Dodgers Hope Dismal April Ends on High Note
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 3:56 PM PDT
in Dodgers Game Previews
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PrintTonight is the last game of April, a month during which the Dodgers have been shutout four times. Per the Dodger game notes, the last month the club was blanked so often was June 2008, when the team was shutout five times. That was a dark period for the Dodgers, after Rafael Furcal hurt his back and before we could even imagine such a thing as Manny Ramirez in Dodger blue. That month, the Dodgers scored 84 runs in 27 games, just over three runs per contest. Angel Berroa started 19 games that month and hit .183/.246/.217, yet still managed to blow Chin-Lung Hu (.105/.150/.211 in 21 PA) out of the water.
The Dodgers aren't that bad, even though it sure feels like it right now. Chad Billingsley takes the hill against Charlie Morton and the Pirates. Here are the lineups, which features Xavier Paul's first career start batting leadoff:
| Pirates | Dodgers | |||
| 2B | Iwamura | LF |
Paul |
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| 3B | LaRoche | C | Martin | |
| CF | McCutchen |
RF | Ethier | |
| RF | Jones | CF | Kemp | |
| LF | Church | 1B | Loney | |
| C | Doumit |
3B | Blake | |
| 1B | Clement | 2B | DeWitt | |
| P | Morton | SS | Carroll | |
| SS | Crosby | P | Billingsley |
|
In each of Paul's previous four major league starts, he has batted seventh.
Other Notes
- Matt Kemp has a hit in all seven home games this season. He is the only Dodger to start all 22 games this season (James Loney has played in 22 games, but started 21), and has started 46 straight games dating back to last season
- Since his pinch-hit home run last Thursday in Cincinnati, Garret Anderson is hitless in his last 15 at-bats, with six strikeouts
- Anderson isn't the only Garret struggling; Garrett Jones of the Pirates hit his third home run of the season in his first at-bat of the second game of the year, against the Dodgers. Since that third home run, Jones has 14 hits in 75 at-bats, and is hitting .187/.326/.253 during that span.
- Tonight is UCLA Night at Dodger Stadium, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will throw out the ceremonial first pitch
- Loney is hosting the State Farm Dodgers Dream Foundation Bowling Extravaganza at Lucky Strike Lanes L.A. Live next Monday, featuring several Dodgers. More information can be found at Dodgers.com/bowling
- I enjoyed Orel's take on the Matt Kemp / Ned Colletti controversy, over at Sons of Steve Garvey
- Chad Moriyama of Memories of Kevin Malone has laid out his plan to improve the Dodgers in the short term, for both the offense and pitching
Xeifrank's simulation of today's game is here.
Game Time: 7:10pm
TV: Prime Ticket
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Your offensive solutions are spot on. However,
Starting Pitcher #5, Move-Designate Haeger, Demote Ely, And Either Sign Pedro Martinez Or Rotate Prospects Until One Sticks
I think this is premature. I think we should give Haeger more than 3 starts, one of them coming on 3 days rest. However, if Haeger doesn’t finish May well at all, I wouldn’t be against DFAing him.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Well...
My original thought was that the front four would be relatively stable, thus affording the Dodgers time to go with a hit more miss type starter at #5. Well, obviously that has been anything but the case thus far, and if another team wants to take a huge risk on Haeger, they can, but I bet he clears anyway, giving the Dodgers further depth in AAA while finding a short term solution.
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I get that
but don’t you think three starts scrams “small sample size”? Isn’t this part of the problem we had of ditching Edwin Jackson so soon?
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
How many starts do you think you should give Haeger.
Are any of his starts as abysmal as James McDonald’s ’09 April starts?
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Like I said, I love Haeger
I wish him the best, but losing him is not a huge blow
Maybe I am acting too swiftly there, but he doesn’t look right and i’m not sure if his upside as a league average pitcher is worth the time to wait.
Very different pitcher from Stults, but I see the similarities in raw number/upside projections.
Just my opinion, of course.
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with you that Haeger would likely clear options.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Nationals or somebody like that take a shot?
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
but they will have one fewer rotation spot available come June anyway…plus, Scott Olsen! :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Whichever team it was
Would have to be able to be patient and wait for him to develop, which may take until like late 20s for all we know. :o
Admittedly, I know very little about the age development curve of knuckleballers. :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Two of them have been, yes, especially the one against the Giants.
Like Kensai, I’m fine with Haeger if the front four are stable. But right now we only have a front three, and can’t afford to have a guy allowing as many baserunners as Haeger, especially with his unpredictability.
If there was ever a time for J-Mac & Elbert to step up and seize a rotation spot, with two wide open rotation slots, this is it. J-Mac had a nice start last night, and regardless of how Haeger is pitching I would replace him in a heartbeat with J-Mac or Elbert.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright ...
seeing as how Haeger’s projected to be a league average pitcher AT BEST, I don’t see the harm in DFA’ing him. Your’e right, this is the plum opportunity for Elbert and JMac. This is the opportunity a rookie pitcher dreams of. Even though they’re pitching crap right now in AAA, call ’em up anyway.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
Edwin Jackson was an elite level arm. :o
It’s the difference between giving up on Eric Stults or Chris Withrow, it’s not the same to me. :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
True
that was a very dumb analogy I made.
Why DID we ditch Jackson? Was that Ned’s or Podesta’s doing?
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Out of options
Dodgers lost patience with his command
Some excuse it, but obviously I don’t, but I might be in the minority on this because of my farm system/cost controlled talent love. :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It was Ned
But I know Jon at DT defended the decision because of the options thing and his control was admittedly a problem
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
So many layers to the E-Jax trade
It sucks because he needed the time to work things out in the majors, but he was never going to get that time in LA.
Then, it doubly sucked because Tomko and Hendrickson combined for 30 starts with essentially E-Jax numbers anyway.
and of course, the kicker was that the return on that trade (Danys Baez & All-Star Lance Carter) was not something befitting Jackson’s stature (but stop me if you’ve heard this before).
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You beat me to it and said it better than i did! The truth is that the Dodgers royally fucked up his career by rushing him and not letting him develop in the minors. He still has never developed above average command or any offspeed pitch other than the slider. He really could have been a dominant “ace”, but such is life.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 30, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Edwin is my favorite player (yes, still), but trading him was the right move. I hated the fact that we got two pieces of steaming garbage for him, but the writing was clear he would never been given a chance at the major league level.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 30, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
See, I recognize that the writing was clear he was never gonna get the chance
My only argument has been that he should have gotten that chance to develop because he was an elite prospect. Again, could be a bias for farm system guys I grew up following but meh, I was disappointed. :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course he should have. But he never should have been in the majors at 20, 21, or 22. The start against Randy Johnson was the worst thing that every happened to his career, and its pretty amazing that he was able to learn enough at the big league level to become an above average starter (at least last year. He has looked pretty bad this year, even before the Colorado implosion).
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 30, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure about that ...
I mean wasnt’ Tom Glavine “rushed” to the majors and didn’t he learn just fine how to pitch?
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Glavine had the benefit of debuting in 1987, with a 5th place team, then spending the next three years having all the time he needed to develop at the big league level with three last place teams.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
They also are completely different pitchers. Edwin is a power guy that never learned command or how to throw anything other than a slider effectively. He needed those years in the minors to develop his change and curveball. Its just incredibly hard to develop in the majors.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 30, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but
the killer was the 2004 ST I think or maybe 2005. In one of those years, Jackson was pre-ordained by Tracy as a starter, only to not get the job.
Then he went to Vegas. And as the line goes, what happened in Vegas, should have stayed in Vegas.
"The start against Randy Johnson was the worst thing that every happened to his career"
In retrospect, agreed. :(
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
Jon hated the trade.
I wrote a piece last year for Jon where I went back and tried to figure out if there was a way for the Dodgers to have kept Jackson.
He was not out options, he had one left.
Ned made the deal in the first few months (I think in January 2006 but it could have been in December 2005) of his being with the Dodgers.
I have always believed that he could have only gone by what the remaining front office (Logan White, Terry Collins, and Kim Ng) had in their reports at the time.
In any case, I did document in my piece his troubles in AAA in 2006 and that basically for probably almost any other team, his record at the mid-point of 2007 would have probably meant a trip off the roster. But to Tampa Bay’s credit, they kept him.
The one thing I wondered was how Ken Howell (who had began to some nice things with him towards the end of 2005 at Jacksonville) could have helped him in Jacksonville or Vegas in 2006.
In any case, Ned did trade him but I put it down as a trade made with strong input or at least not strong protest from those in the Scouting and Development areas of the Dodgers at that time.
he had an option left?
well this just got a lot worse than i always thought
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He was in the minors in 2006 (options used in 2004, 2005, 2006), then pitched full time in 2007.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Tampa Bay Transactions - I like the Sean Burroughs reference
4/1/06 Reassigned INF Russell Branyan and INF Greg Norton to Minor League camp; Purchased the contracts of RHP Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz and RHP Jason Childers from Triple-A Durham; Optioned RHP Edwin Jackson and C Kevin Cash to Triple-A Durham and designated RHP Tim Corcoran for assignment; placed RHP Shinji Mori on the 60-day disabled list with a torn labrum, OF Rocco Baldelli on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24, and 3B Sean Burroughs on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 30.
No
he was traded before the 2006 season
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
2004-2005: 2 options used w/Dodgers
2006: 1 option used w/TB
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
i need to start that chronicling uncle ned shit soon
so i can get everything straight :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't a fan of trading Edwin
but I think most of the Toaster folk were more upset with what we got in exchange. Ned continues to trade for middle relief help and that pisses me off more then anything else he has done. Baez, Carter, Proctor, Sherrill, Mota(2 Mill), Ortiz(1 Mill). Other then Sherrill not one has been worth a damn, and as much as I like George against LHP, he makes way to much to be a loogy. Denny Reyes could do the same job for much less.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
And yet
he does so well with the NRIs in that dept.
Monk could become another one.
Its a puzzlement for sure.
that rizzo scout
has a lot to do with that, I think
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
That is my point
he’s done better getting free help then he does when he pays for it.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Next time he wants to make a trade or pay a FA for relief help
he really should look at his history and think three times before pulling that trigger.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Make it 4.
think thrice, sleep on it and then think about it again.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
On a seperate note though, what are the chances the Dodgers get Pedro
I’m not even sure if 1) the dodgers have money 2) what he would want to sign 3) if he even wants to be a dodger
???
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I think #3 keeps him out of Dodger blue
and I thought I remember reading that he and the Phillies are going to do another deal anyway, but are just waiting until the ASB or so.
Would be awesome to get Pedro though.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
sadly i think #3 is a fact even if they offered him money
i hope not though
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I know last year around spring training the Dodgers talked to him, but it never got serious. Pedro at the time was seeking $4m + guaranteed money, but of course ended up signing for ~half that (pro-rated) after time passed.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Ned was on a high after Wolf & Hudson of getting guys to fall to him at his price, so he was emboldened to wait out Pedro until his price came down, but nothing ever materialized.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't Plasskey write a piece last March
about how Pedro would love to come back to LA, but Ned had not made any contact w/ him?
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't Carroll have a two-year deal?
If I’m right, there is no way he’s gonna get DFA’d one month into that deal.
The Ultimate Ned's Kind of Guy
by Humma Kavula on Apr 30, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn
I was in the middle of typing those exact words when your post popped up!
I don't care.
You want to make the team better or not? :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You care to a point whether a move is realistic. You say we can’t trade for Fielder! :-)
The Ultimate Ned's Kind of Guy
by Humma Kavula on Apr 30, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Because we can't take on salary or sign an extension.
Carroll’s money is already spent.
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That would seem to agree with my point, not refute it?
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants are masters of the sunk cost fallacy.
Grant at MCC has probably written 5000 words at least to Sabean’s inability to move past the sunk cost fallacy. Ned worked for Sabean for 9 years. OH SHIT!
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
He let go of A Jones and Pierre
I think he understands it. To bad the lesson was so expensive.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
There comes a time to cut our losses ...
and you can be the Giants, never cut a single loss and still compound the problem and re-sign that loss to a fat multi-year deal! Or you can realize your mistake, eat it and move on.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I agree with the point that
realistically, they will not do anything, so our best bet is to pray Carroll learns to play short and starts finding BABIP magic like Brad Ausmus last year.
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I get what you are doing
but I don’t understand what the point is unless you do it from the standpoint of current management. Since you can’t think like Ned, you keep trying to do what’s best not what he would/could do. Carroll may be a sunk cost but he could never be DFA’d, not while Kelly Johnson for the same money is monstering it up next door in the state that thinks brown is bad.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Check the masthead here
This isn’t DT
(but in general we prefer to avoid political talk)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
We don't have any rules
but we would like everyone who was aware of the DT rules to follow them when it comes to name calling, respecting other posters, and not being a dick. The ones we don’t care about is the no no rule, and the swearing. I was out of line to put in my little political comment, especially after we talked about it yesterday, but if I delete my comment everything under it disappears.
As far as swearing goes, this is a place for DTers to vent because we aren’t family friendly but if you end up using the F bomb every time you post, I’ll kick you out because I don’t want us to become MCC.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Thats all I was getting at. I try to follow the “rules” as I have picked them up from following the posts on here.
I’ll kick you out because I don’t want us to become MCC.
i wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.
No,
you were told that I didn’t want to know anything about your position on that issue. I then use that situation of an example of why DT has rule 5.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Not that anybody is still reading this thread
But:
1) I totally regret bringing that up yesterday, and I apologize for the fact that I did.
2) I really wish that the world had a) a place where such a thing could be discussed calmly and rationally and b) flying ponies. Just think how better my commute would be if there were flying ponies.
The Ultimate Ned's Kind of Guy
by Humma Kavula on Apr 30, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s hard to hear a lot of the discussion while on the flying ponies because of all the wind resistance.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
same as my point for doing "off-season plans" every year
to get my opinion out and say what i would do
i know they probably won’t do it, but that isn’t the excercise for me :o
by Chad Moriyama on Apr 30, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
so this is where you guys went
I miss the old baseball toaster Dodger Thoughts. I had no idea you guys all escaped here. That ESPN DT comment section is a wasteland.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 30, 2010 4:27 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry to ruin your dinner plans
but my 5:30pm radio interview with 1010 KXPS in Palm Springs has been moved to Monday, due to technical difficulties.
I wish Twitter would allow more than 20 lists
I would like to create one list for each team, but instead have lists for each non-NLW division to save space. The damn Cardinal tweeters are so prolific they clog up my NL Central list, making it more tedious to scrounge of Pirates’ news.
I'm worried about Silverwidow
He hasn’t commented since Siobhan was wrongly voted off American Idol.
Yeah
I think Link did him in. Hopefully Ruddy will re-awaken him.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Personally, I'm still holding out hope for Cal night
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Im sure the Gnats
will have a CAL night
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 30, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does everyone keep encouraging me
to go to games not featuring the Dodgers?
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
by Josie Becker on Apr 30, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw a dude with the awful USC-colored LA cap handed out last night today outside my office building
It was an egregiously awful sight to endure. Wretched. The Cal colors ain’t so bad.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
nothing close to those beautiful UCLA colors...
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are being handed out tonight, and they should be AWESOME
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Phil, Dave Any thoughts on meeting up before tomorrow's game somewhere
Eric will be doing his blogger duties at DS but if you and others want to meet up prior to the game, I am up for that.
You truly never can go wrong
with Powder Blue & Gold.
That’s Coach Neuheisel holding my son at last year’s Spring Football Game, at the Rose Bowl.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Trying to one up USC in recruiting early!
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea about his athletic ability
but he’s going to have great size, he’s almost 17 months and towers over a lot of two and a half year olds. It’s looking like he’ll be right handed, but that won’t stop me from teaching him to bat lefty. And that’ll be it as far me guiding him. I don’t want anyone to ever accuse me of being Ryan Jaroncyk’s dad.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re not kidding. UCLA needs all the advantages they can get!
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones are "Ned" guys
but Adam Dunn isnt. . . .what gives
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 30, 2010 5:37 PM PDT reply actions
Legitimate question
when phrased in connection with Andruw Jones. Maybe we are wrong.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Hey . . . about Carlos Santana
what’s so great about him? We got the better end of the deal! He’s still in the minors and Blake’s a gamer!
Okay say we kept Santana. He would be blocked by Martin so he would just be sitting down in the minors. Then what would we do with him?
R Martin
based on a fairly decent catchers’ defensive metric is in the bottom 10% of major league catchers. Santana could have easily punted Russell Martin to third. We’d have the money we paid Blake.
… or DeWitt would play 3b and R Martin would catch until Santana was ready.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
We'd have traded him
as the centerpiece for Lee or Peavy or a 2nd baseman, or a power hitting 1st baseman, or we’d simply move him to 1st base and let him become Victor Martinez early. His bat will play anywhere. Hell he could be our LF, that is what he started as, then he moved to 3rd, then moved to catcher.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Exactly
Carlos Santana is better than any prospect traded in the deals to get Cliff Lee (both times), Victor Martinez, Roy Halladay, Matt Holliday and Jake Peavy. He could have netted more than 2 months of Casey Blake.
can we please stop talking what if's with carlso santan
it really hurts
At least the Mets aren't folding after we leave
they are kicking Phillie ass. Anyone notice how poor Victorino/Ibanez are doing?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I wonder if Red Sox fans are as disappointed
as we are. Probably more since they are chasing the Rays and Yankees, and we are only chasing our tail.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Konerko with his 11th home run of the Month
another why Joe Sheehan is not someone you take roto advice from.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Nick Johnson and Mark Teixeira are both hitting .138
now that is awesome
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
This is my tweeter version of Baseball Tonight
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Hi, I’m Nomar Garciapara. For someone who played the game for a long time, I sure don’t seem to know much about baseball.
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
by Josie Becker on Apr 30, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel ya
and I know you aren’t dead, since it’s not yet 2067 :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 30, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Last place is a bitch
Long spells of it can turn me into a frontrunner
by 68elcamino427 on Apr 30, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not coming back until we have a lead.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
THAT'S THE SPIRIT!
I’m looking at a first inning GS by the BISON!!
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
If you are a storm chaser
and want some excitement, come over to my place. No need to chase. Stormin hard as hell here and no end in sight.
I cant get over the "stromy"
80 degrees and sunny in LA (:
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 30, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Last night's cold and windy game was like they never left NY
So was the performance. Maybe the weather change will mark the real start of a resurgent homestand.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Isn't she the one
Tony Kornheiser wears boots and skirts that remind him of a “cougar on the town trolling”? Heh.
by Seanny Rotten on Apr 30, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Tornado just touched down in Little Rock
Spring is fun…
Spring is fun…
Hit the fucking floor….
Spring is fun
Rafael Furcal is unavailable tonight, but he feels better; Joe Torre speculated that he would likely miss the rest of the series w/Pirates
Just got the injection
Big Needle
Ouchie
by 68elcamino427 on Apr 30, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny Ramirez is expected to begin a rehab assignment sometime this week (location TBD); eligible to come off DL Saturday, May 8
Hope he’s ready to play
Let’s see some power
by 68elcamino427 on Apr 30, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff Weaver will throw 40-45 pitches in a bullpen session tomorrow, and likely go on a rehab assignment this week
That’s good, the old guy can take his time
Meanwhile, Rome burns
by 68elcamino427 on Apr 30, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
In the words of the legendary Duke Nukem:
“Hmm, don’t have time to play with myself.”
Wait, that's the wrong quote.
“Come get some! "
The Dodgers’ offense has gone 180 plate appearances without a lead. The last Dodger to bat with a lead was Carlos Monasterios, on Saturday
The Monk
The rule 5 pick
He did a great job the other day
I wish him luck as a starter
by 68elcamino427 on Apr 30, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Scoring 69 points
In a full game is not the way to close out a playoff series.
Bucks vs. Hawks on Sunday for a Game 7.
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