... and Kemp coming back on Tuesday.
... and Kemp coming back on Tuesday.
That's about the same age Maury Wills was when he made the majors...After playing 9 years in the minors...Originally Posted by Dan Druff
AJ Ellis with a walkoff 3-run HR!
This guy is a 31-year-old career minor leaguer, yet he is hitting well over .300 with 5 HR, is 3rd in the majors in OBP, and has played great defense.
Dodgers now 20-5 at home, 31-16 on season, 7.5 ahead of 2nd place Giants.
Oh Ellis almost parked one in the 5th but missed short 2 feet and was robbed of a double by a good catch by outfielder...
Capuano on the hill today...
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This team really reminds me of the 1988 Dodgers -- the last Dodgers team to win a World Series.
MVP-type outfielder:
1988 - Kirk Gibson
2012 - Matt Kemp
Solid secondary-star (albeit injury-prone) outfielder:
1988 - Mike Marshall
2012 - Andre Ethier
Ace pitcher:
1988 - Orel Hershiser
2012 - Clayton Kershaw
Journeymen pitchers with inexplicable success:
1988 - Tim Belcher, Tim Leary
2012 - Chris Capuano, Aaron Harang, Ted Lilly
Solid closer:
1988 - Jay Howell
2012 - Kenley Jansen
Good defensive second baseman who can also hit fairly well:
1988 - Steve Sax
2012 - Mark Ellis
Good defensive catcher who can also contribute offensively:
1988 - Mike Scioscia
2012 - AJ Ellis
Backup catcher who seems to deliver surprising clutch home runs:
1988 - Rick Dempsey
2012 - Matt Treanor
Crappy third baseman:
1988 - Jeff Hamilton
2012 - Juan Uribe
Surpringly productive bench player:
1988 - Mickey Hatcher
2012 - Jerry Hairston, Tony Gwynn Jr.
Mediocre but still serviceable first baseman:
1988 - Franklin Stubbs
2012 - James Loney
As weird as it sounds to say, the scariest team to me right now in the NL is Washington. That rotation is just crazy. Gonzalez, Strasburg, Zimmermann, and Jackson are giving that Phillies rotation from the last year a run for its money.
Ryan Zimmerman also hasn't really got it going yet either at 3B. With him, Harper, and Werth in the middle, and if Laroche and Desmond keep producing...could be a scary squad...hurts that they lost Ramos for the year though.
also it may have been mentioned in this thread or the mlb one, but look at Harper so far in his age 19 season : http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...arpebr03.shtml
compare to Griffey Jr's age 19 season: http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...riffke02.shtml
still alot of time in the season, but this Kid looks like the real deal.
Someone's going to have to reckon with them at the end...
It's hilarious that we as a society think everyone can be a dr, a lawyer, an engineer. Some people are just fucking stupid. Why can't we just accept that?
Bum city U.S.A.
Time for the Dodgers to get serious and get some hitting via a trade...We can't endure a month of no Kemp without falling in the standings...
Bum city U.S.A.
Time for the Dodgers to get serious and get some hitting via a trade...We can't endure a month of no Kemp without falling in the standings...
Yup, barring a miracle comeback tonight, it will be 5 losses in a row, including that awful 4-game sweep at HOME by the Brewers.
Of the Dodgers' starting lineup tonight, only Ethier and Gordon were opening day starters.
This team won't be able to hold onto first with no Kemp for a month, unless they make some kind of move to improve the offense. It looks like a AAA lineup right now.
Damnit, Dodgers two innings away from 4-game sweeping the Phillies (in Philadelphia, no less), and with a 1-run lead, they put in Jamey Wright.
Jamey Wright sucks. He is like 37 years old, but he sucked even when he was young.
I understand using Wright during trash time, but as your setup man with a 1-run lead?
Right now Phillies have a runner on 1st with 1 out. The next 2 outs can't come fast enough.
Props to the Dodgers though, without Kemp for all of June, for coming back from their 5-game (and 6-out-of-7) losing streak with 3 straight road wins prior to this.
Also I will admit for the first time this season that I am scared of the Giants.
They're playing really well recently.
The Phillies are atrocious. They have literally handed the Dodgers this four game sweep. Our bullpen is an abortion.
When's Halladay due back? Has he really lost his fastball?
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Boston Red Sox fan Freddie Roach throws out first pitch at Dodgers game.
"Though he has lived in Los Angeles since 1992, Freddie Roach has never been to Dodger Stadium. But that Ripkenesque 20-year streak comprising over 3,000 games will end tomorrow night when Roach takes the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, at approximately 6:57 p.m. PT, before the Dodgers battle the Milwaukee Brewers."
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"...Later, Roach threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium. A native of Dedham, Mass., Roach wore a Dodgers' home jersey with No. 9 on it.
"Ted Williams, baby," Roach said, referring to the Boston Red Sox' Hall of Fame slugger."
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Halladay's never been a flame-thrower, but his velocity is down a tick this season. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx...on=P#pitchtypeWhen's Halladay due back? Has he really lost his fastball?
I think they said 6-8 weeks for him being out also.
Yeah, he wasn't a flamethrower by any means but I had heard he was down 5-6 mph in spring training & people were worried. It looks like he's recovered most of that by the time the season started.Halladay's never been a flame-thrower, but his velocity is down a tick this season. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx...on=P#pitchtype
I think they said 6-8 weeks for him being out also.
He's getting older so maybe the Blue Jays did the right thing with/for him. I still like him though.
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When's Halladay due back? Has he really lost his fastball?
Nah, his fastball has been fine. if you look at his starts this year he's done well everytime, and then had one bad inning in each start.
They took an mri of his shoulder and compared it to an mri from 2008 and they said their is little to no difference. He says he is symptom free at the moment and will be back within the 6-8 weeks they initially set out for.
Doesn't matter how he pitches if we can't put up more than two runs per game though
Sad to see what has happened to this team. I remember when the Dodgers played them in the 2008 and 2009 NLCS, and they just had a killer lineup.
Nah, his fastball has been fine. if you look at his starts this year he's done well everytime, and then had one bad inning in each start.
They took an mri of his shoulder and compared it to an mri from 2008 and they said their is little to no difference. He says he is symptom free at the moment and will be back within the 6-8 weeks they initially set out for.
Doesn't matter how he pitches if we can't put up more than two runs per game though
Sad to see what has happened to this team. I remember when the Dodgers played them in the 2008 and 2009 NLCS, and they just had a killer lineup.
You should hear local radio. Everyone is screaming sell sell sell at the trade deadline. Personally, I feel like the east will be close the entire way through, and we will have a shot the whole way. If either Howard OR Utley can come back to being the player they once were, or even a portion of that after the all star break we could have a shot.
Also, rumor around our city is that Hamels, a california kid, is headed to the Dodgers in 2013
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