Anderson, Weaver, Ramon Ortiz Make Team; Mientkiewicz Released

So now.
Padilla, Kershaw, Billingsley, Kuroda, Haegar, Weaver, Ramon Ortiz, Troncoso, Sherrill, Broxton (10)
Martin, Ausmus (2)
Loney, DeWitt, Furcal, Blake, Carroll, Belliard (6)
Manny, Kemp, Ethier, Johnson, Anderson (5)

2 spots, 3 candidates- Monasterios, Russ Ortiz and Nick Green

by bhsportsguy on Apr 2, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

please don’t let it be Russ. But if it is Russ, he’ll be released after the first run he gives up earned or not. By the way I don’t like his game.

…Assuming Monasterios gets picked (we HAVE to keep him on principle along, just at the CHANCE that we can get back at the Phillies), the moves since the day that will live in infamy are all looking pretty good, other than the relatively minor transaction of chosing (Russ Ortiz/Nick Green) over Eric Stults.

From a personal standpoint, I was disappointed in losing Repko and Barton, but don’t think they could’ve added anything significant to the big club, especially with the Hoff coming back home, where he belongs. J-Mac, Elbert and Link can all get some work in now, and pitch at Chavez Revine later in the season, hopefully. A healthy Reed Johnson and Garrett Anderson look like improvements over Juan Pierre and a gimpy Jim Thome.

So let’s pick that final bench warmer, and get the season started already! (Even if it IS Russ Ortiz, I really don’t think it’s worth getting TOO upset over, seeing how he’ll probably only be pitching when it’s 10-0.)

Garret Anderson he will pick a new number once the season starts. When he signed, he only had 00 or 84 as an option. Also, “the only reason I was wearing 16 all those years was because it was the first one ever given to me. I never picked that number.”

Here are the #Dodgers’ “Prime 9” plays:

9) Rick Monday’s HR in Montreal & the Dodgers winning the pennant
8) Roy Campanella night at the Coliseum, May 7, 1959
7) Shawn Green’s 4-HR, 19-TB in Milwaukee, May 23, 2002
6) 4+1, September 18, 2006
5) “Sandy into his windup, here’s the pitch…swung on and missed, a perfect game!”
4) Don Drysdale’s 58 1/3 scoreless streak (no Orel?!?)
3) Sandy Koufax Game 1 of the 1963 World Series (15 Ks, including first 5 batters of game)
2) 1965 World Series Game 7: Lou Johnson HR, Koufax shutout on 2-days rest
1) Kirk Gibson

1. I was actually at the Piazza homecoming game. I did not hear a boo; I heard a rousing standing ovation.

2. Those onesies are classic. Too bad your birthday was last weekend or you’d be able to roll in one of those at the May 1 game.

Bonus comment: My three daughters (ages 19-22) and some friends are trying to talk themselves into going to the game today. They won’t be wearing onesies.