Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - Win Pretty, Win Ugly, Just Win, Baby!

Shea Hillenbarnd did his part by driving in 2 runs with this single.

As the LA TIMES says, “it wasn’t pretty, but they’ll take it.”

McCourt is making $70 million worth of upgrades at Dodger Stadium according to the TIMES.  So much for those who thought McCourt just wanted to drain the franchise dry…  The same artilce talks about Kemps recent baserunning blunders and how the coaches are approaching it.

Remember, we are only 4.5 games out of first and 3.5 out of the Wild Card - Yes, that’s plenty with a month to go, but we play the teams ahead of us 11 times and they play each other 5 times.  If we can hit a hot streak, and I am suggesting that they have already had their hot streak, then we have a good chance at either the Division or the Wild Card.  However, it’s going to take a total team effort.  Loney and Ethier have to step it up as do Furcal and Gonzo.  Nomar needs to be a real factor down the stretch.

Minor League Report

LAS VEGAS 51’s - Lost 8-5 - LaRoche 0-4, Abreu was 3-6, Meloan 2 IP, 0 R, 3 K, 1.69 ERA

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JACKSONVILLE SUNS - Lost 4-0 - Nothing happened

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INLAND EMPIRE 66′ers - Won 6-5 - Only 8 hits

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GREAT LAKES LOONS - Won 2-1 - Mattingly 2-5 (he has been leading off for about a week), Chris Malone who sucked as a starter was tried in the closers spot last night and was perfect.

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