Does Dunn Don Done Dodgers Duds?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 6, 2010 2:30 PM PDT
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Not likely.
Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reported earlier today that the Giants were not awarded the claim on Nationals slugger Adam Dunn. Further, Schulman speculated that the winning claim on Dunn was made by none other than the Dodgers:
My speculation on who got the waiver claim, and you can call this an educated guess based on some things I heard around the league: It was the Dodgers.
Lest we think Dunn is another Jon Garland, who switched dugouts at Dodger Stadium last August after his acquisition from Arizona, it is highly likely that the Nationals will simply pull Dunn back off waivers. Per Schulman:
I don't think they were going to let him go on a waiver claim or deal him, unless they were wowed by what the claiming team offered them.
Most likely, a Dodger waiver claim on Dunn, if true, was made to block the several teams ahead of them in the wild card race. If Dunn and his entire salary ($12 million for 2010) were to move today, his new team would be on the hook for roughly $3,868,852.
On the field, tonight's game woulda, coulda, shoulda been a dream matchup of Clayton Kershaw and Stephen Strasburg, but with the recent disabled list stint for Strasburg, the Dodgers will miss the phenom this weekend. Instead, the Dodgers face John Lannan, who was demoted to the minors in June but is making his second start since returning to the big club last week.
Over on SB Nation Los Angeles, I set the bar low for Brad Ausmus and A.J. Ellis, providing the stats for the 2004 catching trio of Brent Mayne, David Ross, and Tom Wilson over the final 61 games (after the Paul LoDuca trade): .169/.256/.212 with two doubles, two home runs, 14 runs, and 13 RBI.
If you have any extra baseball or softball equipment lying around the house, you can bring it to Dodger Stadium this weekend. From the team:
Tomorrow will be the first day of the Dodgers Dream Foundation’s annual Baseball Tomorrow Fund Equipment Drive. The drive will run through Sunday and fans can drop off new and used baseball and softball equipment at all entrances to the stadium. The equipment will be donated to the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks, which provides baseball and softball programs to 20,000 children in the Los Angeles community.
Get your guesses in for Xeifrank's game simulation here.
Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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"Don't Do what Donny Don't Does."
“They couldn’t have made this any clearer.”
/Bart Simpson.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 6, 2010 2:44 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Homer: Homer no function beer well without.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
by Ivdown on Aug 6, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gold mine!
http://blogzarro.com/2007/07/100-greatest-simpsons-quotes/
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
by Ivdown on Aug 6, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
hahah
Ralph: Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and then the baby looked at me.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
+1, lvdown you have rendered a service.
Homer: Books are useless! I only ever read one book, "To Kill A Mockingbird," and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the color of his skin…but what good does that do me?
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
by souldrummer on Aug 6, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
i'm perusing this list right now
so many memories.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 6, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Homer: Save me, Jeebus.
Homer The Missionary is one of the greatest episodes in that show’s history..gotta love it :)
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
Homer: Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
My favorite episode of any show ever :)
Behind The Laughter
Watch that tonight and you will thank me.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
that’s one of my favorites too
Homer: I wanna set the record straight. I though, the cop, was a prostitute. (sits back looking smug)
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 6, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
So whether choking their son or poking some fun, the Simpsons will keep on gagging for years to come.
http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/b/be/behind_the_laughter.htm
Such a great episode :)
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
Just saw you were a nats fan, because of your quote here I see that you are good people. I’ve been rooting for the Nats, just not when they play the Dodgers :)
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
Hey, that’s kind of the way it is when you’re a virtual expansion franchise and other baseball fans have other loyalties. Certainly we’re more worthy of support than the other vermin in the NL East but I can’t really expect people to root for us but so much until we show we can win and that our stars have sticking power.
It’s a privilege to watch Strasburg, Zimmerman and Dunn this year, though. I’ve been to all of the home Strasburg starts.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
I think the Nats are close to something interesting. BTW, what’s the feeling on the team signing Harper? Good chance?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 6, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
We believe he’ll sign late. Everybody’s blowing smoke right now. You’ve got the stupid stuff about going back to CSN that Bryce Harper may or not have put up on his facebook. On the Nats side, they are starting to blow smoke about not minding having the 2nd pick in next year’s deep draft. They’d be fine drafting a college player next year who could get up here quickly is there line.
Be surprised if he doesn’t sign in the last hour before the deadline.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Since beginning of 2009...
Matt Kemp leads all MLB CF in HR and RBI. 2nd in Runs
"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson
And since the beginning of 2010
He leads the entire National League in Outs Made. :-)
The Omar Moreno of this blog
This has probably been quoted, but I found it amusing
“He’s practiced with me a little bit in the past,” Loney said. “He wanted to borrow my cup, too.”
From this Gurnick article.
That's a good line. Where did you see that?
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
I never understood
why lifetime bans do not expire with the player
by StolenMonkey86 on Aug 6, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you talking about Shoeless Joe Jackson?
by Michael White on Aug 6, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
but I see the same may apply to Rose.
by StolenMonkey86 on Aug 6, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I am firmly against Shoeless Joe being admitted into the hall of fame.
I don’t much like the idea for Rose either, but you could split hairs about the difference between his playing career and his managerial career.
by Michael White on Aug 6, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree. Entrance to the hall should be based solely on performance. However, I do believe in full disclosure. If it were my decision Rose would have gone into the HOF the day he was eligible. And along with his on field accomplishments his plaque would explain that Rose was banned from the game for gambling. I don’t understand why we have to see these people as either great players or fallen heros when they are both.
"A baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day."
Friendly Nats fan passing through...
…I thoroughly expect you guys to feast on Lannan. He’s got to be the top candidate to get sent back down when Strasburg comes back on Tuesday if it’s on merit. He can’t strike people out and he’s lost his ground ball tendencies to get the double plays he must get to remain a viable big league pitcher.
On the Dunn thing, they just need to pay the man his money before free agency at this point. Thinking he’d clear waivers or that they would be able to get value for him in a one team negotiation when Rizzo was obstinate with the entire majors before the deadline is not realistic. I guess they’re doing due diligence in case a Youkilis like season injury happens and freaks out one of the contenders. I’d think rather poorly of your GM, though, if he met Rizzo’s latest “painful” trade request when there’s still distance between you guys and the rest of the NL West.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
the 2004 catching trio of Brent Mayne, David Ross, and Tom Wilson over the final 61 games (after the Paul LoDuca trade): .169/.256/.212 with two doubles, two home runs, 14 runs, and 13 RBI.
Finally, some good news! Here’s hoping Ellis/Ausmus can put up those types of numbers down the stretch. That’d give this offense an enormous boost.
Nationals Lineup
Maxwell CF
Desmond SS
Zimmerman 3B
Dunn 1B
Willingham LF
Morse RF
Rodriguez C
Gonzalez 2B
Lannan P
Riot ensues in Natstown. Justin Maxwell given start. A lot of fans can’t stand him due to the whiffs and the low batting average. He’s a viable platoon player, though and a plus defender. I believe this will be the first time this lineup has seen the field, but I like stacking the lineup with righties against Kershaw. If nothing else, Maxwell will take pitches and work his pitch count up a bit more.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Before lineups are posted. With a lefty pitching tonight I wonder if Joe will give Ethier a start at first base with Reed Johnson in right.
Probably not, but it’s an idea.
You forgot that
superstars don’t just up and switch positions like that.
I like the creativity of minor league promotions
and that the Isotopes have a daily musical theme:
The musical theme at Isotopes Park for the first game of today’s doubleheader is… Crazy
I was there on cars night
It seamed like boat night when they shipped Lucas May out of there.
"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson
Dodgers lineup
Podsednik LF
Theriot 2B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Carroll SS
Ausmus C
Kershaw P
Glaus - Rotowire.com
Glaus received a three-day mental break in the middle of the week after batting just .163 over his previous 40 games. Hopefully Glaus is able to get his bat going again after the time off, but it’s probably best to hold off putting him back in your lineup until he shows he has made further adjustments at the plate.
40 games of .163??? Sucks when the pills wear off.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
More Rotowire:
http://www.rotowire.com/baseball/showArticle.htm?id=10397
Twenty-ten has been tabbed “The Year of the Pitcher.”
National League pitchers dominated American League hitters to the tune of a 3-1 win in this year’s All-Star game. If not for Jose Bautista’s improbable run at 40 home runs, we might not have a single hitter threatening that plateau this year, as here we are on Aug. 5 and only six other players have 25 or more home runs. Baseball’s drug testing policies have theoretically made the chemically-enhanced slugger a relic of years gone by. Other anecdotal evidence could be said to include year-by-year total ERA:
2007: 4.46
2008: 4.32
2009: 4.31
2010: 4.15
As a point of reference, that number was 4.76 in 2000.
We’d be naïve to think that declining usage of performance-enhancing drugs across the league isn’t at least partly a factor in the increasing success of pitchers limiting runs scored. In addition, we have three starting pitchers making a run at a sub-2.00 ERA – Josh Johnson (1.96), Roy Halladay (2.17) and Adam Wainwright (2.19). All have xFIPs (remember xFIP is a metric designed to predict a pitcher’s future ERA based on underlying skills) near or above 3.00, so it’s unlikely we’ll see the first sub-2.00 starter’s ERA since Roger Clemens’ 1.87 in 2005. ".
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
There's a lot of discussion today
about this: http://steroids-and-baseball.com/
It’s a contrarian argument about the effects of steroids and baseball. Basically the author is saying that PED use does not have the effect that is commonly assumed. There have been spikes in scoring in the past due to MLB use of “juiced” baseballs. The most recent spike was part of a continuing trend in scoring and due to the wave of expansion in the 1990s.
question
what’s the difference between a Jerry Sands and lets say, for example, a Chris Carter of the A’s?
but what makes cartera beast and sands not?
if you take into account the hitting environments of both?
hey Eric, hypothetical
If the Dodgers did claim Dunn, and no trade is made, but the Nats don’t want to keep him, couldn’t they just say, “you already claimed him sooooooooooooo enjoy!”
I know that won’t happen, but hypothetical.
yeah
i know they won’t, i was just curious. Thanks all.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 6, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Quotes as they come in
Joe Torre: “Manny Ramirez will have MRI today on calf. He’s at least a week away from rehab IF MRI is clean.”
Toe Jorre: “You know who could really help this team? Manny Fucking Ramirez.”
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 6, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
He really say that?
"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson
manny RIP
we hardly knew ye
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Aug 6, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Some rehab details too
Belisario will pitch for Class-A Inland Empire on Saturday. Could pitch there on Sunday, too.
heh
someone said on a dodger facebook update to make Kuo for closer.
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
Dodgers sign Ryan Theriot though 2014 for $24 million.
Ned Colletti: The player is too good to not lock him up. This satisfies our backup 2nd base and Shortstop situation for years.
I believe the point of nolander's comment
(and I apologize if I am projecting)
was that just because you are miserable doesn’t mean we all have to be as well.
Hey
I’m miserable.
I’m just hiding it in jokes better than Tripon is at the moment.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
I’m not miserable. That said, telling an awful joke is funny at times. Now if its this time, probably not.
Hah I'm already miserable
I just think trying to fake people out to think Ned made another dumbass decision is lame, and just mean spirited in the end.
Details of Theriot's contract
Theriot will receive a $600,000 signing bonus* and be paid salaries of:
2011: $1,700,000
2012: $1,800,000
2013: $1,900,000
2014: $2,000,000
There will be deferred payments as follows:
2015: $3,200,000
2016: $3,200,000
2017: $3,200,000
2018: $3,200,000
2019: $3,200,000
Theriot will get a suite with a fireplace on the road so he can toast marshmallows with his roommate, Scott Podsednik. Theriot will get 4 field level seats for each Dodger home game for the Ryan Theriot fan club. Theriot’s uniforms will be laundered with non-stain removing techniques so that he can come onto the field with a dirt on his uniform.
- signing bonus of $600,000 to be paid in installments of $200,000 in 2030, 2031, and 2032. The payments are, per the contract, to be donated to the Dodger Dream Foundation Pension Fund to assist with the retirement of Howard Sunkin.
When reached for comment, Colletti added, “you know it’s a good deal when we can pay him $3.2 million a year for 5 years when he’s not playing for us. That’s how you know he’s a good player.”
by StolenMonkey86 on Aug 6, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Man, I saw this and thought, “WTF????”. I went to the Dodger website and no mention, thankfully.
Well played, Tripon and StolenMonkey86, well played!
Those daughters of yours
must get away with murder. :-)
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was listening to 710 ESPN radio today when I was trying to buy lunch.
It was basically a bash the Dodgers show, with emphasis on Kemp for ‘sucking’. One particular comment was from a little league coach saying that he took an example of the Dodgers having 1st and 2nd on in the 7th, and how a quick out and then a Double Play quickly turned a scoring chance into nothing. He used this as evidence that Kemp and the other young players have no ‘heart’, and playing ‘sleepy’. Said he faced the frustrations teaching little league, implying that the younger players were like little league players and that you needed a heavy hand to coach them because they don’t know better, and his advice was stuff like “You have to look into yourself.” “Impose your will on the other team, you’re not doing that.” “And Larry Bowa was right for calling out Kemp.”
The whole time I’m wondering how the fuck can you impose your will on the other team with guys like Jamey Carroll and A.J. Ellis? (Made the first out, and DP respectively.)
Also, this coach is not good at actually giving out advice if all he can manage is cliches.
did anyone ask what his team’s record was?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 6, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
No. The hosts agreed with the caller, and it turned into stuff like 'imposing will' on other teams talk.
Andrew Siciliano, and Mycheal Thompson were hosting.
I’m from the less is more school. When a network or show has to fill many hours worth of air, more often than not you get a bunch of pointless drivel.
"You can't please me. You never met me. Zoë, why do I have a wife? "
Its the curse
of the 24 hour news cycle.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
thats true
and they constantly go off on tangents.
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
Rubby clocked at 99 and 97
in the 7th inning. . .pretty baller
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 6, 2010 6:01 PM PDT reply actions
The only sliders Lyons knows
are the ones he’s gotta shake the dirt out of.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 6, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Simon
the whole point of swearin’ is it ain’t appropriate.
[beat]
Bye Inara. Have good sex.
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
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