Today's game/rain
It’s been 48 hours since the last post and there’s been plenty of rain. Chicago, normally a great town to visit, is tough to enjoy in this weather. It seems like the rain has stopped for a little bit, but it could be pretty rainy throughout the night and next couple of days.
Last night, we enjoyed a nice dinner at Sullivan’s Steakhouse and I’ve mostly been running around trying to catch up with old friends living in this city.
My sincere apologies that one bad apple continues to try and post under names @dodgerthoughts.com. We’re in the process of eliminating them, but you can disregard anything that’s posted under that name. I think everyone pretty much knows who the culprit is and I have to say, it sad that this is his idea of entertainment.
For today’s game, we’ll have:
Furcal, SS
Lugo, 3B
Nomar, 1B
Drew, RF
Kent, 2B
Ethier, LF
Kemp, CF
Martin, C
Lowe, P
Inside the Dodgers 
When will those Wrigley idiots learn to put a retractable dome or circus tent over the stadium. It ALWAYS rains there and we’re still in the summer for about 10 more days!
A pity the schedule didn’t favor a Maddux farewell to Wrigley moment. Also, will we see Izzy this series or is he pretty much done for the year?
Lugo 😦
I’m goin to the game tonight! I live two blocks from Wrigley! GO DODGERS!
Lugo and Betemit have both stunk it up average wise but are better alternatives than Aybar and Mueller easily.
Actually I’ll take the Betamit and Saenz platoon.
it better not rain today, i cant go any longer with out seeing my boys play.. i have a feeling that jeff kent is going to break out this series, that is if the rain allows it.. our hitters shoul fatten up this series against the week pitching the cubs trot out there..
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
Come on Grady – Give us a chance! When will you finally realize that Lugo is ****! The numbers speak for themselves:
As a Dodger, Lugo is hitting .216 with ZERO homeruns and 6 RBI’s.
As a Dodger, Betemit is hitting .260 with 8 homeruns and 18 (I repeat 18) RBI’s.
THERE IS NO COMPARISON – BETEMIT IS FAR BETTER THAN LUGO!
And incase you haven’t noticed, Lofton is absolutely ON FIRE right now. He is hitting .305 compared to Kemp’s .266. Next to Furcal, Lofton is the hottest hitting Dodger right now and you have him on the bench.
Dear God Grady – Do you want to win or not? Play your best players, you fool!
PS: GRADY – PLEASE DO NOT LET HENDRICKSON INTO THE BALL PARK!
GO DODGERS!
walter alston was a great strategist, lasorda was a great motivator. after seeing line up after line up, game after game from GRADY, I can’t figure out what he is.Maybe the eternal optimist or if he keeps his head in the sand long enough everything will be OK.
How about Grady the great JUGGLER, although I don’t approve of all the lineup switching myself.
referring to two entries ago, I have an idea why “Kuo-mania” doesn’t sound right. Because there never was a “Valenzuela-mania”!! It should be “Hong-Chi-Mania”!!!!
Okay, okay, so it still doesn’t quite have that ring to it.. and I could see how the abundance of dashes could get quite cumbersome… but still!!! the dude loves minicorndogs with extra relish!!! …or so i heard…
1) How about those Dodgers. This is a great series to warm up to get ready to beat the Padres. Jeff Kent could stand to hit for a little more power, but Julio Lugo just needs to hit. He’s been OPSing under .600 since becoming a Dodger, and if he’s going to whine about playing time, he should put up a better reason to give him some.
2) Nomar has come back into contention for the team lead in homers, and has the oppurtunity to take first place while Wilson Betemit gets receives the coveted “day off award” from Grady Little.
3) JD Drew is back up to snuff at the plate, putting up a .278/.385/.487 line since August 1. Those critical of Grady’s habit of resting Drew should note that last year after August 1, Drew recorded no hits, no walks, no stolen bases, no home runs, no RBI, no outfield assists, no putouts, no games played.
4) Matt Kemp is always someone that’s good to see in the lineup. I’m still waiting for Delwyn Young to get a few more at bats (maybe even a start), but I feel good about this lineup.
5) At the risk of being considered egotistical, I figured I’d quote an old comment from July 31.
“The other thing about Maddux is, he also counsels the young pitchers.”
Not just young pitchers. I think he might help Derek Lowe get his sinker back and then some.
Posted by: patriotacts425@comcast.net | July 31, 2006 03:03 PM
Why no Betemit? Lugo has done nothing since coming over from TB. Also how about giving Loney a start?
You guys all knew Betamit won’t start against a left hand pitching. Actually the left hand pitching giving Betamit days off. He’s going to be a FA this year, so he actually going to have to produce soon or later if he want to sign with a high contract. Grady giving him alot of chance to get big bux next year. Too bad he not taken that opportunity yet.
Of course you know I was talking about Lugo.
If Kemp plays I’d rather see Drew in center-field. Kemp is a corner outfielder at best. We need his bat in the lineup but not at the expense of lost defense at that position.
Lugo better put-up or shut-up. I’d rather we allow Betemit some swings right-handed… heck, it can’t be any worse than what Lugo’s been doing. Not to mention that we don’t need any further distractions on this club… not unlike Milton Bradley was… and that’s just what we have here in Julio Lugo.
If he thinks he’s going to command a multi-year contract the size of that of a premier ball-player, then he can “fugghedaboudit”! Who’s going to be willing to spend money on a guy whose integrity has been in doubt, and if that’s so important on this club, why is he a Dodger? Guys that slam their wives heads into car hoods don’t deserve to wear Dodger Blue.
http://mikesrants.baseballtoaster.com/archives/6423.html
http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0501/1547624.html
i really hope they get this game in the Dodgers will be very tired playing in L.A. if they have to play two games ANY DAY! i really don’t know how people/some of my family live out there.
I can’t see Lugo being here next year. He seems expendable to me, Kent has a contract for next year, we all know Furcal is here to stay. Loney and maybe even Nomar are the choice at 1B, he’s weak in the outfield and we have very good kids that are in the plans out there. So 3B is his only real chance of making the team outside of being a utility player and he won’t agree with that. He’ll go to a team that needs an every day SS or 2B.
I would rather see Ramon Martinez play then Lugo, better bat, slower on the bases but he’s as good as Lugo on defense.
Lets take care of these Cubs today and worry about tomorrow when it comes !!!
Go Dodgers !!
k_big_1@hotmail.com
so tell me the truth, are the Dodgers vs Cubbies playing today or not!!?
Hey kespark,
Hate to say I told you so on Lugo, but……
” I TOLD YOU SO!”
It stopped rainin a while ago. It rained for a good portion this afternoon, but because I’m only two block away from the field I could see that they had the tarp on the field and should be ready to go. I’m goin decked out and gonna go cheer our boys on. They win everytime I watch ’em play at Wrigley. Count on a win tonight!
Yeah, yeah…
In all fairness to the bloak… he never was convicted of that. Wife changed her story… but still, I hope he’s not with the team next year.
k_big_1@hotmail.com
I hope they get this one in.
there is no way lugo is gonna be on the team next year.. i do hope the dodgers offer him arbitration so we can get a draft pick.. and like i keep saying, we need to go after daizuke matszuka, or barry zito to sure up our rotation, imagine a rotation of penny, lowe, bills, and any of the following 3, zito, matszuka, kuo.. i like mad dog, but at this point in his career, i would not take him over that 3, and yeah i know that he brings more to this team than just pitching, but if you want him as a coach, make him the pitching coach.. although he is a better option than shawn bradley…
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
rayloveselaine@hotmail.com
dude i’d rather go with Schmidt hands down, Motzuka has made like a billion pitches in his career & has the arm of a 36 year old i rather give a 2 year deal to Schmidt.
“If Kemp plays I’d rather see Drew in center-field. Kemp is a corner outfielder at best. We need his bat in the lineup but not at the expense of lost defense at that position”
I couldn’t agree more, Kemp and Lofton are awful in center. At least Drew hasn’t been terrible there, yet. Let’s give him a shot.
Give Kemp the Job he’s only gonna get better, the guy is 21 one years old.
hey interpol first of all, schmidt would not want a 2 year deal, he 32, and will want a long term deal.. matzuaka is 25 years old, and he throws 96 mph!!, plus hes got the gyroball wich if you saw the wbc, you know its practically unhittable.. the arm of a 36 year old?..you dont know wat ur talkinb aobut.. but anyways, i’d rather have zito..
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
rayloveselaine@hotmail.com
Zito has Boras enough said, Matzuaka has Boras enough said.
ps Matzusaka demands 20 million just to have negotianions rights (sp?) meaning he’ll take you’re money but he probably won’t take the offer.
did lugo just get a hit? wow…padres are losing
so what if hes got borras? does that meant that from now on were gonna have to take lesser players just becase their agent is not borras?.. zito is the guy, and it doesnt matter who his agent is, hes the best free agent pitcher!! and yeah about the negotiation rights, everyone thought the same thing when we go kaz ishii, he will sign if we win negotiation rights, but there is no way schmidt should come here, hes 32, has broken down before, zito is 28 and has never been on the d.l., i dont care if hes represented by satan,although he might be already, but i’m signing the best pitcher out there..
BELLIEVE IN BLUE!
like i said, we should feast of this bad cub pitching, i see many of our guys comming out of slumps!
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
WTG Lugo! WTG Cubs!!!!!This is Fun!!!!!!!!!
Go Cincity!!!!
I like the way this is going !!! 4-0 Dodgers top of the 1st, a gift from the Cubbies !! And Cinn scores 3 in the 3rd. Now we just need the rain to behave !!
Go Dodgers !!!
Love 4 runs, but I hope Freddie Bynum doesn’t hurt himself after botching two plays in a row.
Not sure a string of ROEs counts as breaking out of a slump, guys, but 4 runs is nice
Come on official game! : )
Local “Chicago” forcast according to WeatherBug:
“Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to move through portions of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. Through 8 PM… most of the activity will move from eastern Cook and eastern will…. along and east of Interstate 94 and Interstate 57… out over Lake Michigan and into Lake County Indiana. Elsewhere around the metropolitan region… just a few… widely scattered showers can be expected. Ponding of water on area roadways is still possible… motorists are urged to exercise caution.”
Keep it up Lugo, we fan need to cheer for you sometime.
LOL!!!!Thats 3
lol, whats going on with delino deshields at second?.. 3 errors!, i just hope we can make through 5
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
Too Much Fun!!!
hmmm I’m thinking has Drew play CF this year. I know he’s played alot of CF in his career.
Thats 4…………..
Do you really want to make Drew, with his chronically achy knee, run more than he has to? I’d rather throw Ethier out there, hes young and spry.
Drew’s a fragile player, we don’t want to fatigue him more than necessary. Grady’s management of him all year has really been great – he’s been by far the most consistant guy on the team and there’s nothing bad about that. Its not .300/.400/.500, but he and Furcal have been very good.
I can’t wait til the next two games of this set, since I can actually watch them on WGN 🙂
Furcal just blasted a bomb to deep left center. To get the ball that far out through a steady rain is very impressive. That ball was crushed. Furcal continues to be the best SS in the NL since the break. And he plays every single game.
“mikejunt”… right field is actually harder for a bum knee than center would be. In right, one has to put the brakes on and turn awkwardly toward the other way to throw back to the infield. Center would actually be easier on his chronic knee and hammys.
I’m speaking of balls hit into the right field corner that is…
On the other hand, kss, center field gets alot more action than right (who gets the least balls hit to him in total) so the question is which would you rather have 3-4 tougher plays a game, or 5-7 easier ones?
I’m thinking they like the second, Drew has a very easy time in the field from my observation.
Lowe’s throwing lots of balls today, which is never good.
Just think guys… life could be so much worse off than it is right now. We could be Cubs fans? :o)
Go Blue… is there a mercy rule tonight?
At this point I’d be happy if we went 1-2-3 for the 4th and 5th just to get the game official, then we can run up the score 😉
STEINER ***** !!! This bum says on the Air that it’s terrible as Kemp hits a triple. Now I know the Cub’s are playing bad but instead of saying how great it is that the Kemp hits it in the corner, he reacts in a negative way and says how terrible it was that the Cub’s dropped it. Frank that is the exact opposite of what Vin would have said. Instead of laboring on the negative of the Cubs Vin would have been saying how great a hit it was for Kemp, and then we would of heard a whole bunch of stats etc…. Get rid of this cancer !!!
Go Dodgers !!!
i’d like Lowe to pitch 5 & that’s it, let’s hope it starts raining very hard so our bullpen get’s the rest.
C’mon Cincy!
I can’t believe they’re leaving this poor Marshall kid out to get shelled this way, he obviously doesn’t have it.
If I were a Cubs fan, I’d be furious right now.
they’ve been furious all year long.
How about saying THANK YOU DUSTY !!!
Go Dodgers !!!
Where is Ross Porter these days? Isn’t it time for A Martinez to get a promotion?
The only cause for concern tonight is Lowe’s command, but all that’s doing is jacking up his pitch count; he’s getting ground balls. Would the rain affect his control? I would tend to think so, but I’m not sure exactly.
ok get Tomko up
This is no longer fun………….
WHEW!!!!!!!!
ok, i want lowe to pick up the win, but hes not doing it!.. little needs to do his job!
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
Maybe not rain, but cold.
we got lucky on that one, but now we let them back in the game.. suddenly i want it to rain… really hard
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
I would have kept Dessens for the 7th even if he had to hit in the top of the inning. Expanded rosters lets you change the relievers too often.
WORST GAME OF THE SEASON!!!!
W.T.F.!!! here we go again…
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING, ANYTHING!
Zito might be the best free agent pitcher available but – he is not stud material worth a long term out of sight contract. 2003 thru 2005 two games over .500. He is flaky and although 15 wins this year a high WHIP and six poor games in last 10. Might be an inning eater but price will be too high for development of the team. I am really leery of high priced free agents especially represented by Scott Boros. He is the devil of baseball – me first.
However, too soon to be concerned about that. Got our hands full tonight. Who was it called for Tomko? This has become a pivetal game.
Thanks Ramirez for missing that GS.
Don’t worry, we can still win this.
If this game is lost, I’d like to hang Grady. I’ve always said that he doesn’t know when to pull a pitcher – he’s always about two batters too late. Leaving Lowe in just so he can qualify for five innings is idiotic when he’s getting hit all over the place. Grady does not deserve a championship ballcub – what an *******!
Thanks a million Tomko.
Reds helping us out. Now time to help ourselves. Just outscore them.
This could be a massively blown opportunity to pick up a game on S.D! Cincinnati just beat S.D 5-4!
Yeah, right. Bring Lugo home !
Let the Drew bashing commence…
This doesn’t look good. Broxton better be the man now.
Oh my. You just can’t squander a seven run lead. Guess that’s why there is no mercy rule.
Ouch! 8-7 top of 9th
Maybe they can pull this out.
If not, this will be a painful loss.
If Dodgers lose, this will be 2nd worse loss of year, behind game the padres scored 5 in 9th inning.
c’mon guys, the cubs are begging to lose, 6 errors!! we cant lose!
BELIEVE IN BLUE!
Come on Furcal
Now it’s the worst game of the year for a WHOLE other reason 😛
I once went to a Dodger game sometime in the early ’90’s. The Dodgers were leading the Phillies something like 13 to 3 in the seventh inning. Now mind you, I NEVER would leave a game early, but on this particular evening I had to get up very early for work the next day, so off we went. It took about an hour to finally get home and decided not to listen to Vinny ’cause you know, the game was “over”… or so we thought. I said, “Hey… wonder what the final score was?”… so we tuned the radio into KFI 640 and found Vinny saying something like, “..in comes Kruk, in comes Bell on a triple by Lenny Dykstra! And the score is now 13 to 11 Dodgers!”
My buddy and I sat in HORROR as the Phillies continued on to win the game like 15 to 14 in the eleventh inning… or something to that effect. So you know… I will NEVER leave another game early EVER again.
True story…
If someone is really talented in finding out exactly when that game was played, I’d like to know… just for old times’ sake.
17 runners LEFT ON BASE!! Oh… we so don’t deserve to win this game. But still hope we do…
I watched that game on TV as a kid – Dodgerblues.com describes it in their list of infamous Dodger moments. August 21, 1990.
Come on Andrea. The guy just walked two guys in a row and you swing on the first pitch. Dang rookie.
An announcement to whomever stole Andre Ethier and replaced him with this imposter… please return him to the Dodgers immediately. No questions will be asked and we will not seek charges… yet. Do it now and all will be forgiven.
Will someone please tell Steiner the difference between Derek Lowe and Derek Lee ?
He has twice referred to Lee, but called him Derek Lowe.
Thanks MikeJunt…
My memory isn’t quite what it once was. I thought is was extra innings and a higher score… but whoa… what a comeback that was for the Phillies. Thanks for sharing that 16 year old memory.
i was at that game with my dad, but i dont remeber anything about it. i was 3 years old.. but i still rember my refering to that game in pain.. what a small world kss, but i seriously was at the game, i’m not like one of now 5o million people who claim to have been at the first game of the ’88 world series..
BELIEVE IN A WIN!
Why Hamulauck? Why?Stupid move when managers get locked in on roles. We save Saito to close the game, but never get an opportunity to use him. Stupid, stupid, stupid
cesar EFFING izturis! this ranks up there in horrible losses, 6 errors!
BELIEVE IN SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS!
We simply didn’t deserve to win this game. It’s just one of those baseball flukes. Time to dust ourselves off and come back tomorrow with Penny. What else can you do? Let’s get it out of our system now so that we can come home and destroy the Pads.
Well, that ******.
This game makes me want to use some of my Tommy Lasorda words.
Now THAT was painful. The last two Dodger loses have come on blown calls by the home plate umpire. That last pitch to Aramis Ramirez was clearly strike three, not ball four.
Regardless, if the Dodgers miss the post season by one game, this is the game that will have done it.
I can hardly wait for the Gradyism this time.
I have to go to bed now; I’m nauseous.
New Rules…
Grady Little is no longer allowed to use ANY pitcher who’s last name begins with an “H”.
It would never came to Hamulack, if Lowe did his job right. I don’t blame Grady staying away from Saito with Hendrickso, Gio and him still in the bullpen. We don’t have a chance to win, if we lost Saito early.
Not to Rub anyones Face in it nor say anything bad about The Dodgers but…. I always had confidence in Izzy and Always said furcal makes too many errors….Now first game we play against the cubs Furcal starts the rally at Lowe’s expense and Izzy Finishes off the dodgers with his weak hitting single. Furcal Homered Cubs Made 6-8 errors and the dodgers lose to Izzy’s weak single…. **** he went as far as to drop a ball in front of him for the Dodgers to win….I guess in the end he just wanted to go home because he knows How long Dodger Games go when they Blow it.
They Tried to give us this game!!!!! **** even Lugo Performed and we still blew it…. If Repko were out there the ball would have been caught … would have been still scraping him off the wall….
in the end its hard to tell who gets the Big Raspberry Boo Hoo for the Loss Lowe was ok till Furcal threw it away 7-5 when the bullpen took over and they should be able to hold that. Drew is doing what drew does and not sacrificing himself for an out that was a very close call. I’d Call it Offensive indifferance that led to the loss… up by 7 everone went to sleep on their feet.Lugo did ok tonight but K Lo is the #2 hitter that makes this Team win games His Defense is much better now and he makes things happen. If Furcal gets on he moves him or gets a hit. If they are both on Nomar will move em up or score them.Kenny needs to stay in the lineup for the rst of the season. Everyone is clamoring about more starting pitching but we REally are Lacking at and its so much more prevailent is a Solid Cleanup Hitter we Need a 40-60 HR Guy.Shawn green was that guy for 2 years and beltre for 1 but that all went away and not because we didn’t keep them.Kemp could be that guy but he needs more time.We have no truely scary hitters left everyone hs scouted them and everyone knows what to throw at them.I was on the Cody Ross bandwagon too but I do see how not so much as fragile but Run Through a Wall DL he is at this point.
Its a sad state of affairs that we lost this game Lowe had a shutout to the 5th errors were made and the ‘weak’ hitting GGL ex Dodger Izzy polished off the 1st place Dodgers….How much did Raffy make tonight?
Give up a 7-0 lead? To a team making 6 errors? In a race in the middle of Sept? !&*()_+)*&^$#@!!!!!$%^&*(*()%%
You know, if Brad Penny started last night, Grady wouldn’t have let him give up 5 runs in the 5th, and the Dodgers would have won.
Brad Penny is starting tonight. Maybe the Dodgers will win.
Concerned for tonight. Thought Lowe would be better last night. Really don’t have much confidence in Penny the way he has been pitching. That’s what I mean Ray by high priced long term pitchers. They should be consistently good with only a glitch now and then, not up and down. Seven of last 11 starts have been poor. Similar to Zito in last 10.
Tommy Lasorda should use his position as VP to come down into the clubhouse to kick some butt!
No that wasn’t a bomb you heard, nor was it a earthquake on the west coast, it was every Dodger fan’s jaw hitting the ground after last nights loss !! That Was Ugly !!! My wife and kid ran from the room in fear of what I was going to do !!! We just have to move on and take care of business tonight !!! This may be the game they look back on and say that was the turning point !! Lets hope it a wakeup call !!!
Hey Harold, batton down the hatch, I hear the left overs of the hurricane is headed you way, stay safe buddy !!!
Go Dodgers !!
Good points by all. This one hurt all of our feelings and it’s easy to point fingers. The bottom line is that it was a team melt down. The Dodgers need to wipe the egg off of their collective faces and go out there tonight and win.
There is no margin for error. It is no longer a two horse race. The hated Giants are back into this thing Big Time and are very hungry. If they can’t win it, they will try their very best to see to it that we don’t either. As Luis Gonzalez said recently: “The team with the last winning streak of the season will win the division”. It’s time to tighen the belt up a notch or two and be that team.
There is no reason why we should not take the next two from the Cubs and 8 of 10 on the final homestand.
Don’t give up on the boys now guys.
GO DODGERS!
Has this become a whining forum. I don’t understand how all these “fans” can turn on our team so quickly, bash them as if they are the worst thing out there, when this is just baseball. Things happen, people are human, let’s dust this off and win it tonight…and try supporting them through the good and the bad.
Point well taken Kevblewis !!
Go Dodgers !!
Last night’s Gradyism was “This game was lost in the fifth, not the 11th”. How true, and you lost it, Grady Little insisting that Lowe finish five innings for the “win” when he was being hit all over the place. Not an unusual decision on your part – you’re always about two batters too late in removing an ineffective pitcher. Not the fault of the pitcher, but fault with your judgment, Grady.
I wish the team all success, but I have not been a fan of Grady Little’s since early in the season, and I openly wish he was not the manager. I haven’t felt as strongly about any Dodger manager, but this guy, his decisions, and his flip laidback attitude absolutely abhore me. I know he’s probably joined at the hip with Colletti, but I look forward to the day when he’s retired once again. The Red Sox surely knew something about Little that goes way beyond his decision on Martinez some years ago. He’s outlived his usefulness as a major league manager.
messagebear, I can sure understand your anger but leaving Lowe in wasn’t the problem. The problem this time was Drew’s inability to catch the ball against the wall and Furcal’s wild throw. What happened after that was predictable. And the Izzy base hit was inevitable, a story book ending of a dream come true for him !!
Bottom line it’s one game, we’re still in first place and today is another day. Grady is our manager and I for one would rather see Grady in there then Tracy or Collins or Pinnella !! Although at the time I would have liked to have seen Valintine as my first choice.
Go Dodgers !!
That was the most disgusting,embarrassing,bush league proformance of the last 10 years!!!!I sat in the rain in the early innings with the Dodgers leading by 7 runs only to blow it in extra innings! I wait all year for the Dodgers to come to town and they **** down there leg!!! Division winning playoff caliber teams do not do that!! Either needs to sit and so does Kemp.Example men on 1st and 2nd after consecutive walks and Either grounds out weakly on the 1st pitch, who does he think he is ? These rookies need to learn patience its unbelievable the lack of plate discipline! Oh well I am done ranting I am going out to Wrigley again , I hope it is a different tune tonite.
Hey kssparkuhl:
“New Rules… Grady Little is no longer allowed to use ANY pitcher who’s last name begins with an “H”.
Now that’s funny right there!
GO DODGERS!
ps – HEY GRADY – DO NOT LET HENDRICKSON INTO THE BALL PARK!
Gary, the left over hurricane missed Nova Scotia. However, Newfoundland is expected to take a bit of a hit. High winds and a meter of rain. Grady might make decisions we feel are not wise. However, he also makes many we take for granted. Rarely do we say ,”Good job Grady”. In any event, he doesn’t throw, catch or hit the ball. In the final analysis the players have to do that. Their play reflects on the manager. I’m saying, let’s get two in Chicago and go home pumped up for SD. We still just have to win each series, not sweep. Go Dodgers.
In their way all of the previous posts are correct. Put this one behind you if you can. Myself, I’m having a very tough time digesting this one. Especially under the circumstances.