Random Dodger Baseball Card - The Duke of Flatbush
Photo by Jon Soohoo/LA Dodgers
JAMES LONEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING BEING ALL ADORABLE AND FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY? Does Tommy need to remind you that we deal with that creature like THIS ??
The Los Angeles Cubs won the game last night. 2 run home run by ex-Cub Reed Johnson and a complete game two hit shutout from ex-Cub Lilly. It helps wipe away the bad taste of the losses. I really liked that Ted gave props to Ausmus in the post game interview as well. Good stuff.
Vin Scully’s Thoughts on Troy Tulowitzki’s Mullett
(via Baseball Reference Blog)
This has been making the rounds.. and is fantastic.
The good news? The Dodgers managed to sign their first round draft pick Zach Lee at a franchise record $5.25 million. It’s nice to see the Dodgers investing in the future, 5.25m for the 28th round pick was a little surprising though. Hopefully Ned doesn’t trade him away to rent an Ace if we are in a playoff race in the next few years.
The bad news.. or expected news? Kuo and Dotel blew our lead in the 9th last night.
I turned Sunday’s game off after the first 4 runs Padilla gave up. I didn’t even get a chance to watch Saturday’s game, as I had to go to a couples baby shower for one of my oldest friends. I played a lot of Red Dead Redemption, I watched some TV, went to the farmers market and enjoyed my weekend. I know I’ve already stated I was losing hope on the post season, I’ll never REALLY give up hope until it’s mathematically impossible but I’ve started to have a back up plan. So as the Dodgers fall out of contention, I am just hoping that the World Series consists of Anyone but an NL West team or the Phillies, and anyone but the Yankees (but hopefully the Twins).
The Giants Tumblr contingent picked up on my “Brian Wilson is a Douche” post and got their panties all in a bunch spewing Dodger hate and bragging that they finally have hope for the playoffs for the first time since 2003. 1. You haven’t said anything about Broxton I haven’t said. 2. I didn’t say anything about Wilson’s pitching ability, in fact I said he had skills. 3. I stand by the fact that he is a douche and would be embarrassed if his backwards truck hat wearing, Dane Cook wanna be ass was a Dodger. I’d take Cain and Lincecum off your hands any day though.
It seemed inevitable, or it would have if the manager wasn’t Joe Torre.
Torre, loyal almost to the point of being hard-headed, nonetheless saw what most everyone else has been seeing in Jonathan Broxton the last six weeks — that he no longer could get the job done as the team’s closer.
So before Friday’s game in Atlanta, Torre said Hong-Chih Kuo would take over the closing duties for now.
- via LA Times
Broxton, buddy. I’m having trouble defending you lately. Even on the games you’ve saved it’s been a little shaky. Lots of walks, combined with a few meatballs. I know you can be our lights out “Iron Man” closer. So, since the season is pretty much over. Let’s work on this.
Last night hurt, and it’s not all Broxton’s fault. Let’s not forget how terrible Bellisario was, and how terrible Torre’s bullpen management will always be. Kenley Jansen though… right guys?
Ugh. Waiting for the email from my uncle in Philly now.
Fernando Valenzuela playing pool during spring training at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida, 1982.
(via desuko)
Jay Gibbons with his first home run in the majors since 2007. High and in on the hands and he still got around on it to line it out. Amazing. Gibbons is 4-5 in his two games with the Dodgers, I know he wont keep that pace but you have to wonder why Anderson wasn’t DFA’d months ago. All in all a crazy game. I was expecting a low scoring game, shows what I know.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Flipflopflyball has been doing these amazing “musical histories” of MLB teams. Up today are the Dodgers. Instant re-blog.
A Dodgers Musical History. I assigned a music note to a position in the division (ie. a C note equals finishing first in the NL West - or NL prior to the NL West’s existence. Lower notes for seasons when the Dodgers finished 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, etc.) Tings equal World Series wins. (Tumblr only allows one audio upload per day, so the Indians, Astros, etc., will have to wait until tomorrow, or the day after, or the day after that…)
. Friday was rough, but.. what a weekend. Loney with the walk off in extras on Saturday, an offensive outburst on Sunday, great performances by Kuroda and Lilly. That was good baseball.
Dodger stuff of note
- Garret Anderson was finally designated for assignment. I respect the man’s career, but this was long past due. His replacement is Jay Gibbons, who hasn’t played in the majors since 2007 and had previously retired. Normally I’d groan but he’s been doing well at AAA and I’d rather they pull someone out of the stands most nights than see Garret Anderson strike out again.
- Weaver threw in the bullpen, Bellisario is close to being back, and Furcal’s back is still giving him a little trouble but he might return on this road trip.
- Huge roadtrip coming up. This is where the Dodgers have to show their chops. Philly and Atlanta? I’ll be covering my eyes, let me know what happens.
