The Dodgers failed to capitalize on the struggles of Carlos Zambrano Saturday. They need to take advantage of another struggling Cub's starter, Rich Hill today to guarantee they at least stay tied for first in the NL west. Glad we're playing the Cubs instead of the Brewers like the Padres are doing. Should be interesting.
Russell Martin is hitting 3'rd this afternoon and as you can see by the splits he has been there before. This makes me happy. I hope Martin can make this spot his, regularly, instead of just waiting for Nomar to get a rest day. We'll see. A fan can dream, can't he?
Andy LaRoche and Brady Clark get starts today at 3B and RF respectively. We'll see how that goes. Both have done well in somewhat limited playing time this season. Not quite sure what to make of the combination of LaRoche, Betemit, and Abreu still unless the Dodgers are instituting a trial by fire to showcase their 3b talent for both themselves and potential trading partners. I'm partial to LaRoche even though he isn't hitting for power. Thank goodness such important decisions aren't left to me.
Enjoy the game!
5/27/07
Game Preview: Battle of the Lefties
5/25/07
Cubs Bullpen Bails Dodgers Out
What a game! Frustrating yet entertaining. The Blue Crew did have that 3 game losing streak, but besides that bad stretch they somehow seem to pull runs out of thin air to get the job done. Was entertaining to see Tony Abreu get his first big league hit. He had one great play with the off-balance barehanded pickup, but he balanced it out with a throwing error on a low bouncing throw to Nomar to extend the cubs big inning.
The bullpen got really rocked tonight. Glad to see the offense picking them up though. This team's emotional mojo reminds me of how I felt watching the 1988 season. You just kind of knew somehow the Dodgers would win. Great to see Little encourage Broxton and get him to crack a smile as he was giving him the hook. Hopefully the relievers put this bad night out of their heads and move along.
You'd think the cubs would have a heck of a lot better record considering the offense they've put together. With Lee, Soriano, and A-Ram, they've got a lot of power and with Mark DeRosa they've got a guy that seems to be playing over his head, but somehow it's not translating into a lot of wins. Baseball's like the Forrest Gump box of chocolates...never know what you're gonna get.
Still nothing on the fate of Wilson Valdez. I wants to know, my preciooousss! Perhaps it will be announced tomorrow afternoon. That's it for tonight. I'm out. Be sure to revel in the crazy win by the Blue and the beginning of a new weekend.
5/23/07
An Alternative Is Here!
This will last until I realize nobody cares but me, I can't keep up with it, the Dodgers frustrate me to the point that blogging about them is
With that out of the way let's talk what's new in Dodgerdom:
In all honesty, here's to a long and 'hot' career to the youngster. May we all (especially Vin) eventually forget that he spells his name in the D.R. with an 'I'. I'm rooting for you.
Second order of business is where are the chips going to fall for our friend, Wilson Valdez. Hopefully Lovelace can get something that pans out for him. I'm not pessimistic about it, but I'm also not holding my breath. We are talking about Wilson Valdez here.
So, take the Tony call up, sprinkle in a little Wilson Valdez waiver deadline, mix in a bunch of Andy LaRoche sitting on the bench last night, some already brewing newspaper rumors (which I'm not going to link to) about obtaining a third baseman with power, add just a touch of Tomko and Hendrickson finally turning back into pumpkins, and we may have ourselves some interesting roster moves-a-brewing.