Dodgers / Reds Game 3 Chat: Part II
by Eric Stephen on Apr 22, 2010 6:08 PM PDT
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Garret Anderson's two-run home run gave the Dodgers the 5-4 lead. In comes Kuo for his 2010 debut, bottom 7th...
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Too bad for Kuo
thought he might get Votto out here…
he definitely got squeezed on the first pitch. Its been a strike all game.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 22, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Votto's a tough out
but walking him with a baserunner on seems like a decent indication that he might not be 100%. I don’t have a problem with this at all. I’ll have a problem if it BACKFIRES, of course, but I can’t blame Torre for doing this.
Walking someone is an indication of not being 100%
Kuo is not perfect, certainly not like vintage Saito.
well, whether it is or isn't
allowing 2 baserunners out of 3 batters, while perfectly forgiveable, gives a manager a perfect reason to try someone else- especially since the lefty-on-lefty matchups are over
Why would walking him be an indication he isnt 100%. Healthy pitchers do walk hitters, especially if you throw strikes that are called balls.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 22, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Loons just finished up there game with a win
Sands with his second 2-run HR in as many games is now hitting .407 with 5 HR and 17 RBI through the first 15 games of the season
Kemp has simply not made one tough play this year.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
this D makes some great plays
but also some down-right bone-headed ones
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 22, 2010 6:20 PM PDT reply actions
Dewitt's defense is really costing the Dodgers
I would say Kemp’s too but that wasn’t an easy play, though he should have let Johnson get that damn ball.
Fuck.
I don’t think Johnson would have had an easier time at it.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 22, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Johnson would have had an easier time going to his left to get it rather than Kemp going to his right to get it. The ball didn’t bounce of the wall did it? There didn’t seem like any reason to jump…
I find myself missing the Dodgers that could barely hit but could pitch and play really nice defense.
this is why Kemps UZR is so awful so far. Its not an easy play, but he needs to make it. Hes had a few of those this year.
Obviously, but hes been nothing short of awful out there. He needs to make that play.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 22, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
weren't we all complaining a month ago
that Torre was not giving the job to DeWitt quickly enough? Now we’re complaining that Torre is not taking the job away from him quickly enough?
Are you trying to make comments that have nothing to do with the situation all week?
by Eric Stephen on Apr 22, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
DeWitt’s throw didn’t have anything to do with being a 2B…it was just a bad throw.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 22, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m waiting to see how this is also somehow Brett Tomko’s fault, too.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 22, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
When it rains it pours...
and when it pours it floods
another game thrown away and made much tougher than it needs to be because of the defense. Padilla, DeWitt, Kemp all making poor plays that lead directly to runs. DeWitts was the easiest play to make and he really needed to make that throw.
Amazing
6 runs could’ve been prevented with just making the play.
What the fuck were the pitchers and defense doing during Spring Training
Can we just do a do over and start the season next week?
Dodgers sometimes excelled last year at losing to crappy teams
So maybe that’s something they decided to continue this year
Because Kuo just came back from injury
If DeWitt and Loney make that play, no one questions the move.
I think they are easing him in…he had a walk but seemed to get squeezed on that last PA
by Eric Stephen on Apr 22, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
He fell off the mound on the first batter, than allowed the next two runners to get on base.
He looked rusty, and Torre probably decided that he needed to bring in another arm.
This Dodger team's going to take awhile to get used too...
Anyone that sat thru the 2003 season and now watching this…
Just crazy.
Luckily the starter's pitch count is getting high and the Reds bullpen blows
The Dodgers could still catch up
Reds have scored 25 runs this series
Since the Dodgers have currently score 28, they should try to see if they can score 32 in this series.
If I told Phil the Dodgers would score at least 5 runs a game
And they would score 28 all together, he would have felt pretty good about his prediction.
Manny's calf "strain"
I’ve torn my calf before and I couldn’t walk normally for 2 1/2 months. So this could be a problem.
So I believe our bullpen ERA leaders are
1. Broxton 0.00
2. Monk 3.00
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That is unreal
I can’t imagine what Philly, Milwaukee, St Louis are gonna do against this staff if we can’t get it turned around. Way too many 4 out innings early in the season aren’t helping either
Luckily, we don’t play those teams too often.
by Michael White on Apr 22, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a bold statement
You’d take them winning every game?
by Michael White on Apr 22, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Tuesday
Remember way back when Kemp homered? That was awesome.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Not if he didn’t go to OAK. Since he didn’t, the fall is pretty deep.
by Michael White on Apr 22, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
He was projected as a high 2nd rounder.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 22, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Depending on whether
Cleveland would take a QB or not. Once he got past 12 or 13, it was going to be a freefall for all the QB’s
Also, on the NFL draft.
For all the talk about baseball being a dying sport, its still gets to have 50 rounds for their draft. NFL only has 7.
Because of 1) farm systems and 2) non-binding drafts allow people to get drafted multiple times.
by Michael White on Apr 22, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but the percentage of NFL picks who play NFL football is so much higher
Vs. the countless guys drafted in baseball who never even sniff AAA.
That’s because the NFL doesn’t invest in their own farm system. For all of the flaws of college football, its basically allows pro football to gage the relative talents of players without investing in them until years later.
It is a good deal for the NFL
as is college basketball for the NBA
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
A good defensive play
by DeWitt got the first out on a drag bunt; than an Orlando Cabrera single and a walk to Votto.
I know it was rhetorical because I knew he didn't get "hammered"
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Hey
DeWitt made the best defensive play of the night behind him
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Beliario
is the one who can cringe at the defense but he did allow the big fly that Kemp couldn’t track down.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Sherrill issues a leadoff walk
And Troncoso is loosening in the pen.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Right
almost made the BA Hot list for week one
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No way he was going to stick
on the Giant team. They understand they are competing for a playoff spot and don’t have room to baby a pitcher.
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What I don't understand
is how teams like the Nat’s/Pirates/Reds/Astro’s didn’t claim him when he was returned. They are the type of teams who should make those claims.
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Bad route by Kemp on a clean base hit there
a little lucky that’s only first and third.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Red Sox offense
has dropped off a cliff. They have been lucky to get those walk off wins.
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Outside of DeWitt and Pierre playing some outfield
This same team was among the leaders in Defensive Efficiency in 2009.
He's mobile
probably missed the original thread comment
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That was odd
Guess Tron wasn’t quite ready, but why not just send Martin out to the mound to slow things down. Weird pulling a guy with an 0-1 count.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Dodgers sure know how to ruin their own party
but I can wait it out. I see it as a test of faith, anyway…
Why
just let sherrill get beat up. . .dont need to burn anymore pitchers
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 22, 2010 6:43 PM PDT reply actions
It's only a 3 run deficit and LAD is the best offensive team in baseball
It’s still within reach I guess is the answer
by Michael White on Apr 22, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitchers go through slumps
you must have seen your share being a Mariner fan. Sherrill is not what he was for us last year but he’ll get straightened out and help this bullpen before long.
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I'm getting pissed off at Sherrill coming in and then getting pulled after creating a mess.
either he’s hurt and should be DLed, or he just needs to be a really expensive LOOGY for the rest of the year.
Or he needs to work out his problems
more then two options to this situation.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I'm getting pissed off at Sherrill coming in and then getting pulled after creating a mess.
either he’s hurt and should be DLed, or he just needs to be a really expensive LOOGY for the rest of the year.
hed be a LOOGY
but hes having trouble getting those guys out too
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 22, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah--Tron
It’s almost like Joe is trying to make every one blow up on this bad night.
Torre might need to understand
he has an old 3rd baseman who might need more time off then once a week.
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Joe's got a lot of +35ers on the team
Blake, Manny, Padilla, Kuroda, Ausmus, Belliard – it’s beginning to look like by Bridge club.
I don't have a problem with that
I just think he’s going to need to give Casey more time off then he has so far.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
This site does not believe in jinxes
our posters might, but our writers do not.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
The weakest team in baseball for four series and we lose the first one
This is bad news. Pitching, as was said by what, 31 million people, is the main priority this year. And, it ain’t happening – yet.
Yeah, this stuff makes me nervous
Dodgers last 2 seasons had a soft September fill with the Reds and Pirates and Padres, etc…but the soft part of the schedule comes at the front this time so it’s not going to get any easier going forward. Need to tighten it up in a lot of areas.
I've got the Texas/Boston game
wonder if we’ll see Feliz again?
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Minor League Alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dee Gordon hits his 1st HR of the year…
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A little pop is coming…
Amanda Righetti <3
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