All You Need To Know; Why Dodgers are Up 2-0

by DallasDodger on Oct 3, 2008 12:55 PM PDT Comment 3 comments

Here's all you need to know why the Blue Nation will be celebrating on Saturday its first post season victory in 20 years:

Furcal vs. Soriano (the 1 hole)- your job is to get on base gentlemen and set the table: Furcal .450 ; Soriano .111

Defense. Avg. number of errors per game: Chicago 2.5, L.A. 0.5

Will the guy who is worse than Fukudome get in there in bat? 0 for 8. Oh, I guess it can't get worse. There's no one waiting in the wings that can do any damage- Pinella just can't say that.

Torre's expertise, high level of credibility and unchallenged command at managing a group of veteran pitchers in the playoffs. If you don't understand this, please read baseball history under: greatest managers of all-time at managing a veteran ball club.

The black hole for the Cubs. The second hole. Why are they saying that Pinella was wrong putting Fukudome in the second spot in the first game? Fukudome was replaced by Theriot in the second game. Theriot went OH for 4 in game 2. Not exactly better. The second hole has been a killer for the Cubs (0 for 8) throughout the series. The Cubs have got nothing. Nada. The Dodgers? Under Martin (now who should be the NL all-star starting catcher?) the second hole delivered a game crushing, dagger-in-the-heart, triple that plated three runs. Also, his dead center HR in the ninth of the first game, let the Cubs know that they weren't anywhere near a comeback and hid Saito's rustiness for 24 more hours.

Oh, I forgot to mention Manny Ramirez.

Torre will also manage the next game as if he's down 0-2. He still has fresh in his melon the meltdown in '04. He was making comments about the Boston comeback after being down 0-3 even before game one of this series even started. If it takes 7 pitchers to win game 3, he'll do it. And he's got fresh pitchers to do it!

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so so true.

Matt Kemp for president.
Adrian Wilson for vice.

by wongy on Oct 4, 2008 1:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Wongy?

Where are you from?
Do u get to go to the game on Saturday?
Can u give me a rec?
Erich

by DallasDodger on Oct 4, 2008 8:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

i did not attend the game tonight, but i did watch the rest of it from the 3rd inning. the dodgers were already up 2-0, thanks to james loney’s two run double in the 1st inning. kuroda pitched a 6.1 IP gem continuosly frustrating the cubbies hitters with ground ball after ground ball. jonathan broxton pitched a perfect 1.1 striking out 3 of the 4 batters he faced.

i’m from las vegas actually.

Matt Kemp for president.
Adrian Wilson for vice.

by wongy on Oct 4, 2008 11:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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2010 Dodger Payroll

Pos	No	Player	2010 Salary
C	55	Martin	$5,050,000
1B	7	Loney	$3,100,000
2B	33	DeWitt	$410,000*
3B	23	Blake	$6,000,000
SS	15	Furcal	$8,500,000
LF	99	Manny	$7,267,760
CF	27	Kemp	$4,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$6,000,000

2B/3B	14	Carroll	$1,350,000
2B/3B/1B	3	Belliard	$825,000
C	12	Ausmus	$850,000
OF	5	Johnson	$800,000
SS	60	Hu	$405,000*

SP	22	Kershaw	$440,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$3,850,000
SP	18	Kuroda	$14,100,000
SP	44	Padilla	$4,025,000
SP	50	Stults	$405,000*

CL	51	Broxton	$4,000,000
LHP	52	Sherrill	$4,500,000
LHP	56	Kuo	$950,000
RHP	67	Troncoso	$425,000*
RHP	54	Belisario	$425,000*
RHP	37	Haeger	$425,000*
RHP	68	Monasterios	$460,000*

		Pierre	$4,000,000
		Andruw	$3,600,000
		Schmidt	$2,000,000
		Wolf	$2,000,000
		Hudson	$1,440,000
		Nomar	$1,250,000
		Ohman	$200,000
		Zerpa	$35,000
		Hoffmann	($50,000)

Others on 40-man roster (total: 39)
RHP	47	Wade
C	9	Ellis
OF	75	Paul
OF	17	Repko	$500,000
SS	87	DeJesus**
RHP	64	Guerra**
RHP	74	Jansen**
LHP	59	Leach**
RHP	73	Link**
C	71	May**
RHP	31	McDonald**
RHP	49	Schlichting**
LHP	57	Elbert**
OF	62	Robinson**

Totals			$93,537,760
Red = arbitration Asterisk () = estimated * = currently in minor league camp
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