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Andruw Jones will get the surgery that's been mulled over for the last week or so, and will have a nice stay on the 15 day DL. In response, the Dodgers will make the obvious move and place Andy LaRoche on the 25 man roster. Since LaRoche clearly has nothing else to prove in AAA, there's not much fear in having him spend time on the bench with Blake DeWitt. It's not what I would prefer, but at least he'll finally get a shot.

Sorry, just got wrapped up in a bit of delusion there. Since we're the Dodgers, we're not going to call up our number two prospect, we're going to put Nomar on the 60 day DL and put Terry Tiffee on the active roster. Tiffee has an OPS of .624 in 273 big league at bats and lost his job to Nick Punto at one point. That's okay though, he  has a career .765 OPS in 3511 minor league at bats as a 29 year old, but since he's hitting .422 this year, he's obviously figured it all out.

I predict that Terry Tiffee will give the team the shot in the arm, and lead the team to a 90-30 record the rest of the way. He's hitting .422, how can he fail?

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If Torre Isn't Going To Start LaRoche

Isn’t it better for him to still get regular ABs in AAA, rather than getting 5 ABs a week in the majors?

by Tango and Cash on May 24, 2008 11:13 PM PDT reply actions  

LaRoche has nothing left to do in AAA.

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by Andrew on May 25, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

I’m not saying he does, but is there any point to keeping him on the bench if he’s not going to be playing at all?

by Tango and Cash on May 26, 2008 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ordinarily I’d say no, but right now Delwyn is the only useful stick on the bench.

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by Andrew on May 26, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

But…but…Mark Sweeny is 2nd in all-time pinch hits! That means he’s great!

by Tango and Cash on May 26, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

You need to go over to Lookout Landing

And read his explanation about the general wonderfulness that is Jose Vidro.

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by scareduck on May 25, 2008 12:01 AM PDT reply actions  

Er, USSM

Blink.

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by scareduck on May 25, 2008 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

yes

kershaw 4 president.

MATT KEMP 4 PRESIDENT!

by wongy on May 25, 2008 2:26 AM PDT reply actions  

DeWitt

Is doing what we all hoped LaRoche would have been able to do, so you put him in the line-up to take out a .310 hitter, that would make so much more sense

NO CRYING IN BASEBALL

by weasel1360 on May 25, 2008 12:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Why don’t we go pick up Lew Ford and Chris Shelton because they were good in April-May before, too? Of course, DeWitt is better than those two, but LaRoche is better than DeWitt. And while you’re basing your opinion on not even 2 months of games, everyone who says LaRoche is better than DeWitt has based this off of quite a few minor league seasons.

by Tango and Cash on May 26, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

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71 Ryan Tucker rhp
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