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10 May Day Predictions
1. All 4 starters for the NL West teams (Peavy, Kershaw, Jimenez, Johnson) pitching on Friday will post Quality Starts despite none of them sporting ERAs currently under 5.74. 2. David Wright will break out of his slump by hitting a homerun off of Chan Ho Park. 3. Mark Hendrickson will beat Roy...
Kings Gameday: Maybe I Should Change My Name to "Hershiser Orel"
LA Kings @ Calgary Flames, 6:30 PST (No TV Tonight) LA Dodgers @ San Diego Padres, 4:00 PST The coming of Spring means 2 things: the Kings are out of the playoff hunt, and the Dodgers are starting. Every year, baseball acts as methadone to get me off my hockey fix. The Dodgers and the Kings...
Martin Has a Little Captain in Him
via daylife.com Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times has a profile about Dodger catcher Russell Martin, noting the maturity of the two-time All-Star entering his fourth season. The player who, in third base coach Larry Bowa's words, used to squeeze the sawdust out of his bat looked relaxed. He...
Nyjer Morgan Pulled Over, "Loses Temper" with Police
I completely missed this, but Primer caught it for me. There's not enough detail here to say definitively what happened, but it's a pretty interesting story on a number of levels. Morgan offered to bring three Dodgers players -- Russell Martin, Joe Beimel and Delwyn Young -- back to the Westin...
God Dammit
Andy LaRoche has been optioned to AAA , meaning that we're now choosing to start Blake Dewitt or Russell Martin at 3rd, instead of just waiting for LaRoche to rehab. Apparently we just couldn't lose DeWitt's almost average performance at the hot corner. Update>>Joe Torre confirms that, yes,...
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