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Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog found this 7/27/2008 on losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com [flag]

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers activated pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney from the disabled list prior to Sunday's game against the Nationals and optioned infielder Andy LaRoche to Triple-A Las Vegas. > "We felt that Sweeney's been waiting long enough, and we wanted both LaRoche and [Blake] DeWitt to get at-bats," manager Joe Torre said. "That's really what was behind everything, the at-bats that those ... [link]

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A Few Small Updates
Published 7/27/2008 by Megan Westenberg at Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog
Brad Penny threw a simulated game yesterday, and is expected to make a minor league rehab start, likely with Class A, sometime this coming week. If all goes well, his timetable for return would then likely be next week as the Dodgers head out on a roadtrip beginning in St. Louis. Mark Sweeney was activated from the DL, ...

Sweeney Activated; LaRoche Optioned
Published 7/27/2008 by kensai (noreply@blogger.com) at Fire Ned Colletti Now
This is just pathetic. "The Dodgers activated pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney from the disabled list prior to Sunday's game against the Nationals and optioned infielder Andy LaRoche to Triple-A Las Vegas."What are you supposed to say to this move? Seriously. Okay, LaRoche was underachieving in limited time, so what? You're going to send him down to clear room for Mark Sweeney? I thought this team was about "winning now"? Apparently "winning now" doesn't mean playing the best players, it just means playing guys who are older than ...

Dodger Fans, Rest Easy

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 7/27/2008 on www.firejoemorgan.com

There's a steady hand at the helm of your ship. A hand that wears a cowboy hat. A hand that also wears snakeskin boots. Ned's hand. What's that? You just traded a 22-year-old catcher with a .994 OPS in 2008 and a pitcher with 335 strikeouts in 262.2 ...

Used Byrd For Sale

rickg15 posted 7/28/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

When the Blake deal was announced did anyone else find it strange that we were sending cash to Los Angeles? As it turns out the Indians are basically paying the remainder of Blake’s salary, or roughly $2.2 million dollars. Does that seem right to you? Apparently, it would have been a deal breaker had the...

Shannon Drayer on Beltre

SeaTown Sports found this 7/27/2008 on www.bleedingblueandteal.com

(First of all, check out Rob’s news post about the Washburn trade.) I recently asked KOMO’s Shannon Drayer a few things about Adrian Beltre and she was very helpful, as always, and gave us some great stuff. Besides her work on Mariner ...

Bill Shaikin Lays It All Out

6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog found this 7/28/2008 on www.sonsofstevegarvey.com

The latest column from the LA Times' Bill Shaikin is titled " Ned Colletti's rope seems to be getting shorter: General manager's job is in jeopardy and Dodgers owner may have cut off his allowance ." It's worth a read but here's a summary: The ...

The Griddle: Russ Gibson: 1939-2008

Rover found this 7/27/2008 on griddle.baseballtoaster.com

Russ Gibson, a backup catcher in the majors for six seasons with the Red Sox and Giants, passed away this weekend in Swansea, Massachusetts at age 69.

Dodgers activate Sweeney from DL
The Dodgers activated pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney from the disabled list prior to Sunday's game against the Nationals and optioned infielder Andy LaRoche to Triple-A Las Vegas.

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Andy LaRoche is sent to the minors
Manager Joe Torre says club wants the third baseman to get at-bats at triple-A Las Vegas rather than sit behind newly acquired Casey Blake. > Instead of subjecting Andy LaRoche to ...