A very interesting photo...call me crazy, but could Manny's long dreads be interfering with his...

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A very interesting photo...call me crazy, but could Manny's long dreads be interfering with his swing, which is why he's been slumping??? he did have them in Boston but i dont know if they were ever this long....

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you could be on to something

baseball isn’t swimming, obviously. But when hair is THAT long, it could be having an affect. Either way, the Dodgers should order him to trim it. If he was batting .400 again, then let it go. Given what we’ve seen lately, it couldn’t hurt.

(Of course, there is ANOTHER explanation for what we’re seeing now, and I really, really hope that’s not it.)

by sarcastro9 on Oct 1, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions

agreed

i really do hope that OTHER explanation is not the reason for his slump….

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 2, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Breakout night

I have a feeling tonight is going to be THE day or night Manny finally breaks out of this nightmarish slump. I dare not even think of the OTHER reason he is slumping…it’s just not fathomable.

"Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest."
-Tommy L.

by Pablojr818 on Oct 3, 2009 10:10 AM PDT reply actions

Hiding a left hand/wrist injury from the HBP?

by David Young on Oct 3, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

No. But maybe??? I was thinking about something more unthinkable…something Red Sox fans are too familiar with concerning Manny. : (

by Pablojr818 on Oct 3, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

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
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Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

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

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