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08-13-2008, 01:14 AM
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As for Hamels, he usually gives up a solo jack, settles in, pitches lights out, then loses some mustard towards the end. (dont they all). Lohse was teh king of it. The first 2 times batters faced him he looked like the second coming of Cy Young (not really, but get the drift), but the 3rd time around he got shelled. It looked like the hitters knew what was coming. Hamels will be okay though, with a little friggin run support. Chuckles still seems to be in AL mode, he needs to brush up with his substitutions.(he has the player relations down pat) Durbin had a trip form hell to the mound tonight, and he better pick it up or he'll find himself on fantasy waivers by me. Lidge is 'lights out' when used properly, and for the most part he has been. He's had a few brushes with blown saves but managed his way out of them. If we get this train moving in the right direction (like the EAGLES    we are a force to be reckoned with. We need another series with the Rockies to liven us up a bit.
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08-13-2008, 01:16 AM
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Gotta hit the hay, looking forward to your response in the am, as your as knowledgable as it gets with the diamond and dq's
. best of luck to ya, after the last 2 games of the series of course...
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08-13-2008, 05:34 AM
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Penny didn't look that great last Friday. Looks like Blanton's last 2 have been good. Scud guesstimates tonite's game to be 4-1 Phils. For some reason, this team is a good match-up for the Dodgers. They usually struggle against top teams, but not this one. I think they took 2 out of 3 in both stadiums last year from the PHILS. It's the Phillies pitching. It's been hitable to them, and the Dodgers seem to be able to do a decent job slowing down your big guns at the plate. Actually, they do that with a lot of teams, but can't score on their pitching. The exception is St. Louis and the Fish(Dodger starters generally don't slow them up much .) Kershaw slowed down St Louis last Thursday in an overpowering performance. He gave up 3 early on to the Phils, cuz he didn't have his curveball until the 4th or 5th inning.
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08-13-2008, 11:46 AM
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You shouldn't be too hard on your club's hitters. Dodger starters are pretty good. The last 12 Dodger games have resulted in 10 good quality efforts from starters. There was one mediocre start, and one bad start.
7/31-good start-LOSS-YOU SCORE JUST 1 RUN=YOU LOSE 8/1-good start-LOSS-YOU SCORE JUST 1 RUN=YOU LOSE 8/2-good start-WIN 8/3-mediocre start-WIN 8/5-good start-LOSS-DUE TO INCREDIBLY STUPID MANAGERIAL ERROR IN EXTRA INNINGS 8/6-horrible start from Lowe in hot/humid St. Louis-LOSS-DOESN'T HELP WHEN MANAGER LEAVES STARTER IN UNTIL HE HAS GIVEN UP 8 RUNS. PROOF THAT TORRE IS A QUARTER ****** (MINIMUM.) 8/7-fantastic start from Kershaw-WIN 8/8-good start(not great, but o.k.)-WIN 8/9-good start-LOSS-BLOWN SAVE 8/10-good startLOSS-BLOWN SAVE 8/11-good quality start(lets face it, Lowe gunna get atleast 1 game over .500 so he can get an overpaid contract from somebody.)-WIN 8/12-good quality start(not great, but found it soon enough to keep it close)-WIN See, out of 12 games played, they were given 10 quality starts from Dodger pitchers.They were only .500 (6-6) in those games. Why? Well, this is why you see me call them fck ups. I consider losing in extra innings a loss of a 1 run game. So, 5 out of the 6 losses were by 1 run. Two of the losses were losses against good starters=don't hit at all. One was an awful decision by Torre(95% of that loss on 8/5 is on that tea drinka.) Then he lets LOWE stay in until he has given up 8 runs(I put 50% of that loss on 8/6 on Torre for sitting like he watching ballet show.) Then the last 2 losses were blown saves. Broxton's was pathetic. Kuo's was more bad luck than bad pitching, but he was tight, and pitched to contact instead of trying to throw it by people. Dodger's blew multiple chances to give him more runs to work with. This team(and the manager/ p. coach of it) is/are a bunch of fck ups. That's why they are just 1 game over .500 Last edited by SCUDSBROTHER : 08-13-2008 at 12:24 PM.
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08-13-2008, 01:17 PM
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LA sends Andruw Jones back to the minors in disguise of a DL stint.
The team says they may have made a mistake in activating Jones too early from his last stint on the DL. EH! That mistake is just a drop in the bucket compared to the mistake of signing him in the first place.
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1)Was hitting .225 or something like that. 2) Nobody else really wanted him. 3) Showed signs of reduced production as he was getting older. 4) His previous team didn't want him. 5) Previous manager had problems with the guy's hustle etc. 6) Player's father was once quoted as saying something to the effect of " play hard, but don't play too hard." 7)A player known for having a low average, but high number of home runs, was a perfect fit for a stadium that is tough to get the ball out of.........NOT!!
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After hearing some fool on TVG say:"There is no more respected a manager around the league than Joe Torre."
I've decided to post the play by play from the bottom of the 4th inning of a game he made decisions in (on 8-06-08.) St. Louis - Bottom of 4th (SCORE 3-3) Derek Lowe pitching for Los Angeles J Pineiro reached on infield single to second. C Izturis singled to left, J Pineiro to second. S Schumaker flied out to left. 3 3 A Kennedy singled to center, J Pineiro to third, C Izturis to second. Scuds begging Joe to take Lowe out. A Pujols homered to left, J Pineiro, C Izturis and A Kennedy scored. (SCORE 7-3) Old tea drinka man still not coming out of the dugout to get his pitcher. Scuds wishing him some ill. R Ludwick homered to left. (SCORE 8-3) Scuds now understands why there are gun control laws. R Troncoso relieved D Lowe.
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