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The Midwest League is not made for players who grew up in So Cal or the Dominican. The spring games are played on barely thawed tundra and if you have never played a baseball in weather below 60 degrees it can be a bit daunting to make the transition. San Fernando boy Andrew Lambo must have been counting the days until he got his promotion and last week he got his wish. I'm sure it came as a ...
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Following Nomar's walk off home run on Aug 13th, the Dodgers looked poised to make a case for being able to give the Diamondbacks a run for their money. That win tied them for 1st place, and it seemed like only a matter of time before they took control of the Western Division Race. The optimism of Dodger fans was at a season-high pitch, and with good reason. The team was clicking on all ...
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Ned, you are without a doubt the best person I've ever hired but as I look at my 18 million doller center fielder playing in AAA, my other 8 million dollar center fielder sitting on the bench, my 15 million ace playing soft catch for the last two season, my 15 million dollar SS taking a summer vacation, my current 18 millon dollar middle infielders showing the range of a failed AI contestant, ...
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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals
08/28/08 4:10 PM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers Washington Nationals
Matt Kemp - CF
Anderson Hernandez - 2B
Andre Ethier - RF
Cristian Guzman - SS
Manny Ramirez - LF
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
Jeff Kent - 2B
Lastings Milledge - CF
James Loney - 1B
Ronnie Belliard - 1B
Casey Blake - 3B ...
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Anderson Hernandez
Andre Ethier
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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals
08/27/08 4:10 PM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers Washington Nationals
Matt Kemp - CF
Willie Harris - LF
Andre Ethier - RF
Cristian Guzman - SS
Jeff Kent - 2B
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
Manny Ramirez - LF
Lastings Milledge - CF
James Loney - 1B
Ronnie Belliard - 1B
Russell Martin - C
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Tony Jackson is reporting that the other Blake has been recalled. Osuna has been cut loose. I'm going to assume that DeWitt passed muster in Vegas at 2nd or they wouldn't be making this move.
This does give us a better option then playing Kent when he is tired or hurt and I for one can't wait to see Blake come in for defensive purposes when they double switch out Kent late in games. Of all ...
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Jeff Kent
Blake DeWitt
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While Dodger fans ponder the latest inability of
the Dodgers to find a way to score via
the basehit it should be very familiar to everyone concerned. It was only a year ago when the same problem manifested itself leaving everyone groping for an ...
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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals
08/26/08 4:10 PM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers Washington Nationals
Matt Kemp - CF
Willie Harris - LF
Andre Ethier - RF
Cristian Guzman - SS
Jeff Kent - 2B
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
Manny Ramirez - LF
Lastings Milledge - CF
James Loney - 1B
Ronnie Belliard - 1B
Russell Martin - C
...
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Andre Ethier
Tigers Thoughts took the time to figure out the projected Elias free agent ratings. He's only done first basemen, outfielders and catchers now, but at least we can rest easy, Manny will be a Type A free agent.
James Loney does his best Manny impression .
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Since 1956 12 teams have gotten 13 hits
in a game and failed to score a run
. The Dodgers are number now number 13. 13 hits without a run also happens to be the record for most hits without sending anyone across the plate. Also, prior to this game, ...
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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies
08/25/08 4:05 PM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers Philadelphia Phillies
Matt Kemp - CF
Jimmy Rollins - SS
Andre Ethier - RF
Chase Utley - 2B
Jeff Kent - 2B
Pat Burrell - LF
Manny Ramirez - LF
Ryan Howard - 1B
James Loney - 1B
Shane Victorino - CF
Russell Martin - C
Jayson Werth ...
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Previous Blue Sparks
Haven't done this column in a few weeks. True Blue has taken a bit of a hit lately. Andrew lost one of his favorite players in Andy LaRoche, and I lost my favorite prospect in Carlos Santana.
Not that Carlos Santana was the Dodgers top prospect but I'd taken a liking to him long ago when he played in the Dominican rookie league and it was exciting to watch him break ...
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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies
08/24/08 5:05 PM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers Philadelphia Phillies
Matt Kemp - CF
Jimmy Rollins - SS
Andre Ethier - RF
Chase Utley - 2B
Jeff Kent - 2B
Pat Burrell - LF
Manny Ramirez - LF
Ryan Howard - 1B
James Loney - 1B
Shane Victorino - CF
Nomar Garciaparra - SS
Greg ...
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Kershaw XV: The rules of the game.
I'm going to miss a large chunk of a Kershaw start because I'm dying my hair. I'm going to go return my man card on the way back.
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Nate Silver has done his annual list of the top 50 players in baseball, also known as the easy way to generate lots of links for your site without a ton of work. The science of PECOTA named three Dodgers to the list: Matt Kemp at 50, Chad Billingsley at 41 and Russ at number 26. It's based on actual math, so it must be true.
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Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers
08/21/08 12:10 PM PDT
Colorado Rockies Los Angeles Dodgers
Clint Barmes - SS
Matt Kemp - CF
Seth Smith - CF
Andre Ethier - RF
Matt Holliday - LF
Nomar Garciaparra - SS
Brad Hawpe - RF
Manny Ramirez - LF
Garrett Atkins - 1B
Russell Martin - C
Ian Stewart - 3B
James Loney - ...
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Seth Smith
Testing making a thread via iPhone. This thing is awesome
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Three of the hottest players in August decided
in unison to come back to earth on Tuesday
night. Andre Ethier who was among the OPS leaders in August struck out his first 3 times up and finished with a weak fly ball to left field. Crowd favorite ...
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