Posted on 29 May 2009. Tags: AJ Ellis, Chad Billingsley, Dodgers, JUan Castro, Juan Pierre, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Russell Martin
RANTS & RAVES I am not sure if AJ Ellis has made it to the game as yet, but his call-up and Ohman going to the DL leaves only two arsonists in the bullpen (Mota and Wade) – those guys are four-letter words right now. No one seems to know if Joe will move Russ [...]
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Posted on 26 May 2009. Tags: Casey Blake, Dodgers, Dodgers Blog, Dodgers News, Ethier, JUan Castro, Juan Pierre, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Matt Kemp, Tony Jackson
Get out those brooms again …. .. because if the Dodgers can win tomorrow’s getaway matinee at Coors, they will have swept a series of at least three games for the fifth time this season. Throw in that two-game blanking of the Snakes a few weeks ago, and they’re actually going for their sixth series [...]
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Posted on 26 May 2009. Tags: Dodgers, Eric Stults, JUan Castro, Juan Pierre, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tony, Tony Jackson
A long day’s journey into early evening – Greetings from the beautiful Ozark Mountains. Finally arrived at my parents’ home in Fayetteville, Ark., at about 2:30 a.m. on Monday morning, slept til noon, then spent the rest of the day relaxing, visiting and NOT watching the Dodgers on mlb.tv. By the time I finally did [...]
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Posted on 25 May 2009. Tags: Dodgers, Don Mattingly, Ethier, Jamie Hoffman, Jeff Pentland, JUan Castro, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin, Ryan Howard
Maybe I should say “choice” instead of “fault.” The Dodgers obviously have an excellent offense, and are leading the league in “seeing” pitches. The Dodgers get almost 160 pitches a game – more than any other team. This wears down opposing pitching staffs, and of course results in more hittable pitches, but maybe this “discipline” [...]
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