Lilly Has Been Good, But Has He Been Kaz Ishii Good?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 14, 2010 12:16 PM PDT
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Ted Lilly has won each of his first two starts as a Dodger, and goes for number three today against Derek Lowe and the Braves. If Lilly wins today, he will join select company.
| Most Consecutive Starts Won To Start LA Dodger Career | ||
| Pitcher | Year | Wins |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 2002 | 6 |
| Tom Candiotti | 1992 | 3 |
| Andy Ashby | 2002 | 3 |
Johnny Podres won his first four starts as a Los Angeles Dodger, but of course came with the team from Brooklyn.
Braves Tough At Home
The Braves are 40-15 at Turner Field this season, putting them on pace for 59 wins at home, a figure only reached once in the past 30 years, by the 114-win juggernaut Yankees.
| Most Home Wins 1980-2009 | |||
| Team | Year | Home | Overall |
| Yankees | 1998 | 62-19 | 114-48 |
| Yankees |
1985 | 58-22 | 97-64 |
| Rays | 2008 | 57-24 | 97-65 |
| Giants | 2003 | 57-24 | 100-61 |
| Mariners | 2001 | 57-24 | 116-46 |
| A's | 2003 | 57-24 | 96-66 |
| Yankees | 2004 | 57-24 | 101-61 |
| Yankees | 2009 | 57-24 | 103-59 |
A Nice Perspective
Chad Moriyama of Memories of Kevin Malone has a must-read post about coaching philosophy that I think sums of the Matt Kemp kerfuffle nicely:
You're dealing with individuals. Certain kids will be tough, cocky, and/or stubborn. Maybe you need to get in the face of those kids occasionally, as that's either the only way they'll listen or that's what will help motivate them. Certain kids will be self critical, will lack self confidence, and will be receptive to full explanations in a calm manner. Their response to your yelling is likely to be negative, which is obviously not what you want.
People can say the players in the latter group are being coddled if they want. They can use other adjectives to indirectly challenge the masculinity of the player as well, but the fact of the matter is that it makes a lot of sense to adjust your methods to fit what will help eacj player become the best they can possibly be. I don't know, but effectively cutting down the potential talent pool that can stand to play for you, just because you're too much of a egotistical prick to look at somebody else's needs besides yourself, doesn't seem like the best way to coach a squad. Maybe it's just me.
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If you want a starting point for long-term contract negotiations this winter with Clayton Kershaw, the Blue Jays today signed Ricky Romero to a five-year, $30.1 million extension, the largest ever guarantee for a pitcher with under two years of service time, per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
Romero is in the same service time class as Kershaw, and Romero's contract bought out one year of free agency, in 2015.
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A little late
but I loved the Diff’rent Strokes headline earlier. How’s about this one from Bronx Banter? It refers to the Yankees’ recent rain delay in Kansas City:
“KC and the Sunshine . . . Banned”
gotta love Kevin Millar's analysis of the FOX saturday game
the Giants have to find a way to score more runs than the padres in order to win this division.
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
Dodgers lineup
per Dylan Hernandez:
Podsednik LF
Threiot 2B
Ethier RF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Kemp CF
Carroll SS
Ellis C
Lilly P
Theriot as a Dodger:
.265/.315/.286/.601 OPS
For comparison, Shea Hillenbrand had a .600 OPS as a Dodger.
Hillenbrand also couldn’t play defense, at a corner position.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 14, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem, as least they way I see it is that the Dodgers downgraded from 2nd base with a platoon of DeWitt and Carroll, but think they upgraded with an everyday player in Theriot.
How the heck are you supposed to win with a guy who’s has a .642 OPS?
How the heck are you supposed to win with a guy who’s has a .642 OPS?
Have it be 1982, and have the guy putting up that OPS be the single greatest defensive defensive baseball player who ever lived.
Actually, Ozzie’s OPS in ’82 was 653, but close enough.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 14, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
So i wake up this morning and went out to go to my friends kids basketball game. Go to my car and its covered in black spray paint with a penis drawn on the passenger and driver’s side. Fucking awesome. Assholes could have at least left their contact info so i could pay them a courtesy visit. Thankfully, the car wash down the street was able to get the paint off for $150. All this 3 days before i go away to school again.
Did you file a police report?
by Michael White on Aug 14, 2010 3:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Too many pitches for Latos, though
Now at 74 through four.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 14, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Bumgarner's third inning
First pitch: Tejada doubles to right.
Next pitch: Gonzalez flies out. Tejada to third.
Next pitch: Ludwick lines into DP, Fontenot to Sandoval.
One hit, no runs, none left. Three pitches, three outs.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 14, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants 5th
First and second, nobody out.
Bumgarner bunts.
Torres Ks.
Fontenot pops out.
1 hit, 1 error, 0 runs, 2 left.
And our team is worse than they are.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
I hear you aren’t supposed to bunt with runners on first and second and nobody out.
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
and the pitcher up.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 14, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright guys
We need to have a fund raiser so we can sign Kershaw.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
I just took the recycling in today
light load, just over $22 – Kershaw’s number! Save those bottles and cans folks. Think Blue AND Green!
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Kershaws deal
Would have to surpass Romeros, right? Romeros a good young pitcher, but Kershaw has the much higher ceiling, dosent he? Id be extremely happy if we signed him to the deal that Romero got. Shit, I’d be happy if we got Bills locked up for Romero money.
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