Kuo Takes Saito's Place on NLCS Roster
Sons of Steve Garvey —
... Players (14)
C Danny Ardoin
IF Angel Berroa
IF Casey Blake
IF Blake DeWitt
OF Andre Ethier
IF Rafael Furcal
IF Nomar Garciaparra
OF Matt Kemp
IF Jeff Kent
IF James Loney
C Russell Martin
IF Pablo Ozuna
OF Juan Pierre
OF Manny Ramirez
UPDATE: More information from dodgers.com:
An unusual bullpen session after the ...
NLCS Game 1: Might Want to Mute Your TV
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
Hey, remember yesterday when I talked about how awful out-of-touch broadcaster Tim McCarver slammed Manny as being “despicable”, which bothered me less because of what Manny did and more because of how bad Tim McCarver is at his job? Right. Well, I love it when people who are better at this than I am step up to completely eviscerate ol’ Timmy. Will Carroll of ...
Kuo On, Saito Off
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
This is really late, but whatever, I don't care. Hong Chih Kuo will replace Takashi Saito on the NLCS playoff roster. "Closer Takashi Saito's comeback from elbow problems was derailed Thursday when he was left off the Dodgers' roster for the National League Championship Series, which is scheduled to open against the Phillies on Thursday night. An unusual bullpen session after the Dodgers' Wednesday workout didn't convince club officials that Saito's mechanics were consistent enough to pitch effectively. Saito's spot on the roster will be taken by ...
NLCS Game 1: Dodgers @ Phillies
River Avenue Blues —
Both League Championship Series this year are a lesson in player development. The Dodgers flat-out dominated the Cubs using a lineup featuring four homegrown players and a pitching staff again centered around in-house arms. The Phils are built very much in the same way, with five homegrown position players starting for them, as well as staff co-aces Cole Hamels & Brett Myers.
Don’t even get me started with the Rays and Red Sox. Stay the course, built from within. Looks where it gets you.
Just a quick roster note, the Dodgers removed ex-closer Takashi Saito from the playoff roster and replaced him with lights out lefty reliever Hong-Chih Kuo. Saito’s status was ...
