Dodger Week Two: Electric Boogaloo
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
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PrintSimply put, this week was one of the greatest weeks ever for the Dodgers. After a solid week on the road, they came home and simply decimated two divisional opponents, the Giants and Rockies.
Dodger Batter of the Week: Orlando Hudson, who started his Dodger career in style, hitting for the cycle in his home debut. However, he didn't merely provide the cycle; the O-Dog went 13 for 24, and hit .542/.621/.875 for the week.
Honorable mention goes to Andre Ethier, who rode two multi-homer games to a .391/.464/1.000 week. If this was any other week, Ethier would probably win the award, but this was no ordinary week at Dodger Stadium!
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Chad Billingsley picked up two wins, so he gets the award over Clayton Kershaw. Both Billingsley and Kershaw had dominating seven-inning performances against the Giants, but the luck of scheduling gave Billingsley another start, and he came through with a quality start against Colorado. For the week, Billingsley was 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA with three walks and 17 strikeouts in 13 innings. Kershaw will likely have two starts this week to try and claim the award.
Week 2 Record: 6-0, 50 runs scored, 17 runs allowed (.896 pythagorean winning percentage)
Overall Seasonal Record: 10-3, 82 runs scored, 40 runs allowed (.808 pythagorean winning percentage), all against the NL West.
Upcoming Week: After a day off Monday, the Dodgers take their eight-game winning streak to Houston for three, followed by three games in Coors Field. The Dodgers have only had nine winning streaks longer than their current run since moving to Los Angeles.
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More fun stats from week 2
Starters, by OPS:
Hudson: .542/.621/.875
Ethier: .391/.464/1.000
Kemp: .391/.481/.870
Manny: .364/.481/.682
Martin: .353/.522/.412
Blake: .313/.368/.563
Furcal: .320/.346/.480
Loney: .190/.308/.190
Starting 8: .363/.454/.649
Just an unreal offensive week. Every one but Loney brought their hitting shoes. Maybe a trip home (to Houston) will rejuvenate our first baseman.
Pitching during the 8 game winning streak
Starters:
47 2/3 IP (5.96 per start)
29 hits
12 runs
16/53 BB/K
2 HR
2.27 ERA / 0.94 WHIP
Bullpen:
24 1/3 IP
20 hits
8 runs
6/19 BB/K
2.96 ERA / 1.07 WHIP
More pitching
during the 8-game streak:
Starters: .186/.263/.295 against
Bullpen: .211/.260/.379 against
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Will Ohman = hilarious
per Bill Shaikin:
“I’ve never been one to sit on my stats,” Ohman said, failing to suppress a grin. “My path to the Hall of Fame as a hitter is dependent on my continuing to go out and do my work.”
Ohman is a great interview
Have you heard him being interviewed? I heard him right after we signed him and he is definitely a character, in a good way, with a great sense of humor.
I haven't actually heard him speak yet
but seemingly every quote is great. He’s definitely filling the Hilarious LHP quota.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Me either
Him and Beimel need to have a face off.
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 19, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
If we lose on Tuesday we know who to blame. ;-)
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 19, 2009 10:45 PM PDT reply actions
If we lose to Russ Ortiz
with Kershaw going, we can just chalk it up to YouNeverKnow. :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually I'm a little nervous about this next one.
Tejada, Lee, Berkman, and Pence all bat from the right side and they are all good sluggers. I’m still plenty confident about our chances, but I can see Kershaw getting plenty of K’s again and also getting hit hard. Dodgers should still get the win, but I just want to see Kershaw dominate every time out.
A Breakin' 2 reference...
one of the reasons why this is a cool site! Eric, it’s like you had a roommate who was a Hip Hop DJ or something…
Some of DJ Rewind's mad skills
seeped into my brain!
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The Amazing Micah Owings
had a pinch-hit 2-run double today. He’s 2 for 5 on the season with 2 doubles, and is hitting .322/.357/.562 lifetime in 131 PA.
He has been used 27 times as a pinch hitter in his short career (2007-present)!!!
I want the Reds to start him.
Do you think he could replicate those numbers in a full time role? How about something close to them at least?
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 19, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he could be a better Brooks Kieschnick
not sure if he could pull an Ankiel. But it would be cool to see the Reds use him in a hybrid role, starting every so often on offense, and getting some work on the mound too, whether as a starter or reliever.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
Should i just look up Brooks Kieshnick then? :-)
Instead of always starting Chris Dickerson in left, why not let Owings start a couple times a week there? Sure, there’d be a big defensive dropoff, but his offense would probably more than make up the difference. It’d be exciting to see a hybrid player, it happens at every level other than pro baseball.
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 19, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
in those 27 PA as a pinch-hitter, Owings is hitting .333/.407/.583.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 19, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he take lessons
with Mark Sweeney?
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 19, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no.
His line would be something like .090/.090/.119 if he had.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 20, 2009 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Bout time we play Houston, I can finally watch in HD!
by Linix129 on Apr 20, 2009 8:11 AM PDT reply actions
Why
are there so few commenters on here. Purple row, Snake pit, and McCovey Chronicles have way more commenters even though the Dodgers have a bigger fan base?
Are you looking for an actual answer?
I mean, how exactly is one supposed to answer a question regarding what the commenting tendencies of other Dodgers fans are?
I find this blog (including the commenters) rather insightful with excellent writing and analysis. But I don’t get the point of your question.
by Michael White on Apr 20, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Biggest reason
is that Dodger Thoughts kind of owns the blog waves of Los Angeles for the Dodgers. Jon Weisman is the best baseball writer in town, both Eric and I came from Dodger Thoughts, and we know how tough the competition is. Hell, Eric and I still post on DT because we know everyone there.
Page views have grown over 200% in the last three months but membership only about 25%. So while we are getting lots of visitors most of them are not compelled to join so that they can participate. So what we lack in quantity we make up for in quality and I like the quality of our repeat commentators.
The blogs you mentioned may have more people who comment but only McCovey Chronicles has more eyeballs. McCovey was one of the first SB Nation blogs and they are the Dodger Thoughts of San Francisco. I believe they are one of the largest SB Nation blogs which is amazing when you think of the population base and how bad the Giants have been in recent years.
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