Batting Practice

[Mortimer]

Well NO.






Oh just leave me alone.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

MORTIMER, right about now, Dodger fans would like to send you this Unibomber Casey B back to you in chunks. The last thing we needed was another choke. We have a collection of this s-h-i-t.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

MORTIMER, right about now, Dodger fans would like to send you this Unibomber Casey B back to you in chunks. The last thing we needed was another choke. We have a collection of this s-h-i-t.

That's him. For a month he'll look like a Pezz dispenser and then for 2-3 weeks he will resemble a good ml player.


Say---r2d2 is available...interested?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

That's him. For a month he'll look like a Pezz dispenser and then for 2-3 weeks he will resemble a good ml player.


Say---r2d2 is available...interested?

What we need right now is a male pitcher who can get 3 outs. I can guarantee you we are gunna collect them during the off-season.
You see, you can't have pitchers that give up 2 hits in 7 innings going unrewarded. That's simply a recipe for disaster. Your starters go out to start games without the confidence they need to have. They must be rewarded for good work, or it's gunna get ugly very quickly. This team, and the Angels, are the two teams that are most justified in carrying multiple closers. They have the starters to give them control over other teams offense, but they have poor offense themselves(especially the Dodgers.) That means they will have games like yesterday(2-1 Dodgers in the 9th.) This is simply poor management(not having a legit closer to back up Saito.) They relied on this piece of **** called Broxton. They were incorrect. We have a collection of dumb Italians here. A dumb Italian manager, and a dumb Italian G.M. You could say they relied on Kuo as a possible 3rd closer. That would be another incorrect back up, because the individual is another unreliable slot machine. He doesn't choke, but his control is not that good. A choker, and a Lefty without good enough control to keep baserunners off the bases in the clutch. Neither has the reliable awesome breaking pitch necessary to get the last out of the game. Together, they have 11 saves, and 9 blown saves. Saito has 17 saves, and 3 blown saves. 20 times these two have been given leads, and been asked to get 3 outs. Only 11 times(55%) have they given the Dodgers the win. In the same exact situation, Saito had 17 wins. There are 6 extra losses there. Ask any Dodger fan before the season and they would tell you Broxton is a woman, or half woman. So, for them to simply rely on this turd is a management failure. The G.M. of this team has the brain of a donkey.

[Mortimer]

Well..then trade the gm for an ape.

You KNOW they're smarter than donkeys.

[MaTH716]

I watched some of the game tonight and just couldn't believe how many men they left on base. They just couldn't get a hit to save their asses. Also Hershiser made a good point about how it just looks like the Dodgers are going through the motions. You would never know that they are in a pennant race. No one plays with any intensity or fire. Sure enough after that, Kent hit a ball that should have been a double, but since he loafed out of the box he only ended up on first. Next guy hit into a DP. Scuds is that true about the intensity? Also if it is, Torre is not a guy that will light fires under guys asses. He never had to in NY and he probably won't start in LA. Now Bowa on the other hand.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I watched some of the game tonight and just couldn't believe how many men they left on base. They just couldn't get a hit to save their asses. Also Hershiser made a good point about how it just looks like the Dodgers are going through the motions. You would never know that they are in a pennant race. No one plays with any intensity or fire. Sure enough after that, Kent hit a ball that should have been a double, but since he loafed out of the box he only ended up on first. Next guy hit into a DP. Scuds is that true about the intensity? Also if it is, Torre is not a guy that will light fires under guys asses. He never had to in NY and he probably won't start in LA. Now Bowa on the other hand.

There's something very wrong with the organization. To be honest, I thought they were probably gunna lose 4 to the Phils. I didn't think they would lose them 5-0 though. I thought they would come up close (but no cigar) in all 4.
People just don't play well for us. Why? I don't know why. Look at Manny. He is choke city now. When they come here they start choking big time. You're talking about hitting though, and the Dodgers are a pitching-based team. I may seem like a lunatic when I talk about it, but you can't have a big fat choker like Broxton in your organization. It wears on everybody on the team. You should note that the young man now says he has mechanical issues. The guy has been a choker for 2 years now. He started to choke 2 years ago, and has kept it up for 2 years. So, really, I think the fact the organization has tolerated a choker on the pitching staff is a huge issue. It shows a weakness in desire, and a willingness to constantly rely on hope. Hope is the most immature emotion we have as humans. They wrap themselves in hope. I don't care if they go 10-21 from here on in, but I would like to see them do it without Broxton. This is professional sports, and he is not competitive enough inside. That is a huge issue. We all know he is a choker, but he is allowed to pitch for the L.A. Dodgers. What message are you sending the other players? If you have a restaurant on a busy night, and somebody is really not doing a good job at all,then what happens? The other people stop working as hard as they would. When they see someone allowed to stay in a position they aren't doing a good job at, then it destroys morale thru-out the whole business. So, to answer your question, I think the players are disgusted that Broxton keeps blowing games. They don't feel very good about the whole situation. It's tough to keep a team together when they don't have confidence in the person the team has to rely on to close-out games. I think that's a huge problem(tolerating a choker in an important position shows the other players that the management is no good at all.) See, stupid is when you repeat mistakes. Well, they keep sending a guy out there that's blown 7 saves. That's pretty stupid isn't it? Would you have respect for the people you play for if they tolerated this piece of s-h-i t representing your organization? They should of released him today. Told the players to produce right now. In other words, the management here is too lax. Too reliant on hope, and too tolerant of poor clutch play. They get exactly what they deserve. They left this cancer on this staff, and he has remained a choker. It spreads thru-out the clubhouse. They must dump him. They keep tolerating this, and he will never change unless he gets a boot up his a-s-s. They tolerate s-h-i-t performances. They think they will get better..get better..get better. That really doesn't work. You must demand quality if you want it, and this organization sort of hopes quality will come without discipline. It hasn't. Soon as they go on the road they tank. They show zero in the tank. If the organization isn't pissed about losing, then do you think the players are going to be? Each one of these guys sees them tolerate Broxton. It's shows disrespect to them to keep him on the team.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I watched some of the game tonight and just couldn't believe how many men they left on base. They just couldn't get a hit to save their asses. Also Hershiser made a good point about how it just looks like the Dodgers are going through the motions. You would never know that they are in a pennant race. No one plays with any intensity or fire. Sure enough after that, Kent hit a ball that should have been a double, but since he loafed out of the box he only ended up on first. Next guy hit into a DP. Scuds is that true about the intensity? Also if it is, Torre is not a guy that will light fires under guys asses. He never had to in NY and he probably won't start in LA. Now Bowa on the other hand.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/ne...t=.jsp&c_id=la

^^This is the problem. FKN fool can't figure out the guy has been choking for over 2 years now. It's not particularly about his position of closer. I don't think he is any more scared now than he would be in the 7th or 8th inning. He is simply a born choker. You can't just ignore this. As you can see, they are ignoring it. They will continue to take the punishment for their stupidity. Organization coddles players who should be gotten rid of. He can't stop choking. He would if he could. He can't. Blown 7saves , and surely will get to 10 or more this year.

BTW, since you bring Kent's name up, notice how he couldn't get a hit with men in scoring position, but did it when nobody was on. As far as a difference maker goes, he is incredibly overrated. In my opinion , he will be the 2nd -4TH worst player to ever go into the HOF( PEREZ #1.)