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

Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Angels
Juan Pierre - LF	Reggie Willits - RF
Andre Ethier - RF	Gary Matthews - CF
Russell Martin - C	Vladimir Guerrero - DH
James Loney - 1B	Garret Anderson - LF
Mark Sweeney - DH	Casey Kotchman - 1B
Andruw Jones - CF	Maicer Izturis - 2B
Blake DeWitt - 3B	Robb Quinlan - 3B
Luis Maza - 2B	Jeff Mathis - C
Chin-Lung Hu - SS	Erick Aybar - SS

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

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

Blake!

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

Hmmmm maybe that wasn’t out.

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

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

WTF is Matt Kemp not starting?

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

Gotta get Sweeney his swings.

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

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

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

He’s a gamer.

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

Always like to see a man go oppo.

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

I’ll take that.

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

Sweeney’s glasses are pretty bad ass.

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

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

Fucking Andruw Jones

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

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

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

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

You gotta lock those guys up early.

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

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

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

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

Shit too late!

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

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

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

Damn it. Why is this game on so early?

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

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

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

Other Andrew is such a bad GM.

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

DFA Loney and Bennett.

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

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

Thatta boy Loney

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

Thatta boy Loney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good point.

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

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

Textbook right there.

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

So much for the Chan Ho revival

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

Aybar’s swing is pretty awful.

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

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

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

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

That was some heads up base running.

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

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

I love naps.

by Tango and Cash on May 17, 2008 3:46 PM PDT reply actions

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

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

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

PM

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by CSon on May 17, 2008 9:41 PM PDT reply actions

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout

Totals			$112,162,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
56	Matt Chico lhp	29
33	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25
28	Jamey Wright rhp	37

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
65	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
37	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 20 For more info, click here.

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