are all right (kemp, loney, ethier, martin, chad, broxton, etc.)
2. i didn't think we were going to win it all this year anyway
3. johan santana is a free agent the year that lowe, kent, and nomar come off the books
4. juan pierre ... this too shall pass (even if "it" won't pass until 2011)
5. jason schmidt will be back by spring training.
6. wolf's contract will not vest, which gives us more flexibility
7. jd drew still stinks more than gonzo
8. on opening day, we'll have the stadium with the third most amount of history (i don't know why this makes me happy
9. vin scully
10. we're still only two games out of the wild card (whatever, a girl's got to have hope).
Back in the dark ages, this was the advice physicians gave for kidney stones. The pain involved in watching Pierre hit is about the same.
I'll pass on that bandwagon bluebleeder simply can't do that.
what was that quote Oral Hershiser made once? "I was born & bread a Dodger"
Grady is slowly getting it.
138 I agree. I can't imagine how hard a job that is, being a manager
Olmo jumped to the Mexican League and lost a good chunk of his career to that.
I knew Gonzo, Drew, and Nomar would not give us many years, but am satisfied to transition to youth until we can lose some of the ridiculous contracts and buy an offensive star. I really think we should develop as much of our own pitching as we can, in view of the fraction of a billion we have thrown away on vets. I would consider Santana though. And our youth movement might turn into quite a team by itself, one never knows, and thats half the fun.
ps Kemp dose seem pull happy though, Did you notice his hips pulling away from that outside pitch UclaDodger?
thank you.
I just think he's pressing. Kemp has a swing that is effective when given repetition. Its not like loney, who could wake up and get a hit while half asleep. Kemps swing is much more mechanically complicated, and when he doesnt get any PT for a couple days, his rhythm is gone. It was pretty obvious on that at bat. Not only did he want to hit the ball 500 feet, his swing looked like crap. When in rhythm, his timing is down and its beautiful to watch him sit (when he got really hot and played every day). Ever since being benched after missing the fly ball and playing once every 3 days, he's been in a tremendous slump. He just hasnt had the reps to keep his swing sharp, and it gets worse when trying to do too much.
Chad Moeller is coming to help out!
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that would be its beautiful to watch him hit, not sit. Just so used to seeing him on the bench 4 out of 7 games.
Thank you for pulling juan pierre and putting in kemp.
Signed,
Mikey
I think it's so he won't get hit there.
It's similar to the magical device that Barry Bonds uses to hit more home runs.
Actually, I think it's just a protective guard.
{rhetorical question}
As little as Lieberthal plays, why on earth do we need Moeller?
{/end rq}
The Padres tied a team record by giving out four intentional walks in a 9-inning game. Well, it will be a 9-inning game if the Padres don't score 7 in the 9th.
The Astros have won the division four times and been the wild card twice.
The Cardinals have won the division five times with one wild card.
I've heard D. Young is a horrid 2nd baseman but you'd think with that 4 hit game he had they'd find a spot for him, with the offensive woes we have & all.
Harry Kalas - "So how's your golf game these days?"
Mike Schmidt - "Fine, fine, I'm beatin the hell out of my wife these days."
Kalas - "....in golf I hope!!!"
There are a lot of cities in the Midwest with sizeable Latino populations.
Mostly the large cities. Hamilton, Ohio is outside of Cincinnati, which is a city that is mostly white or black.
I live in Indianapolis and we are nearing 100,000 in Hispanic population (out of 1.4 mil).
I was just in Hamilton a couple times in the last week on my way too and from Great American Ballpark, Kings Island and the Cincinnati Zoo. I can report that while dining at a Skyline Chili, my waitress was Hispanic. So to answer your question, yes there are "any." I saw one.
It has been a very long day that started at 5:00 am eastern time. I was hoping it would end sooner rather than later by me going to bed early, but it turns out there's a "G Love & Special Sauce" (never heard of 'em) concert at the (outdoor) Greek Theater tonight, which is less than a block away from my room. It's really loud.
I'm tired, and I'm tired of schlepping up Heart Ave. Nice view from up here, thought. I ate dinner at a Chinese place on Euclid Ave. For some reason, I can't get my in-room internet access to work, so I'm having to use the public computers.
He won.
She and I were real good friends.
I'm sure many of you know that circle of hell.
Webb was brutal tonight. CG shutout, just unhittable.
Rookie John Lannan (who started in A ball like four months ago) goes from taking on and beating Barry Bonds to pitching toe-to-toe with defending Cy Young winner Webb. He pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball.
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He's here to stay overall. I'd say there's a chance he goes back down this year, just because there's sort of a pitching logjam and folks like Shawn Hill come back from injuries and the people who were brought up to replace them (Lannan, Bacsik, Hanrahan, Redding) have all pitched well. It becomes sort of a numbers/options game. I think, for example, you'd send Lannan back rather than Hanrahan because you basically know right now you'll be giving 22 yr old Lannan a shot next year. You don't yet know that about older, somewhat more checkered prospect Hanrahan.
I'm here for a workshop on how to write articles for academic journals.
I only have sporadic internet access, which is always annoying.
He didn't mitch very well in the early part of the season, but hopefully he can turn it around.
Hm, at the worst I'm sure there are some 'net cafes in the area...?
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I'm glad I missed everything today. The game sounded blah - as most Dodgers' appearances on Fox Saturday seem to be for whatever reason - and a few of you here seemed ready to start carrying "The end is nigh" signs around so I guess it didn't go well. I did just see Kemp's nice grab in CF at least. Take that, Juan!
Honestly, I think Grady's showing he's lost patience with a lot of the vets and will mix it up in whatever way it takes, based on whatever cards he's been dealt. Maybe, in some cases, a little late, but better late than never.
I thought DYoung was still sore from his twin muscle pulls from Thursday, no? I definitely would prefer his bat in there over Martinez's, but his injury probably limits his range a little bit for his already shaky defense at 2nd. Maybe he's ready though - be nice to see him in there tomorrow. Back home tomorrow night to watch the game delayed then. Hope they can take the rubber match.
Cheers.
He was crap for the first few months, but coming into today his ERa for the last 4 weeks was under 4. Hes got a ton of talent, and he was throwing 97-98 in the later innings tonight. Pretty impressive.
Also: I saw a swarm of bats on a walk just now, and found the family of raccoons that had camped on my car last night.
And that's the news from Lake Woebegone.
I actually went to practice on Thursday.
Thanks. My stay hasn't been very pleasant thus far. I'm sick of hearing the concert non-stop, and I want to go to sleep. Plus I wish my (gosh darn) internet connection would work in my room. There are 4 public computers which are very popular, and the other users don't abide by the 10-minute maximum when others are waiting.
Once I get some sleep, I think I'll start having a good time. But there's no chance of sleeping until the concert ends, and I don't know if that's ever gonna happen at this rate.
You gotta be kidding me.
vr, Xei
Because one dude got knocked out in two minutes.
Optimism, oh how I have missed you.
I saw that fight too it was over in a flash.
It's right next door. At around 11, I closed my window, cranked some Mozart on the laptop, and wrapped the pillow around my head. I woke up at 11:30, hearing only Mozart, so I guess the concert ended some time between 11 and 11:30.
I'm gonna walk around this morning and take photos. I saw some of the campus yesterday, but most of it remains unexplored.
Segue Dodgers, I suppose there is a chance that McDonald could join the rotation this year or at least make a few spot starts. If I go further out on the limb, Sunday could be the day Kemp starts in center field and Pierre gets out of the sun.
Furcal SS
Pierre CF
Loney 1B
Kent 2B
Gonzo LF
Lieberthal C
Ethier RF
Martinez 3B
Hendrickson P
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