Dodgers Begin Busy Weekend In Two Places At Once
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 11:51 AM PST
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PrintThe Dodgers have quite the busy weekend, as they play split squad games both today and tomorrow. Today, the Dodgers make two trips, one to Scottsdale to face the Giants, and the other to Surprise to face the Royals, who have old friend Wilson Betemit starting at third base.
Don Mattingly will manage the Dodgers in Surprise against the Royals, while Albuquerque Isotopes manager Lorenzo Bundy will take the managerial reins in Scottsdale.
Lineups
| Dodgers | Giants | |||
| DH | Gwynn | CF | Torres | |
| 3B | Blake | 2B | Sanchez | |
| RF | Ethier | 1B | Huff | |
| 1B | Loney | C | Posey | |
| LF | Gibbons |
SS | Tejada | |
| CF | Robinson | LF | Burrell | |
| C | Barajas | RF | Ross | |
| 2B | Castro | 3B | DeRosa | |
| SS | Sellers | DH | Ishikawa | |
Tim Redding starts in Scottsdale for the Dodgers, making his fourth appearance of the spring. He will be followed on the mound by Jon Huber, Roman Colon, and Travis Schlichting.
Dan Runzler gets the start for the Giants. He will be followed by a guy who colors his beard, then Javier Lopez, old friend Guillermo Mota, Marc Kroon, and Ramon Ramirez.
Meanwhile, in Surprise...
| Dodgers | Royals | |||
| SS | Furcal | SS | Falu | |
| RF | Paul | RF | Maier | |
| 3B | Uribe | 1B | Butler | |
| CF | Kemp | DH | Robinson | |
| LF | Thames | CF | Cabrera | |
| C | Navarro | LF | Gordon | |
| 1B | Gimenez | 3B | Betemit | |
| DH | Kapler | 2B | Zawadzki | |
| 2B | Carroll | C | Pina | |
Ted Lilly starts for the Dodgers and will be followed by Ron Mahay, Ramon Troncoso, and Oscar Villarreal.
Sean O'Sullivan starts for the Royals, and is scheduled to be succeeded by Danny Duffy, Joakim Soria, and Blaine Hardy.
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Game Times: both at 12:05 p.m. PST
TV: none locally; MLB Network will show game vs. Giants on delay tonight at 8 p.m. (SF broadcast)
Radio: Game vs. Giants on KABC 790, Game vs. Royals on Spanish language station KTNQ 1020
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Sunday pitchers
in Vegas vs Cubs:
Rubby
Monk
Other DLR
at CBR vs White Sox:
Kuroda
Broxton
Guerrier
MacDougal
In Surprise, yes
back to back doubles by Uribe and Kemp
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Thinking
of going dual games today to see if it blows my mind.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Casey Blake almost beat out a bunt for a hit in the top of the inning
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Did he pull something>
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Probably just uber protective of the of old man.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
They should wear these ST jerseys
Instead of those baby blue POS. I disapprove.
by Skunkburner on Mar 12, 2011 12:23 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Going into this game, would it be accurate to say that Ely has a large edge on the 5th spot if they need simply because of the 40 man roster issue?
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I don’t think it’s that large of an edge, but it is an edge, yes.
But I think they would go with Redding if they think he is better.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Monday
in Garland’s spot. It will be 5 days rest for Ely
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
XBH are raining on the Dodgers in the 1st , double off wall by Butler against lilly
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two run bomb by Clint Robinson
so by my count from the1st inning so far in two games
1 double
2 Triples
1 Home run
They just need a single
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Oh yay
ESPN frontpage story, “The Indians … aren’t expected to suddenly morph into contenders. But for Cleveland, hope comes in the form of 24-year-old catcher Carlos Santana.”
In other news: Dodger fans grumble at being reminded of Carlos Fucking Santana, again. Thanks ESPN.
He gets brought up more in the comments here than by ESPN
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
But its expected here
we talk about all sorts of things that nobody else cares about. ESPN should be a place to go to get away from the wonderful reminders. :)
He was on ESPN every night from June 11th – Aug 2nd. JIT because the OB was just about to fall below .400.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
My point was that I don’t think the world has been inundated with Carlos Santana news, features, profiles, etc.
Sure, he’ll show up on baseball highlights, but he’s not some juggernaut that is hard to avoid.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
JIT – HIs injury was Just In Time, as he was starting to slump, so his numbers for the year simply stand out because he never had a real slump.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
but if your interested since I’ve probably lost the Gimenez bet, I’d be willing to bet another six pack that Santana is the Indian All-Star rep?
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I’ll take that bet. I’ll pick Choo, just so it’s not Santana v. the field.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
he'll
Be a fine player them for until they trade him for prospects
by bhsportsguy on Mar 12, 2011 12:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He’ll own Fenway, wonder if he will last as long as Victor did with the Indians.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
all in all it is very strange how similar Carlos and Victor are:
1. Switch HItting Catchers
2. Good Power
3. Good Patience
4. Not very good catchers
5. Will play 1st base / DH to get bat in lineup.
Of course Carlos still has to actually hit like Victor did.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Disagree on #4. I think he’ll end up quite solid and his arm rules.
by silverwidow on Mar 12, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Good arm
think your being generous with anything else, he’s in the major leagues because of his bat not his catching abilities.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I am anxious to see how Victor does in Detroit. Like, how much will he catch over his contract.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I expect very little
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Ive moved on from Carlos Santana. It happened. Being angry accomplishes nothing other than being angry. Its not the first time we have traded away stellar talent and it probably wont be the last :(
I’m still mad we lost Bruce Ellingsen.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yay
more low back issues. The entire left side of the infield is one routine grounder away from hobbling around like old men.
Not like he was not going to have back issues at some point. That is why we have Uribe and Carroll. Casey Blake is not the make or break for this team because we simply can’t expect much more then what he gave us last year.
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by Phil Gurnee on Mar 12, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Oh I figured that
I wasn’t really expecting much from Blake either. Just unfortunate that the problems seem to be starting before the season even begins.
Remember when the Mollie tweeted about Alex Gordon not being able to hit a curveball. Tell that to Mahay.
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Runs charged to Lilly. Not on Mahay’s ledger :)
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh line
2 2/3 five hits, six earned runs
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Remember when our starting rotation had not given up any runs. Must be kind of ugly since then.
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Yesterday and today, not kind to those numbers.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Thames (Tims) with the line drive knock
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woe be to any baseball that gets in his way. hes been crushing.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Mar 12, 2011 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Box Score Fun
after one at bat both Castro and Sellers were at .267
after two at bats they are both at .250
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Sorry, I was away.
Yes, off Redding. He went 4 IP
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
KC announcer just talking about how the catcher Pina is all defense no offense, one pitch later he hits a two run bomb off of Mahay. Now another single. Mahay not showing much against minor leaguers.
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Got to like the KC SS name:
Falu
Irving Falu just stole two
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Don’t know, never heard of him until today
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I had to look him up
He’s an NRI. I assumed the KC Royals tweet shortened someone’s name to fit into 140 characters.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
They are sounding like they are getting pounded today, at least so far :)
And welcome!
by Eric Stephen on Mar 12, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Casey Blake on his back
per Gurnick:
“It’s been a little tight this week and I’ve been managing it the last several days,” said Blake. “It’s the same thing I had in the middle of last season.”
I wonder if that was another curve ball that Alex Gordon just took over the wall.
Oscar should be cut tonight
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18 - 3
The other blue is making the Dodgers pitchers look like pork chops.
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Webster with his first appearance? Only Dodger pitcher to have a scoreless inning today not named Huber?
Eovaldi blew chunks
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Mitchell doing everything possible
to make sure he doesn’t beat out anyone
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Meh
The name's Francis Soyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.
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