The Kansas Comet
Footballguy
Agreed. I don't see this deal putting the Dodgers over the top in the West.
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Are you f'ng kidding me? Joe f'in Torre does it again. It takes a special kind of moron to pull your best pitcher with two outs in the eighth inning because he hit one batter and put in one of the biggest chokers in Dodgers history. I want Torre gone. I don't want Mattingly. I want the McCourts gone and I want Broxton shot.
Broxton.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
So how does this OF shake out when everyone is available?
I'd imagine that Paul gets sent down, or GA gets cut when Manny is ready?
But a mix of Manny, Pods, Ethier, Kemp is pretty crowded.
I know this question will probably only be relevant for a week, which is about how long it will take Manny to get hurt again, but what can we expect?
I'd imagine that Paul gets sent down, or GA gets cut when Manny is ready?
But a mix of Manny, Pods, Ethier, Kemp is pretty crowded.
I know this question will probably only be relevant for a week, which is about how long it will take Manny to get hurt again, but what can we expect?
tommyGunZ
Footballguy
A 4th place finish?
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
You should probably be more concerned with the Giants, not the Dodgers.
Don't you mean it will probably only be relevant for a week, because that's how much longer the Dodgers can hold on to the notion that they are in contention? Who cares? I stopped watching games after Saturday.
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tommyGunZ
Footballguy
More fun to take a dump on BLUE's grave right now, especially since I own the abortions that are Kemp and Brox in my keeper league.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
probably people that own Dodger OFers in their fantasy league.
The Kansas Comet
Footballguy
It's too ugly to watch right now - this team has no direction, no fire, no real leadership. And that is coming from the top on down. Sad when the only thing I'm looking forward to is the finalizing of the McCourts' divorce. May neither one be able to hold on to the team once that is finalized.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
If you haven't already read it, there is an excellent article in ESPN Magazine about the whole McCourt ordeal. It doesn't paint a very rosy picture, to say the least.
The Kansas Comet
Footballguy
I had read it. It made me want to take a baseball bat to Frank and Jamie. The sooner those two are hit by a bus, the better.Mr. Brownstone said:
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
I think we can all agree on that.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
oh, he's easily the worst. the dodgers should just cut him. don't even try to trade him or work on his stuff. granted, he sucked, but he got a double play ball that went right through the 3B legs. was that his fault, too?
If you don't give free passes to load the bases, the error is inconsequential. I agree they should just get rid of him for nothing, though I prefer shoot to cut.
What a shocker, the guy who would have under a .7 ERA if not for Torre/Broxton (Torre inexplicably pulled Kuo one game after he got the first two outs of the 8th and then hit a batter, then Broxton let go of the HR) can close out a 1-run game 1-2-3. Perhaps the Dodgers would be in the hunt if Torre had figured this out sooner.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Making my first ever trip to Chavez Ravine next weekend, looking forward to it.
Well done again, Joe Torre. The only two times in his past 22 innings pitched that Kuo has been charged with a run is when you remove him from the game with runners on base and the next pitcher lets go of the runs, both times to lose the game. I think these runs should be charged to Torre and not Kuo, who I know would have gotten out of the jam. When is Torre going to trust excellence instead of his moronic instincts?
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Why is Kuo pitching the 8th in the first place?
Good point. I would have put out Jansen in the 8th and Kuo to close it. Seems like Torre was going to go with Dotel to close it but then stuck with Kuo when he only needed 7 pitches in the 8th. What has Dotel done to deserve to close? Kuo has been the best pitcher in baseball this year and that doesn't deserve the full-time closer's job?
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Would you get off this guy's jock already? The best pitcher in baseball has thrown more than 42 innings, OK? He's having a great year. He's been better than Broxton. But he ain't winning the MVP and Cy Young this year and he'll be back to mediocre next year.
Hitters are batting .148 against Kuo this year, better than any pitcher in the NL with more than 40 innings thrown. That is significantly better than his .198 last year and .204 the year before. What batting average would you say a pitcher needs to hold players to in order to be better than mediocre?
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
White flag it Gadfly. You'll be better off.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
Wasn't that good.
I pretty much have. I haven't watched a full game since Torre pulled Kuo after the hit batter with two outs so Broxton could come in and blow the game. But I still check the box score each day. Today I turned the game on in the 10th after checking the box score and seeing the Dodgers down 1 with a runner on and Kemp up. Kemp promptly struck out with two pathetic swings on pitches low and away and I turned it back off.
The Kansas Comet
Footballguy
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Loved the stadium, nice to sit out there with a gametime temp of 80 degrees and a cool breeze.
What is the deal with not being able to drink beers in the parking lot? What an awful rule. Security came over to the car and told us to dump the beers and then took my info. They asked me what I was doing in Cali and I told them I was a midget p0rn director which they completely bought.
Dodger dog was good and they had a good amount of concessions. I also really liked that it seemed like a small stadium in the stands in RF along the 1B line when I looked out. You can see the upper deck in LF but with the OF bleachers and the proximity of the seats to the field, it seemed like a minor league park which I loved.
There was an incident in my section, some 50+ year old guy tried to grab a foul ball and the damn thing ricocheted off his glove and hit some lady square in the grill. the ball may have hit a third guy in the face, and then a fourth guy got the ball and the crowd was booing him because they wanted the lady to have it. I was yelling obscenities at the ####### who in his 50s brought a glove to the stadium, then promptly missed a pretty easy foul ball.
Good time though, and Dodger Stadium is pretty great. Unlike the other old ballparks I've been to (Yankee Stadium, Tiger Stadium, Comiskey, Municipal) this stadium is not decrepit or flawed. With some remodeling over the years there is no reason they can't stay there for 50 more years.
What is the deal with not being able to drink beers in the parking lot? What an awful rule. Security came over to the car and told us to dump the beers and then took my info. They asked me what I was doing in Cali and I told them I was a midget p0rn director which they completely bought.
Dodger dog was good and they had a good amount of concessions. I also really liked that it seemed like a small stadium in the stands in RF along the 1B line when I looked out. You can see the upper deck in LF but with the OF bleachers and the proximity of the seats to the field, it seemed like a minor league park which I loved.
There was an incident in my section, some 50+ year old guy tried to grab a foul ball and the damn thing ricocheted off his glove and hit some lady square in the grill. the ball may have hit a third guy in the face, and then a fourth guy got the ball and the crowd was booing him because they wanted the lady to have it. I was yelling obscenities at the ####### who in his 50s brought a glove to the stadium, then promptly missed a pretty easy foul ball.
Good time though, and Dodger Stadium is pretty great. Unlike the other old ballparks I've been to (Yankee Stadium, Tiger Stadium, Comiskey, Municipal) this stadium is not decrepit or flawed. With some remodeling over the years there is no reason they can't stay there for 50 more years.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
Glad you enjoyed it DD.
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
I'm guessing that was the last pitch of Manny's Dodger career.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
That's so 2010.We're busy waiting for our solid ownership to do what is necessary build a true conten...oh wait, never mind.
videoguy505
Footballguy
Boooooooooooo
The Kansas Comet
Footballguy
I can't say I'm really psyched about this decision either. Hopefully he's the right guy, but I haven't seen much from him that would indicate he is. Plus, this will probably mean that Wallach will get a manager job elsewhere.Regardless it won't matter as long as Mr. and Mrs. Satan are fighting about who owns the team and using the profits to pay for their multiple houses, 24 hour hair stylist service etc. You know they are terrible when someone as reserved as Peter O'Malley says they should sell the team.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
5Rings
Lurker
Naw, Padres fans and Giants fans both enjoy kicking the Dodgers when they are down.FWIW, way too much talent on that team to finish 4th....
