Matt Kemp, Where Amazing Happens

by Kenchanayoh on Jul 10, 2009 11:18 PM PDT

A couple days after losing the MLB Final Vote and being snubbed by Charlie Manuel, Matt Kemp is showing the nation where amazing happens. Though he isn't an elite player just yet, Kemp has been playing on an impressive and all-star caliber level for the past week.

Just to illustrate how much of a tear Kemp is actually on, here is what Kemp has been doing on the roadtrip: He has a 7-game hitting streak, batting .556 (15-27) with 1HR and 9 RBIs. Also, Kemp has 5 multi-hit games during the roadtrip. In the past 3 games, he has gotten 9 hits in 12 official at-bats (.750).

Tonight, Kemp went 3 for 5 with a grand slam in the top of 10th, which proved to be the difference in the game. In the bottom of the 10th, he ended the game with a Willie Mays-esque basket catch running towards the center field warning track, preventing an extra base hit.

Now, my question is will Raul Ibanez play in the All-Star game? Also, if he doesn't play, will Manuel pick Kemp to fill in? Gut feeling he will not pick Kemp even if Ibanez sits out.

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Will Matt Kemp make it to the All-Star game roster next week?

Yes, Manuel will pick him as a fill-in

10 votes

No, Ibanez will play or Manuel will pick Sandoval to fill the spot

25 votes

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Wow the Bison had a monster game, but his catch was #4 on ESPNs great plays of the day.

Espn hates the Dodgers and the west and I don’t get CM picking his 1st baseman (4th one on allstar team). Manuel will probably start everyone in different positions than they play, kind of like his Mets.

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by so.cal.native1952 on Jul 10, 2009 11:42 PM PDT reply actions

ESPN does hate the Dodgers

So true. They only show Manny highlights anyways.
Since when does a Willie Mays basket catch garner only a 4th in the web gems

by Kenchanayoh on Jul 11, 2009 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions

number 1 web gem

number 4 in ESPNS TOP 10 PLAYS

by matthewmafa on Jul 11, 2009 2:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Baseball tonight does a better job with those things

by Heyward is the next crime dog on Jul 11, 2009 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions

I missed Baseball tonight they probably would be better

Man the Bison is becoming one of the top players, I can’t remember us having a center fielder that good. In fact I like are outfield very much, hell I like are infield too. I rember last year when we got Blake a lot of people were saying how bad a fielder he was, if that is bad I will take that anyday.

Paul D. Kelley

by so.cal.native1952 on Jul 11, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

I agree

by Heyward is the next crime dog on Jul 11, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions

my apologies

the recession has made me cancel my cable tv

by Kenchanayoh on Jul 11, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

We need a real alternative to ESPN.

by Pedro's curse on Jul 11, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

MLB Network for baseball

I never watch ESPN for baseball anymore, unless the Sunday Night game is something I want to see.

by David Young on Jul 11, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I really like MLB Network

I haven’t watched Baseball Tonight all year. Quick pitch is much better on MLB Network.

Actually I don’t watch NFL Highlights on ESPN anymore either, now that there is the NFL Network.

And I don’t go to ESPN dot com anymore, now that there are blogs like this one.

Time’s are a changing.

by Michael White on Jul 11, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll check it out.

Thanks.

by Pedro's curse on Jul 11, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Matt Kemp, where aMAYSing happens!

And that catch was finished off with a Bo Jacksonian climb of the wall, with Kemp adding a hand slap of his own. I give it a 10 !

by David Young on Jul 11, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions

10 is a bit low

by Heyward is the next crime dog on Jul 11, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

haha i like the pun dave!

prolly one of the prettiest outfield catches i have ever seen
other than that insane one jim edmonds made while he was diving

by Kenchanayoh on Jul 11, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions

ESPN really hates the Dodgers, don't they?

They have a poll going on right now for the top web gem of the week, and Matt Kemp didn’t even make the final 5!

Instead, Aaron Rowand makes it twice, and Carlos Gomez makes it for standing at the wall and jumping. Pathetic.

"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." -Oliver W. Holmes

by Jesse S. on Jul 12, 2009 3:54 PM PDT 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	37	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		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
60	Matt Chico lhp	29
35	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

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

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Will Matt Kemp make it to the All-Star game roster next week?

Yes, Manuel will pick him as a fill-in

No, Ibanez will play or Manuel will pick Sandoval to fill the spot

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