Baseball Today: Friday, July 11
Projo Sox Blog —
... to know why Sexson instead of Jose Vidro. . . . Rafael Furcal insists he'll be back playing for the Dodgers this season (Los Angeles Times) . . . It looks like Francisco Liriano will be back with the Twins soon (rotoworld.com) . . . Vernon Wells has a Grade 2 hamstring strain and could be lost to the Blue Jays for as many as six weeks (Toronto Globe and Mail) . . . The Indians said goodbye to Joe Borowski (ohio.com) . . . Dodgers GM Ned Coletti may be on the hot seat. (Los Angeles Times)
OLD FRIENDS: Hanley Ramirez ...
Smells Like Padres in Here - Friday Edition
Gaslamp Ball —
Hairston looks like the guy we saw at the end of last year.
Towers is going nowhere. (And make sure to read the little paragraph at the bottom - '98 reunion at tomorrow night's game. I'll bet Kevin Brown breaks something.)
I never thought I'd see the day when Adrian was compared to Klesko.
I am a sucker for stories like this.
The Dodgers may be about done with Ned Colletti.
Even though the season is over, the Padres will apparently play out the string. Jake takes on Jo-Jo Reyes and the Braves ...
SportsBrief - July 11
SportsHubLA —
... , panning everyone from Costas to new addition Dan Patrick. Unfortunately, he left that pregame song “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” off the list. Seriously, I’d rather sit next to a screaming baby on a six-hour flight with no iPod than hear one note from that awful song. SportsHubLA Column of the Day: The LA Times’ Bill Plaschke writes that Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is not so sure about his Blue Crew nowadays, insisting that changes could be on the horizon . Plain and simple: GM Ned Colletti might be out of a job and I can’t say that’s a terrible thing. The Dodgers have ...
TGIF People
WCBias | West Coast Bias Sports Blog | West Coast Sports News by West Coast Sports Fans, Covering Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers and All Things West Coast —
Everyone's favorite curmudgeon Bill Plaschke has more of his " Ned Colletti sucks and it's time we all started admitting it " in today's LA Times. Sounds like Franky is more inclined to make some moves at this point than he was last winter which may or may not be a good thing. The following should be untouchable for the time being: Kemp, Loney, Martin, Billingsley, Kershaw. The Dodgers figure to be buyers as we approach the trading deadline and sadly those five would be at the top of every other team's wish list, so good luck swapping Etheir and an injuried Brad Penny for an ...
Fun little chat with Paul DePodesta
The Sacrifice Bunt: A San Diego Padres Blog —
... Baseball Prospectus hosted a fun little evening at PETCO on Friday, beach towel night. It featured a talk with San Diego Padres special assistant for baseball operations Paul DePodesta. Paul is famous as a central character in Michael Lewis’ renowned book “Moneyball”, in my opinion the Most Influencial Sports Book of all Time™. Paul is also the former GM of the Dodgers, run out of town by the myopic LA media, who (surprise!) aren’t as smart as they think they are. ...
