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David Koh
don mattingly should switch ether and adrian gonzalez in the lineup. they produce similar stats and gonzalez speed, or lack thereof, would be better suited after kemp, ethier, and ramirez. his lack of speed makes him a base to base runner which hurts the other guys in the lineup.
thoughts?
Anonymous
My first thought is that I am amazed that they do indeed have similar stat lines.
Jibin Park
Why not throw either Gonzalez or Ethier in the #2 spot? And put Victorino or Ellis at 6?
Anonymous
We need to slip the batting order around. We need some kind of threat at the 2 hole. I think Ethier would be great at 2 being protected by Kemp at 3. I also think Mattingly is a nice guy but not a personality that can motivate a team or shake up a team. When players say they respect the coach and that he is easy to play for sometimes is a cover for poor leadership under bad times.
Jibin Park
Both Kenny Lofton and Kevin Kennedy are trashing “Moneyball,” and saying that it doesn’t work. I don’t think either of them has a clue what “Moneyball” actually is.
Jon Weisman
I’m confident they don’t.
Anonymous
Wonder if Depodesta had any input into the big payday that Lofton received with Cleveland?
KT
routine
Anonymous
Donnie sent a runner?
Linkmeister
First things first. Stop making every opposing pitcher look like the reincarnation of Cy Young, Walter Johnson, or Christy Mathewson.
Anonymous
and how would you go about that?
Jibin Park
We’ve got to do better.
Linkmeister
I don’t know, I’m a 60-year-old retired softball player!
Anonymous
So platelets are OK? Has mlb made a ruling? How about blood thinner?
Anonymous
Donnie does it again!
Anonymous
Welp, at least football is back, now the Dodgers can’t ruin my sports weekends anymore.
Anonymous
Yeah great. Now the Raiders and the Bruins can shoulder part of the load.
Anonymous
Bruins looked GREAT!
OK it was Rice, but still.
Anonymous
Isn’t rice that stuff you are not supposed to throw at weddings cuz it makes pigeons explode?
Anonymous
They scored more points in that game than the Dodgers might score this month, ugh
Anonymous
I wonder if we will score tonight, or will it be another pathetic display of hitting?
Anonymous
Its the 5th, so you ar half right.
Anonymous
I really hate it when we give up RBI’s to the opposing pitcher
Anonymous
So far it’s a replay of last night’s game – decent pitching and a completly inept offense.
Cohesion, indeed.
Anonymous
Well, that team meeting sure lit a fire.
Anonymous
Would be nice to see something happen in the bottom half.
Anonymous
Well deserved boos from the crowd
Anonymous
even the Padres can beat the rockies at Coors
Anonymous
now we need RBI’ s from our pitcher! (utility infielder)
Anonymous
Is this really our best option?
Jibin Park
We’re saving our lethal weapon (Kennedy) for later innings.
Anonymous
Cmon Mark, I have a feeling ‘it’s now or never’
Jibin Park
Punto’s headfirst dive is evidence of putting in maximum effort. Too bad it also slows you down. But that’s the “hustle” that looks good, probably, to Donnie Baseball.
Anonymous
Got to go the other way against Cahill’s sinker. All (three) of the Dodgers’ hits have gone the other way.
Jibin Park
Let’s see if Mark Ellis can do better here….
Jibin Park
Yes, he can. Yes, Ellis did!
Anonymous
runs, wow :)
Anonymous
The bottom showing the top how to do it. (Well, with a little help from Mellis)
Anonymous
That’s what SHE said…
Anonymous
Hey, I’ll take my cohesion it little chunks, as long as it all adds up in the end!
Anonymous
Friday Night Notes…
….
1. “Is it just me, or does the name Aaron Harang and World Series Champion Dodgers just seem worlds apart?” …. I asked this of my die-hard Dodger fan wife. She reminded me that he’s pitched well this year for the Dodgers and added, “Hey, anybody can get hot in the playoffs….Jonny, I’ll give you two words…..Jeff…..Weaver…..” (how could I argue?)
…
2. Nice to see Matty back….
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3. Giants lost….. the door is cracked fellas…. bust it down! Go 3.5…. :-)
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4. Who the heck is that guy I’ve heard the last two nights screeching his “Let’s go Dodgers?”
Sounded like he’s speaking into a megaphone? I haven’t been to a game this year (new baby) So, any of you guys know who this is? :-)
Anonymous
Your wife should post. Seems to know her ball.
Anonymous
I’ll be sure to let her know, Bob… :-)
Anonymous
At the end of this season, I don’t think Dodger fans will be yelling, “Shane, Shane. Come back!” (With apologies to the late Brandon DeWilde).
Anonymous
OK, we have the meat of the order coming up. It is time to do something big.
Anonymous
Kemp looks very sore
Anonymous
He is very sore. But he’s trying to become the first African-American not named “Juan Pierre” to be called a “gamer.”
Anonymous
Huh?
Anonymous
Buck O’Neil wasn’t a gamer?
Anonymous
Sliding with a bone bruise is not fun.
Anonymous
great heads up running by Kemp
Anonymous
Dre flares the lefty!
Anonymous
I was a little surprised Wallach sent Kemp on Ethier’s ball.
Anonymous
There were two outs, no?
Anonymous
Irony trumps sarcasm.
Anonymous
crap.
Anonymous
Yeah, a little of the captain in him tonight again…
Can’t say the man is boring.
Anonymous
it is indeed thrilling. I give them that
Anonymous
This Hernandez kid has good numbers.
Wish we could rummage through the Dbacks pitching staff.
Anonymous
So glad Victorinos contract is over after this season
Anonymous
He has not added much to our lineup.
Anonymous
A’s lead Boston, 18-2, in the 8th inning.
Anonymous
Make that 20-2, in the ninth.
Anonymous
Going by gameday, that Gonzo out was the farthest hit Dodger out/hit of the evening.
I guess a half-billion isn’t what it used to be.
Anonymous
Risky proposition, trying to get two innings out of Belisario.
Anonymous
Cruz, the new Solution?
Anonymous
he is already the solution
Jibin Park
Now, he’s DEFINITELY trying harder. Great play.
Anonymous
I assume he’s eligible for ROTY – good candidate for the NL
Anonymous
Dodgers are 10-for-62 through 18 innings vs. the D’Backs in these two games. All 10 hits are singles.
Anonymous
League terrifies me.
Jon Weisman
RT @truebluela: Brandon League struck out the side. His last 6 outings: 6 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 walks, 9 strikeouts
Anonymous
The danger is that Donnie will think he’s actually that good.
Anonymous
I don’t trust League, but that inning will do.
Anonymous
That, and the last five.
Anonymous
Punto, Kennedy, Rivera, Treanor and Uribe. Have the Dodgers ever had a weaker bench?
Anonymous
Didn’t that used to be our starting line up?
Anonymous
Adrian Gonzalez M.I.A. since his first AB.
Anonymous
No one at all has driven the ball tonight.
Jibin Park
Does Jason Kubel’s drive count?
Anonymous
Maybe we should give him a pass – he as a more real connection to SoCal than most of the dodgers…
Hope he has a nice place in Palmdale – you’d think a few million bucks could buy half the town
Jibin Park
Welcome back to the big leagues, Mr. Guerrier….
Anonymous
So, they gonna win this thing or keep taunting us
Anonymous
If Mattingly had let Ramirez run, that could have been a tie.
Anonymous
Yeah, with a split finger guy who Vin said is easy to run on.
Anonymous
This is why, though I want Mattingly to succeed, it would not upset me if he didn’t return. This team could use a manager with a Dodger pedigree.
Anonymous
I was screaming at my TV the whole time he was standing on first. Maddening.
Anonymous
Mattingly had it set up for the GIDP, but it failed this time.
Anonymous
I really don’t get how Donnie B is a sure thing next year when he puts Uribe on deck.
Anonymous
Uribe next?
Anonymous
Only in theory. Only in theory.
Anonymous
Gonzales, Kemp, Ramirez and Ethier combined to go 1-for-16, and that one was a flare single.
This team is rather pitiful right now.
Anonymous
embarrassing
Linkmeister
I don’t think this is our year. We’ve looked inept with the bat for what seems like a month.
Anonymous
I fear that you are correct.
Anonymous
Steve Lyons just said it best: “I haven’t seen a smile in a week.” Matt Kemp suddenly has a perrenial furrowed brow. I’m tellin’ you, we can’t keep Dee Gordon stashed in Albuquerque til their playoffs are over. He needs to be on the top step of the dugout, taking guys’ helmets off after they score. Same goes for TG. They’re not having fun, and it’s not fun to watch.
Anonymous
I think there could b e a little truth in what you say, which probably means you’re wrong, but it is an easy thing to try…
Anonymous
The reason Uribe was in the on-deck circle is because Treanor was the other option. Also, the latter is our only other catcher. At least the rosters expand on Satuday, and our bench will improve. It is hard to imagine it getting any worse.
Anonymous
Up until about 10 days ago I thought Mattingly was a lock to return as manager next season. But based on how the team has been performing lately and the fact that the Dodgers have new ownership, I think that is much less of a certainty. I think Colletti’s status is even more fragile than Mattingtly’s.
Anonymous
I trust Kasten if he decides he wants his own manager/GM, he’ll make the move that’s best for the franchise.
Anonymous
Tomorrow is another day.
The Giants looked as though they collectively put their feet back on the ground today, hopefully that will carry over.
Meanwhile… hit the ball. Seriously.
dud dew
With the work he’s done so far, trust and Kasten are not nouns I find
in the same neighborhood.
I’ve always seen Adrian as a complementary piece, whatever his stats.
Plunking down a quarter billion, with him as the big prize, was a mis-reading
of how he’s made, what he brings – at least to this point in his journey.
Eric Enders
New beginnings, same as the old beginnings. Grrr.
Anonymous
This is the point where Donnie needs to bring everyone together, and talk about how even though he played with a constellation of overpaid prima donnas on the Reagan/Bush Yankees, they still found a way to coalesce and produce championsh…. no…. wait….
Anonymous
In the bottom of the 11th, with Hanley on first and one out, Vin cites the fact that baserunners have a high success rate v. Putz. Ethier K’s on a running count of 3-2. If Hanley steals second, he scores on Cruz’s single.
Anonymous
Herrera!, Gwynn Jr! Abreu! Dee Gordon!
Hurry, bring ’em up and get ’em in the game – that motley group of guys won more often than this collection of over-priced underachievers.
Jon Weisman
I love that Dee Gordon, who has absolutely gotten trashed by most of the commenters at Dodger Thoughts for most of the year, is now considered a savior.
Gordon, by the way, was in the Dodger dugout and clubhouse most of his time on the disabled list.
Anonymous
From this mornings’ Times :
“Shortstop Dee Gordon …. will remain with AAA Albuquerque until the end of it’s season. The Isotopes end their regular season Monday but could make the playoffs. OF’s Tony Gwynn Jr and Bobby Abreu are also in AAA and could be called up but would first have to be added to the Dodgers’ 40-man roster.”
Anonymous
I don’t see him as a savior. I like him as a pinch runner, but the offense will take a significant step down with him in the lineup.
Jon Weisman
NPUT
Anonymous
http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/09/01/glub-glub