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The Glory and Pain of 2008

The Good Stuff

Not in any order of importance

1. Chad Billingsley's continued development into the ace of the Dodger staff.

2. Clayton Kershaw's rapid ascension into the rotation

3. Hong-Chih Kuo becoming the best setup man in baseball

4. Blake DeWitt's April/May and Sept

5. Mannywood

6. Hiroki Kuroda breaking Ned's bad streak of free agent busts

7. Matt Kemp proving he can play centerfield

8. Andre Ethier ripping 3.5 off his resume and becoming a real force

9. Russel Martin's all-star 1st half

10. Vin Scully

11. Winning our 1st playoff series in 20 years and doing it in fine style

12. Rafy Furcal's 1st four  weeks of dynamite baseball

13. Cory Wade's season from nowhere

14. Chan Ho Park's semi successful return

15. Nomar playing SS one last time and  giving us one last walk off home run

16. The Boston/Dodger Coliseum Game

17. Playing baseball in China

18. Carlos Santana breaking out in High A

The Bad Stuff

1. Andruw Jones

2. Rafael Furcal's Back

3. Blake DeWitt's June/July

4. Andy LaRoche's failure to impress

5. Carlos Santana getting traded

6. Chad Billingsley pitching horribly against the Phillies

7. Jeff Kent's body giving out

8. Russel Martin's powerless 2nd half

9. Loney's double plays

10. Berroa getting 200 at bats while putting up a 62 OPS+

12. Chin-Ling Hu making the Mendoza line looking good

13. To much bad Penny

14. Still no Schmidt

15. Mark Sweeney putting up one of the worse pinch hitting seasons in history

Feel free to add to the good and the bad.

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Here’s to an even better 09.

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by Linix129 on Dec 31, 2008 11:37 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Play Specific...

The Good
Nomar’s diving save against Arizona
Loneyslam
Blake DeWitt’s Inside-The-Park homerun

The Bad
Broxton in San Francisco
Brewers 50-time Gold Glove Outfield
Rain-Delay Bills

The Ugly
Matt Stairs.

-Jacob Burch, who needs a new SBNation login.

by Jacob Burch on Dec 31, 2008 12:05 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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Great additions. How could I forget the Loney slam. One of the greatest playoff shots in LA Dodger playoff history?

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Dec 31, 2008 12:28 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A few additions

Good
1) Seeing “The Infield” toss out the first pitches before NLCS Game 3. I was hoping they would get to do that, and it worked out since Lopes is the 1B coach for the Phillies
2) Russell Martin & Matt Kemp jumping into the pavilion in the celebration following the sweep of the Cubs. I was sitting a few feet away and reveling in the joy, and also hoping like hell neither man got hurt
3) Joe Beimel’s custom-made uniform/robe. Awesome.

Bad
Getting the wind knocked out of me when Matt Stairs crushed Broxton’s pitch roughly 450 feet

-Eric

by Eric Stephen on Dec 31, 2008 12:13 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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From the point after Kuo was removed I have erased all memory of that game. If Ned had released Sweeney and traded for Stairs would we be World Champions?

Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen

by Phil Gurnee on Dec 31, 2008 12:30 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Without Hyperbole I Can Say

we would have without a doubt won every playoff game if the de facto Sweeney/Stairs swap happened! :)

-Eric

by Eric Stephen on Dec 31, 2008 12:40 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Some off the field and media stuff

Mixed bag, but not all bad.

“That’s why the call me the Bison.”
Plaschke’s endorsement of James McDonald.
“The Baseball Boogie”
Troy from WV.
The end of FJM.

by StolenMonkey86 on Jan 3, 2009 8:45 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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