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Game Thread 5/17: Los Angeles Angels

Los Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels, May 17, 2008 12:55 PM PDT


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I’m sure there’s a very good reason Sweeney is starting instead of Kemp.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think 2008 Andruw Jones is my first comparable.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Blake!

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmmmm maybe that wasn’t out.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think Jose Valentin is on your comparables list

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 1:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WTF is Matt Kemp not starting?

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 1:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gotta get Sweeney his swings.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thatta boy Pierre...Don't trub it!

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 1:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

He’s a gamer.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Always like to see a man go oppo.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’ll take that.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweeney’s glasses are pretty bad ass.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't know why Ethier only got a single out of that one though..

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 1:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fucking Andruw Jones

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 1:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If Jones doesn’t get a change, he’s pretty much screwed.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Something tells me we’re going to regret not scoring more than four so far.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Screw critical thinking. . .

Chan Ho Park is good again. I’d extend him right now for 3/36 million.

by Andrew Shimmin on May 17, 2008 1:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You gotta lock those guys up early.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

See what I did there?

I kept the years down, but bumped the rate a little over market.

Because I’m smart.

by Andrew Shimmin on May 17, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good thinking, it’s the years that hurt you.

I’m also going to start the write in campaign for Blake DeWitt.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not a bad idea. I've been thinking locking up Blake DeWitt a la Ryan Braun...

Get the youth movement in LA on the road..

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shit too late!

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey Andrew

What’s Blake DeWitt’s LD% right now? It’s gotta be higher than 8%?

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

13.3%. You can get it off Hardball Times.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn it. Why is this game on so early?

by Tango and Cash on May 17, 2008 2:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Is there a reason Maza is starting everyday. If I recall, he was brought up to be the utility infielder, and not Furcal’s literal replacement.

by Tango and Cash on May 17, 2008 2:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Because Joe Torre wasn’t the magical quick fix he was advertised as.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Other Andrew is such a bad GM.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

DFA Loney and Bennett.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Think DeWitt could handle 1B? Then we could trade Loney for Toby Hall!

by Andrew Shimmin on May 17, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thatta boy Loney

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Thatta boy Loney

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Does Chan Ho contribute to the Dodgers lead in bad facial hair?

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't think we're the league leaders in that category..

1) Boston Red Sox: Papi, Youk, Pedroia, Drew, Tek, Delcarmen, Beckett, list goes on…
2) Chicago White Sox: Ozzie, Swisher, Crede, Jermaine, the list goes on…
3) Dodgers: ?

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our main offenders did shave, but Ethier and Loney were looking terrible early. Kent, Penny, Lowe, and Beimel are all on there.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m disappointed in how much Oakland has regressed.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree, it’s usually only white guys that look bad with goatees.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, but still, the Red Sox run away in that category

Youkilis and the Pedroia soul-patch, Josh Beckett:

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070904/070904_beckett_vmed_7p.widec.jpg

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good point.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's almost a rite of passage with that team:

David Ortiz before Sox and after.

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Textbook right there.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So much for the Chan Ho revival

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Aybar’s swing is pretty awful.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

How does Viagra keep coming up with worse commercials?

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Vigra commercial makes me want to kill children

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was some quality color work by EK there.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 2:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That was some heads up base running.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 3:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a man-crush on Kuo. He da MAN!

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by Baseball Mastermind on May 17, 2008 3:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Does Fox assume all sports fans are fat balding and impotent?

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 3:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This has to be the first game ever that was pitched by three Asian pitchers from three different countries.

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by Andrew on May 17, 2008 4:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

frickin loney

every time he throws to 2nd it’s an error. first bennett and now loney. 2nd to last in the league in errors last year and it looks like the Dodgers haven’t improved. at least chan ho pitched well. WAY better than loaiza or tomko would have done. hopefully he can bring up his K/BB ratio. and Kuo is a K machine. let’s hope Lowe can pull off a miracle on 3 days rest tomorrow.

by CSon on May 17, 2008 8:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

PM

is there a way to message other members?

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3B 23 Blake $6,000,000
SS 15 Furcal $8,500,000
LF 99 Manny $7,267,760
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RF 16 Ethier $6,000,000

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